Stribling, Hendrix Officially in the Race for County Mayor, Foster Still Could Enter

January 20, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County Mayor Tim Stribling is now officially in the race for re-election.

Stribling filed his qualifying petition with the DeKalb County Election Commission Friday and it has been verified.

Third District County Commissioner Bradley Hendrix will be running against Stribling in the DeKalb County Democratic Primary on May 1. Hendrix has already filed his petition with the election commission and it has been verified.

Former County Mayor Mike Foster recently picked up his petition but has not yet filed it with the commission but the qualifying deadline is not until February 15.

No Republicans or Independents have announced for County Mayor.

Meanwhile, Liberty Mayor Dwight Mathis picked up his petition Friday to seek re-election The Liberty Municipal Election is August 2. A mayor and all five aldermen seats will be filled in the election that day in Liberty.

Darrell Johnson recently picked up a petition to run for Mayor of Liberty while Derek Johnson and William H. Reynolds have obtained petitions for an Alderman seat in Liberty. Reynolds is an incumbent seeking re-election.

Jennifer Winfree, GOP State Executive Committeewoman, has picked up a petition to seek re-election to that position.

The Election Commission Office has released the entire list of persons who have either obtained qualifying petitions or who have filed them and been verified as a candidate to date:

ISSUED FOR AUGUST ELECTIONS: (*) MEANS RETURNED AND VERIFIED

JIMMY POSS—MAYOR OF SMITHVILLE (INCUMBENT)

JOSH MILLER—MAYOR OF SMITHVILLE

JASON MURPHY—SMITHVILLE ALDERMAN (INCUMBENT)

GAYLA HENDRIX—SMITHVILLE ALDERMAN (INCUMBENT)

DWIGHT MATHIS-LIBERTY MAYOR (INCUMBENT)

DARRELL JOHNSON—LIBERTY MAYOR

DEREK JOHNSON—LIBERTY ALDERMAN

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS—LIBERTY ALDERMAN (INCUMBENT)

DANNY PARKERSON—SCHOOL BOARD 1ST (INCUMBENT)

JERRY WAYNE JOHNSON—SCHOOL BOARD 2ND (INCUMBENT)

ALAN HAYES—SCHOOL BOARD 2ND

C.D. (CARL) WEBB—SCHOOL BOARD 2ND

ORVIL HENDRIX—SCHOOL BOARD 2ND

JIM BESHEARSE—SCHOOL BOARD 3RD (INCUMBENT)

KATE MILLER—SCHOOL BOARD 4TH (INCUMBENT)

SHAUN TUBBS—SCHOOL BOARD—7TH (INCUMBENT)

PETITIONS FOR MAY 1 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

*JAMES (JIMMY) POSS—COUNTY COURT CLERK (INCUMBENT) PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

*BRADLEY HENDRIX—COUNTY MAYOR. PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

MIKE FOSTER—COUNTY MAYOR

*TIM STRIBLING—COUNTY MAYOR (INCUMBENT).PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

MICHAEL AGEE—SHERIFF

*JIMMY SPRAGUE—ROAD SUPERVISOR. PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

NICOLE WRIGHT—CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

*MARK MILAM—CIRCUIT COURT CLERK. PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

*JEFF MCMILLEN—REGISTER OF DEEDS (INCUMBENT).PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

JULIE YOUNG—COUNTY COMMISSION 1ST DISTRICT (INCUMBENT)

*NORA HARVEY—COUNTY COMMISSION 2ND DISTRICT. PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

JOE JOHNSON—COUNTY COMMISSION 2ND (INCUMBENT)

MYRON RHODY—COUNTY COMMISSION 2ND

JACK BARTON—COUNTY COMMISSION 3RD DISTRICT (INCUMBENT)

*BOBBY JOHNSON—COUNTY COMMISSION 3RD. PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

WAYNE CANTRELL—COUNTY COMMISSION 4TH (INCUMBENT)

