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DeKalb Foster Children Need Your Support through “Santa for all Seasons”
November 14, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County Foster Children Need Help During the Holidays. You can help by supporting “Santa for All Seasons”.
“Christmas is a time for hope and celebration. It is a time when family and friends enjoy being together, for giving and receiving,” said Trista Pirtle Bond.
“But for children in foster care, it can be especially painful and lonely. They have experienced losses, inconsistency and conflict. Their family traditions have been ripped away and despite the love and safety of their foster home, fundamentally everything is different and out of their control,” added Brandi Keith.
“One way for our community to give back to these children is by donating to “Santa for all Seasons”. A child who has been removed from an abusive or neglectful home may wonder if Santa will still find them and bring them gifts. This year there are more than 800 children in the Upper Cumberland who are in state’s custody and more than 40 of those children are from DeKalb County. They need our help,” Bond continued.
The “Santa for all Seasons” group is requesting assistance with funds to support these children during this season of giving. This provides assistance to foster and underprivileged children all year. Christmas is a time for hope and joy to triumph over adversity, and you can be a part of that for these foster children,” said Keith.
“If you or your organization is willing to help provide funds, please contact Beth Chandler, Brandi Keith or Trista Pirtle Bond. Checks can be made payable to “Santa for all Seasons” and sent to the following address: 545 Golf Club Drive, Smithville, TN 37166,” said Bond.
City residents reminded of tree trimming regulations
November 14, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Tree trimming season has arrived and the City of Smithville is passing along a friendly reminder about a policy that was implemented three years ago concerning the removal of brush and tree limbs.
Under the guidelines, city residents will only be entitled to two free pickups of brush and tree limbs from their properties per year provided they do their own cutting and trimming. No commercial tree cutting debris will be collected by the city.
Other provisions of the policy are as follows:
*The pile of brush must be close to the edge of the road and piles must be kept away from mail boxes and other structures to avoid damage to the structures.
*The maximum diameter of limbs must be no more than six inches. Anything thicker than that will not be picked up.
*The butt ends must be facing the road.
*Nothing longer than 10 feet.
*Residents will only get two pick-ups per year.
*No vines or root balls.
*No building materials, trash, plastic, metal, wire, cardboard, paper, or glass.
*No commercial tree cutting will be collected by the city. If you have hired someone to do the cutting, you must have them haul off the debris. The city is not responsible for picking up anything cut by a trimming or cleaning service.
*City will only collect brush or limbs free for residents who do their own trimming, cutting.
WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters College Football Talk Show Airs Today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m.
November 14, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Ricky Atnip maintains his first-place lead among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking winners after eleven weeks of the college football season.
Ricky has a record of 112-53 followed by Scott Goodwin and Dewain Hendrixson each at 108-57. Darrell Gill is 107-58, John Pryor 105-60, Scott Brown 103-62, Grant James and Alex Woodward each at 102-63, and Chad Kirby 97-68.
For the week, Ricky Atnip, John Pryor, and Dewain Hendrixson led the pack at 11-4 each followed by Darrell Gill, Scott Brown, and Scott Goodwin each at 10-5. Grant James and Alex Woodward were each at 9-6 and Chad Kirby was 8-7.
Two of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Darrell Gill added 6 points to his total with Rutgers’ win over Minnesota and Grant James picked up 3 points as Duke beat N.C. State.
Overall, Darrell Gill has taken the lead with 36 underdog points. Dewain Hendrixson has 30.5, Ricky Atnip and John Pryor each with 20, Chad Kirby 19.5, Alex Woodward 18.5, Grant James and Scott Goodwin each at 13.5 and Scott Brown 11.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Clemson at Pittsburgh, Arizona State at Kansas State, Boise State at San Jose State, Baylor at West Virginia, Nebraska at USC, Syracuse at California, Coastal Carolina at Marshall, Tulane at Navy, Michigan State at Illinois, Texas at Arkansas, Oregon at Wisconsin, LSU at Florida, Missouri at South Carolina, Tennessee at Georgia and in the NFL the Minnesota Vikings at the Tennessee Titans.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.
The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Wilson Bank & Trust, and Domino’s Pizza.
