“Xander” is a big ole Love Bug waiting for a home (View video here)

June 3, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Ready to bring a new pet into your home? How about “Xander”? The WJLE/DeKalb Animal Shelter featured “Pet of the Week”

“Xander is a six-year-old English Bulldog, and he has been neutered, vaccinated, micro-chipped, the works. He is a big, sweet boy who never meets a stranger. He loves everybody. If you would like to adopt Xander and already have a dog, we ask that you bring him with you so they can have a meet and greet here at the shelter. Take home this big ole love bug today,” said Shelter Director Emmaly Bennett.

“If you are interested in adopting Xander please check out the adoptable pet’s link on our website to fill out an application at https://www.dekalbanimalsheltertn.com/ and we will call you to come in and meet him,” said Bennett.

The shelter is open Monday-Friday from 8 to 4 and Saturday from 8 to 12 at 186 Transfer Station Road. Phone 615-597-3647.

June 2, 2023
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Fifty-eight DeKalb County natives were named to Tennessee Tech University’s Dean’s List for the spring 2023 semester.

The total includes 46 students from Smithville, five students from Liberty, four students from Dowelltown, two students from Sparta, and one student from Alexandria.

To be included on the Dean’s List, students must attend the university full-time and earn a grade-point average of at least 3.1 on the 4.0 scale.

“Tennessee Tech students continue to excel in the classroom and beyond. It is because of their dedication to their studies and determination to succeed that Tech remains the number one public university in the state,” said Tennessee Tech President Phil Oldham. “Congratulations to all of the DeKalb County natives whose hard work earned them a place on the Dean’s List. They have made their university and their hometown community proud.”

DeKalb County students named to Tech’s spring 2023 Dean’s List include: Briona A. Agee, Kennedy Grace Agee, Alexis Grace Atnip, Eleonore Jean Atnip, Allie M. Beshearse, Chloe L. Braswell, Emily Hope Burklow, Jenna L. Cantrell, Emme K. Colwell, Grace E. Crips, Corina Mata Crook, Nathaniel P. Crook, Lydia Grace Davenport, Julia Grace Dziekiewicz, Dexton B. Emberton, Tyler C. Evans, Hunter W. Fann, Isabella G. France, Skylar Mckinlee Fuson, Jessilyn Ariel Griffith, Peyton A. Harris, Garrett B. Hayes, Jacob T. Hough, Garrett Cole Huffstetler, Emma Brooke Jennings, Jacob Lee Johnson, Trey C. Jones, Jasper D. Kleparek, Isaac D. Knowles, Emily G. Lasser, Hannah E. McBride, Christopher B. Mitchell, Evan T. Morse, Braya S. Murphy, Addison G. Oakley, Alyssa Jade Owen, Robin Pafford, Jason Anthony Perricone, Lydia Catherine Phillips, Natalie Roberts, Daniel Martin Rodriguez, Mya K. Ruch, Benjamin A. Snipes, Kiley I. Speaks, Mackenzie L. Sprague, Kiley F. Staley, Alley E. Sykes, Chloe E. Sykes, Holly Nicole Tayes, Justin D. Trapp, Steve D. Trapp, Zachary D. Vincent, Savannah M. Westbrook, Aidan G. Whitman, Hannah X. Willingham, Jathan R. Willoughby, Keri Dawn Winchester and Jordan M. Young.

Tennessee Tech is ranked as the top public university in the state, according to Money Magazine, as well as a “Best National University” by U.S. News & World Report. The university offers more than 200 programs of study and Tech graduates leave with the least debt of all public universities in Tennessee. In fact, based on total cost and alumni earnings, Tech provides students with the highest return on investment for any public university in the state, according to PayScale.

June 2, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Hair Raising excitement!

Kids and grownups alike kicked off the month of June Thursday afternoon learning a little about science while having some fun on opening day of the 2023 DeKalb County Libraries Summer Reading Program for the Justin Potter and Alexandria Libraries.

Professor Hazmatt Bond (Matt Simms), one of Mr. Bond’s Science Guys treated youngsters to an amazing interactive and educational show about gravity and electromagnetism as part of this year’s summer reading program theme “All Together Now” in the auditorium of the Mike Foster Multipurpose Center.

“We explored the laws of attraction and repulsion, what brings us together and what keeps us apart, through one of our very favorite forces… electromagnetism,”  Professor Hazmatt said. “Kids tested their strength with an electromagnet tug of war, participated in hair raising experiments, demonstrations on the forces of gravity, among others. Our mission is to make science fun, cool and easy for kids,” he said.

The four-week summer reading program is held each Thursday at 2 p.m. through June 22 at the DeKalb County Complex Theatre Room.

Children of all ages can begin registering today for Summer Reading at both libraries. Each child that registers and meets their goal will receive a participation certificate and other goodies at the end of the Summer Reading Program. Children do not have to attend the events to participate in the Summer Reading Program.

Other Summer Reading events in June are:

Thursday, June 8th at 2:00 pm – Barry Mitchell’s “Friendship Adventure”.

Thursday, June 15th at 2:00 pm –. Edgar Evins State Park Rangers and Animal Friends.

Thursday, June 22nd at 2:00 pm – Final Party with Bob Tartar’s Animalogy Critters.

There will be four Summer Reading Craft Sessions at the County Complex Art Room on June 7th and June 14th at 10:00 am and 11:30 am. Sign up at the library is required as the number of participants in each session is limited.

For more information, call Justin Potter Library at 615-597-4359 or Alexandria Library at 615-529-4124 visit us on Facebook or our website at www.dekalblibraries.net.

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