County Firefighter Escapes Serious Injury in Rollover Crash of Fire Truck While Responding to Call

November 5, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A DeKalb County Volunteer Firefighter escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon after the fire truck he was driving crashed on Allen Ferry Road as he was responding to a vehicle fire on Cookeville Highway.

According to County Fire Chief Donny Green, Bill Brown was responding in Engine 59 (from the main station) to a vehicle fire on Cookeville Highway. While enroute, he was navigating a curve on Allen Ferry Road near Holmes Creek Road when the truck’s tires dropped off the side of the roadway. Firefighter Brown attempted to correct and the truck then crossed over the roadway and overturned.

“This was a very violent crash and we are so thankful that Bill escaped with minor injuries. Also, we can’t thank our partner agencies and community enough for the outpouring of support and concern shown,” said Chief Green.

As it was crashing, the fire truck clipped a utility pole and the rear portion of the truck separated from the cab and chassis.

The crash was investigated by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. DeKalb EMS, Smithville Police and Fire, and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene. Traffic was re-directed during the wreck investigation.

November 4, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A manager has been chosen for Smithville’s new Central Bark Dog Park.

During Monday night’s regular monthly meeting the Smithville Aldermen named Emmaly Bennett, who also serves as an employee at the DeKalb Animal Shelter, to oversee the dog park.

Bennett, who is a city employee, will be given a 90 cent per hour increase in pay for the extra duties.

The recommendation for a dog park manager came from Megan Moore, Director of the Animal Shelter, who addressed the Smithville Mayor and Aldermen during a recent special meeting and suggested Bennett for the job.

In her written proposal, Moore outlined the benefits of having a dog park manager: Increase safety and compliance of animals and people; reduce the risks of dogs being left unattended; and reduce the number of calls and stress to city officials by providing a contact for dog park related matters.

Moore said a dog park manager would be responsible for: checking rabies tags or certificates, upkeep of sanitation stations; landscape management, locking and unlocking entry, enforcing dog park rules, providing a non-emergency contact for citizens to report issues or suggestions, working with law enforcement if any issues arise, overseeing any future maintenance to the fence or equipment, and checking the park multiple times during normal business hours.

November 4, 2020
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XC runner Aaron Gottlied has qualified for the D-1 Large School State Meet which will be held on November 5th in Hendersonville at Sanders Ferry Park.

On October 27th the TSSAA D-1 Region 3 Large School raced in Chattanooga at Woodland Baptist Church. It was at this race where Aaron qualified for the State Championship meet.

He placed 9th out of 111 runners earning him a spot to the State Championship. Gottlied finished the mile course with a time of 17:45. This was a personal record for the sophomore and his second year in a row to make it to State.

He was followed by Varsity teammates: Ian Colwell 19:24, Cooper Brown 19:29, Luke Jenkins 19:58, Andrew Tramel 20:02, Jacob Hendirx 20:02, and Kaleb Spears 23:19. JV finishers included Evan Carmichael 24:09, Xavier Parker 26:11 and Ceasar Gaspar 26:21.

In the girls regional race, Kaylee Mullican finished with a time of 27:59 and Mackenzie Sprague with a time of 31:23. Missing from the girls Varsity race were freshman Ella VanVranken, Cadee Griffith and Maleah Ruch.

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