Ty Ladet and Megan Cantrell Named 2020 Mr. and Miss DCHS (View video here)

September 10, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Seniors Ty Ladet and Megan Cantrell have been named Mr. and Miss DeKalb County High School for 2020-21.

Ladet is the son of Tori Haywood and Cantrell is the daughter of Todd and Jenny Cantrell.

2020 Miss and Mr DCHS Megan Cantrell and Ty Ladet from dwayne page on Vimeo.

Ty has been a member of the Science Club. He is also a 3 year member of the DCHS football team. His football honors include wide receiver of the year and 1st team all region. He has scholarship offers from Sewanee University and Tennessee State University. Ty plans to graduate early and enroll at TSU in the spring to begin football training.

Meagan has been a member of the Beta, FBLA, Climate Crew, and Literature Club.

During her high school career, she has been a football cheerleader, member of the tennis team, XC team, and a four year member of the Lady Tigers basketball team.

Megan is a member of Indian Creek Baptist Church and employed at Hidden Harbor Marina. She plans to attend Tennessee Tech and major in Exercise Science after graduation.

September 10, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A Friends Group has been established in support of the DeKalb Animal Shelter.

Friends of the DeKalb Animal Shelter is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide funding for the adequate welfare and care of shelter animals, to better educate the public on matters concerning animal welfare, and to encourage community involvement and support of the DeKalb Animal Shelter.

“Our Friends Group helps the shelter with funding for low cost spay and neuter services and bills for animals that need medical attention. We also donate pet food to the food bank here,” said Bill Erdman, Vice President of the Friends Group.

Fund raising events are scheduled starting this fall including a “Hogs for Dogs and Cats Too” Poker Run on Saturday, October 10 with registration and check in at 11 a.m. at Twisted Oaks on Highway 70 across from Bert Driver Nursery. Kickstands up at 12:30 p.m. with three stops along the route of the ride. A barbeque meal and other events will be held in conjunction with the ride at Twisted Oaks.

Participants may pre-register at EventBrite.com through September 20. The cost is $20 per rider which includes a t-shirt. Events are open to all. You do not have to ride to attend.

An on-site pet adoption event will also be held with a silent auction for a stay at a Center Hill Lake Chalet, Pontoon rental, raffles, and other giveaways.

September 10, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

If you have commercial nursery or floriculture crops, 2019 corn or soybean production, or livestock inventory and have not signed up in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), the signup deadline is Friday, September 11, 2020.

Additionally, the following recent commodity eligibility changes affect producers in our counties:1) all sheep are now eligible (previously, only sheep less than two years old were eligible) and, 2) nursery and floriculture crops are now eligible.

The application process is very simple and takes less than 10 minutes. To clarify, both sold and unsold livestock are eligible for payment under this program. There is no minimum number of livestock required to be owned to receive benefits under this program.

USDA Service Centers currently are not permitted to have customers in the building. You can telephone the office at 615-597-8225, Ext. 2, email the office at donald.green@usda.gov, or apply online at www.farmers.gov/cfap.