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Obituaries for January 31, 2013
(Obituary ~ 01/31/13)
Estelle Alford Barnett, 98, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was retired from the bag-sewing department at Dyersburg Fabrics, where she worked for 50 years, she was the oldest member of Hurricane Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she attended for 77 years, member of the Eastern Star-Dyersburg/Newbern Chapter 164 for over 50 years, avid gardener and she loved to fish...
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Fitness Tip: Yoga - revolved triangle pose
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
1. From Tadasana (mountain pose) step left leg back. Rotate left foot 45 degrees and extend arms at shoulder height. Lift left arm up, inhale and lengthen your spine as you rotate your torso to the right. Exhale as you place your left hand to the outside of your right foot...
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Dyer County Master Gardeners enjoy community service; course deadline Feb. 4
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
The Dyer County Association of Tennessee Master Gardeners had an enjoyable and fulfilling year of service to the Dyer County area and we are looking forward to the same in 2013. Eight of the citizens who enrolled in the 2012 Tennessee Master Gardener Training Course became certified Master Gardeners, 29 members earned re-certification status by completing volunteer service and gaining extra education. ...
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West Tennessee Home Educators Association to hold spelling bee
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
The West Tennessee Home Educators Association is sponsoring a spelling bee for homeschoolers. This is a preliminary contest for the Scripps' National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Students in grades 8 and below are eligible to participate. The bee is open to homeschoolers from Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton, and Weakley counties...
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DMS Teacher of the Year brings light into the classroom
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
--- Dyersburg Middle School Teacher of the Year Sarah Alley believes that children have the ability to learn regardless of their family background, socioeconomic status or where on the globe they reside. Alley herself grew up in a home with an absentee father and a hardworking mother who provided for Alley and her four siblings by working long hours as a nurse's aide at a local Dyersburg nursing home. ...
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NWTHRA offers residents alternative form of public transportation
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Last month, the only cab service in Dyer County went out of business, effectively terminating what was thought to be the only form of public transportation available in the community. However, there is a little-known option available to residents in the form of a fleet of vehicles offered by the Northwest Tennessee Human Resource Agency Public Transportation Program...
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Dyersburg resident honored as NWTF Volunteer of the Year
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Sometimes in life, one is dealt with circumstances that leave us with a choice. Do we allow those circumstances to defeat us or do we use them for positive things in our life and in the lives of others? Shane Hall was faced with that question when he was confined to a wheelchair limiting what had once been a very active life. However, Hall refused to allow his limited physical mobility to limit his heart and desire to make a difference in the lives of others...
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At the Shelter
(Features ~ 01/31/13)
Black-dog syndrome or black-dog bias is a veterinarian and animal shelter phenomenon in which black dogs are passed over for adoption in favor of lighter-colored animals. Black-dog bias is also known as "big black-dog syndrome." Shelters often use the term BBD, or big black dog, to describe the type of larger, dark-colored mixed breed typically passed over by adopters...
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