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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 10/21/04)
Pumpkin is a 10-week-old female with pretty light-orange fur with gray stripes. She is timid, so she needs someone gentle to take her home. 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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From The Farms to the farm
There's no place like home for Baker, Donahoe
(Community News ~ 10/21/04)
Last night, America got to see what it was like for two women with opposite lifestyles to switch places for two weeks. The fourth airing of ABC's "Wife Swap" featured the Bakers - Richard, Christie, Maurie, Margo and Mary Jewels - of Dyersburg and the Donahoes - Jeff, Audrey, Arnold, Tom, Rick, Allison, Sam and Seth - of Litchfield, N.Y...
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Trailride raises $32,000 for St. Jude
(Local News ~ 10/21/04)
Families from five states came together Sept. 24-26 to help raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital during the sixth annual Old Mound "Saddle-Up" for St. Jude Trailride & Auction. As a result of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers, over $32,000 in donations were raised and will be given in honor of Lilly Martin and all children from Crockett County who have been treated at St. Jude...
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BBB offers disaster preparedness brochure
(Local News ~ 10/21/04)
MEMPHIS -- In view of the severe weather that struck Northwest Tennessee Monday night, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) wanted to remind people that there is a bureau publication entitled Coping With Disasters. It features tips to prepare for and deal with major weather-related disasters. Included is a checklist of "common sense" supplies households should have on hand to weather any disaster...
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Patton named state trustee of the year
(Local News ~ 10/21/04)
When Dyer County Trustee Judy Patton went to Memphis last week she thought she was just going to a meeting of the state county officials' organization. She had no idea that she would come home as the most outstanding county trustee in Tennessee. But she did...
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Aldermen review airport progress
(Local News ~ 10/21/04)
It has been less than four months since local businessmen Monte Warne took over as Fixed Base Operator and general manager of the Dyersburg Regional Airport, but in that short period of time he has made sweeping upgrades of the facility. On Monday, city board members undertook an inspection tour of the airport that has seen an infusion of about $389,000 from Warne. ...
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TEMA reviews storm damage
(Local News ~ 10/21/04)
A team of inspectors with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency arrived in Dyersburg Wednesday to survey the damage left by Monday night's storms. Sen. Mark Norris of State District 32 said he had arranged to meet with the TEMA group, talk to some property owners whose homes suffered and tour the Heckethorn facility that received substantial damage in the strong winds...
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Basin authority backs Dyer County bank-stabilization project
(Local News ~ 10/21/04)
A faltering Dyer County bank-stabilization project may soon get a little extra support. The West Tennessee River Basin Authority placed riprap along the main stem of the Obion River a short distance upstream of the Moss Island Wildlife Management Area in 1987. Water currents have undercut the bank-stabilization project, causing the riprap to tumble into the river...
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Rev. Dorothy A. Lee Bolden
(Obituary ~ 10/21/04)
Rev. Dorothy A. Lee Bolden, 56, of Jackson, died Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She was an employee at Lane College in Jackson and a U.S. Army veteran. Services will be at noon Saturday at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Dyersburg with Minister Larry Lee officiating. Burial will be in MCCO Cemetery in Newbern...
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Robert L. Dupree
(Obituary ~ 10/21/04)
Robert L. Dupree, 87, of Halls, died Monday, Oct. 18, 2004 at Lauderdale Living Center in Ripley. He was a farmer and a World War II veteran. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Halls with the Rev. Dennis Chaney officiating. Burial will be in Buck Chapel Cemetery in Maury City...
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Lloyd Kenneth Olds
(Obituary ~ 10/21/04)
Lloyd Kenneth Olds, 78, of Ripley, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett. He was a self-employed truck driver and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Enon Cemetery near Halls. Halls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Jacqueline Parnell Stark
(Obituary ~ 10/21/04)
Jacqueline Parnell Stark, 50, of New Zealand, died Tuesday, Oct.12, 2004. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Church in Plano, Ill., with Father Boniface Vaisnoras officiating. Burial will be in Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Ill...
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Cardinals 6, Astros 4, 12 innings
(Professional Sports ~ 10/21/04)
ST. LOUIS - Jim Edmonds skipped around the bases, jumping into a cluster of St. Louis Cardinals waiting for him at home plate. Now, waiting for all of them is Roger Clemens in an all-or-nothing Game 7. Edmonds blasted a two-run homer in the 12th inning and the rejuvenated Cardinals turned Busch Stadium into a red frenzy, beating the Houston Astros 6-4 Wednesday to even the NL championship series at 3-all...
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