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Keith Packmayer to be featured on WJLE’s “Jammin’ at the 428” today with Jim Hicks
September 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Singing and songwriter Keith Packmayer is the featured artist today (Friday) on WJLE’s “Jammin’ at the 428”
The program will air at 8:30 a.m. following the “Old Time Country Community Radio Show”.
(Click links below to hear this week’s program and previous shows)
Jammin at the 428 September 27
Jammin at the 428 September 19
Jammin at the 428 September 11
Jim Hicks, the host of the show, will interview Packmayer showcase his music on today’s program.
“Keith is a great songwriter and singer and a wonderful person to do a show with and I enjoyed having him on the program,” said Hicks.
Packmayer records at Rick Scruggs’ Studio in Smithville, also known as the 428.
Fire Destroys Home on Coconut Ridge. Two County Firefighters Treated for Exhaustion
September 26, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A fire destroyed a single story home at 2045 Coconut Ridge Road Wednesday afternoon. No one at the residence was hurt but two firefighters were treated at the scene and transported to Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital for exhaustion.
The home was fully involved in flames by the time firefighters could arrive and they were unable to save it.
According to the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department, the home belonged to Thomas Starkey of Nashville but his brother William Starkey lived there. Father-in-law Marvin Gesford was there at the time of the fire and he saw through the kitchen window flames on the back deck. Gesford tried unsuccessfully to extinguish the fire with a pitcher of water as the flames grew larger. Gesford made it safely out of the house and went next door to call for help but the neighbor was not at home. A passerby saw the blaze and called 911.
Members of the Main Station, Four Seasons and Cookeville Highway Stations along with the tanker , brush, and equipment trucks of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department responded as well as the Rehab Team, the Tennessee Division of Forestry, DeKalb EMS, and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
The cause of the fire is undetermined.
Community Urged to Support Upcoming Benefit for Baby Needing Heart Transplant
September 26, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The community is urged to rally around a baby in need of a heart transplant by supporting an upcoming benefit for him.
A music benefit and silent auction will be held for Hudson Mathis on Saturday, October 5 at the DeKalb County Complex from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.
The baby suffers from a congenital heart defect and is awaiting a heart transplant at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Hudson is the son of Chad and Brooke Mathis.
Special guests during this music benefit and silent auction will be Sadie Faith, Shelby Lee Lowe, Jake Hoot, and local artist Seth Willoughby will be performing.
All funds donated will go to help Hudson and his family.
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