Outdoors
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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
Tiptonville Lion’s Club is sponsoring a bream fishing tournament. The purpose of this event is to show case the wonderful Lake county resource of Reelfoot Lake, to promote the old fashion notion of fishing for fun and “bragging rights” and to raise money for the several charitable efforts of the club.l The entry fee for this tournament is $25 per boat. The following rules will apply for this tournament: Fishing hours 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Participants must check in at the Keystone Pocket tournament headquarters prior to fishing hours. Headquarters will be open at 5:00 a.m. Weigh-in vouchers will be awarded at that time. Participants may enter the lake any time after check in. Remiknder: Running lights required prior to sunrise. Early
arrival at Keystone to launch is encouraged due to limited boat launching Facilities. Participants may launch at any boat ramp on Reelfoot Lake after check-in. Maximum of four persons per boat Bream brought to the scales for weigh-in must have been caught during tournament hours from tournament waters by tournament participants from their respective boats. Tournament waters shall be defined as areas open to all participants of the event and accessible by normal navigational means on Reelfoot lake only. Fishing within 50 feet of a competitor’s boat, which was first anchored is prohibited. Trolling motor must be in up position to be considered anchored. Participants may use rod and reel combos, hand held poles and reel
combos or hand held poles. Participants may use only one pole per person.
Jamestown
Annette Burton. Ms. Burton is vice-president of the J.C. Club, it was she that sold the winning ticket. Now for the news: It’s getting close to the June 1st deadline for all you members of the Burton Bass, Alston families of Jamestown. Our reunion, Labor Day weekend, September 2-5, 2011.If you are planning to attend, you need to hurry and get your monies to me or Barbara Cobbs Miller right away. Contact me at (901) 4761414 or Barbara at (901) 476-3459 regarding your t-shirt for this event. We truly want to see every one of you there so open up your wallets. You
DarSay Burton Greetings, Corrections from last week’s column: regarding the recent wedding of Kevin Hemphill, Jr. to Christy Jackson on April 23. It was performed by her pastor, Dernice Wherry of Work of Deliverance Ministries of Drummonds. Her mother is Carolyn Jackson Ware (not Warer). She was also her lovely daughter’s Matron of Honor. Also, regarding the female winner of the Jolly Corteria Club’s Easter ham, I did not get the name of the lucky young lady from Covington. However, she was not
Bream must be hooked and landed with a rod or pole by team member(s). Bream must be hooked through the lip or in the mouth. Participants must comply with all state fishing and boating regulations, including the use of PFD’s and kill switches. Fishing and boating licenses are the responsibility of the participants.
Teams may not weigh in more than 15 bream and those bream must be alive when entering the official weigh in line. Dead bream will be removed from the creel. Weigh in vouchers will be attested when entering the weigh in line and only the number of live bream will be entered on the weigh in voucher. Live fish may bre returned to the lake after weigh in. Placement will be determined by the total weight of live fish. Tournament director may keep weighed fish for evaluation. In the case of a tie for first place a coin flip will be conducted by the tournament director to ascertain a first place winner. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed during the tournament. Instances of poor sportsmanship may be grounds for disqualifi-
cation if circumstances require. The number of placements will be determined by the number of participating boats. The amount of cash awards wioll be dtermined as a percentage of the total purse from entry fees. Prizes will be awarded according to placement. Participants must be present to receive cash and /or prizes An optional big bream contest will be a part of the tournament. Participants may choose only one fish to be weighed in this part of the event.Entry into the big fish contest will be $5.00 per boat. All proceeds in the big bream contest will be awarded to the boat having the biggest bream. Ties will be broken in the big bream contest by the total creel weight. All participants must be in the weigh in line by 12:00 p.m. Participants
not in the weigh in line by 12:00 p.m. will be disqualified. Weigh in will be open from 10:30 a.m.until 12:00 p.m. The purpose of the early weigh in opportunity is to attempt to accommodate the sorter attention span of young anglers and to increase the likelihood of fish being alive when brought to the scales. Please return entry form to the following address: Howard Todd, 711 South Main St Ridgely, Tn 38080. I have permission from Mr Todd to allow us to use the below application, just fill it out and send it in. Contact The Leader office at 476-7116 for order forms.
may also want to contact family chairman, Eddie Jones, Sr. at (901) 8372432 for further information. Concerning the Boykins families of Covington, they will gather July 4th for their reunion. You need to hurry! You need to contact Rudolph and Dollie Boykins (901) 4769690 ASAP. Missionary meeting was wonderful this week. Teacher, Willie Mae Burton opened discussion of this week’s lessons to rave reviews. President, Mary Burton has been very please by each weeks turnout. J a m e s t o w n Community Health Organization’s president,
Minister Pearl Andrews, is still accepting yearly dues - $25.00 – from residents and past residents of Jamestown. As you know, this money will be used in aiding the future site of JCHO, as well as aide in college scholarships for local students maintaining high grade point averages. It will also help the up keep of Dicken’s Cemetary. Birthday greetings go out to Donnie Burn on the 2nd; Florene Sherrill Trent on the 3rd; Darius Wilder on the 4th; Georgia Harber Douglas and Norma Alston Nash on the 6th; Joseph Heasto Sr. on the 7th; and John Jones Sr. on the 9th A special happy anni-
versary goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Glen M. Baker, now of Covington, on May 6. I don't know how long, but it's a lot of years for this beautiful couple. This is all for this week. I pray all of you endured these past storms. It's been pretty rough all over the South. Lives have been lost and families have been displaced because of it all. However, as Christians, we must always remember, "It is God's hands that
control, hold and protect us whenever the climates change. Whether these changes be good ones or destructive ones, God oversees it all!" So I'll leave this though with all of you, "Whenever you feel threatened by the storms, hold onto the Hand that will forever holdeth the reins!" Until next time...
Gilt Edge
Matthew 19:26 says, “Jesus looked at them intently and said, 'Humanly speaking it is impossible, but with God everything is possible.'” This is all for this week.
WILDLIFE CHATTER A RNOLD B ULL
Continued from page A6 Lois Conger. Vic and Paula McClung were married for 40 years recently.
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