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Obituaries for October 23, 2014
(Obituary ~ 10/23/14)
Esther Louise Pugh, 67, of Union City died 2:53 p.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2014, in the emergency room at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Pastor Tommy Hall will officiate. Burial will follow in Rosehill Cemetery in Obion...
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At the Shelter
(Features ~ 10/23/14)
Buddy (62215) is a real sweetie that really needs a home. He is a young Boxer mix, heart worm negative and loves people and attention. Buddy is hoping his new family will come for him soon. Mickey (29249) is a 3-month-old male tabby, full of energy and loves to play. ...
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Fitness Tip: Butterfly Bicycle
(Local News ~ 10/23/14)
Targets: abs and chest 1. While lying on your back, raise shoulder blades off the floor and with head lifted, (in a crunch position). 2. With a weight in each hand, position your arms as if you were hugging a barrel, bring weights together, then release out, in and out...
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Grow wild with native plants
(Local News ~ 10/23/14)
We preserve and create habitats for our pollinators by growing native plants. Our love affair with the monarch butterfly is at risk for the lack of our common milkweed, Asclepicas syriaca. This milkweed is essential to the monarch's existence as it is the only plant where it lays its eggs. The caterpillar must ingest this milkweed to become distasteful to predators...
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McIver's Grant Library offers pre-K reading program
(Local News ~ 10/23/14)
Reading is one of the greatest gifts you can pass along to a child. Giving them opportunities to be anything they want to be. From pirates to mighty warriors they are taught at a young age to appreciate reading and the joys of it. McIver's Grant Public Library knows the importance of getting children involved in reading. ...
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Newbern board presents several resolutions for city improvement
(Local News ~ 10/23/14)
Mayor Olen Parker called Newbern's City Board meeting to order on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 21. Alderman Daniel Watson led the invocation. Alderman John Flatt made a motion the minutes from the previous month's meeting be approved as printed. Watson seconded the motion. The board approved the motion...
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$9,000 raised at New Life Union Mission March
(Local News ~ 10/23/14)
The 24th Annual New Life Union Mission March took place Saturday in downtown Dyersburg. Runners and walkers participating totaled 175. Race coordinators presented 125 medals or trophies and over 40 volunteers helped work the event. Forty-two businesses and restaurants donated items used as door prizes and goody bags. Splitmaster Timing out of Cape Girardeau provided the timing system for the race...
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Local firemen pay respects to FDNY
(Local News ~ 10/23/14)
Even though the attacks on our country on Sept. 11, 2001, occurred 13 years ago, the events still have a tremendous effect on those who are involved in emergency response agencies, including our local men and women involved in those agencies such as firefighters, police officers an EMTs...
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