SCOTT LITTLE—COUNTY COMMISSION 4TH DISTRICT

*BOBBY TAYLOR—COUNTY COMMISSION 4TH DISTRICT. PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

ANITA PUCKETT—COUNTY COMMISSION 5TH (INCUMBENT)

*BETTY ATNIP—COUNTY COMMISSION 6TH DISTRICT (INCUMBENT).
PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

*JEFF BARNES—COUNTY COMMISSION 6TH DISTRICT (INCUMBENT). PETITION RETURNED AND VERIFIED

KEVIN ROBINSON—COUNTY COMMISSION 7TH DISTRICT (INCUMBENT)

LARRY SUMMERS—COUNTY COMMISSION 7TH DISTRICT (INCUMBENT)

BETH PAFFORD—COUNTY COMMISSION 7TH

POTENTIAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR AUGUST 2, 2018

PATRICK RAY—SHERIFF (INCUMBENT)

SUSAN MARTIN—CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

SEAN DRIVER—TRUSTEE (INCUMBENT)

DANNY HALE—ROAD SUPERVISOR

REED EDGE—ROAD SUPERVISOR

TOM CHANDLER—COUNTY COMMISSION 1ST

SABRINA FARLER—COUNTY COMMISSION 2ND

GREG MATTHEWS—COUNTY COMMISION 4TH

JERRY ADCOCK—COUNTY COMMISSION 5TH (INCUMBENT)

MATT ADCOCK—COUNTY COMMISSION 6TH

BRUCE MALONE—COUNTY COMMISSION 7TH

The qualifying deadline is less than a month away for candidates planning to run for county wide offices or positions on the county commission in 2018.

The last day candidates may qualify to run is NOON February 15, 2018. That applies to Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

DeKalb County Democrats will be nominating candidates in a primary set for May 1. Republicans will nominate candidates by caucus on Sunday, February 11. Nominees of both parties and any independents will run in the August General Election. Winners will take office September 1 and serve for four years.

Thursday, February 1 is the deadline for sheriff candidates to file an affidavit of qualification with the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) and for county road superintendent candidates to file an affidavit of qualification with the Tennessee Highway Officials Certification Board.

The following county offices are up for election in 2018: Road Supervisor, County Mayor, Circuit Court Clerk, Sheriff, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, and Trustee and for the county commission in each of the seven districts (two per district for a total of 14).

The qualifying deadline for five school board seats, municipal elections in Smithville, Dowelltown, Liberty, and Alexandria, and for the August state primaries is noon April 5.

Up for election in August will be school board seats in Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7.

City seats up for grabs in August are: In Smithville the Mayor and two aldermen positions; in Dowelltown three aldermen seats; in Liberty the Mayor and five aldermen spots and in Alexandria the Mayor and four aldermen positions including one alderman to fill a two year unexpired term.

State primary races in August will include State Senator in District 17, State House in District 40 and 46, Sixth District Congressman, Governor, and US. Senator.

January 19, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Family members of the late Rosa Stokes attended a number retirement ceremony at DCHS Friday night for Rosa who wore #55 during her years as a Lady Tiger Basketball player from 1979-83. Rosa passed away in 2003 from a heart condition.

The ceremony was held between the boys and girls DCHS basketball games against Watertown.

As the family entered the gymnasium to begin the ceremony carrying the banner with Rosa’s name and number, they were greeted by cheers, applause and a standing ovation from the crowd in the stands including members of the DCHS Class of 1983 and Rosa’s former DCHS teammates.

Members of Rosa’s family participating in the tribute Friday night were Margaret Johnson (aunt), John Johnson, Thomas Stokes, and Robert Stokes (uncles), Kim Johnson (cousin), and Cheryl Whitfield, Sonya White, Estella Clark, Margaret Donnell, Amber Donnell, Latisha Donnell, Renita Robinson, and Marquis Donnell.

Raised in Alexandria, Rosa began playing basketball at DeKalb West School for the Lady Bulldogs under Coach Danny Parkerson in elementary school during the mid to late 1970s.

