Celebrate Fall at Pumpkin Festival Downtown Smithville Saturday

October 21, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Celebrate fall at the Pumpkin Festival downtown Smithville Saturday, October 23.

The seven hour event to be held from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. will feature lots of exciting and fun things to see and do including dozens of arts and crafts, helicopter rides, a mini-pumpkin patch, petting zoo, fun zone for kids, and a mule which will be helping make ice cream by walking a treadmill to turn a churn. The event is sponsored by Center Hill Events.

“We will have more than 80 arts and crafts booths to shop with including boutique and food vendors featuring kettle corn and pork rinds , barbeque and much more. We will have a whole street just for the kid zone,” said event co-organizer Angela Emberton.

“Come out and enjoy the nice weather. There will be something for everyone. Do some Christmas shopping and have fun with your family,” added event co-organizer Tracey Ludwig,

Admission is free and so is parking but the helicopter rides will start at $20 each. Downtown streets will be closed late Friday night, October 22 (same streets as during the Fiddlers Jamboree) and will remain closed until the festival is over at 4 p.m. Saturday, October 23)

For more information call 615- 580-1489

October 21, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Chad Kirby is still in the lead on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners as the college football season enters its 8th week.

Kirby owns an overall record of 68-37.

Eli Gill had the best single week record last week at 11-4 followed by Scott Brown, Jared Davis, Chad Kirby, and John Pryor each at 9-6 while Grant James and Scott Goodwin were each at 8-7 and Ricky Atnip was 7-8.

Overall, Grant James is in second place behind Kirby after seven weeks at 65-40 followed by Jared Davis 64-41, Ricky Atnip 63-42, Scott Brown 62-43, Eli Gill 61-44, Scott Goodwin 60-45, and John Pryor 58-47.

Only one forecaster hit his underdog pick last week. Jared Davis added to his lead with 5.5 points as Oklahoma State upset Texas 32-24.

Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after seven weeks at 35 followed by Ricky Atnip 19, Chad Kirby 17.5, Grant James 9.5, Eli Gill and Scott Brown each with 7, John Pryor 5.5, and Scott Goodwin 3.5 points.

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

USC at Notre Dame, Clemson at Pittsburgh, Wake Forest at Army, Oklahoma State at Iowa State, N.C. State at Miami, San Diego State at Air Force, BYU at Washington State, Oregon at UCLA, Maryland at Minnesota, Utah at Oregon State, Wisconsin at Purdue, LSU at Ole Miss, Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at Alabama, and in the NFL Kansas City at the Tennessee Titans.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Dominos Pizza.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.

October 21, 2021
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Longtime Smithville attorney, civic leader and community volunteer, Tecia Puckett Pryor, announces her intention to seek election for DeKalb County General Sessions and Juvenile Judge, a part-time position. Puckett Pryor has been in the private practice of law in DeKalb County for 24 years, having practiced with her aunt, Sue N. Puckett-Jernigan, for her first 23 years until Ms. Puckett-Jernigan’s retirement in 2020.

A lifelong DeKalb Countian, Puckett Pryor graduated from DeKalb County High School in 1989, with highest honors. She furthered her education at Belmont University, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in English and French in 1993, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1997, graduating in the top twenty-five of her class.

After graduating law school, Puckett Pryor moved back home to Smithville to practice law with her aunt and to also be involved in the Smithville/DeKalb County community.

Puckett Pryor has a diverse general law practice and has consistently practiced in the General Sessions and Juvenile Courts of DeKalb County throughout her tenure as a lawyer. She is also a trained family law mediator and owns and operates Center Hill Title, LLC, a full-service title company.

Puckett Pryor was a founding board member of Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County, Tennessee, Inc., and continues to serve on its development committee as race director of the Fiddler 5K and a member of the Chili Cook-off Committee. She is also a member of the Smithville Community Chorus and Indian Creek Baptist Church, currently serving as one of the pianists, and formerly volunteered and was in leadership with the Smithville Women’s Club, DeKalb Jaycees, the Humane Society of DeKalb County, Autism Tennessee and Cub Scouts. Puckett Pryor graduated from Leadership DeKalb in 2000 and was named DeKalb County Community Leader of the Year in 2007.

On the state level, Puckett Pryor is a governor-appointed member and the Chair of the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities, being one of the representatives from the Upper Cumberland Development District. She was first appointed to the Council by Governor Haslam in 2013 and was later governor-appointed to serve as Chair of the Council in 2017, a post she still holds today.

On the prospect of running for Judge, Puckett Pryor says, “I am excited about the possibility of becoming the DeKalb County General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge. I have many years of legal, life and leadership experiences that have shaped me into a person well-suited to being a judge. I look forward to the opportunity to further serve my community in this important position.”

Puckett Pryor is married to John Pryor, an attorney and current teacher at DCHS and the Voice of the Tigers on WJLE. They have one son, Harrison, who is a senior at DCHS. Puckett Pryor is the sister of Mary Ann Puckett; the daughter of the late Hearon and Ann Nixon Puckett; and the granddaughter of the late Harrison and Lou Parsley Puckett and Rev. Hubert and Winnie Turner Nixon, all life-long DeKalb County residents.

Puckett Pryor will be running in the Democratic Primary in May 2022.

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