Dynamic Duo Ready for Adoption at DeKalb Animal Shelter (View video here)

February 17, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A dynamic duo!

If one pet can bring joy and happiness to your home just imagine what two can do!

Meet “Hippo” and “Buffalo” , the WJLE/DeKalb Animal Shelter featured “Pets of the Week”.

“Hippo and Buffalo are the two remaining babies of our Safari liter. They are brothers so we would love to get them adopted too. They are wild, playful, and a lot of fun. They don’t have to be adopted together. You can adopt them separately, but they do love each other and like to play together. They have already been fixed, microchipped, vaccinated, and are up to date on everything. Their adoption fee is only $40. These cats are full of life and energy, and they have great personalities. They would love to be in your lap, but they also love to play. Hippo and Buffalo are happy, fun cats to have around,” said Shelter Director Emmaly Bennett.

“If you are interested in adopting Hippo and or Buffalo, please check out the adoptable pet’s link on our website at https://www.dekalbanimalsheltertn.com/to fill out an application and see their pictures and we will call you to come in and meet them. Please give us a call so we can find Hippo and Buffalo a good home,” said Bennett.

The shelter is open Monday-Friday from 8 to 4 and Saturday from 8 to 12 at 186 Transfer Station Road. Phone 615-597-3647.

February 17, 2023
By: Bill Conger

Four DeKalb County High School band students made the final cut to perform in the Honors Band at Tennessee Tech University.

Ayden Jones and Jayden Wildes on trumpet, B.J. Mosley, tenor sax, and Owen Warren, tuba were selected to perform during the 60th Annual Festival of Winds and Percussion, Feb. 10 and 11 at the Bryan Fine Arts Building at TTU. For their audition the students had to play 3 major scales two octaves, a chromatic scale, and sight read two pieces of music.

“They checked in early Friday morning, and they literally rehearsed for ten hours total Friday and Saturday,” D.C.H.S. Band Director Don Whitt says. “They were performing some rigorously challenging music.”

The event began with a meeting between directors, students in grades 9-12 from Middle Tennessee, and a 25-year-old composer, Katahj Copley from Austin, Texas, who wrote one of the pieces they were going to perform.

“Katahj is a much younger composer, and all of the students really were enamored with him because usually composers to the students are thought of to be like Beethoven and are like old and dead,” Whitt said with a laugh. “So, it is nice to see someone who is almost their age that connects with them on their level. They also had a master’s class taught by techs and professors of the university.”

Whitt says it was a wonderful learning experience for the high school band students.

“They met composers and worked with professors that potentially they could be seeing in the future if some pursue a career in music,” Whitt says. “They learned more about their instrument, and they got to meet students their own age with the same passion for music as they have.”

“With that said, I really enjoy when all of our students get to have an educational experience like this. In my career events going all the way to when I tried for honor band at Alabama I got to have the same experiences and meet potential colleagues and network This is how some of this is done. I hope more of DCHS band students will get an opportunity like this in the future for other honor bands and similar situations.

The next time the public can catch the band in action will be March 23 when the jazz ensemble performs a benefit concert at The Harvester Center. Music will be from 6-7 p.m. Doors open at 5:30. There will be no cover charge, but donations directly to the DCHS Band are encouraged. On Saturday, March 25, a 1920s Spring Formal will be held at the same location with the Beasley Court Big Band. Proceeds will go to the band.

February 17, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The City of Smithville has an on-line service for city property owners to pay their 2022 taxes.

City property taxes are due and payable without penalty through February 28, 2023.

“You can go to our website at https://www.smithvillecityhall.com/ and there’s a link to the far right where it says “Pay Property Tax”. Click on that link and it takes you right to the screen where you can do a search by tax year (2021 or 2022), name, address, map/parcel, subdivision and it will pull up the information including the taxes owed. It’s pretty simple. You can add it to the cart, and it walks you through the process on how to pay online,” said City Tax Clerk Holly Anderson.

City officials say the online service is also a great research tool for mortgage companies, banks, title and loan businesses and others needing information.

If you pay online a processing fee of 2.50% will be added to your total tax bill or $1.00 per transaction for ACH payments. You may also pay over the phone by calling 1-866-216-9551. Of course, you may pay in person at city hall or mail in your payment.

Smithville water and sewer customers may also access the website at www.smithville city hall.com to pay water and sewer bills although this service has been available for some time. You may also pay water and sewer bills by phone at 1-877-308-6272. Again, you may also pay in person at city hall or mail in your payment.

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