Katherine Pack Says Thank You DeKalb County

August 22, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Katherine Pack has been one of the longest serving Circuit Court Clerks in DeKalb County history but her tenure which has spanned sixteen years will be ending next Friday, August 31.

Pack was first elected in 2002 and re-elected without opposition in 2006, 2010, and 2014. She shares the distinction with the late Jack S. Allen and the late Hobson Reynolds as the longest serving circuit court clerks in DeKalb County history dating back to 1838. Allen served from 1910 to 1926 and Reynolds held the office from 1954 to 1970.

A retirement party was held for Katherine last Friday and many family members and friends turned out to say thanks for her service to the county and to wish her well.

“We had a tremendous amount of people to come out and it was a humbling experience for me,” said Katherine.

“I was thankful and glad to see all the judges who came to the retirement party including the retired judges that came back who I haven’t seen in a while. My fellow elected officials were all there too. They have been very supportive of me over the years. We have become very close and I am thankful for their friendship and especially thankful for all they did for me during this retirement time,” she said.

“I had a lot of friends and family who helped in my party. My children were the back bone of it and a lot of my church family and the girls that work here for me helped in the party and I just want to say a special thank you to them. We couldn’t have done it without them. It was truly a success. It was everything I wanted,” Katherine continued.

“I would just like to say thank you to DeKalb County. The people of DeKalb County have been so kind and good to me over the last 16 years that I have been clerk and I just want to say thank you very much to them. I will miss being around the people and the judges and those I see every day here,” added Katherine.

As for her retirement plans, Katherine said “I don’t have a lot of plans right now. I will play it by ear and wait and see what God has in store for me in the next chapter of my life”.

August 21, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Motlow State Community College recently received a $4,500 donation from customers of the Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District through the District’s “Project Hometown Help.” The donation is for the Automation and Robotics Training Center that is under construction at the Motlow McMinnville campus.

Funds from the Hometown Help voluntary program, which come from an automatic rounding up of participating customers’ bills to the next highest whole dollar amount, are used to advance education, assist economic development, promote local charities and provide relief to the disabled and elderly for payment of natural gas bills.

Pictured from left, are Charles Morrison, superintendent for the District’s McMinnville office; Jerry Cooper, former state senator; Michael Torrence, Motlow president; Larry Flatt, Motlow executive director of Advanced Robotics; and Mike Corley, the District’s vice president – human resources and general counsel.

August 21, 2018
By: Leigh Fuson

High school aged 4‐H members from across Tennessee traveled to the University of Tennessee at Martin for State 4‐H Roundup and All Star Conference during the week of July 23‐27. Approximately 375 students attended the 95^th annual event.  Representing DeKalb County this year were Clayton Crook, 11^th grade, Caleb Taylor, 12^th grade, and Kayla Belk who graduated this past May.

4‐H’ers competed in projects such as communications, livestock, computers and technology, healthy living, and photography for college scholarship money and trips to National 4‐H Congress in Atlanta. The State 4-H theme in 2018 is “Tennessee 4‐H: Branching From Our Roots,” because youth are learning to grow and succeed through their project work and activities.

Clayton was a state finalist in the Beef project and participated in competition interviews. Kayla and Caleb attended as All-Star members and completed service projects for underprivileged families in West Tennessee.  Attendees brought over 4,000 items to be distributed.

Caleb also received the Vol State Award, the highest level of recognition a 4-H member can be awarded.  This award can only be given to current or incoming high school seniors.  Caleb was among the prestigious group of 73 members to receive the award this year.  Kayla was recognized at the senior breakfast and helped take part in the Vol State ceremony as a past recipient.

Teens from all over the state came together, competed in their project areas, learned life skills such as leadership and citizenship, and made lifelong friends. They also enjoyed a banquet, dance, and learning sessions, as well as campus tours. Roundup is one of the highlights for Tennessee’s 4‐H program. Delegates who attend have spent years of work in their respective project areas.  Over $75,000 in scholarship money was awarded this year.

4‐H is the Youth Development program for University of Tennessee Extension and Tennessee State University.  4‐H teaches leadership, citizenship and service learning to more than 168,000 youth in 4th through 12th grades. 4‐H also has more than 6,000 adult volunteers.  For more information about DeKalb County 4-H, please call 615-597-4945.

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Photo Captions:

Clayton                                                 Clayton Crook was a state finalist in the beef project area at State 4-H Round Up.

Caleb                                                     Caleb Taylor received the highest honor a TN 4-H member can receive: Vol State.

Round Up 18                                      Caleb Taylor and Kayla Belk during the banquet at State 4-H Round Up.

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