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Two-time Grammy winners coming to Dyersburg
Riders in the Sky kicks off 2004-05 DACCA season Sept. 14
(Community News ~ 09/02/04)
Some call it cowboy music; some call it folk music; some call it the Best in Western music. You can even call it Grammy-winning Disney music. Whichever your preference, Riders In The Sky will deliver it when they kick off the 2004-05 season of the Dyersburg Area Community Concert Association Inc. at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Dyersburg High School Little Theater...
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Junction Church of God hosting community fish fry Saturday
(Community News ~ 09/02/04)
Kenny Chessor has a freezer full of fish and he's ready to share it with the community this weekend. Junction Church of God will host a community fish fry from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday. Fish with all the trimmings, desserts and drinks are "absolutely free," said Chessor, the church's pastor. "We invite folks to come eat."...
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Fishing trip nets unusual catch
(Community News ~ 09/02/04)
Eugene Gruggett and his nephew, Danny Collins, both of Dyersburg, returned from a fishing trip last week with 19 catfish and two deer. Well, make that two deer skulls. Gruggett said the tips of one buck's antlers were sticking out of the sand on the Missouri bank of the Mississippi River a couple of miles north of Tiptonville. Intrigued, he walked over to the antlers and began digging into the sand. He discovered not just one skull, but two - the antlers interlocked...
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Citizen-soldiers honored with flag
(Local News ~ 09/02/04)
Staff Sgt. Jeff Burns, a member of the Dyersburg unit of the Tennessee Army National Guard, and Specialist Tim Morris, a member of the Milan unit, prepare to hang a new American flag at the State Gazette on Wednesday. The flag was donated by a Dyersburg resident in honor of the citizen-soldiers of the 230th Area Support Group who were ordered to active duty Aug. 9...
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Attempted escape from children's center fails
(Local News ~ 09/02/04)
An attempted escape at the McDowell Center for Children, located at 711 Highway 51 South, prompted Dyersburg police to respond at approximately 12:33 a.m. on Tuesday. Officers discovered a staff member holding a 16-year-old youth on the floor and observed a female staff member suffering from an injury to her head...
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Web site workshops planned for agritourism entrepreneurs
(Local News ~ 09/02/04)
Hands-on workshops for agritourism entrepreneurs interested in Web site design and marketing will be offered in November by the University of Tennessee Extension as part of the Tennessee Agritourism Initiative. During the workshops, participants will learn fundamental concepts and terminology related to Web site design, hosting and marketing techniques...
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Local boy's story featured in radiothon
(Local News ~ 09/02/04)
A Dyersburg boy is one of several children being featured this week on a radiothon fund-raiser for Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis. WYN-106.9, a radio station based in Jackson, began the radiothon Wednesday and will continue it today and Friday, broadcasting live from the Old Hickory Mall in Jackson...
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Baltimore eligible for reinstatement as bail bond agent
(Local News ~ 09/02/04)
Former bail bond agent Larry Baltimore of Dyersburg is eligible for reinstatement, according to a state attorney general's opinion issued Wednesday. "I received a (state) attorney general's opinion today that says convicted felons whose citizenship rights have been restored are eligible to serve as bail bond agents," District Attorney General Phil Bivens said Wednesday. "Mr. Baltimore will have to reapply, but he is eligible."...
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Lady Trojans soccer team defeats Bolton
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/04)
The DHS Lady Trojans defeated Bolton in a come-from-behind 3-2 win Tuesday night at Dyersburg Middle School. Dyersburg looked uninspired during the early minutes of the game and fell behind 2-0. Taryn McDowell scored toward the end of the first half and the Lady Trojans came to life. From that point on, the Lady Trojan defense turned in its best performance of the season...
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