“Margo” Ready to Go from the DeKalb Animal Shelter (View Video Here)

June 29, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb Animal Shelter has a variety of playful dogs available for adoption including “Margo”, the WJLE featured “Pet of the Week”.

DeKalb Animal Shelter Employee Emmaly Bennett with Margo from dwayne page on Vimeo.

“Margo is about a year and a half old and has been spade. She is a super good dog but is still very much a puppy. She loves to play especially with other dogs. If you are interested in adopting Margo please come to the shelter to meet her first and if you have other pets bring them too to make sure they are compatible because Margo is very dominate. Margo would probably be a better fit for a no kid household or homes with children age 10 or older because she is scared of small children,” said Shelter employee Emmaly Bennett.

“To adopt Margo, go to our website. www.dekalbanimalcoalition.org and look for a tab to fill out an application. Fill it out and email it back to us. We will call to set up an appointment time for you to come in and meet Margo to see if she is a perfect fit for you,” said Bennett.

The DeKalb Animal Shelter is currently only open by appointment due to Covid-19.

“We are not currently open to the public for in-person visits but all our pets are posted online. Stay up to date with us on our website, facebook page, or Instagram,” said Shelter Director Megan Moore.

June 29, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Almost every year since its beginning, the Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival has counted on the Community Chorus to deliver a stirring patriotic program  as the festival usually falls on or near the 4th of July

In 2019, the Jamboree audience was treated to the chorus’ presentation of “Which Way America”.

View the entire performance in the video below.

MAH00063 from dwayne page on Vimeo.

June 28, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A Spring Hill teenager, the focus of a TBI Endangered Child Alert, and a 16-year-old Indiana boy were found late Saturday night in DeKalb County.

The teens, 17 year old Brooke Tabitha Ciolkosz of Spring Hill and 16 year old Dawson Brink of Indiana were taken into custody after authorities tracked them from a cell phone ping. They were asleep in a tent near their white pickup truck which was stuck on an old logging trail off Parsley Road near Center Hill Lake. An AR-15 rifle, fully loaded 30 caliber pistol, and a large amount of ammunition were also found there.

When she went missing Saturday morning, Spring Hill police said Ciolkosz was believed to have left with Brink in a white 1996 Dodge Dakota with a possible Indiana license plate.

The TBI said Brink took the truck from his home without permission and also left with an AR-15, a handgun, and a large amount of ammunition. Both teens were considered endangered.

Prior to their arrests, police said the last known possible location of the two was on Interstate 40 at 9 a.m. Saturday headed east bound approximately 30 miles west of Cookeville.

In a prepared statement, Sheriff Patrick Ray said a search began locally Saturday night after someone spotted a suspicious vehicle on Parsley Road.

“A call came into Central Dispatch at 8:42 p.m. about a white pickup which had gone down a logging road and not come out. A deputy searched the area but did not see or hear anything”.

“At 11:30 p.m., Chief Deputy Robert Patrick and I (Sheriff Ray) began working with a Detective from Spring Hill concerning the two runaways, identified as Ciolkosz and Brink, who were considered armed and dangerous. The teens were in a white Dodge Dakota pickup truck with Indiana tags and they had in their possession an AR-15 Rifle, a pistol and large amounts of ammo. The Spring Hill Detective was also tracking the juveniles’ cell phone movements. Their phone pinged around the cell tower at Silver Point. Meanwhile the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Highway Patrol searched an area near Interstate 40 and on Tucker Ridge Road in Putnam County looking for the teens”.

“As Chief Deputy Patrick and I were enroute to Parsley Road, Brink’s father called the Spring Hill Detective and said he was on Parsley Road with the complainant who made the initial call about seeing a suspicious vehicle,” Sheriff Ray continued.

“I (Sheriff Ray) then contacted a Tennessee Highway Patrolman, who was also looking for the juveniles in Putnam County, to meet them”.

“At 11:52 p.m., Chief Deputy Patrick, 4 members of the Sheriff’s Department, a Tennessee Highway Patrolman, and I arrived on Parsley Road. After walking down a logging road that led to the lake we found the white Dodge Dakota which was stuck. The juveniles were there asleep outside of the vehicle in a tent. They were awakened and taken into custody without incident. A fully loaded 40 caliber pistol and an AR-15 rifle were also recovered,” said Sheriff Ray.

No local charges will be sought on the juveniles.

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