DWS Announces Students of the Month

September 23, 2021
By: Bill Conger

DeKalb West School has announced its Students of the Month for September. Students chosen were Avaleigh Haddock, Pre-K, Zalie Hale, Kindergarten, Paola Aguillar, 1st grade, Jaritzy Camacho, 2nd grade, Lucas Yancey, 3rd grade, Kayleigh Ramirez, 4th grade, Kayley Womack, 5th grade, Autumn Crook, 6th grade, Landon Ford, 7th grade, and Izzy Hendrixson, 8th grade.

Teachers select students based on academics, character, and other traits that make for an outstanding student.

Pictured first row left to right are Jaritzy Camacho, Avaleigh Haddock, Zalie Hale, Lucas Yancey, and Paola Aguillar. Second row left to right are Assistant Principal Joey Agee, Landon Ford, Kayleigh Ramirezy, Autumn Crook, Izzy Hendrixson, Kayley Womack, and Principal Sabrina Farler.

September 23, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The Mens and Womens DCHS Cross Country teams competed at the Cherokee Classic in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, September 11th. Sophomore Ella VanVranken had another outstanding performance finishing 8th out of 229 runners with a time of 19:26.00. The winner of the women’s varsity race was Andie Jones, a senior from Maryville High School, finishing with a time of 18:20:00. Other runners in the girls varsity race for DeKalb included: Mylie Phillips (76th, 22:49), Madeline Martin (112, 24:41), Cadee Griffith (121, 25:31), and Kaylee Mullican (142, 28:39).

Racing for the DCHS boys team was Aaron Gottlied with a time of 18:00. Gottlied finished 49th. Ian Colwell (94th, 19:04), Cooper Brown (122,19:44), Caleb Gray (126, 19:56), Kaleb Spears (131, 20:09), Andrew Tramel (156, 20:48), and Cale Brown (175, 21:22) also finished the 3 mile race. Keegan Smith of Knoxville Catholic High School led the field of 313 athletes and finished with a time of 15:47:00.

September 22, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Every year the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) seeks public comment on how NRCS farm bill programs are administered in conjunction with DeKalb County Soil Conservation District. The County SCD will be holding an open forum on Friday, October 15th at 10:00 a.m. at the County Complex History Room. Also attending will be Johnny Barnes, the County Ag. Agent. Agricultural producers and concerned citizen of DeKalb County are invited to the meeting to give input as to what priorities NRCS should give to addressing the following resource concerns for 2022:

• Aquatic Habitat
• Concentrated Erosion
• Degraded Plant Condition
• Field Pesticide Loss
• Field Sediment, Nutrient, and Pathogen Loss
• Fire Management
• Livestock Production Limitation
• Pest Pressure
• Soil Quality Limitations
• Source Water Depletion
• Storage and Handling of Pollutants
• Terrestrial Habitat
• Wind and Water Erosion

For meeting info contact Pamela Hale at DeKalb County Soil Conservation District.
615-597-8225
Pamela.hale@tn.nacdnet.net

USDA is an equal opportunity lender and employer.

If you need special accommodations, please call Pamela Hale.

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