Will Graham Takes Lead Among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters (SHOW AIRS TODAY)

October 4, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters have a new leader.

Will Graham has taken over first place for picking winners after the fifth week of the college football season.

Graham now has the best overall record at 48-26 five weeks into the season after posting the best record of the week among all forecasters at 13-2 followed by Grant James of the James Gang and Dewain Hendrixson who each went 11-4 for the week. Last week’s guest Ronnie Goodwin had a record of 10-5. Darrell Gill, Ricky Atnip, Chad Kirby, and John Pryor each went 9-6 and Scott Brown finished 8-7 for the week.

Following Will Graham in first place at 48-26 are Scott Brown, last week’s leader at 47-27, Chad Kirby and Dewain Hendrixson, each at 46-28, Darrell Gill 45-29, the guests (Larry Green, Darvin Gill, Isaac Gray, Luke Willoughby, and Ronnie Goodwin), 45-29, while Grant James of the James Gang, Ricky Atnip, and John Pryor are tied at 44-30.

Only one Forecaster, Dewain Hendrixson hit his underdog pick last week. Hendrixson got 7 points with Florida’s win over Mississippi State 13-6.

In addition to having the best overall record, Will Graham is also the underdog points leader with 34 followed by Ricky Atnip with 15, Darrell Gill and Scott Brown each with 14, John Pryor 11.5, Dewain Hendrixson 11, the James Gang 10, and Chad Kirby 5, The guests have no points.

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

MTSU at Marshall, Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, Texas at Oklahoma, Iowa at Minnesota, Boston College at N.C. State, California at Arizona, Kansas State at Baylor, Arizona State at Colorado, UAB at Louisiana Tech, Utah State at BYU, Missouri at South Carolina, LSU at Florida, Kentucky at Texas A&M, Auburn at Mississippi State, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at Buffalo.

Today’s special guest is TWRA Officer Tony Cross.

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

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and DeKalb County Ace Hardware.

October 4, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

STEM challenges are being introduced to students as young as elementary school age to help teach them about science, technology, engineering and math, all while building their brains and making connections through problem solving.

Fourth grade students in the Lottery Education for Afterschool Program (LEAPS) at Northside Elementary this week have had fun with aerospace education through STEM activities.

Captain Steven Glover of Cookeville, member of the Civil Air Patrol, Wednesday showed students the proper way to make paper gliders and roto motors. He also brought along a Celestron telescope for the kids to look through.

“The idea of aerospace education starts at this grade level and younger and we are doing hands on activities related to aerospace education. Today we have finished up a project that was started Monday making a glider properly and how we can make it change to fly differently,” said Captain Glover.

“We have also made a roto motor by using scissors, tape, and paper clips to convert a glider making it go in a rotary fashion, sort of like seeds that fall in a rotary fashion from trees in the spring or fall. This idea of hands on activities related to science, technology, education, and math and aerospace education is part of what the Civil Air Patrol does,” he said.

Melissa Roysdon, Northside Elementary LEAPS teacher, said students are also working on a project in conjunction with the upcoming International Fair.

“Students are working on turning their room into an International Space Station for this year’s International Fair in November. Other students will get to come in and look at the experiments these children have conducted through the After School Program. They will also see and hear things about the 16 different nations that take part in the actual International Space Station and how it relates to cultures around the world,” she said.

October 4, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

During the month of October, Tennessee is observing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Awareness Month. Over the last decade, opioid use in the United States and Tennessee has rapidly increased, causing an alarming number of babies born with NAS, a set of withdrawal symptoms a newborn may experience as a result of prenatal exposure to prescription drugs or heroin.

To raise awareness about NAS in our community, the DeKalb Prevention Coalition is asking individuals to wear Pearls and Bowties for Babies on Friday, October 5. The Prevention Alliance encourages you to invite your family, friends, players, and coworkers to participate and post their photos on social media using the hashtag #NASMONTHTN.

A suggested post could be as simple as, “A baby’s life shouldn’t begin with detox. I’m wearing my pearls/bowtie today to support NAS awareness in TN. #NASMONTHTN”

The main messaging for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is that it is 100 percent preventable. Especially sharing that babies are born dependent and not addicted. The CDC states that 86% of pregnancies are unintended among women who abuse opioids

For more information visit Borndrugfreetn.com

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