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Sarah J. Cripps to Address Tech Grads on Saturday
December 14, 2018
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Tennessee Tech’s 856 fall graduates will hear ideas on how to be lifelong learners during Saturday’s commencement ceremonies.
Sarah J. Cripps, a 1994 Tech graduate, attended public school in DeKalb County and was the first totally blind student to have been mainstreamed in Tennessee public school system throughout the entirety of her secondary school career.
Cripps returns to her alma mater as the commencement speaker where she earned a bachelor’s degree in history with a 4.0 grade point average and received the university’s highest honor, the Derryberry Award. While at Tech, she was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Mortar Board, Phi Alpha Theta, Omicron Delta Kappa and was named a Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.
Cripps earned a law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law and over the past 20 years has maintained a solo practice in Smithville. She also served as Smithville’s city attorney for several years.
She is married to Raymond Mack Garner, an attorney in Maryville, who serves as the elected fifth district public defender. They have two dogs: Iris Bronte Cripps, a Yorkshire terrier; and Penny Garner, a Standard Poodle.
Her hobbies include playing the guitar and singing folk music, reading, swimming and hiking.
Graduates of the arts and sciences, engineering, interdisciplinary studies and nursing programs will walk in the 9:30 a.m. commencement while graduates of the agriculture and human ecology, business and education programs will walk in the 2 p.m. commencement.
The fall 2018 graduating class consist of women and men from 73 counties throughout Tennessee, 24 states and 28 other countries. Those receiving undergraduate degrees represent 38 fields of study while those receiving graduate degrees represent 25 fields of study.
Commencement ceremonies will be held in the Hooper Eblen Center.
Woman Killed in Liberty Car Crash
December 14, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A 28 year old Smithville woman lost her life in a two car crash Thursday night on Highway 70 at Liberty.
Dead is Amanda L. Smith.
According to the accident report filed by Trooper Chris Delong of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Smith and 30 year old Raymond H. Rollins of Smithville were in a white 1998 Ford Mustang traveling west in the eastbound lanes and struck a 2014 Honda Accord, driven by 36 year old Charlie R. Holman of Sparta who was eastbound in the right hand lane. As Holman attempted to swerve left to avoid a collision, the right front end of the Mustang struck his car on the passenger side. At last report the THP had not determined whether Smith or Rollins had been driving the Mustang. Both Rollins and Holman sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash
Smith was not airlifted as previously reported. DeKalb EMS performed CPR on Smith at the scene and transported her to Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital where she was pronounced dead. A helicopter ambulance had been summoned but was later cancelled.
Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene.
DCHS Student Government Association Seeks to Build Relationship with Board of Education
December 14, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
The Student Government Association at DeKalb County High School has reorganized hoping to have a closer relationship with the Board of Education.
Dulce Maciel, an honors student at DCHS and member of the Association, addressed the Board of Education Thursday night during its regular monthly meeting.
“Our mission is to reach out to the Board of Education on any impending issues at DCHS and see if there is a way to resolve it and have a connecting relationship together,” said Maciel.
The Board is made up of students in 9th through 12th grade.
Donna Emmons, DCHS educator and one of four sponsors of the Association, said the group plans to have at least one student member attend each school board meeting. “We have 30 members made up of class officers and people interested in student government and community improvement. The students have elected a board of directors (six members) and will be attending the Board of Education meetings,” she said.
In other business, Board Chairman W.J. (Dub) Evins III gave the Director’s monthly personnel report.
Martha Melching has been granted a leave of absence. Resignations since November are Kathy Jacobs, bus driver, Cody Pack, custodian, and Ken Taylor, bus driver.
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