Donnie and Kathy Kelly have returned to Smithville to renew their ministry here at the beautiful new Assembly of God church at 1648 Cookeville Highway.
They are pleased that their daughter Kassy and her husband Iain will head up the Youth Ministries of the church. Their daughters Valeisha and Kassy, and Josh Melton have joined the Praise Team under the direction of Andrea Caskey the present Music Minister. Josh will be involved with drama and special programs and will be assisting with the youth as well.
Donnie Kelly has been pastoring since 1968. He served at Smithville Church of God for sixteen years and was very involved in the community here. The family is looking forward to renewing old friendships and beginning new outreaches in the community as soon as possible.
The Kelly family is devoted to their ministry. They have been known and appreciated for the wonderful musicals and dramas presented to the community over many years.
Sunday September 11 was their first day back in town. Over 180 people attended their first service. They would like to invite you out to greet them when you can. Services are Sunday at 10:55 and 6:00 with Sunday school at 10:00. Pastor Kelly will begin a series of studies on Wednesday nights at 7:00 entitled “Shadows of the Messiah”.

The Board of Education will have a workshop on whether to fund an assistant high school soccer coach on Tuesday, October 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the board of education building. The board may also discuss a request for an assistant band teacher.
DCHS soccer coach Dylan Kleparek was asked to address the Board of Education Thursday night about the need for an assistant soccer coach. “What we are requesting is to have a paid assistant soccer coach for both the boys and girls soccer teams. Each of our other major sports all have paid assistant coaches. We’ve had an assistant coach who has assisted us for the past five years for free. She does an amazing job. To list the number of jobs that she did would be a very difficult task for me. She does a great job with organization and also helping with the team at practice and helping maintain student awareness of their grades and many other functions. There are many functions of our team that could no longer go on if we did not have this assistant coach. She is reaching a point in which she is no longer going to be able to do this for free. Its been a heavy burden on her and on the team. We’re really just asking for what’s fair and that is to be accepted as all the other major sports in the school and have that addressed. I don’t think that the board is aware of all the functions that our soccer program does and the level that our soccer program performs. We have a very outstanding soccer program and we do several functions including soccer camps for our youth during the summer. We take our girls soccer team to a summer camp at a college and stay for a week We travel and stay overnight for soccer tournaments. Things like that are not very possible without two responsible adults present. It’s the safety of our students and players that need to be addressed,” said Coach Kleparek.
Kleparek is the head coach of both the boys and girls soccer programs. The girls soccer season is in the fall and the boys season is during the spring.

DeKalb County school officials are reminding parents of children in kindergarten and seventh grade whose shot records are not up to date that those students will not be allowed to attend class unless they have the correct immunizations.
For those who have received a notification letter from the school system of non-compliance, you may obtain the required immunizations free of charge at the DeKalb County Health Department on Tuesday, September 13 from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary
Director of Schools Mark Willoughby addressed this issue during Thursday night’s school board meeting..”We have granted an extension (for meeting) these immunization requirements probably longer than we needed to. Parents of students at DeKalb West and Smithville Elementary School who have already had a notice sent to them, if those students do not have those immunizations complete then those students will not be admitted to school, after last Friday, September 9, until those immunizations are up to date. It is our decision on setting the deadline. Many school systems had their cut off dates earlier. Ours probably should have been earlier also. For those who won’t be admitted to school, after last Friday, September 9, they have already had their second notice. Students at DeKalb Middle School, because of the time that their notice went out, they will have until Friday, September 16. The health department is doing those clinics for us and everybody has received notices about that. We hope to go over the immunization records next year during the month of May and actually give notices then and meet with parents at the beginning of school next year to let them know that their children can’t attend school unless they get the immunizations complete,” said Willoughby
Under state law, “No children shall be permitted to attend any public school…until proof of immunization is given the admissions officer of the school”. The new Tennessee Department of Health immunization rule went into effect July 1, 2010
School Health Coordinator Dee Anna Reynolds said ” This comes in with the new Tennessee Department of Health immunization rule that went into effect July 1. That is for children entering seventh grade to have a second varicella shot, which is the chicken pox shot, unless they can show that they have had the chicken pox and they have immunity to the chicken pox, then they don’t need to have that second shot. Students also need to have a booster shot called the TDAP immunization (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis vaccine),” said Reynolds

