American Legion to Host Veterans Observance Today (Friday)

November 9, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The men and women who have put their lives on the line to protect our freedom will be honored in a special Veterans Day program Friday morning, November 9 at the DeKalb County Complex auditorium hosted by the American Legion Post #122. Veteran’s Day is Sunday, November 11.

The observance begins at 9:15 a.m. with patriotic music by Susan Hinton followed by a performance from the DCHS Chorus and Band at 9:30 a.m. then the presentation of colors by Boy Scout Troop #347. The DCHS Chorus will sing the National Anthem and a prayer will be offered by local minister Larry Green. Commander William Edmonds will make welcoming remarks and Judy Redmon, President of the Ladies’ Auxiliary will introduce the guest speaker, Richard Buford of the American Legion Department of Tennessee Post #46. After the program, the audience will gather at the Veterans Memorial Monument at the courthouse for placement of a wreath. Josh Moon will blow taps to close the program.

Any veteran that wants to ride or drive in the Veteran’s Day parade on Friday needs to be at the County Complex by 11:00 on Friday

A lunch for veterans and their families, band, and program participants will be provided by the Senior Citizens and Director Pam Redmon and American Legion Post #122.

November 8, 2018
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After winning the Central Region 4-H Outdoor Meat Cookery contest, the DeKalb County grilling team set their sights on a state title. The team comprised of Creston Bain, Hailey Bogle, Clayton Crook, and Lily Martin attended the State 4-H Competition in Knoxville last Month. They competed against eight other teams across the state that had placed in the top three of their respective regions, and the team claimed the first state championship in this contest for DeKalb County 4-H.

The contest is comprised of four different species: beef, pork, lamb, and poultry. Each contestant cooks a cut from one of the species and submits it for judging along with a copy of their recipe. At the state level, the team also completes a presentation, complete with a theme and a platter consisting of all four products that were grilled. The team chose “Hillbilly Fixins” as their theme, and was also the highest scoring group in this part of the competition as well as overall. A special thanks goes out to the Smithville Food Lion store for helping to sponsor the meat that was used throughout the program. Congratulations to this hardworking group of young people.

November 8, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Dewain Hendrixson still leads his fellow WJLE Fearless Forecasters for picking winners after ten weeks of the college football season.

Hendrixson has an overall record of 97-52.

Darrell Gill is in second place at 95-54, two games back followed by Will Graham at 90-59, seven games out. Scott Brown and Grant James of the James Gang are each 8 games out of first place at 89-60. Ricky Atnip and Chad Kirby are 10 games back at 87-62. John Pryor is 12 games out of first place at 84-65 and the Guests are 14 games back at 83-66.

Meanwhile Darrell Gill and Ricky Atnip each had the best record for the week at 13-2 followed by Grant James of the James Gang at 12-3. Scott Brown, Chad Kirby, John Pryor, and Dewain Hendrixson each went 11-4, the guest County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss went 10-5, and Will Graham was 8-7.

Two forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Ricky Atnip picked Illinois to upset Minnesota and got 9.5 points. The guest, County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss picked Missouri to beat Florida and got 6 points.

Overall Will Graham at 41 has the most underdog points followed by Grant James of the James Gang with 38 points. Scott Brown has 35 points while Ricky Atnip has 24.5, the guests 20, Darrell Gill 14, John Pryor 11.5, Dewain Hendrixson 11, and Chad Kirby 5.

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

Ohio State at Michigan State, Wisconsin at Penn State, Washington State at Colorado, Oregon at Utah, Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh, Miami at Georgia Tech, Texas at Texas Tech, California at USC, Temple at Houston, Fresno State at Boise State, Auburn at Georgia, South Carolina at Florida, Vanderbilt at Missouri, Kentucky at Tennessee, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans versus New England.

Today’s special guest is DCHS Lady Tiger Basketball Coach Danny Fish.

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, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and DeKalb County Ace Hardware.

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