Native American Artifacts Show Saturday, July 23

July 22, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A Native American artifacts show will be held Saturday, July 23 at the Mike Foster Multi-Purpose Center from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and proceeds will benefit the Imagination Library. Admission to the event is free. Parents come and bring your children.

The artifacts show will feature displays ranging from arrow heads to pottery and some items will be available for sale or trade. “I think we have about 55-60 tables. We sell the table (space). It cost $15 for the table per person and that money goes to pay for all the expenses of the show and any money left is donated to the Imagination Library,” said Mike Foster, one of the event organizers.

“Tennessee has probably three or four major shows of this kind and this is one of them so we want to invite everybody to come to see the artifacts. I think you will be pleased with what you see”.

“We will have people who will be buying and selling as well as displaying their artifacts but a lot of trading also goes on between the collectors”, said Foster.

“I like shell beads so I will have a lot of them there along with bone work and tools they (Native Americans) used but I guess the main attraction is flint including arrow heads, spear points, and things like that but there will be some pottery too. I even have a wooden bow from the 1600’s time frame. We’ll have collectors here from Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama among others”.

“You can probably go to any museum in the state of Tennessee and you won’t see the amount of quality and the number of artifacts you will see there. It’s really enjoyable for people who like history or artifacts and it’s free so come on out Saturday because you’ll see some really good collections,” Foster concluded.

The show is sponsored locally and by the Volunteer State Archaeological Society, a non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of prehistoric America. This society is one of the largest of the independent state societies affiliated with Central States Archaeological Societies.

For more information contact Mike Foster at 615-418-5957.

July 22, 2022
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Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2022 has proven to be another productive year for the DeKalb County Clerk’s Office.

Motor vehicle transactions continue an increased trend annually.

“In 2019 our office completed 23,135 transactions compared to 26,118 in 2020, 26,769 in 2021, and 27,397 ending fiscal year June 30, 2022,” said County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss.

Revenue collections have maintained consecutive growth for several years.

“In 2017 annual receipts were $1,621,099.18; 2018 -$1,779,622.48; 2019 – $1,834,038.60; 2020 $1,928,076.43; 2021 $2,530,491.36; and 2022 $2,843,272.51 were receipted,” Poss continued.

Excess fees continued to grow.

“In 2019 $173,711.02 were deposited but that increased to $183,915.29 in 2020 and averaged $227,372.20 for both 2021 and 2022,” said County Clerk Poss.

Title production has also maintained consistent increases for several years.

“In 2013 the office issued locally only 2,897 but by 2015 the number almost doubled to 5,589. In 2017, 2018 & 2019 each year had doubled averaging 6,104 titles. In 2020 the numbers increased to 6,686 and averaged 7,005 for both 2021 and 2022 in the number of titles issued locally. We now consistently print more than over double the titles annually from 8 years ago,” Poss said.

While revenue is important, Poss said so is service and he and his staff strive to deliver a variety of accommodations to the public.

“As a courtesy, our office provides multiple services daily without receiving additional fees. Simply meaning the DeKalb County Clerk’s Office receives no payment or office fees for providing a number of services such as completing particular tasks at the kiosk, computer assistance completing driver license reinstatement payments, fines and handgun carry renewals, obtaining FEIN numbers, filing 2290 forms required for federal heavy vehicle use tax on all plates exceeding 55,000 pounds, filing and paying business tax renewals, and monthly filing and paying sales and use taxes. These and various other tasks are performed daily as a courtesy to our citizens,” County Clerk Poss concluded.

For more information on these and other available services come by the office or call 615-597-5177.

July 21, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A total of 889 people has cast ballots during early voting through Wednesday for the August 4 elections including 853 in person and 36 by absentee. From the total, 713 have voted in the Tennessee Republican Primary and 137 in the Tennessee Democratic Primary while 39 have voted only in the General Election without participating in either state primary.

The municipal election turnout through five days (Friday-Wednesday) is as follows: Smithville Municipal Election- 236; Alexandria 30, Liberty 15, and Dowelltown 12.

The Wednesday (July 20) turnout is as follows:

Smithville (Courthouse): 123 total including 121 in person and 2 absentees, 105 (GOP Primary), 16 (Democratic Primary), 2 (General Election Only), 38 (Smithville Municipal Election), 3 (Liberty Municipal Election, 0 (Alexandria Municipal Election), 2 (Dowelltown Municipal Election).

Voting turnout by district through Wednesday, July 20

District 1—total votes 97
79 GOP; 15 Democratic Primary

District 2—total votes 107
89 GOP; 14 Democratic Primary

District 3—total votes 177
141 GOP; 26 Democratic Primary

District 4—total votes 179
137 GOP; 32 Democratic Primary

District 5—total votes 129
106 GOP; 20 Democratic Primary

District 6—total votes 77
63 GOP; 11 Democratic Primary

District 7—total votes 123
98 GOP; 19 Democratic Primary

Early voting times through July 30 are as follows at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Smithville: Mondays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; Wednesdays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. until Noon. Early voting will also be held again in the western part of the county on a limited basis. The DeKalb County Fairgrounds will be the site of early voting on July 25 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Each early voting site is for any properly registered DeKalb County voter.

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