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Another bowl, another beating
(College Sports ~ 01/08/04)
The Clemson team that showed up at the Peach Bowl was, indeed, the Tiger squad that smashed Florida State. But that is the same Seminole team that dropped two decisions to Miami this season. Yes, the same Miami that Tennessee defeated on the Hurricanes' home field during the regular season...
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McNair practices, George runs on the side
(Professional Sports ~ 01/08/04)
The Titans practiced at The Coliseum in 28-degree weather in preparation for Saturday's playoff game at New England. McNair did not take part in a two-hour walkthrough Tuesday as he rested his legs, which had been hurting because of a sprained left ankle with a cracked bone spur and a strained right calf muscle...
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Rachel Irene Abbott
(Obituary ~ 01/08/04)
Rachel Irene Abbott, 79, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a housekeeping worker, an employee of the Dyersburg hospital and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ in Dyersburg. Services were today at 11 a.m. at White-Mahon Funeral Home in Troy with the Rev. Alfred Bell officiating. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery in Hornbeak...
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Mary Ruth Miller Edwards
(Obituary ~ 01/08/04)
Mary Ruth Miller Edwards, 83, of Valparaiso, Ind., formerly of Newbern, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004 at Canterbury Place in Valparaiso. She was a homemaker, a member of First Baptist Church, Triple L. Club, Newbern Quiliting Club and former president of Senior Citizens Club...
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Inez Cooley Jowers
(Obituary ~ 01/08/04)
Inez Cooley Jowers, 68, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Glendale Church of Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Dustin Forthum and Brother Kirk Talley officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...
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Nickey James Lawson II
(Obituary ~ 01/08/04)
Nickey James Lawson II, infant son of Nickey James and Mandi Rhea Lawson of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg.
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Bloodmobile's first trip leads to Dyersburg
(Community News ~ 01/08/04)
Employees of Bekaert Steel Wire Corp. made history on Wednesday. They participated in the first-ever blood drive held aboard Lifeline Blood Services' newest bloodmobile. The new bus replaces a 20-year-old model, driver Pat Freiburger said. The new, 40-foot Bluebird customized motor coach is arranged much like the other bloodmobiles, but the ceiling is higher and it seems brighter inside. ...
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New training grant assists displaced homemakers
(Local News ~ 01/08/04)
Workforce Board director Henry Lewis is proud of innovate new approaches to the retraining of displaced workers in the region, yet, he worries about a funding crunch in 2003 that could derail efforts to meet the growing needs of Northwest Tennessee...
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Company may house Vermont inmates in Tennessee
(Local News ~ 01/08/04)
Tennessee may soon be home to some social misfit Vermonters under a contract between Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America and the state of Vermont. CCA, the nation's largest provider of corrections management services to government agencies, entered into the pact this week to manage up to 700 Vermont prison inmates and a CCA spokesman said some may wind up in the CCA-owned and managed West Tennessee facility at Mason...
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Dyersburg State begins info blitz for lottery scholarships
(Local News ~ 01/08/04)
The lottery-based HOPE scholarships for Tennessee students officially became reality on Jan. 2. On Monday, Dyersburg State Community College kicks off an information blitz designed to get eligible area students signed up before the May 1 final deadline...
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False police report leads to prison sentence
(Local News ~ 01/08/04)
A Dyer County man who traded his truck for crack cocaine, then reported it stolen, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to filing a false police report. Russell Franklin Willis, 24, of 8787 Millsfield Highway, was sentenced by Judge Lee Moore to serve two years in prison for filing the false report...
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