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Bringing a taste of home to downtown
(Community News ~ 07/12/05)
When Madelyn's Gourmet Eatery, LLC., opened a few months ago, co-owners Phil Lipford and Marlon Taylor had one goal in mind. "We want this to be something different," Lipford said. Open for lunch from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, the restaurant, located at 118 N. ...
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Dream trip to Florida thrills Dyersburg girl
(Community News ~ 07/12/05)
As she planned her trip to Disney World, 11-year-old Kearya Johnson had one goal in mind. She wanted to meet Raven. Make that Raven-Symone Christina Pearman, star of "That's So Raven" on the Disney Channel. "That's my biggest dream - to meet Raven," an excited Kearya said...
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MidSouth Riders raises $1250 for Youth Villages
(Community News ~ 07/12/05)
MidSouth Riders Association held its annual Memorial Weekend Auction Fundraiser on May 28 to raise money for Youth Villages. Youth Villages is a non-profit organization located in Dyersburg that provides therapeutic foster care/adoption services in our area and surrounding counties to children in need of counseling and stable homes...
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Golf tourney, donation raise $13,000 for Rescue Squad
(Community News ~ 07/12/05)
The Dyer County Rescue Squad is getting ready to make its own home a reality, thanks to a fund-raiser and a matching-fund donation. Squad members hosted the Helping Hands Golf Tournament on June 11 at the Dyersburg Country Club at The Farms to raise money for the construction of a building on 3 acres of land off Highway 77 donated by State Rep. Phillip Pinion...
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'The best is yet to come'
(Community News ~ 07/12/05)
The day after Americans celebrated their freedom, The Veterans' Museum received a $100,000 loan/grant from USDA Tennessee Rural Development to help preserve those memories. The grant will allow the Dyersburg Army Air Base Memorial Association Inc. to pay off its bank loan for the Edith Tanner Center, the 4,900-square-foot expansion to the museum and to fund further developments at the museum, including work on the parking lot and finishing exhibit space...
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Second lawsuit targets Burnett, Joslin
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
A second lawsuit accusing Frank Burnett and Dennis Joslin of wrongly diverting funds from a loan package plan has been filed in Dyer County, this time by a Knoxville company. The complaint accuses Burnett, Joslin, Burnett's daughter and six partnerships of breach of contract and fraud in a loan-redemption venture. ...
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Downtown revitalization, Main Street application process take community commitment
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
What do you see when you look at downtown Dyersburg? According to an economic development survey commissioned by the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce, it's a tarnished jewel and the Chamber wants to change that. The Chamber announced plans to revitalize downtown during its Fourth Friday Community Coffee on June 24. The event was the last public function held in the First Citizens National Bank annex...
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TWRA to reveal conservation strategy in Jackson
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has scheduled a regional public meeting July 28 in Jackson to present the results of the Tennessee Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the West Tennessee Research and Education Center (formerly known as the West Tennessee Experiment Station), 605 Airways Blvd...
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Election commission organizes
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
Dr. Thomas Parnell of Newbern was elected chairman of the Dyer County Election Commission Thursday. Vernita Turner of Dyersburg was elected vice-chairman and Joe Enoch of Dyersburg was elected secretary. Parnell and Turner are Democrats and Enoch is a Republican...
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Election commission organizes
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
Dr. Thomas Parnell of Newbern was elected chairman of the Dyer County Election Commission Thursday. Vernita Turner of Dyersburg was elected vice-chairman and Joe Enoch of Dyersburg was elected secretary. Parnell and Turner are Democrats and Enoch is a Republican...
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Residency law aimed at Ford only clarification: Heathcott
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
A new law aimed at preventing voters and candidates from using business addresses to register for elections is only a clarification, Dyer County Election Administrator Jane Heathcott said Thursday. "The law has always been that you couldn't use a business address for your residence," Heathcott said. "The (new) law is just to clarify where you have to be registered."...
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Williamson and Ford want action on Homeland Security
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
Dyersburg's Bobby Williamson, who heads the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, and U.S. Congressman Harold Ford Jr. of Memphis share common ground on one political issue. Both men want a major overhaul of Homeland Security undertaken on the federal and state levels, and they want it to happen soon, before another terrorist attack on U.S. soil generates a flurry of panicked policy decisions in Washington and Nashville...
