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Darrell Johnson to Run for Constable in the 2nd District
November 21, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A total of six constable candidates have now picked up qualifying petitions for the March 3 DeKalb County Democratic Primary.
The latest is Darrell Johnson who is seeking his party’s nomination for constable in the 2nd district
The other five as WJLE has previously reported are Waylon Kyle in the 1st district, Paul Cantrell in the 4th district, Mark Milam in the 5th district, Jason Brown in the 6th district, and Johnny King in the 7th district. Cantrell, Milam and King are incumbents seeking re-election.
All but Johnson and Brown have already returned their petitions to the election commission in order to become a qualified candidate.
Meanwhile Tom Duggin, as WJLE previously reported, has picked up and returned his petition to seek the Democratic nomination for Assessor of Property in the March 3 primary. He is now a qualified candidate.
Local primaries will be held in conjunction with the Presidential Preference Primary on March 3.
“The DeKalb County Democratic Party will hold a primary for the office of Assessor of Property and Constable in all seven districts,” said Administrator of Elections Dennis Stanley. “The Republican Party will select their nominees for those offices by caucus.” In addition, both local parties will hold a primary for the office of Criminal Court Judge Part II in the 13th Judicial District.
“I understand it can be a little confusing to the voters and candidates,” Stanley said, “but in simple terms Democratic candidates for Assessor of Property, Constable and Circuit Court Judge must qualify by petition and they are now available. Republican candidates for Circuit Court Judge only must qualify by petition. The other offices are chosen by another party method.”
He also reminded potential Independent candidates that they must qualify by the petition process and can obtain a petition beginning at the same time, even though they would not appear on the ballot until August.
Here are the key dates for the March 3, 2020 election:
Qualifying deadline—Noon December 12
Voter registration deadline—February 3, 2020
Early Voting period—Feb. 12 through February 25, 2020
Smithville Elementary Sponsoring Canned Food Drive for the Holidays
November 21, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Smithville Elementary School is sponsoring a “Canned Food Drive” for the holidays to help fight hunger and your support is needed.
The effort is being done in support of the “DeKalb County Back Pack Program” for Christmas boxes to be sent home with children and their families.
Summer Cantrell, SES Principal informed the Board of Education about the project last Thursday night.
“We have partnered with Elise Driver and the DeKalb County Coordinated School Health Program to sponsor a canned food drive during the holiday season to help those in need. Our goal is to collect 1,200 canned goods by December 5. As of last Thursday our students have donated 543 kinds of canned goods for this effort. You may drop off any canned goods that you have which are not expired. Bring them to the office as a donation,” said Cantrell.
Please make sure also that donated cans are free from dents.
The grade that collects the most cans will win recess equipment.
James Gang Takes Sole Possession of First Place Among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters
November 21, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The James Gang (Grant and Jeff) has taken sole possession of first place among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking winners heading into the 13th week of the college football season.
The James Gang has the best overall record at 119-61 followed by Dewain Hendrixson at 118-62, Darrell Gill 113-67, the guests 111-69, Chad Kirby 108-72, Ricky Atnip and John Pryor each at 107-73, Jacob Parsley 106-74, Jared Davis 103-77, Scott Brown 102-78, and Will Graham 101-79.
For the week, the James Gang had the best record at 14-1. Dewain Hendrixson was 13-2, Darrell Gill, Ricky Atnip, and Jared Davis were each at 11-4, Jacob Parsley and John Pryor were each at 10-5, Scott Brown, Will Graham,and the Guest Tony Cross were each at 9-6, and Chad Kirby was 8-7.
Neither of the forecasters picked up points with their underdog selections last week.
Jared Davis remains the overall underdog points leader with 41.5 points followed by Scott Brown 37. Jacob Parsley and Dewain Hendrixson each have 24 points. John Pryor 21.5 points. The James Gang has 21 points, Ricky Atnip 20.5 points, Darrell Gill 19, the Guests 14.5, Will Graham 13 and Chad Kirby with 1 point.
Thursday the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Penn State at Ohio State, Georgia Southern at Arkansas State, Michigan at Indiana, Oklahoma State at West Virginia, SMU at Navy, Texas at Baylor, Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, UCF at Tulane, Texas A&M at Georgia, Louisiana Tech at UAB, San Diego State at Hawaii, Western Kentucky at Southern Miss, East Tennessee State at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at Missouri, and in the NFL Jacksonville at the Titans.
Thursday’s special guest is local minister Larry Green.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.
The program is sponsored by Graham Services, the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, and Domino’s Pizza.
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