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Alpha Kappa Alpha honors leader at Founder's Day
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
The Xi Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. celebrated its 98th Founder's Day recently at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Halls. At that time, Soror Phillis Barlow awarded donations of over $10,725 to various organizations and institutions in Dyer, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Shelby and Tipton counties, national organizations and missionaries working in Africa...
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River corridor meeting set for Monday
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
A meeting is scheduled Monday night to introduce the concept of the Mississippi River Natural and Recreational Corridor. The meeting is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. in The Lannom Center in Dyersburg. The meeting will provide an opportunity for the public to learn more about the corridor proposal and how each county may benefit from future developments. Persons attending the meeting will also be encouraged to share their ideas and comments...
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Day of Prayer set for Thursday at First Baptist
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
As American troops fight for democracy and freedom around the globe and battle the war on terror, citizens of the United States are preparing to celebrate their freedom to gather, worship and pray. The 55th annual National Day of Prayer will take place Thursday as millions attend observances held in public venues to pray for the nation, governmental leaders, media, churches, families and schools...
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Sales tax collection rate drops
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
Dyer County Trustee Judy Patton said Thursday she hopes February's 2.96 percent decline in sales tax collections, reported in April, are due to high collections last year. "Last year collections were up 4.6 percent," she said. "I'm just hoping we had such a growth last year because that was the second month after our audit."...
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Cannonball found in Downtown storage
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
Clean out an old building, and you are likely to discover the oddest things. That was the case for Dr. Tim Sigman, who describes himself as the "curator," not the owner, of the historic Forked Deer Hardware store in downtown Dyersburg. During a 14-month-long renovation of the structure, he discovered a Civil War era cannonball buried under piles of debris in the storage room...
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Governor, Norris in tiff over gas tax funds
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
Gov. Phil Bredesen and Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Mark Norris are engaged in a dispute over state transportation funds. But Norris, R-Collierville, resisted calling it a fight. "It's just normal tension between the legislative and executive branches of government," Norris said in an interview. "But there are some very significant policy issues at stake."...
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