Three DeKalb County High School golfers earned a trip to the state tournament later this month after a regional tournament appearance Friday in Cookeville
Ethan Roller shot an even par 70, fourth best in the tournament in the boys competition.
Meanwhile for the girls, Mallory Sullivan shot a 76, second best score in the tournament. She will be making her second consecutive appearance in the state tournament.
Callie Mitchell earned her first trip to the state with a score of 79 in the region tournament.
As a team, the DCHS boys shot a 312 for the day. Notre Dame won the tournament with a score of 288
On the girls side, the DCHS team lost by three stokes to Signal Mountain, the defending state champion.
The state tournament will be held September 26 through 28 at Willow Brook Golf Course in Coffee County

DeKalb Farmers Coop will be under new management soon.
Effective October 1, the coop will become a branch of Rutherford Farmers Coop.
The local board of directors of DeKalb Farmers Coop recently voted to enter into a five year lease agreement with Rutherford to run the day to day operations of the business. The local coop will retain ownership and receive lease payments from Rutherford. The local board will continue to exist and manage the property and assets.
Representatives of the co-op made the announcement Thursday night during a public meeting held at the Whorton Springs Baptist Church annex building
Gilbert Martin, who has been the local manager for several years, will be taking on another position with the coop, but many of the store employees are expected to remain.
Martin told WJLE that while demand remains strong for products and services offered by the co-op, agriculture practices in this area have changed drastically in recent years. He said the decision by the board to enter into this lease with Rutherford will strengthen the local operation financially and expand services for the people of this community. “We’re doing this to basically preserve our coop in DeKalb County where farmers can get their supplies at a reliable place. If we had not done this, we really felt that we would be chewing into our equity and eventually wouldn’t be a viable entity anymore. That is the driving force behind this. But there is still over three million dollars worth of demand for the products that we sell,” said Martin.
DeKalb Farmers Coop has a membership of approximately 800 members who elect a board of directors to oversee the operation, according to Martin. “We have an annual meeting every year, just like the telephone coop, and we elect directors to the board. Those directors give direction on the policy and overall management of the coop. DeKalb Farmers Coop will still exist. DeKalb Farmers Coop will own the building and the property that the coop sets on. We’ll receive lease payments from Rutherford and Rutherford will run the operation of the store. The local board will still exist and it will manage the assets that the coop has, “said Martin.
John Henderson, General Manager of the Rutherford Farmers Coop, said his operation maintains two coop locations in Rutherford County and one in Cannon County. “We’re in Woodbury and Eagleville. Of course our Murfreesboro store is our main store. Actually in Murfreesboro, we’re located on both sides of the street. We have a farm and home location. We’ve got a tire shop. We’ve got a farm equipment location and we have what we call our pro-ag division which is mainly services for the professional farmer,” said Henderson
While this lease arrangement is a new venture for Rutherford Farmers Coop, Henderson said it is a concept that has already been tried elsewhere. “Its definitely not the first. I know of two or three other coops that have had ventures like this. It is something we’re all looking at with today’s economic climate. As tough as it is, we’re all looking at ways to be more efficient,” said Henderson
According to Henderson this arrangement is expected to be a win-win for both Rutherford and DeKalb Farmers Coop, offering an opportunity to expand services and increase sales. “Its clearly an opportunity for us to increase our sales. Its an opportunity for us to spread out our overhead. We have a certain amount of fixed costs with this instant growth in business. We can spread our overhead costs to another location and it should help us be a little more efficient. That’s one of the advantages of a larger coop. With our balance sheet and what we can do with our operating money, we have access to more funds to be able to do that. One of the most asked questions is are we going to handle diesel in Smithville? We are. We’re going to put in a farm diesel tank. We hope to have that in before the end of the year. We plan to put some more farm equipment up here. We offer custom application spraying. We have a farm tire service truck., we’ll do farm delivery fuel, grain handling and grain hauling services. This lease takes effect October 1, which falls on a Saturday. It looks like we’ll be closed October 1. We’ll re-open on Monday, October 3. We’ll be open six days a week , Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 7:00 a.m. until twelve noon. We’ll have a soft opening and get some more inventory in here but somewhere down the road, hopefully before Christmas we’re planning on having a customer appreciation grand opening. We’re going to put on a pretty big shindig and hope everybody will come out and see us,” said Henderson.
Henderson said coop members will continue to benefit and the role of the local board will remain important to the operation.”As far as membership, if you’re a farmer and trading with your coop and its profitable, then those profits will come back to the customer. In the last few years its been tough to pay back what we call patronage but I think this is one step closer to making us more efficient and more profitable so hopefully we can pay back some of our profits. The local board will strictly manage the property and the dividends they receive back from Tennessee Farmers and the lease with us so the DeKalb board will still have its place,” said Henderson.
Mack Wilhite, the new manager of the coop, said he is looking forward to serving the people of DeKalb and surrounding counties. ‘I’ve had a lot of experience with the coop. I’ve worked at White County, Woodbury, and Warren County so this will be the fourth coop that I’ve worked at. I started with the coop in 1984 so I’ve been around coops quite a bit. Everyone that is employed here now had the opportunity to stay. We had a couple of employees who decided they wanted to look at other opportunities. Of course we’ve left the door open for them but basically its going to be the same group of employees,” said Wilhite.
Henderson added that “Gilbert (Martin) is going to work in outside sales for us. We’re going to get him a pickup truck and he’s going to ride the roads, beat the bushes and try to sell something for us and service our customers.”
DeKalb Farmers Coop has been in operation for 50 years, since 1961.

The DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department were called out Sunday morning to the residence of Edward Rollins at 1504 Old Highway 53 near Liberty.
Central dispatch received the call at 5:01 a.m.
County Fire Chief Donny Green reports that as firefighters arrived they could see smoke coming out around the eaves of the home, a single wide trailer. Neighbors believed a disabled individual might be inside, but firefighters checked and found no one there.
Chief Green said the fire apparently started in the utility room, possibly from some sort of electrical problem. The blaze was contained to that room although heat and smoke spread throughout the residence.
Members of the Liberty, Temperance Hall, Main Station, and Tanker of the county fire department responded along with DeKalb EMS and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department. No one was injured.

Reservations are now being taken for the Sixth History Hayride at Edgar Evins State Park, which will be held on Saturday, October 8 starting at 2 p.m. Admission is still only $10 per person, including light refreshments, for this wholesome family friendly annual event. Participants are asked to arrive at least 30 minutes before the scheduled wagon departure time for registration and other pre-loading activities.
The History Hayride sells out early every year so take time to make your reservations now by calling the park office at (931) 858-2114 or toll free at 1-800-250-8619. Cash or checks are due at the event, with a $20 non-refundable advance deposit required for groups of four or more.
There will be nine wagon loads running about 30 minutes apart, stopping at nine sites where costumed re-enactors will portray characters and scenes representative of the history of the park and the area. Honoring this year’s 150 year observance of the start of the War Between the States there will be some new characters from that time period as well as some of the old favorites. The wagon trip will last approximately 90 minutes, departing from and returning to the Visitors Center where there will be cozy seating around the campfire and refreshments served inside.
The History Hayride is presented by the Friends of Edgar Evins State Park, along with park and other TN State employees. Fount Bertram, President of the Friends of Edgar Evins State Parks, suggests people dress warmly in layers and bring a blanket for the hayride as it tends to get chillier on the wagons with winds coming off the lake. For more information visit the Friends website at http://foeesp.ne1.net
In addition, The Galley Restaurant at the marina will offer a special for patrons of the Hayride who wish to dine during their visit to the park.

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 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 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