Smithville Elementary School Students Pay Tribute to Veterans (View video here)

November 11, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville Elementary students wore their red, white, and blue Wednesday, November 10 to pay tribute to veterans.

Music teacher Max Patterson has been working with the students to help them learn several patriotic songs, and on Wednesday groups of students were recorded singing in order to create a video to honor the veterans.

PreK  students recited the pledge, while kindergarten kids  sang and performed movements for The Army Goes Rolling Along. First grade students sang My Country ‘Tis of Thee, while second grade students sang 2 songs, the Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful. All of the videos were compiled to create one video to honor veterans on Veterans Day.

Students also learned about the importance of Veterans Day in their classrooms, and drew pictures and wrote messages to the veterans. Some of these are included in the video as well.

The faculty, staff and students of Smithville Elementary would like to express their sincerest gratitude to all veterans.  They greatly appreciate their sacrifices and their service to our country.

November 11, 2021
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Brandon Cox of Smithville has formally announced plans to seek the Republican Party nomination for General Sessions Judge in the May 3, 2022 Republican Primary. Brandon, a local attorney, is a lifelong resident of DeKalb County. He and his wife, Whitney (Rice) Cox are the parents of four (4) children, Cora (10), Clara (7), Carrigan (3) and Callahan (2).

Brandon is the son of Annette Cox and the grandson of the late Bonnie Howell. Whitney is the daughter of Brenda Rice and the late Bobby Dean Rice and the granddaughter of Ruth Rice and the late Bob Rice.

Brandon is a 2004 graduate of DeKalb County High School and earned his bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Tech University in 2009, before graduating from Nashville School of Law in 2013. Brandon has been practicing law in DeKalb County since 2013. His wife, Whitney is a realtor with Sunbelt Real Estate in Smithville.

When Brandon isn’t practicing law, you can typically find him out and about within the community. Brandon played youth sports here in DeKalb County throughout all of his childhood. It is truly his love and passion, which is why as he aged out of playing sports, he transitioned straight into coaching them. He has coached and assisted countless teams throughout the many years, and especially as his own children have begun playing them. Brandon attributes so much of who he is today to his coaches and teachers who helped mold him throughout his youth, therefore he jumps on any opportunity he can to give back to today’s youth, just as his mentors, teachers and coaches did for him.

Brandon was elected to the Board of Alderman for the City of Smithville in 2018 where he currently still serves in that role. In this position, he has and will always advocate for conservative values. While on the board he advocated for the new Smithville Police Department facilities, as well as the approval of the upcoming splash pad at Green Brook Park.

Brandon is a current member of the DeKalb County E-911 board. He is also a member of the LBJ&C Headstart Board of Directors that services the Upper Cumberland. In addition to those roles, he has also served on the DeKalb County Habitat for Humanity board and on the DeKalb County Republican Executive Committee as Secretary and Treasurer.

Brandon and his family have been members of Outreach Baptist Church since 2016, where Brandon and his wife, Whitney, have both served as youth leaders.

“I’m excited for this opportunity. I love DeKalb County and I love my job practicing law. The General Sessions Judge position offers the unique opportunity for me to advance professionally as well as the opportunity for continual service to this county. Being judge requires certain knowledge and experience. As an attorney, I have cases in general sessions court nearly every week and have done so since 2013. I regularly deal with every aspect from the simplest of civil actions to the most serious criminal cases and everything in between. I also understand that this position requires the ability to listen to each side, the ability to understand the circumstances and situations being presented, the patience to consider the cases and the fairness to make impartial decisions. I look forward to bringing that to the bench each and every day. I will strive to be firm, fair, and consistent while upholding the constitution and laws of this great state. As a lifelong resident of this community, my goals are the same as yours. I want a safe community in which to raise my children and I want to leave this county in a better place for our children. I will continue to advocate for and help grow the recovery court program in DeKalb as well as work toward expanding the reach of the court to programs such as mentoring for our youth. Not only am I prepared to do this job, I am excited to do it. I would be honored to have your vote to serve as your next General Sessions Judge,” said Cox.

November 11, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Jared Davis remains the leader on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners as the college football season enters its 11th week.

Davis has an overall record of 96-54.

Jared Davis had the best single week record last week at 10-5 followed by Eli Gill, Ricky Atnip, and Chad Kirby each at 9-6, Grant James and Scott Brown each at 8-7, and Scott Goodwin and John Pryor each at 7-8.

Overall, Chad Kirby remains in second place after ten weeks at 94-56 followed by Grant James 92-58, Ricky Atnip and Scott Brown each at 88-62, Eli Gill 86-64, John Pryor 85-65, and Scott Goodwin 84-66.

Neither of the Forecasters hit his underdog picks last week.

Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after ten weeks at 44 followed by Ricky Atnip 26, Chad Kirby 17.5, Scott Brown 11.5, Grant James 9.5, Eli Gill 7, John Pryor 5.5, and Scott Goodwin 3.5 points.

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

North Carolina at Pittsburgh, Oklahoma at Baylor, Michigan at Penn State, Purdue at Ohio State, Minnesota at Iowa, Notre Dame at Virginia, N.C State at Wake Forest, Nevada at San Diego State, South Carolina at Missouri, Mississippi State at Auburn, Arkansas at LSU, Texas A&M at Ole Miss, Kentucky at Vanderbilt, Georgia at Tennessee and in the NFL the New Orleans Saints at the Tennessee Titans.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Dominos Pizza.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.

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