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Firestone donates to Relay for Life
(Business ~ 07/20/14)
Firestone employees recently joined together to honor one of their own and support a community tradition. Employees of Firestone's Dyersburg facility raised over $1,500 toward the Dyer County Relay for Life fundraiser, with the company also stepping forward as a $2,000 sponsor. The funds were presented in honor of Firestone employee and cancer survivor Patsy Day. Here, Day presents the check (which includes funds from Bridgestone-Firestone Trust Fund) to Dyer County Relay for Life committee member Sandy Tarkington. From left, front, Day, Tarkington; back, Firestone employees Ray Boyd and Dorothy Baker, Firestone Plant Manager Mike Kroeger, Firestone employee Znetta Donald and Candace Dean of the American Cancer Society.
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Dyer County residents graduate in 2014 WestStar Class
(Business ~ 07/20/14)
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Chad Davis, Maleia Evans and Tammy Hall, all of Dyer County, are among 29 members of the 2014 WestStar graduating class. The WestStar graduation ceremony was held June 19 at the Doubletree Hotel in Jackson. WestStar was created in 1989 at the University of Tennessee at Martin to serve the multi-county area by providing leadership development and training. ...
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Dot Foods announces international expansion plans, adds jobs
(Local News ~ 07/20/14)
Dot Foods, the United States' largest food industry redistributor which will employ 115 at its Dyersburg distribution center when it opens this November, announces plans to take its foodservice redistribution concept abroad. Dot Foods and Mexico-based RJ Alimentos recently announced the formation of a joint venture redistribution company, to be named RD Amerimex. ...
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Obituaries for July 20, 2014
(Obituary ~ 07/20/14)
Phyllis Keating Fowlkes, 70 of Newbern, Tennessee died on Friday, July 18, 2014, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. Born Friday, June 23, 1944 in Hornersville, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Curtis Keating and the late Edna Slaughter Keating...
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