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Thursday, June 12, 2008

[LOCAL MURDERS WRAP]
YOU MAY KNOW THAT DYERSBURG POLICE CAPTURED A 17 YEAR OLD WHO WAS CONNECTED WITH THE MAY SHOOTING DEATH OF KARL FRANKLIN AT THE SUNRISE INN MOTEL. THE ARREST MADE ON TUESDAY MAKES THE THIRD ARREST IN THE CASE. JOINING HIM IS A 16 YEAR OLD YOUTH, AND 32 YEAR OLD WILMON MOSES OF DYERSBURG... AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ANOTHER CASE... DYERSBURG POLICE INDICTED THREE MEN IN THE AUGUST 2007 DOUBLE HOMICIDE OF JEFFREY MCMULLIN AND CRISTIN ROBINSON. AUBREY ISOM AND CEDRIC MOSES OF DYERSBURG, ALONG WITH EWANN ARMSTRONG OF RAYVILLE LOUISIANA WERE INDICTED ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AND ONE COUNT OF ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. DYERSBURG POLICE CHIEF TERRY LEDBETTER SAYS THE INVESTIGATORS "HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THESE CASES, AND THEIR HARD WORK HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF SIX INDIVIDUALS AND THE CLEARANCE OF THREE MURDERS IN DYERSBURG."

[AZTAR]
ONE YEAR AFTER THE SALE OF SEMO'S ONLY CASINO, AZTAR HAS A NEW NAME. ACCORDING TO KFVS-12 DOT COM, THE CASINO CHANGED THE CHIPS, CARDS, GAME LAYOUTS AND DICE FROM THE AZTAR BRAND, TO THE NOW "LADY LUCK CARUTHERSVILLE." IT WAS 'ISLE OF CAPRI' WHICH PURCHASED THE CASINO LAST JUNE FROM A KENTUCKY FIRM. ABOUT 300 PEOPLE WORK AT THE CASINO.

[HISTORICAL SOCIETY UPDATE]

-PRESS RELEASE-
The Dyer County Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 10th at the Bogota
Community Center in Bogota, Tennessee. There were a large number of members and guests in attendance. (24) The friends of the Bogota Community Center opened the museum and their "50's Room" and helped Society members tour each of them. The amount of work that has gone into creating a "true to the period" malt shop was evident. That room was complete with black and white tile floor, pink and chrome tables and chairs, large bar with coordinated stools and even a juke box. The museum included photos, newspaper articles, and artifacts from the past. There were cotton plants, cotton picking equipment including a 9' sack and two scales for weighing the cotton. Pictures, uniforms and trophies from many years of athletic teams from the Bogota area were on display as were lots of and lots of school pictures. Bogota has truly done a great job of using the Bogota School building to collect and maintain their local history. During the meeting, the group learned that thirteen interviews had been completed in the "We the People of Tennessee - Stories of Land and Place" project in conjunction with Humanities Tennessee. Harold Holt, former county trustee and state representative was the most recent interview to be collected. The board learned that two Saturdays each month have been set aside for "work days" in the Dyer County Museum located next to the YMCA at 120b McGaughey Ave. East in Dyersburg. Will Newsome, Bill Cloar, Marie Walden and Earl Willoughby worked last Saturday, labeling and cataloging items that have been given or loaned to the Society for display in the museum. Work has begun to enter data about membership, collections, and artifacts into our recently purchased software called "Past Perfect" which is designed to facilitate work in museums. The board passed a resolution recognizing Dustin Strube for his work in placing the World War II monument on the south lawn of Veteran's Square in Dyersburg. They awarded him a letter of commendation and a year's free membership in the Society. Other commendations were given to Representative Craig Fitzhugh for his assistance with our Community Enhancement grant, Jere Ozment for his help in the Allen Wright "Flying Tiger" collection that will be on display in the museum and the Bob Norman family for their donation of Bob's Indian Artifacts collection. A word of remembrance was given for Don Timmerman, board member who passed away one year ago this month. Other work that continues to develop include plans for a performance in the Yates Auditorium by Ken Teutsch in late September. That event will be the annual meeting for all Society members in addition to Ken playing Mark Twain on stage. The society is also working to create maps of historically significant places and events in Dyer County. The first is one of the schools that were in existence in 1935. (81) The Society has located an original map that places and names all the one room school houses that were operating before the levy system or interstate highways were built. The next meeting of the Dyer County Historical Society will be on Tuesday, July 8th at 4:30 at the Veteran's Museum located on the Dyersburg Army Airbase in Halls, Tennessee.

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