DCHS Graduates Treated to Cash and Prizes during Project Graduation

May 17, 2021
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The DCHS Class of 2021 Graduates celebrated with cash and prizes following Friday evening’s commencement ceremony. The 2021 Project Graduation Celebration was held at the DeKalb Community Complex where 58 graduates agreed to lock themselves in for the night, for an evening of food, games, cash and prizes.

“In spite of Covid limitations, we were so blessed to be able to continue the tradition of Project Graduation this year, keeping the celebration local thanks to the generosity of the DeKalb County Complex staff, police force, County Mayor Tim Stribling, chaperone volunteers, and all of our wonderful community sponsors,” said Co-Presidents Shan Stout and Tia Adcock, “We raised a record breaking $34,200 with the whole of that amount going back to our seniors in various ways. Seniors were given the opportunity to play games for cash and gift cards, as well as be entered into a grand prize drawing for laptops, ipads, kayaks…the list just goes on and on. Every student went home with cash and one or more prizes. We had a wonderful time, and it wouldn’t have been possible without our hard-working committee of parents, event volunteers, and the seniors that helped us with all of the various fundraising activities. We would like to give a special thank you to our small committee of amazing women. We couldn’t have done it without you.”

Project Graduation began with the sole purpose of giving seniors a safe, alcohol/drug-free evening of fun together to say a final goodbye, while keeping our county’s teens off of the roads during a very hectic night of the year. It is supported solely by contributions from local businesses and individuals, along with school fundraising. The headlining sponsors for 2021 include: Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital, Wilson Bank & Trust, Averitt, Alderman Beth Chandler, Caney Fork Electric, Sam Stout – UCRE Realtor, DJ “T” Entertainment, DeKalb Animal Clinic, Creations By Donna, Bates Apparel, DeKalb Prevention Coalition, Jim’s Alignment, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Tayes Masonry LLC; along with various giveaway sponsors and food donations.

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Pictured: Co-Presidents Shan Stout and Tia Adcock stand with the DCHS Class of 2021 Project Graduation Celebration held at the DeKalb County Complex. Each participant wore a free t-shirt compliments of supporting community partners, and played games for cash and prizes.

May 17, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Three members of the DeKalb County Fire Department, Faith Caplinger Ricketts, Cody Herman, and Kyle Hovey graduated Saturday and Sunday from the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Training Academy’s Live Burn Firefighter I class.

Captain Brian Williams said 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 these recent graduates. 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

May 17, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

WJLE AM 1480 & WJLE FM 101.7 ARE BACK ON THE AIR TODAY (MONDAY). Day 2 of the tower painting project resumes Tuesday morning at 8 a.m.