The Southern Accent Chapter of ABWA has announced that the Fifth Annual Girls' Night Out Event will be held on Thursday, Apat the DSCC Gymnasium from 5:00 p.m. Pictured from left to right Damaris Cook, Wendy Smith, Maleia Evans, Wendy Brock, Jan Jernigan, Edie Smith, Sonya Burks, and Sandy Tarkington. Photo Caption: Members of the Southern Accent Chapter of ABWA gather during the 2014 ABWA Girls' Night Out Event. Vendor Registrations Are Now Being Accepted for ABWA's 5th Annual Girls' Night Out The attendance for the evening was record breaking and we look forward to sharing another wonderful evening with you next year. We also want to thank everyone who was able to attend the banquet and our sponsors for their continued contributions to our events and programs. We appreciate the hard work, dedication and service each of you put forth for our Chamber and community. The Chamber would like to thank everyone for their nominations and congratulate those who were nominated and those that won on their accomplishments over the last year. The winners and their photographs are shown below. To bring the evening to a close, the Director of Downtown Development, Steve Guttery, announced the 2014 award winners. Once the gavel had been passed between the outgoing and incoming Chairman, the Guest Speaker, Vallie Collins, spoke about her experience on the flight that crashed into the Hudson River and how it changed her life. Both Larry White and Danny Watson took a few moments to talk about the successes from the last two years and the goals for the years to come for the Chamber of Commerce. The evening began with the Chairman's reception followed by dinner from Lupo's Italian Steakhouse. Located in the Dyer County Fairgrounds, Sorghum Valley is a miniature settlement in a quaint country atmosphere surrounding the Old Sorghum Mill.On Saturday, Januwe gathered at the Lannom Center to celebrate our members, accomplishments, the Outgoing Chairman, Larry White, and Incoming Chairman, Danny Watson, and all the award nominees and recipients for 2014. In September, visit the Dyer County Fair and Main Street Fall Festival in historic downtown Dyersburg. No trip to Dyersburg is complete without a visit to the Main Street Farmers Market, where every Tuesday and Saturday you can find the freshest locally grown produce. Hop on at Reelfoot Lake in Tiptonville and ride for nine miles along quaint farm roads to Ridgely until you arrive in Dyersburg. The Mississippi River Trail ’s pathways and bikeways course along America ’s backbone, and Tennessee’s section runs through Dyersburg. The Air Base at Halls was the largest combat crew training school built during the early years of World War II. Visit the Soldier in Grey, a monument to the Civil War battles that scarred the area. The Veterans' Museum is located on the former site of the Dyersburg Army Air Base in Halls. The Troy Avenue Historic District ’s homes were constructed between 18 in Victorian, Revival, bungalow and Craftsman styles. The covered bridge in Trimble, one of only three remaining in the state, is an interesting trip for visitors young and old. For Civil War historians, a trip to General Strahl ’s gravesite and cannon is not to be missed. The bell tower and dome of the courthouse are original and fully functional. History enthusiasts will enjoy a walk through the Historic Courthouse Square, where the 1911 three-story brick Dyer County Courthouse and 45 additional buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the town ’s history is well preserved in homes and historic buildings along Troy Avenue and lining the square. Established by some of West Tennessee’s first white settlers in the 1820s, Dyersburg was a steamboat town with economic growth coming down the North Forked Deer River from the Mississippi River. Unlike its railroad town neighbors, Dyersburg predates the Civil War.
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