DCHS Tiger Football Kicks-Off August 19 (View Video Here)

July 22, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The 2022 high school football season is less than a month away and Tiger Pride excitement is building in anticipation of the 60th year of Tiger football at DeKalb County High School.

The annual media day event was held Thursday at DCHS where coaches, players, cheerleaders, and managers posed for photos and spoke with the local media about the upcoming season.

With 12 seniors on the team, Tiger Coach Steve Trapp, who is starting his 18th year, isn’t necessarily concerned about experience but there are key positions that will have to be filled with the loss of senior talent from last year including all-around athlete Isaac Knowles who is going on to play collegiate football at Tennessee Tech.

“We have a veteran club with a lot of juniors and seniors who have played a lot of football for us so we are anticipating some good football. Offensively we lost Isaac Knowles. He was one of 6 or 7 seniors last year and 3 or 4of them really produced for us and although we can’t replace what Isaac did for us individually as a group, we are expecting our returning guys to take care of business. We have 3 or 4 of our receivers back and 3 of our offensive lineman back so we have to fill in some spots there. Our quarterback is returning, and we have a four-year starting running back coming back so we have a lot weapons on the offensive side that have really looked good so far in summer workouts and 7 on 7s. Defensively we had to replace some people in the secondary and some inside backers but it’s a pretty solid core and they have looked really well also,” said Coach Trapp.

A brand-new video display board has been installed at the Dr. John L. Vanhoosier football stadium and is now working and ready to go for the season opener against Warren County on August 19 in Smithville. The 16 x 10 video board is incorporated with the existing scoreboard and will feature opportunities for video replays of game highlights and statistics, advertising sponsorships, and interaction for the fans, all to enhance the game night experience.

The DCHS 2022 Football Schedule is as follows:
REGION OPPONENTS (*)
August 19: Warren County- Smithville 7 p.m.
August 26: Smith County-Carthage 7 p.m.
September 1 (THURSDAY): Macon County*-Smithville 7 p.m.
September 9: Watertown-Smithville 7 p.m.
September 16: Cumberland County*- Crossville 7 p.m.
September 23: Cannon County-Woodbury 7 p.m.
September 30: Livingston Academy* (HOMECOMING)-Smithville 7 p.m.
October 14: Upperman*-Baxter 7 p.m.
October 21: Goodpasture-Goodpasture 7 p.m.
October 28: Stone Memorial* Smithville 7 p.m.

WJLE AM/FM will have LIVE coverage of each week’s games and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com

July 22, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A Native American artifacts show will be held Saturday, July 23 at the Mike Foster Multi-Purpose Center from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and proceeds will benefit the Imagination Library. Admission to the event is free. Parents come and bring your children.

The artifacts show will feature displays ranging from arrow heads to pottery and some items will be available for sale or trade. “I think we have about 55-60 tables. We sell the table (space). It cost $15 for the table per person and that money goes to pay for all the expenses of the show and any money left is donated to the Imagination Library,” said Mike Foster, one of the event organizers.

“Tennessee has probably three or four major shows of this kind and this is one of them so we want to invite everybody to come to see the artifacts. I think you will be pleased with what you see”.

“We will have people who will be buying and selling as well as displaying their artifacts but a lot of trading also goes on between the collectors”, said Foster.

“I like shell beads so I will have a lot of them there along with bone work and tools they (Native Americans) used but I guess the main attraction is flint including arrow heads, spear points, and things like that but there will be some pottery too. I even have a wooden bow from the 1600’s time frame. We’ll have collectors here from Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama among others”.

“You can probably go to any museum in the state of Tennessee and you won’t see the amount of quality and the number of artifacts you will see there. It’s really enjoyable for people who like history or artifacts and it’s free so come on out Saturday because you’ll see some really good collections,” Foster concluded.

The show is sponsored locally and by the Volunteer State Archaeological Society, a non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of prehistoric America. This society is one of the largest of the independent state societies affiliated with Central States Archaeological Societies.

For more information contact Mike Foster at 615-418-5957.

July 22, 2022
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Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2022 has proven to be another productive year for the DeKalb County Clerk’s Office.

Motor vehicle transactions continue an increased trend annually.

“In 2019 our office completed 23,135 transactions compared to 26,118 in 2020, 26,769 in 2021, and 27,397 ending fiscal year June 30, 2022,” said County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss.

Revenue collections have maintained consecutive growth for several years.

“In 2017 annual receipts were $1,621,099.18; 2018 -$1,779,622.48; 2019 – $1,834,038.60; 2020 $1,928,076.43; 2021 $2,530,491.36; and 2022 $2,843,272.51 were receipted,” Poss continued.

Excess fees continued to grow.

“In 2019 $173,711.02 were deposited but that increased to $183,915.29 in 2020 and averaged $227,372.20 for both 2021 and 2022,” said County Clerk Poss.

Title production has also maintained consistent increases for several years.

“In 2013 the office issued locally only 2,897 but by 2015 the number almost doubled to 5,589. In 2017, 2018 & 2019 each year had doubled averaging 6,104 titles. In 2020 the numbers increased to 6,686 and averaged 7,005 for both 2021 and 2022 in the number of titles issued locally. We now consistently print more than over double the titles annually from 8 years ago,” Poss said.

While revenue is important, Poss said so is service and he and his staff strive to deliver a variety of accommodations to the public.

“As a courtesy, our office provides multiple services daily without receiving additional fees. Simply meaning the DeKalb County Clerk’s Office receives no payment or office fees for providing a number of services such as completing particular tasks at the kiosk, computer assistance completing driver license reinstatement payments, fines and handgun carry renewals, obtaining FEIN numbers, filing 2290 forms required for federal heavy vehicle use tax on all plates exceeding 55,000 pounds, filing and paying business tax renewals, and monthly filing and paying sales and use taxes. These and various other tasks are performed daily as a courtesy to our citizens,” County Clerk Poss concluded.

For more information on these and other available services come by the office or call 615-597-5177.

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