DCHS Girls’ Golf Team Completes Perfect Regular Season

September 22, 2023
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Perfection!

The DCHS Girls’ Golf Team completed a perfect 15-0 regular season by defeating Upperman by 14 strokes on Thursday at Baxter.

The Lady Tigers were led by Chloe Boyd’s 39 and Emily Anderson 42 scores. The team consists of Junior Alison Poss, Sophomore Emily Anderson, and Freshman Chloe Boyd. Poss and Boyd were selected as All-District performers this year.

“I am so proud of our Lady Tigers,” said DCHS Head Golf Coach John Pryor. “Alison Poss is our veteran leader and we can count on her every time she plays. Chloe Boyd is a machine and works so hard, her effort is outstanding. Emily Anderson had some midseason struggles, but I have been so impressed by the work she has put in to rediscover her game. She is playing really well right now. Next week, on Monday, we have the District Tournament in Cookeville, followed by the Region Tournament on October 2 at Tim’s Ford. That is where these incredible young ladies will make their bid to go to the State Tournament on October 9 and 10th in Sevierville,” said Pryor.

Meanwhile the boys golf team finished the regular season 16-11.

“The Tigers have been led all year by Senior Brayden Summers, and Sophomores Brad Hale and Will Blair,” said Pryor. “They, along with Freshman Abram Koegler and Sophomore Jamison Troncoso will play in the District Tournament and try to punch their ticket to the Region”

“This is the best boys team I have had in my eight years as coach,” Pryor continued. “We have a good chance to finish in the top three in the District Tournament which would get us into the Region. The boys need to play well and I know they can do it”.

September 22, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County’s local option sales tax collections for August in DeKalb County took a sharp decline from July and it may be due in part to the state’s three-month exemption on the sales tax on groceries which was put into effect August 1 and runs through October 31.

According to the Tennessee Department of Revenue, DeKalb County took in $106,885 in local option sales taxes for August 2023, down from $210,447 just a month earlier in July 2023.

Although local option sales tax collections in August were down for the county as a whole and the City of Smithville compared to July, the other three towns in the county saw increases.

In Smithvi lle, August 2023 collections were at $365,273, down from $422,519 in July. Alexandria’s collections grew from $29,741 in July to $30,418 in August. Dowelltown’s collections jumped from $3,044 in July to $4,437 in August and Liberty’s went from $10,528 in July to $11,496 in August.

Net collections of local option sales taxes for the county and cities combined in August were at $518,510, down from $676,282 in July, 2023.

Comparing August 2022 and August 2023, DeKalb County’s collections were also sharply down this year.

For August 2023, DeKalb County saw collections of local option sales taxes at $106,885, down from $203,812 in August 2022.

Collections were also down in two of the four towns in August compared to last year in the same month.

In Smithville, August 2023 local option sales taxes totaled $365,273 compared to $412,765 August 2022. Collections for Liberty in August 2023 were $11,496 down from $14,108 collected in August 2022.

Dowelltown took in $ 4,437 in August 2023, up from $3,671 in August 2022. Alexandria saw an increase to $30,418 in August 2023, up from $24,550 in August 2022.

Net Collections with the county and cities combined showed a drop in local option sales tax collections in August 2023 at $518,510, down from $658,908 in August 2023.

August sales tax collections reflect previous month activity.

September 22, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Membership constituting the DeKalb County Beer Board may soon change.

During Monday night’s regular monthly meeting, the County Commission will be asked by County Mayor Matt Adcock to abolish the current citizen member makeup of the beer board and make the county commission itself the beer board.

For years the beer board has consisted of one citizen member from each of the seven districts in the county. The current members of the board are Jim Stagi in the 1st District, Myron Rhody in the 2nd District, Bobby Johnson in the 3rd District, Robert Rowe in the 4th District, John Hummer in the 5th District, Leonard Dickens in the 6th District, and Johnny King in the 7th District.

All seven members serve as appointees of the county commission and the two-year terms are staggered with the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th district positions being appointed in odd years. The 2nd, 4th, and 6th district seats are filled in even years.

County Mayor Adcock said he believes the beer board would function better if the county commission itself served as the beer board.

Meanwhile, the county commission will reorganize as it does each September naming a chairman and chairman pro temp to serve for the ensuing 12 months.

County Mayor Adcock currently serves as Chairman of the commission and fifth district member Larry Green is the Chairman Pro Temp.

The agenda for Monday night’s meeting also includes appointment of committees and officials, and action on committee reports, financial reports, and budget amendments, and notaries along with any other business properly presented. A public comment period will also be afforded the public.

The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, September 25 in the auditorium of the County Complex’s Mike Foster Multi-Purpose Center.

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