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Drive for the Kids raises $840 for DCHS PG
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
United Chrysler-Dodge in Dyersburg helped raise $840 for Dyer County High School Class of 2005 Project Graduation with its Drive for the Kids program held April 23. The Dodge division of DaimlerChrysler donated $50 to Project Graduation for expenses involved in hosting the event and an additional $5 for each demonstration drive completed with an evaluation form. ...
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Third annual Theus-Mays banquet is June 11
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
Education was important to Ida Mae Theus-Mays. Just ask her 16 children. She did everything she could to ensure they got theirs. Now, those children are passing on that gift. The third annual Ida Mae Theus-Mays Memorial Scholarship Banquet will be held 7 p.m. June 11 at the Lannom Center. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at the Dyersburg State Community College business office or by contacting Emma Mays-Reynolds at 286-3215 or 445-9348. Ticket deadline is June 8...
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DPS teachers win walking competition
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
The Dashing Darlings proved they know how to travel. They walked 1,004.5 miles in six weeks and could win a trip to Destin, Fla. The Dashing Darlings is a team of Dyersburg Primary School teachers who participated in the Destination Destin, one of three walking challenges in the Lace Up for Life program. The competition was open to teachers and staff members at DPS as well as Holice Powell and Fifth Consolidated schools this year...
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Respect Youth Health kickoff slated June 11
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
Do you respect your health? Unfortunately, many of Tennessee's residents don't. The state ranks 48th in the nation for overall health, according to the United Health Foundation's America's Health Report. Nearly one-third of all residents report engaging in no physical activity. Nearly three-fourths don't consume adequate fruits and vegetables. More than 61 percent are overweight or obese...
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TV personality aims to inspired residents to take healthy approach to life
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
A reality television show helped Maurice "Moe" Walker change his life. He lost 71 of his 436 pounds and learned the secrets to living a healthful lifestyle while competing on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" last fall. Today, the 31-year-old Nashville resident is down to 340 pounds and working as the spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Health's "Respect Your Health" program. ...
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'They all had a good, laughing time'
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
Seventeen residents of Dyersburg Manor Nursing & Rehab Center and Oakwood Community Living Center were given a special treat May 25 -- a day of fishing. A week later, it's still a big topic of discussion. It started a few weeks earlier when friends Roland Criswell and Oakwood resident Rupert Heathcott were talking about fishing. Criswell then contacted Frank Miller to see what he thought about taking Heathcott on a little field trip...
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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
All in a row and ready to go - to a good home. These sweet gray-and-brown-striped kittens are 7-8 weeks old and 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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Too hot to handle
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
With a fire extinguisher standing by, staff and residents of Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care marked National Salsa Month on May 26 with a homegrown celebration. Shelia Blakemore, maker of Texas Recipe Salsa, was on hand not only to share her creation but to also share how it started...
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Students win shopping spree
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
Janeisha Hopkins and Ben Cross were loaded down as they left Dyersburg Primary School on Thursday. Both had $100 worth of merchandise they selected during a last-full-day-of-school shopping spree. Janeisha and Ben won the shopping extravaganza and a free lunch for perfect attendance at Dyersburg Primary School...
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Kids Club learns about dairy
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
Members of the Dyersburg Mall Kids Club explored dairy delights when they met Tuesday. Dyer County senior 4-Hers conducted the program in conjunction with June being Dairy Month. Meredith McBride, a student at Dyer County High School, kicked things off by reading "From Cow to Ice Cream." The book by Bertram T. Knight explores the process of how ice cream is made...
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Hollingsworth performing senior recital Monday
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
Matt Hollingsworth was a fourth-grader at Dyersburg Intermediate School when he got his first introduction to playing a musical instrument. Music instructor Bill Van Sant was teaching Hollingsworth and his fellow classmates the basics of percussion...
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College graduate selected as student of the year
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
Sandy Anderson of Dyersburg will walk across the stage in Clermont, Fla., on June 11 to receive her bachelor's degree from Vision Christian Bible College. She also will address the audience, having been selected as the college's 2005 Student of the Year - an honor awarded on the basis of evaluation of the president, the academic dean and the faculty of the school...
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Nursing students pinned, receive awards
(Community News ~ 06/07/05)
A total of 40 Dyersburg State Community College nursing students participated in the traditional "Nurse Pinning Ceremony" held recently at the First Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Faye Sigman, Dean of Nursing and Allied Health at Dyersburg State, presided over the ceremony. She was joined by Dr. Karen A. Bowyer, DSCC president. Family and friends looked on as the students recited Florence Nightingale's famous pledge, devoting themselves to the welfare of those entrusted to their care...
