52nd Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival On Its Way

June 11, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The 52nd Annual Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival is coming Friday, June 30th and Saturday, July 1st to downtown Smithville, Tennessee. Each day begins at 9am with over 35 music and dance categories, streets full of hand-made crafts, and food booths galore. Come and see for yourself why this FREE family-friendly festival has been named the official Jamboree & Crafts Festival of the State of Tennessee.

The old-time Fiddlers’ Jamboree is a DeKalb County tradition that draws musicians, craft artists, and spectators to the Smithville Square each summer around the Independence Day weekend. Over time, the festival became a broader tribute to Appalachian art and culture. Thousands of tourists visit the festival every year, along with television viewers this year via DTC-TV and blanket coverage by WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 with a LIVE audio Stream at www.wjle.com

June 10, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Budget Committee is recommending to the county commission passage of a resolution allocating funding for several non-profit and charitable organizations for the 2023-24 fiscal year.

The commission will consider adoption of the resolution with passage of the consolidated budgets for 2023-24 when it meets in regular monthly session on June 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Mike Foster Multipurpose Center.

The resolution proposes to contribute funding to the following non-profit organizations:

*Upper Cumberland Development District- $2,000

*TN Division of Forestry- $ 1,500

*DeKalb County Rescue Squad- $42,821 (increased by $2,000 from 2022-23)

*DeKalb Animal Coalition-$ 36,805

*Plateau Mental Health-$7,180

*Senior Citizens Assistance Senior Program -$ 81,948 (increased by $1,303)

*DeKalb County Soil Conservation District- $ 89,433 (increased by $4,837)

*DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce $35,000 (increased by $10,000)

*Imagination Library- $ 12,000

*Veterans Honor Guard-$1,500

*Civil War Trails-$ 400

*DeKalb County Fair- $ 5,000

*Jamboree-$ 5,000 (new contribution)

*Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency- $ 5,500

*UCHRA Assessment-Homemaker Aide, Etc. -$9,717

Total- $ 335,804

June 9, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps has hired a total of 234 teachers and other professional personnel for the 2023-24 school year.

Cripps presented a list of the employees to the Board of Education Thursday night.

Certified personnel at each school are as follows:

DeKalb County High School:
Kelly Agee, Joey Agee, Brandy Alley, Charlotte Blaylock, Amanda Brown, Kevin Burchfield, Brian Cadle, Thomas Cagle, Amee Cantrell, Jeanine Cantrell, Todd Cantrell, Gary Caplinger, Hope Carter, Lisa Craig, Bruce Curtis, Deborah DePriest, Ethan Duke, Luke Dycus, Donna Emmons, Lauren Ferrell, Karen France, Amanda Fuller, Emily Geist, Luke Green, Britney Gulley, Josh Gulley, Lesa Hayes, Bradley Hendrix, Danielle Horton, Sonja House, Brooke Howard, Ann Inglis, Lori Isabell, Angie Johnson, Jon Jones, Lindsay Kennedy, Dylan Kleparek, Brad Leach, Rebecca Miller, Lori Myrick, Jenny Norris, Morgan Oyster, Shelly Painter, David Parker, Linda Parris, Leslie Parsley, Maddison Parsley, Cole Parsley, John Pryor, Anita Puckett, Cody Randolph, Gabby Robinson, Melissa Ruch, Michael Shaw, Steve Trapp, Stephanie Turner, Tad Webb, Barbara Weller, Kason Wheeler, Michael Whitefield, Don Whitt, and Sara Young.

Northside Elementary School:
Marla Beshearse, Linda Bush, Shanea Cantrell, Ashley Cantrell, Sandy Cantrell, Shaunta Cantrell, Megan Carroll, Allison Collier, Trent Colwell, Michael Crockett, Alisha Day, Tara Driver, Tabitha Farmer, Megan Ford, Callie Betencourt, Stephanie Fuson, Amanda Goodwin, Carrie Gottlied, Jennifer Griffith, Cynthia Hale, Patty Hale, Loree Hall, Jennifer Herndon, Meagan Humbert, Shelly Jennings, Karen Knowles, Kristy Lasser, Lisa Mabe, Jama Martin, Amanda Mathis, Elizabeth Miller, Diana Moon, Melissa Odom, Beth Pafford, Kathy Ramsey, Amy Raymond, Kristen Rowland, Melissa Roysdon, Jennifer Salas, Tammy Sims, Taylor Spare, Sarah Storey, Carol Tripp, Cheryl Vandagriff, Kristen Van Vranken, and Melissa Wallace.

DeKalb West School:
Jessica Antoniak, Crystal Barnes, Vickey Barrett, Dwayne Blair, Mollie Bratten, Whitney Brelje, Galen Brown, Jenny Cantrell, Jeanna Caplinger, William Conger, Kim Crook, Kayley Curtis, Rachel Desimone, Tonya Ellis, Sabrina Farler, Rachel Hernandez, Cathleen Humphrey, Kristen Malone, Jennifer Martin, Shelia McMillen, Leslie Moore, Amanda Mullinax, Olivia Neal, Lori Vandergriff, Kelly Pyburn, Missy Sliger, Cynthia Snow, Teresa Sullivan, Ashlee Thomason, Susan West, Seth Willoughby, and Amy Young.

Smithville Elementary School:
Misty Agee, Ashley Barnes, Katie Barrett, Erica Birmingham, Lindsey Bouldin, Priscilla Campbell, Beth Cantrell, Rayanna Chapman, Claire Cloyd, Kelsey Cornelius, Tiffany Cowart, Amanda Dakas, Edward Dillard, Dionndra Foster, Sara Gagliardi, Tina Gash, Jacob Greer, Emily Harville, Holly Hendrix, Tanya Howard, Brooke Howard, Amber Howell, Kelly Huling, Ana Jarvis, Nikki Johnson, Sydney Johnson, Emily Lattimore, Leah Magness, Adrienne McCormick, Christina Merriman, LeVaughnda Midgett, Jacquelyn Overbey, Amanda Parker, Jane Ramsey, Amanda Rhoady, Bethany Rigsby, Cristy Spears, Cynthia Stoglin, Carol Tallent, Kaylene Thomason, Janet Trapp, Allyson Trapp, Brad Trapp, Patricia Ward, Madison Whitehead, Kristy Williams, Lisa Woods, Elizabeth Wright, and Crystal Young.

DeKalb Middle School:
January Agee, Josh Agee, Suzette Barnes, Callie Betencourt, Kelly Birmingham, Victoria Christian, Nancy Cowan, Melba Farmer, Amy Fricks, Suzanne Gash, Amanda Griffith, Heather Harney, Amy Hayes, Lori Hendrix, Sarah Jacobs, Angela Johnson, Bryan Jones, Michelle Jones, Teresa Jones, Alyssa Leslie, Cameron Lester, Kristen Lynch, Martha Melching, Justin Nokes, Courtney O’Conner, Scott Odom, Maxwell Patterson, Hunter Poteete, Justin Poteete, Deb Poteete, Janie Roberts, Candice Scrabo, Caleb Shehane, Carson Speck, Danni Stahlke, Kitty Thomas, Cheryl Vance, Jennifer West, and Christie Young

Central Office Staff:
Michelle Burklow, Dr. Danielle Collins, Elise Driver, Emily Estes, Joey Reeder, Lori Rogers, and Natasha Vaughn.

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