Community Calendar

Justin Potter Library will host a Easter Storytime on Friday, April 11th at 10:00 am for pre-school children.  They hope you will join them for fun stories and a goody bag for each child that is present. Please contact the library at 615-597-4359, Facebook, Instagram or www.dekalblibraries.net for further information.

The Christ Pentecostal Church at Brush Creek will have a community cookout at the church on Saturday, April 26 at 402 Alexandria Highway, Brush Creek. The cookout begins at 3 p.m. with music provided by Right On Time at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Come and celebrate with them.

Walk across Tennessee KICK OFF IS MONDAY, APRIL 14.

Anyone can be on a team!! Youth, adult, coworkers, friends, family, etc. No FEES! Walk across Tennessee is an 8-week team competition to see who can log the most miles exercising.

You are not literally walking across Tennessee. Your team is exercising for 8 weeks and the goal is to accumulate the equivalent of 500 miles which is the length of the state of Tennessee.

Other types of exercise can be counted by using a exercise conversion chart. It’s a fun friendly competition and what better way to get fit.

How to participate???

1. Come up with up to 8 team members

2. Choose a Team Captain and a Team Name

3. Team Captain download the captains packet at https://dekalb.tennessee.edu/family-consumer-science/ and have each team member complete the individual registration form on the website. We also have packets put together outside the UT UT – TSU Extension- DeKalb County located inside the DeKalb County Complex Building.

4. Attend the Kickoff and root for your team on Monday, April 14th at Greenbrook Park.

5. Exercise for 8 weeks. Any exercise counts. We have a conversion chart you can use.

Any exercise counted using a pedometer/fitness watch should be for time periods at least 10 minutes or more.

Call our office if you have any questions at 615-597-4945.

Want more for your family? Empower Upper Cumberland is a FREE grant-funded program for families with children. If you receive Free or Reduced Lunch at school, are receiving SNAP or TennCare, or make less than 185% of the Federal Poverty Guideline then you may be eligible for this program. You do not have to be receiving government benefits to qualify. Empower UC is enrolling families continuously and has funding to help working families get more out of life to become more prosperous. Some ways we might empower families are: Help with finding & keeping employment (and higher paying employment), transportation to/from work, support services, healthcare costs, finding childcare or helping with costs, higher education pathways, financial counseling, credit recovery and much more. We work around your schedule so you don’t have to take time away from your job or school. It only takes 5 minutes to apply and there is nothing to upload. Call Janna Palmer, DeKalb County Empower Navigator, at 931-357-0721 for more information or if you need help applying. Texts are welcome, too! You can also reach Janna by email at JPalmer@uchra.com. It all starts with a short 5 minute online form or a quick phone call. (Volunteers and Donations are gathered through our website and efforts directly benefit DeKalb County Families.) Why not make 2025 the best year yet for your family by getting started on your prosperity pathway today! Apply now at www.empoweruppercumberland.org , by calling 833-367-9782, or calling Janna at 931-357-0721 to get started.

Salem Baptist Church is hosting a block party on Saturday April 12th called “The Liberty Spring Fling”…come join us at the Liberty Community Center on April 12th from 11AM-2PM, free food, bouncy houses, games and more! For more information visit us online at www.sbcliberty.com

The 2024-25 DeKalb County School Calendar is as follows:

DeKalb County Schools will be closed for Good Friday. April 18, and Monday, April 21. The last day of school will be May 23, 2025 (abbreviated 7:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m.). May 22 will be an administrative day. Report cards will be issued at all schools on May 23. The DCHS graduation will be Friday, May 16. The DCHS Prom is Friday, April 11

Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, cousins and lady friends, get your tickets now for the Last Minute Toy Shop’s event to be held on May 3, 2025 at the DeKalb County Complex auditorium from 11:30a-1:30p. Four guest speakers, including Wanda Redmon, Tara Hale, Billy Ann Tubbs-Trigueros, and Beth Gill will talk about standing together in prayer to fight the opposition, along with ideas of creating your own war board, war room or war binder. Tickets are $20, and include finger-foods, drink and desserts along with games and door prizes. Contact Angie Meadows 615-464-5056, or any LMTS volunteer for tickets. You can also visit the LMTS Facebook page. Tickets are limited, FCFS.

The DeKalb County Historical Society will hold a Reorganizational Meeting on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025,6:00 PM at the Arcade/DeKalb Room, DeKalb Community Complex, 712 South Congress Boulevard, Smithville, TN 37166. For more information, contact DeKalb County Historian William Freddy Curtis at 615-691-1538 or email = wmfreddycurtis@gmail.com

The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) will hold a commodities distribution in DeKalb County on Thursday, April 24, from 9 until 11 a.m. at 726 S. Congress Blvd.: Smithville, TN. Clients can sign up ahead of time online or at the distribution site on the day of the event. Visit uchra.org/2025-commodities-distribution-events for more information about UCHRA’s commodities program including instructions on how to apply. This project is funded under a Grant Contract with the State of Tennessee.

Keep DeKalb County beautiful! Join the DeKalb County Democrats at 7am on Saturday, April 12, 2025 in the DCHS parking lot for an Adopt-a-Highway trash pick up. Bags, gloves, trash grabbers, and safety vests are provided. All are welcome and appreciated! Please contact dekalbtndems@gmail.com to volunteer or for more information.