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Ramey performing in THCA's Showcase of Stars
District competition is Saturday in McKenzie
(Community News ~ 07/26/04)
While Patty Ramey has sung around crowds at churches, weddings and funerals, she's never shared her talent in the form of a talent competition. After Saturday night, she'll no longer be able to say that. Ramey will be among the 13 contestants vying for the chance to represent their district at the Tennessee Health Care Association's first Showcase of Stars. The talent show will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the McKenzie High School auditorium. The public is welcome. There is no admission charge...
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Next DHS marching band is young but experienced
(Community News ~ 07/26/04)
The Dyersburg High School Marching Band lost 24 of its senior members after last year's graduation ceremony, but as band director Tim Graham watched the 77 members who showed up for camp this week go through their paces, he believed this should be a group to fare well in competitions...
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Pet of the week
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Diver is a 1 1/2-year-old female all-American mutt who loves to swim. She was found swimming in the Newbern pool on more than one occasion. This gentle dog is 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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Bank-stabilization effort considered for Obion River; public comments are sought
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Some of the bank-stabilization projects along the Obion River have failed to stand the test of time. Riprap layered on the riverbank was expected to protect the underlying soil from the swift river currents. Instead, scouring of the river's bottom has dislodged the rock and sent it tumbling downward...
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Committee formed to examine Newbern garbage fees
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Faced with criticism from some local businessmen about the fees and route schedule of the private contractor handling garbage pickup in Newbern, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen established a committee on Tuesday night to study the problem. Barker Brothers of Troy began picking up residential garbage for the city in September of last year; but until July 1, city crews were still making the rounds of local businesses. This month Barker also began to haul away garbage from commercial enterprises...
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Dahl seeks to represent constituents in state House
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Dave Dahl says he's running for the state Legislature to provide constituent services in House District 82. "I wouldn't even be running if the guy who holds the office was doing the kind of job he should be doing," Dahl said during an interview. "I have people coming to my office all the time saying they need help because their state representative won't call them back."...
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Missouri men convicted of first-degree murder
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Timmy Jackson and his stepfather, Robert Hudson, have been found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of probation or parole. On Nov. 30, 2002, Jackson and Hudson murdered Jimmy Grills by shooting, stabbing and cutting him. The 52-year-old Grills lived between Hayti and Kennett. Jackson was convicted Tuesday while Hudson received his sentence last November...
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Newbern hires Murray as public works director
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Dyersburg Street Department Superintendent John Murray has accepted a bigger job in a smaller city. Murray, 39, was hired Tuesday night by the Newbern Board of Mayor and Aldermen as the city's new public works director. "We're excited about him coming," Newbern Mayor Joe Adams said Wednesday. "He's got the youth, the experience and the education to do a good job for us."...
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Man tackles, detains robbery suspect downtown
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Joe Tidwell Jr. of Dyersburg wasn't expecting to catch a robbery suspect Tuesday afternoon, but to defend his father he tackled and detained a man in an alley behind South Main Street. Tidwell's father, Joe Tidwell Sr., had been standing near their business, Chandler's Family Hair Care, downtown when Tidwell Sr. was approached by a man who reportedly asked him for cash. When Tidwell Sr. refused, the man took an undisclosed amount of cash from his pocket and retreated down the alley...
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Dyersburg bows out of EDA grant
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
The City of Dyersburg was offered a grant from the Economic Development Administration for about a half million dollars but on Thursday chose to turn it down, a move that will likely close the door to future grants from the federal organization. The Finance Committee, meeting at city hall, decided the local burden for taxpayers, about $230,000, was simply too great versus the practical benefit of having nine more generators for public buildings in the event of a widespread power outage...
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Woman robbed by juvenile
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Dyersburg police responded to First Citizens National Bank's downtown branch on Monday when a bank employee was robbed. Kelley Cryer had just returned from her lunch break and was walking from her car to the bank's side entrance when she was approached by a black male juvenile riding a bicycle...
