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Confident of more financial support, Young Life looks for additional part-time staff
(Community News ~ 06/15/04)
With its only fund-raiser of the year more than two weeks gone and still needing to raise around $30,000, Timm Johnson, area director of Young Life Northwest TN26, isn't worried. "We had a low turnout this year at our banquet but know for a fact many of our faithful donors had legitimate conflicts of schedule," he said...
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'Take me out to the ball game'
(Community News ~ 06/15/04)
Dyersburg-Dyer County Day at Busch Stadium set for July 24
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Wade Hampton development given green light
(Local News ~ 06/15/04)
The Dyersburg Regional Planning Commission gave the green light to the construction of a private, gated community along Wade Hampton in Dyersburg when it recently approved a plat of 34 lots between that road and Lowe's property. The project had been the subject of some controversy among residents of the area. ...
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Judge boots pair charged with armed robbery from courtroom
(Local News ~ 06/15/04)
City Judge Lyman Ingram on Monday removed from the courtroom the suspects charged with the armed robberies earlier in the day of two locals after one of the men cursed after hearing the bond amount. Michael 'Mario' Brown, 22, uttered an expletive when Ingram set bond for him and David Lee Price, 24, at $50,000 each...
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Dyer Fabrics lays off 90 more temporarily
(Local News ~ 06/15/04)
Barely a week after laying off 47 employees, perhaps permanently, Dyer Fabrics laid off 90 more Monday, but this time temporarily. "There was a layoff this afternoon," said Thomas Strawn, the firm's general counsel. "It involved 90 employees and it's temporary and tied to renegotiating customer contracts to provide more stability and uniformity in order to have more dependability and to avoid the hill-and-valley nature of our business."...
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Commission passes adult business zone on 12-4 vote
(Local News ~ 06/15/04)
After 45 minutes of heated discussion, including comments from affected citizens, Monday night the Dyer County Commission voted 12-4 to establish a zone for adult-oriented businesses on Chic Road. Everyone who spoke said they oppose such businesses anywhere in the county, but in the end the vote was pragmatic in the hope that establishing a zone in a remote portion of the county would discourage the businesses...
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Inez Bell Dunn Hayes
(Obituary ~ 06/15/04)
Inez Bell Dunn Hayes, of Dyersburg, died Sunday June 13, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Hospital. As a member of First Baptist Church she served in the church nursery for over 20 years. After retirement from Sylvania Company she operated a small child day care center in her home where she had lived since 1936...
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Ruby Catherine Scott
(Obituary ~ 06/15/04)
Ruby Catherine Scott, 75, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, June 13, 2004 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker and attended Keystone Church of God. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Keystone Church of God with the Rev. Archie Larry officiating. Burial will be in New Have Cemetery in Ridgely. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Odessa Anderson
(Obituary ~ 06/15/04)
Odessa Anderson, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 14, 2004 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Loyd Kee
(Obituary ~ 06/15/04)
Loyd Kee, 80, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 14, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Dakota Thompson
(Obituary ~ 06/15/04)
Dakota Thompson, of Newbern, died Sunday, June 13, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Sosa, fans, Diamond Jaxx all happy with his rehab stint
(Professional Sports ~ 06/15/04)
JACKSON (AP) -- Rehab assignments for Sammy Sosa are very rare. So the Chicago Cubs outfielder is making sure everyone enjoys his three-game stint with the Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Sosa arrived at Pringles Park in a white limousine Sunday, put on a show in batting practice with 14 home runs and signed some autographs...
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Jackson facing one of biggest challenges of coaching career
(Professional Sports ~ 06/15/04)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Oh, great Zen Master, what now? How do you turn dysfunction into function? How do you unbreak what is so obviously broken? Can this marriage be saved? Is hope not lost? ''Well, right now I don't think there's a challenge that's as imminent as this perhaps since the '95 season when we had to restructure and remake the Chicago Bulls,'' Lakers coach Phil Jackson said as his Los Angeles Lakers, trailing the Detroit Pistons 3-1 in the NBA Finals, prepared for Game 5...
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Local teams roll through tourneys
(Community Sports ~ 06/15/04)
The 16-and-under Dyersburg Spirits went undefeated in the Collierville fastpitch tournament this weekend to win the championship. The Spirits began pool play with Crockett County's Jada Bushart leading the team to a 9-1 win over the Milan Heartbreakers. She allowed three hits with seven strikeouts. Magen Maynor and Candice Thompson each had two hits...
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Tomahawk Invitation good test for summer teams
(High School Sports ~ 06/15/04)
The members of the Dyer County baseball team are not a month removed from the end of the season and they are already hard at work on next year. That included competing in the Brighton tournament last weekend. The Dyer County Tomahawks won their first two games against Rosemark Academy and the Jackson Eagles before being eliminated by Covington on Saturday...
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