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Friendly contest benefits others
(Community News ~ 11/30/04)
Patients and their parents of Dr. Jack Fisher had an unexpected job when they came to his orthodontics office Nov. 22-23. They got to vote on their favorite entry in the office's Thanksgiving basket contest. The contest, sponsored by Fisher, was open to all dentists in Dyersburg. ...
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Listen to your 'Christmas Favorites'
Dyersburg Choral Society Christmas concert is Dec. 5
(Community News ~ 11/30/04)
Spend an informal afternoon with the Dyersburg Choral Society and get in the holiday spirit with its annual Christmas concert. "Christmas Favorites: A Communal Affair" will be at 3 p.m. in the E.H. Lannom Jr. Gymnasium on the Dyersburg State Community College campus...
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Dyersburg Christmas Parade canceled because of rain
(Local News ~ 11/30/04)
Inclement weather canceled what would have been the 54th annual Dyersburg Christmas Parade on Monday evening. Pouring rain prompted the parade committee to make the official announcement at 4:30 Monday afternoon. The theme for this year's parade was "A Christmas to Remember."...
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Georgia Gulf to shut down Tiptonville plant
(Local News ~ 11/30/04)
ATLANTA -Georgia Gulf Corp. will shut down its Tiptonville, Tenn., compound plant effective immediately as part of its "ongoing commitment to operational efficiency." In a press release Monday, the chemicals company said it considered several factors related to the plant closing, including the capital investment required to ensure competitiveness...
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Committee wants to upgrade Okeena road
(Local News ~ 11/30/04)
Members of the Dyersburg recreation committee voted on Monday to recommend that surplus funds from the Future City center be used to upgrade a road running through the heart of Okeena Park. The gravel road that begins on the north end of the parking lot and circles around the tennis courts to the east side of the picnic pavilion has been a source of twin headaches for the city. ...
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Tanner frustrated by meddling Kentucky officials
(Local News ~ 11/30/04)
Congressman John Tanner said Monday he is frustrated by the attitudes of people in Western Kentucky about Northwest Tennessee projects that could help them. "Now they're saying the port at Cates Landing will hurt the port at Hickman, Ky., and that's just not true," he said. "It primarily will benefit farmers in Western Kentucky who grow corn."...
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Mary 'May Jack' Parr
(Obituary ~ 11/30/04)
Mary "May Jack" Parr, 62, of Halls, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a former employee of Tupperware Manufacturing. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Henning Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Halls with the Rev. Percy Flowers officiating. Burial will be in Henning Grove Cemetery in Halls...
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Wolves run past DCHS
(High School Sports ~ 11/30/04)
The DCHS Choctaws probably thought things couldn't get any worse than the weather outside on Monday night. The Cordova Wolves brought more than the rain when they hit the floor at the DCHS gym; they brought a team of basketball players from Memphis as well. With a stingy defense the Wolves controlled the game from start to finish, handing the Choctaws a loss by the score of 69-30...
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Cordova slips by Lady Choctaws
(High School Sports ~ 11/30/04)
On Monday night the DCHS Lady Choctaws took on the Lady Wolves from Cordova in Newbern. With a steady rain outside the Lady Choctaws looked to bring the rain inside, as Sara Jo Mason, Mallory Akin, and Molly Wright, the 3-point bombers for DCHS, started the game on fire from beyond the arc, raining 3-pointers from all over. The Cordova defense tightened down, and late-game miscues hurt the Lady Choctaws, as they dropped the game late in the fourth, 50-48...
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