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PIERCE FAMILY - Jeremy and Mandy Pierce with their children Kaylee and Aaron lost most of their possessions in a fire last week. It made the third time the home has burned and the family was not insured. Each time the fires were traced to the electrical box. Although the home had been rewired, unexplained power surges are likely the cause. (photo by Michael Enochs)

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Blake Spellings, lifelong Dyer resident, has announced his candidacy for District 19 Position 1 on the County Commission. That position is being vacated by Kenny Flowers. “This has always been my home, and it’s been a great home. Now it’s time to give something back,” Spellings said. “I want to bring my real world business experience and progressive thinking to the County Board to help maintain and increase the quality of life for my own family and all my friends and neighbors,” Spellings said.

Spellings continued, “I am proud to have been born, raised and educated right here in Dyer. I chose to stay here because I believe in the future of Dyer and Gibson County as an excellent place to raise my family. All of us

BY WILLIAM G. MCFARLANDCancer certainly is no

respecter of age. It can be “like a frying pan to the face” when the silent killer strikes. The reality is even more serious when a mother is expecting a child.

Tracy Moore, Gibson – North’s 2009 Honorary Chair from Yorkville, was a typical busy mom when she found out she had cancer. She worked full time and always kept herself busy with her daughters.

“I always tried to keep myself and my family in church. I think, I know, my faith in our Lord is what got me through!” Tracy commented.

Tracy, who found the knot above her left breast, was not sick. She and her husband Bill were excited about the arrival of their third child. “Whenever my surgeon told me what I had, I was totally devastated. I sat glued to the seat; I felt a

BY CRYSTAL BURNSThe Gibson County

Special School District Board of Trustees granted tenure to 22 employees at their April 8th board meeting held at Rutherford School.

Robert Galloway, Director of Schools, said receiving tenure means the system is “100 percent happy with what you’ve done for the past three years.”

“Tenure is always an honor,” he said. “It’s a reward for hard work.”

Sixteen teachers and six administrators received tenure. The teachers are Lyndsey Brown, GCHS Ag teacher; Bethany Dunn, Kenton Pre-K; Traci Tate, MES Guidance Counselor; Melissa Langston, MES 1st grade; Audrey Staggs, MES 1st grade; Jenny Yates, MES Pre-K; Lauren Coles, MES 1st grade; Megan

BY MICHAEL ENOCHSOn Sunday April 11, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. the

Dyer Fire Department hosted an open house in their new building on North Main Street.

The public was invited to come and see the new Fire Department with the DFD Ladies’ Auxiliary serving refreshments and the fire fighters guiding visitors to see the department’s fire and emergency equipment.

A large crowd gathered for the event, with several bringing their children and grandchildren

BY MICHAEL ENOCHSA house fire this past Tuesday at the home of Jeremy

and Mandy Pierce on High Street in Dyer has cost the family of four most of their worldly possessions. Their losses are not covered by insurance.

The family dwelling has caught fire three times. Each fire has started in the wiring box and so they have been unable to find coverage with an insurer after the second fire. The Pierces had the house rewired after the second fire in hopes that would solve the problem, but still could not find an insurance company that would provide coverage after that. So their third fire, which again started in the wiring box, is not covered by insurance.

Jeremy Pierce is a deputy sheriff with the Gibson County Sheriff’s office, while Mandy has been a stay at home mom and housewife recently. Jeremy stated, concerning the three fires originating in the wiring box, “It seems that we kept getting power surges from the lines running to the house and wiring box from the utility lines. No one seems to know why the surges happened.”

A fire is always a devastating incident for a family to go through, but it is far worse when a family can’t find the security of an insurance provider. Mandy Pierce said, “We were hoping we had the problem solved with the rewiring of the house and could eventually get insurance again. Now we have no choice but to accept what has happened, and our losses.”

The Pierces and their two children, 11-year-old Aaron, and five-year-old Kaylee, have had to move in with Jeremy’s mother, Vanessa Gray, and her husband Roger Gray, until they can begin to recover.

An account for donations for the Pierce family has been set up at the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Dyer.

Anyone wishing to make a donation to help the Pierce family in their time of need can contact any employee of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Dyer.

to get an up close experience with the fire trucks, emergency vehicles, and to talk with the firefighters and emergency responders.

The event also gave the general public an opportunity to carry on conversations with various public officials, including State Senator Lowe Finney, County Mayor Joe Shepard, Sheriff Chuck Arnold, Gibson County Emergency Manager Ricky Graves, County Mayoral candidate Tom Witherspoon, Dyer Mayor Sam Thompson and several others.

The fourteenth annual Gibson Co. Sports Hall of Fame banquet will be held this Friday night, April 16 at the Humboldt General Hospital Conference Center starting at 6:30 p.m.

Two historic sports teams, seven outstanding athletes and a passionate community contributor will be recognized.

The event includes a catered meal by Terry McCaslin of Milan. Tickets including the meal are $15 and available at local high schools.

Ken White, Athletic Director for the Gibson Co. Special School District and a member of the Hall of Fame will be the emcee.

The Class of 2010 inductees are:

Tashekia Brown Abakwue (Bradford), Malissa “Missy” Herndon Barnett (Gibson County), Dan Boykin (Humboldt), James “Teco” Fuchs (Milan), Terry

FUN AT THE FIRE STATION – Assistant Fire Chief Roger Worrell gives Paxton Smith and Kassidy Akin a real treat by putting them in one of the fire trucks. Paxton and Kassidy came to the Dyer Fire Department Open House with grandparents James and Mary Sharp. See page 12 for more photos. (photo by Michael Enochs)

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Lilac bushes are somewhat iffy this far south. They really need, especially the fancy varieties, more cold weather in the winter than we usually get, but even so, the common variety does pretty well, and sometimes, when the winter has been unusually cold, it blooms spectacularly.

This must be such a year. I saw a bush last week that was so lush and loaded with fragrant blossoms, it took my breath away.

But it also, thanks to Walt Whitman, reminded me of the death of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman, it is said, used lilacs as imagery in his elegiac poem, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” because he wanted the country to remember the perfidy of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, every April, when they bloomed.

It was Good Friday on the

Christian calendar on that fateful evening in 1865, 145 years ago this Wednesday. The president and his wife were taking a night off. Five days after the bloodiest of all American wars had ended, he needed it.

They went to see a play at Ford’s Theater, a comedy, and they sat in the presidential balcony box there. Also in the theater was a vain, itinerant actor who had won rave reviews the previous year when he had performed here in Tennessee, in Nashville’s Nashville Theater. A Southern sympathizer, his name was John Wilkes Booth.

He had earlier in the spring attended Lincoln’s second Inauguration, and although he had a front row seat to what most people believe to be one of the greatest speeches in the history of the world, he was unimpressed.

And he was surprised by

the lack of security. “I was so close I could have shot him if I had wanted to,” he is reported to have marveled to a friend later. Tragically, he decided he would do just that, and aided by equally delusional coconspirators, he did.

