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The Diamonds set to make holiday season glitter at Reelfoot
(Community News ~ 11/18/04)
Blend one part doo-wop songs and one part Christmas favorites to whip up a special event for the holidays: "Silver Bells and Diamonds." The Diamonds, a musical group that made it big in the 1950s, is bringing its holiday show to Reelfoot Lake on Dec. 14. The evening begins with dinner at 6 p.m. and the show at 7 p.m. in Ellington Hall, a part of the Reelfoot Lake State Park visitor center...
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Dyersburg Community Orchestra's fall concert is Nov. 22
(Community News ~ 11/18/04)
Weeks of rehearsals will accumulate next week when the Dyersburg Community Orchestra presents its annual fall concert. The concert will be at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church in Dyersburg. There is no admission charge. The 55-member orchestra under the direction of Dr. Carol Feather, professor of music at Dyersburg State Community College, will perform a plethora of selections, many with guest performers...
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Salvation Army needs you
Bell ringing begins Friday
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
With just over a month of Christmas shopping left, there's going to be a familiar ring in the air starting this weekend. The Dyer County unit of the Salvation Army is currently seeking volunteers to be bell ringers for the 2004 holiday season. Collection kettles will be set up at Kroger, Country Mart and at both Wal-Mart entrances from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 19 through Dec. 18. Volunteers are needed to work two-hour shifts...
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Federal changes in special education welcomed, overdue
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
The U.S. Congress is poised to approve the first major changes to special education in seven years, updating a landmark law that now serves 6.7 million children nationwide. For the two local educators overseeing special education programs for the city and county school systems, the pending Congressional action updating the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act appears generally positive and overdue, they said. The act was made law in the mid 1970s and was last updated in 1997...
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SBA to close disaster assistance center
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
The U.S. Small Business Administration plans to close the temporary disaster assistance center in Dyersburg on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Individuals and businesses that were affected by tornadoes and heavy rains on Oct. 18-19 have only a few days left to get personal help with their SBA disaster loan applications...
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A prayer time, a Thanksgiving time
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
Everyone in the community is invited to attend the annual Community-Wide Thanksgiving Service, sponsored by the Dyer County Ministerial Organization, this Sunday, Nov. 21, at First United Methodist Church at 5 p.m. The focus of the service this year will be soldiers and their families; a soldier video presentation will be made by representatives of the 230th Area Support Group Family Readiness Group, comprised of family members of those soldiers who left for service with the Dyersburg unit of the Tennessee Army National Guard in August.. ...
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Woman's 'casual drug exchange' draws probation sentence
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
A Dyersburg woman was sentenced to three years of unsupervised probation Tuesday after pleading guilty in Dyer County Circuit Court to a charge of selling cocaine. Martha Tate, 53, of 321 Bowen Lane, pleaded guilty to a charge of sale of less than .5 gram of cocaine...
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Luther B. Lindsey
(Obituary ~ 11/18/04)
Luther B. Lindsey, 81, of Tigrett, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was a Baptist, a World War II Army veteran having received five Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts, a member of VFW Post 4846 and was a Teamster...
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John C. Butler
(Obituary ~ 11/18/04)
John C. Butler, 81, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Nov. 15, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired employee of TVA after 27 years and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, during which he flew 33 missions as a tail gunner in a B24 Liberator...
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Benny Bellefont
(Obituary ~ 11/18/04)
Benny Bellefont, 70, of Tigrett, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Tigrett, where he was a member. Burial will be in Allen Chapel Cemetery in Tigrett...
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Charlita Templeton
(Obituary ~ 11/18/04)
Charlita Templeton, 27, of Dyersburg, formerly of Tiptonville, died Monday, Nov. 15, 2004 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. She was a member of St. John No. 2 Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John No. 2 Baptist Church in Tiptonville with the Rev. Joe Scott and the Rev. Jerry Wood officiating. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery in Tiptonville. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements...
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Big Orange Report
(College Sports ~ 11/18/04)
Two reasons There are two obvious reasons why the Tennessee Volunteers have won seven football games and confounded the preseason prognosticators this year. Likewise, there are also two logical reasons why the Vols have dropped a pair of encounters in 2004...
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