SHEFFIELD, Alabama -- Sheffield police have charged a man in connection to a brutal scene they encountered early Saturday.

Sgt. Ray Terry, who is leading the investigation, said Bobbie Dean Dickerson is charged with attempted murder, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree theft. He said Dickerson was found at a home on 13th Street where a woman was held against her will and assaulted for hours.

The woman told police Dickerson worked for her as a handyman. She said he came to her home while intoxicated early Saturday. She told police an altercation ensued and Dickerson held her hostage and assaulted her for four hours. He allegedly threw her down and cut her throat during the attack.

Terry said patrol officers responded to the home and found the woman in bad shape and with incisions on her throat. They applied first aid and CPR until paramedics arrived. She was treated locally before being flown to Huntsville Hospital for surgery. Terry said she has since been released.

Dickerson remains in the Sheffield City Jail.

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VOL. 129 | NO. 103 | Wednesday, May 28, 2014

NEWSMAKERS

Janet Dykes has joined the Family Safety Center, Memphis and Shelby Countys center for victims of domestic violence, as controller. In her new role, she is responsible for all finance, accounting and human resources functions, in addition to providing leadership and coordination in the organizations administrative, business planning, accounting and budgeting efforts.

Hometown: Memphis

Experience: Mid-South Food Bank, chief financial officer, 2005-2014; Girls Inc. of Memphis, finance and administration director, 2001-2005; biomedical research organizations in California in finance positions, 1990-2000.

Family: Four kitty cats at home; two sisters in Memphis; one brother in Atlanta and many nieces and nephews in various places

Favorite quote: Cherish your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows and live your todays. Anonymous

Whats playing on your stereo right now? Movie soundtracks, classic rock and The Beatles!

Activities you enjoy outside of work: Cooking, traveling, reading, swimming, playing games and watching reality TV

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Tell us about your dad's handyman adventures in the comments section below.

In honor of Father's Day, we want to highlight the best home improvement projects completed by fathers (or father figures) and their kids working together. Describe the project in 150 words or less, and send us a photograph of the project. Your information and photo may be published on cleveland.com and the print edition of The Plain Dealer.

Here's what to do:

Email your information to jwashington@plaind.com. Please include the name, age, city, daytime phone and email address for both the son or daughter and father to the letter. Your phone and email address will not be published. Attach a digital photo of the project to the same email. Handwritten information and film photographs will not be accepted.

The deadline for entries is Monday, June 8. Entries will be posted on cleveland.com during the week of June 8.

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hide captionWhen laundry's too much of a hassle, there are on-demand services to pick it up and do it for you, with the tap of an app.

When laundry's too much of a hassle, there are on-demand services to pick it up and do it for you, with the tap of an app.

Sick of doing the laundry? The latest hot Silicon Valley startup, Washio the subject of a new profile in New York Magazine lets you press a button on your phone and someone will come and pick up your laundry, or your dry cleaning.

If you actually prefer to do your own laundry in the Bay Area but the dryer's broken, the startup Handybook provides on-demand repairs for less than the cost of a traditional handyman. It offers superfast housecleaning services, too.

hide captionWashio offers on-demand laundry pickup and delivery for $1.60 a pound.

Washio offers on-demand laundry pickup and delivery for $1.60 a pound.

Other tasks can be handled with the same ease, thanks to the proliferation of niche startups. In San Francisco, you can order gourmet meal-delivery from SpoonRocket with the tap of an app, use Postmates to deliver virtually any item or BloomThat to send flowers on demand.

And of course, in several American cities you can easily open an app to get yourself an Uber ride instead of God forbid, standing at the corner and waiting for a cab to come by.

This is all to say that the excitement for niche services like these and the willingness for venture capitalists to fund them is quickly eliminating all your first world problems.

By solving these "problems," we're getting our time back less time stuck in traffic to pick up a meal, a few minutes saved by not having to make a phone call to order flowers, our weekend hours spared from the hassle of laundry. Arguably, this new free time will allow for more satisfying lives. At least that's the collective promise of these services. (As I've blogged about before, technologists tend to solve the problems they can see, so this situation also underlines the need for more socioeconomically, racially and age-diverse technologists.)

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Contact Toys for Tots 262-633-1379 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 8 to 11:30 a.m. for more information. Toys for Tots is located at 800 Center St., the same hours. Toys and supplies also can be dropped off at any fire station east of the interstate, Kortendick's Hardware and Wells Fargo Bank on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Dress for Success Racine

The mission of Dress for Success Racine is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support, and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and life. Job-ready women come to Dress for Success Racine by referral from a range of nonprofit or job placement agencies. Each client receives one suit for her interview or job fair and additional clothing when she becomes employed. Every woman deserves a success story.

What we need:

Donations are accepted by appointment at 5540 Durand Ave., Suite B-296, Racine. Call 262-898-5530 to make a donation appointment or for more information. More information is also available at http://www.dressforsuccess.org/racine.

Racine Theatre Guild

Call Beth or Doug at 262-633-1250 or stop by 2519 Northwestern Ave. from noon to 6 p.m. weekdays. For further information on RTG, visit http://www.racinetheatre.org.

River Bend Nature Center

Donations may be dropped off at the River Bend Nature Center located at 3600 N. Green Bay Road, Caledonia, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. If you have any questions regarding items, programs or volunteer opportunities please feel free to call us at 262-639-1515 or email info@riverbendnaturecenterracine.org.

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Over the past five years, the Tradesman and Handyman Franchises industry has grown strongly. Industry operators are typically sole traders that perform of range of jobs such as gardening, building maintenance, plumbing, fencing and painting. According IBISWorld industry analyst Ryan Lin, industry operators have benefited from the increasing number of consumers that lack both the time and skills to perform labour-intensive manual tasks around the home. As a result, the industry has grown at an annualised 3.2% over the five years through 2013-14 to total $881.9 million.

The steady rise in the number of households over the past five years has aided industry growth. As more households take up residence in new dwellings, demand for industry services to make alterations or perform maintenance work is likely to increase, says Lin. This is supported by the growth in capital expenditure in private dwellings which is forecast to be significantly higher in 2013-14 than in 2008-09. Industry revenue is forecast to grow by 3.3% in 2013-14 as a result of stronger demand.

The Tradesman and Handyman Franchises industry exhibits a moderate level of market share concentration. Jim's Group Pty Ltd, VIP Home Services Pty Ltd and Hire A Hubby make up a significant portion of industry revenue between them, as they have established the greatest brand recognition throughout the industry. However, beyond these three companies, the industry is highly fragmented. Many franchises only work within small regions or within a single state, precluding them from gaining market share commensurate with major players that have nationwide operations. Industry operators have traditionally operated as independent sole traders. Over the past five years, however, the franchise business model has become more prevalent. This is largely due to the rising instances of competition, with franchise businesses more effective in collectively marketing and promoting tradesmen and handymen. As a result of this competitive edge in marketing, tradesmen and handymen have increasingly joined franchise businesses to boost exposure and increase competitiveness.

Over the next five years, the Tradesman and Handyman Franchises industry is expected to continue its growth. Services performed by the industry will remain largely safe from any substitutes or external competition. Despite favourable growth conditions, competition within the industry will heat up over the next five years as the number of franchises increase. Industry profit is expected to continue to decline due to price competition, causing many tradesmen and handymen to broaden their skill bases so that they can provide a wider range of services for prospective clients. For more information, visit IBISWorlds Tradesman and Handyman Franchises report in Australia industry page.

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IBISWorld Industry Report Key Topics

This industry comprises of franchised businesses that provide tradesman and handyman services.

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