Smithville Elementary Hosts Family Engagement Night

March 2, 2020
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Smithville Elementary School  held its first family engagement night on Thursday, February 27th. The night was held to celebrate and welcome families to the school to engage in fun and exciting learning activities. The theme for the night was WILDCATS: Wild About Learning!

Students and their families were encouraged to participate in various learning activities including math, literacy, science, and art explorations. The scholastic book fair was open to all families. Visitors were also provided free snacks, and giveaways were handed out to all SES students. The TWRA was there to allow families to walk through its wildlife truck, and Edgar Evins State Park set up for students to explore animal coverings and real live snakes!

Smithville Elementary School would like to thank all the families who attended and they look forward to hosting more family engagement activities in the future.

March 1, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Three persons have picked up a petition to seek an alderman term in the Alexandria Municipal Election on Thursday, August 6.

The latest is Bridgette Rogers who plans to seek a two year term. The other two are Charles Anderson and Lynne Dickerson who will each be running for a four year term.

Five aldermen positions will be filled in Alexandria during the August election.

March 1, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Tuesday, March 3 is election day.

The Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries will be held across the state for both the Democratic and Republican parties while locally the DeKalb County Democratic Primary will be held along with a primary for a special judgeship election.

Voters will be going to the polls to select their preference for President, the Republican nominee for Criminal Court Judge Part II, and the Democratic party nominees for Assessor of Property and Constable in 6 of the 7 districts.

Polls across DeKalb County will be open Tuesday, March 3 from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. WJLE will have LIVE election return coverage Tuesday night starting at 7 p.m.

A total of 689 people in DeKalb County have already cast ballots during the early voting period from February 12-25

There are 2 Republican and 6 active Democratic candidates  for President still in the race.

The following candidates listed here will be on the March 3 ballot along with several others not listed here who have already dropped out:

Republican Primary Ballot
• Donald J. Trump
• Bill Weld

Democratic Primary Ballot
• Joseph R. Biden
• Michael R. Bloomberg
• Tulsi Gabbard
• Amy Klobuchar
• Bernie Sanders
• Elizabeth Warren

In addition, the Republican Party selects its delegates to the GOP National Convention and there are 29 at-large candidates with all but five committed to President Donald Trump and voters can vote for up to 14 of those candidates. There are eight 6th district delegate candidates with all but two committed to Trump. Voters can vote for up to three in that race. The Democratic Party chooses its delegates by a different method.

Republican Wesley Bray is unopposed in his bid to fill the unexpired term for Criminal Court Judge Part II District 13. No candidate qualified on the Democratic side.

Locally, Democrat Tom R. Duggin is unopposed in his bid to be the party’s nominee for Assessor of Property on March 3. By caucus, the Republican Party chose Shannon Cantrell to be its nominee in August. Both Duggin and Cantrell will be running against each other in the DeKalb County General Election on August 6.

Six constables are unopposed in their bid to represent the Democratic Party for Constable. They are Waylon Kyle in the 1st District, Darrell Johnson in District 2, Paul Cantrell in District 4, Mark Milam in District 5, Jason Brown in District 6 and Johnny King in District 7. No Democratic candidate qualified in District 3. The Republican Party, by caucus, chose Travis Bryant as its Constable nominee in District 3.

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