Feeding More Families Than Ever!

December 24, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A record breaker!

Just a month after preparing and delivering hot Thanksgiving Day meals to hundreds of underprivileged and underserved people in the community, members of the DeKalb Emergency Services  Association and other caring volunteers did the same on Saturday, December 23 just two days before Christmas Day.

According to Blake Cantrell, spokesperson for the DESA, meals were sent to 870 people in 238 households across the county Saturday morning. That is the largest delivery in the history of this annual effort by DESA.

Cooking and food preparation started early at the county complex kitchen. Volunteers then loaded their personal vehicles with food trays made up of ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, roll, and a homemade dessert and set out to deliver them to homes along the routes in time for the recipients’ noon time meal.

Feeding the hungry during Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve has become an annual effort of the DeKalb Emergency Services Association (DESA), in partnership with local businesses and volunteers.

“Although members of the DeKalb Emergency Services Association organize this effort, we get a lot of support from a lot of places,” said Cantrell. “We have volunteers here that provide homemade desserts, fill the food trays, and make deliveries to the homes. The majority of our kitchen crew consists of emergency service workers, and they start working at 7 a.m. We especially want to thank Liberty Star Arms and DeKalb Funeral Chapel because both have made donations to sponsor these meals. Liberty Star had a raffle to raise funds during their recent grand opening and DeKalb Funeral Chapel had a Christmas ornament sale to support this project,” said Cantrell.

With the success of both the Thanksgiving and Christmas meal endeavors, Cantrell said DESA is considering having another meal delivery during the year in 2024.

December 24, 2023
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 Ivadell Randolph at 615-464-8129, Nancy Young at 615-785-3496, Melanie Judkins at 615-464-7664, Renea Cantrell at 615-684-2688, or Gail Taylor 615-597-5936.

The names of 2023 Honorees are as follows:

Billy Adcock, Lisa Anderson, Diana Atnip, Tracie Webb Baker, Kim Banks, Era Mai Billings, Dorothy Bratcher, Harold Bratcher, Jean Cook, Andrew Jackson Dakas, Debi Depriest, Jennifer Carter Dunn, Earl D. France, Phyllis Hallum, Radley Hendrixson, Connie Herrick, Edie Hobson, Eddie Hobson, Jo Doris Johnson, Walter Johnson, Beverly Jones, Donald Knowles, Evelyn Martin, James Martin, Nate Martin, Britney Miller, Cameron Miller, Lisa Taylor Moore, Jo Ann Newbell, Steve Officer, Walteen Parker, Ernest Ray, Ronnie Redmon, Sr., Ann Rowland, Carolyn Sheets, Margie Smith, Renee Songer, Gail Taylor, George Taylor, Frances Waggoner, Sandra Wall, Phillip Washer, Richard Widener, Nancy Napier Vafeas, Brad  Vaughn, and Susan L. Young,

Those in memory are as follows:
Jordan Thomas Adams, Linda Adcock, Grady Agee, B. Akin, Frances Malone Akin, John D. Akin, Mai Akin, Angie Malone Allen, Bill Ambrose, Cindy Armour, Linda Armour, Jared Atnip,

Marie Barrett, Alan Bradford, Delynn Burgess

Wallace Caldwell, Bertha Cantrell, David Cantrell, Donald Cantrell, Ernest P. Cantrell, Mattie Adcock Cantrell, Nelta Cantrell, Martha Cathcart, W.A. Cathcart, Ellen Clayton, Barry Cook, Billy J. Cook, Bob Cook, Carolyn Parker Cook, Charles D. Cook, James Buddy Cook, Jessie Cook, Norman Cook, Pam Baker Cook, Rubye Cook, Eva Crook, Grady Crook, Bobbie Don Curtis, Jimmy Curtis, Roy Pig Curtis, Ralph Curtis,

Harold Dawes, Elsie Driver, Irene Cook Durso, Tony Durso,

Homer Lee Ellis, Roberta Ellis,

Billy J. France, Danny Foutch, Willie Foutch,

Royce L. Givens, Jr., James Goodwin, Timothy Grandstaff, John Paul Grubbs, Larry Gwyn, Leonard Gwyn, Jr.,

Macon Haas, Donna Hafey, Brownie Haley, Frances Haley, Wiley Hancock, Lucille Cook Harris, Barry Hayes, Bobbye Harrison, Esker Harrison, Eva Harrison, Earl Herrick, Greg Herron, Sr., Letita Herron, Edward Hobson, Ronnie Hobson, Jimmy Hullett,

Jonathon Ivey

Amy Johnson, Annie Rhea Johnson, Calvin Jones, Earl Judkins, Len Judkins, Linda Judkins, Marie Judkins,

Lori Ann Kelsey, Edsel Kilgore, Donna Kay Knowles,

C.H. Lockhart, Jr., Donnie Lohorn, Faye Lohorn, Charles Loring, Mark Loring, Lynda Luna,

Betty Malone, Billy Malone, Ida Adkin Malone, Betty McMillen, T.C. McMillen, Amy Lynn Miller, Jessie Mai Miller, Cleta Murphy, Michael Murphy,

John Newbell,

J.W. Pack, Calysta Pedigo, Everette Pedigo,

Evelyn Ramsey, David Randolph, Dr. Greg Ray, David Redmon, Everett Redmon, Lou Redmon, Noel Redmon, Odell Redmon,  Sabra Redmon, Vivian Redmon, Christine Reeder, Melvin Reeder, Dennis Rigsby, Kyle Robinson, Horace Rosson,

Zona Selby, Wayne Shuttleworth, Donald Smith, Nan Smith, Virgil Smith, Jordan Steinbach, Marlene Haas Stoglin,

Albert Taylor, Buddy Taylor, Cora Taylor, Johnnie Agee Taylor, U.B. Taylor, Winnie Taylor, Shelby Tittsworth, Debbie Tuggle,

Green Wall, Maud Wall, Delton Washer, Houston Washer, Chris Webb, Charles Williams, Mike Williams, Donna Willoughby, Richard Wilt, Anthony Wright,

Georgie Young, Kenneth Young, and Marie Young.

December 23, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers closed out the week before Christmas with a 64 to 45 loss to Loretto Friday in the Adidas Shootout at Murfreesboro Riverdale.

The Tigers are now 7-7.

DC led 14 to 13 after the 1st period but trailed 32 to 27 at halftime and 52 to 43 after the 3rd period before losing 64 to 45.

Jordan Parker led the Tigers in scoring with 11 followed by Dallas Kirby 10, Seth Fuson 9, Jon Hendrix 6, Alex Antoniak 4, Owen Snipes 3, and Ian Colwell with 2 points.

The Tigers, who had beaten Sipsey Valley High 45 to 42 in the Adidas Shootout Wednesday , went to Sparta Thursday where they faced York Institute and lost 65 to 48 in the Frank’s Christmas Shootout.

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