He had wanted to carry out the assassination on April 13, the “Ides of April”on the old Roman calendar, but the president changed his plans for that date at the last minute, and Booth was thwarted. An actor with a flair for the dramatic, he had wanted to kill the president on the “Ides” because he wanted the “tyrant Lincoln” to be compared to Julius Caesar, who had been killed, at least in the Shakespearian play, on the Ides of March.

That didn’t work for Booth, but the next day, however, he dropped by Ford’s Theater to pick up his mail. While there, he heard that the president

would be in attendance that very evening. Thus, tragically, began to swing one of the great hinges of American history.

After shooting the president in the head, Booth leaped dramatically from the presidential box to the stage (Ever the actor, even then.) and shouted “Sic semper tyrannis.” ( Thus always to tyrants.) The same phrase reputedly used by Brutus at the assassination of Caesar.

Lincoln died the following day, and the next day, Sunday, known as “Black Easter” throughout the northern United States, was marked by hundreds of sermons comparing Lincoln, not with Julius Caesar, as Booth had hoped, but to Jesus Christ and Moses. Even Southern newspapers, to his shocked surprise, uniformly condemned Booth’s cowardly act.

But that didn’t stop the

North from blaming the South, and Southerners, for Booth’s deed. The very next week the calls for vengeance began, exactly the opposite to what Lincoln had been contemplating.

So Booth, whose exact motives can only be speculated about, but who, almost certainly saw himself as a hero, avenging the South for the carnage of the Civil War, and who perhaps was making one last ditch effort to save the Confederacy, did the South, and his own reputation, incalculable harm instead.

He is regarded everywhere as one of the greatest villains in history, and has been since immediately after his deed. Others conspired with him, but it is his name that we associate with the great criminals of history. He was repudiated throughout the South, and in the North his crime gave the South’s

enemies in Congress an emotionally powerful excuse for dealing harshly with the vanquished South.

And they did. Who knows how much of the sectional bitterness that has marked the last 145 years of our history can be attributed to that one single act? Who knows what shape Reconstruction would have taken if Lincoln had lived to direct it?

No one, of course. We don’t know what might have been, or how history would have treated Lincoln had he lived beyond his time in the White House. Could he have brought the nation together as he had held it together during the Civil War? Would the angry Northern Congress have tried to impeach him also had he tried to?

Probably not, but thanks to the delusional deed of a egomaniacal actor, John Wilkes Booth, we’ll never know.

No sooner has the Obama administration crammed the healthcare bill down our throats, wasted $15 billion on a fraudulent census (by their admission), now Fed Reserve Chr. Paul Volcker introduces a new tax, the Value Added Tax (VAT). The VAT simply taxes everything at every stage of production or marketing. Europe has had the VAT long enough to know it kills the economy but that doesn’t stop this administration from plunging ahead to another source of income to support a spending habit worse than any drug addict. Speaker Pelosi has said she will push for income tax reform (increase) plus the VAT to generate revenue to support the administrations spending habits.

The Congressional Budget Office estimate that in just 10 years government spending will equal 90 percent of our gross domestic product. A dead economy is in our future just as we see in Europe and Greece with these new taxes looming. Is it any wonder that the Tea Party is the only thing growing in this economy besides our national debt?

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Top substitutes were Robert Manley, the third guard and sparkplug; and James Koffman and Jim Landon. Other subs were: Mike Barnett, Donny Bolls, Steve Bradford, Charles Donald, Jessie Patrick, Charles Perry, and Sylvester Wade. Managers were James Perry and Albert Simmons.

BY STATE SENATOR LOWE FINNEY

Can you believe it’s April? I sure can’t. It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote, and I want to update you on the work we are doing in the General Assembly.

Department of AgingSince 2007, I have tried

to make our senior citizens a priority in order to better prepare our state for the retirement of the ‘Boomer’ and future generations. In 2008, we passed significant legislation, which I sponsored so that we could begin streamlining our long-term care delivery services. That bill, the Long-term Care Community Choices Act of 2008, will allow more senior citizens to stay in their homes and receive quality medical care. This year, we are trying to do more for our seniors by pressing for the creation of a state Department of Aging fully dedicated to senior citizen issues.

Under my proposal, the new department would work within the existing resources of the current Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability so that we can save taxpayer dollars. Further, no new programs will be created. We are simply seeking to elevate the discussion of issues relevant to our seniors so that the next governor will have someone directly accountable to him for the execution and performance of existing programs.

Let us not forget that when the Governor holds a cabinet meeting, representatives from such constituencies as teachers, children, farmers,

soldiers, veterans, bankers, insurers, multi-national corporations, tourists, and healthcare providers surround him during the policy-making process. One vital group is missing: senior citizens in this state do not have direct access to the Governor when it comes to policy or resources. That needs to change. Under my bill, seniors will have an advocate who sits face-to-face with the chief executive. We should pass this, because they deserve it.

Per diem freezeLast fall, state lawmakers

received a regularly scheduled increase in per diem pay - money paid to us for daily expenses like food and hotel costs, which rises automatically when the federal cost of living adjustment rises. We do not vote on this measure. The per diem rate increased from $171 per day to $185 for all lawmakers, and the increase will end up costing our state about $350,000.

I am sponsoring a bill to freeze the per diem rate for the next four years, starting this November and ending November 2014. The recession isn’t over for Tennessee families, and most economists tell us that our state economy will not likely experience a full recovery until 2014. Further, the money we save from freezing the per diem rate could pay for the extension of unemployment benefits to Tennesseans who leave their jobs because a spouse is subject to military transfer. We could help our military families in those times

between jobs. Many families across West Tennessee are not receiving any type of pay increase, and many are living paycheck to paycheck. These families across Tennessee are being forced to make priorities within their budgets. We must focus on priorities as well. An increase in legislative per diems is not a priority for this state, and I am hopeful that my colleagues will approve the measure in the coming days.

As session begins to wind down, I hope to bring you another update on the work we are doing. Until then, enjoy the spring weather, and I’ll see you on the campaign trail.

Sen. Lowe Finney represents Madison, Gibson, and Carroll counties in the State Senate. He can be reached at [email protected] or (731) 424 0461.

Investing in seniors, setting prioritiesThe Farmers and Merchants Bank in Dyer is pleased to announce the addition of Brian McDaniel to their staff.

Bank President Joel Reynolds said they are proud to have him join F&M Bank.

McDaniel is a vice president loan officer and will be working in all aspects of loans with an emphasis on agriculture loans. He has five years of

experience. “I’m hoping to help local

agriculture with any loans or deposits. I’m proud to be part of a locally owned small town bank,” said McDaniel.

He and his wife Terri, a Dyer Elementary School teacher, have a two-year old daughter, Kenlee.

McDaniel is the son of Debbie McDaniel and the late Kenneth McDaniel of Rutherford.Brian McDaniel

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here have the opportunity to enjoy small town activities and living and also attain a quality education in a safe and nurturing environment.”

Spellings emphasized that he believes in fiscal responsibility and has a vested interest in not passing along current debt to his daughter’s generation.

