DeKalb West Junior Beta Club Inducts New Officers

August 28, 2018
By: Bill Conger

The DeKalb West School Junior Beta Club inducted its new slate of officers in a special ceremony Monday night (August 27). Isaac Brown took over the reigns as President. Brett Walker will step up as Vice President while Aly Griffith is Secretary. Aniston Farler will serve as Treasurer, Madison Martin is the Chaplain, and Kortnee Skeen is the club’s reporter. Club members also elected two 7^th grade representatives: Jaxon Humphrey and Ella Hendrixson, and three 6^th grade representatives: Kenson Moss, Grant Buterbaugh, and Chloe Dies.

Vice President Walker told the crowd that “the purpose of the National Beta Club is to promote the ideals of academic achievement by recognizing and honoring high academic achievement, with character by preparing young people for life and empowering them to be successful, through leadership by developing the leaders of tomorrow and through service by demonstrating our motto: Let Us Lead by Serving Others.”

New members, who were given formal invitations to join based on their academic abilities and excellent character, were honored in a Wheel Induction ceremony.

“Each of the officers will share about a part of the wheel,” Aniston Farler explained. “In the mechanism of a wheel, all of the spokes fasten on the hub and run evenly outward, to be caught finally in the rim on which the wheel rolls.”

Club officers spoke of how character, achievement, scholarship, helpfulness, school spirit, patriotism, and leadership help make a quality Junior Beta student.

Students inducted included from the 6^th grade: Grant Buterbaugh, Caroline Crook, Thomas Damron, Chloe Dies, Wesley Kent, Caleb Lawson, Kenson Moss, Bradley Pelham, Evan Prichard, Autumn Reinhart, Jordyn Turbeville, Cheyenne Young and Emily Young; from the 7^th grade: Trey Beilfuss (BILE-foos) and Marshall Farler, Shauna Kempf, and Melanie Ortiz (Or –Tease) and from the 8^th grade: Gabby Wheatley.

Club officers were presented with medallions while new members were handed a certificate, membership card and pin.

August 28, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A Chestnut Mound man had a close call Tuesday morning after his boat caught fire on Center Hill Lake at the Floating Mill Recreation Area.

Dale Heady said he had just launched his 18 foot 1989 Rinker pleasure boat from the boat ramp and was only a few hundred yards off shore when he heard a pop and then saw the fire. “At first I thought I had hit a rock. A couple nearby heard it too and told me later they thought it was a backfire,” he said.

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Heady grabbed a fire extinguisher and tried unsuccessfully to put out the blaze. The then put on his life jacket, jumped in the lake, and swam safely to shore.

Members of the TWRA, US Army Corps of Engingeer Rangers, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department responded.  A hose from a boat was used to spray water on the burning boat but it could not be salvaged.

August 28, 2018
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Smithville Elementary has named its Students of the Month for August. These students were selected for their outstanding character, academics, and other traits that make them an all-around excellent student. Selected as Students of the Month for August are:

Pre-K: Mary Alice Moore
Kindergarten: Danika Barlow
1^st grade: Brantley Brooks
2^nd grade: Aden Freeman

Smithville Elementary Upcoming Events for September 2018

Monday, September 3 Labor Day, no school

Wednesday, September 5  3:00pm – 6:00pm Family Reading Night

Thursday, September 6 3:00pm – 6:00pm Family Reading Night

Wednesday, September 12  3:00pm – 6:00pm Family Reading Night

Thursday, September 13  In-School Banking

Thursday, September 13  3:00pm – 6:00pm Family Reading Night

Wednesday, September 19  3:00pm – 6:00pm Family Reading Night

Thursday, September 20 3:00pm – 6:00pm Family Reading Night

September 24-28 Scholastic Book Fair in Library

Thursday, September 27  In-School Banking

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