“Beginning Farmer Short Course”

May 2, 2019
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Are you a beginning farmer looking to diversify your operation? Maybe you’d like to get started in agriculture but don’t know where to start. Perhaps you’ve bought some property and want to learn how you can make money off of it.

If any of these describes you, I’d invite you to consider participating in the inaugural Upper Cumberland Beginning Farmer Short Course. The Upper Cumberland Beginning Farmer Short Course is a five-month certificate program designed for those with an interest in becoming agricultural entrepreneurs, or diversifying their current venture.

The five sessions will be held monthly from May – October at different locations around the Upper Cumberland. A portion of each session will be dedicated to helping you establish and/or maintain a productive and efficient operation by covering topics such as soil health, livestock production, fruit and vegetable production, beekeeping, irrigation strategies, hemp production, greenhouse management, and hydroponics.

In addition to classroom instruction, the course provides farm tours and hands-on experiential sessions on issues including fruit tree pruning and maintenance, drip irrigation and plasticulture, fencing installation and repair, sprayer calibration, and equipment operation/safety.

The registration fee for the Upper Cumberland Beginning Farmer Short Course is $100 per person, or $125 per couple. This includes lunch at each of the 5 sessions as well as handouts and other valuable material.

For more information, including a complete list of topics, dates, and locations, contact Johnny Barnes at jbarnes1@utk.edu, 615-597-4945, or visit us at 722 S. Congress Blvd., Smithville. The DeKalb County UT-TSU Extension Office is right in the middle of the DeKalb Community Complex Building. Please register for the class by Friday, May 24.

Programs in agriculture and natural resources, 4-H youth development, family and consumer sciences and resource development. University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, US Dept. of Agriculture, and county governments cooperating. UT Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.

May 1, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A burglar caught by a deputy at the scene of the crime in January was sentenced Wednesday, May 1 in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

30 year old Jeremy Wayne Cox entered a plea to aggravated burglary and received a sentence of 3 years on TDOC probation. The sentence is to run consecutively with a Warren County case against him. He was given jail credit of 107 days.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Sunday, January 13 a deputy was dispatched to Jefferson Road due to a possible break in. Upon arrival the officer discovered that the basement door had been kicked in from the outside and Cox was inside the home. The deputy contacted the owner of the home by phone and she reported that no one was supposed to be in the residence. Cox was taken into custody.

Meanwhile, 42 year old Chad Wilson Johnson entered a plea to sale of a schedule II controlled substance (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received a 10 year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation. He must make restitution of $370 to the sheriff’s department. Johnson was indicted last year after an undercover drug investigation by the sheriff’s department.

May 1, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A Sparta man who led law enforcement authorities on a pursuit last month after being pulled over on a traffic stop was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court Wednesday, May 1.

25 year old Joshua Andrew Hudson entered a plea to evading arrest with a motor vehicle and received a 2 year sentence on TDOC probation.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on April 12 a deputy spotted Hudson’s vehicle near the White County line on Highway 70 and tried to initiate a traffic stop. Hudson was the driver but another man was also in the automobile. After the officer turned on his emergency lights and siren Hudson pulled over at a business just across the county line in White County but never came to a complete stop before merging back onto the highway heading toward Sparta.  Another DeKalb County deputy then began a pursuit of the vehicle and was joined in the chase by a White County deputy and a THP state trooper.  Although the DeKalb County officer terminated his pursuit near Highway 111, the other officers continued the chase but could not catch up with Hudson, who was exceeding speeds of up to 100 miles per hour and passing other traffic. They found his abandoned vehicle later that night. The following day Hudson and another person were spotted walking along the road  in White County and were taken into custody.

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