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Crosses add special touch to Operation Christmas Child
(Local News ~ 11/13/07)
As Ella Phillips sat down each day, needle, yarn and cross-shaped plastic canvas in hand, she had one thought: "If I could touch a thousand children, that would make my Christmas." Thanks to Operation Christmas Child, she can. Over the last six months, Phillips, along with other members of Harvest Baptist Church, have made needlecraft crosses to go into the shoeboxes church members filled for the ministry...
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State task force looking at waste reduction goals
(Local News ~ 11/13/07)
Tennessee's solid waste planning regions are mandated to ensure at least 25 percent of all wastes are diverted away from Class I municipal landfills. But, is that enough? A special task force is examining that question and considering new methods for calculating the mandated reduction of wastes...
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New solid waste chief meets with tri-county association
(Local News ~ 11/13/07)
Ever since he started a new job last summer, Tommy Edmonds has been preoccupied with recycling. He set up a booth at the Dyer and Gibson county fairs. He helped coordinate the Hazardous Household Waste Collection Day at the Dyer County Fairgrounds last month. And, he's been meeting with local businesses to talk about recycling and waste reduction...
- Chimes for Charity kicks off (Local News ~ 11/13/07)
- Veterans' sacrifices honored (Local News ~ 11/13/07)
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Finance committee mulls loan options
(Local News ~ 11/13/07)
Members of the city of Dyersburg's Finance Committee met with representatives of two local marketing firms on Thursday to hear presentations for funding of the latest construction at the Dyersburg landfill. Mayor John Holden, Finance chair Lewis Norman and Finance Committee members Bob Kirk and Kevin Chaney were joined by City Recorder Gleyn Twilla and alderman Shannon Walker for the meeting in the mayor's conference room at City Hall...
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Obituaries for Nov. 13, 2007
(Obituary ~ 11/13/07)
Worth M. Blackburn, 88, of Ridgely, died Nov. 3, 2007. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wynnburg Baptist Church. --- Ret. Chief Master Sgt. Curry Thomas Hendren, 77, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 at Covenant Care Center in O'Fallon, Ill...
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