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Adult bookstore shut down
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
The owner of Dyer County's first and only adult bookstore said Thursday the store is closed. "It's shut down," Donald Brewer Sr. said when reached by phone. Brewer, who faces criminal charges for operating the Adult Superstore II without a required adult-oriented entertainment license and a county lawsuit seeking an injunction to close the store permanently, refused to answer further questions and referred all further comment to his attorney...
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$100 million sought for alleged beatings by deputies
Attorneys for alleged beating victim file $100 million lawsuit in federal court
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Attorneys for the local man allegedly beaten south of Dyersburg by Lauderdale County deputies in June are seeking $100 million in damages, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Memphis on Wednesday. The complaint names Lauderdale County, Lauderdale County Sheriff Louis Craig and deputy sheriffs Kenneth N. Nelson and Kenneth Randall Richardson as defendants...
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Comments sought on greentree reservoir proposal
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
White Lake Waterfowl, a limited-liability company based in Nashville, is seeking permission to build a greentree reservoir in Dyer County. The group filed applications for state and federal water-quality permits to construct the reservoir in two cells adjacent to White Lake Waterfowl Refuge...
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Arnett announces candidacy for 77th District Republican nomination
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Shelly Arnett of Samburg has announced she is a candidate for the Republican Party nomination to run for the 77th District state House seat. "I'm running for state representative to give something back to the community that has been so good to me," she said on a prepared statement. "Our current representative has been in Nashville for 16 years and neighbors around here think it's time for a change."...
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Chamber receives national honors
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
In a competition with chambers of commerce across the nation, the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce was the recipient of three awards in the American Chamber of Commerce Executives' coveted Awards for Communication Excellence. The ACE Awards competition is an annual event that recognizes excellence in all areas of communications and serves as the vehicle for the chamber community to promote effective communications as well as highlight initiatives, introduce events and inform members...
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Drug pleas draw eight-year sentences
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
A Newbern man was sentenced Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to serve eight years in prison after pleading guilty to two charges of sale of cocaine. Lonnie J. Watson, 22, of 407 Jones St., will be eligible for a furlough to a long-term drug rehabilitation program after serving six months in the Dyer County Jail, but District Attorney General Phil Bivens explained to Watson Tuesday in court that he might not get to go to rehab...
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Job rates lowered at local business
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Changes are being implemented at a local business, including the lowering of pay rates for certain jobs. Colonial Diversified Polymer Products, in an effort to remain competitive in a global market, has reclassified some jobs and reduced some hourly wages...
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Dyer, Lake counties to try drug court
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Frustrated by their inability to curb illegal drug use, Dyer and Lake county judges are about to try a new strategy. "I'm not sure this will work, but it looks promising," said Dyer-Lake Circuit Judge Lee Moore. "Everything we've tried so far has had very little success."...
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PolyOne division sale not expected to affect local plant: manager
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
The sale of PolyOne Corporation's Elastomers and Performance Additives business should have little or no effect on the Dyersburg PolyOne operation, its manager said Friday. "There are two PolyOne operations in Dyersburg," Tim Dunagan said. "There's Elastomers and Performance Additives and there's a Colorants and Additives Division and only the Elastomers and Performance Additives Division is being sold."...
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James Thomas Finch
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
James Thomas Finch, 83, of Dyersburg, formerly of Nashville, died Monday, July 19, 2004, at West Tennessee Transitional Care Unit in Jackson. He was a retired schoolteacher with the Davidson County School System and a Methodist. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sunnyside Cemetery in Kenton with Dennis Watts officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Lela Harmon
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Lela Harmon, 90, of Newbern, formerly of Macon, Miss., died Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at Dyersburg Manor. She was a homemaker, a retired rural mail carrier in Macon and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Macon. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Macon City Cemetery with the Rev. Dan Tilly, her son-in-law, officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Willie D. Yates
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Ms. Willie D. Yates, 100, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, July 21, 2004, at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Olivia Claire Gean
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Olivia Claire Gean of Munford, the infant daughter of Kristi Gean of Munford and Sebastian Kinlaw of Indiana, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, at Methodist Hospital-North in Memphis. Graveside services were held at Hurricane Hills Cemetery near Newbern. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Troy Junior Thrasher
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Troy Junior Thrasher, 61, of Ridgely, died Thursday, July 22, 2004, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer and a member of Mooring Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Ridgely chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Runions officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery...
