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DMS drama club reflects on 'Music Magic'
Play will be presented Tuesday
(Community News ~ 05/03/04)
"There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music." Victorian-era author and poet Mary Ann Evans, who published under the pseudonym George Eliot, wrote those words in 1860 in her novel "The Mill on the Floss."...
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Chief says continuing problems could cause police to seek closure of club
(Local News ~ 05/03/04)
A local nightclub that has caused continuing law enforcement problems could be shut down if the problems continue, Dyersburg's police chief said this week. An advertisement for the opening of Century 21 Cabaret on the U.S. Highway 51 Bypass says the club had scheduled a grand opening Saturday night with a $5,000 balloon drop...
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New commander takes charge of Guard unit
(Local News ~ 05/03/04)
Leadership of Tennessee's sixth major command on Saturday changed when the flag of the 230th Area Support Group in Dyersburg passed from Col. Mike Armour to Col. Bob Nelson. Nelson, of Erwin, Tenn., takes command of the 136-soldier logistics command just weeks after the unit was alerted for possible mobilization...
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Man receives probation for stealing from mother
(Local News ~ 05/03/04)
A Dyersburg man was sentenced to serve a year on supervised probation Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to stealing from his mother. Richard Wayne Maze Jr., 18, of 525 McGaughey St., was charged with theft of property worth less than $1,000...
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Two meth labs busted by deputies
(Local News ~ 05/03/04)
Dyer County Sheriff's Department deputies arrested four locals at two methamphetamine labs in the county over a 24-hour period Thursday and Friday. The first bust happened Thursday 12:24 p.m. near the Lauderdale County line in the 200 block of Dodson Road, when surveillance of a shed near the back of a house resulted in evidence of a meth lab. Charged with criminal intent to manufacture methamphetamine is Eric Louis Pike, 25...
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Spurs 88, Lakers 78
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/04)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Poise down the stretch came only from Tim Duncan and the defending NBA champions. Precision was the quality the Los Angeles Lakers lacked. The San Antonio Spurs forced the Lakers into 10 fourth-quarter turnovers and held Los Angeles without a field goal for a six-minute span, using a late 10-0 run to cement an 88-78 victory Sunday in Game 1 of their second-round series...
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Gordon wins second straight race
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/04)
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) -- No flying beer cans and jeers for Jeff Gordon on Sunday at California Speedway. It was all cheers and smiles as the California native won his second straight NASCAR Nextel Cup race. A week after beating fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a controversial finish at Talladega, Gordon dominated on the way to victory in the Auto Club 500, his third victory in eight tries on the 2-mile California oval. He is the only Cup driver with more than one win here...
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Trojans trounce in DHS Invite
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/04)
The Dyersburg baseball team must really like playing at home. In two tournaments that have been held in Dyersburg, the Trojans have swept through the competition. That includes last week's Dyersburg Invitational. It is the third top-two finish of the season for DHS...
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Eugene Davidson
(Obituary ~ 05/03/04)
Eugene Davidson, 74, of Finley, died Saturday, May 1, 2004 at his residence. He was an employee of Goodyear after 17 years and Pepsi after 37 years and a veteran of the Korean War. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Eastside Cemetery in Martin with Brother Charlie Halliburton and Brother Johnny Hazelwood officiating...
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Lilly Lucille Branscum Dunigan
(Obituary ~ 05/03/04)
Lilly Lucille Branscum Dunigan, 74, of Newbern, died Sunday, May 2, 2004 at her daughter's residence in Newbern. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. William T. Jowers officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...
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Marvin Lee Simpson
(Obituary ~ 05/03/04)
Marvin Lee Simpson, 65, of Mason Hall died Saturday, May 1, 2004, at his residence. He was a retired factory employee. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of the Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. James Kinsey officiating. Burial will in Rutherford Cemetery...
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Porter Eugene "Gene" Tucker
(Obituary ~ 05/03/04)
Porter Eugene "Gene" Tucker, 72, of Newbern, died Sunday, May 2, 2004 at his residence. He was a retired maintenance employee of Dana Corporation and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. James Branscum officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Addie White
(Obituary ~ 05/03/04)
Addie White, 91 of Dyersburg died Friday, April 30, 2004 at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was most recently a member of the Three Oaks Baptist Church in Dyersburg but had previously been a member of the Newbern Assembly of God Church for over 30 years...
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