Local Effort Underway to Lend a Hand to Victims of Putnam County Tornado

March 4, 2020
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The DeKalb County Government, City of Smithville, and the Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce are helping to coordinate efforts to help collect needed items for the Cookeville-Putnam County Tornado victims.

“We have had such an outpouring of requests to help, that we wanted to give our community a local opportunity to give” said Chamber Director Suzanne Williams, “County Mayor Tim Stribling contacted the Cookeville Community Center, and they expressed so much gratitude for DeKalb’s offer of assistance.”

The current list of needed items include:

•Baby Items: formula, baby food, diapers (all sizes), & baby wipes
•Toiletries: deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, razors, feminine products, lotion, soap, toothbrushes/paste, hairbrushes, combs
•Non-perishable food items

New items:
•Plastic Totes
•Flashlights
•Batteries
•Work Gloves
•Latex Gloves
•First Aid Items/Kits

•Pillows
•Towels
•Laundry Detergent

No Longer Accepting:
•Clothes (of any kind)
•Water Bottles
•Pillows
•Blankets
•Toilet Paper
•Pet Supplies
•Furniture
•Kitchen Items
•Cleaning Supplies

During their regular business hours, drop-off locations include the DeKalb Courthouse Main Floor, Smithville Police Department (located downstairs in Smithville City Hall), and 3 locations at the DeKalb County Complex including the County Register of Deeds office, Community Center area, and the DeKalb Senior Center.

Please make all donations by Tuesday, March 10th. All donations will be collected to deliver to Cookeville on Wednesday morning.

March 4, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Florence & White Ford and the Ford Motor Company are again offering DCHS Tigerette Softball the opportunity to raise thousands of dollars with their annual test drive program on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tigerette softball fans can earn money for the program by simply test-driving a new Ford at the school.

It’s the annual “Ford Drive 4 UR School” at DCHS. Take a spin in a new Ford vehicle. For every test-drive taken, Ford Motor Company will donate $20 to the school, for a total of up to $6,000 per event. The more fans who come out and test drive a new Ford vehicle, the more money will be made for DCHS Tigerette Softball.

“We are very blessed to have such a wonderful community, and very thankful for the continued support. We look forward to seeing everyone there,” said DCHS Tigerette Coach Danny Fish.

March 4, 2020
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A resolution reaffirming Tennessee’s Constitutional status as a sovereign state as well as the General Assembly’s authority as a separate and independent branch of state government passed the House Chamber 75-25 on March 2.

State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, R-Lancaster, sponsored HJR741 which reaffirms the constitutional duty and exclusive authority and power of the Tennessee General Assembly to appropriate taxpayer dollars and balance the state budget.

Weaver filed her resolution after the governor announced in December he would allow refugees to resettle in Tennessee. That decision follows an executive order by President Donald Trump to allow states and local governments to opt-in on whether they would resettle refugees.

“I applaud the General Assembly for strongly supporting this legislation,” Weaver said. “This resolution sends a clear message that we object to the governor’s actions which violates the constitutional duty and power of the legislature. This is an involuntary transfer of federal costs that creates a coerced expenditure of state dollars without approval of the General Assembly.”

Tennessee in 2017 became one of the first states in the nation to sue the federal government for compelling the state to pay for a federal program like refugee resettlement. The lawsuit cites a violation of the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

“A federal program should be 100 percent funded by the federal government,” Weaver said.

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