WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters College Football Talk Show Airs Today (Thursday)) at 4:30 p.m.

September 5, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

John Pryor and Alex Woodward are co-leaders of the pack among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters for the best record picking winners on opening week of the college football season.

Pryor and Woodward each had the best record last week at 11-4 followed by Darrell Gill, Ricky Atnip, Scott Brown, and Scott Goodwin each at 10-5. Grant James and Dewain Hendrixson were each at 9-6 and Chad Kirby was 8-7.

Three of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week including Darrell Gill who got 13 points with Vanderbilt’s upset win over Virginia Tech. Dewain Hendrixson has 5 points as North Texas defeated South Alabama and Grant James got on the board with 4.5 points with USC’s victory over LSU.

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Arkansas at Oklahoma State, Texas at Michigan, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, California at Auburn, Iowa State at Iowa, South Carolina at Kentucky, Mississippi State at Arizona State, Texas Tech at Washington State, Kansas at Illinois, Colorado at Nebraska, Virginia at Wake Forest, Georgia Tech at Syracuse, Alcorn State at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at N.C. State, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Chicago Bears.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Wilson Bank & Trust, and Domino’s Pizza.

September 5, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Amending the city beer ordinance will be up for discussion again Monday night, September 9 when the Smithville Mayor and Aldermen meet in regular monthly session at city hall.

The meeting starts at 6 p.m.

At the heart of the discussion will be whether the city should amend the city beer ordinance to eliminate the current 400-foot distance requirement between a church or school and businesses seeking an on-premises consumption permit. If approved this would only apply to the C-2 zone which is the downtown business district and none of the other existing regulations in the ordinance would be changed.

Under the existing ordinance, the language states that “In no event will a permit be issued authorizing the manufacture or storage of beer, or the sale of beer within 400 feet of any school or church. The distance requirement shall be measured in a straight line from the primary entrance of the establishment seeking a permit to sell beer to the primary entrance of the school or church”.

Some business owners downtown who are seeking a change say the existing beer ordinance is an impediment to economic growth and its unfair in that some businesses can qualify for a beer permit while others cannot because of the 400-foot distance requirement. They want this restriction removed from the ordinance.

There are four churches within the C-2 zone downtown business district that could potentially be affected by a change in the city beer law regarding the distance requirement including the Smithville First Baptist Church, the Smithville First United Methodist Church, the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the Refuge Church.

A public hearing would be held at a later meeting should the ordinance amendment be approved on first reading.

In other business Monday night, the aldermen will consider awarding a bid for city paving and approving appointments to various city boards and committees.

September 4, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Spreading happiness to the max!

Each Saturday residents of NHC Smithville are treated to a visit by Helga Thompson and her dog Max. Going from room to room, they greet the folks and many of the residents get to pet Max and hand him a doggie treat provided by Helga.

Thompson said it’s a joy to see those smiling faces each week and to know she and Max are helping make someone’s day a little brighter.

Helga explained how she got the idea.

“I had a friend that used to do Karaoke at the nursing home and the people loved it. When I got Max I realized he is just a lover dog so I thought I needed to get him around people. I brought him to the Karaoke events at NHC and I saw how the people enjoyed being able to pet and talk to him so I asked NHC if I could bring him just to visit people. They said as long as he has had his shots I could bring him. That was about five years ago,” said Thompson.

“I work with the activities director there at NHC and I am an official volunteer with Max. He is on their schedule on Saturdays. We go around to each room. Max is big enough to go up to the bed and they (residents) can put their hand on him and give him a treat. Max is so gentle that I can put these little doggie treat bones between somebody’s fingers and he just nuzzles it out. That’s how gentle he is. Max will sit or give his paw. That’s about all that he does but that’s enough. We just try to spread a little love. I think more of them (residents) know Max’s name now than they do mine. He is known as Max the lover dog,” said Thompson.

“When visitors began returning after the pandemic hit, Max was among the first to come on a regular basis,” said Ryan Vaden, Administrator. “Animals are very important to our patients, and we’re grateful that Helga is willing to share her dog with NHC. Visits with Max are therapeutic for everyone.”

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