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Dyersburg feels like home for
First Assembly of God's new associate pastor
(Community News ~ 04/26/04)
From their first visit, Dyersburg felt like home to Adam and Melissa Tvedt (pronounced Tweet). Just a few weeks later, it is home to the Tvedts as Adam is now the student-ministry director and associate pastor at First Assembly of God. Originally from North Dakota, the Tvedts and their children, 2-year-old Adison and 1-year-old Abigail, began working with the Dyersburg church three weeks ago...
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Red Cross benefits from student project
(Community News ~ 04/26/04)
Class assignments usually come and go without the general public even realizing it. That's not true with Mary Walker's latest assignment. Her work is now on display in the local American Red Cross office. Mary, a fifth-grader in Andrea Agee's class at Dyersburg Intermediate School, had to make a report on something that happened during the Civil War...
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Hardin delighted with disability council position
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
Nancy Hardin of Dyersburg is delighted that Gov. Phil Bredesen has chosen to reappoint her to the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities. "Being on the council is one of my favorite things," Hardin, 66, said Wednesday. "Through the council I meet a lot of interesting people, including parents who are advocates for their own children and also for other children with disabilities."...
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Basin authority, Corps try again to test new ideas for WTTP
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
The West Tennessee Tributaries Project isn't dead yet. A new effort is being made to revive the flood-control project in an environmentally sensitive way. On Friday, a small work crew plans to investigate two of three potential sites for a new demonstration project...
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Busy weekend for Dyersburg police
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
Dyersburg Police Chief Bobby Williamson hopes this weekend isn't so busy for his officers as the last one. Last Friday through Sunday, DPD officers made arrests on multiple drug charges, a domestic disturbance and a threatened knife attack. On Friday, police arrested a 13-year-old juvenile for aggravated assault after the youth allegedly threatened a 10-year-old boy with a knife. ...
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Trustee taking cautious approach to sales tax projections
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
Despite nearly an 8 percent increase in sales tax collections this fiscal year over last, Dyer County Trustee Judy Patton is taking a cautious approach to predicting next year's collections. "The first quarter of this fiscal-year collections were up only 1.25 percent over last year," she said. "Now we've had double-digit increases for six of the last eight months and we're up 7.76 percent over last year, but I still want to be cautious so we're not overly optimistic in our projections...
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Clifford Brasfield
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Clifford Brasfield, 83, of Dyersburg died on Friday, April 23, 2004 at his residence. He was a retired building contractor and has built several homes and buildings throughout the Dyersburg area. He was a member and usher at the Dyersburg Church of God on Phillips Street and a former board member there...
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Stanley G. Earp
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Stanley G. Earp, 68, of Dyersburg died on Friday, April 23, 2004 at his residence. He was a retired employee of GTE Sylvania and Republic Builders. Funeral services will take place on Monday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Brother Ronnie Turner and Brother Donald Copeland will officiate...
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William H. Hardin Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
William H. Hardin Sr., 74, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired steel mill employee and attended Christ the King Church. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Pastor Michael Wilson officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Floyd Joe Kilburn
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Floyd Joe Kilburn, 84, of Tiptonville died Friday, April 23, 2004, at his residence. He was a retired machinist with the Dayton-Walton Foundry. Funeral services will take place today at 2 p.m. at Wynnburg Baptist Church with burial to follow in Haynes Memorial Cemetery in Tiptonville. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Brother Ralph Buckley and Brother Ernest Mayo will officiate...
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Willie Hester Moore
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Willie Hester Moore, 80, of Obion, died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Obion. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion with the Rev. Jim Branscum officiating. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery in Obion...
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Mattie Ozment
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Mattie Ozment, 89, of Newbern, died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker, a member of Christ United Methodist Church and a former member of Millsfield Home Demonstration Club. Services were at 3 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Nathe Ozment officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Elizabeth Imogene Sawyers
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Elizabeth Imogene Sawyers, 75, of Halls, died Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis. She was a homemaker and a member of Westside Baptist Church in Halls. Services will be at 5 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Archer's Chapel Cemetery near Halls...
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Paul Edward Tipton
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Paul Edward Tipton, 69, of Finley died Saturday, April 24, 2004 at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired taxi driver and a member of the Finley Baptist Church. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 26 in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Visitation will be between 5:30 - 9 p.m. today. The Rev. Charlie Halliburton will officiate...
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Tennessee close to ending probe into allegations
(College Sports ~ 04/26/04)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee officials are close to finishing an investigation into allegations made by an Alabama attorney that coach Phillip Fulmer and an agent were involved in paying football players. The university's general counsel office, NCAA compliance officer and NCAA faculty representative have been working on the case since October and hope to send a report of their findings to the NCAA and Southeastern Conference soon...
