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Dyersburg Manor marking 20 years
Celebration set for Thursday
(Community News ~ 11/03/04)
The year was 1984. The Olympics took place in Los Angeles and names like Greg Louganis, Mary Lou Retton and Carl Lewis were inescapable. John McEnroe won the Wimbledon and U.S. Open tennis championships. Apple Computer released the Macintosh personal computer...
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Students represent candidates, discuss pertinent issues in campaign
(Community News ~ 11/03/04)
Trimble Elementary School students filed into the gymnasium on Monday along with guests from the community to hear more about issues of the 2004 Presidential Election. Two second-grade students took on the task of campaigning for two of the candidates in the race for president. ...
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Newbern girl offers Bush her support; he responds
(Community News ~ 11/03/04)
At 9 years old, Amber Alsup isn't old enough to vote but she planned to watch every minute of Tuesday night's election returns. She hoped her pen pal would win another four years in the White House. Amber, the daughter of Lydia and Dennis Alsup of Newbern, said she listened to speeches given during the Democratic Party's political convention last summer and didn't like what she heard. She thought President George W. Bush probably didn't like it, either...
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Public Works director updates storm cleanup efforts
(Local News ~ 11/03/04)
Dyersburg's director of public works, Freddie Krapf, told city aldermen Monday night that he believed all debris from the severe storm of Oct. 18 would be cleared within the next two weeks. Krapf said the worst hit areas of the city were 104 West, the Pill Hill area, Bel-Air subdivision, the Upper Finley and Tucker Street areas...
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City board votes down gas purchases for now
(Local News ~ 11/03/04)
The Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen, gambling that sky-high natural gas prices would fall in the weeks ahead, followed a recommendation of the water, sewer and gas committee Monday night and voted not to purchase any gas as a hedge against price spikes...
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Trimble mayor easily survives challenge
(Local News ~ 11/03/04)
Trimble Mayor James Aubrey Davis handily defeated challenger Johnnie Junette Gannon 189 votes to 106 Tuesday. Davis, 66, was elected to his second term. All five candidates for Trimble alderman were running unopposed. Incumbents Darlene Biggers (236 votes), Chasity Norville (230 votes), Kenneth Galloway (222 votes), Elvis Ray Sturdivant (221 votes) and newcomer Roberta Marshall (201 votes) all were elected...
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Seven-term Newbern mayor defeated
(Local News ~ 11/03/04)
Newbern voters turned seven-term Mayor Joe Adams out of office Tuesday, electing former Newbern Public Works Director K.W. Dennison 696-497 to replace him. Dennison, 65, said he wants to meet quickly with the city board to set priorities. "I want to get with the board and let them know I'm willing to work with them," he said shortly after finding out he had won. "We need to get started on our water and sewer problems."...
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Record number, percentage of county voters cast ballots Tuesday
(Local News ~ 11/03/04)
bhiles@stategazette.com Despite rain and cooler temperatures on Election Day and intermittent rain through the early voting period, Dyer Countians turned out to vote in record numbers for Tuesday's general election. A total of 14,059 Dyer Countians voted in the presidential and other elections contested Tuesday, eclipsing the previous high total of 12,212 votes cast in the 2000 presidential election...
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Ryman Harris
(Obituary ~ 11/03/04)
Ryman Harris, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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