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Right Choices advocates learn about health department services
(Community News ~ 08/06/04)
Advocates for Right Choices of West Tennessee are prepared for a new school year. They wrapped up two weeks of training on Friday and will report for duty Monday, Aug. 2, in Obion, Crockett and Lauderdale county schools. Advocates teach the "Why Know" curriculum in grades 6-9 and visit high school classes upon invitation. The course covers life, character education, the messages teens get from the media and the risks of having sex...
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Dogs taken in animal-cruelty case available for adoption
(Community News ~ 08/06/04)
Rooster is a typical dog's name. But, then, Rooster isn't a typical dog. She's a Jack Russell terrier who's known for climbing chain-link fences and sitting on the top rail, just like a rooster. It's a bid for attention, and it pays off. Whenever they see Rooster climbing the fence, employees of Nauvoo Pet Resort run to the rescue, pulling her from the fence and offering her affection...
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Car dealership offers yellow ribbons to buyers; effort supports local Guard's Family Readiness Group
(Local News ~ 08/06/04)
Every person who buys a new car at Rick Hill Nissan will receive a little something extra: a magnetic yellow ribbon. Thomas McNeely, general manager of the dealership, purchased 500 magnetic ribbons Wednesday from the 230th Area Support Group Family Readiness Group. He said a yellow ribbon will be placed on each vehicle purchased until the supply of ribbons is exhausted...
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Come one, come all to National Guard Support Day
(Local News ~ 08/06/04)
All Dyer Countians are invited to attend a celebration at the fairgrounds Saturday at noon in honor of the local Tennessee National Guard unit called to service in the Middle East. "I hope that every citizen in every community in Dyer County can find a few hours this Saturday to come to the fairgrounds at noon and bid farewell to the men and women of our local Tennessee National Guard unit who are leaving their homes and their families, everything in life they hold dear, to go to the Middle East and serve their country." - Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill. ...
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Election turnout shamefully light
(Local News ~ 08/06/04)
Despite pleasant weather in the high 70s and low 80s most of the day Thursday Dyer Countians largely ignored the state primary and county and Dyersburg general elections. Only 1,855 of the county's 20,820 registered voters, or 8.91 percent cast ballots, 557 of those during the early voting period...
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Bertrand disappointed, but hopes voters learned lesson
(Local News ~ 08/06/04)
A disappointed Dennis Bertrand said Thursday night he hopes his failed bid to unseat what he called a pretender to the Republican Party will have some effect on future elections. "I think we got tricked - the people of the 8th Congressional District got tricked," Bertrand said by phone from his Newbern home. "The man is a pretender to being a Republican because he doesn't hold any principles I recognize as Republican."...
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Fred Raymond "Freddy" Hansford
(Obituary ~ 08/06/04)
Fred Raymond "Freddy" Hansford, 50, of Halls, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. He was an employee of J.C. Penney Company in Dyersburg and a member of First Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Halls First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Halls...
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Frances Nelson "Petie" Shipley
(Obituary ~ 08/06/04)
Frances Nelson "Petie" Shipley, 50, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004 at Ridgely Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker, attended Evansville Free Holiness Church and Friendship Free Holiness Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Mac Daniels and the Rev. Bo Kendall officiating...
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Dale Chaney Troiano
(Obituary ~ 08/06/04)
Dale Chaney Troiano, 83, of Halls, died Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004 at Ridgely Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Eastern Star in Dyersburg and Halls First Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Halls...
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Ora Williams Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/06/04)
Ora Williams Jr., 84, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Ripley. He was a city worker in St. Joseph, Mich. and a member of Phillips Street Church of Christ. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Dustin Forthun officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Trina Windham
(Obituary ~ 08/06/04)
Trina Windham, 26, of Gates, died Monday, Aug. 2, 2004 in Gates. She was a homemaker. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in East View Cemetery in Union City. Thompson's Mortuary in Ripley is in charge of arrangements.
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The Dyersburg Middle School football team
(Community Sports ~ 08/06/04)
The Dyersburg Middle School football team was hard at work Thursday preparing for the upcoming 2004 season. Dyersburg will have a jamboree on Aug. 16 before the first game of the season at Humboldt Aug. 24. More can be read about the Trojans in the State Gazette Football Guide that will appear in the Dyersburg News Aug. 25...
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