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Auto burglary plea draws one-year jail sentence
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
A Dyersburg man who pleaded guilty last Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to an auto burglary was sentenced to serve a year in jail. Eric Justin Ables, of 915 Cherry St., was approved to be furloughed to a long-tern (six months or longer) drug rehabilitation program if he can gain admission. His attorney, District Public Defender Jim Horner, told Judge Lee Moore he thinks he has found a rehab space for Ables...
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Humane society president apparently smoothes ruffled budget committee feathers
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
County commission budget committee members' ruffled feathers apparently were smoothed Thursday by the president of the Dyersburg/Dyer County Humane Society. Dr. Carol A. Feather told committee members that her previous remarks about giving preference to calls in Dyersburg over those from county residents because the city of Dyersburg gives the society more funding were misinterpreted...
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Budget committee defers action on county schools budgets
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
A $19,761,494 Dyer County Schools general purpose budget for 2005-06 was presented to the county commission's budget committee Thursday. The budget committee deferred action on the budget, pending its consideration by the county school board and the commission's education committee next Wednesday. The budget committee scheduled consideration of the budget for a 2 p.m. meeting on June 10...
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Hazardous waste pickup day a good start
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
Local government officials often complain about unfunded environmental cleanup initiatives from the federal and state governments, but Bobby Fanning, a hazardous waste disposal authority from Arkansas shrugs off such protests. He views chemical pollution of ground water supplies as a local problem with national implications. ...
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Troy Avenue house receives minor damage during quake
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
Darlene Bacigalupo wasn't really sure what was going on around 6:35 Thursday morning. At first, she thought what she'd heard and felt was a piece of machinery falling during the work going on next door. But after looking, there wasn't any work going on yet...
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Earthquake damages pots, pedestals and statues at local business
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
Thursday's earthquake might not have caused much damage for most people, but Reed Riley found a mess when he reported for work. Riley, general manager of R&W Enterprises, said he discovered three tables of plaster and clay pots, pedestals and statues had toppled to the ground...
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Summer school registration
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
Registration for summer classes in the Dyer County Public School system, grades K-8, will be held at Fifth Consolidated School on Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Classes will run from June 6-24 and will be open to both Dyer County and Dyersburg students. ...
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Humane society neglect of county leads to proposal to cut funding
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
A remark made to county commissioners nearly a year ago by the president of the Dyersburg/Dyer County Humane Society still was resonating in the courthouse Wednesday. Last July Dr. Carol Feather told the county commission's budget committee that because of lack of increases in contributions from the county, the humane society would give preference to calls from Dyersburg...
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County receives proposal to provide medical care at jail
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
A Chattanooga company has proposed taking over all medical care of prisoners at the Dyer County Jail at a slight savings to the county, Sheriff Jeff Holt said Tuesday. "A company called Southern Health Partners has sent me a proposal to take over medical care at the jail," Holt told county budget committee members during budget deliberations. ...
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Tennessee fugitives caught in Gulf Shores
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
Gulf Shores police arrested two Tennessee fugitives late Thursday afternoon after receiving a tip that they were in town. Stanley Teague, 27, was wanted on three felony warrants related to theft, altering vehicle identification numbers and operating a "chop shop" for stolen property, according to a Gulf Shores Police Department news release...
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Pratt, Vowell fail to appear due to transportation SNAFU
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
The expected Dyer County court reunion of accused child rapists Katherine Sue Jones Pratt and Walter Franklin Vowell did not take place Tuesday because they didn't have a ride. Both Pratt and Vowell were on the Dyer County Circuit Court docket Tuesday but Assistant District Attorney General Karen Burns announced they would not be in court because when a transportation order was sent to the U.S. ...
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Historic building will be torn down
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
The former Nell Thomas Orphanage, which was built in the early 1900s and ranks among Dyersburg's oldest and most historic buildings, is unsound and will have to be torn down, Mayor Bill Revell said Friday. In a meeting with area developers and builders at the Lannom Center, Revell solicited proposals for the destruction of the building and development of the land on which it sits. ...
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Court clerks could get 10 percent raises
(Local News ~ 06/07/05)
Two Dyer County court clerks are eligible under a new state law for 10 percent salary increases, but it's up to the county commission whether they get them. The law, passed May 6 and signed by Gov. Phil Bredesen on May 18, permits, but does not require, counties to up the pay of court clerks who serve two or more courts by 10 percent to make their salaries equal to sheriffs and highway superintendents...
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Opal Adelle Inman
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Opal Adelle Inman, 76, of Dyersburg, died Monday, May 30, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired factory employee. Graveside services were Wednesday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Mitchell Wilson officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Pearl Diggs
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Pearl Diggs, of Dyersburg, died today at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Van Thomas Stone
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Van Thomas Stone, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Mae Pearl Diggs
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Mae Pearl Diggs, 83, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Southside Baptist Church. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronnie Turner officiating. Burial will be in RoEllen Cemetery...
