DMS Student Excels in Performance Arts Dance Competition at National Jr. Beta

July 6, 2023
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Local DeKalb Middle School student, Lillie Grace Young, placed third in the National Jr. Beta Performance Arts Dance category recently held in Louisville Kentucky. Lillie made her way to Nationals back in November of 2022 when she placed 2nd at the state level, which allowed her to move on to Nationals this summer. Lille performed early Saturday morning in preliminaries, competing against 33 other dancers from all different states. The top 3 dancers from preliminaries then moved on to finals and danced one more time Saturday night. Lillie clogged to a mixed version of “Rocky Top,” and “Party in the USA.” She was awarded third place Sunday morning.

Beta is a club that promotes academic achievement, character, service and leadership among elementary and secondary school students.

Mrs. Teresa Jones, the DMS Beta sponsor accompanied Lillie in her weekend festivities.

Lillie would like to thank Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Mary Ann Puckett for all their help in her preparations for the conference.

July 5, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A Native American artifacts show will be held Saturday, July 29 at the Mike Foster Multi-Purpose Center from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and proceeds will benefit the St. Jude Children’s Hospital. 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 50-60 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 St. Jude Children’s Hospital,” 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 5, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Taking A Bite Out Of Crime?

A man trying to evade arrest by threatening to sic biting dogs one two sheriff’s deputies was subsequently taking into custody.

28-year-old Andrew Mason Williams of Baxter is charged with assault on a first responder and resisting, stop, halt, frisk or arrest. His bond is $11,000 and he will be in court on July 13.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on June 22, two sheriff’s department officers went to an address on Sunny Point Road concerning a wanted individual and learned from someone there that two dogs in the residence were aggressive and would bite on command. After one of the officers knocked on the door of the home, Williams answered and stepped outside. When the deputy informed Williams that there was an active warrant against him out of Wilson County, he turned to go back inside the home and warned the officers that his dogs would bite them if they followed him inside. The officers were able to place Williams in custody after using necessary force including the deployment of a taser.

Meanwhile, a Woodbury man has some explaining to do after being charged with criminal impersonation and theft of property over $10,000.

25-year-old Ethan Joe Kelly Sargent was arrested June 12 and is under a $40,000 bond. The crimes occurred on March 6 & 7.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on March 6 a deputy pulled over a black GMC Yukon on Nashville Highway just past DeKalb Market. The officer asked the passenger for identification, but he was unable to provide it. The man identified himself as Ethan Smith and gave his date of birth as October 1, 2008. The deputy later discovered after further investigation, that the man was really Ethan Joe Kelly Sargent and that his date of birth is October 1, 1997. For lying to the officer about his identity, Sargent was charged with criminal impersonation.

The next day Sargent was spotted on a stolen motorcycle and later charged with theft. According to Sheriff Ray, Sargent went to a residence on Midway Road March 7 and stole a 2002 Harley-Davidson soft tail motorcycle, valued at $15,000. Sargent was observed on video surveillance with the motorcycle at Fiddlers’ Market on Sparta Highway in DeKalb County.

26-year-old Isaiah Curtis Sutherland of Lebanon is charged with being a fugitive from justice warrant. He is under a $50,000 bond. Sheriff Ray said that on June 22, Sutherland was found to be wanted out of the state of Wisconsin. A DeKalb Sheriff’s Department Correctional officer contacted authorities in Marathon County, Wisconsin to confirm extradition. Sutherland is wanted for failure to appear on burglary and criminal damage to property charges in Wisconsin. Sutherland will be extradited to Wisconsin.

55-year-old Lisa Taylor Chancy of Sparta Highway, Smithville, is charged with domestic assault. Her bond is $10,000 and she will appear in court on July 6. Sheriff Ray said that on June 19, a deputy was summoned to a residence on Sparta Highway due to a domestic complaint. Upon arrival the deputy spoke with a man who said that he and his wife, Lisa, had gotten into a verbal argument that turned physical. According to Chancy’s husband, Lisa picked up a full Twisted Tea can and hit him on top of his head, scratched his neck, tried to poke him in the eye. The officer found that the man had scratch marks on the left side of his neck and that his shirt and hair were wet from the drink.

20-year-old Cobe Keelan Ray Cantrell is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond totals $11,500 bond and he will appear in court on July 6. Sheriff Ray said that on June 22 two deputies went to a residence on West Main Street in Smithville to serve an active warrant on Cantrell. As one of the deputies knocked on the front door, the other officer went to the opposite side of the home watching other exits and spotted Cantrell trying to flee through a basement exterior door, but he could not see Cantrell’s hands. The officer then ordered Cantrell to show his hands as he drew his Taser. While approaching, the deputy spotted Cantrell with a handgun in his right hand partially hidden in his pocket. The officer ordered Cantrell to put his hands in the air and then on his head, as he put away his taser away and pulled his service weapon. The other deputy then came around the house and also commanded Cantrell to surrender. At that point Cantrell raised his hands to his head and one of the officer’s retrieved a .38 caliber revolver from Cantrell’s right front pocket. The gun displayed no serial or model number because it had been altered. A subsequent search turned up a homemade pipe with a crystal-like substance used for illegal narcotics.

46-year-old Scott Cory Harris of Possum Hollow Road, Dowelltown, is charged with aggravated assault and assault. He is under a $15,000 bond and he will be in court July 13. Sheriff Ray said that on June 24 a deputy was called to a residence on Old Snow Hill Road due to a disturbance complaint. Upon arrival, the deputy spoke with two people who said that Harris had grabbed one of them around the neck trying to strangle him. During the altercation, Harris allegedly told both persons that he was going to kill them. Both victims, a man and woman, wrote statements about the incident.

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