Community Calendar

The County Clerk’s Office will close Friday, June 27 at 3 P.M to join Mrs. Deborah Malone on her retirement and Mrs. Nicole Wright on her succession of being chosen the next Clerk & Master. “We would like to remind our citizens of the 24-hour vehicle registration kiosk located on the sidewalk at our office. Also, we will be open Saturday, June 28 from 8 A.M til 11:30 A.M. for all transactions,” said County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss.

The DeKalb County Commission will meet in regular monthly session Monday, June 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the county complex.

The agenda is as follows:

1. CALL TO ORDER
2. INVOCATION
3. THE PLEDGE
4. ROLL CALL
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS
6. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PRIOR MEETING
8. FINANCIAL REPORTS
9. BUDGET AMENDMENTS
10. COMMITTEE REPORTS
11. NEW BUSINESS
    PARAMEDIC SCHOOL COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
    LIBRARY APPOINTMENTS
    SNOW HILL CONVENIENCE SITE LEASE
    SILVER POINT LEASE
    PARKS AND RECREATION RESOLUTION (2025-06-126)
    MINERAL SEVERANCE TAX (2025-06-127)
    BUILDING INSPECTOR CONTRACT
    TRANSFER STATION CONTRACT
    JAIL LOCATION DISCUSSION
    RESOLUTION FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY NOTE
12. ANY OTHER BUSINESS PROPERLY PRESENTED
13. NOTARIES
14. ADJOURNMENT

The Smithville Christian Fellowship Church will have a Homecoming Celebration June 29 with a message by Brother David Lunsford and Music by the Singing Believers. Lunch will follow the service. The church is located at 1200 South Congress Boulevard, Smithville

The next term of the DeKalb County Grand Jury will meet on Wednesday, July 9.

“It is the duty of your grand jurors to investigate any public offense which they know or have reason to believe has been committed and which is triable or indictable in the county. Any person having knowledge or proof that an offense has been committed may apply to testify before the grand jury subject to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated 40-12-105. The foreman in this county is presently Ms. Katherine Pack, 1 Public Square, Room 201, Smithville, Tennessee, 37166.” said DeKalb Circuit Court Clerk Susan Martin.

“The grand jury will next meet on Wednesday, the 9th day of July, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.. You may be prosecuted for perjury for any oral or written statement which you make under oath to the grand jury, when you know the statement to be false, and when the statement touches on a matter material to the point in question,” she said.

Happy Summer from Empower Upper Cumberland! Want more for your family? Empower Upper Cumberland is a FREE grant-funded program for families with children under 18 years old in the home. We are in all 14 Counties of the Upper Cumberland. If you receive Free or Reduced Lunch at school, are receiving SNAP or TennCare, or make less than 185% of the Federal Poverty Guideline, then you may be eligible for this program. Empower UC is enrolling families continuously and has funding to help families get more out of life & become more prosperous. Some ways we might empower families are: Help with finding & keeping employment (& higher paying employment), transportation to/from work, finding childcare or helping with costs, higher education (TCAT, 2-Year & 4-Year pathways), financial counseling, credit recovery, computer skills training, resume assistance, one-on-one coaching and much more. Everything is free & confidential and our funding does not affect benefits eligibility. Empower UC works around your schedule so you don’t have to take time away from your job, school or family. There are fun & free monthly Family EmpowerMENT Nights with family meals, too. It only takes 5-10 minutes to apply and there is nothing to upload. Call/Text Janna Palmer, DeKalb County Empower Navigator, at 931-357-0721 for more information or if you need help applying. Enjoying more for your family can start today with a short online form or a quick phone call. (Volunteers and Donations are gathered through our website and efforts directly benefit DeKalb County Families.) Apply now at empoweruppercumberland.org , by calling 833-367-9782, or calling/texting Janna at 931-357-0721. Janna is also happy to visit & speak at your church, community group, school or business to help reach & serve as many families as possible.

Go Hog Wild!

The Grandpa Fair of the South, the DeKalb County Fair in Alexandria will return for its weeklong run Monday, June 23 through Saturday, June 28.

Since 1856, the DeKalb County Fair has been offering entertainment, Midway rides, food, exhibits, pageants, livestock shows and other action-packed events. Now in its 169th year, the Grandpa Fair of the South is sporting a new “Go Hog Wild” theme for 2025.

Fair events during the week this year include a bump n run derby, rodeo, tractor and truck pull, along with other old favorites, a demolition derby and motorcycle and ATV racing, among others. Lions Club Pavilion entertainment will feature a hot sauce challenge, OBC children’s choir, singer Bryli Durtschi, American Idol finalist Isaac Cole, Zone Status, and square dancing by Smithville Select, Caney Fork Circle Eight, DeKalb Dancing Delights and Center Hill Hoedown Square Dancers. Other attractions include a cattle show, pageants featuring babies to senior ladies, bingo, corn hole tournament, lamb cook-off, kiddie tractor pull, poultry show, senior day & Century Farms, junior goat show, DTC games (ages 3-12), ice cream contest, SRO dunking booth, and a nightly cash drawing. Midway rides by James Gang Amusements. Live demonstrations nightly at the Kenneth Sandlin Center featuring canning, quilting, flowers, pottery, sourdough bread, and cake making.

Non-perishable exhibit items only may be brought to the fairgrounds Saturday, June 14 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and perishable exhibits may be brought Saturday, June 21 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

For information visit https://www.dekalbcountyfairtn.com/

The Northside Church of Christ will hold its Gospel meeting to June 26. The guest speaker will be Ralph Thomson of the Green Meadows Church of Christ in Shelbyville. Nightly service time during the week will be at 7 p.m. The church is located at 512 North Congress Boulevard. Everyone is welcome

The DeKalb County Health Department will have Vaccine Clinics for Kindergarten to 12th grade and college vaccines on July 22 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and July 24 from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) will hold a commodities distribution in DeKalb County on Thursday, June 26 from 9 until 11 a.m. at 726 S. Congress Blvd.; Smithville, TN. Clients can sign up ahead of time online or at the distribution site on the day of the event. Visit uchra.org/2025-commodities-distribution-events for more information about UCHRA’s commodities program including instructions on how to apply. This project is funded under a Grant Contract with the State of Tennessee.

The Smithville Church of Christ will have Vacation Bible School “Waymaker” June 30- July 3 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. for ages 3 to grade 6. The church is located at 520 Dry Creek Road, Smithville