DeKalb Fire Dept Reminds You to Change Batteries in Your Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarms

November 6, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

With winter on the way the DeKalb County Fire Department reminds you to change batteries in your home smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. The message is simple and it’s easy to do. Please take a few minutes to make sure life-saving alarms have fresh batteries so you, your family, and your home are protected.

Lieutenant Dustin Johnson, the DeKalb County Fire Department’s Fire Prevention and Safety Officer, reminds DeKalb County residents that after batteries are changed in alarms, take a few extra minutes to test your alarms and remind family, friends, and neighbors to do the same. Not all smoke alarms have batteries that have to be replaced each year. Some newer model alarms have batteries that last up to 10 years. However, it is still very important to test and clean your alarms. You can clean and maintain them simply by using compressed air to remove dust residue that accumulates on alarms that can cause the alarm’s sensor to not operate properly.

Eighty percent of child fire fatalities occur in homes without working smoke alarms. It’s a tragic statistic that can be prevented. Changing smoke alarm batteries at least once a year, testing those alarms, and reminding others to do the same are some of the simplest, most effective ways to reduce these tragic deaths and injuries. “The vast majority of our house fires happen between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most families are sleeping,” said Lt. Johnson. “Smoke alarm installation and maintenance is a simple, effective way to reduce home fire deaths. Children and senior citizens are most at risk, and a working smoke alarm can give them the extra seconds they need to get out safely.”

“A working smoke detector doubles your chance of surviving a home fire. So, why would you not want you and your family to have this protection?” For more information about fire safety, visit the DeKalb County Fire Department’s FaceBook Group page or the department’s website at www.dekalbfire.com.

November 6, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

An 18 year old man who allegedly stole a vehicle last year as a juvenile appeared for sentencing in criminal court Tuesday.

Judge Wesley Bray presided.

John Allen Sutton entered a plea to auto burglary and theft over $2,500. He received a two year sentence to serve in each case to run concurrently with each other and with a Sumner County sentence against him. He must make restitution of $250 payable to New Frontiers, the victim of the theft.

Sutton was charged with the crime in a juvenile petition last year in an offense that occurred on July 6, 2018 when he was 17 years old. His case was later transferred to criminal court where he had to face the charges as an adult.

In other cases, 45 year old Jose Salvador Rayas entered a plea to driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days all suspended to probation except for 48 hours to serve. He will be allowed to do the time in a DUI education center. His license will also be revoked pursuant to state department of safety regulations.

22 year old Daniel A. Aguirre entered a plea to driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days all suspended to probation except for 48 hours to serve. He will be allowed to do the time in a DUI education center. His license will also be revoked pursuant to state department of safety regulations.

November 5, 2019
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Donny Green, County Executive Director of the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency, announces that the 2019 FSA County Committee elections are underway as ballots were mailed to eligible voters in Local Administrative Area (LAA) # 3 (DeKalb County) on November 4th.

December 2, 2019 will be the last day to postmark voted ballots returned by mail, or to deliver voted ballots to the local FSA office.

R.V. Billings, Jr. was the only candidate nominated for LAA # 3 during the 2019 nomination period. Mr. Billings has been certified as an eligible candidate and is currently completing his second 3-year term on the DeKalb FSA County Committee. R.V. is a retired County Executive Director of the DeKalb County Farm Service Agency. He owns and operates a farm in the Johnson’s Chapel community.

Write-in nominations can be accepted on ballots. However, the write-in nominee must meet eligibility criteria and attest to his or her willingness to serve, if elected, by signing a nominating petition. Agricultural producers were encouraged to submit candidate names during the nomination period that ended August 1, 2019.

“The FSA county committee system is unique among government agencies, because it allows producers to make important decisions concerning the local administration of federal farm programs. All eligible farmers and ranchers, especially minorities and women, are encouraged to get involved and make a real difference in their communities by voting in this year’s elections,” says Green.

To be an eligible voter, farmers and ranchers must participate or cooperate in FSA programs.  A person who is not of legal voting age but supervises and conducts the farming operations of an entire farm can also vote.

Eligible voters in DeKalb County LAA # 3 who did not receive a ballot can obtain a ballot at their local USDA Service Center.  December 2, 2019 is the last day for voters to submit ballots in person to local USDA Service Centers.  Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked no later than December 2, 2019.  The DeKalb/Cannon FSA County Committee will meet on December 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. to canvass and tabulate the ballots. This meeting is open to the public. The newly elected committee member and alternates take office January 1,  2020.

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