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Obituaries for January 29, 2012
(Obituary ~ 01/29/12)
Grady Anderson, 76, of Dyersburg, died Friday, January 27, 2012 at Jackson Regional Hospital. He was the retired owner of Grady's Auto Service. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Mr. Larry Fowlkes officiating...
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Kiwanis Club donates $20,000 to library
(Local News ~ 01/29/12)
Members of the Kiwanis Club made a special presentation to McIver's Grant Public Library on Friday, Jan. 27. Kiwanis officials were on hand with a $20,000 donation to the capital campaign for its new building. The funds were raised in the Kiwanis Club's first-ever Duck Blast, held Dec. 15 and 16. The event featured a live auction, a dinner, a poster contest and a chance to win an ATV at the Lannom Center on Thursday, Dec. 15. The following day, hunters were treated to a day shooting from some of the area's best waterfowl blinds and a chance to take home a Benelli Nova 12-gauge camouflage pump shotgun. The money presented to library officials on Friday will be used toward Kiwanis Kids' Corner at the library's new location in the old Piggly Wiggly building, located at 416 W. Court St. in downtown Dyersburg. From left, front, Whitney Allmon, Edie Allmon, Tommy Allmon, Megan Madden, Kay Fowlkes; middle, Bob Jones, Jeff Agee, Bob Harrington, Dr. Doug Haynes, Porter Ryland, Joan Ryland, Katie Winchester, Penny Hearn Law, Sylvia Palmer, Nancy West, Sharon Simpson; back, Vince Haymon and Danny Walden.
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City Schools band program begins 'Donate an Instrument' initiative
(Local News ~ 01/29/12)
Statistics show the study of music does much to enrich the lives of young students. The U.S. Department of Education recommends the arts to college-bound middle and junior high school students as a tool to broaden their understanding and appreciation of the world around them...
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U.S. Army Field Band coming to Dyer County
(Local News ~ 01/29/12)
The United States Army Field Band is set to make its only appearance in the area this year when they perform a free concert at Dyer County High School on March 6. This premier touring musical representative for the United States has played to audiences around the world for over six decades, raises the support of the American people for members of the armed forces and supports diplomatic efforts around the world...
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The time has come to rise up or sit down
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/12)
When the high school basketball season began in November, the thought here was that two local teams would be making some serious noise when the season got to its late stages. Though often admitting to not being the sharpest tool in the shed, the preseason thoughts have become a reality when looking at the DC Choctaws as well as the Lady Trojans at DHS...
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Choctaws crash homecoming festivities; Lady Choctaws falter
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/12)
It was homecoming on Friday evening for Hardin County, but the Choctaws might have missed that announcement as they crashed the festivities on their way to a 61-40 victory over the Tigers. The Choctaws were led by a nice performance from junior PJ Miller who led them in scoring with 10 points. Miller also had five steals and five rebounds on the evening...
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No.6 Lady Trojans end skid; Trojan boys fall
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/12)
BROWNSVILLE -- One squad lost to drop its second straight game, while the other won to snap a two-game skid. Such was the case for Dyersburg on Friday night as the Trojan and Lady Trojan squads traveled to face Haywood County in the next-to-last road games of the regular season...
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Rebecca Hill: 89 and positively going
(Local News ~ 01/29/12)
Can you imagine at 89 still going to work every day at a job that you love? Not everyone is as blessed as Ms. Rebecca Hill, more commonly known to her co-workers as Ms. Beck, who at 89 is believed to be the oldest employee for the state of Tennessee. On Thursday Beck celebrated her 89th birthday among her co-workers at the Dyersburg Driver Services Center on Community Park Road...
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