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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 04/29/04)
Sparky is one of eight 8-week-old fiest-mix puppies available for adoption at the Dyersburg-Dyer County Humane Society's animal shelter at 325 Church Ave. S. in Dyersburg. For more information, call the shelter at 285-4889.
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Cub Scout day camp set for June
(Community News ~ 04/29/04)
Davy Crockett District Day Camp will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. June 16-18, at the Dyer County Fairgrounds. This year's theme is "Underwater Adventures." Barracuda BBs, shark spearing, soaking sports, coral crafts and underwater studies are just a few of the things planned...
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The Burks' dream home is open for Mission's annual spring tea
Event will be held May 5
(Community News ~ 04/29/04)
Everyone has a dream home but there are few who have the opportunity to build theirs. Eddie and Denise Burks are among those few. Come see their dream home when the Dyersburg-Dyer County Union Mission Ladies' Auxiliary hosts its annual spring tea from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. May 5...
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Kidz Kraze planned for park in May
(Community News ~ 04/29/04)
Kidz Kraze, a daylong festival that promotes the health and safety of children, will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 22 in Okeena Park. This will be the third year for the popular festival, and organizers have planned a few changes. A pony ride and petting zoo have been added, vendors will be allowed to set up and the whole event will become a fund-raiser for Madelyn Beamon. ...
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Lambuth president to visit city Tuesday
(Local News ~ 04/29/04)
Alumni and friends in the Dyersburg area are invited to a luncheon being hosted by the Lambuth Alumni Association. The luncheon will be held at noon May 4 in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg. The reservation deadline is April 30. Tickets are $8...
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Fire robs family of all their possessions
(Local News ~ 04/29/04)
Roger Kolwyck and his wife Paula could only stand on a remote back road in a Lake County and watch helplessly as fire consumed the house they had rented along with all of their worldly possessions. Even the clothes they were wearing as they stood in the chilly night air had been hastily gathered by Roger's brother in nearby Tiptonville. ...
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Local arrested for gambling operation, strip club in T'ville
(Local News ~ 04/29/04)
A Dyersburg man was charged with conspiracy to promote gambling after Tiptonville police and Lake County Sheriff's deputies raided a downtown nightclub early Sunday morning. According to the Lake County Banner, Kelly Brook, 42, of Upper Finley Road, was charged with the felony after officers found strippers, illegal drugs, gambling, the illegal sale of alcohol and food served with no permit at the site, located on Court Street...
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Violet Harness Revell
(Obituary ~ 04/29/04)
Violet Harness Revell, 99, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker, oldest member of First United Methodist Church, where she was a former member of Glory Singers and United Methodist Women. She was an active member of Dyersburg Senior Citizens...
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William Thomas "Bell" Thompson
(Obituary ~ 04/29/04)
William Thomas "Bell" Thompson, 94, of Trenton, formerly of Newbern, died Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at Harlan Morris Home in Trenton. He was a retired farmer and steel mill employee and a member of Center United Methodist Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dan Tilley officiating. Burial will be in McCorkle Cemetery in Newbern...
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James Taylor Watkins
(Obituary ~ 04/29/04)
James Taylor Watkins, 84, of Ridgely, died Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at Ridgey Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was a farmer and a member of Tiptonville Pentecostal Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Wynnburg Baptist Church with Doctor Ralph Buckley officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...
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Plan would use three in regular season, five for playoffs
(Professional Sports ~ 04/29/04)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A proposal to help high schools save money on travel costs for football games would split teams into three classes for the regular season and revert to the current five for the playoffs. Officials from the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association will brief coaches and administrators in Chattanooga on the plan Thursday. TSSAA executive director Ronnie Carter said they wanted options to help their 320 football-playing members...
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Female engineers finds place in NASCAR
(Professional Sports ~ 04/29/04)
Dale Earnhardt told Alba Colon she wouldn't last a year when she began working in NASCAR's top series, not exactly the greeting she had hoped to hear. ''I wanted to show that guy he was wrong,'' Colon said. She did. Ten years later, Colon is GM Racing's Chevrolet program manager and one of the most powerful women in what has generally been regarded as a man's sport...
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Zito's back, and with a Derby favorite
(Professional Sports ~ 04/29/04)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Nick Zito's world revolves around showing up for the Kentucky Derby. The trainer has won it twice -- but not lately. He missed the last two Derbies, and there was a brief time a few weeks ago when it looked like he might be out of luck again...
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