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Local students win big at Spanish Fair
(Community News ~ 05/28/04)
Students from Brighton, Covington, Dyersburg, Dyer County, Munford, Obion County Central and Peabody high schools competed in a Spanish competition held recently at Dyersburg State Community College. The contests included conversational Spanish, skits, poetry recitation, vocabulary drills, poster design, name-tag design, arts and crafts, and food preparation...
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Right Choices announces winners of creative arts contest
(Community News ~ 05/28/04)
Two Dyersburg students were among those winning awards in the Creative Arts Contest sponsored by Right Choices of West Tennessee. Students in Dyer, Crockett, Lauderdale and Obion counties were challenged to create pictures, write essays, develop songs or make a movie that conveyed a positive and motivating message about abstinence from sexual activity...
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43 Dyer County eighth-graders pass Algebra I Gateway
(Local News ~ 05/28/04)
Thanks to one class, 24 Three Oaks Middle School and 19 Northview Middle School eighth-graders will have three less things to worry about when they enter high school this fall: 1) They've completed Algebra I. 2) They've passed the Algebra I Gateway exam -- 34 of them with an advanced score and four with a proficient score...
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Luminary sales benefit Relay for Life
(Local News ~ 05/28/04)
Light a candle for a loved one during the Dyer County Relay for Life, and you'll also help illuminate the pathway to a cancer cure. Relay teams and officials are selling luminaries in honor and in memory of cancer patients. The luminaries will line the Relay for Life walking path on June 11-12 and proceeds will help support the American Cancer Society's research, education, advocacy and service programs...
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County's sales tax collections might top best ever
(Local News ~ 05/28/04)
Dyer County Trustee Judy Patton now thinks the county may exceed its all-time sales tax total this year. "I didn't think we would make our all-time high collection of $10,021,000 this year, but if our collection next month is $830,000 we will," Patton said. "Our collections have really picked up this year."...
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County successfully test computer 911 system
(Local News ~ 05/28/04)
It is called "Voice over Internet Protocol," or VoIP, and it is the future of the telephone industry, according to communications experts. Telephones that operate through computers. The Dyer County 911 District took a huge step into the future when it recently tested the first emergency 911 call to the Newbern Police Department using VoIP. It is possible this was the first such test conducted in the nation from a central 911 office to a remote site...
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Jerry Wayne Bell
(Obituary ~ 05/28/04)
Jerry Wayne Bell, 55, of Finley, died Thursday, May 27, 2004 at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Care. He was a farmer and attended the Junction Church of God. Services were at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenny Chessor officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery...
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Pearl Childress
(Obituary ~ 05/28/04)
Pearl Childress, 82, of Bogota, died Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Care. She was a retired employee of Sylvania Corporation and a member of Bogota Church of Christ. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother John Huse Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Pearl Childress
(Obituary ~ 05/28/04)
Pearl Childress, 82, of Bogota, died Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Care. She was a retired employee of Sylvania Corporation and a member of Bogota Church of Christ. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother John Huse Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Pete Carroll
(Obituary ~ 05/28/04)
Pete Carroll, 78, of Finley, died Thursday, May 20, 2004 at Ridgely Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was a retired employee of Continental Can and Dyersburg Fabrics, a member of Finley Baptist Church, a Life Member of DAV and The American Legion and a World War II Navy veteran...
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Face of Titans changing every day
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/04)
First it was the Freak, now it is the Iron Horse. Piece by piece, the Titans we knew are transforming right before our eyes. With the reported June 1 release of tailback Eddie George, Tennessee will no longer be the team that captured a region's imagination and wonder over the past six years. The foundation that the team has been built is set to be thrown away like yesterday's trash...
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Shelton signs with Dyersburg State
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/04)
On Thursday, Cole Shelton was still thinking about his final baseball game with Dyersburg High last week. Even as he was about to make the jump to the next level of competition, the senior Trojan could not get it out of his mind. "I still think we were 5 feet away from going to state," Shelton said, referring to his deep fly that almost turned into a grand slam in the 3-1 loss to Collierville. "But since then I have just been working hard, getting bigger, faster and stronger."...
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Choctaw competes for state title on the same day as graduation
(Local News ~ 05/28/04)
To watch Robert Harris practice the high jump is like watching a grown man go to the dentist. He knows it is good for him but he really doesn't want to be there until they give out the lollipop at the end. In Harris's case, the lollipop is the actual track meets where he has raised his intensity and walked away with the high-jump title in all but one outing this season...
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