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The Town of Pegram is all a buzz with planning for the 49th Annual Pegram July 4th Celebration.

Thanks to the Town of Pegram, a host of event organizers and community volunteers, attendees can plan on enjoying so much more than just fireworks as thousands plan to unite to celebrate our nation’s birthday.

This year’s theme is Stars, Stripes & Pegram Southern Nights – but the fun actually starts at 7 a.m. on July 4 and run all day until the Pegram southern night sky will be lit up with a huge, grand finale fireworks display.

Organizers are excited to showcase Pegram’s patriotism by offering traditional family fun including the pancake breakfast, parade, beauty pageants, live music, inflatables, rides, corn hole tournament, face painting, festive food and vendor booths to browse.

Event organizers also recently announced retiring director of schools Dr. Cathy Beck and her husband, Skip Beck, will serve as this year’s grand marshals for the event. The Becks have been actively involved and dedicated to education, civic service and the Pegram community as a whole since relocating to the area in 2017.

Another highlight will be Muscle Shoals Musicians, the first band to take the main stage at Pegram Park at 4 p.m. They will be followed by the Livin’ the Dream Band at 6:30 p.m., leading up to the grand finale fireworks display.

Along with all the traditional festive food, fellowship and fun family activities, organizers are excited to announce the return of a crowd favorite — the Ms. Pegram Ageless Elegance Pageant where all women aged 55 and up are invited to participate in this spirited celebration of beauty and grace. Of course, there will be pageants for all ages to enter, too!

There is also an exclusive event t-shirt being made available by Hannah Merritt Buttery, owner of Dear Delaney Boutique. She has crafted special edition men’s and women’s t-shirts for the 49th Annual Pegram July 4th Celebration which feature the festive theme “Stars, Stripes, and Pegram Southern Nights.”

If you want to actively participate by volunteering or competing in a pageant or perhaps the alumni baseball games and corn hole tournament, you can email Wendy Cox at pegramevents@gmail.com for more information.

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Cheatham County Commissioner Eugene Evans and a Pegram teen are charged with assault after an altercation stemming from a lost dog.

Both parties have pleaded not guilty.

Last month, Tosha Cantrell of Pegram told Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office deputies that Evans assaulted her 18-year-old son, Zach Cantrell. She explained that earlier in the week, the family lost their dog and was out looking for her when they heard that the dog might have been at Evans’ Beech Hill Road residence.

But when her 25-year-old son Nick Cantrell went to Evans’ house with a friend, they noticed Evans, 68, standing out back. Upon pulling in the driveway and honking the horn to get his attention, Nick said Evans “approached their car screaming…to get off of his property,” according to the incident report.

Nick then left the property. Tosha returned with Zach Cantrell and his 8-year-old brother and approached Evans asking about the dog.

Cantrell explained to the Times that his mom knew Evans, and the two approached him nicely to ask about their dog. Then, he alleged, Evans “cussed” at his mom and threatened his little brother, so he stepped up to protect his family.

While the family asked about their dog, “Evans became irate,” and as they spoke, “Evans punched her son Zach in the face causing a large laceration to Zach’s bottom right corner of his lip,” the report states.

The punch “caught me off guard…(I was) blind-sided,” Cantrell said.

The family left the residence and called law enforcement from Finch’s Market in Pegram.

They reported to law enforcement that Evans was “extremely intoxicated,” the report states. Cantrell said to the Times that Evans appeared intoxicated and “couldn’t keep his balance.”

Deputies arrived at the Beech Hill Road home, and noticed Evans sitting in his back porch with “a small amount of dried up blood around his nose and mouth area (and) was extremely intoxicated and could barely keep his balance while talking with us,” the report states.

Evans apparently told deputies that he had been in the back porch mixing a drink and fixing dinner when one of the Cantrell boys arrived asking about the dog. Then he said the boy “started getting aggressive with him and then punched (him) in the face. Evans advised that is when he hit the Cantrell boy back,” the report states.

Cantrell noted that any hit back at Evans was done in “self-defense,” and he wouldn’t have picked a fight, he told the Times.

“I was just going and looking for my dog,” he said.

Evans could not identify which Cantrell boy was involved in the alleged altercation and stated that there was no one else present, according to the report. He also couldn’t tell which kind of vehicle the boy drove to the residence, or what he was wearing, the report states.

Evans did not immediately respond to the Times' request for comment.

A hearing is set for Nov. 14.

Kelly Fisher, reporter for the Ashland City Times, can be reached at KPFisher@gannett.com, 615-801-3866 or on Twitter at @KellyPFisher.

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