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Intersession held next week at city, county schools
(Local News ~ 03/09/06)
The city and county schools will be closed for regular session during the weeks beginning March 13 and March 20. Intersession will be held March 13-17 with Spring Break March 20-24. Regular classes will resume on Monday, March 27. At county schools the focus of Intersession will be remediation classes. ...
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Walk Across Tennessee draws 1,200 contestants
(Local News ~ 03/09/06)
More than 1,200 persons have joined Dyer County's Walk Across Tennessee competition. "About 4 percent of Dyer County's population is participating, and that is a movement," Beth Bell recently told the Dyer County Community Health Council. Bell, a Dyer County Extension agent, and a committee of volunteers are organizing this year's walking contest...
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Teams tread into sleuthing business
(Local News ~ 03/09/06)
Teachers and staff members at three schools added "detective" to their job descriptions this year - and they're a little healthier for it. They participated in the Clue Walk, a walking competition in which teams walk to earn clues. Then, they use the clues to solve a mystery...
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Child strangled by rope in fall from tree
(Local News ~ 03/09/06)
A 7-year-old Finley boy is recovering after falling from a tree with a rope tangled around his neck. The child, James B. Via IV, was playing in a tree with a rope around his neck on Tuesday afternoon when he fell out of the tree, James' grandfather Albert Jones said. The rope apparently tightened around the child's neck as he fell to the ground...
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