County Reports Strong Sales Tax Performance in November

December 24, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County’s share of local option sales tax collections for November 2021 outperformed the same month in 2020 by almost $23,000 according to the Tennessee Department of Revenue. For the county and the four cities therein, combined collections were up by more than $52,000.

DeKalb County brought in $139,926 in November 2021 compared to $117,000 for November 2020.

The four cities within DeKalb County also hauled in more local option sales tax revenue.

The comparisons between the two months for each municipality are as follows:
Smithville: $326,672 (November 2021), $301,995 (November 2020)
Alexandria: $27,858 (November 2021), $27,796 (November 2020)
Dowelltown: $2,886 (November 2021), $2,541 (November 2020)
Liberty: $12,727 (November 2021), $8,053 (November 2020)

NET COLLECTIONS (LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX): $510,071 (November 2021), $457,387 (November 2020)

November sales tax collections reflect previous month activity.

December 24, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

During the holidays many families pay tribute to their friends and loved ones, living and deceased, by making a donation in their name to the American Cancer Society to further cancer research and patient services. It’s called “Love Lights a Tree”.

In reality, it’s a tribute board located on the south grounds of the courthouse where names of honorees are displayed throughout the Christmas and New Year holiday season.

The DeKalb County Unit of the American Cancer Society seeks your support. Donations may be made now and the persons you honor or remember do not necessarily have to have suffered from cancer.

The names are in “honor of” and in “memory of” for a donation of five-dollars per name. Forms may be obtained at the local banks. For more information, contact Iva Dell Randolph at 615- 597-5296, Melanie Judkins at 615-464-7664, Renea Cantrell at 615-684-2688, or Gail Taylor 615-597-5936.

The names of 2021 Honorees are as follows:
Chase Adams, Billy F. Adcock, Loretta Adcock, Judith Allen, Kim Ammorse, Lisa Anderson, Tracie Webb Baker, Gentry Barnes, Era Mai Billings, Dorothy Bratcher, Harold Bratcher, Sarah Ellen Colwell, Linda Colvert, Jean Cook, Judy Cook, Andrew Jackson Dakus, Billy Ray Dixon, Sr., Earl D. France, Deana Mai Green, Radley Hendrixson, Edie Hobson, Eddie Hobson, Beverly Jones, Patsy Judkins, Donald Knowles, Betty Malone, Lisa Taylor Moore, Jo Ann Newbell, Micheal Pinegar, Zada Pinegar, Ernest Ray, Kenneth Ray, Ronnie Redmon, Sr., Shelby Reeder, Kevin Sanders, Carolyn Sheets, Ann Shively, Gail Taylor, Lavelle Turner, Nancy Napier Vafeas, Frances Waggoner, Sandra Wall, Tyler Williams, Susan L. Young

Those in memory are as follows:

Linda Adcock, Peggy Adcock, Timmy Adcock, B. Akin, John Akin, Mai Akin, Angie Malone Allen, Bill Ambrose, Cindy Malone Armour, Linda Kilgore Armour, Jared Atnip

Jean Bailey, Jerry Bailey, Tony Bailey, Robert Baines, Margie Barrett, Bentley Rider Bates, Bridget Marie King Bates, Mary M. Boles, Alan Bradford, Larry Bratten,

Aline Caldwell, Walter Caldwell, Truman Campbell, Bertha Cantrell, Nelta Cantrell, Ernest P. Cantrell, Mattie Adcock Cantrell, Martha Cathcart, Will Allen Cathcart, Hazel Chisam, Elaine Close, Harvey Colwell, Harvey Colwell, Jr., Maggie Colwell, Katherine Conger, Barry Cook, Bob Cook, James (Buddy) Cook, Jessie Cook, Pam Baker Cook, Rubye Cook, Paislee Cripps, Eva Crook, Grady Crook, Will Allen Crook, Jimmy Curtis, Ralph Curtis, Roy “Pig” Curtis, Scott Curtis

Terry Daniel, Farrell Dixon, Jimmy Dodd, Todd Dodson, Elsie Driver, Emily Durham, Tony Durso,