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Willie Dee Yates
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Willie Dee Yates, 100, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, July 21, 2004, at her residence. She was a homemaker.
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Billy Cleveland Coleman
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Billy Cleveland Coleman, 66, of Friendship, died Thursday, July 22, 2004, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a farmer and a member of Bethesda Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Friendship Funeral Home with Daniel Tillman officiating. Burial will be in Bethesda Cemetery...
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Paul Edmundson
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Paul Edmundson, 95, of Milan, died Friday, July 23, 2004, at Milan General Hospital in Milan. He was a retired farmer and a member of Antioch United Methodist Church near Bradford. Services are at 2 p.m. today at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan with the Rev. Todd Delaney and Johnny Sapp officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Dyer...
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Charles I. 'Charlie' Miller
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Charles I. "Charlie" Miller, 76, of Henderson, formerly of Dyer County, died Thursday, July 22, 2004, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was the retired executive vice president of First State Bank in Henderson. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27, at Henderson Church of Christ with Ben Flatt, Joe Williams and John Rickard officiating. Burial will follow in the Henderson City Cemetery...
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Daniel Lawrence Walters
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Daniel Lawrence Walters, 73, of Alamo, died Thursday, July 22, 2004, at his residence. He was a retired factory employee. Services were at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ronk Funeral Home with Jeff Scott officiating. Burial was in Oakview Memorial Gardens.
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All coming together for Dyersburg at state
(College Sports ~ 07/26/04)
GRENBRIER -- It took a little time, but Dyersburg finally figured it out. When they have runners on base, it is OK to knock them home. After loading the bases three times and coming away with only five runs, the Dyersburg All-Stars put Pleasant View away 10-4 Wednesday in the semifinals of the Dixie Youth 14-year-old State Tournament at Greenbrier High School...
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Alexander brings out the big stick
(Community Sports ~ 07/26/04)
Dyersburg to play for spot in state championship
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The carrot hop
(Community News ~ 07/26/04)
Arleaon Williams hops toward a yellow bowl, where he'll deposit his carrot and return to the starting line. In the meantime, Shakaila Smith is hopping her way back to starting-line official Eileen Maxwell. Children at A New Beginning Ministries participated in a number of food-related activities on Thursday. ...
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Greene appointed to Rehab board
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
The commission of the Tennessee Department of Human Services announced this week that Benny L. Greene, owner of Dyersburg Ford, has been appointed to the board of directors of the local rehabilitation center serving the Northwest Tennessee region. There are 17 Community Tennessee Rehabilitation Centers across the state. ...
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Nursing program wins state award
(Local News ~ 07/26/04)
Dyersburg State Community College's Fast Track LPN to RN Program won an "Economic Development" award this month from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The award was announced during the recent Tennessee Workforce Partnership Summit...
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Gracie Lee Deason
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Gracie Lee Deason, 60, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 25, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Edward R. Sharpe
(Obituary ~ 07/26/04)
Edward R. Sharpe, of Trimble, died Sunday, July 25, 2004 at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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The loss of George will be felt in the stands by the fans
(Sports Column ~ 07/26/04)
While my passion for sports knows no boundaries, I am not a man that buys a lot of sports paraphernalia. It is just one of my things. The only sports-related items I will purchase are shirts. They are usually teams I like or shirts that just look really slamming on me...
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