If elected, Spellings expects to capitalize on his agriculture background and position to expand and enhance the existing agribusiness structure that sustains the county’s economy in the face of industry closings and layoffs. He said he will work with other county commissioners to support the excellent staff of sheriff deputies, EMS workers, and highway department employees as well as other essential county service workers.

Spellings, his wife Martha Carol and daughter Mia live east of Dyer where he is continuing a third-generation farming and cattle raising tradition. He also works at Consolidated Agri Products in sales.

The 28-year-old Spellings holds a B.S. degree in business from the University of Tennessee at Martin and

was a decorated student athlete in football, baseball, and basketball in the Dyer and Gibson County schools. A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for four years, Spellings and his family are members of New

Bethlehem Baptist Church. Spellings respectfully asks

for the support and vote of all his friends and neighbors in Dyer in the August election. More information about Blake Spellings will soon be available on his web site.

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Luckey, MES Kindergarten; Lindsay Brady, MMS 8th grade math; Penny Stacey, MMS 4th grade; Chelsea Caraway, MMS 4th grade; Ashley Pickard, Rutherford 4th grade; Judy Lones, Rutherford 5th grade; Lisa Roberts, Yorkville junior high science; Stacy French, Yorkville/Kenton/Spring Hill P.E.; and Doug Martin, SGCHS Spanish.

Administrators receiving tenure were Phil Rogers, SGCHS Principal; Eddie Pruett, GCHS Principal; Kary Parchman, Tech Coach; Steve Maloan, MMS Principal; Terry Cunningham, Finance Director; and Beth Rogers, Special Education/Consulting Teacher.

Galloway said the system is still considering some teachers for tenure.

“We need more time and full knowledge of our budget and test scores before we can make some of those decisions,” he said.

After the meeting, Galloway explained that in order to hire a certified employee for a fourth year, the board must grant tenure.

total burden fall on me. I was on my way home that day and I think I cried a river. I was so aggravated with the first surgeon because when he told me, I felt as if he had no compassion. I was pregnant and confused. Luckily, I was referred to an awesome surgeon/oncologist. Why me? I was only 34 years old at the time.” Tracy stated.

Within a month after the discovery, Tracy had surgery. She was six months pregnant at the time. Now a one-year survivor, Tracy states. “I am a survivor. I will fight for my health! I have a wonderful husband and three awesome daughters. I want to grow old with them.”

Tracy’s story is a wonderful story. It is so inspiring, so edifying. She tells it better than any reporter.

“Thank you for the opportunity to share my story on my fight with cancer,” she states. “It has been such a touchy subject for me the past two years. When I found out I had cancer, I was pregnant with our third daughter Ryleigh. I was embarrassed I had cancer. Why? I don’t know. Maybe because of my age, maybe I felt I did something wrong. However, I didn’t do anything wrong. My doctor sent me to a general surgeon because we weren’t sure what it was. I had a knot above my left breast.”

“When my results came, I was devastated. He told me I had dermatfibroscarcoma-protuberans. I had never

heard of this type (of cancer), much less pronounce it!! It is a type that is slow growing and grows out like tree roots. He had told me he could go in after I delivered or refer me to a surgeon in Memphis. I was referred to an awesome surgeon and oncologist, a Dr. Delawari. I had our baby in May 2008 and my second surgery in September 2008.”

“I was hoping and praying that would be it for me but my doctor told me I would need to have radiation. I had 32 treatments at the Cancer Care Center where awesome people work!! I learned so much about cancer there. Most of the girls who worked on my treatments, I knew.”

“I guess what I would like people to know is cancer can happen to anyone, any age, anytime!! Don’t get so wrapped up in your comfort zone of life because you can receive a shock, like a frying pan to the face!! Cancer can throw you for a loop, but fight back, take the bull by the horns, and go. Believe me, I have asked ‘Why me?’ now it’s ‘Why not!’ Maybe I can be someone’s help or encouragement through cancer.”

Tracy continues, “Don’t turn people away when they want to help. That is what I did for a long time. I don’t know why I was so ‘ashamed’ of cancer. I’m not any more. If you have a great church like mine, let them be there for you. Everyone needs Prayer Warriors!!

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Generally administrators have been with the school system for more than three years and already have tenure when they are hired into an administrative position, but in the case of the six administrators who received tenure on April 8, they all came from outside the Gibson County School District.

Galloway also noted that administrators are given tenure as teachers, not as administrators. An administrator demoted from his/her position can go back to the classroom only if the system he/she will replace a non-tenured teacher.

“You couldn’t bump a tenured teacher to replace with another tenured teacher,” Galloway explained.

Galloway meets with the system’s nine principals to hear their recommendations for tenure. Sara Meals, board chair, thanked the administrators for their role in selecting teachers.

“I know you have a hard job, and I really appreciated what you’ve done for our children and our school system.”

The school board also approved offering Honors Biology at South Gibson County High School and approved the school district’s Mental Health Protocol, which followed a state template and was developed by a Mental Health Committee chaired by Lisa Brewer.

Before the meeting, the school board honored the Gibson County Lady Pioneers basketball team, winners of back-to-back state titles, with a reception. They also gave each player and coach a red windbreaker embroidered with the team’s name.

The Lady Pioneers brought gifts of their own and gave each board member a state title t-shirt.

SG principal Phil Rogers introduced the board to Daniel King, Vice President at Medina Banking Co., and announced that the bank recently agreed to purchase scoreboards for the South Gibson football field, which the school’s Touchdown Club is working to fund. Medina Banking Co. also sponsored scoreboards for the South Gibson gym.

TOURNAMENT MVP Heather Butler, who helped lead the Lady Pioneers to their second state title in two years, addressed the GCSD school board, thanking them for their support during the regular and post-season.

GENEROUS SPONSOR - Phil Rogers, principal of South Gibson County High School, thanked Daniel King (right), VP of Medina Banking Co., for the bank’s generous agreement to sponsor scoreboards for the South Gibson football field, which school officials hope to have completed for the Hornets’ 2011 season. Medina Banking Co. also sponsored two scoreboards at the South Gibson gym.

and encouraged me daily; my awesome girls and my terrific mother were there for me. She is the best! I know people prayed for me, and I thank you for that!!!”

“Cancer can take a lot from you briefly—pride, hope, money, emotions, so much. I am stronger today because of what I have been through. Always keep faith in Jesus!!”

Notice the number of exclamation marks throughout Tracy’s personal story. Truly, her story is noteworthy of exclamations! Truly, she has much to exclaim. Her children Hannah, Bailey, and Ryleigh ages 16, 11, and two, as well as her husband Bill, exclaim everyday at the preciousness of life. Tracy has worked at Sherwin Williams as an assistant manager in Dyersburg for four years. Prior to that time, she was one of the smiling faces who worked and greeted everyone at Duncan’s Pharmacy.

Now having check-ups every six months in Memphis, Tracy believes people should get involved because cancer affects many.

“The ones we love—friends, family members, co-workers, church members—we all need each other’s support. I want everyone to be aware of anything that seems to be different in your health. Go to the doctor. Be safe. Don’t wait until it’s too late,” said Tracy.

