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Local high school youth score big on auto exams
(Community News ~ 03/21/05)
Five high school students from Dyer County brought home top honors from the regional competition held recently in Memphis for automotive repair and will be invited to compete in a statewide contest. The Skills/USA West Tennessee Regional competition was held at the Tennessee Technology Center of Memphis campus and covered areas such as Automotive Technology, Professional Development, Computer Technology and Industrial Maintenance. ...
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TTC students rewarded for academic achievement
(Community News ~ 03/21/05)
It pays to study hard if you want to drive NASCAR. That was the lesson three students at the Tennessee Technology Center in Newbern learned this week. They will be able to take laps on the Memphis Raceway in an actual Busch-division racing machine because their scores in automotive history and repair were at the top of their class...
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First Christian hosting Easter week events
(Community News ~ 03/21/05)
The multi-purpose room of First Christian Church is turning into a Jerusalem marketplace as members take advantage of spring break and Easter falling at the same time. The marketplace will be open from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. A presentation of Christ in the Passover will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the church sanctuary...
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Holy Week services begin Monday
(Community News ~ 03/21/05)
As Christians observe the holiest time of the year this week, the Dyer County Ministerial Association will be sponsoring five noontime worship services. Holy Week, the week before Easter Day, is traditionally observed as the week when Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, was arrested, tried before civil authorities and crucified by being nailed to a cross before dying and rising from the dead on the third day after his death...
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No license required
Easter egg hunting season is here
(Community News ~ 03/21/05)
With Easter just over a week away, many Dyer County adults are doing what they can to assist the Easter Bunny in making it festive time for area children. Several egg hunts will be taking place around the area this weekend and next. All hunts are free and open to the public. Hunters need to provide their own baskets...
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Tanner seeks support of troops and accountability
(Local News ~ 03/21/05)
Congressman John Tanner wants to do whatever it takes to support American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, but he also wants accountability in military spending. "When we see a request for another $82 billion for the war we want to appropriate the money the troops need, but there has been little, if any, accountability for the money appropriated in the past," Tanner said by phone from his Washington office. ...
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Local groups aim to provide measles vaccinations to children around the world
(Local News ~ 03/21/05)
Three local organizations are working together this month to make sure that children around the world get the measles vaccinations they need. Measles kills nearly a million children each year. That's more children worldwide than AIDS, tuberculosis or malnutrition, according to the Measles Initiative, a coalition formed by the American Red Cross, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the United National Foundation...
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Meth Is Death debuts at local schools
(Local News ~ 03/21/05)
District Attorney Phil Bivens has one simple message for the youth of Lake and Dyer counties, "Meth is death," and it is a statement he can back up with hard facts. Beginning in April, Bivens said he would begin visiting all middle and high schools in the two-county area as a part of a statewide education campaign sponsored by the Tennessee District Attorney General's Association. ...
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1171st bound for home
(Local News ~ 03/21/05)
The Tiptonville National Guard unit that left Lake County for the Middle East in January 2004 is coming home. A large contingent of the 1171st Tennessee National Guard Transportation Company was scheduled to arrive at the Memphis International Airport Saturday evening, according to retired Staff Sergeant Larry Skinner with Family Assistance Center of Dyersburg...
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Lydia Janice Chumley Gregory
(Obituary ~ 03/21/05)
Lydia Janice Chumley Gregory, 65, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Newbern, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at her residence. She was a waitress and a factory employee. A graveside memorial service for Mrs. Gregory and her companion, Calvin Martin Penfield, who died June 15, 2002, was Saturday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with Jerry Leach officiating. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Joseph E. Kaplan
(Obituary ~ 03/21/05)
Joseph E. Kaplan, 100, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Center. He was retired merchant/owner of Kaplan's, a member of Kiwanis Club, life member of Masonic Lodge No. 490 in Leland, Miss., member of Scottish Rite in Memphis and a 32nd-degree Mason...
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Joe Ladd
(Obituary ~ 03/21/05)
Joe Ladd, 77, of Greenfield, formerly of Newbern, died Thursday, March 17, 2005 at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin. He was a retired farmer and manager of Federal Land Bank, a member, former deacon and former Sunday school teacher for 30 years of the young married Sunday school class of First Baptist Church in Greenfield...
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George David French
(Obituary ~ 03/21/05)
George David French, 77, of Dyersburg died Friday, March 18, 2005, at Ridgely Care and Rehabilitation Center in Ridgely, Tenn. He was a retired store manager of K. W. Rogers Grocery, a member of Southside Baptist Church and a lifetime member of the Moose Lodge...
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Thomas B. Davison
(Obituary ~ 03/21/05)
Thomas B. Davison, 93, of Dyersburg died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Brenda Finley
(Obituary ~ 03/21/05)
Brenda Finley of the Fowlkes Community died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Iva B. Frazier
(Obituary ~ 03/21/05)
Iva B. Frazier of Newbern died Friday, March 18, 2005, at the Dyer Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Jack D. Housewright
(Obituary ~ 03/21/05)
Jack D. Housewright of Dyersburg died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Jamison strikes out nine to lead Lady Trojans over DCHS
(High School Sports ~ 03/21/05)
If senior Kristen Jamison continues to play softball this year the way she did for DHS against the Lady Choctaws from Dyer County High School, opponents beware. Jamison not only had an impressive nine strikeout total, going the distance while only allowing two hits and leading the Lady Trojans to the 4-3 win on Wednesday, she also stepped up at the plate, going 3-for-4...
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Choctaws pick up first win of the season against Gibson County
(High School Sports ~ 03/21/05)
The DCHS baseball team finally got to play in the sunshine on Thursday afternoon in Ripley. After playing to a 0-0 tie in their first game of the season, and after dropping a game to Brighton, 8-2, the Choctaws were hungry to get in the win column when they faced Gibson County, and did so with a 4-2 victory...
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Choctaws end week on positive note against Obion County
(High School Sports ~ 03/21/05)
The DCHS baseball team wrapped up their first week of the 2005 season with an impressive 6-2 victory over Obion County in the Aaron Schuh Memorial Tournament, held in Ripley. The Choctaws scored one run in the top of the first after Dylan Cupples singled up the middle to score Adam Smith, who was pinch running for catcher Shane Hinson...
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