DMS Saint Bernard Clothing Market Opens for Business

July 31, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

After orientation for the new school year, sixth graders at DeKalb Middle School and their parents got to shop for clothes Monday evening as the Saint Bernard Clothing Market opened for business.

Suzette Barnes and Angela Johnson, sponsors of the DMS Student Council said the clothing market was started last summer as a way of serving students who were in need of clothes and shoes.

“Last summer we had a vision of providing clothes and shoes to our students. We have several students in our building who wear the same outfit multiple days a week or their shoes are falling apart. We talked about what we wanted to do but didn’t know how it would go. We asked for donations and the community supplied us with those donations which we were very grateful for. We had our student council students come in and help sort and hang the clothes and group them by sizes which was community service hours for those students and then we went from there,” said Barnes.

After the clothes were collected, the school set aside days where all students in the 6th through 8th grade at the school could shop for clothes and shoes free of charge.

Clothes and shoes were again collected over the summer to continue the market again this school year.

Johnson said the market has served a great need.

“Last year we had a grandparent who came in to shop for a pair of shoes for her grandson. She said he desperately needed a pair of shoes. We had a teacher here who looked through all the shoes we had for boys and we had none to fit him. She (grandparent) said I think he will have to take a pair of girls shoes because he is in desperate need of shoes. At that point the teacher said no we will make sure that we get him a pair of shoes and we did,” said Johnson.

Students will have more opportunities to shop the clothing market this week.

Seventh and eighth graders will be able to shop on registration day, Wednesday August 1. Another day of shopping is set for Thursday, August 2 for any students who were unable to participate Monday and Wednesday.

July 31, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A Liberty man who allegedly stole a credit card and used it six times has been charged in the case.

37 year old Bradley Thomas Riley of Pea Ridge Road, Liberty is facing six counts of fraudulent use of a credit card and one count of theft of property. Riley’s bond is $17,500 and his court date is August 9.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Monday, July 9 Riley stole a credit card and used it three times that day, twice at Pilot for $1.00 and then $13.77. He then went to Walmart and used the card for $196.65. The following day, July 10, Riley went back to Pilot where he used the card for $24. He also returned twice to Walmart for $200 each time but the transactions were declined.

The case was investigated by detectives of the Sheriff’s Department.

July 31, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A man was caught stealing gas from a truck last week in Dowelltown.

48 year old Bradley Kent Cotter of Sims Street, Dowelltown is charged with theft of property and vandalism under $500. Cotter’s bond is $7,000 and his court date is August 9.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Wednesday, July 25 a deputy was dispatched to the parking lot of the Dowelltown Post Office where someone reported seeing a suspicious person under a truck that was for sale.

When the officer arrived the man, Cotter was still under the truck. The deputy discovered that Cotter had cut a hole in the fuel filter tube and had a piece of garden hose running through the hole extending to the gas tank.

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