Tri-City Reporter – Lifestyles
Kenton honors veterans at annual breakfast
By. J. D. Pinkerton Last year during the White Squirrel Festival week I covered the breakfast and noticed with sadness we had lost a good many of our WWII veterans. There are only two left and I had the good fortune to speak with them. I met V. L. Williamson of the Seabees and Joe…
Read MoreDyer and Kenton festivals kick off this week
Two popular, patriotic festivals kick off this week, and both include Independence Day parades. Dyer Station Celebration starts Wednesday in Dyer, and the White Squirrel Festival begins Saturday in Kenton. Dyer Station Celebration opening ceremonies are set for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Dyer VFW. A community-wide church service follows at 7 at the Presbyterian…
Read MoreGrey chosen as Dyer Station Parade Marshal
Dyer Station Celebration’s 2018 Parade Marshal is Vanessa Grey. She was born in Trenton to Norman and Rosell Shanklin. She attended school at Dyer and graduated Dyer High School in 1971. She started to work right away after she finished beauty school in 1970. She has been a beautician for 48 years and 34 of…
Read More‘Sami Day’ raises $13,000 for scholarship fund
On November 5, 2012, Samantha Ann Howell, of Rutherford, was born to Scotty and Jill Howell, and brother Levi. On December 16, 2015, she tragically left this world after complications from the flu. The Trenton Elks Lodge and the Gibson County Fair Association began a memorial scholarship in memory of Sami. In order to help…
Read MoreDyer resident honored as Mile Marker Miracle in Splash and Dash Run held Saturday
By Leslie C. Ferguson A very special girl named Cheyenne Needham of Dyer; TN. was diagnosed with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome at six weeks of age. (WHS) is a genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body. The major features include characteristics facial appearance, delayed growth development, intellectual disabilities, low muscle tone and seizures. Doctors did…
Read MoreHonorary chairs named for Relay for Life
By Victor Parkins, The Mirror-Exchange Gibson County Relay for Life will be held Saturday, June 2 at Milan City Park. Opening ceremonies are set for 6 p.m. and a Fighting Back ceremony will conclude the event at 11 p.m. For the first time in the history of the American Cancer Society fundraiser, Milan, Humboldt, Medina,…
Read MoreNew ‘wheels’ for Meals on Wheels
More than 200,000 seniors in Tennessee are threatened by hunger and community Meals on Wheels programs provide needed nutrition as well as human contact to isolated and at risk individuals in our communities. J&B Motors of Dyer and Greenfield have donated a vehicle to the City of Dyer for use in the Meals on Wheels…
Read MoreCounty fair time: Barn in the U.S.A.
by William G. McFarland Yep! It’s almost that time of the year again. The Gibson County Fair begins its 162nd run August 28 and continues through September 2. Plans for the 162nd Gibson County Fair are almost complete. Fair officials have been working, adding new events and bringing old events out of retirement. This historical…
Read MoreTax-free weekend coming to TN
Tennessee retailers will not collect sales tax on more than 150 different items during the 12th annual sales tax holiday. From July 28 through July 30, shoppers can save nearly 10 percent on clothing, school supplies and computers, as students prepare for the back-to-school season. State and local taxes will not be collected on clothing,…
Read MoreStick a fork in cancer celebrity event
North Gibson County Relay for Life will be hosting a Celebrity Waiter Dinner and Silent Auction Event on Saturday, June 10 at 6:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Gibson Co. High School Auxiliary Gym. This event is being hosted in lieu of the traditional Relay for Life. If you and your family…
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