The Smithville Police Department has charged five people with initiation of a process to manufacture methamphetamine after finding a meth lab in what was supposed to be a vacant apartment at South Fork Apartments on Wednesday, September 7th.
44 year old Tammy Lynette Jones, 23 year old Travis Dwayne Rich, 42 year old David Anderson, 32 year old Amy Pedigo Ford, and 25 year old Jessica Renee Bogle will all appear in court on their charges on October 6th. Each is under a $60,000 bond.
Smithville Police Chief Randy Caplinger told WJLE that on September 7th police were contacted by the manager of South Fork Apartments who reported that he believed someone was trespassing, occupying what was supposed to be a vacant apartment in the complex.
An officer arrived and knocked on the apartment door. Anderson answered the door and told the officer that he was moving some items from the apartment. While talking with Anderson, the officer spotted smoke coming from the back of the apartment. After receiving consent from the manager, the officer entered the apartment and saw Rich and Jones sitting on a couch in the bedroom. He also heard two people talking in the bathroom. As the officer knocked on the bathroom door the two people inside, later identified as Ford and Bogle, climbed out the window and fled. Ford and Bogle were arrested the next day during a traffic stop by a deputy from the Sheriff’s Department Found inside the bathroom were components used to manufacture meth including Coleman fuel, coffee filters with lithium, tubing, cold packs, bottles, aluminum foil, and needles.
Chief Caplinger said a Meth Response Team was notified and came to the scene to test for meth and to do the cleanup.
Meanwhile, 40 year old Vickie Alvis and 28 year old David Hill are each charged with felony theft and burglary after allegedly breaking into a local business late Friday night, September 9 and stealing a 50 inch flat screen television. Bond for each is $10,000 and they will appear in court on September 22.
Chief Caplinger reports that an officer was called to City Walk Apartments late Friday night. Residents there reported that two people, later identified as Alvis and Hill, had shown up wanting to sell someone a big screen TV. No one took them up on the offer. Residents said when they told Alvis and Hill that they were going to call the police fearing the TV was stolen, they (Alvis and Hill) took off, leaving the TV behind in the parking lot. After identifying Alvis as a suspect in the case, police went to her home and made the arrest. She allegedly admitted to committing the theft. Hill was arrested later at another location.
30 year old Jared Scott Atnip is charged with public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia, and simple possession. He is under a $4,500 bond and will be in court on September 29
Chief Caplinger reports that an officer was recently called to Walmart to check out a suspicious person. There, the officer made contact with Atnip who was unsteady on his feet and had slurred speech. He was found to have on him drug paraphernalia, including a syringe, straw, and shoestring along with two pills believed to be dilaudid.
18 year old Cody William Christian was cited for shoplifting at Walmart on Sunday, September 11. He will be in court on October 13
Matt Dillon Williams was cited for theft for allegedly shoplifting at Walmart on Saturday, September 10.
28 year old Ashley Ferrell was recently cited for theft after a shoplifting incident at Walmart, where he allegedly took $110 worth of merchandise from the store.
27 year old Steven Bly was cited for simple possession of a schedule IV controlled substance on Friday, September 9. He will be in court September 22.
Chief Caplinger reports that an officer was dispatched to Walmart to check out a complaint of possible drug trafficking in the parking lot. The officer obtained consent to search and found on Bly a bag containing a bottle with six blue pills believed to be Valium. There was no label on the bottle and Bly could not produce a prescription.
25 year old Ricky W. Hendrixson is charged with public intoxication. He is under a $1,000 bond and will appear in court on September 29.
According to Chief Caplinger, police were called to check out a complaint at City Walk Apartments on Sunday, September 4 where a man in the parking lot was threatening people with a knife. By the time the officer arrived the suspect, later identified as Hendrixson, had left. While on patrol, the officer later saw a man sitting at the Farmers Market location and stopped to talk with him. The man, Hendrixson, said he had been beaten up. That someone had jumped on and hit him. Hendrixson claimed he had been carrying a knife but had lost it. He admitted that he had been drinking. Hendrixson refused to be taken to the hospital for treatment. He was unsteady on his feet and had slurred speech. The officer placed him under arrest.
21 year old Frankie Sanchez was charged with public intoxication on Thursday, September 8. He is under a $1,500 bond and will be in court on October 6. Chief Caplinger said that police were called to check out a domestic complaint and found Sanchez, who was unsteady on his feet and had slurred speech.
20 year old Carlos Perez is charged with underage drinking while impaired. His bond is $1,500 and he will be in court on October 13. He was also cited for no driver license, violation of the open container law, failure to maintain proper lane of travel, violation of the implied consent law, and violation of the financial responsibility law (no insurance).
Chief Caplinger said that an officer on patrol spotted a vehicle in the middle of the street on North Mountain. The officer stopped the automobile as it turned onto Webb Street. As he approached the vehicle, the officer could smell the odor of alcohol. The driver, Perez, had slurred speech. He admitted that he had been drinking. Both full and empty beer cans were found in the vehicle. Perez submitted to but performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. He refused to submit to a blood test. Perez had no drivers license nor any proof of insurance.
41 year old Clayton Bradley Lance is charged with simple possession of a schedule II controlled substance, a second offense of driving under the influence, and habitual offender. He is under a $10,000 bond.
Chief Caplinger reports that on Thursday, September 1 an officer pulled into the parking lot of Mapco Express and noticed a pickup truck at the gas pumps with no license plate. As the vehicle pulled away, the officer stopped it in the parking lot. The driver, Lance, was ordered to get out of the truck. He was unsteady on his feet. Police also found an open beer container in the truck along with a small bottle of tequila. Lance submitted to but failed a Breathalyzer test for alcohol and he performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. He also submitted to a blood test. Police found on Lance three white pills believed to be hydrocodone for which he had no prescription. A computer check also revealed him to be an habitual offender.

