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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 08/19/04)
Puma is an affectionate 1-2-year-old female faded calico. She is somewhat afraid of her new home, but if you pet her she will come to you for more attention. She 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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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 08/19/04)
Katie is a gentle, female black-and-tan basset mix who 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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Series of fund-raisers to benefit K.C. Group Home
(Community News ~ 08/19/04)
The Monroe Activity Center in support of K.C. Group Home of Newbern will be hosting a series of fund-raisers to benefit the ladies' ninth field trip. The trip will take place Sept. 21-26. The group -- eight ladies and three staff personnel -- will spend six days in Georgia and South Carolina with 44 others from Madison-Haywood Developmental Services Home in Jackson and K.C. Group Home South Fulton...
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Members of the 46th Engineering Battalion based in Paris, Tenn.
(Community News ~ 08/19/04)
Members of the 46th Engineering Battalion based in Paris, Tenn., are at Dyer County High School this week setting up the obstacle course that will be utilized by the schools Junior R.O.T.C. unit. The rappelling tower shown here will have two platforms, one at 20 feet and the other at 40 feet. ...
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TVA Board meets in Dyersburg
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
It wasn't so much the business conducted at the Lannom Center on Wednesday as it was the very fact that the event took place in Dyersburg. The three-member board of directors for the Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest power producer in the U.S., decided to conduct business before a crowd of local onlookers in Dyersburg that included the press, area businessmen and political leaders. ...
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Nader on Tennessee ballot? Wait a few days
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
Tennesseans apparently must wait a few more days to find out whether they can vote for independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the regular Nov. 2 election ballot. "It will be the last of this month before I know," said Dyer County Election Administrator Jane Heathcott on Wednesday. "The state election commission will meet then and make that decision"...
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Stormwater ordinance to go for public hearing
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
The advisory committee overseeing the drafting of the Stormwater II ordinance for the city of Dyersburg decided to soften some areas of the proposed code before recommending that it go before the city board and a public hearing be set. Environmental agencies for both the state and federal governments have demanded that local governing bodies finalize Stormwater ordinances by the last day of 2004 or face the possibility of serious financial sanctions...
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Car wash cash machines destroyed, money missing
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
Dyersburg Police officers responded to an alarm call from National Car Wash, 1495 Hwy. 51 Bypass, at 2:36 a.m. Wednesday . Officers found the cash machines for the touchless car wash destroyed in two heaps of bricks. The machines had been pulled from the brick columns and were lying in the parking lot. An undetermined amount of cash had been taken from the machines...
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Williamson named TACP President
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
The head of the Dyersburg Police Department, Bobby Williamson, has been named president of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police for 2004-05. The announcement was made at the city board of mayor and aldermen meeting Monday night. Williamson is the longest-sitting chief of police in the state with 34 years of service in that role. He previously was the first vice president on the TCAP board...
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Nephew steals prescribed medication from uncle
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
Dyersburg Police responded to a call about an intruder at 110 East Parkview St. on Tuesday at approximately 6 p.m. Gerald Newsom reported to police that he was lying in bed when he observed a subject run through his house. Officers discovered that the individual had attempted to take Newsom's prescribed medications and found several pills scattered on the floor...
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King Miller 'Kinky' Carmon
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
King Miller "Kinky" Carmon, 71, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a journeyman electrician for Dana Corporation and an Army veteran. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Friendship Funeral Home with Ramey Vetter officiating. Burial will be in Elizabeth Cemetery...
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Dennis Wayne Dennison
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
Dennis Wayne Dennison, 41, of Olive Branch, Miss., formerly of Newbern, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004 at Baptist-Desoto in Southaven, Miss. He was a cosmetologist. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Paul Hogue officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Edith Goad
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
Edith Goad, 75, of Blytheville, Ark., formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004 at St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was a retired employee of Sun Ribbon Company and a Southern Baptist. Services were held Friday in the chapel of Emerson Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ark...
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Alissa Kayeann Harvey
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
Alissa Kayeann Harvey, infant daughter of Embry and Melissa Harvey, died Monday, Aug. 16 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Red Barnes officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Betty A. Pope
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
Betty A. Pope, 73, of Hobart, Ind., died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004. She was a retired employee of the Lake County Schools Credit Union. A memorial service was held Saturday at Burns Funeral Home in Hobart, Ind. with the Rev. David Webb officiating. Graveside services were at 1 p.m. Monday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Bill Parks officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements...
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Ollie Jewell Warman
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
Ollie Jewell Warman, 85, Charleston, Mo., formerly of Chic, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2004 at Dad County Nursing Facility in Greenfield. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Charleston, Mo. for 45 years and a member of Kansas Expressway Church Christ...
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The 21st Annual DHS Football Jamboree will be held Friday at Dyersburg high School.
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/04)
Six teams from around the area will be competing in the final scrimmages of the season as they play in two 12-minute quarters. Ripley and Halls go head to head at 6:30 p.m. with Dyersburg and Gibson County taking the field next. Dyer County and Lake County will best off to end the night. Tickets can be purchased at each school for $5...
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