By following Tracy’s advice, hopefully “the frying pan” will not hit the face of someone you know, love, and respect.”

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Another beautiful day to be in the house of the Lord. We had 67 present for morning worship services.

We had several birthdays and we sung to Kenny Joyce, Michelle Bell, Brittany Smith, and Dee Lane Wright.

Our prayers go with Joyce Downing who will be facing knee surgery on Wednesday.

Yours truly had charge of the children’s sermon. This weekend was the 148th. anniversary of the Civil War Battle at Shiloh National Military Park. I had a great great grandfather who fought there and is buried outside of Iuka, MS. I have a great grandfather that fought at Britton’s Lane and is buried in Bethpage Cemetery. I told family stories of their struggles. Also how Union soldiers were captured at Kenton, and a lady from North Union went to Columbus, Ky. and brought her dead husband, Pinckney Tilghman, in a two horse wagon back to North Union for burial. I have a tendency to believe you can have a richer life if you know

about those who came before you.

Bro. Don’s sermon was from Isaiah 6:1 and titled “The Purpose of Worship.” Isaiah felt unworthy and unclean which is a necessary moment. Isaiah learned something about the impact of worship. When we find ourselves unworthy the Lord meets us at our point of need. Healing is found and holiness is restored because God’s work has been poured into us. A mission is found in worship. God has made a way thorough Jesus Christ.

We have an excellent youth group who stay busy. We have good preaching Sunday morning, and on Sunday night Bro. Don is taking us thorough the book of Revelations. On Sunday morning we have good Sunday School teachers. On Wednesday night we begin a Bible study by Adrian Rogers called “Kingdom Authority” and Ms. Connie will be teaching us. If you do not have a church home we welcome you to join us.

Have you taken time to get out and enjoy God’s beauty around you? Every thing is beginning to bud out, trees turning green, take a walk and you will see it for yourself.

The ensemble played “Midnight Cry” with Kasey singing solo.

Brother Jason’s message “Church Vision” was taken from Mark 6: 7-13.

There are a lot of things coming up in the next few weeks. April 24 at 9 the Men’s Ministry will have a barbeque chicken sale in front of Harris IGA. The Relay For Life team is having a yard

sale/bake sale May 8 at the church. A spaghetti supper is scheduled for June 3 carry out will be available. It was good seeing Mrs. Armelia Phelan visiting with us last Sunday. Dora Walker had a birthday party Saturday; we never get too old for a party! There is only one birthday this week: Frances Emerson, she, Arland, Judy and George are leaving Friday to visit Kevin and family in Virginia.

There were several visitors and we welcomed you back.

Until next week. God bless.

M a c e d o n i a Baptist Church recently held a Pinewood Derby Race. They had a wonderful turnout in both participants and observers. Several trophies were awarded in various categories. Taking one of the coveted trophies was Kaleb Ciaramitaro. We congratulate him and all the other winners as well as each of the participants on a job well done.

Thirty percent of Gibson Countians have not returned their Census forms. At this point, we are up five percent from 2000 totals which may cause some to think we are doing well. But, with a struggling economy and governmental cuts already in place, Gibson County’s future financial well being relies upon an even higher percentage of her citizens returning their Census forms.

Census results determine how many State Representatives each state has, funding for education, housing, roads, hospitals and a host of other very important programs that effect each of us and will effect our children in the years to come. There is still time to return your forms. To avoid Census workers coming to your home, either go online and fill our your forms or mail them back by April 19. You’ll be glad you did.

Candice Clifford and her parents Leslie and Jerry were among many other Gibson County Band members and their parents or guardians who spent a very busy and

exciting week in New York City last week. Some of the activities they enjoyed include: attending a Broadway performance of The Lion King, performing at the Statue of Liberty, touring NBC Studios, visiting Ground Zero, attending a concert by the New York Philharmonic, going to the Empire State Building and shopping.

The group had great fun and made many memories together.

Recently Myrna Parks, of Hickman, Kentucky visited with her cousin, Cindy Lamar. The ladies spent the day together talking and sharing memories of their childhood as well as extolling the greatness of their children and grandchildren.

They shared a healthy, lite and late lunch before the time had come for them to part. Sincere condolences are extended to former Kentonian, Cathy Herane on the recent passing of her brother, Billy Wardlow of Shiloh, Tennessee.

Food for thought: Count all your blessings each and every day. See the pain of others and not just your own today. Life is filled with ups and downs. We all have our share. Let God know you love Him and are grateful for His care.

Prayer list: Carol Primrose, Elaine Davidson, Jesse Davidson, Sam Weatherly, Paul Lee Williams, Elmer Williams, Henry Herane, Freda Lamar, Eurby Sanders, Lil Wardlow, Regina Miller,

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Miss Amy Nichole Jones and Mr. Stephen Alexzander Powell

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Jones of Dyer are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Amy Nichole, to Stephen Alexander Powell, son of Douglas and Pamela Askew of Dyer.

The couple will exchange vows on May 15, 2010 at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Dyer. A reception will immediately follow in the First Baptist Church Family Life Center. All family and friends are invited to attend. Following their honeymoon, the couple will reside in Jackson.

Grandparents of the bride are Billy and June Jones, Becky Hopper, and the late

Bobby Hopper, all of Dyer. Grandparents of the groom are Doug and Loretta Askew of Idlewild, Jean Metzinger of Buchanan, and the late Fred and Joy Smallwood of Friendship.

Amy is a 2006 graduate of Gibson County High School and will receive her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Lambuth University in Jackson this May. Stephen is a 2005 graduate of Gibson County High School and will receive his Bachelor of Science Degree in History from Union University in Jackson this May as well. He is currently employed as a youth minister at Zion Baptist Church in Brownsville.

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The FireProof Revival this weekend was a huge success! Just seeing the sanctuary full of young people praising and worshiping God was an awesome sight. It seems these days all you hear is negative things about our young people but I believe there is a growing movement back to God in our youth and we saw it this weekend. Praise God !

We experienced another blessed Sunday at Laneview with Bro. Joey Holloway preaching both services. God is really working in this young man.

We were also blessed to have a baptism Miss Vickie Green baptized by Bro. Ed Mayes. So happy to have her join the flock!

Specials this Sunday were sang by Bro. John Baker and Bro. Brandon Neil. In the evening service specials were performed by Bro. Thomas Reynolds also Bro. Tim Fout. How wonderful to have so much talent in the church.

Continue to pray for the sick and hurting. Have a great week and remember the spiritual warfare is ongoing

so keep suited up with the full armor of God!

Braxton Selph turned 1 on April 7, 2010. He celebrated his birthday with lots of friends and family. He is the son of Joey and Courtney Selph and little brother of Peyton. He is the grandson of Danny and Sandy Selph pf Jackson, Shelia Snider of Dyer, Ricky McDaniel of Martin and Raymond Roberson and the late Charlotte Roberson of Dyer.

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Spring is in the air with the sight of flowers blooming everywhere. Warmer weather ins on its way and I for one can hardly wait.

