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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 to election [...]

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Horizon office closed for a vacation week

The Dale Hollow HORIZON office will be closed this week on Thursday and Friday to allow employees vacation time, but will re-open Monday, March 15.
“We will extend all of our deadlines to Monday next week in order to accommodate those that may need to get something in,” HORIZON publisher Jon Weaver said, “and the paper [...]

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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board members were presented with plans to replace the current telephone system at Clay County High School and an outdated one at Celina K-8 here at the February board meeting, and they also approved a motion to request bids for other future building updates.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 Kevin Collins [...]

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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 fell through with [...]

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Bulldogs take 7-A title and advance to region semifinal

CELINA-The Clay County Bulldogs advanced to the second round of regional play with a 88-64 shellacking of Watertown here Saturday night, just four days after winning the District 7-A tournament championship.
The Bulldogs topped Pickett County in their conference finals last Tuesday, and hosted Watertown in an opening-round region game on Saturday. They carried a 23-4 [...]

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Lady Dawgs fall to Pickett County in District 7-A consolation contest

LIVINGSTON-The Clay County girls basketball team fell here to Pickett County in the District 7-A tournament consolation game Monday night, despite a 23-point outing by Lady Dawg Rachel Burnette.
CCHS led by three at the end of the first period, but headed into the half down by the same margin.  They knotted the game up heading [...]

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Lady Dawgs headed to consolation game

LIVINGSTON-The CCHS Lady Bulldogs fell to Clarkrange here last night for the third time this year in the semi-final round of their conference tournament, sending them to Monday night’s consolation game where they will have the chance to finish third in the District 7-A event.
After jumping out to a double-digit lead by the end of [...]

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Dawgs to face Clarkrange in district tourney opener

LIVINGSTON-The top-seeded Clay County High School boys basketball team learned who their opponent would be here Saturday night in their opening round of the District 7-A tournament after Clarkrange handily defeated Monterey by a score of 57-37 in the event’s play-in game last night.
The Dawgs swept the Buffaloes in regular season play, but they will [...]

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Lady Dawgs begin tourney action tonight in Livingston

LIVINGSTON-The CCHS Lady Bulldogs begin their post-season action here tonight in the semi-final round of the District 7-A tournament versus Clarkrange, who they have been swept by in regular season play.
The girls have been in winning position in both prior contests, but have faltered late in the games to fall to the Lady Buffaloes.  CCHS [...]

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Dawgs dominate District 7-A awards in route to regular-season conference title

Four Lady Bulldogs make all-conference team roster
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor
COOKEVILLE-When the District 7-A awards were announced here last Friday night at the coaches meeting, there was no doubt which conference team had dominated this year’s boys action.
The Clay County High School Bulldog basketball team had a half-dozen players named to the all-district team, a [...]

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Dawgs eyeing district tournament top seed

Statistics & Information
By MICHAEL MILLER
HORIZON Correspondent
GAINESBORO-After defeating conference foe Pickett County, Trousdale County, and Gordonsville last week, the CCHS boy’s basketball team had the chance to clinch the top seed in the upcoming District 7A tournament set to start next week with a win at Jackson County here Tuesday night.
They entered the contest with an [...]

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Almost every major county office to be contested in election of 2010

From Staff Reports
CELINA-It’s hard to believe another four-year election cycle has rolled around, but it has.
2010 is the year of the quadrennial county elections, with virtually every office on the ballot, but there are also some very interesting other races that will be on the slate–most notably governor, the 6th District U.S. Rep. seat being [...]

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CCHS boys continue 2010 unbeaten streak

Statistics & Information By MICHAEL MILLER, HORIZON Correspondent
With wins over visiting Pickett County and Monterey last week the CCHS boys basketball team pushed their 2010 record to an unblemished 8-0.
Not only did they stay undefeated for the month of January, but they also kept their District 7A mark at a conference-leading 5-0.
After beating the Bobcats in a [...]

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