Free Food for the Community!

June 7, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

An effort is underway to make sure families have plenty to eat this summer.

Local churches, TVA, Caney Fork Electric Cooperative, and Second Harvest have joined forces to sponsor a weekly food drive.

Similar to the food distribution during the spring, this is a drive through and is being held on Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. until 12 noon at DeKalb Middle School.

Chad Ramsey, Pastor of the Smithville First Baptist Church, invites everyone with a need to take advantage of it.

“We have been able to get a lot of support from the local churches who have come together financially and with volunteers to help pass out food and right now we have a lot of non-perishable food to pass out. TVA has really stepped in through Caney Fork Electric Cooperative with a grant to help support us in keeping this food ministry going through the summer. Second Harvest has also started a program that we are now part of to provide food for families and children through the summer. Both TVA and Second Harvest have really come together to allow us to continue to pass out food and to help people in our community and we have churches who are in the midst of it all. It started in the spring with kids and we are still ministering to them but we now want to minister to our entire community so be sure to drive in this summer on Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. until 12 noon at DeKalb Middle School to get a bag of food because we have plenty to give out,” said Ramsey.

June 6, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad again presents Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour Sunday night, June 7 from 5-6 p.m.

The program airs once a month on WJLE, on the first Sunday night of each month, from 5-6 p.m. featuring recorded local talent performing gospel music.

Sunday night’s program will showcase the music of the Dessa Ray and Right On Time.

Tune in the first Sunday night of each month for the Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour from 5-6 p.m. on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7

WJLE is proud of our partner sponsors of religious programs each week and hopes you will tune in often and let them know you listen.

•Got A Minute?: 60 second message presented by the Smithville Church of Christ with Dan Gulley-Twice a day Monday-Friday each week (various times morning and around noon).

•Cross Connection sponsored by the Upper Helton Baptist Church featuring Jimmy Arms: Monday-Friday at 11:55 a.m. each week

•Morning Devotion: A 5 minute daily devotional by a different minister each week Monday-Saturday at 7:25 a.m.

The following are weekly sponsored Sunday programs:

•7:30 a.m.: Royce Moore of the New West Point Freewill Baptist Church (The Way of Life Ministry)

•8:00 a.m. Elders Joseph and Ricky Arnold for the New Bildad and Mount View Primitive Baptist Churches (The Firm Foundation)

•8:30 a.m. Outreach Baptist Church with Nathan Thomason (The Outreach Pulpit)

•9:00 a.m. The Keltonburg Missionary Baptist Church (Only Through the Blood)

•9:30 a.m. LOCAL NEWS

•9:35 a.m. Trent Colwell of the Smithville Church of the Nazarene (The Living Word)

•10:30 a.m. Bobby Thomason of the Covenant Baptist Church (Fountain of Faith Ministries)

•11:00 a.m. Worship Services from either the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian (Isaac Gray) or Smithville First United Methodist (David Lunsford) Churches

•12:00 NOON: LOCAL NEWS

12:30 p.m.: House of Prayer with Zach Murphy

1:00 p.m.: Truth that Transforms with Aaron Wright

•1:30 p.m. The Preaching Ministry of Toy Lawson of the People’s Pentecostal Church

•2:30 p.m. Billy Hale of the Christ Pentecostal Church of Brush Creek (The King is Coming)

•3:00 p.m. Prophet James Ferrell of the Church of Jesus Christ (The Word of the Lord)

•4:00 p.m. LOCAL NEWS

•4:15 p.m. Royce Curtis of the People’s Missionary Baptist Church

•5:00 p.m. Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour (1st Sunday)

•6:05 p.m. Gospel music sponsored by Cantrell’s Furniture and Appliances

•9:05 p.m. LOCAL NEWS

Listen each week on WJLE AM 1480 and WJLE FM 101.7 and LIVE Streaming at www.wjle.com.

June 5, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Students in the DCHS Class of 2020 have been disappointed in recent months due to the cancellation of so many of their senior year plans because of the COVID 19 pandemic but they had reason to celebrate Friday.

During a three hour WJLE radiothon which was also LIVE streamed on the DCHS Tigers facebook page, the community rallied in support of the class with pledges and donations totaling a record breaking $11, 609 for the 2020 Project Graduation event which will be held following the graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 19.

The support was overwhelming, not only exceeding the $10,000 goal but easily surpassing last year’s radiothon fundraiser of $8,100, which had also set a new record up until that time.

The radiothon was hosted by DCHS Teacher Chris Vance and many members of the class and their parents took part in the program either on air or from behind the scenes. A special thanks to Jordan Atnip and Daniel Leslie who set up the LIVE facebook streaming broadcast from the WJLE Studios which was telecast on the DCHS Tigers facebook page and shared by others.

To add extra fun and excitement, members of the class agreed to gulp down a few spoonfuls of baby food and dog chow to meet the challenge from some callers in order to up the ante. One student even ate a banana with a stocking covering his head.

Michiko Martin and Shea Colwell, co-chairs of the Project Graduation Committee, said they could not have been more pleased with the outcome of the radiothon.

“We are pleased the kids are going to have something nice, safe, and something they can remember and enjoy with their friends for one last time as a class. We appreciate WJLE for allowing us to come in here and do this. We also want to thank Mr. Vance and the youth pastors from around town and so many others. It is a community thing and we are so thankful to everyone that has made this possible,” said Martin.

Project Graduation is an all night drug-free, alcohol-free graduation party for members of the DCHS Class of 2020 committed to having a safe, wholesome, yet entertaining celebration together for the last time as a class. This year’s event will be held at the Smithville First Baptist Church Life Enrichment Center.

“ We will have all kinds of games including volleyball, cornhole, karaoke and more with chances for them to win money and take home something,” said Colwell.

“Our administrators and the teachers at the school have also gone above and beyond to help our students to have a great year as much as possible and to carry on with the prom, graduation, and project graduation,” added Colwell.

You can still make donations to the DCHS Class of 2020 Project Graduation event by dropping off a check to either Cindy Washer at First Bank in Smithville or to Michiko Martin at the Family Medical Center.

A special thanks for the generous donations of First Bank ($2,000), Liberty State Bank ($1,000) and Wilson Bank and Trust ($1,000) and to all others who supported the radiothon.

The commencement for the DCHS Class of 2020 will be Friday, June 19 at 8 p.m. on the high school football field. The prom is set for Friday, June 12 at 8 p.m. at Twisted Oaks in Smithville.