Community Chorus to Entertain at Fiddlers Jamboree (VIEW VIDEO HERE)

July 2, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The Community Chorus will make a return appearance during the Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival Friday evening, July 5.

The chorus will be performing a variety of patriotic songs featuring children and adults alike.

“I think it’s a wonderful program. Of course we always honor and pay tribute to the military. The theme of the program is “Which Way America?” It will include a performance of “What the World Needs Now is Love”, a good hymn called “Keep Walking”, and “Love Train”, a song from the 1970’s. We’ll be singing “Everything is Beautiful” and “Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World”, wonderful children’s music along with Mary Ann Puckett’s cloggers and other children from the community, and our Tennessee state song “Rocky Top”,” said Chorus Director Fay Fuqua.

(VIEW VIDEO CLIP OF A PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY CHORUS PERFORMANCE AT THE 2016 FIDDLERS JAMBOREE)

“The program includes a lot of good narration as we honor the military with “There’s Something About a Soldier, “A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere”, and the military songs with narration saying I am a soldier. I never sought the political arena. I’ve never sought fame but I would die for you and you may never know my name. I think it is going to be a great program and we’re excited about it,” said Fuqua.

“We have the best time practicing and getting ready. We enjoy bringing this program to everyone at the Jamboree and we feel like our local folks really enjoy it. We hope everyone will come out,” said Tecia Puckett Pryor, a member of the community chorus who will serve as narrator of the program this year.

The performance will begin at approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, July 5 from the Jamboree stage as part of the opening ceremonies. You can also catch a rehearsal performance on Thursday evening, July 4 at Evins Park behind city hall and across from the post office at 6 p.m. followed by the Sassy Smithville Stompers.

Bring your own chair and come enjoy seeing our local folks perform on Thursday, July 5 at Evins Park.

July 2, 2019
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DeKalb County has another resource for those needing treatment and recovery support services. Sober Living of Tennessee, Inc. was welcomed by the Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce as a new member Thursday, June 27 with a ribbon cutting ceremony commemorating the newly opened Intensive Outpatient Program (also known as IOP).

IOP is a primary treatment program recommended in some circumstances by a clinical and medical assessment. IOP may be recommended for those who do not need medically-supervised detox. IOP can also enable people in recovery to continue their recovery therapies following successful detox, on a part-time yet intensive schedule, designed to accommodate work and family life.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 19.7 million American adults (aged 12 and older) battled a substance use disorder in 2017.

(https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2017-nsduh-annual-national-report)

In 2016, there were 1,631 drug overdose deaths in Tennessee – 1,186 were from opioids. It is no secret that illicit and prescription drugs have risen to a national emergency, but there is now more help locally.

This is the first time for citizens in DeKalb County to have access to an intensive outpatient program without having to travel to a neighboring county for similar treatment. IOP is offered for both adults and adolescents on Tuesday-Thursday from 9:00am-12:00pm for adults and 4:00pm-7:00pm for adolescents. There is also a low intensive outpatient program (LIOP) for both adults and adolescents on Friday’s at 2:00pm for adults and 3:00pm for adolescents.

In addition to IOP, Sober Living of TN offers a variety of services including anger management and helping individuals get in to inpatient treatment as well as provide housing for individuals who need recovery in a supervised environment. Sober Living of TN began as a way to serve a need in the community for a safe, stable environment that nurtures sobriety and encourages the individual to maintain a healthy, happy, and productive life. More information on all the services provided can be found at https://www.soberlivingservices.com.

For those interested in receiving treatment services, you can either call Sober Living of Tennessee 615-318-1337 or stop by the office 115 West Market Street in downtown Smithville. TennCare and commercial insurances accepted.

Pictured L-R

Suzanne Williams Smithville-DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Director, Lisa Cripps DPC Coordinator, Kathy Hendrixson Librarian Justin Potter Library, Kate Arnold DeKalb County Recovery Court Coordinator, Katherine Pack, Steve Hume Lead Therapist, Tom Vickers Vice-President Sober Living of TN, Bob Kelsey Clinical Director, Jackie Vickers President Sober Living of TN, Janice Bean Officer Manager Sober Living of TN, Leigh Fuson DeKalb Extension/4H, Josh Miller City of Smithville Mayor, Attorney Sue Puckett, & Beth Adcock Smithville-DeKalb Chamber President

July 2, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb Middle School Saint Bernard Clothing Market is in need of donations in time for Back to School.

Donations will be accepted for the third annual market at DeKalb Middle School on July 3, July 12, and July 26 from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

If you would like to drop off donations are other times please email Suzette Barnes at suzettebarnes@dekalbschools.net to let her know.

Barnes and Angela Johnson, sponsors of the DMS Student Council said the clothing market was started two years ago as a way of serving students who were in need of clothes and shoes.

“We saw a need at the beginning of the school year a couple of years ago where students needed clothes and shoes so we felt like it was a worthy cause. We started working together to get people to help us volunteer to make it happen,” said Johnson.

“We collect clothes during the summer so if you are cleaning out from a yard sale and you have good items you would like to donate to students here at DeKalb Middle School we will take them. We will set up a store in our gym on registration day later this summer where the students can shop,” said Barnes

“It has really been successful in the previous two years we have done this. We even have grandparents who are raising their grandchildren and they need clothes and supplies so we have been able to supply them during their times of need when they bring the kids in to register for school,” Barnes continued.

“This is for Middle School sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students and we allow their families to shop too if they need clothing or materials. Any child is eligible. We open it up for our entire school. Any of our students can come and participate in it. We try to furnish shoes, jackets, and any type of clothing as well as backpacks. Of course we can’t do it without donations. If people in the community would like to donate things they think teenagers would wear we can take those donations during the drop off times,” said Barnes.

“It seems we need the smaller and larger sizes of clothes more than anything and shoes. We also collect personal hygiene products and try to send some of those home with the students such as deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc.,” added Johnson.

“We don’t take household items. We stay away from that but we do need clothes in youth large to adult extra large sizes including anything that has elastic waistbands like sweatpants or leggings. Those come in handy because we can use them on different sized students,” added Barnes.

Although cash donations can be accepted for purchase of clothes it is not preferred.

After the clothes are collected, the school will set aside times during registration for the new school year when students in the sixth through eighth grade at DeKalb Middle can shop for clothes and shoes free of charge.

“When sixth graders come in to register they will get to go in and shop and then August 1 seventh and eighth graders can shop at that time,” said Barnes.

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