Sandra Crim taught Sunday school this month. She did a great job as always. Porter Mealer, G3, and The Messengers blessed us with songs of praise and devotions.

We held our monthly board meeting on the eleventh with a meal of pork roast, mashed potatoes, fried okra, rolls and peach pie. Two thumbs up dietary. We had our birthday party also with a cake made by Sarah Wren. Residents were treated to a fish supper provided by the First Methodist Men. Thank you all so much.

The Irish sprit was in full bloom on St. Patrick’s Day as several staff members and Wade Blankenship, Jessica’s husband were decked out all in green to avoid getting pinched. It was a treat an

brought joy to all the residents and visitors.

We had a special meal in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. We enjoyed corn beef, potatoes, carrots, cornbread and chess squares. Residents were also treated to a special party.

We welcomed a new member to our family, Pauline Scott. Thank you and your family for choosing us. Blondell Wilson spent time at Dyer Nursing Home for Rehab, but she is home with us and doing great. Helen Anderson Hampton spent a few days I the hospital and had moved to Dyer Nursing Home. Nancy Hampton also spent a few days in the hospital and has moved to Trenton Place. We will certainly miss both of you ladies.

Our thoughts, hearts, and prayers went out to Nell Parrish and Brenda Abbott in loss of their sister. We will continue to keep your family in our prayers.

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It’s been kind of quiet around here this week except for down at the baseball field.

T ball is kicking off it’s season and that is always a fun place to be. Even the big boys were having a great week as the Gibson County High School team is having a very successful season winning two key games.

Joe Mac Huffine celebrated his birthday and got the song this week.

Sunday service opened with a harmonica solo “Oh, How I Love Jesus” by Charles Perryman during quiet time.

Our call to worship was “He Is Lord” and the welcome hymn was “Blessed Assurance.”

Bro. James preached two wonderful sermons on the Ascention of Jesus. He said he felt that was the next point of study following the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord.

He titled his message “He

Who Comes Down Must Go Up.” The text was Eph. 4:7-16.

There is a lot to be learned in those few verses and and Bro. James brought out several ways they can speak to us personally this many years after the event.

It was very good to see Chad and Kristi Greene with Ryleigh and Andrew in their spot Sunday.

I leave you with this thought: Joy unspeakable and full of glory and the half has never yet been told.

Spring Revival began this week at Keely Mill. “Jesus Loves Me” was our opening hymn.

Tonya Fields opened us in prayer before we all dismissed to our Sunday school classes.

Keith Hamlin did a good job teaching us our lesson “Tested Devotion” from Exodus 15-18.

The Lord tests His people to prove their devotion to Him and strengthen their faith.

Ms. Christy and others were on a missions trip in Nebraska.

Our worship hour began with Elaine Fields playing the piano and Kathy Hooper the organ as Mike Fields and the choir led us in the hymns “Love Devine,” “All Loves Excelling,” “Redeemed” and “Follow On.”

Bro. Steve opened us in a word of prayer as we began our time of meeting and greeting our visitors and church family with

handshakes and hugs. We thank the Lord for

all the visitors we had on Sunday.

Janice Chrisman and Dakota Warren blessed us as they sang our special music “I’ll Fly Away!”

Bro. Steve’s morning message “The Valley of Dry Bones” was from Ezekiel 37:1-14. Dry bones listen to the word of the Lord and come alive.

Ricky Bates closed our morning services in prayer as the hymn “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” was sung.

Our Sunday night services began with the hymn “Thanks To God.”

Keith Hamlin opened us in prayer before we dismissed to our discipleship training classes where Mike Fields did a good job teaching us our lesson “Giving account of ourselves to God.” Romans 14:10-12. Believers, by faith in Christ’s work on the cross, will be saved form eternal judgment, but their works

will be judged on judgment day.

Jennifer Fields closed us in prayer.

Revival began our Sunday night worship. Scott Fields led the choir in the hymns “Hallelujah” and “There Shall be Showers of Blessings.”

We all had a glorious time in the Lord as Bro. Steve sang special music “Sweeter As The Days Go By” and Scott Fields sang “Beulah Land.”

We rejoiced in the Lord as Bro. Johnny Witherspoon did a great job Sunday night as he opened our Revival with a message on Repentance. We all stood as he read scripture from Ezekiel 18:30-32.

Bro. Roger Stacy closed our Revival in prayer as the hymn “The Nail-Scarred Hand” was sung.

After services we all enjoyed a potluck fellowship meal in the fellowship hall.

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The Lord has blessed us with some very nice weather these past few days. We had a few that were home sick. Barbara Wiley is still at home unable to attend worship. C.L. Moore is in the Dyer Nursing Home.

It was a joy to have Max and Dakota Betts lead our singing on Sunday evening. They both regularly attend the Greenfield Church of Christ, but come most every Sunday evening to visit with their grandmother, Bobbie Betts.

How do I know that I am growing in Christ? How do I measure my spiritual maturity? Our topic for today is one that we need to take very serious.

The Bible tells us in many places that we can not stay babies. We must grow in the Word to be acceptable to God. Our text is taken from Ephesians 4:7-16.

When one becomes a child of God, he is born again spiritually. (John 3:1-5) He is thus a spiritual babe who is to grow. (1 Peter 2:1-2; 2 Peter 3:18) We grow spiritually by feeding upon the Word of God. It will build us up so that an inheritance in heaven can be ours.

We need to develop a

spiritual appetite in order to hunger and thirst after righteousness. (Matthew 5:6) How can one accurately measure that growth? What standards can be employed to gauge that growth? The Bible as always, supplies those standards.

We are told that in order to grow as we should, the “Christian Graces” must be added to one’s faith. I hope that you will have your Bible and read 2 Peter 1:5-11.

These must be incorporated into one’s life as a Christian. To properly add them to your life, you must know what they are and why you need them.

We are to add to our faith the following things; virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, Godliness, brotherly kindness and love. Each of these build upon the other. If you are maturing as you should, these things are abounding in your life.

If you lack these things you are blind as to what you life in Christ should be about. (V. 9) These do not come easily, it takes “diligence” on your part. (V. 10) We are to have the fruit of the Spirit. (Galatians 5:16-25)

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On march 31, 20 senior adults met and motored to Kappis for a delicious lunch. We were delighted to have Brother Marcus Kelly’s family join us and Tommy McKnight as guests.

On April 7 with Brother John Fields leading, we met at the First Baptist Fellowship. Blessing on the food was offered by Brother John.

Brother Jerry Legg had prayer for Ernie Adams, Sheila Palmer, Jerry Flowers, Rev. Herbert Higdon, Paulette Harrison, Shirley Shull, Marion Davis, Jane Forseyth, Jimmy Johnstone, Bobby Becton, Haitian victims, West Virginia miner, Doris Turner, teaches and pastors, the Waldron Davidson family, the Jeremy Pearce family who lost their home by fire and Jane Griffin who is relocating to Middle Tennessee.

Happy Birthday was sung to Betty Quigley.

