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Humane Society to sponsor golf tournament
(Community News ~ 08/19/05)
The Tommy Lipford Memorial Four-Person Golf Scramble will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Farms Golf Club. Although this is the fourth year for a golf tournament benefiting the Dyersburg/Dyer County Humane Society, president Carol Feather said there will be a few firsts this year...
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Register now for Golf for Life
(Community News ~ 08/19/05)
As the end of the year winds down, things are gearing up at Life Choices Pregnancy Support Center of Dyersburg. Registration, sponsorships and underwriting are being taken now for the second annual Golf for Life. The four-person scramble will be held at 8 a.m. Oct. 15 at the Dyersburg Country Club at The Farms...
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Community forums to answer TennCare and mental health safety-net questions
(Community News ~ 08/19/05)
A community forum will be held Aug. 25 in Dyersburg to answer questions about how the TennCare changes will affect medical and mental health care. The forum is one of seven scheduled across the state by NAMI Tennessee, the state's education and advocacy group for persons living with mental illness, their families and friends. It is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at the First United Methodist Church...
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Tigrett duck blind drawing draws bigger crowd than Reelfoot
(Community News ~ 08/19/05)
An interesting thing happened during the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency duck blind drawings this month. More people registered for the Tigrett Wildlife Management Area drawing than for the Reelfoot Lake WMA drawing. Reelfoot Lake is often touted as the duck-hunting mecca for Northwest Tennessee...
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Waterfowl Festival slated this weekend at Reelfoot
(Community News ~ 08/19/05)
With the heat index predicted to hover above 100 degrees this weekend, it won't feel much like waterfowl-hunting weather. But, it will feel just right for the Reelfoot Lake Waterfowl Festival. The annual festival is usually besieged by hot weather. Vendors bring electric fans, and visitors look for cool drinks...
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American Cancer Society has unique resource room in Dyer County
(Community News ~ 08/19/05)
Did you know that there is an American Cancer Society Resource Room at the Cancer Care Center in Dyersburg? The Cancer Care Center has furnished office space and the American Cancer Society has made a variety of resources available to patients and the general public...
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Local vagabond shares traveling experience
(Community News ~ 08/19/05)
When Eric Smith said he was going to spend a few days of his summer vacation walking the back roads of West Tennessee, pretty much everyone gave him the same reaction. "Everybody I told about it laughed, thought I was crazy or thought I was stupid," he said...
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Community corrections revocation results in prison term
(Local News ~ 08/19/05)
A Tigrett man was sentenced Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to serve four years in prison after admitting violating his community-corrections behavioral contract. Richard J. Johnson, 30, of Connell Street, had pleaded guilty April 6, 2004, to a charge of sale of a counterfeit controlled substance and been sentenced to serve 90 days in the Dyer County Jail and three years, nine months of community corrections (house arrest)...
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Sales tax collections seem to have stabilized: Patton
(Local News ~ 08/19/05)
A 1 percent increase in Dyer County sales tax revenue reported in August gives county Trustee Judy Patton hope the receipts are stabilizing. "Last month was 1/2 percent below the same month a year ago and this month was 1.05 percent higher," Patton said. "I'm glad it's more or less staying even."...
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City and county change fire protection rates
(Local News ~ 08/19/05)
The devil is in the details, as the old adage goes, and county residents covered under Dyersburg's rural fire protection plan learned that the hard way last week when they received notification that subscription rates for their homes had doubled, and in one case tripled, what was paid last year...
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Missouri man dies after running into highway traffic
(Local News ~ 08/19/05)
A Missouri man was killed in the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 13 when he was run over by a semi-truck in Dyersburg. David Boone, 31, of Caruthersville, died after crossing into a lane of traffic at Highway 51 Bypass and Forrest Street, according to a Dyersburg Police Department report. Officers were called to the scene at about 1:35 a.m. after the driver of the semi, John Ables, 37, of Dyersburg, called to report the accident...
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230th back in the USA!
(Local News ~ 08/19/05)
Donations sought for welcome-home bags
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Annual Jake's Day celebration
(Local News ~ 08/19/05)
The Forked Deer Longbeards, a local group of outdoor enthusiasts, held their annual Jake's Day celebration at the Dyer County Fairgrounds on Saturday under clear skies and near fall-like temperatures. Jakes are young turkeys but organizers used the name to mean Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship. ...
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Hubert Allen Branch
(Obituary ~ 08/19/05)
Hubert Allen Branch, 64, of Friendship, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired factory employee. Services were Tuesday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Sam Hollis officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.
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Ernest Junior Haynes
(Obituary ~ 08/19/05)
Ernest Junior Haynes, 76, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired farmer, a member of Dyersburg Saddle Club, Newbern Saddle Club and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Services were Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Johnny Michael and Bro. Lynn King officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Ernest Junior Haynes
(Obituary ~ 08/19/05)
Ernest Junior Haynes, 76, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired farmer, a member of Dyersburg Saddle Club, Newbern Saddle Club and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Services were Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Johnny Michael and Bro. Lynn King officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Dale Franklin Dial
(Obituary ~ 08/19/05)
Dale Franklin Dial, 70, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired carpet layer, a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ, van driver for NWTNHR and lifetime member and past president of Jennie Bell Primary School PTA...
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Bobby Dale Summers
(Obituary ~ 08/19/05)
Bobby Dale Summers, 56, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a member of Free Holiness Church. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Calvin Smith officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Evelyn Hall
(Obituary ~ 08/19/05)
Evelyn Hall, 89, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2005 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.
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Lester Robertson
(Obituary ~ 08/19/05)
Lester Robertson, of West Frankford, Ill., died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2005 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Trojan golf teams enjoy impressive start to season
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/05)
Lady Trojans carry 3-0 record to start season The Dyersburg High School Golf team is off to an impressive start on the links in 2005. The Lady Trojans have begun the season with an unblemished 3-0 record while the Trojan boys team has one lone loss and stands at 2-1...
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Lady Trojans soccer team kicks its way past DCHS
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/05)
When a team is beginning its first season of existence hopefully the players will simply gain knowledge of the game. The DCHS Lady Choctaw soccer team is learning but still has a way to go after facing the Lady Trojans from Dyersburg. DHS powered their way to a 7-0 victory in Newbern last night to start the 2005 season on a high note, while DCHS suffered its second loss in as many days...
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