Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections Underway

November 9, 2022
By:

Donny Green, County Executive Director of the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency, announces that the 2022 FSA County Committee elections are underway as ballots were mailed to eligible voters in Local Administrative Area (LAA) # 3 (DeKalb County) on November 7.

December 5, 2022 will be the last day to postmark voted ballots returned by mail, or to deliver voted ballots to the local FSA office.

The following candidates were nominated, and determined eligible, as candidates in the 2022
LAA # 3 election:

Bart Lay: Mr. Lay resides in the Keltonburg Community where he owns and operates a beef cattle farm. Bart recently retired as Agency Manager for DeKalb County Farm Bureau and currently owns a land surveying business.

Shawn Puckett: Mr. Puckett resides in the Four Seasons Community where he owns and operates a beef cattle farm. Shawn is employed with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and is a member of the Board of Directors at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau.

Write-in nominations can be accepted on ballots. However, the write-in nominee must meet eligibility criteria and attest to his or her willingness to serve, if elected, by signing a nominating petition. Agricultural producers were encouraged to submit candidate names during the nomination period that ended August 1, 2022.

“The FSA county committee system is unique among government agencies, because it allows producers to make important decisions concerning the local administration of federal farm programs. All eligible farmers and ranchers, especially minorities and women, are encouraged to get involved and make a real difference in their communities by voting in this year’s elections,” says Green.

To be an eligible voter, farmers and ranchers must participate or cooperate in FSA programs. A person who is not of legal voting age but supervises and conducts the farming operations of an entire farm can also vote.

Eligible voters in DeKalb County LAA # 3 who did not receive a ballot can obtain a ballot at their local USDA Service Center. December 5, 2022 is the last day for voters to submit ballots in person to local USDA Service Centers. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked no later than December 5, 2022. The DeKalb/Cannon FSA County Committee will meet on December 13, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. to canvass and tabulate the ballots. This meeting will be held at the Smithville USDA Service Center and is open to the public. The newly elected committee member and alternates take office January 1, 2023.

November 9, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County residents have the opportunity to donate to the National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child, beginning Monday, November 14 through Monday, November 21.

Operation Christmas Child is a ministry project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993 Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered shoebox gifts to more than 198 million children in more than 170 countries and territories.

For many of these children, the gift filled shoebox is the first gift they have ever received. Also, to help offset shipping costs, participants are asked to donate $10 per shoebox gift. They will receive a tracking label, enabling them to learn the destination of their shoebox gift.

Buckner’s and Allen’s Chapel will be hosting the Operation Christmas Child drop off this year at Allen’s Chapel United Methodist Church (Smithville, TN)

Times are as follows.
Monday, November 14: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 15th: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 16th: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 17th: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Friday, November 18th: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 19th: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 20th: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Monday, November 21st: 9 a.m. to 12 noon

Cardboard green and white shoeboxes and the labels are available if anyone needs them. When you come to the church, you will drive around the back and drop off at the basement door.

For more information, including guidelines for shoebox gifts and an option to virtually “Build a Box,” click the link below

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/pack-a-shoe-box/

This holiday season you can experience the true meaning of Christmas with a child in need by simply packing your shoeboxes with toys, hygiene items, school supplies, and other small gifts. Now, more than ever, CHILDREN NEED HOPE.

November 9, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County turnout for the Election Tuesday was better than in August but not as large as the November elections in 2020 or 2018.

A total of 5,226 people voted Tuesday locally including 3,681 on election day, 1,389 during the walk-in early voting period and 156 by absentee.

In the August DeKalb County General Election and Tennessee Primaries, total of 4,794 people voted including 2,214 on election day and 2,357 during early voting. There were 223 absentee voters. That turnout represented 37.14% of the total number of registered voters at 12,909.

A record number of voters turned out for the Presidential election locally in November 2020 totaling 8,542 including 4,606 early voters, 511 absentees and 3,425 on election day.

Four years ago, in November, 2018, the DeKalb County turnout was 6,030 people including 3,135 early voters and absentees and 2,895 on election day.

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