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Obituaries for Oct. 1, 2008
(Obituary ~ 10/02/08)
Kenneth Norman Farley, 49, of Jackson, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was a manager at Maytech Global Services and a member of West Jackson Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Arrington Funeral Directors in Jackson with Dr. Wendall Lang and the Rev. Lonnie Sanders officiating. Burial will be in Ridgecrest Cemetery...
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5 DHS seniors to be published in national anthology
(Local News ~ 10/02/08)
What began as a simple grade for junior Honors English will earn five Dyersburg High School seniors the opportunity to become published authors in Creative Communication's anthology "Celebrating What Is Important to Me." DHS English teacher Penny Switzer was recently informed that essays written by Lindsay Pleasant, Becky Austin, Nick Galewski, Mary Curren Viar and Dan Moser were selected for publication, with a free book automatically provided for Switzer's class...
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National Guard Cookout set for Oct. 18
(Local News ~ 10/02/08)
On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Dyer County American Red Cross and Burks Broadcasting will sponsor the National Guard Community Appreciation Cookout. This will be a send-off for the local National Guard 168th Military Police Battalion, which will be leaving for Fort Dix, N.J., the following week. At the end of November, the battalion will leave Fort Dix to go to Iraq to perform their yearlong mission...
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Farm Bureau's Ag Day brings lessons from the farm
(Local News ~ 10/02/08)
Fifth-graders from both Dyersburg City Schools and the Dyer County School System were recently treated to a taste of life on the farm with Farm Bureau's annual Ag Day. Buses ran most of the day to shuttle students from both systems to an event sponsored by the Farm Bureau Board of Directors and Farm Bureau Women for over a decade. This is the third year the event has been held at the Burchfiel farm...
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Committee discusses natural gas prices
(Local News ~ 10/02/08)
City Purchasing Agent Greg Williams updated members of the Gas, Water and Sewer Committee on the status of the city's natural gas supply at a called meeting on Tuesday morning. City alderman and gas, water and sewer committee member Freeman Dudley said he was interested in the update because of numerous calls he has received from residents on the issue...
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Lady Trojans too much for Trenton
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/08)
For the first 10 minutes of every game the Dyersburg Lady Trojans look like your average girls soccer squad. For the next 70 minutes of the contest the Lady Trojans appear to be one of the most complete and talented teams in west Tennessee. The dominant Dyersburg squad started the season with back-to-back losses against USJ and Madison Academic. Since then the Lady Trojans have wheeled off six consecutive victories and stand alone on top of the district...
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Dyer County's Roberson standing tall among elite runners in cross country
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/08)
Some run to stay in shape while some run for sheer enjoyment, but for one sophomore on the Dyer County High School cross-country team, running has become a passion. Chelsey Roberson, 15-year-old daughter of Mark and Carla Roberson, began her cross-country career as an eighth-grader at Northview Middle School. After regularly finishing races that year in the Top 10, Roberson has continued to improve and has become one of the elite runners in the entire state...
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Munford spikes its way past Dyersburg
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/08)
Over the past weekend the Munford volleyball team competed against some of the strongest competition in West Tennessee at the Brighton Invitational tournament, ultimately winning the event after knocking off Region 8 powerhouse Jackson South Side twice during the tourney...
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Lady Trojans offense leads to easy victory over Dyer County
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/08)
The Dyersburg Lady Trojans picked up their seventh consecutive win Tuesday against rival Dyer County in Dyersburg 8-0. The Lady Trojans continued lighting the scoreboard up like they have all season, this time with eight different players recording goals...
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