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Annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale is Jan. 15-30
(Community News ~ 01/13/05)
It's the cookie-selling season and members of the Girl Scouts of Reelfoot Council are getting their order forms ready to begin the sale on Jan. 15. Available this year are Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Dosidos, Trefoils, All Abouts, Lemon Coolers and Double Dutch. The selling price of cookies remains at $3.50 per box. Orders will be taken until Jan. 30. Cookies will be delivered, money collected and booth sales conducted between Feb.19 and March 13...
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A brighter future for Lake County?
(Local News ~ 01/13/05)
By the end of January, Tiptonville will join the ranks of thousands of other communities across the U.S. that have seen their last big employers shut their doors and move elsewhere. Georgia Gulf, a plant that opened in 1969 near Tiptonville to manufacture chemical compounds, was the last business of any size in Lake County, employing 55 people. The company is consolidating its operations into more modern production facilities that it owns in Mississippi...
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Corps closes temporary flood office; Mississippi River forecast to crest 8.5 feet above flood stage
(Local News ~ 01/13/05)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed its temporary field office in Dyersburg Wednesday, but the office could reopen if anticipated river levels rise. The temporary office was established Monday in response to flooding on the Mississippi River. It served as a base for eight Corps employees who monitored levees and other flood-control structures in Dyer and Lake counties as well as Fulton County, Ky...
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Brewer persists in effort to open adult-oriented store
(Local News ~ 01/13/05)
The Paris, Tenn., man attempting to open an adult bookstore in Dyer County said Wednesday he still is pursuing the matter. "I expect to have a new lawyer in a day or two" Donald Brewer Sr. said by phone from Paris. "As far as opening the store, I'm still trying, but I don't know. It doesn't look good."...
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Linda Pinion
(Obituary ~ 01/13/05)
Linda Pinion, 52, of Union City, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005 at her residence. She was a former teacher at East Side and Ridgemont Elementary, a member of Lady Auxiliary at BMH-Union City and a member and pianist at Troy Cumberland Presbyterian Church...
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Rex Andrew Robbins
(Obituary ~ 01/13/05)
Rex Andrew Robbins, 76, of Munster, Ind., formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005 at Munster Community Hospital. He was a retired employee of The Budd Company in Gary, Ind. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...
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Timothy Shelton Sykes
(Obituary ~ 01/13/05)
Timothy Shelton Sykes, 45, of Gordon, Wis., died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. He was a machinist. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Unionville.
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Clifford Leon Steinburg
(Obituary ~ 01/13/05)
Clifford Leon Steinburg, 67, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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