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College offering assistance to veterans
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Local veterans and their family members who want to attend college may have financial help ready and waiting to pay for their education. As a service to students who are veterans, Dyersburg State Community College financial aid officers are trained to work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' financial aid programs. They know how to direct those veterans who qualify for financial assistance to the best aid program...
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DSCC honors educators as outstanding alumni
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Two local educators were honored as Outstanding Alumni of Dyersburg State Community College to over 180 faculty and staff members at the school's recent annual spring update. Michael Anthony "Tony" Hendren and Paul E. Hudson Jr. each received their start at DSCC before going on to continue their education and choose careers in education...
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Final check for clean-up received by state, but not applied
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Jere Ellis has reimbursed the state nearly $47,000 for a cleanup of a hazardous waste site in Dyer County. His final check for $5,390 was received before the Nov. 25 deadline, but it wasn't credited to his debt, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation told the State Gazette on Thursday...
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Pipe collapse to cost city
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
A collapsed sidewalk on Fairway Drive at The Farms is the result of poor installation of more than 300 feet of drainpipe by a private developer in 1998, the city's Sanitation and Street Committee learned Friday. Stormwater manager Scott Jackson showed the committee a video taken from the remote-controlled "smart pig" scope when it was lowered into the pipe to examine the problem. ...
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Tougher collection policy considered for late bills for city work on illegal yards
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Holding owners of unsightly properties in Dyersburg more accountable was proposed Friday at the meeting of the city's Sanitation and Street Committee. "Right now, we can't do anything to collect what they owe us but to send them a letter and note it on their city taxes," said recorder Gleyn Twilla...
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Committee learns city landfill income diving
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Income from Dyersburg's landfill hemorrhaged almost $218,000 in 2006 after client Waste Management refused to accept a tipping fee rate that jumped from $18 to $32 per ton in 2005. "We are not competitive with tipping fees," said landfill manager John Damesworth, who appeared at the Friday meeting of the city's Sanitation and Street Committee. "We have to do whatever we need to get that back."...
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