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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 01/06/05)
This adorable batch of 6-week-old lab-mix puppies is only one of more than nine litters of puppies 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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Comforting Honey Custard 'Zen for within' this winter
(Community News ~ 01/06/05)
The hectic holidays are over, and after packing up and putting away boxes of glittery gee-gaws for another year, quiet simplicity is what you crave. While you're transcending the clamor of the recent holiday season, Tammy Algood recommended that you get back to the basics in food, too...
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Couple seeks to help prepare foster portents, children
(Community News ~ 01/06/05)
When Brent and Kim Williams got their first foster children about 18 months ago they were unprepared. Oh, they were mentally and spiritually prepared to welcome the children into their home and provide love and structure, but they were unprepared to provide the things children need physically...
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Tsunami relief efforts sprout in Dyer County
(Local News ~ 01/06/05)
When disasters happen, Dyer Countians often look for ways to help. That's true now, in the wake of the Dec. 26 tsunami that pounded the shoreline of several countries from southern Asia to Africa. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake off the shore of Sumatra Island initiated the oversized waves of water. At least 140,000 deaths have been confirmed...
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Official snow report: 3 inches in Dyer County
(Local News ~ 01/06/05)
Officially, Dyer County received 3 inches of snow and sleet during the winter storm that struck Dec. 22 and left us with a white Christmas. The total was included in a winter storm report posted on the Web site of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Memphis...
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Man draws jail sentence for brandishing knife during confrontation
(Local News ~ 01/06/05)
A Dyersburg man was sentenced Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to serve three years in jail after pleading guilty to threatening another man with a knife over a missing wallet. Ernest Terry Atwell, 51, of 636 Butterworth Ave., had his sentence suspended to 30 days and three years of supervised probation by Judge Lee Moore...
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County may agree to purchase city fire truck
(Local News ~ 01/06/05)
Dyersburg Fire Chief Bob Veal asked to submit specs and price for vehicle
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Charles Olin 'Chuck' Barnes
(Obituary ~ 01/06/05)
Charles Olin "Chuck" Barnes, 67, of Slidell, La., died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005 at Greenbrier Nursing Home. He was a retired employee of the City of Slidell and U.S. Army National Guard. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Schoen Funeral Home in Slidell, La. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery...
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Robbie Hall Mosley
(Obituary ~ 01/06/05)
Robbie Hall Mosley, 90, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She served on the Usher Board and was a choir member at St. John Baptist Church and was a member of the Bruce Senior Citizen Club. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. John No. 1 Baptist Church in Newbern. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Golda Louise Newton
(Obituary ~ 01/06/05)
Golda Louise Newton, 92, of Memphis, formerly of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. She was a retired employee of the state of Tennessee Employment Services and a Catholic. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Tiptonville City Cemetery with Father Elbert Callis officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Jane Becker
(Obituary ~ 01/06/05)
Jane Becker, 65, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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J. Jefferson Jones
(Obituary ~ 01/06/05)
J. Jefferson Jones, of Memphis, formerly of Newbern, died today at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Dyer County struggles against Chargers
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/05)
Trying desperately to warm up from a particularly cold outing the first half of the season, the Chocs were looking for their second win of the season as they invaded Westview's gym Tuesday night. The Chargers would draw first blood as they scored on two free throws at 6:02 from 6'4" senior Blake Higgs. Chris Belote would bomb a three after a steal 50 seconds later from the right wing. Higgs would be determined to be a leading scorer as he hit another basket after a steal...
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Westview runs past Lady Choctaws
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/05)
Tuesday night the Lady Choctaws traveled to Martin Westview High School looking to grab their first district win of the season. After a great win over Memphis Carver the ladies from Dyer County hit the floor with a W on their mind. The girls dressed in their travel orange and white started the first quarter moving the ball well against Westview's tenacious full-court press. ...
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