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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 01/19/05)
Kandy and Gunner are two friendly male and female 10-week-old Golden Retriever hound-mix puppies that are looking for a good home. They are 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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CRD receives the State of Tennessee Rural Development Award for Outstanding Programs in 2004
(Community News ~ 01/19/05)
Dyer County's Community Resource Development Organization has begun its 32nd year on a high note. The program received top honors in the state for its 2004 activities. CRD members and local dignitaries were present Jan. 11 when representatives from the Tennessee Rural Development Committee presented the State of Tennessee Rural Development Award for Outstanding Programs in 2004 during a special banquet at LePanto Steakhouse in Dyersburg...
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277 youth, adults complete 29 projects in DBA's fourth annual Jerusalem Project
(Community News ~ 01/19/05)
Monday's brisk temperatures didn't stop a group from helping others. For the fourth year, youth and adults from the Dyer Baptist Association spent part of their Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday three-day weekend participating in the Jerusalem Project...
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Man sentenced to house arrest for burglary
(Local News ~ 01/19/05)
A Dyersburg man who pleaded guilty Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to a charge of burglary was sentenced to serve four years of community corrections (house arrest). Steven Lemonds, 22, of 4129 Broadway, was originally sentenced to serve four years in prison on the charge, but had his sentence suspended to time served (19 days) and the four years of community corrections by Judge Lee Moore...
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State undertakes major mapping program; local officials invited to join for a price
(Local News ~ 01/19/05)
Local officials learned Tuesday about the state's plan to develop digital mapping systems for every county, and they're now considering whether to join the effort. If they share in the costs, the county and other participating cities and utilities will have access to the data...
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Rachel Lee Gifford Harness
(Obituary ~ 01/19/05)
Rachel Lee Gifford Harness, 86, of Nashville died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005. She graduated from Ridgely High School and Baird Brewer Hospital Nursing School in Dyersburg and had a long career in nursing. She worked at several hospitals and retired as an industrial nurse from the Proctor and Gamble factory in Jackson...
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Mary Julia Heathcott
(Obituary ~ 01/19/05)
Mary Julia Heathcott, 87, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a retired store clerk for F.W. Woolworth's in Dyersburg and a former member of Maxey Rome Demonstration Club. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Tommy Jowers officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Vera M. Nelson
(Obituary ~ 01/19/05)
Vera M. Nelson, 91, of Halls, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005 at Wesley of Dyersburg. Services will be at 12 p.m. Saturday at Martin Memorial Chapel C.M.E. Church in Memphis with the Rev. Louis T. Purham officiating. Burial will be in West Tennessee Veteran Cemetery in Memphis. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Wayne S. Taylor Sr.
(Obituary ~ 01/19/05)
Wayne S. Taylor Sr., 66, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. He was a retired attorney and a member of the Episcopal Church. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. today in Tiptonville City Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Leggett officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Danny Dwight Garrison
(Obituary ~ 01/19/05)
Danny Dwight Garrison, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at Memphis University Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Rita Warden
(Obituary ~ 01/19/05)
Rita Warden, 47, of Halls, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Bard accepts scholarship to DSCC
(College Sports ~ 01/19/05)
On Tuesday morning at Dyer County High School Tiffany Bard accepted a scholarship to continue her fast-pitch softball career at Dyersburg State Community College. DSCC coach Randy Hulme was glad to sign Bard, saying "Tiffany has come a long way in the last seven or eight years; she is familiar with my coaching and understands my philosophy. ...
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Lady Trojans squeak by Union City, 39-34
(High School Sports ~ 01/19/05)
On Tuesday night the DHS Lady Trojans either underestimated Union City or were looking to Friday night to one of their biggest games of the year at Jackson Northside. After defeating the Lady Tornadoes earlier this season by 46, on paper the game looked like a mismatch, but DHS faced a much-improved Union City squad at DHS. ...
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Trojans give huge effort before falling to Union City
(High School Sports ~ 01/19/05)
The Golden Trojans from DHS played the first of two games against state-ranked opponents on Tuesday night when they faced off against the No. 2 state-ranked Union City Tornadoes. After a gutsy performance the entire game, the Trojans came up just four points short of the upset, 71-67...
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