Fiddle Dee Dee On Broad Gospel Hour Airs Sunday Night, June 7th on WJLE

June 6, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad again presents Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour Sunday night, June 7 from 5-6 p.m.

The program airs once a month on WJLE, on the first Sunday night of each month, from 5-6 p.m. featuring recorded local talent performing gospel music.

Sunday night’s program will showcase the music of the Dessa Ray and Right On Time.

Tune in the first Sunday night of each month for the Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour from 5-6 p.m. on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7

WJLE is proud of our partner sponsors of religious programs each week and hopes you will tune in often and let them know you listen.

•Got A Minute?: 60 second message presented by the Smithville Church of Christ with Dan Gulley-Twice a day Monday-Friday each week (various times morning and around noon).

•Cross Connection sponsored by the Upper Helton Baptist Church featuring Jimmy Arms: Monday-Friday at 11:55 a.m. each week

•Morning Devotion: A 5 minute daily devotional by a different minister each week Monday-Saturday at 7:25 a.m.

The following are weekly sponsored Sunday programs:

•7:30 a.m.: Royce Moore of the New West Point Freewill Baptist Church (The Way of Life Ministry)

•8:00 a.m. Elders Joseph and Ricky Arnold for the New Bildad and Mount View Primitive Baptist Churches (The Firm Foundation)

•8:30 a.m. Outreach Baptist Church with Nathan Thomason (The Outreach Pulpit)

•9:00 a.m. The Keltonburg Missionary Baptist Church (Only Through the Blood)

•9:30 a.m. LOCAL NEWS

•9:35 a.m. Trent Colwell of the Smithville Church of the Nazarene (The Living Word)

•10:30 a.m. Bobby Thomason of the Covenant Baptist Church (Fountain of Faith Ministries)

•11:00 a.m. Worship Services from either the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian (Isaac Gray) or Smithville First United Methodist (David Lunsford) Churches

•12:00 NOON: LOCAL NEWS

12:30 p.m.: House of Prayer with Zach Murphy

1:00 p.m.: Truth that Transforms with Aaron Wright

•1:30 p.m. The Preaching Ministry of Toy Lawson of the People’s Pentecostal Church

•2:30 p.m. Billy Hale of the Christ Pentecostal Church of Brush Creek (The King is Coming)

•3:00 p.m. Prophet James Ferrell of the Church of Jesus Christ (The Word of the Lord)

•4:00 p.m. LOCAL NEWS

•4:15 p.m. Royce Curtis of the People’s Missionary Baptist Church

•5:00 p.m. Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour (1st Sunday)

•6:05 p.m. Gospel music sponsored by Cantrell’s Furniture and Appliances

•9:05 p.m. LOCAL NEWS

Listen each week on WJLE AM 1480 and WJLE FM 101.7 and LIVE Streaming at www.wjle.com.

June 5, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Students in the DCHS Class of 2020 have been disappointed in recent months due to the cancellation of so many of their senior year plans because of the COVID 19 pandemic but they had reason to celebrate Friday.

During a three hour WJLE radiothon which was also LIVE streamed on the DCHS Tigers facebook page, the community rallied in support of the class with pledges and donations totaling a record breaking $11, 609 for the 2020 Project Graduation event which will be held following the graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 19.

The support was overwhelming, not only exceeding the $10,000 goal but easily surpassing last year’s radiothon fundraiser of $8,100, which had also set a new record up until that time.

The radiothon was hosted by DCHS Teacher Chris Vance and many members of the class and their parents took part in the program either on air or from behind the scenes. A special thanks to Jordan Atnip and Daniel Leslie who set up the LIVE facebook streaming broadcast from the WJLE Studios which was telecast on the DCHS Tigers facebook page and shared by others.

To add extra fun and excitement, members of the class agreed to gulp down a few spoonfuls of baby food and dog chow to meet the challenge from some callers in order to up the ante. One student even ate a banana with a stocking covering his head.

Michiko Martin and Shea Colwell, co-chairs of the Project Graduation Committee, said they could not have been more pleased with the outcome of the radiothon.

“We are pleased the kids are going to have something nice, safe, and something they can remember and enjoy with their friends for one last time as a class. We appreciate WJLE for allowing us to come in here and do this. We also want to thank Mr. Vance and the youth pastors from around town and so many others. It is a community thing and we are so thankful to everyone that has made this possible,” said Martin.

Project Graduation is an all night drug-free, alcohol-free graduation party for members of the DCHS Class of 2020 committed to having a safe, wholesome, yet entertaining celebration together for the last time as a class. This year’s event will be held at the Smithville First Baptist Church Life Enrichment Center.

“ We will have all kinds of games including volleyball, cornhole, karaoke and more with chances for them to win money and take home something,” said Colwell.

“Our administrators and the teachers at the school have also gone above and beyond to help our students to have a great year as much as possible and to carry on with the prom, graduation, and project graduation,” added Colwell.

You can still make donations to the DCHS Class of 2020 Project Graduation event by dropping off a check to either Cindy Washer at First Bank in Smithville or to Michiko Martin at the Family Medical Center.

A special thanks for the generous donations of First Bank ($2,000), Liberty State Bank ($1,000) and Wilson Bank and Trust ($1,000) and to all others who supported the radiothon.

The commencement for the DCHS Class of 2020 will be Friday, June 19 at 8 p.m. on the high school football field. The prom is set for Friday, June 12 at 8 p.m. at Twisted Oaks in Smithville.

June 5, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

For the second time in a little more than a month, a Smithville man has escaped possible life threatening injuries.

23 year old Braxton Bennett was taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital Wednesday afternoon after being involved in a one car crash on Allen Ferry Road. Just 34 days before on April 30, Bennett suffered stab wounds during an altercation which began at a residence on Adcock Cemetery Road.

According to Trooper Brent Collier of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Bennett was driving south on Allen Ferry Road (State Highway 83) in a 2008 Nissan Rogue when the car went off the right side of the road and struck a fence before coming to rest lodged in between two trees near the Herb Cottage.

Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department’s Extrication and Rescue Team were called to help Bennett from the car. He was then taken to the hospital by EMS.

Trooper Collier said Bennett has been charged with failure to exercise due care, no insurance, and driving on a revoked license.

In the April incident, Bennett was stabbed and another man, 20 year old Christian Owen was shot. Both were airlifted at the time to an undisclosed hospital but were expected to recover from their wounds.

Investigators have still not revealed any further details about that case.

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