Ken Tackett, a PGA Tour Tournament and Rules Official from Charleston, West Virginia, will be the featured guest on “All About Sports with Ken and Pete” Friday morning, May 11 at 8:30 a.m. on WJLE.

Tackett will be LIVE from the Players Championship at Sawgrass in Florida.

Ken graduated of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida with a Bachelor Degree in Jazz Studies.

Prior to joining the PGA TOUR he was Executive Director of the West Virginia Golf Association where he focused on the development of the game of golf in West Virginia.

In addition to his duties with the PGA TOUR Ken is a professional musician who plays all over the U.S. with several acts including Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., winner of Americas’s Got Talent- season 6. Ken also serves on the Board of Trustees for Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia, the State’s largest hospital.

Ken is married to Tammy and has two children, Hannah and Zachary.

“All About Sports with Ken and Pete” features weekly commentary and special guests talking about baseball, golf and a variety of other local, regional, state, and national sporting events. Listeners also have a chance to win giveways during the show.

The program is hosted by Ken Lacy and Pete Ferguson, who have been associated with Riverwatch Golf & Resort and who now serve as managers of the Smithville Municipal Golf Course and Swimming Pool.

Sports fans be sure to tune in weekly for “All About Sports with Ken and Pete” Fridays at 8:30 a.m. on WJLE AM 1480 and FM 101.7 and LIVE Stream at www.wjle.com.

Summer time is just around the corner, and school is almost over. You may be making plans for a beach or theme park vacation, but University of Tennessee Extension encourages parents to consider sending their youth to 4-H camp. 4-H is the youth development program of UT Extension, which cooperates with Tennessee State University and volunteers to deliver quality youth programs throughout the year, including summer camp.

With a long tradition of youth development and STEM education, 4-H camps offered across the state are an amazing opportunity. Junior camp is for anyone currently in 4th-6th grade and takes place at Clyde York 4-H center in Crossville. DeKalb County 4-H members can attend this camp June 11th-15th. It features shooting sports, arts and crafts, swimming and a water slide, canoeing and kayaking, zip lining, sports and games, and much more! Cost is $300 which includes all meals, room & board, transportation, t-shirt, and activities. Registration deadline is May 18th.

Tennessee 4-H camps are a chance for youth to explore their relationship with the world around them while having loads of fun. Tennessee 4-H camps move by the motto “learn by doing” and also by 4-H’s experiential learning method of ‘Do, Reflect, and Apply.’ Youth are engaged and involved from the time they arrive to the time they depart,” says Daniel Sarver, a youth development specialist with UT Extension.

Not only are campers having fun, making new friends, and creating life-long memories, but they are learning responsibility and life skills while being away from home. Many parents may worry about sending their children to camp, but Tennessee 4-H camps are accredited by the American Camp Association, are directed by caring professionals and volunteers, which include on-site camp staff and county 4-H agents.

For more information and to register for camp, please stop by the UT/TSU Extension office located in County Complex or call 615-597-4945. Payment plans are available. 4-H is a proud part of UT/TSU Extension, the UT Institute of Agriculture, and the TSU Cooperative Extension Program. UT/TSU Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment through the cooperation of county, state, and federal governments. Programs are open to all people regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, or disability.

The City of Smithville will be losing more than $60,000 a year in local option sales tax revenue to the county.

A recent study by a Murfreesboro firm, under contract with the county, found that local sales tax revenue derived by a handful of businesses located near but outside the city limits of Smithville were erroneously being credited to the city instead of the county. That money, which comes to $60,568 for the last 12 months, will be re-directed from the city to the county. All future local sales tax receipts from those businesses will now be credited to the county.

City Administrator Hunter Hendrixson made the mayor and aldermen aware of the finding during Monday night’s monthly city council meeting.

“I got a letter from the Financial and Control Division of the Tennessee Department of Revenue concerning our local sales tax. They sent me a list of businesses and asked if they were inside or outside the incorporated city limits. Every one of those (businesses) they sent me were outside of the city limits. We’ve been collecting local sales taxes from those businesses for a long time. The state went back twelve months filed by the taxpayers of those businesses. The amount of local sales tax credited to the city in error is $60, 568. This amount will be deducted from the City of Smithville and credited to DeKalb County,” said Hendrixson.

The review was authorized by the county commission last October when it entered into a Revenue Enhancement Consulting Agreement with the Barrett Group of Murfreesboro.

During a prior workshop, Donna Barrett of the Barrett Group addressed the county commission to explain the proposal.

Under the agreement, the Barrett Group was to conduct a review to make sure the county is getting all the revenues it is due from various state taxes that local businesses pay including sales tax, Hall income tax, beer and liquor tax, excise tax, etc.

For example, if a municipality within the county is found from this review to be erroneously receiving any tax revenues from businesses outside of the municipality, then the mistake will be corrected and the tax money will be re-directed to the county.

The Barrett Group is to receive 50% of any extra revenues generated to the county from this review only for the first year. After the first year, no further fees will be paid to Barrett. Had the review turned up no mistakes, the county would not have owed Barrett anything.