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Family displaced due to Friday Night Fire
August 16, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
A Friday night fire has left a family displaced.
The Smithville Fire Department was summoned to the residence of Angie Campbell at 424 Morgan Drive at 8:03 p.m. Chief Charlie Parker said no one was home at the time. The fire apparently started in the kitchen and dining room. Firefighters were able to contain the blaze to that area to keep it from spreading but the rest of the home received smoke and water damage. Campbell and her six children lost much of their belongings.
The local chapter of the American Red Cross was contacted to provide assistance to the family
DTC Communications to Host Annual Meeting. Three Directors Up for Re-election Unopposed
August 16, 2021
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DeKalb Telephone Cooperative, Inc. d/b/a DTC Communications will host its annual meeting on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at the DeKalb County Fairgrounds in Alexandria.
DTC will follow the recommendations from the Tennessee Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control in addressing safety measures for the well-being of DTC members and employees.
Directors will be elected in the Alexandria, Liberty, and Smithville exchanges.
Incumbents Bennie “Buck” Curtis – Alexandria exchange, Randy Campbell – Liberty exchange, and Ronnie Garrison – Smithville exchange are running unopposed.
Voting for directors will take place at the cooperative’s annual meeting on Saturday, Sept. 18. Gates to the DeKalb County Fairgrounds in Alexandria will open at 8:45 a.m., with voting from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. The business meeting will begin at 11 a.m. or once the last person in line at that time has voted.
Only DTC members may vote, and each member must present proper photo identification. For a single membership, only that individual may vote. Either member of a joint membership may vote, but not both. In the case of a business membership, a business affidavit is required.
The last day to make changes to your membership or to be eligible to vote in the 2021 election will be Thursday, September 7.
For questions regarding membership and voting, call DTC at (615) 529-2955.
DTC Communications is a member owned telecommunications cooperative established in 1951. DTC provides world-class broadband and technology solutions to improve the quality of life of our members and communities in the regions we serve.
(UPDATED) In DeKalb County almost 35% of population has received at least one dose of COVID Vaccine
August 15, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
As the delta variant takes hold in Tennessee, the state is seeing a sharp surge in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths that is showing no signs of stopping, according to Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey.
Faced with the threat, the state health department continues to urge people to get Covid-19 vaccinations.
“Vaccination is the single best tool we have to prevent COVID-19 both in ourselves and in our communities,” said Piercey .
The delta variant has now spread across the entire state. “It’s everywhere,” she said. “It’s all over the nation. It’s all over the state.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control’s Covid Data Tracker the total number of vaccine doses administered in DeKalb County through Saturday, August 14 is 13,054 with 30.06% of the population here fully vaccinated and 34.78% with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Tennessee Department of Health reports that DeKalb County has recorded 57 deaths since the pandemic began in 2020 with 58 hospitalizations due to Covid-19. The total number of cases here since March 2020 comes to 3,012 while 2, 862 are inactive or have recovered.
There are 93 active cases of Covid-19 as of Friday, August 13 including 9 new cases.
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