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Center Hill Lake Recreation facilities receive damage assessments as waters recede

High water at Center Hill Lake submerges a pavilion and bathroom at Floating Mill Park in Silver Point, Tenn., Feb. 25, 2019.

March 14, 2019
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is assessing damage to recreation facilities at its 10 lakes in the Cumberland River Basin including Center Hill Lake as high waters begin to recede.

Officials are working as conditions allow to determine impacts to public lands, including roadways, recreation areas, facilities and campsites to make sure they are safe ahead of the 2019 recreation season.

“What we would like to convey to the public is that the majority of recreation areas and campgrounds across the district will open on schedule,” said Freddie Bell, Nashville District Natural Resources Management Section chief.

He said there are some impacts to recreation areas and campgrounds at Dale Hollow Lake, Center Hill Lake and Lake Cumberland, where some delays and partial closures may occur for repairs.

“Be mindful that we are not able to fully assess the damage in some locations until waters recede further,” Bell added. “We are doing everything possible to limit delays and avoid reservation cancellations at our campgrounds and are looking at alternatives for visitors.”

Center Hill Lake

Corps officials at Center Hill Lake in Tennessee are assessing conditions as the lake recedes at its recreation areas, to include Long Branch Campground, Floating Mill Campground and Ragland Bottom Campground. Long Branch and Ragland Bottom Campgrounds are on schedule to open in April, though some campsite-specific closures may occur due to erosion around facilities.

Initial assessments at Floating Mill Campground reveal that the Corps may need to delay opening until at least June. Officials will post updates on the condition and availability of recreational facilities to the lake’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/centerhilllake.

Alternatives for visitors affected by reservation cancellations at Center Hill Lake include Edgar Evins State Park, Rock Island State Park, Center Hill Lake marinas, campgrounds at other Nashville District lakes, and other Kentucky and Tennessee state parks.

Lake staffs are communicating with recreation.gov officials to notify guests with existing reservations of any campground and shelter cancellations. Visitors who are concerned about their campsite or shelter reservations should call the Recreation.gov direct line at 1-877-444-6777. They may also visit www.recreation.gov for information about their existing camping or shelter reservation or to check the availability of facilities. Customers with existing reservations for closed sites due to flooding will be given the option for a full refund or moving their reservation to another available site with no service charge.

City Creates Hotline to Report Property Maintenance and Junked Car Violations

March 13, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Since the City of Smithville has signaled stronger enforcement of the property maintenance ordinance coupled with passage of a new junked car ordinance residents have been coming forward to report violations.

In fact, Mayor Josh Miller said there have been so many complaints in recent days that the city has decided to set up a hotline and email account just for this purpose.

To report a violation of the city’s property maintenance or junked car ordinance please text 615-684-4852 only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and include a picture of the property in violation. You may also send an email message and picture at cityofsmithville@icloud.com. Complainants will remain anonymous.

Mayor Miller said all complaints will be investigated.

Chamber Presents Community Improvement Awards

The Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber presented a Community Improvement Award to Anthony and Dana Scott for their beautiful renovations to their downtown Smithville property located at 106 W. Main Street,

March 13, 2019
By: Suzanne Williams

The Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber presented 4 Community Improvement Awards to Anthony and Dana Scott for their beautiful renovations to their downtown Smithville properties located at 102 W. Main Street, 106 W. Main Street, 109 W. Main Street, and 105 W. Walnut Street.

The Community Improvement Award is awarded to individuals, groups, and businesses who exhibit high standards in maintaining the beauty of our community through projects such as landscaping, recycling, clean-up initiatives, and overall care and concern for the preservation and improvement of the natural and manmade assets of DeKalb County, Tennessee.

Community Improvement Award Sponsors are Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital, Pates Ford Marina/Fish Lipz Grill, Sligo Marina & Restaurant, DTC Communications, Liberty State Bank, Middle TN Natural Gas, Optimus Pest Solutions, Regions Bank, and Wilson Bank and Trust.

If you would like to make a Community Improvement Award nomination, please email Suzanne Williams at swilliams@dekalbcountychamber.org or call the Chamber at 615-597-4163.

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