DeKalb Foster Children Need Help During the Holidays

October 7, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Once again, the Christmas season is approaching and not all children this year will take part in a celebration with their own families.

A child who has been taken out of abusive or neglectful homes may be sharing Christmas with a family of strangers. Many of these children may wonder if Santa Claus has received their new address and if he will be bringing gifts to them. This year, there are more than 770 children in the Upper Cumberland who are in state’s custody and approximately 57 of those children are from DeKalb County and they need your help.

The Santa for all Season group is requesting assistance with funds to support these children during the season of giving. This provides assistance to foster and underprivileged children all year.

If you or your organization is willing to help provide funds, please contact Annette Greek or make checks payable to the DeKalb Foster Children’s Fund and send to the following address: Annette Webb Greek, 1101 South College Street, Smithville, TN 37166. Phone 615-597-5023.

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.

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