2nd Annual Ribbon Cutting Party for the Storybook Trail at Edgar Evins State Park

May 29, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Children and caregivers are invited to gather at Edgar Evins State Park for a party on Saturday, June 1 for a National Trails Day Ribbon Cutting on a new book for the ½ mile Hillside Storybook Trail.

This free event to be held from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. will include party favors, craft making for the children sponsored by the public libraries of DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, Cannon and the Cookeville Children’s Museum and Smithville Girl Scout Troop 3094.

Bob Tarter of Animology (formerly NHECM) will present an assortment of wild animals at 11:30 A.M.

(Last Year’s Ribbon Cutting)

The book this year will be Anybody Home?, by Marianne Berkes and illustrated by Rebeccca Dickinson. It is about Polly Possum looking for a home among the forest creatures where she can raise her expected babies.

Hotdogs, chips, lemonade and cake will be served about 12:30 P.M. The trail has large color reproductions of pages from the book on signs that are mounted at child height about every 60 yards along the trail. There will be guided and unguided hikes on the trail after the ribbon is cut . (It is on a hillside so expect some mild elevation changes.) Everything will be free unless purchased from a vendor or the on-site gift store where the book will be available.

Saturday’s Schedule:

10 A.M. – SIGN GUEST BOOK … Kids get possum ears to wear and take home (Made by GS Troop 3094)

10:30 A.M. – RIBBON CUTTING ON HILLSIDE STORYBOOK TRAIL WITH MISS TEEN BEAUTY SUPREME – IVY TRAVIS.

10:45 A.M.- OPEN TRAIL FOR ANYONE BUT THERE WILL BE GUIDES AVAILABLE A BIT LATER FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS HELP READING THE STORY SIGNS ALONG THE TRAIL OR HELPING KEEP KIDS TOGETHER – If you need a guide let Anna Bertram know so she can find one for you.

10:45 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. – CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR CANNON, DEKALB, PUTNAM AND SMITH COUNTIES … ALSO THE COOKEVILLE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM AND SMITHVILLE GIRL SCOUT TROOP 3094 (Under the shade awnings)

10:45 A.M. – Ranger Lee Chadwell will present birds and an opossum or two

For more information and pictures of last year go to www.foeesp.com

May 29, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The 2019 DCHS Tiger basketball Most Valuable Player was awarded Wednesday for becoming a member of the 1,000 point club.

Roy Nelson Pugh of Liberty State Bank presented a plaque to Tanner Poss for scoring 1,159 points in his high school basketball career. Poss actually reached the 1,000 point milestone during his junior year but added to his point total during his 2018-19 senior year after returning to the line-up in mid-season following an injury.

“This is our way at Liberty State Bank of congratulating Tanner on his accomplishments,” said Pugh.

“I only got to coach him one year but he is a heck of a kid and player. I wish I had him around more. We didn’t get him back in good form from his injury until probably January but he helped us out when he came back. We will certainly miss him for sure. Had he not been injured Tanner may have scored as many as 1,500 career points, “said Tiger Coach John Sanders.

“This is very special to me. After the injury it was hard getting back on track but after I returned I wanted to end the season strong. It was Coach Sanders’ first season here and I wanted to give him everything I had and it was special for me to get to finish my senior season with him so everything ended up good,” said Poss.

Tanner, who graduated two weeks ago, now plans to further his education in college.

May 29, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A woman was airlifted with serious injuries after a one auto crash late Sunday night on Big Rock Road that also involved a man and two children.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 31 year old Eric Randall Adcock of Smithville was driving a 2013 Nissan Juke and attempting to negotiate a curve when the vehicle went off the right side of the roadway, over an embankment, and into the wood line hitting several trees. The Juke then overturned and came to a final rest on its left side about 120 feet off the road.

Adcock and his passengers, 28 year old Dakota Adcock of Smithville and two juveniles were entrapped in the vehicle. Both Eric and Dakota were not wearing their seatbelts and the juveniles were improperly restrained.

The DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department’s extrication and rescue team was summoned so that the wreck victims could be removed from the vehicle. Members of the Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad used a stokes basket and rope to bring Ms. Adcock back up the hill to the ambulance.

Eric Adcock was transported by DeKalb EMS to St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. Dakota Adcock was airlifted from near the scene by a helicopter ambulance and flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The children were apparently not seriously injured.

The crash was investigated by Trooper Chris Meness of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Charges are pending.

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