DeKalb Animal Shelter and Loyal Dawg Rescue to Present “Night of Haunted Tails” (View video here)

October 7, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb Animal Shelter and Loyal Dawg Rescue are teaming up for a “Night of Haunted Tails” an original Halloween play to be presented LIVE on stage in the auditorium of the Mike Foster Multi-Purpose Center. It’s a two-night event, Friday and Saturday, October 21 & 22 from 7-8 p.m. each night. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for children and all proceeds will go to the DeKalb Animal Shelter and Loyal Dawg Rescue. Tickets will be available only at the door.

Dress up your little ghosts and goblins and join them for a night of Halloween fun and scares. Enjoy Halloween candy, baked goods, treats, hot apple cidar, and much more.

“This is a brand-new original show that we are bringing to DeKalb County,” said John Hillard of Loyal Dawg Rescue. “It’s a LIVE production or play. It’ll be a night full of fun and chills with a lot of little spooks and scares for the kids. It’s going to be a fantastic show about one hour long. Its an interactive show with music and the audience will get to be part of it. All of the money raised will go to the little dogs and cats over at the shelter and at Loyal Dawg Rescue,” said Hillard.

Like the DeKalb Animal Shelter, Loyal Dawg Rescue looks to place animals needing a loving home.

“Loyal Dawg Rescue is unique,” said Hillard. “We are located in Liberty situated on five acres of property. My background is from Los Angeles. I was there for 29 years and worked with a lot of troubled cases or what we called “Code Reds” where dogs were about to be euthanized. We take those kinds of dogs and do a full psychological and physical rehabilitation on them. We get them fully rehabilitated and socialized again. I fully believe that along the way no dog is born bad or truly aggressive but they sometimes are made that way because of happenstances or tragic events in their life so my whole job has been to rehabilitate these dogs and give them a second chance at life and get them back into society. We have a very high success ratio with how I work. I have been able to team up now with the DeKalb Animal Shelter. We have started working together. They have made tremendous strides in the community. Dogs and cats in our community all need help and that’s what the shelter and Loyal Dawg Rescue rely on and provide,” said Hillard.

October 7, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

If you have noticed purple streetlights lately in Smithville, its not your imagination and it’s not for Halloween.

Streetlights across town are turning from white to purple and it’s been gradually occurring for some time. Its apparently due to a manufacturing defect.

Smithville Electric System is aware of the situation and is working toward having the lights replaced.

“We started putting them (LED white lights) up three or four years ago as a city-wide project and over time this has happened (lights changing to purple),” said SES Manager Richie Knowles.

“The type of LED lights we bought, American Electric are actually purple and covered with phosphorus which makes them white. They (manufacturer) had a bad run of phosphorous and that phosphorous is falling off the LEDs and that is what you are seeing as these lights are turning purple. They kind of work like a black light and they actually put out more illumination on the ground being purple than they do white. They just look funny,” he said.

“There is a recall on the lights, and they have a warranty on them so we will get them replaced. We are working with the company to do that but because of the supply chain there is a delay in the delivery of the lights,” added Knowles.

October 6, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County High School continued its monthly observance Thursday of recognizing a teacher, student, and parent of the month.

Each received a certificate from the school and a gift card for a meal from Twisted Oaks. A different restaurant will be offering a meal gift card to each month’s honorees.

Longtime teacher Angie Johnson was selected by the administration as Teacher of the Month while Senior Bailey Mullican is Student of the Month, voted on by the teachers. The parent of the month is Nicole Wright, and this honor was based on a winning essay written by her daughter Jenna Wright, a 17-year-old 12th grader at DCHS.

“Its an honor to receive “Teacher of the Month”, said Johnson who is a 28-year veteran educator at DCHS. “I love teaching the kids. I have the cream of the crop and that’s what makes my teaching career easy. I started in 1995. The Health Occupations Program that Ms Sara Nokes had many years ago went by the wayside when she left so I started it back in 1995 and I have been here ever since. I teach health science classes, work-based learning, anatomy and physiology, and diagnostic medicine so I teach kids who are wanting to go into health careers,” said Johnson.

“Angie is a veteran here at our school,” said Assistant DCHS Principal Thomas Cagle. “She helps so much with a lot of our outside of school projects such as the prom and homecoming parade. She is just an invaluable asset to our school who constantly gives us a helping hand and input when we need it, and we thank her very much for all that she does for us and our students here at school”.

Mullican, the 17-year-old daughter of Jay Lee Mullican and Debra Crowell, said she is excited to have received the “Student of the Month” honor. She is a member of the SOSA, FBLA, Social Society, Science, and BETA Clubs. Her future goal is to become a pediatric nurse and she hopes to study at Cumberland University after high school.

“Bailey helps with our peer buddy program,” said Cagle. “She was nominated by one of the teachers where she works with some of the students in the CDC classroom. Bailey is a big help to them and as a volunteer throughout the school. She is another one of our excellent students who does a lot for others giving of her time to help make their school year go just as good as her own,” added Cagle.

Nicole said she was taken by surprise when told she was named “Parent of the Month”.

“I had no idea. I thought I was coming to see Jenna receive an award today. I am blessed. I never considered parenting my girls a job. It’s an honor and I want them to be the best they can be. That is my priority to help them along,” said Nicole.

“I think she is the best mom anyone could ask for,” said Jenna. “She goes above and beyond for me, my little sister, and my older sister too. She does it all. She is super mom”.

“Jenna’s essay was beautifully written about all the different things she does for Jenna outside of school to help prepare her to be the best student she can be here at the school,” said Cagle.

After high school, Jenna said she may become a paramedic and follow in both her parents’ footsteps (Jeff and Nicole Wright) in pursuing a career in the medical field, maybe even an RN flight nurse with Vanderbilt.

“These monthly awards are a way for us to acknowledge students who are performing exemplary each month. This isn’t always going to be for your straight “A” student. It’s for those putting in the effort to make DeKalb County better each and every month. Every teacher can nominate a student and all teachers vote on the student nominated. Teachers are voted on by the administration. The parent of the month award is determined by student essays. Students can write an essay each month and nominate their parent for a chance to win. In the essays, students can highlight things the parents are doing in their life outside of school that we may not know about,” said Cagle.

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