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Two longtime DeKalb County educators, Walteen Carter Parker (right) and Susan Frazier Hinton (center), have been recognized by state lawmakers on the occasion of their retirement. State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver (left) presents copies of the joint House and Senate resolutions honoring them which were signed by the Governor
TWRA Officer Matt Howard of Sparta Assigned to DeKalb County. He will be working with fellow TWRA Officer Tony Cross
Residents of the Wolf Creek area are asking that the county establish a fire hall in their community. Several people showed up Tuesday night at a meeting of the county’s emergency services committee to make the request. Among the concerned citizens from the community attending the meeting were star NASCAR driver Darrell Waltrip (pictured here) who has a home in the area. Janice Martin, another concerned resident and business owner, is also pictured.
Officials held a ceremony July 1, 2020 to celebrate the completion of the last phase of repairs for the $353 million Center Hill Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently finished constructing a roller compacted concrete berm to reinforce the auxiliary dam at Center Hill Lake, a secondary earthen embankment that fills a low area in the landscape just east of the main dam. Construction of the $50 million RCC Berm completes the final major construction contract to remediate the Center Hill project. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)
Aerial photo of the Center Hill Auxiliary Dam and roller compacted concrete berm in Silver Point, Tennessee, May 11, 2020. The RCC berm reinforces the auxiliary dam, a secondary earthen embankment that fills a low area in the landscape just east of the main dam. (Courtesy Asset)
The Grand Champion Fiddler of the 2020 Virtual Jamboree is Justin Branum of Murfreesboro. For his winning performance via social media, Branum has won the Berry C. Williams Memorial Grand Champion Fiddler Award, the top prize given each year by the Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree & Crafts Festival. Branum also won the Junior Fiddling Title
The 2020 Virtual Jamboree Beginner Fiddling Title goes to Noah Goebel of Elkton, Kentucky and he gets the James G. “Bobo” Driver National Award for Country Musician Beginners
2020 Virtual Jamboree Senior Fiddling Winner – Billy Brewer – Lyles, TN
2020 Virtual Jamboree Contest Fiddling Winner (Neil Dudney Award) – John Mark Sowell – Knoxville, TN
2020 Virtual Jamboree Youngest Fiddler – Sawyer Dietrich – Arizona
2020 Virtual Jamboree Beginner Clogging Winner– Aaliyah Flynn – Waverly, TN
2020 Virtual Jamboree Youngest Clogger: Bay Smith – Crossville, TN
2020 Virtual Jamboree Beginner Clogging Winner– Aaliyah Flynn – Waverly, TN
2020 Virtual Jamboree Junior Clogging Winner – Grayson Long – Elkton, VA
2020 Virtual Jamboree Senior Clogging Winner – Michael Motley – Lynchburg, VA
2020 Virtual Jamboree Inclusive Bluegrass Dance Awards: Best Female – Kate Williams – Yorba Linda, CA Best Male – Zachary Hughes – Westminster, CA
(Left to Right) Bill DeBruyn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District construction liaison; Tennessee District 40 Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver; Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, Nashville District commander; Steve Kohler, president and chief executive officer of Thalle Construction Corporation; David W. Salyers, P.E., Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; and Linda Adcock, Corps of Engineers retiree and former project manager; cut a ribbon signifying the completion of the roller compacted concrete berm and the overarching Center Hill Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)
