DeKalb County Martial Artists in Top 100

July 6, 2023
By: Bill Conger

Seventeen Middle Tennessee Tae Kwon Do students earned their way into the Top 100 in the US Chung Do Kwan Association. Congratulations to Abigail Karsky, Aislynn Colenso, Amy Lloyd, Bane Averitte, Benjamin Jones, Bryan Parker, Destiny Earlington, Gabriel Blair, Ivanny Earlington, Izabella Ramirez, Jacob Blair, Kayleigh Ramirez, Kinley Fisher, Madison Mosley, Miguel Ramirez, Naomi Karsky, Reagan Maness-Stevens.

The students will have a chance to battle it out with the other 83 USCDKA students for a chance to be in the TOP 10 this weekend at the 2023 Edward B. Sell/USCDKA National Championships in Orlando, Florida.

July 6, 2023
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Local DeKalb Middle School student, Lillie Grace Young, placed third in the National Jr. Beta Performance Arts Dance category recently held in Louisville Kentucky. Lillie made her way to Nationals back in November of 2022 when she placed 2nd at the state level, which allowed her to move on to Nationals this summer. Lille performed early Saturday morning in preliminaries, competing against 33 other dancers from all different states. The top 3 dancers from preliminaries then moved on to finals and danced one more time Saturday night. Lillie clogged to a mixed version of “Rocky Top,” and “Party in the USA.” She was awarded third place Sunday morning.

Beta is a club that promotes academic achievement, character, service and leadership among elementary and secondary school students.

Mrs. Teresa Jones, the DMS Beta sponsor accompanied Lillie in her weekend festivities.

Lillie would like to thank Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Mary Ann Puckett for all their help in her preparations for the conference.

July 5, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A Native American artifacts show will be held Saturday, July 29 at the Mike Foster Multi-Purpose Center from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and proceeds will benefit the St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Admission to the event is free. Parents come and bring your children.

The artifacts show will feature displays ranging from arrow heads to pottery and some items will be available for sale or trade. “I think we have about 50-60 tables. We sell the table (space). It cost $15 for the table per person and that money goes to pay for all the expenses of the show and any money left is donated to St. Jude Children’s Hospital,” said Mike Foster, one of the event organizers.

“Tennessee has probably three or four major shows of this kind and this is one of them so we want to invite everybody to come to see the artifacts. I think you will be pleased with what you see”.

“We will have people who will be buying and selling as well as displaying their artifacts, but a lot of trading also goes on between the collectors”, said Foster.

“I like shell beads so I will have a lot of them there along with bone work and tools they (Native Americans) used but I guess the main attraction is flint including arrow heads, spear points, and things like that but there will be some pottery too. I even have a wooden bow from the 1600’s time frame. We’ll have collectors here from Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama among others”.

“You can probably go to any museum in the state of Tennessee, and you won’t see the amount of quality and the number of artifacts you will see there. It’s really enjoyable for people who like history or artifacts and it’s free so come on out Saturday because you’ll see some really good collections,” Foster concluded.

The show is sponsored locally and by the Volunteer State Archaeological Society, a non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of prehistoric America. This society is one of the largest of the independent state societies affiliated with Central States Archaeological Societies.

For more information contact Mike Foster at 615-418-5957.

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