Brother DeWayne gave the devotional taken from Ephesians Chapter 6. The main ingredient for daily living is prayer. He asked “What about your prayer life/”

The group sang “Because He Lives” and “The Old Rugged Cross.”

We were favored by a special song by Mr. Kenneth McEwen.

Brother DeWayne dismissed the group with prayer.

are: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. We must not let those things that are evil into our life as a Christian.

Some other “marks” of maturity found in scripture are 1) the ability to take solid food, 2) the ability to discern good and evil (Hebrews 5:14), 3) the ability to control one’s tongue (James 3:2), and 4) have love for one’s enemies (Matthew 5:48).

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Mr. Tosh passed away April 4, 2010, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired Kellwood Employee and farmer.

He is survived by his loving wife Margaret Sellers Tosh, one son, Charles Tosh and wife Bonnie, and one grandson, Jason. He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Laura Tosh, and three brothers and three sisters.

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Mrs. Howell passed away March 2, 2010, at her residence. She retired from Brown Shoe Co. She was a member of New Bethlehem Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her husband, J.C. Howell, one son, Michael Howell and parents, Roy and Mamie Morrow.

She is survived by her son, Rickey and Tammy Howell of Michigan, two daughters, Cathy and Rick Walker of Dyer and Pat Tailon of Jackson, four grandchildren, Joshua Walker, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Howell and Angelia Garland and two brothers, Bobby Morrow and James Morrow.

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GIBSON COUNTY IMAGINATION LIBRARY QUARTERLY MEETING

The Gibson County Imagination Library quarterly meeting Thursday, April 22, 10 a.m. at the Milan Library. Bylaws Amendments and plans for Annual meeting, June 10 will be discussed. All board members and Committee members are encouraged to be present.

WALDRON D. DAVIDSON Funeral services for Waldron D. Davidson, 85, were

April 8, 2010, at Karnes and Son Funeral Home. Burial was held at Good Hope Cemetery in Dyer.

Mr. Davidson passed away April 5, 2010, at Gibson General Hospital in Trenton. He was a farmer and landowner and was also a member of Clear Creek Baptist Church in Dyer.

He is survived by his loving wife, Nina Privett Davidson, one son, Ronnie and Janie Davidson, two daughters, Judy and Wayne Shanklin and Rita and Larry Tilley, five grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, one sister, Mary Nell Thornton of McKenzie and one brother, Bill Davidson of Florida.

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The Obion County Central High School Class of 1989 is sponsoring a spaghetti supper and silent auction benefit for cancer patient Brad Reed of Samburg. The event will be held in the fellowship hall of Exchange Street Church of Christ, located at 420 Exchange St. in Union City, April 17 from 6-8:30 p.m. Tickets are available in advance by calling Lonna Kennedy at 599-9031 or Donna Ryder at 884-4188 or by e-mailing Mrs. Ryder at [email protected]. Tickets will also be available at the door. Residents do not have to purchase spaghetti to participate in the silent auction, which will be held from 6-8 p.m. Winning bidders will need to be present to claim their purchases. Brad is the son of Gerald Reed of Samburg and Mary Reed of Tiptonville. He is a single father of a six-year-old girl.


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SENSATIONAL PLAY - GC shortstop Chad McMackin makes a sensational play up the middle, scrambles to his knees and guns the ball to #8 Caleb Carey for the out. Despite this play by the 9th ranked Pioneers defense, Huntingdon won the game 3-2. (Photo by Lori Cathey) More photos on page 8.

GREAT CATCH - Right fielder #25 Jeremy Butler makes a bases loaded, over the shoulder, diving catch in right center to rob Trenton Peabody of 3 runs in Saturdays game. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

SAFE - Taylor Landrum dives back into first base safely as Peabody first baseman #15 R. B. Hodge takes the pickoff throw from the pitcher. (Photo by Lori Cathey) More photos on page 8.

FAST MOVE - Pioneer third baseman #3 Johnny Deinhart cuts in front of shortstop #10 Zach Wiginton to glove the baseball and get a South Fulton runner out at first base in a GC 3-1 win. The Pioneers won 2 out of 3 games this week making them 8-5 on the year. (Photo by Lori Cathey) More photos on page 8.

CATCHER GETS AN OUT - GC catcher Clint Macon catches the throw and tags out a Dyer County runner #3 at home plate. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

SHE’S OUT - Pioneers centerfi elder Dallas Hall hustles in to backup a rundown and tags out a Martin Westview runner. (Photo by Lori Cathey)

FAST WORK - GC fi rst baseman Kelley Parks races in to fi eld a bunt by a speedy Westview batter. Parks fi elded the ball and throws the runner out. (Photo by Lori Cathey) More photos on page 8.

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BY LORI CATHEYThe 6-4 Gibson County

Pioneers started this week as the 9th best defensive team in the state. According to Coacht.com, the Pioneers were giving up an average of only 2.9 runs a game. The states best defensive team was giving up only 2.1 runs a game.

GC started the week at home against the Huntingdon Mustangs. Huntingdon took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on two singles and a fly out. GC came back in the bottom of the third when Dalton Dodson led off the inning with a double and went to third on a pass ball. Caleb Carey then drove in Dodson to tie the score at 1. Chad McMackin then followed with a single, stole second and went to third on a pass ball. Then on the next pitch McMackin raced home as the ball got away from the catcher to give GC a 2-1 lead.

It stayed that way until the 5th inning when Huntingdon scored another run making it 2-2. Starting pitcher Trey Tate pitched five innings of great baseball for GC giving the Mustangs only 2 runs on 5 hits. Chad McMackin followed with 2 innings and gave up 1 run on only 1 hit. The Mustangs scored 1 more run in the top of the 6th making it a 3-2 Huntingdon win. Daniel Clifft led the Pioneer hitters with a 2 for 3 night.

The 6-5 Pioneers went to South Fulton for the second game of the week. GC wasted no time getting

started in the first. Leadoff hitter Chad McMackin walked and Caleb Carey followed with a hit to center. McMackin went to third on a pass ball and then scored on a wild pitch giving GC a 1-0 lead. The Red Devils scored a run in the bottom of the second on a single and then a one out double making the score 1-1. GC quickly answered back with a one out double by McMackin who then stole third. He scored on a RBI ground out by Carey, giving GC the lead back at 2-1. Trey Tate then got a two out single and scored the third run on a Daniel Clifft two out RBI double making it 3-1.

The Pioneers 9th ranked defense and great pitching took over and shut down the South Fulton offence for the rest of the game. Winning pitcher Caleb Carey pitched 6 strong innings giving up only 6 hits and 1 run while striking out 4. Closer Trey Tate came in and pitched a perfect seventh inning for his first save of the year. Daniel Clifft continued his hot hitting going 2-3 with a double, stolen base and a RBI. Leadoff hitter Chad McMackin was on base 3 times and scored 2 of GCs 3 runs.