As a result of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, children at Smithville Elementary and Northside Elementary School who meet the eligibility requirements, can receive extra help in math, reading, and language arts, according to Danielle J. Collins, Ed.D. Federal Programs Supervisor
“This is a chance for your child to use out of school time in a safe and productive way while receiving instruction specifically tailored to his/her learning needs. Please be aware these services may be halted if Tennessee’s wavier request is approved by the U.S. Department of Education,” she said
“On July 16, 2011 a letter was mailed to inform you that Smithville and Northside Elementary had been identified as a Title I high priority school in School Improvement 2 and of your child’s eligibility for Supplemental Educational Services (SES). Since your family meets the eligibility requirements under the law, you may now choose the SES tutoring program that is provided outside of regular school hours,” said Dr. Collins.
A list of approved tutoring programs in our area is listed below. These tutors will be in DeKalb County on September 22 in the cafeteria at Northside Elementary at 6:00 p.m. These programs have been approved by the Tennessee Department of Education.
When deciding which tutoring program is best for your child, you may want to ask these questions:
·When and where will the tutoring take place?
·What days of the week will my child be tutored?
· How many weeks will my child be tutored? (A per student spending limit is set by the federal government. The actual number of tutoring sessions depends on the company’s price.
·What programs, by grade levels and subject areas, are available for your child?
·What type of instruction will the tutor use (small group, one-on-one, or the computer)?
·What are the tutors’ qualifications?
· Can the tutor help if your child has disabilities or is learning English?
Please call Danielle Collins at 597-4084 if you have any questions about these services. You may visit with the tutors on September 22 in the cafeteria at Northside Elementary at 6:00 p.m. They will help you decide which program is best for your child. If you would like to select a tutor now, you may fill out the provider selection form and mail or hand deliver it to Danielle Collins 110 South Public Sq. Smithville, TN 37166. Applications are due by September 29, 2011. You will receive a letter from DeKalb County Schools telling you when the tutoring will start. Again, please remember these services may be halted if Tennessee’s request for waiver is approved by the U.S. Department of Education.
These are the providers:
Supplemental Educational Service Providers
1 to 1 Tutor, LLC
Grade Results
24 Hours Tutoring
100 Scholars
Abacus In-Home Tutoring, Inc.
Above Average Academics
Accuracy Temporary Services, Inc.
Ace Your Exams
The Achievement Academy
Achieve High Points
After School Programs, Inc.
Alternatives Unlimited, Inc.
Appleton Learning
Babbage NetSchool, Inc.
Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services
Educate Online Learning, LLC
Education Support Systems
Eduwizards, Inc.
Excellence At Home and On-Line
Group Excellence
Innovadia
Innovative Educational Programs, LLC
Ivory Enterprises, LLC
Kastle Instructional Recovery
Laureate Learning Center
Learning 4Today Co.
Masterkey Tutoring
McCall Educational Services
Mobile Minds Tutoring
PABS Unlimited, Inc
Performance Learning Cooperative
Rivercity Technology & Film
Rocket Learning
S.M.A.R.T. House, L.L.C.
Shout Church
Story Cove, LLC.
The Street Academy
Summit Learning
Train up a Child/The Homework Mastery Center
Tutoring Unlimited
Yes My Child Can Tutoring

