WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters College Football Talk Show Airs Today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m.

October 24, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Ricky Atnip is alone in first place among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking winners after eight weeks of the college football season.

Ricky has compiled a record of 79-41 followed by Darrell Gill at 77-43, Dewain Hendrixson 76-44, Scott Goodwin 75-45, John Pryor 74-46, Scott Brown and Alex Woodward each at 73-47, Grant James 72-48, and Chad Kirby 71-49.

For the week, Darrell Gill, Ricky Atnip, Alex Woodward, and John Pryor were each at 13-2, Grant James and Chad Kirby each at 12-3, Scott Goodwin 11-4, Dewain Hendrixson 10-5, and Scott Brown 9-6.

Three forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James added 3 points to his total as Tennessee knocked off Alabama. Ricky Atnip picked up 5 points with Georgia’s win over Texas and Dewain Hendrixson got 1.5 points as Florida beat Kentucky.

Overall, Dewain Hendrixson has 28 underdog points followed by Darrell Gill with 23.5, Ricky Atnip 20, Chad Kirby 19.5, Alex Woodward 18.5, Scott Brown 11, Grant James 10.5, John Pryor 9.5, and Scott Goodwin 6.5.

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Michigan State at Michigan, Penn State at Wisconsin, Illinois at Oregon, Washington at Indiana, Notre Dame at Navy, Syracuse at Pittsburgh, Boise State at UNLV, BYU at UCF, Auburn at Kentucky, Missouri at Alabama, Arkansas at Mississippi State, Oklahoma at Ole Miss, LSU at Texas A&M, Texas at Vanderbilt and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Detroit Lions.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Wilson Bank & Trust, and Domino’s Pizza.

October 24, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

DCHS presents an Open House October 28 from 6-8 p.m. featuring several Big Events including a Choir Concert at 7 p.m.

Project Graduation will present a Haunted Hayride from 7-10 p.m. Make a donation to enter.

Other activities include a small animal petting zoo, trick or treating, a yearbook legacy sale (years 1964-2024), a car freshie sale, carnival games, chili cookoff, bake sale, Interactive student work on display, CTE/STEM demonstrations, face painting and hair braiding, and the Spanish Club will be selling tamales, etc.

Wear your Halloween costumes. Food trucks will be available.

October 24, 2024
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For the 16th consecutive year  the DeKalb County Fire Department has been recognized as one of Tennessee’s elite fire departments for outstanding training achievement. The DeKalb County Fire Department is ranked #1 among volunteer fire departments in the state of Tennessee for 2023-2024 training achievement. Of the 732 fire departments in Tennessee, both volunteer and career, the DeKalb County Fire Department ranked # 18 for 2023-2024 training achievement.

This year, the department logged 2,745 training hours at the state fire academy and was recognized as a Gold Level fire department. A complete listing of 2023-2024 Elite Club departments can be viewed at:
https://www.tn.gov/commerce/tfaca/news-information/2023-2024-elite-club.html

DeKalb County Mayor Matt Adcock commended the department’s members and leaders for continuing to make the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department’s training program a legacy of excellence. “Our county takes great pride in the level of commitment and service that we continue to see year after year from our firefighters who work hard and train hard to make sure our citizens have good fire department services here in DeKalb County. Getting this kind of consistent statewide recognition makes it very clear that we have an excellent group of committed men and women who sacrifice many hours to be prepared to respond to the emergency needs of our citizens,” said Mayor Adcock.

Chief Donny Green said he wants to personally commend Lt. Luke Green, the department’s Training Officer, and his support staff for their leadership, planning and coordination of the department’s training activities in a manner that consistently spotlights the training program as one of  the best in the state, volunteer and career.

“The Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy provides excellent training programs delivered by professional and knowledgeable campus and field instructors. In addition to the 2,745 hours at the Academy, our training officer coordinated 1,912.4 hours of in “in-house” training,” said Chief Green.

“Without the support of County Mayor Adcock, the County Commission, the families of our volunteer firefighters, our community and business partners, and the citizens of DeKalb County, the department could not have achieved this honored recognition. Properly trained firefighters are the best tools available to any fire department,” he continued.

Without proper training, the best and most expensive equipment is useless. However, good training coupled with good equipment is priceless,” added Chief Green. “Training performance and documentation are core elements in the Insurance Services Office’s (ISO) property protection that determine how much property owners have to pay in homeowners insurance premiums”.

If you are interested in learning more about the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department, or would like information on how to be a member of the DCFD team, you can visit the Department’s website at: www.dekalbfire.com, or call 615-464-7176. You can also visit the Department’s Facebook group page.

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