New Student Pickup Guidelines Established for Smithville Elementary School

September 5, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

New student pickup guidelines have been established at Smithville Elementary School in order to alleviate afternoon traffic congestion there.

Parents and others who pick up students in the afternoons at Smithville Elementary School are being asked by Director of Schools Patrick Cripps and Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins to follow the following guidelines:

*All cars will line up in the right hand lane of East Bryant Street to enter Smithville Elementary School. Cars picking up K-2 students will enter on Walker Drive and those picking up Pre-K students will enter in the front of the school between the SES sign and City Walk Apartments forming two lines that will alternate picking up students.

*Anyone picking up children will exit the school via Walker Drive, including Pre-Kindergarten students.

*Please do not go into the building to pick up your child after 2:15 p.m. School administrators understand that sometimes parents have afternoon appointments but you are asked to please pick up your child before 2:15 p.m.

*From 2:20 to 3:00 p.m. the school buses have the right of way on East Bryant Street.

*From 2:20 to 3:00 p.m. there will be no westbound traffic on East Bryant Street or southbound traffic on Murphy Street.

There may be days that the Smithville Police Department cannot be there to direct traffic but these guidelines are still expected to be followed. The safety of the children is of the utmost importance. Thank you for your patience and help during this time.

September 5, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Local law enforcement officers and firefighters plan to welcome motorcycle riders Saturday morning as they pass through Smithville and DeKalb County on a charity ride to help raise funds for the Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial.

(View video of last year’s motorcycle ride through Smithville below)

IMG_0919 from dwayne page on Vimeo.

Bikers from across the state, many of whom are members of emergency services, will gather in Sparta to participate in the 6th annual event. Bikers will pay $20 and passengers $15 each. Registration will be from 7:30 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Kick Stands Up at 9:00 a.m. They are scheduled to depart from the Sparta Fire Department traveling west on Highway 70 and are expected to arrive in Smithville around 9:30 a.m. before turning onto Short Mountain Highway toward Woodbury enroute to Bell Buckle on the campus of the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy where the memorial is located.

This year’s ride is dedicated to Jason Dickey of the Lawrenceburg Fire Department, the 2008 Line of Duty Death, and Barry Brady (Shady Brady) of the Sparta Fire Department, the founder of the Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial ride who passed away this year.

If you have questions, contact Kayla Williams at 615-948-7508, Bradley Johnson at 615-967-6557, or Kenny Kilgore at 931-200-7380.

Beginning in 2002, the first Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial Committee was founded with a mission to create a memorial to honor fallen firefighters in Tennessee. After earning its 501©3 not-for-profit status, the board of directors began to actively raise funds to build the memorial.

In 2005, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a resolution, which dedicated land on the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy property to be used for constructing a memorial. Fundraising efforts began with the TUFF Challenge and by selling bricks in support of the memorial.

Construction of the memorial was broken up into two phases. The official ribbon cutting ceremony for phase one was held Sept. 11, 2009. Dedication of the completion of the second phase was held on Sept. 10, 2011.

The Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial honors the fallen firefighters of Tennessee. Additionally, a section was added to the memorial that pays tribute to the lives lost during the terrorist attacks that occurred Sept. 11, 2001. As part of that memorial, a piece of a steel I-beam, which was recovered from “Ground Zero” in New York City, is also on display.

September 5, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Two of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters tied for having the best record picking winners during opening week of the college football season.

Chad Kirby and Dewain Hendrixson each compiled a record of 10-5 last week. The James Gang (Grant James), John Pryor, Scott Brown, and the guest Chad Ramsey each went 9-6. Ricky Atnip and Jared Davis each had a record of 8-7, Darrell Gill and Jacob Parsley each were 7-8. Will Graham finished 5-10.

Three forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Jared Davis got on the board with 17.5 points picking Wyoming to upset Missouri. Chad Ramsey got 10.5 points for the guests with North Carolina’s win over South Carolina. And the James Gang picked up 4.5 points with a Boise State upset of Florida State.

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Ohio at Pittsburgh, Syracuse at Maryland, South Florida at Georgia Tech, Nebraska at Colorado, San Diego State at UCLA, LSU at Texas, Arkansas at Ole Miss, Miami at North Carolina, Minnesota at Fresno State, North Texas at SMU, Stanford at USC, Tulsa at San Jose State, Vanderbilt at Purdue, BYU at Tennessee, and the Tennessee Titans at Cleveland.

Today’s special guest is Isaac Gray, minister at the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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

The program is sponsored by 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.

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