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Mystery compels teachers to walk toward clues
(Community News ~ 12/29/04)
Teachers and staff members of three local schools had a mystery on their hands. They knew someone had been kidnapped and it was their job to determine who the victim was, who the villain might be, where the kidnapping occurred and why. School personnel formed 15 teams and became amateur detectives. The crime was an imaginary one devised to spur the teams into more healthful lifestyles. Teams received one clue for every 15 miles its members walked...
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ACS Web site offers cancer answers
(Community News ~ 12/29/04)
Following diagnosis, cancer patients and their loved ones seek any information they can find to help them navigate the baffling disease. The Internet seems a natural place to begin the journey, but with its millions of pages of information, the Internet can be as overwhelming as the disease itself. To cut through the confusion, the American Cancer Society has developed a complete online destination for anyone, anywhere, affected by cancer at www.cancer.org...
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Church group donates quilt to cancer center
(Community News ~ 12/29/04)
Chemotherapy patients will no longer complain about feeling cold during their treatments at the Cancer Care Center. They can wrap themselves in a quilt of Bible verses and inspirational statements, thanks to the Missionary Society of St. Luke Baptist Church in Gates...
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Christmas rescue gives deer another shot at life
(Community News ~ 12/29/04)
A young female deer got a second chance at life on Christmas morning, thanks to a small group of neighbors. Sherrill Barker, who lives on the northwestern edge of Reelfoot Lake, spotted the deer about 400 yards from shore. At first, he said he thought the deer had fallen through a thin spot in the frozen lake and then had gotten caught as the ice refroze...
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Green to open clinic in Ridgely; doctor seeks traditional approach to medicine
(Local News ~ 12/29/04)
Dr. Daniel Green is leaving MedSouth Healthcare in Newbern this week to start an independent practice in Ridgely. He wants to start the new year following the example of the physicians he observed as a medical student. He said he admired the way that Dr. Oren B. Landrum, Dr. Thomas Johnson, Dr. Fred Moore Sr. and Dr. Bob Kerr and a host of others practiced medicine...
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Person reported jumping from Mississippi River Bridge
(Local News ~ 12/29/04)
The Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department received a call from a truck driver at approximately 12:40 a.m. on Dec. 27, reporting a person had jumped off the Mississippi River Bridge on Interstate 155. Deputies for Pemiscot County, Dyer County authorities and the Pemiscot County coroner responded to the bridge...
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Man faces burglary, public intoxication charges
(Local News ~ 12/29/04)
Dyersburg police responded to a call about a burglary in progress at Wilson's Mini-Mart, located at 700 Harrell Ave., at 4:20 a.m. on Dec. 27. According to the DPD report, a passing motorist had observed a man crawling out of the front window to the business and phoned the police. Officers arrived and discovered that the front window had been busted out with a block of ice and entry had been made into the store...
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Anita 'Ann' Flowers
(Obituary ~ 12/29/04)
Anita "Ann" Flowers, 70, of Mount Airy, Md., formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, Md. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Stauffer Funeral Home in Mount Airy with Father John Dietzenbach officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens in Rockville, Md...
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Mabel Rambo Prichard
(Obituary ~ 12/29/04)
Mabel Rambo Prichard, 91, of Tennille, Ga., formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 at Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville, Ga. She was a former schoolteacher in the Dyer County School System and a substitute teacher for Jefferson County School System and a member of the Church of Christ...
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Reba Nell Seat
(Obituary ~ 12/29/04)
Reba Nell Seat, 74, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2004 at Baptist Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. She was an employee of Colonial Rubber Works and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Johnson and the Rev. Michael Dodd officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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J.Z. Seratt
(Obituary ~ 12/29/04)
J.Z. Seratt, 89, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2004 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Colonial Rubber and a member of Lenox Church of God of Prophecy. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. David Seratt and the Rev. Melvin Rector officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...
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Roland Morris
(Obituary ~ 12/29/04)
Roland Morris, of Trimble, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Jeanne E. Skewes
(Obituary ~ 12/29/04)
Jeanne E. Skewes, 43, of Peoria, Ill., died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004 at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was past director of the children's ministries at First United Methodist Church in Peoria where she was a member, an active volunteer at Concordia Lutheran School, accompanied and directed numerous musical groups in the Peoria area, was a member of H.O.P.E. class at her church and was a past member of Peoria Jaycees...
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Sherry Coker Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/29/04)
Sherry Coker Smith, of Dyersburg, died today at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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DHS drops game to Maplewood
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/04)
DYERSBURG - After playing a physical game on Monday night, the Dyersburg Trojans ran into another physical team last night when they faced off against Nashville Maplewood in the second round of the Dyersburg Regional Christmas Tournament. Though the Trojans battled until the final buzzer sounded, it will be Maplewood playing in the championship game after defeating the Trojans, 74-66...
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Lady Trojans win thriller against Obion County
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/04)
DYERSBURG - On Tuesday night, one may have thought setting at home watching the tube was about all there was to do. For the ones that were not at Dyersburg High School, you missed a very exciting basketball game. The Lady Trojans from DHS faced the Lady Rebels from Obion County in the second round of the second annual Dyersburg Regional Hospital Christmas Tournament. ...
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