DeKalb County Neighbors Helping Neighbors Blood Assurance Drive Today (Monday)

October 11, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

A DeKalb County Neighbors Helping Neighbors Blood Assurance Drive will be Monday, October 11 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the County Complex. The blood drive will be set up outside at the bloodmobile bus.

All donors will be given a Fall into Adventure” mug and entered into a drawing for a chance to win a “2021 Side-by-Side”. To schedule an appointment, go to Bloodassurance.org/dekalbneighbors or contact Jimmy Poss at 615-464-7426 or jimposs72@yahoo.com. Please remember to EAT A GOOD MEAL and drink additional water and bring a photo ID.

Blood Assurance is the SOLE blood provider for our local hospitals. Save time on your donation by answering your health questions the day of the drive prior to arriving. Download “bloodassurance.org/quickscreen” onto your phone. This will save you 10 minutes on the mobile.

October 11, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigerettes will host an Alumni Softball Game on Sunday, October 24 at 2 p.m. at the Danny Bond Field.

The cost of registration is $25 which includes a t-shirt. Registration: Venmo payment@tigerettes-softball. Please include participant information (name, year of graduation, position played, & shirt size). Participant waiver form can be signed before the game.

Alumni interested may call Karen France at 615-598-5943, Cindy Taylor at 615-464-8643, Mindy Griffith at 615-464-5551, Sabra Murphy at 615-417-1063, Renee Walker at 931-808-0169, Sabrina Farler at 615-464-8624, or Jennifer Hatfield at 615-318-5567.

The cost of admission is $5.00. Concessions will be available

October 10, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The newest fire truck in the fleet of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department is being readied to go into service at the Liberty Station.

County Fire Chief Donny Green said the 2021 model freightliner demo truck recently arrived and is being marked and equipped.

“It came pretty basic. We had to get the decals and the shelving and we will have to put the loose equipment on it such as the hoses, nozzles, axes, flashlights, etc,” said Chief Green.

The truck was purchased thanks in part to a Community Facility Services Grant under the USDA Rural Development Program.

In January, County Mayor Tim Stribling was contacted by Rural Development and made aware that a census tract in the western portion of the county met the grant program priorities for funds set aside to improve community facilities and safety initiatives. The grant application was filed and administered by the Upper Cumberland Development District (UCDD).

Five months later in June Mayor Stribling was contacted by Dan Beasley, Acting State Director for Tennessee Rural Development, and informed that the DeKalb County Fire Department had been awarded a grant in the amount of $137,500. The grant award, coupled with the county’s obligated matching share of $115,000, put the total project at over $250,000.

Chief Green said while the department wanted a brand new truck it had to settle for a demo model. “We originally tried to buy a brand new truck but when we started looking at budgets because of the COVID situation and supply of available apparatus we saw we were not going to be able to order a new truck and stay within budget so we found this 2021 freightliner. It’s an E-One manufactured truck. It’s a demo and it has 4,000 miles on it although it is a 2021 model. Luckily we were able to find it. It met what we needed as far as configuration and we were able to get it within our budget,” said Chief Green.

Funds from the sale of three older homemade fire trucks recently taken out of service and sold at public auction will be used to buy the shelving and equipment needed for the truck.

The new fire engine will go to the Liberty Station and Liberty’s 2006 model truck will go to the Temperance Hall Fire Station. The 1996 truck at Temperance Hall will be moved to the Austin Bottoms Community Fire Station to replace a 1987 truck which will be used as the department’s reserve truck going forward. The current reserve truck, a 1979 model will be removed from service to be declared surplus and sold.

Chief Green said his department wants to express appreciation for County Mayor Tim Stribling’s and the County Commission’s support and commitment to the local grant match for this new fire engine. Additionally, Chief Green said he extends his sincere thanks to the staff at USDA’s Rural Development for helping prepare and administer this grant project.

Mayor Stribling said that he is proud of our county fire department and the commitment they show every day for protecting and serving our county’s citizens and visitors. “These men and women volunteer to provide professional emergency services and we need to make sure we are doing what we can do provide them with safe equipment. I also want to thank the DeKalb County Commission and the staff at Rural Development and UCDD for their guidance and support in the application and administration of this grant,” said Stribling.

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