The Alexandria Lion’s Club to Sponsor the Annual Joe Hearn Memorial Scholarship Fund Poker Run

September 18, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

In what has become an annual event, the Alexandria Lions Club will sponsor a fundraiser next week in support of a DCHS graduate and in memory of a long time friend

The Joe Hearn Memorial Scholarship Fund Poker Run will be held Saturday, September 28 at the DeKalb County Fairgrounds in Alexandria featuring Hot Rods, Motorcycles, etc.

The Lions Club established this memorial scholarship fund as a tribute to the memory of Joe Hearn and is awarded to a high school vocational student each year. 2019 DCHS graduate Abigail Taylor was the recipient of the $1,000 scholarship in May.

Joe Hearn was an avid Ford Mustang lover and longtime dedicated member of the Alexandria Lions Club.

The entry fee for the Poker Run is $25, $5.00 per passenger and it includes a BBQ meal. Prizes will be awarded. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the departure time is 9 a.m. The run will be approximately 2 hours. Map and draw stations to be announced the day of the event. The entire route will be on paved roads. For more information call Chris Hale or Brad Driver at 615-529-2580. Rain Date-October 5^th.

All are encouraged to participate to help further the education of a DCHS graduate.

September 18, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Chad Kirby and Dewain Hendrixson remain tied for the overall best record as the fearless leaders of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters.

With three weeks of the 2019 college football season in the books Kirby and Hendrixson are tied for the lead at 26-19 each. John Pryor and the James Gang (Grant and Jeff James) are each at 25-20. Darrell Gill is 24-21. Ricky Atnip, Jacob Parsley, Scott Brown and the guests (Chad Ramsey, Isaac Gray, and Mike Davidson) are each at 23-22. Jared Davis is 22-23 and Will Graham is 21-24.

For the week, the James Gang had the best record at 9-6. John Pryor and the guest Mike Davidson of MTNG each went 8-7. Darrell Gill, Chad Kirby, Will Graham, Dewain Hendrixson, Jacob Parsley, Scott Brown, and Jared Davis each went 7-8 and Ricky Atnip was 6-9.

Two of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Scott Brown got on the board and has taken the lead with 21 points with his upset pick of Kansas over Boston College. The Jayhawks won 48-24. Darrell Gill got 8 points as Kansas State defeated Mississippi State 31-24

For the first three weeks, Scott Brown has 21 underdog points followed by Jared Davis with 17.5, the guests 10.5, Darrell Gill 8, Jacob Parsley 7.5, and the James Gang 4.5 points.

Thursday the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Oklahoma State at Texas, Washington at BYU, Notre Dame at Georgia, Utah at USC, Michigan at Wisconsin, Colorado at Arizona State, Michigan State at Northwestern, West Virginia at Kansas, California at Ole Miss, Kentucky at Mississippi State, South Carolina at Missouri, Auburn at Texas A&M, LSU at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at Florida, and the Titans at Jacksonville.

Thursday’s special guest is Tom Duggin of DTC Communications MyDTC3

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

The program is sponsored by Graham Services, the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, and Domino’s Pizza.

September 18, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

After spending ten months on deployment in Iraq, it was finally time for U.S. Army Guard Sergeant Jake Merriman to return home and he decided to make it extra special this morning (Wednesday) by surprising his children at school.  

US Army Guard Sergeant Jake Merriman surprises his son from dwayne page on Vimeo.

The homecoming surprise was actually arranged by Sergeant Merriman’s wife Joyce who knew in advance that he would be arriving today but had not told their kids. 

Still dressed in uniform, Sergeant Merriman made his first visit to his 12 year old daughter Hailee, a sixth grader at DeKalb Middle School. He arrived in a pickup truck escorted in parade fashion from DeKalb Market by the Smithville Police and Fire Departments. Hailee stood outside with other students as the motorcade pulled up in front of the school, unaware of the surprise awaiting her. After spotting her father, Hailee ran toward the truck to greet him. 

Hailee later said in the beginning she  wasn’t sure why the police and fire departments had  come to school  and speculated that it was to put on a safety education program.

About an hour later, Sergeant Merriman went to Northside Elementary School dressed as the school’s Eagle mascot to surprise his 10 year old son Austin, a fifth grader as he and other students were eating lunch in the cafeteria. After sitting down at the table beside Austin, Sergeant Merriman removed the Eagle mascot head and then father and son embraced with Austin’s mother and sister looking on. 

An eleven year veteran of the service, Merriman began his military career in the US Marine Corps and later the U.S. Army.  

During this deployment in Taji, Iraq, Sergeant Merriman was a Transportation NCO for the Area of Operations. His duties included overseeing the movement of equipment in and out of Iraq, Kuwait, and Syria. 

Sergeant Merriman said it is great to be home again and especially with his family after ten months of being away from them.

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