Bass tournament at Tablerock Lake yields rain and reflection
The narrator recalls a benefit bass fishing contest at Holiday Island near Eureka Springs Arkansas where $100 per pound was offered for the largest bass. Weather turned sour with rain as James Quiggle of Holiday Island is questioned about weather control. The piece contrasts resort development with fishing efforts and ends with a talk about weather.
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Holiday Island
James Quiggle
Tablerock Lake
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
McCulloch Recreational Properties, Inc
Tablerack Lake
Holiday Island Land
Ozark Hills
Quiggle
Outdoors writer recaps Tablerock Lake fishing and Holiday Island
Outdoors columnist Art Reid relates a weekend bass fishing trip at Tablerock Lake Arkansas with Steve Ford and local figures. He notes Holiday Island hosts a zoo collection and public access to docking facilities while recounting tournament mood, fishing challenges, and a humorous beer fueled exchange.
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Art Reid
Tablerock Lake
Arkansas
Steve Ford
Quiggle
Holiday Island
Tablerock
Oakwood Bottoms receives $160000 stamp funds
Senator Gene Johns reports a $160,000 appropriation from the Illinois Waterfowl Stamp fund to improve Oakwood Bottoms. Plans include expanding by 600 acres with levies and water pumps to flood pinoak areas, aiding duck habitat in Southern Illinois. The program is tied to the conservation act sponsored by Senator Kenneth Buzbee.
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Oakwood Bottoms
Gene Johns
West Frankfort
Johns
Greentree
Illinois
U.S. Forest Service
Oakwood
Illinois Department of Conservation
Kenneth Buzbee
Carbondale
Goose blinds opening at Crab Orchard Lake refuge
Crab Orchard Lake refuge grounds prepare two Canada goose hunting areas for this fall. Steve Frick, refuge manager, says blinds with decoys will be used and access is by daily drawing. A yet undecided fee will apply. The setup mirrors public hunting areas at Union County and Horseshoe Lake refuges.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Steve Frick
Frick
Union County
Horseshoe Lake
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Casey Tibbs
Eureka Springs Hospital
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Lumber City
Willow
Andersen
Crossbuck
Beggs Sales & Service
W. Main DU
Renner Auto Clinic
E. Grand Ave
Carterville
Ill
M&w Lumber
Logan
West
Frankfort
Joruuspusolg
G&g
Hwy
North Carbondale
Phelps Cable & Wire&Company
P.O. Box
DuQuoin
Southern Illinois
Phelps Dodge Cable and Wire Company
IBEW
du Quoin
Federal Mediation Service
Local 702
Phelps Dodge Cable & Wire Company
Phelps Dodge
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