DeKalb Prevention Coalition Celebrates Red Ribbon Week

October 22, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb Prevention Coalition invites the community to take a visible stand against drugs by celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 23-31.

Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of drug use and the problems related to drugs facing our community, and encourages parents, educators, business owners, and other community organizations to promote drug-free lifestyles.

This year’s celebration will kick off on Wednesday, October 23 with “Displaying Your Red Ribbon” at your business, home or school. Activities scheduled throughout the week include “Wear Red Day” on Friday, October 25.

“Red Ribbon Week” encourages our entire community to adopt healthy, drug-free lifestyles,” said Lisa Cripps, DeKalb Prevention Coalition Coordinator. “The campaign brings together parents, schools, and businesses as we look for ways to keep kids and communities drug free”.

In 1985, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Enrique S. “Kiki” Camarena was killed by drug traffickers. Shortly after his death, citizens from his hometown of Calexico, California began wearing red ribbons to remember him and commemorate his sacrifice.

The first official Red Ribbon Week celebration was created by the National Family Partnership in 1988. NFP continues to coordinate the campaign for families, schools, and communities across the nation each year. Since then, the red ribbon has symbolized a continuing commitment to reducing the demand for illicit drugs in our communities.

“Red Ribbon Week gives us the opportunity to be vocal and visible in our efforts to achieve a drug free community,” said Jennifer Matthews, DeKalb Prevention Coalition Director.

“Research shows that children are less likely to use alcohol and other drugs when parents and other role models are clear and consistent in their opposition to drug use and the misuse of prescription drugs”.

Visit GetSmartAboutDrugs.com for more information about Red Ribbon Week or contact the DeKalb Prevention Coalition, on Facebook, or phone 615-215-2029.

October 22, 2024
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The Savage-Goodner Camp 1513 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will recognize the Confederate veterans buried in Bonham Cemetery, Cordell Love Road, Smithville, TN by the placement of a memorial plaque on November 9, 2024 at Noon. Members of the Black Roses will assist the Sons of Confederate Veterans in this dedication.

The veterans to be recognized are: Jonathan Rufus Fuson, Matthew Greer, John Johnson, Richard Wallace McGinnis, Benjamin Hanford Merritt, Archibald Z. Moore, Benjamin A. Terrell, and John Wesley Pack

A brief ceremony will accompany the unveiling of the memorial sign. Descendants of these veterans and members of the public are invited to attend and witness this ceremony being held on the Saturday preceding Veterans Day at 12:00 noon. The Bonham Cemetery is located on the northwest side of the Smithville Municipal Airport off Cordell Love Road.

October 21, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A head on crash Saturday afternoon on Highway 70 near Dowelltown claimed the life of 34-year-old Felicia Moore and seriously injured 53-year-old Nicola D. Foutch.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Moore was traveling east on US 70 in a 2017 Lexus 350 when she crossed the continuous turn lane and went into the left lane of westbound traffic, colliding head on with Foutch’s 2008 Dodge Dakota. The Lexus came to a final rest on the eastbound shoulder and the Dodge Dakota in the westbound lanes. Moore was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash. Foutch was not.

Foutch was taken from the scene by EMS to the Liberty Fire Station where she was airlifted by a helicopter ambulance. Moore died in the crash.

The THP and EMS responded along with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, DeKalb Fire Department, and the Fire Department’s rescue team who used extrication tools to access the body for removal from the wreckage.

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