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Trimble 'Better Me' draws student interest
(Local News ~ 02/21/08)
Trimble Elementary School students are learning about the importance of making healthy lifestyle choices through a pilot program titled "Better Me." The program is a partnership with Dyer County Coordinated School Health and the Dyer County Health Department. ...
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Students join 'Bear'y Good Club
(Local News ~ 02/21/08)
A new positive-behavior rewards program at Dyersburg Primary School is the next step of a Project Rise program initiated in the school last fall that brings good behavior to the top of the curriculum. Following the theme of the school's three rules and the Berenstain Bears, students caught being good by teachers, administrators, cafeteria workers, bus drivers or staff members with a green ticket to give away are allowed to enter the "Bear"y Good Club...
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Man, in rage, destroys interior of Shady Rest
(Local News ~ 02/21/08)
The interior of a Highway 211 tavern was largely destroyed on Wednesday by a irate man. According to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department report, deputies arrived at the Shady Rest bar, south of Trimble, at about 6:16 p.m. to find the front two windows broken, tables turned over, broken glass on the floor, a turned over bandstand, a ripped pool table surface, a game machine damaged and several other items strewn throughout the bar...
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Senior Circle receives medical updates
(Local News ~ 02/21/08)
Look at your hand, specifically your index and ring fingers. Is one shorter or longer than the other? According to medical research that came out in January, if the index finger is shorter than the ring finger, there's an increased risk of osteoarthritis...
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DES crafts new policy for service deposits
(Local News ~ 02/21/08)
Dyersburg Electric System President and CEO Jimmy Williamson informed the DES Power Board on Wednesday he is crafting a new policy for deposits to guard against losses from corporate bankruptcies. "We've had a spate of bankruptcies from national concerns over the last few months," said Williamson. "We need to make sure we're covered."...
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Blake named finalist for Mr. Basketball award
(High School Sports ~ 02/21/08)
Humble, courageous, competitor and determined are just a few ways to describe Dyer County's senior three-point assassin, Justin Blake. "I like to call him the total package, you get tremendous leadership, he's a terrific player, and you can always count on him day in and day out," said Choctaw head coach Derek McCord. ...
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Obituaries for Feb. 21, 2008
(Obituary ~ 02/21/08)
Dorothy N. Bell, 75, of Yorkville, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker and a former employee of Yorkville School cafeteria and a member of West Side Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson-Williams Funeral Home with the Rev. James Combs officiating. Burial will be in Yorkville Cemetery...
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