Normal Lake Level is 322.00 feet
above Mean Sea Level.
Current level for Cedar Creek Lake is: 318.35
Water Temperature:
83 degrees - top
82 degrees - bottom

Sports in Brief

MHS basketball camp
The 16th annual Mabank Basketball Camp for boys in grades 2-9 will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday, June 27-30, at the MHS gym.
Fee for the camp is $60, and includes a T-shirt. Applications can be picked up at the MHS athletic office, or contact head coach Mark Allen at (903) 530-0611, or Jimmy English at (972) 839-2194.
Campers will work on fundamental skills during station drills, along with group and team competitions, under coaches with state championships, as well as All-American and All-State recognition.

Red Hot ‘18’
The annual Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce golf tournament, the Red Hot “18” will be held Monday, July 25, at Kings Creek Golf Club, with a 7:45 a.m. check in and an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
Entry for the tournament is $60 per player in advance, $65 the day of the tournament, which includes a light breakfast, golf, cart and lunch.
Tri-County Ford will sponsor a hole-in-one contest. Mulligans and buy-a-spot/buy-a-drive will be available.
Sponsorships are sought for holes, beverage cart (3 available), practice green, driving range, Champions (2 available) and Masters (1 only).
For information, contact Tiffany Lilly at (903) 887-6001, Robbye Grissom at (214) 926-1395 or Debra Davis at (903) 887-2870, or contact the chamber office at (903) 887-3152, or e-mail dorene@cedarcreeklakechamber.com.

KASA sign-ups
KASA football and cheer/drill sign-ups will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the Kemp Dairy Queen.
Cheer/drill fee is $325/child, and a $50 non-refundable deposit is required at registration. Balances must be paid in full before uniform fittings June 18.
Football fee is $175/child, with $50 non-refundable deposit at registration, along with a copy of the child’s birth certificate (not the original). Last day to register is June 18. No late sign-ups.


 

Upcoming Events

FBC-GBC Basketball

June 17
7 p.m. CLC vs Team Yellow
8 p.m. Past Prime vs FBC Mabank
Bye – Young Guns

Purtis Creek State Park

June 18
Canoe/kayak classes
(4 p.m.)

June 19
Canoe tour
(10:30 a.m.)

June 25
Stargazing
(9 p.m.)

June 30
Campfire skills
(8 p.m.)

July 2
Arts and Nature
(3 p.m.)

July 2
Nature tracks and animals
(6 p.m.)

CCVF Golf Classic set June 20
Event to benefit 3 military service charities
Monitor Staff Reports
PINNACLE CLUB–The Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation will hold its second annual Golf Classic Monday, June 20, at the Pinnacle Golf Club, north of Malakoff.
Funds raised will benefit three nonprofit organizations – Hope For The Warriors®, the Fisher House of Dallas and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.
Registration opens at 8 a.m. followed by a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start. Entry fee for a team of four is $240 (single player is $60) and includes golf, green fees, golf cart and lunch.
To register for the Golf Classic or to learn more about sponsoring the event, contact Gayle Robinson at (903) 451-5054, e-mail genegayle111@yahoo.com,  or Elaine Bownes at (903) 451-3820, e-mail jrbownes@embarqmail.com.
Several veterans will be honored in an opening ceremony.

Oops

Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
The cutoff throw gets away from Longhorns first baseman Derek Clamon (right) as Growlers baserunner Junior Papek hustles in. Papek was able to go to second base during their Mabank Baseball Softball Assoc-iation 8-9 year old (machine pitch) baseball contest at Mabank’s George Watts Park May 23.

Dominators driver
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Dominators pitcher Leigh Cunningham fires in a pitch during a Mabank Baseball Softball Association 12 and under softball contest against the Lady Bulldogs at Mabank's George Watts Park May 23.