On Saturday 10-2 Trenton Peabody came to Dyer to take on the 7-5 Pioneers. The big crowd got to see a old fashion slug feast as Peabody jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first when Cal Crenshaw led the game off with a walk and

clean up hitter Tyler Porter hit a 340 foot 2 out 2 run homer. In the bottom of the first Chad McMackin led off with a walk followed by a Trey Tate single. Daniel Clifft followed with a 2 run double tying the score. Clifft then stole third and scored on a 2 out RBI by Caleb Carey giving GC a 3-2 lead after 1inning. Peabody came back in the second when R. B. Hodges got a one out single and scored on a Peyton Nee single making it 3-2 Peabody. In the bottom of the second Taylor Landrum led off with a single, then stole second. He scored on a RBI single by McMackin. Tate then singled and scored on a 2 run double by Clifft. Clifft then stole third and scored on a RBI by Jeremy Butler giving GC a 7-3 lead after 2 innings. The Pioneers scored again in the third when Tate, Clifft and Dylan Sisco all singled. Jeremy Butler walked stole second and scored when Dalton Dodson picked up a RBI. The score was 11-3 after 3 innings. In the top of the 4th, Peabody came roaring back as they loaded the bases with one out. Crenshaw then drove home 2 runs with a single to left field that was followed by Tyler Morris reaching first base. Two bases loaded walks forced in 2 more runs and a fly ball to left added another run making it 11-9. GC answered back when Tate got a RBI with a sac fly and Clifft hit a 360 foot 2 run home run to the right center field power alley making it 14-9.

Trenton added 1 run in the 5th inning and GC added 2 more making it 16-10. The Pioneers added 3 more in the 6th and went on to beat Peabody 19-10. Johnny Deinhart was the winning pitcher for GC. Pioneer closer Chad McMackin came in to pitch the final 3 innings giving Trenton no hits or runs and striking out 5 to record his first save on the year. The leading hitters for the Pioneers 16 hit attack were Daniel Clifft 5-5 scored 5 runs with 5 RBIs, Trey Tate 3-4 scored 3 runs with 2 RBIs, Chad McMackin with 2 hits, 2 runs and 3 RBIs and Johnny Deinhart with 2 hits, 2 runs and a RBI.


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KENTON MARCH CHARACTER COUNTS - Here are the students “caught” displaying trustworthiness during the month of March. The winner of the piggy bank was Logan Pack. Congrats to the students for displaying great character. First State Bank sponsors the Character Counts program at Kenton Elementary

GIBSON COUNTY 4-H MEMBER WINS STATE 4-H PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST - State public speaking winners were announced at the 63rd annual Tennessee 4-H Congress in Nashville. From left are: Kristy Taylor, Tennessee Farm Bureau (donor representative); Tykey Truett and Jerry Truett (donor);

School! Front Row, from left: Xin Tong Xie, Caroline Rogers, Aliya Simpson, Rodney Thompson, Eli Cunningham, Kaleb Ciaramitaro, Luke Lannom, Austin Gladney, Alexis Sawyer. Back Row: Dylan Muzzall, Micah Ritter, Cody Green, Chadara Finch, Logan Pack, Darius Allen. Winner: Logan Pack.

Breanna England of Wilson County, 9th grade winner; Meribeth Holt of Gibson County, 10th grade winner; Laura-Kate Gonyea of Williamson County, 11th grade winner; Hannah Wright of Rhea, 12th grade winner; Lily Turaski and DeeDee Turaski (donor); and Michele Atkins, Henry County UT Extension (donor rep)

GIBSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU PRESENTS TROPHY BASKETBALLS TO LADY PIONEERS - Gibson County Farm Bureau would like to extend their congratulations to the Gibson County Lady Pioneers on an excellent 2009-2010 basketball season and State Championship. Farm Bureau Insurance sponsored the state tournament the last couple years in Murfreesboro. On April 6th, Gibson County Farm Bureau presented the team with signature, trophy balls during their morning

practice. The Lady Pioneers finished the season 35-1. Team members are (front row, from left) Aubrey Reedy, Heather Griffin, Heather Butler, Jasmine Whittemore, Magan Porter, Kourtney Tyree, Alesha Whittemore. Top Left: Tory Reedy, Kelley Tyree, Alyssa White, Courtney Haynes, Khadijah Alexander, Cady Griffin, Amber Rea, Deiondria Pitts, and Coach David Russell. Not Pictured are Chelsea Joyce, Assitant Coaches Nathan Russell, and Andrea Shelton.

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DYER CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY SR. YOUTH ATTEND BETHEL COLLEGE YOUTH FESTIVAL - Youth member of the Dyer Cumberland Presbyterian Church attend the Bethel College Youth Festival recently. They are Chase Arnold, Lee Whitaker, Ziggi Kinton Corey Kinton, Kathy Kinton, Kristy Tyree, Alyssa Kesterson, Cortnee Gammons, Sarah Catherine Thornton, Chelsey Dodd, Sarah Beth Mullins, Ella Hayes, Kathryn Cox, Tania Taylor, Beckie Jo Maxwell-youth director, and Brittany Turner.

Dyer Church of Christ By Sabrina Sullivan

Morning worship services had an attendance 101 and 78 in Sunday school.

Perfect attendance was the 4 to 5 year olds and kindergarten with Donna Abbott and the Cradle Roll Class with Jackie Barron and Tina McClain.

The message for the morning service came from the book of Romans 6:1-6, The Cross and Baptism.

The message for the evening service came from the book of Mark 16, The Tomb was Found Empty. Jesus is Risen.

Remember in Prayer: Sue Paschall, Martha Stephenson,

Mike Dycus, Kathy and David McCurdy, all of our shut-in and those in the nursing home

Lynn gave us an update from the Elder’s and Deacon’s meeting the week before and the projects everyone is working. We are so blessed to have such a great group of leaders in our congregation.

Words cannot describe how great the Multi-Church Youth Devotional was Sunday night after services. We had youth from the churches of Milan, Humboldt, Rutherford, Yorkville and Trenton. We had 130 youth and adults that were able to come out for good singing led by William

G. McFarland, a great message from Lynn Tharpe and some great cooking from Bobby Sullivan and Joey Barron. This was the first time we have tried to get together like this and we hope we can continue to have these opportunities. Thanks to everyone who helped out during the event.

Announcements: Casey Douger will be with us Wednesday to talk about the Tennessee Children’s Home and where our contributions are used to help them.

Sunday April 18th we will be having a VBS meeting at 5 p.m. anyone who can help out during VBS please try to

REP. CURTIS HALFORD PURCHASES 2010-11 HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE - Rep. Curtis Halford is pictured with Fay Hickerson of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency after purchasing his 2010-11 Tennessee hunting and fishing license. TWRA staff visited Legislative Plaza to sell licenses to members of the House and Senate. Rep. Halford is a member of the House’s 79th District, representing Gibson and Carroll counties.

EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS - That’s what D & D Service Center and Becky Greer in Rutherford believe. She, her husband Don, and grandson Dusty Emerson donated a sack of empty drink cans to the Gibson – North Relay for Life last week. “We don’t get a lot (of cans) but every little bit helps. It takes everyone working together to do good things,” said Becky (above with her Yorkie Emma). Please save your cans for the Gibson - North Relay. You may be saving a life and you will be doing a good thing!

