Florence & White Ford to Sponsor Test Drive Fundraiser for DCHS Girls Softball Team

March 4, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Florence & White Ford and the Ford Motor Company are again offering DCHS Tigerette Softball the opportunity to raise thousands of dollars with their annual test drive program on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tigerette softball fans can earn money for the program by simply test-driving a new Ford at the school.

It’s the annual “Ford Drive 4 UR School” at DCHS. Take a spin in a new Ford vehicle. For every test-drive taken, Ford Motor Company will donate $20 to the school, for a total of up to $6,000 per event. The more fans who come out and test drive a new Ford vehicle, the more money will be made for DCHS Tigerette Softball.

“We are very blessed to have such a wonderful community, and very thankful for the continued support. We look forward to seeing everyone there,” said DCHS Tigerette Coach Danny Fish.

March 4, 2020
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A resolution reaffirming Tennessee’s Constitutional status as a sovereign state as well as the General Assembly’s authority as a separate and independent branch of state government passed the House Chamber 75-25 on March 2.

State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, R-Lancaster, sponsored HJR741 which reaffirms the constitutional duty and exclusive authority and power of the Tennessee General Assembly to appropriate taxpayer dollars and balance the state budget.

Weaver filed her resolution after the governor announced in December he would allow refugees to resettle in Tennessee. That decision follows an executive order by President Donald Trump to allow states and local governments to opt-in on whether they would resettle refugees.

“I applaud the General Assembly for strongly supporting this legislation,” Weaver said. “This resolution sends a clear message that we object to the governor’s actions which violates the constitutional duty and power of the legislature. This is an involuntary transfer of federal costs that creates a coerced expenditure of state dollars without approval of the General Assembly.”

Tennessee in 2017 became one of the first states in the nation to sue the federal government for compelling the state to pay for a federal program like refugee resettlement. The lawsuit cites a violation of the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

“A federal program should be 100 percent funded by the federal government,” Weaver said.

March 3, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden won their respective Presidential Preference Primaries in Tennessee and DeKalb County on Super Tuesday.

Trump carried every DeKalb County precinct in the GOP Primary for a total of 939 votes. His only Republican rival Bill Weld received just 3 votes in DeKalb County.

Biden won the Democratic Primary in DeKalb County with 447 votes followed by Bernie Sanders with 203 votes and Michael Bloomberg with 165 votes. Elizabeth Warren received 74 votes and Tulsi Gabbard had 6 votes.

Biden carried all 15 precincts in DeKalb County but he and Bloomberg each had 92 votes to lead the pack in early voting and absentees.

A total of 1,958 people cast ballots on Super Tuesday in DeKalb County including 1,258 on election day and 700 during early voting or by absentee.

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