Project iGuardian Parent Presentation Coming to DeKalb County Complex Sept. 4

August 14, 2018
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DeKalb County Coordinated School Health and DeKalb County UT Extension are partnering with the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security to present Project iGuardian. 

Project iGuardian is focused on keeping children and teens safe from online predators through education and awareness.  This project is an outreach effort to share information about the dangers of online environments, how to stay safe online, and how to report abuse and suspicious activity.  Homeland Security Investigations has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s NetSmartz and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces to develop Project iGuardian. 

A Project iGuardian parent presentaion will be held on September 4, 2018 from 6:00pm-7:30pm at the DeKalb County Complex auditorium.  This event is free of charge and open to all adults.  U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent, Jonathan A. Hendrix, will be arming parents with knowledge and resources to understand the dangers their children encounter exploring the digital world.  This presentation was also previously presented as an in-service for all staff of DeKalb County Schools and a student version of the program will be presented to all students in 6^th-9^th grades on August 21, 2018. 

Homeland Security Investigations encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE. Visit https://www.ice.gov/topics/iGuardians for more information. 

August 14, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County High School Tigers will open the football season Friday night at home against Warren County.

Kick-off is at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor.

WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5:00 p.m. featuring former coaches Doug Matthews and Dave McGinnis with broadcaster Larry Stone talking Tennessee and SEC football.

“Coach to Coach” is followed by “Murphy’s Matchups at 6:00 p.m., a look at Tennessee High School Football from Murphy Fair with commentary on games and coaches interviews.

“Tiger Talk” debuts at 6:30 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor interviewing Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players.

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The game kicks off at 7:00 p.m. with play by play coverage on WJLE with John Pryor .

WJLE thanks our sponsors of Tiger football:
*Wilson Bank & Trust
*Caney Fork Electric Cooperative
*Gill Automotive

*Charles D. Atnip Realty & Auction Company
*DTC Communications
*Liberty State Bank
*DeKalb Funeral Chapel
*Curtis Supply
*St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital
*Bert Driver Nursery
*Alexandria Auto Parts
*Woodbury Insurance Agency
*Bumpers Drive-In
*Optimus Pest Solutions

*DeKalb Prevention Coalition

Tiger Talk sponsors:
*Woodbury Insurance Agency
*Kilgore’s Restaurant
*Creations by Donna
*A Degree Above Heating & Cooling
*Belk Grocery and Sporting Goods

“Coach to Coach sponsors:
*Stonehaus Winery

*Three Star Mall

August 13, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The newly elected Alexandria Mayor and Aldermen have been sworn into office.

Five days after their election on Thursday, August 2, Mayor Bennett Armstrong and Aldermen Lloyd Dyer, Bridgette Rogers, and Shane Blair took their oath of office prior to a special meeting on Tuesday, August 7 at city hall. City Attorney Vester Parsley Jr. administered the oath.

Two other vacancies on the council were also filled during the meeting with the appointment of Linda Dickerson and Cindy Overstreet. They too were sworn into office. The other alderman already on the council is David Cripps.

Although the results of the August 2 election were not officially certified by the election commission until Monday evening, August 13, the newly elected city officials were apparently authorized to take office right away according to the Town of Alexandria’s city charter which states as follows in Article II section 2.01

“The terms of office of Mayor and all Aldermen shall commence at 12:01 p.m. on the next day following their elections, and they shall serve until their successors have been elected and qualified”.

Mayor Armstrong won a write-in campaign for re-election August 2 to a second four year term. Armstrong defeated Donna Davis 34 to 28. She also ran as a write-in candidate. No one qualified to get their name on the ballot to run for mayor.

Three aldermen were elected in Alexandria August 2 but only one of them qualified to get his name on the ballot, Lloyd Dale Dyer. He was elected to a four year term with 130 votes. Two other persons mounted a write-in campaign for alderman including Shane Blair, an incumbent, who won a four-year term with 19 votes and Bridgette Rogers, who was elected with 11 votes to a fill a two-year vacant term.

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