Walk Across Tennessee Kicks-Off Monday, April 8

April 5, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The annual Walk Across Tennessee event locally begins Monday, April 8 and you are invited to participate.

“Walk across Tennessee is an 8-week team competition to see who can log the most miles exercising,” said April Martin of the UT-TSU Extension Office.

“You are not literally walking across Tennessee. Your team is exercising for 8 weeks, and the goal is to accumulate the equivalent of 500 miles which is the length of the state of Tennessee. It’s a fun friendly competition and what better way to get fit,” explained Martin.

“We have over 200 people in the county and some from outside the county who are joining in this event. There are more than 23 teams,” Martin continued.

“Anyone can be on a team including youth, adults, coworkers, friends, family, etc. and there is no fee. You can have up to 8 people on your team. Each team has a captain and team members report to their captain each week on how many miles they have walked,” said Martin. “You don’t have to just walk. You can do other exercises. For example, the weight training class I am teaching can count as well as bicycling, even gardening, housecleaning, or other daily activities considered exercising. You can count that. We have a conversion chart for that. All this is an effort to get everybody more motivated and to get them outside and more active because the more physically active you are you’re going to lose weight, feel better, build stronger bones, and it helps with fall prevention. There are just so many benefits from walking or exercising,” said Martin.

How to participate?

1. Come up with up to 8 team members

2. Choose a Team Captain and a Team Name

3. Team Captain download the captain’s packet at https://dekalb.tennessee.edu/ and have each team member complete the individual registration. Packets are available outside the office of the UT UT – TSU Extension- DeKalb County located inside the DeKalb County Complex Building.

4. Attend the Kickoff and root for your team on Monday, April 8th at Greenbrook Park.

5. Exercise for 8 weeks. Any exercise counts. We have a conversion chart you can use. Exercise must be purposeful and last at least 10 minutes to count. I.E. Not wearing pedometers/fitness watches and counting all the steps accumulated throughout the day.

Call the office if you have any questions at 615-597-4945.

April 4, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Its story telling time again in DeKalb County with the 19th annual Dots Storytelling Day dedicated to the children of DeKalb County to raise money for the Imagination Library.

Dots Storytelling Day is sponsored by the Smithville Study Club. This year’s theme is “Hero’s Past & Present”.

The event will be presented on Saturday, April 6 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the DeKalb County Complex History Room at 712 South Congress Boulevard, Smithville. For more information contact Susan Hinton at 615-597-9300 or email: hinton@dtccom.net

April 4, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville Municipal Election will be uncontested on Thursday, August 1.

The three incumbent aldermen up for re-election, Shawn Jacobs, Danny Washer, and Jessica Higgins will be running unopposed. The terms are for four years each.

The deadline to qualify for the August 1 municipal elections in Alexandria, Dowelltown, and Smithville was 12 noon today (Thursday, April 4).

Only three people qualified for the Alexandria Municipal Election on August 1.

In this election, the positions to be filled are for mayor (unexpired term), three aldermen, and three other aldermen (unexpired terms).

Beth Tripp will run unopposed for the unexpired mayor’s term while Jeff Ford is without opposition for an unexpired alderman term and Jonathon Tripp is unopposed for a full alderman term. No one qualified to run for the other positions.

No one qualified to run in the Dowelltown Municipal Election on August 1 in which a mayor and two aldermen are to be elected.

The offices of County Commission District 6 and District 7 will be on the DeKalb County General Election Ballot August 1 to fill unexpired terms.

Andy Pack in the 6th district and Mathias Anderson in district 7 were recently nominated and certified as Republican candidates through the local GOP caucus process.

Meanwhile, Keith Elkins will be a write-in candidate for 6th district constable in the county general election August 1. Elkins recently filed with the election commission a certificate of write in candidacy for the position.

All the local Republican nominees from the March primary will be unopposed in the August 1 DeKalb County General Election including Incumbent Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell, Sixth district incumbent school board member Jason Miller, Fifth district school board candidate Megan Moore; Constable candidates 1st District: Tyler Cripps, 2nd District: Danny Adamson, 3rd District: Incumbent Travis Bryant, 4th District: Incumbent Lane Ball, 5th District: Incumbent Mark Milam, and 7th District: Jeremy Neal, and Judge Shawn C. Fry for the newly created Criminal Court Judge position in Part III of the seven-county 13th Judicial District.

The Voter Registration Deadline for the August 1 elections is Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Early Voting: Friday, July 12 – Saturday, July 27, 2024 (times not yet set)

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