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County property tax raised 31%
It took four hours and some legislative dramatics, but Gibson Co. Commissioners finally passed a $20 million budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year Monday afternoon August 30. The budget calls for Gen...
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FOOTBALL TIME - The Gibson County High School Pioneers first game was played Friday night at Yate s Field against Humboldt. The Pioneers were defeated 54-18. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
FOOTBALL TIME - The Gibson County High School Pioneers' first game was played Friday night at Yate's Field against Humboldt. The Pioneers were defeated 54-18. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
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Readying honey for extraction - Master bee keeper Carl Hanks (at right) assists 16 year-old apprentice bee keeper Jonathan Petty with removing the beeswax caps from slides of honey comb brought in from several freshly harvested colonies of honey bees. Back when Hanks kept over 150 hives he could produce 17 or more 55-gallon drums of pure, table ready honey per season.
Readying honey for extraction - Master bee keeper Carl Hanks (at right) assists 16 year-old apprentice bee keeper Jonathan Petty with removing the beeswax caps from slides of honey comb brought in from several freshly harvested colonies of honey bees. Back when Hanks kept over 150 hives he could produce 17 or more 55-gallon drums of pure, table ready honey per season.
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A fascination with honeybees
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Carl Hanks lives northwest of Dyer on Tollie Gordon Road and is a beekeeper and honey producer. Even as a child he has had a fascination with honeybees. Hanks recollected, “Ever since I was a little boy, as far back as I can remember I had a bee hive. It was always just a hobby until I met J. R. Weaver in the 1970’s. Weaver was from Dyer County, was a beekeeper and worked for the Department of Agriculture as a bee inspector. He taught me nearly everything I know about bees and being a beekeeper. He taught me things that are not even found in books on the subject.” “Most ordinary folks wou...
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The annual Humboldt Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet had a different theme this year—politics. Tennessee governor candidates and 8th U.S. Congressional candidates were the featured speakers. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike McWherter and John Stevens, representing Republican candidate Bill Haslam, addressed the crowd. Republican Stephen Fincher and Democrat Roy Herron, both seeking the congressional seat, also shared their platform during the banquet. Stevens took the podium first, telling of Haslam’s family business of travel centers. Haslam’s dad started the business th...
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Police dispatchers in Trenton collected more than $70,000 in fines and fees that were never deposited into the city’s bank account, an investigation by the state Comptroller’s Division of Municipal Audit has revealed in a press release.  According to the audit, collected fees and fines were kept...
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County property tax raised 31%
It took four hours and some legislative dramatics, but Gibson Co. Commissioners finally passed a $20 million budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year Monday afternoon August 30. The budget calls for General Fund spending of about $12.9 million and Highway Dept. spending of $5.7 million. But those amou...
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Dyer gets petition against water rates
The City of Dyer Board of Mayor and Alderpersons met in regular session Monday, August 23, 2010 at 7 p.m. Those present were Mayor Walton Thompson; Alderpersons Judy Baker, Nathan Reed, Jimmy Landrum, Robert Johnson, Cody Childress, and Roger Gray. Attorney Jennifer Deen was present. Alderperso...
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