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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
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Westview cheerleaders 2nd in
nation |
Westview cheerleading squad was
one of sixty squads to compete Saturday, February 11, in the
large high school division preliminaries held in Orlando,
Florida. The field of 60 was divided into groups A and B
with each group sending the top two teams directly to the
finals. Westview performed a near perfect routine and earned
one of the two positions in-group B to advance to the
finals.
Another 26 squads moved to semi-finals held the
following day. After a rigorous scoring process, 15
qualified to join the elite four for the finals that Sunday
evening.
The excitement for the 16 Westview contingency
increased during the awards ceremony each time a name was
announced, as it slowly and surely became evident Westview
was in the top 10, then the top 5, and finally number 2 in
the nation. Claiming the national title was Dunbar High
School from Lexington, Kentucky. Dunbar is also the squad to
be featured in a reality series to be aired next month on
the Lifetime network.
Westview's finish this year is even more impressive
when you compare to last year's third place (Super Large
High School Division) in which the total squads vying for
the national title was 34. Head Coach David Byars expressed
his pride in the squad's performance stating, "Our girls
responded just as we had asked, - to give their best." He
went on to say; "We knew that with the number of squads
competing along with the size of some of the schools
participating that it would be a tough road. However, our
girls faced the challenge and I am very proud of their
accomplishment."
(Read the rest of the story in this week's
print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)
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Dresden man charged with recent
break-ins, vandalism |
A Dresden man was arrested in
connection with recent break-ins of Pizza USA and The Coffee
Cup in downtown Dresden.
According to Dresden Chief of Police Jerry Wilson,
William Lee White, 35, 244 South Poplar Street, was charged
with burglary and vandalism after confessing to the
break-ins.
Chief Wilson states that at approximately 3:18 a.m.
February 15, Pizza USA, located at 206 West Main Street, was
burglarized and vandalized. Dresden P.D. officers Bill
Weatherall and Clay Anderson, who worked the burglary,
discovered the business was entered through a bathroom
window in the rear of the building. There was nothing taken
in the incident, however, three windows in the front of the
restaurant were shattered. Evidence at the scene indicated
that the perpetrator had been cut on the sharp glass.
At approximately 4:42 a.m. Wednesday, it was discovered
that the glass was broken out of the front door at The
Coffee Cup, located at 114 North Wilson Street on the east
side of the court square in Dresden. However, entry was not
gained.
(Read the rest of the story in this week's
print edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)
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Icy roads claim life of Weakley
County woman |
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A Weakley County woman lost her
life in a single-vehicle accident over the weekend a short
distance from her home (about seven miles east of Martin),
as the result of icy road conditions.
The accident was reported at approximately 4:40 a.m.
Sunday, but it is unknown exactly what time it occurred.
According to a report filed by Trooper James Ford of the
Tennessee Highway Patrol, 35-year-old Michele Lynn Dortch of
500 Hyndsver Road, Martin was traveling west on Hyndsver
Road when she lost control of her Jeep Cherokee along an
iced-over section of roadway as she was attempting to
maneuver a curve about one mile West of Weakley Road. After
the victim's Jeep slid off the road, it overturned and
struck a tree.
The mother of three was not wearing a seatbelt at the
time of the crash and she was ejected from the vehicle. The
Jeep rolled over on top of Dortch and had to be moved to
allow the Rescue Squad to recover her body.
(Read the rest of the story the February 22nd
edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)
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