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Obituaries for October 16, 2009
(Obituary ~ 10/16/09)
Norma Ray Hicks, 93, of Crockett County, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bucks Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. David Joe Lewis officiating. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include Robert Hicks of Lansing, Mich., Charles Hicks of Jacksonville, Fla., John Hicks of Brownsville, Michael Hicks of Decatur, Ind., James and Solomon Midgett of Fairfax, Va. and William Midgett of Chicago, Ill...
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City Beautiful sets fall decorating contest
(Local News ~ 10/16/09)
The Dyersburg City Beautiful Commission will conduct its annual Fall Decorations Contest Oct. 26-30. Commission members will travel through neighborhoods within the Dyersburg city limits seeking yards displaying a variety of fall decorations. Categories for judging include:...
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Dining with Diabetes course offered
(Local News ~ 10/16/09)
A free Dining with Diabetes course will begin Oct. 29 for diabetic patients and their caregivers. The course is valued at $400 but is being offered free to the first 30 diabetics who register. The University of Tennessee received a grant to provide the course in Dyersburg. Each patient may bring one caregiver...
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Zoning board OKs nursing school
(Local News ~ 10/16/09)
The Dyer County Board of Zoning Appeals issued a permit Tuesday allowing the construction of a school to train nurse aides. Lucretia Birmingham of Hornbeak sought permission to build a small school on Hamer Road near Millsfield Road. The property is located in a Forestry, Agriculture, Residential (FAR) zone and schools are a use permitted on appeal...
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Circuit court: guilty pleas on drug, forgery charges
(Local News ~ 10/16/09)
In Dyer County Circuit Court on Sept. 8: On the first two forgery charges, Wilson was sentenced to a year in a community corrections program. She was ordered to pay $1,163 restitution to Little General No. 37 in Newbern. On the third forgery charge, she was sentenced to three years in a community corrections program...
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Lipford retires after 25 years of service to First Citizens
(Local News ~ 10/16/09)
After 25 years of taking care of the community and First Citizens National Bank customers, Phil Lipford is retiring to provide a different kind of care. He will become a caregiver for his parents, Stallings and Jane Lipford of Dyersburg. "I'm going home to take care of my parents," said Lipford at a retirement reception held in his honor at First Citizens. "They need my assistance. Not everyone can do that and I am honored to be able to."...
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Port's regional study recommends $35 million investment
(Local News ~ 10/16/09)
During this month's Northwest Tennessee Regional Port authority meeting, Dr. Murat Arik, associate director of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University, gave a presentation on the recently completed socioeconomic study of the area...
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Choctaws thump Trojans in junior varsity contest
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/09)
The Choctaws and the Trojans met in their annual freshmen matchup on a cold night in Dyersburg on Thursday. "It's Dyersburg and Dyer County, it's going to be fun no matter what the score is," said Choctaw freshman coach Damon Frier. "Defense played real good tonight, and this was our first game in three weeks, so we were hungry for a win."...
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Dyersburg defeats Crockett County to earn District 13-AA title
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/09)
There wasn't any question the two best teams were lined up across from each other when Dyersburg and Crockett County met on Thursday in the championship game of the District 13-AA volleyball tournament. The only questions left to be answered were which team wanted it more, the Lady Trojans or the Lady Cavaliers, and did Dyersburg have what it took to win back-to-back district titles?...
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