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department has made several arrests recently involving persons allegedly stealing items made of metals and then selling them at a local scrap yard
Among the latest cases is 27 year old William Corey Dickens of Forrest Avenue, Smithville, charged with two counts of theft of property over $1,000. His bond is $15,000 and he will be in court on October 13
Sheriff Patrick Ray reports that on Sunday, August 21, Dickens allegedly took a van from a location on New Home Road, Dowelltown and sold it to a local scrap yard. The estimated cost of the van was $3,000.
Three days later on Wednesday, August 24, Dickens allegedly took items from property on Bluhmtown Road, including one tractor engine, tractor radiator, washer, stove, clothing racks, double bottom plow, and a 1,500 piece Craftsman tool set, valued at $4,650. He allegedly sold those items to a local scrap yard and kept the money.
39 year old Gary Edward Matthews of Four Seasons Road, Smithville and 40 year old David Eugene Driver of Arrowhead Drive, Smithville are each charged with theft of property under $500. Bond for each is $2,500 and they will be in court on September 22.
Sheriff Ray reports that the two men allegedly went to a location at Shady Drive on Wednesday, September 7 and took an antennae, valued at less than $500
While these two men were being charged at the sheriff’s department on September 7, Sheriff Ray said that officers were called to return to the same Shady Drive property, where another burglary was reported to be in progress. Upon arrival a deputy arrested 37 year old Jeffery Lynn Sanders of Lincoln Street, who had a vehicle jacked up and was allegedly attempting to remove a part from underneath the automobile.
Sanders was also charged in a separate theft case which occurred on Saturday, September 3. Sheriff Ray said that Sanders allegedly took a catalytic converter from a vehicle on Potts Camp Road and sold it to a local scrap yard. Sanders is charged with one count of theft over $500 and one count of theft under $500. Bond for Sanders is $10,000 and he will be in court on September 22.
Meanwhile, in other cases 28 year old Michael Ryan Sullivan of Old Snow Hill Road, Dowelltown is charged with driving under the influence. He was also issued citations for a violation of the light law (tail light out), failure to maintain proper lane of traffic, and violation of the implied consent law. His bond is $1,500 and he will be in court on September 29
Sheriff Ray reports that on Thursday, September 8 Sullivan was operating a vehicle on Highway 70 when he was pulled over for failure to maintain the proper lane of travel, driving in the turning lane. Sullivan had very slurred speech, his eyes were glossy, and a blue powdery residue was in his nostrils. He submitted to but performed poorly on all field sobriety tasks. He refused to submit to a blood test.
32 year old Amy Ford of Chumley Hollow Road, Watertown was issued a citation for simple possession. She will be in court on October 6.
According to Sheriff Ray, on Thursday, September 8 a deputy pulled over Ford on a traffic stop at Smith Road. The officer learned that Ford had an active warrant against her. During the investigation, the officer found four hydrocodone pills on Ford.
42 year old James Lee Adcock of Jefferson Road, Smithville is charged with theft of property under $500. Adcock is under a $2,500 bond..
Sheriff Ray reports that on Monday, August 1 Adcock allegedly took a debit card from a residence on Jefferson Road. He allegedly used the card several times in DeKalb and other surrounding counties.

Ten years after that fateful day for America, members of our community gathered Sunday afternoon on the public square to pray, lift their voices in song, and to remember the events of September 1, 2001.
The Smithville Community 911 Memorial Service was presented by several local church groups.
The program began with a welcome and invocation by Anthony Rosolowski of the First Baptist Church.
Susan Hinton, on piano, and Colton Rhody on guitar performed accompaniment as the crowd joined in singing “O God Our Help In Ages Past” and “God of Our Fathers”
Members of the First United Methodist Preschool Choir performed “God Bless America ” under the direction of Emily Bass
The program also featured Thea Tippin, who performed a song of praise and worship. Later, her husband, country music entertainer Aaron Tippin sang “Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly”, the same song he performed for the first time in public ten years ago at the first memorial service on the town square, held just days after the 911 tragedy.

