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For the love of money and glory
(Sports Column ~ 01/30/04)
If you call the Toughman hotline to sign up for the tournament, a recording from Butterbean will greet you with a simple message. In nine words he conveys what Toughman is all about and the type of show the organization is looking to put on. "If you are a wimp, you need not apply."...
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Margaret Bell Faris
(Obituary ~ 01/30/04)
Margaret Bell Faris, 81, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church of Dyersburg. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Dr. Phillip Cook officiating...
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Gazette seeks stories, images of county's school history
(Community News ~ 01/30/04)
The State Gazette needs help from area residents with a project intended to chronicle the history of Dyer County's early schools. There were about 80 schools at one time or another serving farm communities that have long vanished into the pages of history. ...
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Therapist uses special techniques to reduce lymphedema
(Local News ~ 01/30/04)
Gayla Lane fulfilled a promise to her father, and now she's helping others in a way that she couldn't help him. Her father, the late Ralph Alford of Obion, underwent a biopsy of the lymph nodes on the right side of his neck. Then, he developed lymphedema, a chronic condition characterized by persistent swelling of body tissues, usually in the arms or legs...
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Petition seeks gospel music on WTRO as protest against secularization
(Local News ~ 01/30/04)
A Dyersburg man is mounting a petition campaign to get gospel music played on a local radio station as a protest against the increasing secularization of American society. "They've taken God out of the schools and the Ten Commandments out of courthouses," said Joe Bingham. "I just think we need to stop it and other things the (American Civil Liberties Union) is doing by getting people to think again about the Gospel."...
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Family requests prayers for critically ill son
(Local News ~ 01/30/04)
A Dyersburg family is asking for prayers for the recovery of their 12-year-old son who is in intensive care at a Memphis hospital. Jonathan Reynolds, the son of David and Tina Reynolds and Matt and Debbie Flowers, has been hospitalized for more than a week after suffering a wound that became infected. The sixth-grader at Three Oaks Middle School has been at LeBonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis since Thursday, Jan. 22...
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Beagle rescued from illegal trap
(Local News ~ 01/30/04)
A young beagle became the eighth victim of illegal traps Wednesday in Dyer County. The dog's right rear foot was caught in the jaws of a steel trap in the Evansville neighborhood. While no bones were broken, the dog's foot is swollen, discolored and obviously painful...
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Vision XXI participants foretell progress
(Local News ~ 01/30/04)
Dozens of hands wrote hundreds of facts about local events from the past five years on a paper timeline tacked to the walls of the Lannom Center last night, the first step in revisiting the Vision XXI community development plan. The next move, said facilitator Phil Scharre, is to answer what needs to be done to improve the Dyersburg-Dyer County community...
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