Health Department to Offer Free Chronic Disease Self Management Workshops

April 1, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Health Department/Community Health Center is offering Free Chronic Disease Self- Management Workshops April 16 through May 21.

The Living Well with Chronic Conditions Program is conducted by two leaders certified by Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Master Trainers. Participants are encouraged to actively contribute to the sessions and work together to find solutions and set healthy goals. Classes will be held each Tuesday from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM at the DeKalb County Health Department/Community Health Center.

Living Well With Chronic Conditions is a 6-week workshop series designed to help community members understand and manage their chronic conditions effectively. If you or anyone you care for has a chronic condition, we welcome you to this series which is designed to address issues including:

•Managing your symptoms
•Fighting fatigue and pain
•Helping to establish better nutrition and exercise choices in your life
•Building confidence
•Managing side effects and stress and learning to relax
•Managing medications
•Lessening your anger and frustration
•Communicating better with your doctor, family, and friends
•Getting more out of your life

For more information, or to sign up for the program, please contact Megan Akins, the Outreach and Enrollment Worker at the DeKalb County Health Department, at 615-597-7599.

March 31, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

WJLE and participating sponsors are presenting a photo gallery of the DCHS Class of 2019 in April and May.

Graduation is set for Friday, May 17 on the DCHS football field.

Click on the link below to view the senior formals. You may also view by clicking the dropdown box under the “community” section of the wjle website and then clicking the Graduation 2019 link. A WJLE DCHS Class of 2019 Photo Gallery box also appears on the left side of the WJLE homepage that you may click to view the photos.

https://www.wjle.com/graduation-2018/

Once you open the page, click each photo to view a larger image. The name of the senior you select is at the bottom of the photo or you may move your mouse over the photo to view the name.

There are 181 photos in the gallery divided up 48 photos to a page. After you view page 1 be sure to click the links for pages 2-4 ( top or bottom of the page) to view the remaining photos. The names of 14 seniors not pictured are also listed on the left side of the page above the sponsors.

The WJLE photo gallery page is sponsored in April by County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss, County Mayor Tim Stribling, St Thomas DeKalb Hospital, Gill Automotive, DeKalb Funeral Chapel, Alexandria Auto Parts, First Bank, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Arrow Termite and Pest Control, Woodbury Insurance Agency, and NHC Healthcare Center of Smithville.

May sponsors are Sheriff Patrick Ray, Circuit Court Clerk Susan Martin, Trustee Sean Driver, Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell, Good Health Family Clinic, in addition to County Clerk Poss, County Mayor Stribling, St Thomas DeKalb Hospital, First Bank, NHC Healthcare Center of Smithville, Arrow Termite and Pest Control, DeKalb Funeral Chapel and others.

March 31, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Jacob Parker of the DeKalb County Fire Department graduated from the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Training Academy’s Live Burn Firefighter I class that was held Saturday and Sunday, March 30 and 31, 2019.

Captain Brian Williams says this 16-hour course requires students to demonstrate skills needed to extinguish a passenger vehicle fire attack, exterior Class A fire attack, interior structure fire attack, commercial buildings and ground cover fire attack. “We are extremely proud of this recent graduate. Today, our department stands better prepared to respond to emergencies because of the high standards for training we set for our firefighters,” said Captain Brian Williams .