DeKalb Animal Shelter Seeks Home for “Bunny” the WJLE Featured Pet of the Week (View video here)

October 31, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Homes for the holidays!

The DeKalb Animal Shelter would like to find for their furry friends homes in time for the holidays including “Bunny” the WJLE/DeKalb Animal Shelter featured “Pet of the Week”

“Bunny is our little eight-month-old Lab mix. She is a lap dog, super sweet, and happy. Bunny loves everybody and loves to play. She gets along with other dogs and has been fully vetted and micro-chipped,” said Shelter Director Emmaly Bennett.

“Visit our website at https://www.dekalbanimalsheltertn.com/ to see Bunny’s picture, fill out an adoption application and we will call you to come in and meet her,” said Bennett.

The shelter is open Monday-Friday from 8 to 4 and Saturday from 8 to 12 at 186 Transfer Station Road.

October 30, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A total of 1,695 people has cast ballots in DeKalb County to date with two more days left of early voting for the State and Federal November 8 elections.

Times for early voting at the courthouse through November 3 are as follows: Wednesday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Thursday 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The hours for voting at the 12 precincts on Election Day, November 8th are 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.

The daily breakdown of early voting for this election in DeKalb County is as follows:

Wednesday, October 19- 149 (113 in person and 36 by absentee)
Thursday, October 20- 142 (140 in person and 2 by absentee)
Friday, October 21- 140 (138 in person and 2 by absentee)
Saturday, October 22- 91 (90 in person and 1 by absentee)
Monday, October 24- 122 (110 in person and 12 by absentee)
Tuesday, October 25- 148 (146 in person and 2 by absentee)
Wednesday, October 26- 116 (100 in person and 16 by absentee or assisted living centers)
Thursday, October 27- 215 (152 in person and 12 by absentee in Smithville and 51 in person at the fairgrounds in Alexandria)
Friday, October 28- 160 (152 in person and 8 by absentee)
Saturday, October 29-139 (119 in person and 29 by absentee or NHC Healthcare Center)

Monday, October 31-129 (114 in person and 15 by absentee

Tuesday, November 1-144 (139 in person and 6 by absentee)

Voters will be making their selections for Governor, Congressman and State Representative and voters in the 4th district only will have a candidate for Constable to fill an unexpired term. In addition, voters will be making their choices on four constitutional amendments.

October 29, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The auditorium stage at the Mike Foster Multi-Purpose Center has been upgraded with the addition of a new LED digital video wall thanks in part to a Tennessee Tourism Enhancement Grant.

Suzanne Williams, Director of the Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce, who wrote the grant for the project, and Jeff Nokes, local contractor and owner of Nokes Technical Services Group (NTSG) who spearheaded the installation, unveiled the LED video wall for the county mayor and county commission Monday night.

(View demonstration of the new LED video wall by Suzanne Williams and Jeff Nokes starting 37 minutes into the video below)

Through computer technology, the video wall will enhance all future stage productions using digital videos and animations rather than conventional props and backdrops to enrich the audience entertainment experience. During Monday night’s meeting, the commissioners were treated to you tube video views of scenic places around the world shot in 4K (HD Video) along with animations of a winter snow fall and the American flag waving in the breeze all with a music background.

In addition to enhancing play productions, the video wall can be used during a variety of other special occasion, religious and holiday related events along with banquets, concerts, and meetings. The possibilities are almost limitless.

“The Chamber wrote two Tourism Enhancement Grants. The first one was for the Smithville Jamboree, and it was for $75,000. We were needing a new stage, backdrop, skirting, and all the fixings for the Jamboree stage and then we wrote another Tourism Enhancement Grant the same year for the county complex for a digital backdrop,” said Williams.

The match was $7,500 for each grant funded by the county along with cost overruns.

“It’s a 34’ x 8’ LED wall with a 16-inch hip wall above the floor. The LED wall consists of 400 panels. The way it works is that the computer goes to a processor which sends a signal over an Ethernet cable to the screen. Anything a computer can generate it can be displayed on this LED wall, ” said Nokes.

For anyone who wishes to rent the auditorium and make use of the LED screen a trained technician must be on site scheduled by the county complex staff to operate the system to coordinate the sound system, lighting, and the screen,” added Nokes.

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