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Sick to your stomach?
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
An estimated 76 million people contract food-borne illnesses in the United States each year. The illness may result in an upset stomach, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, paralysis, meningitis and even death. An estimated 5,000 people die from food-borne illnesses each year, Dyer County Extension Agent Beth Bell said...
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Abstinence program funding in jeopardy
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
For the last three years, Right Choices of West Tennessee has encouraged teens to wait. Now, the program's staff members are the ones who are waiting -- waiting to see if they'll have jobs this fall. Right Choices, an abstinence-based character education program, taught students in seven counties about the dangers of premarital sex. The program urged students to delay sexual activity until after marriage...
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Basin board OKs funds for flood control
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
A plan to protect Rives from flooding might cost more than the West Tennessee River Basin Authority expected. Executive Director David Salyers said the designs have been completed for the Grove Creek Levee Spillway project. It calls for a 600-foot-long square spillway and a cost estimate of approximately $145,000. ...
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Red Cross names new chapter manager
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
The timing couldn't have been better for Faye Pillow of Dyersburg. She had just earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Tennessee at Martin and wanted to find a job that would allow her to help people. On Monday, July 10, her wish came true. She became the new chapter manager for the American Red Cross in Dyersburg...
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Juveniles arrested for stealing metal from Finley barn
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
Two 15-year-old boys were arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing nearly $200 in copper wiring from a barn at 60 Jones Street in Finley. The Dyer County Sheriff's Office received the call at 6:20 p.m., after the owner of the barn, Tracy Gaba, reported the theft by telephone...
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Escapees nabbed within minutes
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
Three men who escaped from the Lake County Jail on Wednesday night are back in the custody of the sheriff, who prides his office as well as other local agencies for a quick response time. A little before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, inmate James Avery, whose street name is "Buzzard," physically overpowered jailer Randy Pitts, which allowed for his escape. Also taking advantage of the security lapse were inmates Jeffery Rice and Bradley Carnell, Lake County Sheriff Paul Jones said...
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DHS, DC high schools chosen for billionaire's foundation work
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
The two local high schools join 25 others across Tennessee selected to participate in a national initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will increase the rigor of public education programs. "Tennessee is embracing an innovative approach to ensuring all students graduate with the knowledge to pursue higher education or a successful career," said Dr. ...
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