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California quake underscores the need for training at Dyersburg EOC
(Local News ~ 12/26/03)
Dyersburg's Tommy Gibbons was reviewing the results of an earthquake preparedness drill staged in Dyersburg last Thursday when news of the killer 6.5 magnitude quake in Southern California broke in the national media. It confirmed for him the results of the emergency drill, training is everything when it comes to managing a crisis...
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Education foundation awards over $5,000 in grants
(Local News ~ 12/26/03)
Ask any teacher for his or her wish list and you'll receive a list a mile-long. So being asked to submit an application to make one of those wishes come true can be a hard undertaking for a teacher at any level in the Dyer County Schools and Dyersburg City Schools...
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Classic confrontations for X-mas
(High School Sports ~ 12/26/03)
While the rest of the area is still resting up from a long day of opening gifts and Christmas dinner, local basketball teams will be hard at work. Starting Friday, squads from Dyer County and Dyersburg will be competing in Christmas tournaments at home and on the road...
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Bobby Lee McDaniel
(Obituary ~ 12/26/03)
Bobby Lee McDaniel, 67, of Friendship, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003 at his residence. He was a self-employed farmer, cattleman, landowner and owner of American Quarter Horses, Crockett County Commission in District 1 for 25 years, a member of Elizabeth United Methodist Church, where he served as song leader and was on numerous committees...
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George D. Finch
(Obituary ~ 12/26/03)
George D. Finch, of 83, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired assistant postmaster and employee of Dyersburg Funeral Home, a member of First Christian Church and a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II...
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Lola Mildred Agee
(Obituary ~ 12/26/03)
Lola Mildred Agee, 87, of Maury City, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003 at Crockett County Nursing Home. She was a retired grocer and a member of Maury City Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maury City Baptist Church with the Rev. L.D. Kennedy and the Rev. James R. Jones officiating. Burial will be in Floyd's Chapel Cemetery...
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Lola Mildred Agee
(Obituary ~ 12/26/03)
Lola Mildred Agee, 87, of Maury City, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003 at Crockett County Nursing Home. She was a retired grocer and a member of Maury City Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maury City Baptist Church with the Rev. L.D. Kennedy and the Rev. James R. Jones officiating. Burial will be in Floyd's Chapel Cemetery...
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Sara Lee Foods has 40 percent increase in United Way contributions
(Community News ~ 12/26/03)
Leaders with Dyer County's United Way effort are positive the community will reach its 2003-04 goal, especially with another major employer reporting an increase in its United Way campaign. Currently, Dyer County has raised $229,696 -- 57 percent of its $400,000 goal -- partially due to Sara Lee Foods' United Way campaign from its Newbern facility...
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Sterling Jowers and Blake Hawkins
(Community News ~ 12/26/03)
Sterling Jowers and Blake Hawkins, both sixth-graders at Dyersburg Middle School, pose with some of the class projects they and other students created for a social-studies project on ancient Egypt. Students made replicas of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, paddle dolls and scrolls carrying hieroglyphics. ...
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