Ruth Elder, Barry Elkins, Homer Lee Ellis, Roberta Ellis, Mac Ervin, Violet Jo Evans,

Charlie Justin Ferrell, Danny Ray Ferrell, Joe Brown Ferrell, Joe Dean Ferrell, Linda Carol Ferrell, Sudie Nadean Ferrell, Judy Fish, Jimmy Foster, Danny Foutch, Willie Foutch, Billy J. France, James Alvie France, Nettie Franks, Leonard Freeman, Sr., Leonard “Buddy” Freeman, Jr., Margaret Freeman,

Darwin Gard, James J. Goodwin, Eva Green, Melvin Green, Ruth Greer, Mary Ruth Groom, Leonard Gwyn,Jr,

Macon Haas, Marlene Haas, Brownie Haley, Wiley Hancock, Lucille Cook Harris, Bobbye Harrison, Esker Harrison, Eva Harrison , Helen Hays, Greg Herron, Letitia Herron, Edward Hobson, Ronnie Hobson, Wayne Hubbs, Jimmy Hullett, Deloris Darnell Hutchings, Jamey Douglas Hutchings

Amy Johnson, Bryan Johnson, Calvin Jones, McKinley Jones, Earl Judkins, Len Judkins, Linda Judkins, Marie Judkins,

Lori Ann Kelsey, Jimmy Kimbrell, Donna Kay Knowles,

Carson Lack, Janet Lattimore, Royce Lee, Gary Linder, Nell Linder, Blue Lockhart, C.H. Lockhart, Donnie Lohorn, Fay Lohorn, Charles Loring, Mark Loring, Bracket Luna, Nadean Luna

Billy Malone, Dana Michelle Malone, Ida Malone, Jesse Martin, Stevie Mathis, T.C. McMillen, David Moore, Thomas Walker Moore, Janette Moss, Amy Lynn Miller, Cleta Murphy, Fay Murphy, Michael L. Murphy,

Clarence Neely, Walteen Neely, John Newbell,

J.W. Pack, Buddy Parker, Calysta Pedigo, Everett Pedigo, Donna Phillips, Charles “Toots” Pinegar, J’ne Pucillo, Dexie Pursell, Linda Pursell, Sam Pursell

Evelyn Ramsey, Clyde Lee Randolph, David Randolph, Harold Randolph, Marion Randolph, Marie Alice Randolph, George Ray, Gladys Ray, Dr. Greg Ray, Everett Redmon, Leonard Redmon, Noel Lee Redmon, Odell Redmon, Sabra Jane Redmon, Vivian Redmon, Christine Reeder, Joe A. Reeder, Sr., Melvin Reeder, Mike Rhoten, Sharron Rhoten, Barbara Cline Rice, Dennis Rigsby, Dennis Roller, Horace Rosson,

Chester Sanders, Sandy Sanders, Bettie Sandlin, Erwin Sandlin, Zona Selby, Dale Scott, Robbie Scott, Wayne Shuttleworth, Donald Smith, Nan Smith, Virgil Smith, Helen Smithson, Jack Smithson, Rickey Stanley, Jordan Steinbach,

Albert Taylor, Buddy Taylor, Cora Taylor, Edna Taylor, E. J. Taylor, Kenneth Taylor, Ressie Taylor, Ricky Taylor, Sergeant Shannon Taylor, Tony Taylor, U.B. Taylor, W.B Taylor, Winnie Taylor, Shelby Tittsworth, Elizabeth Tramel, Tallmer Tramel, Wink Tramel, Dibb Tubb, Gertie Tubb, Debbie Tuggle,

Ponzell Usrey

Grady Waggoner, Green Wall, Jack Wall, Dr. J.C. Wall, Maud Wall, Thwaitt Wall, Delton Washer, Houston Washer, Dennis Webb, Ruth Webb, Samuel Wright

Ruth Yates, Amerce Young, Bill Young, Juanita Young, Kenneth Young, L.V. Young,Marie Young, and Talmage Young

December 23, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Eli Cross is an All-American!

