Outdoors
2010 Homecoming Days tentative schedule is set
CELINA-The annual Homecoming Days celebration is just around the corner, with a variety of events scheduled to run July 29-31. A tentative schedule very similar to last year’s has been announced, with a thumbnail sketch of each day’s events listed below. Specific times for each event will be announced soon. Crafts and food will be [...]
ContinuedFive-fish big-money event set for this Friday night
CELINA-Friday night tournament director Luke Sherrell announced last week he would host a 5-fish limit event in conjunction with his regular series this Friday night. The big event will feature a $100 entry fee, but will follow the same format of the regular events with the exception of the larger limit. “We hope to have [...]
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Kids’ Fishing Rodeo another great success
On the morning of Saturday, June 12, a total of 2,000 nine inch rainbow trout and six large display fish were released in the creek below the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery for the 13th Annual “Kids’ Fishing Rodeo.” Rainbow trout were also stocked into the adjacent Obey River, giving those people not taking part [...]
ContinuedThursday night event produces first big smallmouth of the year
CELINA-Despite the threat of thunderstorms, 18 boats showed up here at Dale Hollow Marina last Thursday night for the weekly smallmouth-only competition and one team’s rain-soaked night turned out to be a good one. Rod Moon and Jason Gibson braved the weather to bring in the first good sack of the year, which included a [...]
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Spillway opened at Dale Hollow Dam
2 YEARS IN A ROW-After not seeing it for two decades, Clay County residents had their second chance in as many years to see the flood gates open at Dale Hollow Dam Monday. Thanks to historical rainfall last week, the lake’s level swelled a whopping seven feet in only a couple of days and now [...]
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2010 turkey harvest numbers surpass last season’s with two weekends remaining
According to a release from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the 2010 spring turkey harvest has already surpassed the total number for the 2009 season, and there is still two weekends remaining this season as it continues through May 16. Heading into the first of the two final weekends of the statewide season, 33,764 birds [...]
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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Spring sports in “full swing”
As these photos of a sampling of Clay County’s younger generation of athletes portrays, the beautiful weather the Upper Cumberland area has enjoyed lately has given many the opportunity to take part in outdoor activities including T-ball, baseball, and other spring sports. Besides those pictured who are participating in league play held in Red Boiling [...]
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Corps says road across dam will reopen by month’s end
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CELINA-After being closed for well over six months, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the HORIZON last week the road here across Dale Hollow Dam “would be reopened by the end of April.” The road was closed to traffic at the beginning of November 2009 and at [...]
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Fly fishing class set for April 5th
CELINA-A fly fishing class open to those 12 years old and older, including adults, will be held here at Clay County High School beginning Monday night, April 5. Organizer and Tennessee Wildlife Resource officer Bill Moulton said “the first 15 to sign up will be taken,” and he explained the class would be decided on [...]
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Wolf Creek dam work is partially suspended now
JAMESTOWN, KY-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announced last week a partial suspension of work here on the Wolf Creek Dam. Instrumentation used to monitor the foundation has indicated movement and increased hydrostatic pressure since work began in the area adjacent to the concrete section of the dam, which includes Critical Area 1. [...]
ContinuedESPN visits Celina
By RAY NORRIS, Clay County Chamber CELINA-For a period of about four hours a crew from ESPN network was here last Wednesday at the Clay County Chamber of Commerce filming a show for future broadcast. The subject was, of course, fishing and the participants were local businessman Stephen Headrick and local fishing guides Bob Coan and [...]
ContinuedFirst Hayes Open bass tourney taken with huge bag weighing in at nearly 30 pounds
By THOMAS P. WEAVER CELINA-A good field of participants took to the water here at Pleasant Grove Recreation Area the first weekend of the month for two days of fishing during the First Annual Hayes Open, and the anglers didn’t disappoint when it came weigh-in time. The tournament, recently renamed in honor [...]
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Rare Occurrence at Dale Hollow Dam
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