Grant Awarded to Alexandria Senior Center

November 2, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The Alexandria Senior Center has been awarded an $8,000 state grant to advance senior center projects in the community.

Grants were also awarded to the Cannon County and Smith County Senior Centers.

The funds are part of a $1 million appropriation that was approved by the Tennessee General Assembly earlier this year and administered by the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability (TCAD).

“These grants will provide important support to local senior centers and the citizens they serve,” said State Representative Michael Hale. “I appreciate TCAD Executive Director James Dunn and the entire commission for their commitment to distributing these funds accordingly. I look forward to working with them in the future to further address the needs of seniors in our communities.”

In all, TCAD awarded 125 grants to senior centers in 82 counties statewide through a competitive application process. The funds can be used to pay for operating, administrative, programming and preventive maintenance costs.

November 2, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Jared Davis remains in the driver’s seat among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners nine weeks into the season.

Jared has a record of 94-41 followed by Grant James of the James Gang, Ricky Atnip, John Pryor, and Dewain Hendrixson each at 92-43, Scott Goodwin 91-44, Chad Kirby 89-46, Scott Brown 88-47, and Darrell Gill of the Gill Gang at 86-49

For the week, Ricky Atnip and Chad Kirby tied for the best record each at 10-5, followed by Grant James and John Pryor each at 9-6, Darrell Gill, Jared Davis, Scott Goodwin, and Dewain Hendrixson each at 8-7, and Scott Brown 7-8.

One Fearless Forecaster hit his underdog pick last week.

Jared Davis added to his lead with 6.5 points as West Virginia defeated UCF 41-28.

Overall, Jared Davis still leads in underdog points with 41.5 followed by Dewain Hendrixson with 30, Ricky Atnip 26.5, Darrell Gill 18, Scott Goodwin 12.5, Chad Kirby and John Pryor each with 6.5, and Grant James with 3 points.

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

Kansas State at Texas, Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, Kansas at Iowa State, Washington at USC, Notre Dame at Clemson, James Madison at Georgia State, UCLA at Arizona, LSU at Alabama, Kentucky at Mississippi State, Missouri at Georgia, Texas A&M at Ole Miss, Arkansas at Florida, Auburn at Vanderbilt, UCONN at Tennessee, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Davis Auto Body, and Domino’s Pizza.

November 2, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville Elementary would like to recognize its Students of the Month for October. These students were selected for their outstanding character, academics, and other traits that make them an all-around excellent student. Selected as Students of the Month are:

PreK- Declan Pedigo, Skylar Fish
Kindergarten – Braylen Miller, Lucas Bertsch
1st Grade – Hudson McCrickard, Jasmine Penuel
2nd Grade – Ivy White, Almudena Garza

The students are pictured with SES Principal Anita Puckett and SES Assistant Principal Karen France.

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