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Rainbow celebrating National Gymnastics Day
(Community News ~ 08/05/05)
Celebrate the fourth annual National Gymnastics Day with four hours of activities, food and fun. Rainbow Gymnastics and Cheer Center will host the celebration from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at Okeena Park. There is no admission charge. Tickets for activities will be $1 each...
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Matthew receives a grant from Catholic Charities
(Community News ~ 08/05/05)
The Jackson Deanery Development Committee has awarded a $1,300 grant to Matthew 25:40 Inc. for its programs serving those in need. Each year the committee makes recommendations to Catholic Bishop J. Terry Steib, bishop of the Diocese of Memphis in West Tennessee, for funding to ecumenical projects serving the poor in the Jackson Deanery, which includes Matthew...
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Mall begins Girls Night Out club
(Community News ~ 08/05/05)
Spend a night out with the girls and learn a few things in the process. Since April, the Dyersburg Mall has hosted Girls Night Out, a free monthly event geared toward the 20- to 40-something ladies. "Typically, there's a brief presentation or activity offered leaving lots of time to visit with old friends and make new ones," said mall manager Brooke Emery...
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NAACP beginning mentoring program
(Community News ~ 08/05/05)
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" It's a standard question that adults routinely ask kids -- from as young as 3 until they graduate from high school. It's also a question that's stirred the Dyer County branch of the NAACP to begin a mentoring program aimed at all disadvantaged children in Dyer County...
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Wet Canadian summer boosts waterfowl reproduction
(Community News ~ 08/05/05)
For Tim White, the last three duck hunting seasons have been the worst of his hunting career. He hopes the upcoming season will be better. It could be. The potential is there. The drought that limited waterfowl reproduction in Canada ended this year. The wetlands in Canada's famed "duck factory" prairie are wetter than they've been in years, said White, who serves as the state waterfowl biologist for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency...
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Bogota offers sportsmen something new: a traditional approach to hunting
(Community News ~ 08/05/05)
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is instituting a different approach to waterfowl hunting in Dyer County. The Bogota Wildlife Management Area will offer sportsmen a return to hunting as it used to be. No luxurious duck blinds. No boats propelled by 90-horsepower engines. No season-long monopolies...
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Dyersburg Electric customers to see 6 percent TVA rate increase
(Local News ~ 08/05/05)
Dyersburg Electric System customers will see about a 6 percent increase in power rates, effective Oct. 1, the local utility's manager said Monday. "The Tennessee Valley Authority board has passed a 7.52 percent increase in firm wholesale rates and we'll pass that along to our customers," Jimmy Williamson said. "Though it does not require action by our board because it's not a local rate increase, we'll note it with an announcement to our power board."...
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Congressional Highway Bill funds I-69 construction south to Dyersburg
(Local News ~ 08/05/05)
After 15 years of work on the proposed I-69 Mid-Continental Highway connecting Canada to Mexico through Dyer County, Dyersburg Mayor Bill Revell is a third of the way home - almost. Friday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a conference report on the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) highway bill. ...
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City wants telephone poles removed
(Local News ~ 08/05/05)
There are currently hundreds of telephone poles scattered throughout the old section of Dyersburg that have been abandoned by the local electric system because they were deemed unsafe. They are still standing, however, because telephone lines have yet to be transferred to newer poles that are often just a few inches from them...
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Emma Jean Jordan
(Obituary ~ 08/05/05)
Emma Jean Jordan, 81, of Memphis, formerly of Halls, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Services were Wednesday at Archers Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
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James H. Whitfield
(Obituary ~ 08/05/05)
James H. Whitfield, 80, of Seymour, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Robert Shaw, worked at Knoxville Sentinel for 27 years and was a member of Providence Baptist Church. Services were held July 28 in the chapel Highland South Memorial Park Funerals and Cremations with the Rev. Dallas Gibson and the Rev. Chris Partain officiating. Burial was in Highland South Memorial Park...
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Jimmy Dale Bevis
(Obituary ~ 08/05/05)
Jimmy Dale Bevis, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Kathryn Prichard
(Obituary ~ 08/05/05)
Kathryn Prichard, of Newbern, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Gladys Studard
(Obituary ~ 08/05/05)
Gladys Studard, 95, of Finley, died Saturday, July 30, 2005 at Jackson Regional Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Finley United Pentecostal Church. Services were Tuesday at Finley United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Doug Ellingsworth and the Rev. Larry Burkett officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Benester Welch
(Obituary ~ 08/05/05)
Benester Welch, 95, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Dyersburg Phillips Street Church of God. Services were Tuesday at Dyersburg Phillips Street Church of God with Brother Tom Burgner, Brother Mac Daniels and Brother Kenny Chessor officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery...
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Martha Louise Walton
(Obituary ~ 08/05/05)
Martha Louise Walton, 83, of Newbern, died Friday, July 29, 2005, at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Fair Havens Church of Christ. Graveside services were Sunday at Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with Wendell Cary officiating. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Dr. Thomas Boston
(Obituary ~ 08/05/05)
Dr. Thomas Boston, 83, of Newbern, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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