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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 11/18/05)
Dooly is a lovely female all white cat with one brown eye and one blue. Dooly is with her friend Piglet a male white cat with spots, they get along well with other cats. She is available for adoption at the Dyersburg Dyer-County Humane Society's animal shelter at 1120 E. Court St. in Dyersburg. For more information, call the shelter at 285-4889...
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County's teen-age pregnancy rate trends down
(Local News ~ 11/18/05)
Dyer County's teen pregnancy rate fell slightly in 2004, but it's still above the state average. The teen pregnancy rate was 14.4 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls ages 10-17 in the county. The rate had been 15.5 in 2003. The county's rate, however, still exceeds the state rate of 13.2...
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'Sticker shock' causing alarming decline in enrollments
(Local News ~ 11/18/05)
The number of students enrolled in Tennessee's 13 community colleges is dropping, and the matter has state officials worried. Earlier this week, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission released figures detailing community college enrollment has dropped 10,400 during the past decade while the state's total population has risen by 600,000. The largest drop appeared to be within the student category of age 25 and older...
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Mall hosting weekend of events
(Local News ~ 11/18/05)
Santa is arriving this weekend at the Dyersburg Mall and he's got presents for all ages. Children can welcome him to town on Saturday during a free breakfast of milk and doughnuts at 10 a.m. Tickets are available until Friday at customer service. He'll be at the mall from 10 a.m. ...
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Country club offered for sale
(Local News ~ 11/18/05)
The Dyersburg Country Club at the Farms is for sale, the club's members were told Tuesday night. "David Alexander told us the owners intend to sell the property during a membership meeting night before last," immediate past Country Club board president Mickey Mahon said Thursday. "He made a proposal for sale to the membership."...
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