CedarCreekLake.com, 3 other media outlets to host GBC candidate forum

With the municipal election fast approaching Gun Barrel City residents will be given an opportunity to ask city council candidates questions during a “Meet the Candidates Forum.”

The candidate forum will be hosted by CedarCreekLake.com, The Athens Daily Review, The Monitor and Henderson County Now.

The panel will consist of David Webb of CedarCreekLake.com and The Monitor, Kathi Nailling representing The Athens Review and Michael Hannigan of Henderson County Now.

Justice of the Peace Kevin Pollock will moderate the forum. Members of the panel will ask two questions each. The candidates will have an opportunity to give their answers.

In addition, each candidate will make a two minute opening statement and a one minute closing statement.

The citizens of Gun Barrel City will have an opportunity to write their questions on index cards and the moderator will ask the questions of the candidates.
The most contested race is for the at-large seat, where two candidates Linda Rankin and Steven Schiff are looking to unseat incumbent City Councilman Marty Goss for Place 5.

Rob Rea running for the Place 1 has been invited to participate in the forum. Rea is running unopposed for the council seat being vacated by Councilman Rodney Bevill. Incumbent Councilwoman Carol Calkins, who is also running unopposed, has been invited to participate.

The Meet the Candidate Forum will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14 in the Gun Barrel City Council Chamber.

Early voting will start on Monday, April 27. The election will be held on Saturday, May 9.

All are welcome to observe the forum, especially citizens of Gun Barrel.

Author: David Webb

David Webb is a veteran journalist who has written for the mainstream and alternative media for three decades. He is now a freelancer who lives in the Cedar Creek Lake area.

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EXCELLENT. Slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.43 feet above pool. The hybrid striped bass and white bass have made a full recovery from the spawn and are now back in the main lake in droves and are on a feeding frenzy! Look for heavy bird activity throughout the lake on flats and near the Dam on edges of drop offs especially on cloudy and overcast days. The hybrids and white bass have started schooling in water from 4-14 feet at the dam and any wind blown shallow point or seawall. Late evening schooling action is also happening in shallow coves and points throughout the lake. Reports of great catches using silver or white slabs and spinners and retrieving off the bottom at a very slow retrieve to catch these fish in depths of 8-16 feet of water. The crappie have also migrated back into the main lake. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are excellent the first couple hours of the day on retaining walls where the shad are spawning using fresh cut or whole shad on a bobber or with a light weight. The bite slows as the day progresses because the catfish are feeding heavily at first light. Later in the day target catfish on the first drop-offs in 5-15 feet of water. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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