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Wilbern Lee 'Brodie' Page
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Wilbern Lee "Brodie" Page, 69, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at his residence. He was a farmer and a retired employee of Wis-Con, a member of New Salem Baptist Church and a Navy veteran. Services were Friday at New Salem Baptist Church in Mason Hall with the Rev. Waymon Hogue and the Rev. DeWayne Harris officiating. Burial will be in New Salem Cemetery. Karnes-Thompson Funeral Home in Kenton is in charge of arrangements...
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Van Thomas Stone
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Van Thomas Stone, 77, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired Lake County Sheriff, former chief deputy of Lake County Sheriff's Department, former police chief of Ridgely and a former truck driver, a member of Abundant Life Fellowship Church and an Army veteran of World War II and Korean War in the Medical Corp...
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Maxine Cross
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Maxine Cross, 89, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Milton 'Pete' Hayes
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Milton "Pete" Hayes, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Etta Evera Parker
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Etta Evera Parker, 91, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Baptist Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Fred Auston Wortman Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Fred Auston Wortman Sr., 83, of Ridgely, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center in Tiptonville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Don Leewane Ables
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Don Leewane Ables, 55, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 4, 2005, at his residence. He was a factory worker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Chuck Richardson and Bro. William Norman officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Maxine F. Cross
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Maxine F. Cross, 89, of Dyersburg, died Friday, June 3, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a housewife and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Dyersburg. Funeral services were Monday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Dyersburg with Dr. Larry Blakeburn officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery of Dyersburg. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Janice Ruth Grist
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Janice Ruth Grist, 79, of Dyersburg, died Friday, June 3, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired secretary from the National Gypsum Company, a member of the First United Methodist Church of Dyersburg, the Dyersburg Women's Club and the National Secretaries Association...
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Milton E.D. 'Pete' Hayes
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Milton E.D. "Pete" Hayes, 74, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at his residence. He was a retired steelworker, a member of the Jones Chapel Church of Christ and a member of the Pea Ridge Hunting Club. Services were Sunday in the Jones Chapel Church of Christ with Bro. Lonnie Grady officiating. Burial was in the Jones Chapel Cemetery...
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Etta Evera Armstrong Parker
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Etta Evera Armstrong Parker, 91, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a nurse at Baird-Brewer hospital in Dyersburg and also at the Smythe's Clinic in Tiptonville until she retired. Graveside services were Sunday at the City Cemetery in Tiptonville. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Brother Jerry Leggitt officiated...
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Aaron Reece
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Aaron Reece, 57, of Gates, died Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. He was a trucker. Memorial services were at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 4, in the chapel of Halls Funeral Home with burial in the Gates cemetery.
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Billy Russell Shaw
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Billy Russell Shaw, 80, of Friendship, died Friday, June 3, 2005, at Crockett County Nursing Home. He worked for Kelly Foods for 22 years and was a restaurant owner. He served in the Army during World War II during the Battle of the Bulge. He was a member of the Zion Hill Baptist Church...
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Robert Leon Webber
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Robert Leon Webber, 64, of Adamsville, died Friday, June 3, 2005, at the Hardin County Medical Center. Services were Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer with Bro. Charles Castles officiating. Burial followed in Clear Creek Cemetery of Selmer...
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Fred Austin Wortman Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Fred Austin Wortman Sr., 83, of Ridgely, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center in Tiptonville. He was a farmer and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. A member of Ridgely First United Methodist Church, he was a former vice mayor and alderman in Ridgely, a former Lake County magistrate, former chairman of the Lake County Highway Commission, a 32nd-Degree Mason and a member of Al Chymia Shrine...
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Dennis Alsup
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Dennis Alsup, 49, of Newbern, died Friday, June 3, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Hogue and the Rev. Brian Gilliam officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...
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Robert Baker
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Robert Baker, of Newbern, died Sunday, June 5, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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James Rice Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
James Rice Smith, 52, of Friendship, died Saturday, June 4, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a farmer, a member of Friendship Church of Christ and district board member of the Soil Conservation Service. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Friendship Funeral Home with Dan Clevenger officiating. Burial will be in Bellevernon Cemetery...
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Glen Canada
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Glen Canada, of Decatur County, died Sunday, June 5, 2005 at Decatur County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Nathaniel Goodman
(Obituary ~ 06/07/05)
Nathaniel Goodman, 78, of Trenton, died Sunday, June 5, 2005 in Trenton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.
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DHS softball team closes out 2005 season with awards banquet
(High School Sports ~ 06/07/05)
The Dyersburg High School softball team wrapped up the 2005 season with an awards banquet recently at Neil's Barbeque in Dyersburg. Winners of awards for the junior varsity were Stephanie Johnson - leading hitter and MVP, Emily Greer - RBI award, Brandi Hamm and Jessica Smith - Pitching awards, and the Rookie of the Year was Jordan Ogden...
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