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Newbern Elementary presents 'Annie Jr.' Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/10/13)
Newbern Elementary School will present 'Annie Jr.' at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, May 14. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for the annual spring play, which features the talents of all 107 members of the fifth-grade class. 'The children work super hard and always give a wonderful performance,' said HES fifth-grade teacher Jackie Clutts. Admission is $5 and can be paid at the door. Here, Haley Gourley and Abbie Winfrey, who share the role of Annie, pose with NES fifth-graders portraying the orphans.
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'Huddle Up' at the Pole to raise funds for Jeremy Maze
(Local News ~ 05/10/13)
A benefit for local cancer patient Jeremy Maze will be held at Okeena Park from 2-7 p.m., on Saturday, May 18. "Huddle Up" at the Pole will include a 3-3 basketball tournament, dinner and a bake sale. The event will feature prayer at the flagpole at 3 p.m. The tournament will follow immediately after the prayer...
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DHS, DIS win first UTM Quiz Bowl
(Local News ~ 05/10/13)
The University of Tennessee at Martin hosted its first Academic Quiz Bowl last month and Dyersburg City Schools were well represented winning both the elementary and high school categories. The tournament followed the National Academic Quiz Tournament rules and utilized a double-elimination format. Thirty-three teams from 13 schools participated in the tournament where they were asked questions from a variety of categories including: science, math, history, sports and popular culture...
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County budget committee reviews law enforcement budgets
(Local News ~ 05/10/13)
Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box presented the law enforcement budgets to the budget committee on Wednesday morning. After the law enforcement committee recommended last week that the budgets should be forwarded to the budget committee for review, Box discussed the sheriff department, jail, drug fund and litter grant budgets in detail...
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Suspects charged with filing false reports get probation
(Local News ~ 05/10/13)
Two suspects recently indicted by the Dyer County grand jury for filing false reports were sentenced to probation. Ashley Maupin, 36, and Steven Permenter, 19, both appeared in front of Dyer County Circuit Court Judge Lee Moore on Tuesday. Maupin was represented by attorney Charles Kelly Sr. and Permenter by attorney Jason Creasy. Both suspects had previously been indicted by the grand jury on charges of filing a false report in two separate incidents...
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Obituaries for May 10, 2013
(Obituary ~ 05/10/13)
John Henry Taylor, 99, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. In October 1940 he met and married Lorine Reed to whom seven children were born. He was a barber for many years, a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church were he also served as a Deacon and sung in the choir...
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Choctaws power past Hardin County to win second straight District 13AAA tourney title
(High School Sports ~ 05/10/13)
As the lone team standing without a loss at the District 13AAA tournament, all Dyer County had to do was win either the first or the second game if needed to lay claim to its second straight tourney title. After already owning a 3-0 win over Hardin County in the second round of the tournament, odds were the Choctaws wouldn't need a second game, and they didn't...
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Fair board presents budget request
(Local News ~ 05/10/13)
A shorter-than-usual meeting marked the end of the third week of budget deliberations for the Dyer County Budget Committee, as nearly all the expenditures in the general fund have been reviewed. On Thursday morning the committee focused its attention of the Fair Board Association's request for continued funding. Debbie Bradshaw-Hart and Eddie Anderson represented the fair board in explaining the value of the Dyer County Fairgrounds to the community...
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