Many Easter Events Scheduled

April 15, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Many Easter events are scheduled this week and Sunday.

Among them are as follows:

*Breakfast with the Easter Bunny will be Saturday, April 20 from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall at 101 West Church Street, Smithville. Enjoy pancakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage with juice and coffee. Pictures with the Easter Bunny will also be made. Prices are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children. Its free for children ages 2 and younger. To go plates will be $5.00. All proceeds will benefit the DeKalb County Cub Scouts Pack #347

*The AmVets Ladies Auxiliary Post 101 annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 20 at Greenbrook Park, Pavilion two .The hunt will start sharply at 12 Noon. for ages up to 13. Bring your Easter basket. Refreshments and games for those who arrive early.

*Free event- New Life United Pentecostal Church will present “Do You Know The Man”, a musical drama about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Performance times are Friday and Saturday 7 PM. Sunday 10 AM and 6 PM.  Everyone welcome.

*Blue Springs Methodist Church will have worship on Easter Sunday morning, April 21 at 6:30 a.m. with breakfast to follow immediately. Everyone welcome.

*A Son Rise Service will be at the Covenant Baptist Church at 930 South Mountain Street, Smithville on Easter Sunday, April 21 starting at 6 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

*Smithville AG presents: Journey to the Cross The Musical- Friday April 19th at 7pm, Saturday April 20th at 6pm, and Sunday April 21st at 11am. It’s free! Come join us!

*Dowelltown Baptist Church will be hosting a Dowelltown Community Egg Hunt on Saturday April 20th at 10am. There will be hunts for ages 12 and younger. Everyone Welcome!

*Cooper’s Missionary Baptist Church is having Sunrise Service April 21 starting at 6:30 a.m. No Sunday School. Service starts at 11:00. Everyone is welcome to attend.

*The Smithville Church of God is hosting “Easter in the Park” on Sunday, April 21 at Greenbrook Park. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. A children’s church and adult worship service will start at 11 a.m. An Easter Egg Hunt will be at 12:30 p.m. for children up to 5th grade. Door prizes will be given away. Everything is FREE! Enjoy food, blowups, bingo, face painting, and LIVE music.

*You are invited to a Community Easter Egg Hunt at Calvary Baptist Church. Come join us on April 20th at 10AM for games, egg hunt and fun. This year a gyrocopeter will drop 5 special eggs with prizes from the air. Calvary Baptist church is located on 830 Foster Road.

*Refuge Church will be hosting an Easter Eggstravaganza at Greenbrook Park on Saturday, April 20th from 5-8pm. We will be having a regular egg hunt for our younger children at 5:30pm. At dark, we will be having a flashlight egg hunt for ages 7-up. In between the two egg hunts, we will be having food, games, prizes, and tons of fun. Bring a basket and join the fun.

The Smithville First Baptist Church, Smithville Church of God, Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Calvary Baptist Church are joining for Holy Week services. A communion service will be held Thursday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The speaker will be Chad Ramsey of the Smithville First Baptist Church. A Good Friday service will be April 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Smithville First Baptist Church featuring speaker Chris Moore of the Smithville Church of God. An Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church. Pastor Michael Martin will speak. An Easter Sunrise service will be April 21 at Evins Park Gazebo downtown Smithville starting at 6 a.m. The speaker will be Isaac Gray of the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Everyone is invited.

April 15, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The Spring edition of “Reeling in the Years” is coming up Saturday night on WJLE.

Former local announcers Dennis (DS) Stanley and Shawn Jacobs host the four-hour program, which features the top pop and rock hits of the 60s, 70s and 80s.

“We’ll be playing a lot of songs that were popular the week nearest April 20 for a number of years in the 70s and 80s,” the two said. “This show will bring back many memories for our listeners and will be a great deal of fun.”

The program will air from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 20 on WJLE.

April 15, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

TN Ready testing will begin in the DeKalb County School District starting on April 15th.

“We appreciate all the hard work that teachers and students have put forth all year long for the state assessments. Our students are exposed to many opportunities to shine, and we know that the TNReady test is one opportunity of many. As always, we encourage students to be present and on time, have adequate sleep, and perform at their very best,” said Director of Schools Patrick Cripps.

This week’s testing schedule is as follows:

April 15:
DeKalb West School (DWS): English Language Arts (ELA) Part 1 (3rd-8th grades)
DeKalb Middle School (DMS): ELA Part 1

April 16:
DCHS: Algebra I & II/ Geometry Part 1
Northside Elementary School (NES): ELA Part 1
DWS: Part 1 Makeup
DMS: Part 1 Makeup

April 17:
DCHS: English I & II Part 1
DWS: ELA Part 1-Math Part 2 (3rd)
DWS:ELA Part 2/3 (6th-8th grades)
DMS: ELA Part 2/3

April 18:
DCHS: US History Part 1
DWS: ELA Part 3-Math Part 2 (3rd)
DWS:ELA Part 4-Math Part (Algebra)
DMS: ELA Part 4-Math Part 1