Local Government
City officials remind residents to abide by nuisance ordinance
CELINA-City officials here this week released a statement encouraging residents to remain in compliance with the municipality’s nuisance ordinance, which defines “the accumulation of trash, rubbish, and other debris,” or the existence of “overgrown vegetation” as being non-compliant. The ordinance says the nuisance “must be corrected by mowing, the removal of trash, rubbish, or other [...]
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County mayor and others visit nation’s capital to help promote program funding for local area
Clay County mayor Dale Reagan, along with UCHRA and other local officials visited Washington, D.C. last March to discuss program funding and economic development in our area. While there, the county officials met with U.S. Representatives to promote continuation of funding for government programs and to discuss the current law, which allows other countries to [...]
ContinuedFEMA assistance now available to all Clay County flood victims
BY THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CLAY COUNTY-County mayor Dale Reagan said he learned late Saturday evening the county here had been officially issued a federal disaster declaration by the White House, joining 41 other counties across the state where federal assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had been made available to help local [...]
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April declared Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Clay County
On Monday, March 22 at his office in Celina, Dale Reagan, County Mayor, declared the month of April be Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Clay County. Pictured at right are Mayor Reagan and Genesis House representative Rachel Pugh. The mission of Genesis House is to help victims of domestic and sexual violence find safety in [...]
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August ballot long, with lots of choices for voters
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor Voters who plan on casting their ballots in every race in the county general election should plan on being in the voting booth for a while in August. The ballot was set last Thursday at high noon when the qualifying deadline passed. There will be nearly 70 local candidates and [...]
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Rene Davis appointed new clerk and master
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CELINA-Last Wednesday here at the Clay County Courthouse, 13th Judicial District Chancellor Ron Thurman swore in Rene Davis as the county’s new clerk and master to succeed the late Corinne McLerran, who passed away March 21 after holding the office for most of the past three decades. Thurman appointed Davis [...]
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Ten new candidates qualify and 10 more pick up papers with filing deadline near
By THOMAS P. WEAVER HORIZON Editor CELINA-Ten new candidates have officially entered various races in the upcoming August 5 county general election and 10 others picked up qualifying papers, but have yet to return them–all since the HORIZON went to press a week ago Monday night. Election administrator Wanda Daniels reported the addition of the [...]
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Water main flushing will begin next month in city
CELINA-Water-main flushing will start here soon to “insure good quality drinking water” for customers, city officials announced last week. The opening of fire hydrants and flushing is necessary to remove any sediments from water mains, and will start on April 12, taking four to six weeks to complete, officials said. “The water crew will be [...]
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Seven new candidates qualify; 13 more have picked up papers
By THOMAS P. WEAVER HORIZON Editor CELINA-Election administrator Wanda Daniels said a half-dozen more candidates had qualified for the August 5 county general election and seven new potentials had picked up qualifying papers, but have yet to return them as of Monday afternoon–adding to the list previously reported in last week’s HORIZON (visit dalehollowhorizon.com to [...]
ContinuedLocal marina operators want assurance occupancy tax dollars are used to boost tourism as mandated
By THOMAS P. WEAVER HORIZON Editor CELINA-Clay County Marina Association representative Matt Roberts of Cedar Hill Resort addressed the county commission at their last planning meeting with a presentation concerning the allocation of new tax revenue being raised by a recently passed 2.5 percent hotel occupancy tax–which went into effect earlier this year. Roberts–speaking on [...]
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County election shaping up to be very busy
14 potential candidates have qualified and several others have picked up papers; deadline next month By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CELINA-Just over a dozen candidates have officially qualified for the August 5 county general election, but there have been several others who have picked up qualifying papers, paving the way for a busy election, according [...]
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School system looking to upgrade equipment
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CELINA-School board members were presented with plans to replace the current telephone system at Clay County High School and an outdated one at Celina K-8 here at the February board meeting, and they also approved a motion to request bids for other future building updates. Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative representative [...]
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New Celina city hall plans back on track
By THOMAS P. WEAVER HORIZON Editor CELINA-Aldermen approved a new firm as the city’s engineer for the construction of the new city hall on city-owned property just off the square at their February meeting held earlier this month, putting plans to construct the building back on track. Mayor Willie Kerr told the HORIZON Monday “plans [...]
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