Northside Students Have Fun with Aerospace Education

October 4, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

STEM challenges are being introduced to students as young as elementary school age to help teach them about science, technology, engineering and math, all while building their brains and making connections through problem solving.

Fourth grade students in the Lottery Education for Afterschool Program (LEAPS) at Northside Elementary this week have had fun with aerospace education through STEM activities.

Captain Steven Glover of Cookeville, member of the Civil Air Patrol, Wednesday showed students the proper way to make paper gliders and roto motors. He also brought along a Celestron telescope for the kids to look through.

“The idea of aerospace education starts at this grade level and younger and we are doing hands on activities related to aerospace education. Today we have finished up a project that was started Monday making a glider properly and how we can make it change to fly differently,” said Captain Glover.

“We have also made a roto motor by using scissors, tape, and paper clips to convert a glider making it go in a rotary fashion, sort of like seeds that fall in a rotary fashion from trees in the spring or fall. This idea of hands on activities related to science, technology, education, and math and aerospace education is part of what the Civil Air Patrol does,” he said.

Melissa Roysdon, Northside Elementary LEAPS teacher, said students are also working on a project in conjunction with the upcoming International Fair.

“Students are working on turning their room into an International Space Station for this year’s International Fair in November. Other students will get to come in and look at the experiments these children have conducted through the After School Program. They will also see and hear things about the 16 different nations that take part in the actual International Space Station and how it relates to cultures around the world,” she said.

October 4, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

During the month of October, Tennessee is observing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Awareness Month. Over the last decade, opioid use in the United States and Tennessee has rapidly increased, causing an alarming number of babies born with NAS, a set of withdrawal symptoms a newborn may experience as a result of prenatal exposure to prescription drugs or heroin.

To raise awareness about NAS in our community, the DeKalb Prevention Coalition is asking individuals to wear Pearls and Bowties for Babies on Friday, October 5. The Prevention Alliance encourages you to invite your family, friends, players, and coworkers to participate and post their photos on social media using the hashtag #NASMONTHTN.

A suggested post could be as simple as, “A baby’s life shouldn’t begin with detox. I’m wearing my pearls/bowtie today to support NAS awareness in TN. #NASMONTHTN”

The main messaging for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is that it is 100 percent preventable. Especially sharing that babies are born dependent and not addicted. The CDC states that 86% of pregnancies are unintended among women who abuse opioids

For more information visit Borndrugfreetn.com

October 3, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A local pilot escaped serious injury in a plane crash Wednesday evening.

911 received the call at 6:00 p.m.

According to Smithville Airport Manager Joe Johnson, the pilot Jeff Parker took off from the runway in a Piper Comanche and was about 200 feet off the ground when his engine quit. The plane came down in a field beside Cordell Love Road near the airport. Parker was taken by DeKalb EMS to Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital.

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Members of the Smithville Police and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Departments were on the scene along with the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department. The FAA has also been notified.

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