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Will ironman football soon become a thing of the past?
(High School Sports ~ 08/02/15)
We've now moved into crunch time for our local prep football teams. After Friday's first scrimmages for the Trojans and Choctaws, jamboree action is now less than a fortnight away and the first snaps that really count are just under 20 days away. As of this week's rambling, there are still a lot of things to be decided before MLK-Prep and McKenzie come to our two high schools for our first course of high school football for 2015...
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Choctaws open preseason against Liberty
(High School Sports ~ 08/02/15)
Dyer County ended its first week of full-pad practice on Friday evening as the Choctaws hosted Liberty Tech in the team's first preseason scrimmage of the fall. After three early scores by Liberty, the Choctaws came back with two more late before darkness set in...
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DPD deserving of accreditation rating
(Local News ~ 08/02/15)
On Monday, a public hearing was held to give the public the opportunity to speak to two members of CALEA (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) in an effort to re-establish a rating lost a couple of years ago. When saying lost, it sounds like something was taken away from the Dyersburg Police Department. In reality, Art Huen, former police chief, voluntarily gave up the rating by form of a letter to CALEA officials, without the consent of Mayor John Holden or anyone else...
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Dr. Karen Bowyer: Mathematician, world traveler, teacher, administrator, and fundraiser extraordinaire
(Local News ~ 08/02/15)
Dr. Karen Bowyer, president of Dyersburg State Community College, has accomplished so much that it would take eight pages to list them all, but she doesn't talk about her accomplishments. Instead she uses the word "we" and talks about the accomplishments at DSCC in which she has played such a significant role...
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Mengelwood -- the town in Dyer County some may have forgotten
(Local News ~ 08/02/15)
Ever notice how there is a shortage of trees alongside the Obion River in Dyer County? There is a reason for it. Early 20th-century ruins are all that remains of a once-thriving logging community that was located near Finley. Mengelwood was a small town centered around a timber mill that was owned by the Mengel Box Company of Louisville, Kentucky. ...
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5th annual Vicki Ballard Memorial Ride kicks off from Trimble
(Local News ~ 08/02/15)
This Friday riders participating in the fifth annual Vicki Ballard Memorial Ride rendezvoused at the café named in her honor, Miss Vicki's, before beginning a 1,200-mile journey to Sturgis, S.D. This year's group is carrying two urns with ashes, one from their former leader, Barry Brockhurst, who lost his life in a motorcycle accident just two weeks before last year's ride, and ashes of the father of Glen Mcalpin, from Boston, who had recently passed away...
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Firefighters display knowledge for certification
(Local News ~ 08/02/15)
Training is an ongoing task for members of the Dyersburg Fire Department. On Friday, the training of some firefighters was put to the test. Eight members of the department challenged their state certification for their firefighter I and firefighter II skills in front of fellow firemen and mentors...
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Mayors meet with committee to discuss ways to save money
(Local News ~ 08/02/15)
The City Finance Committee met with Mayors John Holden and Chris Young in search of ways both the city and county could work together to shave expenses. Alderman Bob Kirk said, "We've talked a long time about doing some things together, like some functions we might could share or to combine some services and perhaps save the taxpayer some money." He then asked if anyone had concerns or questions about any of this...
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Obituaries for August 2, 2015
(Obituary ~ 08/02/15)
Benjamin Enlow Jr. of Milwaukee, Wis., died July 26, 2015 in Milwaukee. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements. --- Michael Mason, age 54 of Dyersburg, TN died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital...
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