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Beach scene helps Wesley's wandering residents
(Community News ~ 08/20/04)
For caregivers at long-term facilities, it's a quandary: How do you keep residents who have a tendency to wander from going outside? At Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care, one of those solutions has been as simple as turning a glass door into a "stained glass" piece of art...
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Legendary steel guitar player to perform Saturday; Rollins House of Music slates free concert
(Community News ~ 08/20/04)
Rollins House of Music will become a house of country music on Saturday as Don Helms performs. Helms, one of the original Drifting Cowboys who provided backup music for Hank Williams Sr., is scheduled to perform 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21. The concert at Rollins House of Music, 206 E. Court St., is free and open to the public...
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Pet Stop opens inn for furry friends
(Community News ~ 08/20/04)
Elvis isn't the only one with a jungle room. A new hotel in Dyersburg has a jungle room, complete with a furry monkey and a brightly colored macaw. There's just one thing about this jungle room: it's available only to pets. The jungle room is one of four theme rooms in The Pet Stop Inn, a home-away-from-home for pets...
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Two drug sales bring10-year sentence
(Local News ~ 08/20/04)
A Dyersburg man who twice sold drugs to an undercover agent was sentenced Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to serve 10 years in prison. Charles E. Russell, 30, of Hicks Trailer Park, Lot 13, also was sentenced by Judge Lee Moore to pay $4,000 in fines for selling cocaine and marijuana...
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Cab driver robbed
(Local News ~ 08/20/04)
Early Thursday morning, at approximately 3:15 a.m., a cab driver in Dyersburg struggled with a man riding in his backseat, trying to prevent the unknown assailant from stealing his money. The driver had picked the man up on Roberts Street and taken him to Browning Street, where the man had requested to be taken...
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Air show, reunion in Halls cancelled
(Local News ~ 08/20/04)
It's been two years since veterans had the opportunity to gather for a reunion and flight enthusiasts had the opportunity to seen an air show at the former Dyersburg Army Air Base. While those events were in the works to be held this weekend, they have been cancelled...
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Area teams prepare for full slate of high school football
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/04)
Dyersburg kicks off the season Saturday with a trip to the 2nd Annual Pella Progress Bowl at Murray State's Roy Stewart Stadium in Kentucky. DHS will take on the Calloway Co. Lakers at 8:30 p.m. The Trojans and Lakers' contest will be the fourth and final game in weekend full of high school football. Friday Murray High and Lone Oak Park start the festivities at 6 p.m. Then Marshall County and Grayson County butt heads at 8:30 p.m...
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DHS soccer falls short in opener
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/04)
The Dyersburg girl's soccer team kicked off its season Thursday with a home match against Millington. The Lady Trojans were looking to bring in the new year with an impressive victory. However, they ran into a one-woman wrecking crew in Nikki Burrows as she led Millington to a 4-2 win. Burrows knocked in all four goals for Millington...
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