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CrappieMasters tourney coming to Reelfoot
(Community News ~ 02/23/05)
Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats, Mercury Moron and CrappieMasters are hosting their second National Qualifying crappie fishing tournament of the 2005 season. The tournament trail will stop at Reelfoot Lake on March 5. Fishing hours will be from 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Reelfoot Lake. Weigh-in is by 4:30 p.m. at Kirby Pocket State Park near Samburg...
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Youth club preserves Dyer County's rich musical past
(Community News ~ 02/23/05)
There was a day when Dyersburg became a musical Mecca for pilgrims from many states. They journeyed here by train and horseback toting violins, squeezeboxes, banjos, guitars and mandolins. It was July 4, 1899. Historians record that on this day, the largest Independence Day parade in the town's history was held. ...
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Scout creates children's room for LifeBeat
(Community News ~ 02/23/05)
A resourceful Girl Scout resolved one nagging problem at the LifeBeat Pregnancy Care Center in Wynnburg. She created the Kids Korral Korner, a "barnyard" full of activities to keep children busy while their parents attend counseling and educational sessions...
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Two killed, one injured in one-car accident early Monday
(Local News ~ 02/23/05)
Two men died and a woman was injured in a one-car accident early Monday on Sorrell Chapel Road. Billy Webster Sr. and Donnie Means were killed about 1:45 a.m. when the 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue Means was driving swerved sideways and struck a concrete culvert abutment about a mile south of the Dyersburg landfill...
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Soldiers train for emergency response
(Local News ~ 02/23/05)
Captain Chris Rimel of the 230th Area Support Group in Dyersburg works with Sergeant Charles Bookout of the 1106th Aviation Classification and Repair Activity Depot of Fresno, Calif., at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, this week during Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training. The soldiers were cleaning up a simulated toxic spill for the training...
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Trailer fire kills one near Finley
(Local News ~ 02/23/05)
Dyer County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a trailer fire near Finley that caused one death and severely burned another man Thursday night. "We're still investigating the fire, " Sheriff Jeff Holt said Friday. "Right now we're not sure of the cause."...
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Joey Wayne Brimm
(Obituary ~ 02/23/05)
Joey Wayne Brimm, 24, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2005 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a farmer, attended Chick Church Holiness and a member of the Coon Hunting Club. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommie Hughes and the Rev. Calvin Smith officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Willie Sue Reeves
(Obituary ~ 02/23/05)
Willie Sue Reeves, 86, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of the dietary department of St. Joseph Hospital in Flint, Mich. and attended Phillips Street Church of God. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Dan Tilley officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Margaret Lovell Studard Walker
(Obituary ~ 02/23/05)
Margaret Lovell Studard Walker, 68, of Lenox, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired supervisor with General Motors and attended Junction Church of God. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenny Chessor officiating...
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Edith Naples
(Obituary ~ 02/23/05)
Edith Naples, 88, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Dyersburg State stays hot, wins two of three against Southwest
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/05)
The Dyersburg State baseball team entertained Southwest College in a three-game series on Friday and Saturday at DSCC. After a good start last weekend in Louisiana, the Eagles duplicated what happened in the first series, taking two out of three from Southwest to run their record to 4-2. Dyersburg State won both games on Friday, 8-3 and 9-2, before dropping game three, 14-6...
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Dyersburg thumps Jackson-Central Merry, now faces North Side for District 13-AAA championship
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/05)
Playing against a Jackson Central-Merry team for the third time this season, and after dropping the first two contests, one might have expected the DHS Trojans to come out of the gate a little nervy when the two schools met in the first round of the District 13-AAA tournament held at Jackson North Side...
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