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Hospital names top 'Lose To Win' participants
(Local News ~ 04/09/08)
An annual initiative at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center recently reminded several participating team members that, sometimes, to earn the best reward, you have to be the biggest loser. In the hospital's annual Lose to Win Challenge, 15 teams lost a total of 729.96 pounds and an average of 4.75 percent body fat. But the real rewards of the contest came from a new and healthy lifestyle for each person participating in the challenge...
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Pinion won't seek re-election to House
(Local News ~ 04/09/08)
Phillip Pinion will not seek re-election to his seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives, he said on Tuesday. The nine-term Union City Democrat said in the surprise statement his departure "was not a decision easily arrived at. But, to everything there is a season and a time and I believe, after much prayer and reflective thought, the time has come for me to leave the public arena."...
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Obituaries for April 9, 2008
(Obituary ~ 04/09/08)
Kay B. Fay, 66, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died March 16, 2008 at her residence. She was retired from sales work with Bristol-Squibb, attended Mississippi State College for Women, and was a graduate of the University of Memphis, where she was a charter member of the Pi Beta Phi chapter...
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At the Shelter
(Features ~ 04/09/08)
This week we are featuring a recent recipient of Save a Life Makeover. 'Trojan,' a silky Tibetan terrier, is now gorgeous, thanks to donations from people in the city and county who care! 'Kitty' is one of the most striking-looking cats seen at the shelter. ...
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Troy farmer leads ticket after Pinion withdrawal
(Local News ~ 04/09/08)
Rural Obion County farmer Jerry Grady will likely be the next state representative for the 77th House District, given the surprise announcement on Tuesday by nine-term incumbent Phillip Pinion that he is withdrawing from the race. "I can't believe it," said Grady, 66. "Whatever happened, happened. That doesn't mean I'm going to take it for granted; I'm still running a campaign. We need change."...
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Weather danger from 2-4 p.m. Thursday, NWS tells emergency planners
(Local News ~ 04/09/08)
The potential for tornados spawned from fast-moving supercell thunderstorms is highest across Dyer County from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, National Weather Service forecaster Andy Sniezak told city and county officials at teleconference on Wednesday. Sniezak painted a scenario of a front of warm, moist air moving across the MidSouth on Thursday morning and running into a cold front that settled in over the late morning hour on Wednesday...
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