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ACCEPTING BIDS The Gibson County Special School District will be

accepting bids for “HVAC Retrofit” at Gibson County High School till 1:00 p.m., Monday, April 26, 2010.

Contractors interesting in submitting a bid will be

required to attend a Pre-Bid Meeting at 1:00 p.m., Monday, April 19, 2010 in the Equine Building located at Gibson County High School, Dyer, TN.

Specifications for the “HVAC Retrofit” are available on the Gibson County Special School District website (www.gcssd.org) under “Bids”. Questions may be directed to Mark Robinson at (731) 414-8415 or Terry Cunningham at (731) 692-3803.

Bids received after the day and time specified will be returned to the sender unopened.

Gibson County Special School District reserves the right to accept the lowest and best bid. Gibson County Special School District reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Mail or deliver bids to Attention: Terry Cunningham, Gibson County Special School District, P.O. Box 60, 130 Trenton Highway, Dyer, TN 38330.

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Legal NoticesNOTICE TO CREDITORS

T.C.A. 30-2-306Estate of

KATHLEEN M. BRYANT

DOCKET: 19708PNotice is hereby given

that on the 31ST day of MARCH, of 2010, Letters ADMINISTRATION, with Will Annexed in respect of the estate of KATHLEEN M. BRYANT, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Gibson County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with Clerk of the above named Court within the earlier of four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred in the manner and to the extent provided by law. Date of Death: NOVEMBER 26, 2009.

This 31ST day of MARCH, 2010.

Signed: BETTY GAIL TURNER AND EVELYN

DIANNE WILEYCo-Administratrix CTA

Estate of KATHLEEN M. BRYANT

SHONNA SMITH,CLERK & MASTER

By: Paula Hudson, DCM

JEFFREY A. SMITH110 NW COURT SQUARETRENTON, TN 38382(2tp 4/15)

DYER SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL AWARDS - from left; Colby Marcle - 6th Man Award, Zach Eskew - Most Improved, Brannion Simpson - Offense, Riley Sweatt - MVP, Coach Justin Lowery (Not picutred) Jercolby Milan - Defense.

DYER SCHOOL SOFTBALL AWARDS - (Front row from left) Summer Lindsey - Golden Glove, Kennedy Garner - Big Stick, Cara Beth Holt - MVP (Back row) Sarah Beth Mullins - Ace Award, Brianna Fetters - Diamond Award, Grace Jewell - Eagle Award (Not pictured) Lynsey Crews - Most Improved.

DYER SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL AWARDS - (Front row from left) Macie Cole - Eagle Award, Erin Lannom - 6th Man Award (Back row) Cara Beth Holt - Offense, Brianna Fetters - Defense, Kennedy Garner - Hustle, Sarah Beth Mullins - Most Improved.

“Maymester,” a special three-week mini-term, will be offered in May at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The term will span May 17-June 4.

Pursuant to Sec. 2-6-103, Tennessee Code Annotated, notice is hereby given by the Gibson County Election Commission for Early Voting by Personal Appearance for the May 4, 2010, Gibson County Democratic Primary Election. Early Voting will take place in the Election Commission Office, located on the first floor of the Courthouse, 1 Court Square, Trenton, Tennessee, beginning April 14, 2010, and ending April 29, 2010. Early Voting hours will be from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on Saturday.

YOU MUST BRING YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION CARD OR SOME FORM OF IDENTIFICATION WITH YOU WHEN YOU COME TO VOTE.

Gibson County Election Commission

COUNTY MAYOR

Vote For One (1)

LYNN COLE

KENNY FLOWERS

TOMMY PRICE

TOM “SPOON” WITHERSPOON

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COUNTY TRUSTEE

Vote For One (1)

LEANNE SMITH

WRITE-IN

SHERIFF

Vote For One (1)

CHARLES W. “CHUCK” ARNOLD

WRITE-IN

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

Vote For One (1)

JANICE JONES

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JUVENILE COURT CLERK

Vote For One (1)

KEITH CUNNINGHAM

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COUNTY CLERK

Vote For One (1)

JOYCE BROOKS-BROWN

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REGISTER OF DEEDS

Vote For One (1)

HILDA T. PATTERSON

WRITE-IN

UT at Martin plans a mini-term

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“Given the overwhelming interest in our first-ever Maymester last year, we are looking forward to an even more successful 2010 term,” said Dr. Jerald Ogg,

vice chancellor for academic affairs. Each in-person class will meet daily (Monday through Friday). The four standard course time slots for three-hour courses will be as follows: 7:30-10:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., 2-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. The maximum load will be six semester hours.

Registration for the special term will begin April 5 and end at 5 p.m., May 17. Late registration will be available until 5 p.m., May 18, but a late registration fee of $50 will apply. The normal in-state tuition and fees of $242 per credit hour ($253 for online courses) will apply. Fee payments will be due by 5 p.m., May 18. To see a list of Maymester courses, go to: http://www.utm.edu/departments/registrar/documents/Maymester2010CourseSchedule.pdf.For more information, call 731-881-7050. For housing information, call 731-881-7730.


P.O. Box 266, Dyer TN 38330; call us at 731-692-3506; or stop by our offi ce at

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TRI-CITY REPORTERTHE

Spectacular Spring Savings!

Dyer Fire Department hosts open house

Presenters:

David Soll, MDWoman’s Clinic

Jessica VanhooseCurves® of Jackson

Christopher Welsch, MDThe Jackson Clinic

DYER FIRE DEPARTMENT LADIES AUXILIARY OFFICERS - left to right, Christy King-publicity, Beth Rudd-secretary/treasurer, Cynthia Moore-vice-president, Geri Lynn Kesterson, president.

SHOWING FIRE TRUCK AT OPEN HOUSE – Firemen Josh Taylor and Brian King show Sarah and Joe Taylor a hose storage compartment on a fire truck.

ENJOYING SNACKS AT THE OPEN HOUSE –Jennifer McCaig-Cox along with Grace Jewell, Alyssa Kesterson, and Kathryn Cox enjoyed cake and punch while lounging on the front of a fire truck.

TAKING A TOUR – Fireman Thomas O’Daniel shows his wife, Veronica, and children, Ashley and Joseph some fire equipment.

FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE – Dyer Mayor Sam Thompson, assistant fire chief Roger Worrell, Dyer alderman Cody Childress and Fire Chief Bob Moore were among the city officials and fire fighters attending the open house.

OFFICIALS VISIT WITH MR. 911 – Jack Moore “Mr. 911” was on hand to meet and greet visitors at the fire department open house. Among the visitors were Gibson County Emergency Director Rickey Graves, Gibson County Mayor Joe Shepard, State Senator Lowe Finney. (photos by Michael Enochs)

ATTEND FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE – County mayoral candidate Tom Witherspoon, GC Sheriff Chuck Arnold and Dyer alderperson Judy Baker enjoyed visiting with one another during the fire department open house.

tri-city reporter april 15 2010

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