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Local law enforcement not yet sharing in state drug tax
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
Dyer County law enforcement agencies have not yet shared in the state's new tax on illegal substances, but it's not for lack of trying. "We've been making drug arrests right along, but we haven't had any that met the requirements for the drug tax," said Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Holt. "When we do we'll notify the revenue department and they'll send an agent to collect the tax."...
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Commission to consider wheel tax hike Monday
(Local News ~ 07/12/05)
Dyer Countians will learn Monday night whether registering their vehicles will cost them $20 more next year. The county commission is scheduled to vote on a $20 increase in the county's wheel tax for education during its July meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the circuit courtroom of the courthouse in Dyersburg...
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James Franklin Parnell
(Obituary ~ 07/12/05)
James Franklin Parnell, 63, of Obion, died Monday, July 4, 2005, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris. He was a former employee of Brown Shoe Co. in Union City and of All Steel in Milan, a U.S. Army veteran, a retired member of the Union City National Guard and a member of First Baptist Church in Obion...
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Martha Elmore Ritter
(Obituary ~ 07/12/05)
Martha Elmore Ritter, 83, of Dyersburg, formerly of Newbern, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a former employee of Brown Shoe, a homemaker and a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. James Combs officiating. Burial was in McCorkle Cemetery in Newbern...
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Jewell Irene Clanton
(Obituary ~ 07/12/05)
Jewell Irene Clanton, 93, of McKenzie, died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at McKenzie Health Care Center. She was a homemaker. Services were Friday at the McKenzie Church of Christ, where she was a member, with Brother Terry Joe Kee officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie. Brummit Funeral Home in McKenzie was in charge of arrangements...
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Eddie Goins
(Obituary ~ 07/12/05)
Eddie Goins, 72, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired truck driver for Terra Fertilizer Co. in Dyersburg and a U.S. Navy veteran. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, July 11, at Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, located in Dyersburg, with the Rev. Ronald Bowers officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Gerald Kenneth "Ken' Daniel
(Obituary ~ 07/12/05)
Gerald Kenneth "Ken" Daniel, 41, of Bolivar, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at the Regional Medical Center of Memphis. He was a machinist at Vandiver's Sawmill, a carpenter, a U.S. Army veteran who served from 1981-83 and was a member of Toone Baptist Church...
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Ocil W. Hipps
(Obituary ~ 07/12/05)
Ocil W. Hipps, 77, of Friendship, died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer. Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 9, in the chapel of Halls Funeral Home. Burial took place in Boens Chapel Cemetery in Friendship...
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National escapes American rally in 10-8 second-round battle
(Community Sports ~ 07/12/05)
HALLS - After closing the gap to 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Dyersburg American seemed poised for a late-inning comeback over Dyersburg National. A series of defensive problems in the sixth prevented American from pulling out a win despite a four-run rally in the final frame as National managed to win 10-8 despite surrendering seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings. ...
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Trailblazers roll over Franklin to reach 20-win mark for the summer
(College Sports ~ 07/12/05)
SHELBYVILLE - The Northwest Trailblazers American Legion Post 30 made the 3 1/2 hour journey from Dyersburg to Shelbyville Central High School for some summer hardball tournament action. The Trailblazers hopped out of their vehicles and all over the Franklin Thunder in their first contest in the Shelbyville Post 23 Invitational on Friday afternoon...
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Newbern advances to title game after winning two of three in Area Tournament
(Community Sports ~ 07/12/05)
MILAN - The 15-year-old Newbern All-Stars cruised through the competition last week in the district tournament, building momentum heading into this weekend's Area Tournament held in Milan. The momentum is something Newbern would need with stiffer competition waiting with a berth to the Babe Ruth state tournament on the line in Milan...
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National knocks off American with sixth-inning rally
(Community Sports ~ 07/12/05)
RIPLEY-All it took was a single to left field by John Helton in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase the lead Dyersburg American held onto for five and a half innings. That same walk-off RBI single advanced Dyersburg National ahead in the winner's bracket of the 11-year-old Dixie Youth district tournament with the 6-5 win over Dyersburg American...
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