August 1 FSA County Committee Nomination Deadline

July 19, 2023
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Donny Green, County Executive Director for the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency, reminds DeKalb County and Cannon County farmers that the deadline to nominate candidates for the 2023 Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Committee Election is August 1.

“The election of knowledgeable agricultural producers to FSA county committees is important to all farmers and ranchers with large or small operations. It is crucial that every eligible producer take part in this election because county committees are a direct link between the farm community and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Farm Service Agency is unique because we have a grassroots farmer-elected committee that oversees and delivers farm programs at the local level,” says Green.

DeKalb County Local Administrative Area (LAA) # 2 will elect a representative in this year’s election. Nominees must reside in LAA # 2, which generally covers the western portion of DeKalb County including the Alexandria, Liberty, Dowelltown, Temperance Hall, Dale Ridge, Lower Helton, New Hope, Upper Helton, Dry Creek, and Pea Ridge communities.

Cannon County Local Administrative Area (LAA) # 4 will elect a representative in this year’s election. Nominees must reside in LAA # 4, which covers all areas east of Highway 53 in Cannon County.

Individuals may nominate themselves, or others, as a candidate. In addition, eligible candidates can be nominated by community-based and other organizations, especially groups representing socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, in the county where the election is being held before the close of the nomination period. Nominations and elections are open to all eligible candidates and voters without regard to race, color, religion, nation origin, age, sex, marital status, or disability. The nomination form (FSA-669A) is available at USDA Service Centers and online at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/elections.

Producers should remember the following dates regarding the upcoming county committee elections. Producers can request, complete, and submit nomination forms through August 1. Ballots will be mailed to eligible voters by November 6. The deadline to return ballots is December 4. The elected committee members and alternates take office on January 1, 2024.

July 19, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The Tennessee Trial Court Vacancy Commission met Tuesday, July 18, in Crossville to select nominees for a newly created criminal court judge position in the 13th judicial district, which includes Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, and White counties. The new judicial position was created by the Tennessee General Assembly this year and is effective September 1, 2023.

After holding a public hearing and conducting public interviews, the Commission selected the following nominees to forward to Governor Bill Lee for his consideration:

Shawn C. Fry of Cookeville

Brandon Scott Griffin of Sparta

Benjamin Marsee of Cookeville

*Fry, age 54, is an attorney at Fry, Fry, Knight & Looper, Attorneys at Law in Cookeville. Fry was licensed to practice law in 1996.

*Griffin, age 34, is in the private practice of law as owner of Griffin Law Group, PLLC in Sparta. He was licensed to practice law in 2013

*Marsee, age 40, is an assistant public defender for the 13th judicial district and works part time as an adjunct professor of law in the Business Department at Tennessee Tech University. He was licensed to practice law in 2008.

Other applicants for the position were William Nicholas Blaylock of Sparta and Rebecca Brady of Baxter.

The governor will soon appoint one of the applicants to serve as judge and the person so appointed shall serve in that capacity until September 1, 2024, or until the person’s successor is elected and qualified. At the August 2024 general election, the qualified voters of the thirteenth judicial district shall elect, in accordance with § 16-2-505, one (1) person to serve as judge of part III of the circuit court created by this section. The person so elected at the August 2024 election shall hold office until September 1, 2030, or until the person’s successor is elected and qualified. Thereafter, the judge of part III of the circuit court shall be elected for a full eight-year term.

July 19, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Let’s get together!

In an effort to make a close-knit community even closer, local resident Wanda Redmon is inviting members of the Keltonburg and Jefferson Communities to a “Meet and Greet” Saturday, July 22 from 3-5 p.m. at the Keltonburg Community Center.

Redmon said its an opportunity for new residents of the community and those born and raised there to get to know each other better and for the newcomers to learn more about their neighborhood.

Light refreshments will be served.

If it’s a success, Redmon said more community events may be held on occasion.

Wanda explained how she got this idea.

“It started when the Belk community last year started doing things getting their families together. We used to do that at Keltonburg. We used to have family get together and community events here and that’s what I want us to do again so I rented the Keltonburg Community Center for this Saturday, July 22 for a meet and greet,” said Redmon.

“Several months ago I met some people who had moved here but they knew no one in the community and had no knowledge of services like our fire department. My desire is to encourage people to get together and get involved to strengthen our volunteer community services like the fire department. We have thriving businesses here. Our community is growing from Keltonburg to Jefferson and Pates Ford and Keltonburg is a drive through on the way to Rock Island. We want to make everyone feel welcome at Keltonburg and show others that this community loves serving people.”

“This will be our first meet and greet Saturday but we are planning a date in October for a fall festival. Maybe by then we can have even more people involved to offer a day of fun activities for kids and adults,” said Redmon.

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