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Supreme Court turns down Clarett for NFL draft
(Professional Sports ~ 04/26/04)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maurice Clarett's bid to enter the NFL draft this weekend was turned down by the Supreme Court on Thursday, delaying for now his attempt to get into the league. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she saw no reason to overturn a lower court's stay preventing the former Ohio State running back from being picked...
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'It was just meant to be'Moores celebrating 66th anniversary
(Community News ~ 04/26/04)
It was around 1936 when Vernon Moore and his family moved to Cat Corner from Arkansas. Their home was just down the road from Frank and Lula Taylor. "My grandmother was visiting us," recalled Margaret Taylor Moore of the first time she saw her husband. "They had just moved in and she said that was where I'd find a boyfriend."...
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Writing workshop for teachers planned
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
May 1 promises to be a red-letter day for Dyer County. The highly acclaimed author Harvey Daniels will be the opening speaker at a workshop entitled: No Teacher Left Behind: Building a Community of Readers and Writers which will be held at Northview Middle School in Newbern. This workshop is being sponsored by the coordinated efforts of the West Tennessee Writing Project, UTM Office of Extended Campus and Continuing Education and Dyer County School System...
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Walk for Life is a 'fun family event'
Life Choices fund-raiser is Saturday
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
Looking for a family activity that will benefit others? The fourth annual Walk for Life, a fund-raiser for Life Choices Pregnancy Support Center of Dyersburg, will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Okeena Park. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. There will also be a bake sale during the event...
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School fight renews debate over resource officers
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
A fight on Thursday at Dyersburg Middle School that resulted in the injury of an 11-year-old will likely renew the debate over the need for a permanent police presence in city schools. Police were called to DMS late Thursday afternoon after a 12-year-old assaulted an 11-year-old with a pair of pencils, leaving 33 wounds in the child's back and arm, according to the investigator's report. ...
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Tennessee seeks changes in federal education law
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
The Tennessee Department of Education on Friday spelled out specific changes it wants made in the federal "No Child Left Behind" education act including a new set of tests developed specifically for the needs of special-education students. Dr. Dwight Hedge, superintendent of the Dyer County school system, said he worked closely with the advisory groups in Nashville that developed four major requests for changes in the way NCLB is addressed within Tennessee. They were as follows:...
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Dyersburg man dies in S.C. plane crash
Four killed when plane explodes shortly after takeoff
(Local News ~ 04/26/04)
The husband and father of a Dyersburg family was was one of four people who died last Monday in an airplane crash at the Greenwood, S.C. airport. Manuel Chavez, 28, was killed when the single-engine propeller plane crashed seconds after leaving the runway during the attempted takeoff...
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Jennifer Alexander
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Jennifer Alexander, 51, of Munford, died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Methodist Hospital-North in Memphis. She was a computer operator for SAIC Company at the NSA in Millington and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home. Burial was in Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery...
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Jennifer Alexander
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Jennifer Alexander, 51, of Munford, died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Methodist Hospital-North in Memphis. She was a computer operator for SAIC Company at the NSA in Millington and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home. Burial was in Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery...
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Manuel Chavez
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Manuel Chavez, 28, of Dyersburg, died Monday, April 19, 2004 in Greenwood, S.C. Harley Funeral Home in Greenwood, S.C. is in charge of arrangements.
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Leroy Dew
(Obituary ~ 04/26/04)
Leroy Dew, 87, died today at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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A record number of trades in busy draft
(Professional Sports ~ 04/26/04)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Manning had no idea what he was setting in motion when he told the San Diego Chargers not to start off the NFL draft by selecting him. The Chargers did anyway, then dealt him an hour later to the New York Giants in the first of a record 28 trades in one of the busiest drafts ever...
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Salary cap-strapped Titans fill needs, save money in draft
(Professional Sports ~ 04/26/04)
NASHVILLE (AP) -- Using most of their salary cap space to keep their top stars happy leaves the Tennessee Titans mining the NFL Draft to fill their roster. Even they couldn't have expected to have done this well. The Titans came into the draft needing to replace free agent departees Jevon Kearse and Robaire Smith on the defensive line, and they also wanted a tight end after Frank Wycheck retired. A handful of players to build depth would be a bonus...
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Gordon gets win over Earnhardt with controversial decision
(Professional Sports ~ 04/26/04)
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) -- Jeff Gordon seized the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr. with six laps remaining and barely beat him in a controversial finish Sunday, ending DEI's winning streak at Talladega Superspeedway. With Earnhardt making a strong move to pass for the lead coming off turn four on lap 184 of the 188-lap Aaron's 499, rookie Brian Vickers and Casey Mears collided, sending Vickers sliding and bringing out the 11th caution flag of the race...
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Spurs close the Pyramid down
(Professional Sports ~ 04/26/04)
MEMPHIS -- At the entrance to the media room at the Pyramid, the Grizzlies employed a marine. His job was to keep everybody out that didn't have the proper identification. He did his job well and with an attitude. Even if Jerry West came down himself without the right IDs, he wasn't getting in without a fight...
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