- Honoring the King legacy (Local News ~ 01/22/08)
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Halls high school to host state student council convention
(Local News ~ 01/22/08)
Halls High School will give lessons in leadership and the country life to students leaders from across the state this March when the school hosts the state convention for the Tennessee Association of Student Councils. The theme for the 2007-2008 conference will be "Sowing the Seeds of Leadership," with planned activities including motivational speakers, small group sessions, a community-service project and fun activities like a square dance, petting zoo and tractor exhibition...
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Dyersburg FFA scholarship auction set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 01/22/08)
The annual Dyersburg FFA Scholarship Auction will be Saturday, January 26, in the DHS Commons. There will be a free chili supper from 6 until 7p.m.. Also from 6 p.m. until 7 p,m, there will be a silent auction. The live auction begins at 7 p.m. Hundreds of items will be featured including toys, household goods, tools, horse products, farm items, homemade cakes and pies, and other goods...
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Quebecor files for bankruptcy protection
(Local News ~ 01/22/08)
All indications from the world's financial press indicate Quebecor World's Dyersburg plant won't be affected by the Canadian printing company's bankruptcy declared on Monday. The printing facility, on Sylvan Road in the Dyersburg Industrial Park since it began operations in 1986, employs 900 people...
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Soles4Souls shoe drive under way
(Local News ~ 01/22/08)
When members of Southside Baptist Church decided to conduct a Soles4Souls shoe drive last year, they weren't too sure what would happen. They did, however, expect to receive a large number of shoes, maybe around 500. After all, said coordinator Melinda Davis, this is Dyer County...
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Creek restoration starting after decision
(Local News ~ 01/22/08)
Inaction and the passage of time have finally cleared a legal obstacle blocking the restoration of a Dyer County creek. No one appealed a decision made by the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the deadline to do so has passed. Thus, a long legal tussle over the creek's restoration has ended quietly...
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Obituaries for Jan. 22, 2008
(Obituary ~ 01/22/08)
Coy Thomas Leake, 75, of Ridgely, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired videographer and photographer, a member of Ridgely First Baptist Church, a Lake County Road Commissioner, former Ridgely Alderman, former volunteer fireman, retired master barber, former businessman with Mark-Lek Sportswear in Ridgely, founder and newscaster for Lake County Channel 2 TV station, private pilot, member of Bogota Hee-Haw Charity Group...
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