Her star shone even brighter at DCHS under Coach Mickey Bilyeu from 1979-83 where she scored over 1,500 points as a Lady Tiger (known as Tigerette at the time) and was named All District, All Upper Cumberland, All Mid-State and Honorable Mention All State.

VIEW VIDEO OF CEREMONY

After her playing days at DCHS, Rosa continued her basketball career as a member of the Cumberland University Lady Bulldogs in Lebanon where she made an indelible impact on the program becoming a prolific scorer and rebounder. As a Lady Bulldog, Rosa scored over 1,000 points and grabbed more than 1,000 rebounds. In 2009 she was posthumously inducted into the Cumberland University Hall of Fame.Cumberland plays a tournament in her name each December.

Stokes entered the coaching ranks after her collegiate career with assistant coaching stints at the University of Louisville, Murray State University, Tennessee Tech University, UT-Chattanooga, and Long Beach State University, where she served as associate head coach. In the summer of 2001, she was named head women’s coach at Georgia Southwestern University in Americus, Georgia and served in this capacity until 2003. Rosa passed away on August 7, 2003 from a heart related condition.

Although he could not attend the ceremony Friday night, Rosa’s high school coach Mickey Bilyeu issued a statement which was read during the program. “In my 24 years as a head basketball coach I had many players who were exceptional and Rosa was one of those you would call “special”. She didn’t always have the support system, extra motivators or advantages that many players of today have, but she was one of the most focused, coachable and extremely intense players that a coach could ever want. Her personality carried her a long way in life and she will never be forgotten. She always had that big smile”.

The banner bearing Rosa’s number 55 will be permanently hung in the DCHS gymnasium as a tribute to one of DeKalb County’s greatest athletes.

January 19, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps has announced the 2017-2018 Teachers of the Year at the building level of the five schools in the county.

This year’s honorees are Heather Shehane at Smithville Elementary School; Shelly Jennings at Northside Elementary School; Cynthia Wilson at DeKalb West School; Suzette Barnes at DeKalb Middle School; and Sara Halliburton at DeKalb County High School.

“Our district’s Teacher of the Year program recognizes and honors outstanding teachers in DeKalb County. We applaud teachers who care about our children, who devote their professional lives to enriching the lives of DeKalb students, and who demonstrate exceptional gains in student achievement. We are not just exceptionally proud of our Teachers of the Year, but we are also grateful for all of our educators in DeKalb County,” said Director Cripps.

Shehane is a first grade teacher and is in her 6th year of teaching.

Jennings teaches fourth grade English Language Arts and social studies. She is in her 12th year.

Wilson is in her 28th year. She teaches English Language Arts and social studies for the eighth grade.

Barnes is in her 9th year of teaching seventh grade Reading/Language Arts and science.

Halliburton teaches biology for ninth through twelfth grades. This is her 6th year in the classroom.

According to Michelle Burklow, Supervisor of Instruction, “Competition for the district-wide John Isabell Teacher of the Year award continues through February, and will be announced at DeKalb County’s Teacher of the Year Banquet in the spring. Additionally, three DeKalb County teachers will be chosen by a committee to compete at the regional level in March, and if selected they will represent DeKalb County at the state level competition.”

Teachers of the Year are selected competitively through five cycles: Building, System, Field Service Core Center Region, Grand Division and State; and from three categories (levels of teaching); Grades Pre K-4, 5-8, 9-12.

Teachers selected at each cycle receive local recognition and awards underwritten by local sources. State recognition/awards include a banquet honoring the nine State Teacher of the Year finalists and certificates of appreciation from the governor. In addition, the State Finalists and the State Teacher of the Year receive cash awards.

Dr. Kathy Bryant, Supervisor of Instruction, concludes, “The Tennessee Teacher of the Year Program is designed to promote effective teaching practices by recognizing and rewarding outstanding teachers while encouraging others to join the teaching profession.”

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