Ricky Atnip Repeats as WJLE Fearless Forecasters Champion!

January 2, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A Repeat!

For the second year in a row, Ricky Atnip has claimed the WJLE Fearless Forecaster of the year title!

During the 15-week college football season including bowl games, Ricky compiled the overall best record picking winners in 253 games at 171-82. For the third year in a row, Atnip also accumulated the most underdog points during the season at 67 points this year.

Ricky will be presented the “WJLE Fearless Forecasters Joe Goodwin Memorial Awards” Thursday, January 11 on the season finale of the Fearless Forecasters Show on WJLE at 4:30 p.m.

Goodwin, a longtime member of the Fearless Forecasters, passed away in February 2019 and the awards are named in tribute to him.

The final standings of the forecasters for the season are as follows:
Ricky Atnip: 171-82
Grant James: 169-84
John Pryor: 168-85
Scott Goodwin, Dewain Hendrixson, and Darrell Gill: 166-87 each
Jared Davis: 165-88
Chad Kirby: 161-92
Scott Brown: 160-93

Final underdog points standings are as follows:
Ricky Atnip: 67 points
Jared Davis: 54.5 points
Darrell Gill: 39 points
Dewain Hendrixson: 37.5 points
Chad Kirby: 35 points
Scott Goodwin: 30 points
John Pryor: 28.5 points
Grant James: 11.5 points
Scott Brown: 9 points

Best Bowl Season Records
Darrell Gill: 29-14
Ricky Atnip: 26-17
John Pryor and Dewain Hendrixson: 25-18 each
Scott Goodwin, Jared Davis, and Scott Brown: 22-21 each
Grant James: 21-22
Chad Kirby: 19-24

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, First Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, DeKalb Ace Hardware, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Domino’s Pizza.

January 2, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Celebrating Success!

A Christmas/New Year Party was held Friday night at the Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church gym for youth involved in the recently created “Choosing to Change” program in DeKalb County.

“Choosing to Change” began locally six months ago modeled after “The SPOT” in Smith County, an outreach program of the Youth and Family Resource Network, a non-profit, faith-based organization.

The program operates under the direction of Justin Cantrell, Regional Overdose Prevention Specialist for the Upper Cumberland area and facilitator for SPOT Youth and Family Resources Network Center in Carthage and DeKalb County and Director Barbara Kannapel, who was instrumental in starting “The SPOT” in Smith County several years ago.

The goal is to help students from 6th to 12th grade, who have committed minor infractions at school, to make better life choices and build positive relationships with others.

“Choosing to Change” works with the Juvenile Court in DeKalb County and the students who participate must attend a series of classes over eight weeks.

“In our juvenile program with delinquent and unruly offenses we sometimes do an informal adjustment, sort of a diversion, if it’s the first time they have been in trouble or if its a really minor offense,” said General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge Brandon Cox. “For example, if they are in court for truancy issues, being a runaway, for vaping etc. when they come to court the first time, they are given the option to attend this class for eight weeks and if they do then we will re-evaluate the case and see how it is going at that point, checking their grades, attendance, etc. We have already had probably 30 or so youth go through the program and we have seen a lot of success with it. Friday night a Christmas party was held to celebrate the kids in the program as well as Justin and Barbara,” added Judge Cox.

“We meet from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the courthouse and we are hoping to expand it by starting an afterschool program here,” said Cantrell.

The DeKalb Prevention Coalition participated in the Christmas Party Friday night in support of the “Choosing to Change” program.

December 31, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County Schools will re-open on Thursday, January 4

The next extended break for DeKalb County students will be spring break March 25-29. Schools will also be closed for Dr. Martin Luther King Day January 15, President’s Day February 19, and Monday, April 1. The last day of school will be May 21, 2024. May 20 will be an abbreviated day.

The DCHS graduation is set for Friday, May 10.

Report cards will be issued at all schools on January 9, March 13, and May 21.

Parent teacher conferences will be held at DCHS from 3-6 p.m. on March 19 and at all the other schools, DWS, NES, SES, and DMS from 3-6 p.m. on March 21.

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