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City schools rearrange order of high school science
(Local News ~ 04/24/08)
With the reorganization of state high school graduation requirements, Dyersburg High School has already rearranged many of the building blocks needed to earn a high school diploma and prepare for a postgraduate education or vocational opportunities...
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DSCC math contest winners noted
(Local News ~ 04/24/08)
April 15 was more than just tax day in Dyer County, but numbers were still the focus of an annual event held at Dyersburg State Community College. For over two decades, DSCC has served as a host site for the statewide high school mathematics competition sponsored by the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers' Association...
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Buzz of bees around Okeena
(Local News ~ 04/24/08)
Ernest England of Miston hovers in the bucket of a Cottrell Electric truck 25 feet in the air above Okeena Park to collect a swarm of thousands of bees migrating from a parent hive in a nearby tree. According to England, known as "The Bee Man" for 60 years, when a hive becomes overcrowded, a new queen bee is born and worker bees follow her to find another place to live. ...
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Downtown eyesore demolition under way
(Local News ~ 04/24/08)
An old incinerator building, left vacant for nearly 20 years, is being torn down by the City of Dyersburg to make way for upcoming development of the downtown district. For almost two decades, the building housing the incinerator that once provided steam for manufacturing by Colonial Rubber Works has been virtually untouched. Right down to the city sanitation truck found abandoned in the brush...
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Obituaries for April 24, 2008
(Obituary ~ 04/24/08)
Agnes Louise McCloud, 59, of Dyersburg, formerly of Delray Beach, Fla., died March 23, 2008 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a member of Tucker Street Church. Graveside services were held in Boynton Beach, Fla. on April 5. A memorial service will be held Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at Tucker Street Church...
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