Three local ministers quoted scripture and offered prayers during the service including, Mark Bass of the Smithville First Baptist Church, Larry Green of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Dr. John Carpenter of the Smithville First United Methodist Church.
To close out the service, the crowd joined in singing “America, the Beautiful”

Award winning entertainers Dailey & Vincent are proud to announce their second annual homecoming charity concert to raise money for the Dailey & Vincent Fund to benefit disadvantaged children in DeKalb and Jackson County. The concert will be Saturday, September 24 at 5:00 p.m. at the Jackson County High School Football Field in Gainesboro
Funds raised will be distributed through the Cookeville Regional Foundation, an affiliate of Cookeville Regional Medical Center, The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that is exclusively charitable. The Foundation is an independent corporation with its own Board of Directors. The purpose of The Foundation is to solicit and receive gifts of money and real or personal property to aid Cookeville Regional Medical Center Authority in fulfilling its obligation to the community and to make contributions and grants in the furtherance of this purpose.
The Dailey & Vincent Fund exists to provide financial assistance to disadvantaged children of Jackson and DeKalb Counties to meet immediate medical, nutritional and educational needs not covered by insurance or other means, while acknowledging the God-given gifts, potential and dignity of each child.
Concert tickets are $15 and are available in Smithville at Cantrell Furniture or by calling Julie Vincent (615-418-5759). Tickets are also available online at www.daileyvincent.com.
Fans of award-winning bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent know that they take their music seriously. It’s also obvious that they believe strongly in giving back—to their community, their industry and their fans, as first seen with the release of Singing From the Heart, a CD that helped raise fund for Tennessee Bible College. Now, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent are taking it a step further with the formation of their own charitable fund and an annual homecoming charity concert.
Dailey & Vincent signed with Rounder Records in 2007 and released their self-titled debut in 2008. They are the reigning International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainers of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year, taking home the coveted trophies in 2008 and 2009. They are the only bluegrass act ever to win IBMA’s Emerging Artist and Entertainer of the Year awards in the same year (2008). More information on Dailey & Vincent, including tour dates, is available at www.daileyvincent.com.

Students at DeKalb County High School were already in high spirits with a week of homecoming activities but the football team gave them even more to celebrate with a 20-10 victory over the visiting White County Warriors on Friday night.
Earlier in the day, the annual homecoming parade was held with the caravan traveling from the school to downtown
With the Tiger’s homecoming opponent being the Warriors, the floats in the parade had a Tiger versus Warriors theme.
The parade featured Homecoming Queen Kidman Puckett and her court, the DCHS Fighting Tiger Band, lots of decorated cars and trucks, county and city law enforcement officers, and fire fighters, among others. The event concluded with a pep rally on the square led by DCHS Football cheerleaders.
The Senior Class took first place with their float
Second place went to the Sophomore Class
The Junior Class received third place
Fourth place went to the Freshman Class
The FCCLA Club took fifth place
Meanwhile in the game Friday night, neither team got on the scoreboard in the first period. But the Tigers would score on the first play of the second period as Quarterback Lucas Phillips rambled 49 yards for a touchdown. The P.A.T. by Zach Taylor was good and DeKalb County led 7-0 with 11:47 left in the half.
White County scored with six minutes left in the second period on a two yard touchdown run by Devin Davidson. The P.A.T. by Austin Hall was good and the Warriors tied the game at 7-7.
Austin Hall gave the Warriors a 10-7 lead with 3:12 to go before halftime on a 33 yard field goal..
The Tigers answered on the ensuing kick-off as Will Molander raced 80 yards for a Tiger touchdown with 2:55 left in the half. The P.A.T by Zach Taylor was good and DeKalb County led 14-10
Taylor tacked on a 33 yard field goal on the last play of the second period and the Tigers led at halftime 17-10
The only score of the second half came on another 33 yard field goal by Zach Taylor with 9:46 left in the third period and DeKalb County went on to win 20-10
The Tigers, now 4-0, will travel to Carthage next Friday night to take on the Smith County Owls in an important district showdown. WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

A 33 year old pedestrian lost her life after being accidentally struck by a motorist Friday night on Highway 70 near DeKalb Market.
Dead is Christina Adams of Hodges Road, Smithville
Central dispatch received the call at 8:07 p.m.
According to Trooper Dewaine Jennings of the Tennessee Highway Patrol a 17 year old female was traveling west on Highway 70 in a 2005 Ford Mustang and accidentally hit Adams, who was standing in the lanes of traffic on the highway.
Adams died at the scene. The driver of the car was not believed to have been seriously hurt but was taken to DeKalb Community Hospital where she was examined, treated, and released.
Trooper Jennings told WJLE that Adams, who had been at Maggie’s Landing, apparently walked to DeKalb Market and was returning to Maggie’s Landing when the accident occurred.
Trooper Jennings was assisted at the scene by THP Sergeant Billy Prater and Trooper Donnie Clark. Others on the scene were members of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, the Main Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department, DeKalb EMS, and Deputy Coroner Terry Martin.