The former DCHS football standout and three of his teammates at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky have been selected to the Associated Press NAIA All-America Football team.

Cross and Robert Carter each earned first-team honors while Cameron Dukes and Joe Gressette received second-team accolades. Cross and Gressette were recognized as offensive lineman while Carter was mentioned as a defensive back and Dukes as a quarterback.

Cross, a three year All Mid-South Conference player, is a starting left tackle on the offensive line for the Blue Raiders of Lindsey Wilson.

“I was always hoping that I would be able to get All-American ever since I was in college. I never thought I would,” Cross told WJLE Wednesday. “One of my mentors Zack Lawson was an All-American. He was a left tackle for Lindsey Wilson when I was a true freshman. I always looked up to him and wished one day I would be able to become an All-American but never thinking I would but now it’s a reality. It’s really awesome,” said Cross.

Cross has been named twice this calendar year by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) to the Academic All-America NAIA Football First Team and in October Cross was crowned Homecoming King.

“I was nominated for the homecoming king honor because of my work on campus. I am a student ambassador and give tours for the school to high school freshmen, so they nominated me, and the student body voted on it. Alix Castillo of the student ambassadors was crowned the homecoming queen,” added Cross.

Lindsey Wilson won its first ever NAIA National Championship with a 45 to 13 thumping of Northwestern (Iowa) at Grambling State University in Louisiana in the title game on Monday night, May 10 completing an undefeated spring football season at 11-0 including the Mid-South Conference Championship.

This fall the #1 ranked Blue Raiders set out on a quest to repeat as NAIA National Champions in the same calendar year but their dreams were dashed on December 4 as they lost to #3 Grand View (Iowa) 34-28 in the NAIA FCS Semifinal. The loss was the Blue Raiders (12-1) first in 727 days, last falling 34-24 to Marian (Ind.) in the NAIA FCS Semifinals on Dec. 7, 2019. In the 2021 calendar year, the Blue Raiders were 23-1. Undefeated Morningside went on to beat Grand View 38-28 for the NAIA Title on December 18.

“We went undefeated again in the regular season this fall and won the Mid-South Conference again for the third straight season and then won the first two rounds of the play-offs and made it to the semi-finals and lost by a touchdown,” said Cross.

Although disappointed by the loss and the opportunity to win back-to-back national championships in the same calendar year, Cross said the Blue Raiders had their chances.

“We didn’t execute the best. It was there offensively and defensively. On defense we probably gave up more points than we had the whole year, but they still made critical stops at the end of the game. Offensively we couldn’t get it going. At the beginning we got down 14-0 to start the game but by halftime we were leading 21-20 so we had a chance. We had the ball at the end of the game in the red zone, but we couldn’t convert,” Cross continued.

According to the Associated Press, Cross and Gressette earned NAIA All-America honors for spearheading a lethal offensive attack that posted the third-highest scoring average in the NAIA at 45.1 points per game. Their work upfront led to 463.6 yards per game – the eighth-best average in the NAIA – as the Blue Raiders recorded 2,894 rushing yards and 3,133 passing yards in a balanced attack.

Carter was nominated after a season that included a career-high eight interceptions for 68-yards, including three in a row in a 34-2 victory over No. 4-ranked Keiser (Fla.) setting a new single-game program record for the most interceptions from a single player. In addition to setting a program record, Carter’s eight interceptions also ties for the most in the NAIA this season. Carter contributed 39 total tackles, 12 pass breakups, and a fumble recovery in 13 games for the Blue Raiders this season.

Because of his having been redshirted as a freshman and the spring season not counting against his eligibility, Cross, son of Tony and Shelly Cross of Smithville, plans to continue his collegiate football career for another season at Lindsey Wilson.

“Had there been no COVID pandemic this would have been my last season but because of that I can play another season”.

Cross, a 2017 DCHS graduate, has already completed four years of college at Lindsey Wilson and earned a business administration degree with an emphasis in management and a minor in psychology. He is now working on his master’s degree in Business Administration having completed his first semester.

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