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Texarkana panel approves $15,000 to support professional fishing tournament after venue shift
Summary
The Texarkana Advertising & Promotion Commission voted unanimously to grant $15,000 to the National Professional Fishing League after the event moved from Wright Patman Lake to Lake Millwood; promoter Paul Benson said the tournament fields 117 anglers and expected local economic impact of roughly $400,000 to the Texas side.
The Texarkana Advertising & Promotion Commission voted unanimously to award $15,000 to the National Professional Fishing League to help stage a professional bass tournament that relocated from Wright Patman Lake to Lake Millwood.
Paul Benson, who said he was representing the National Professional Fishing League, told the commission the move was prompted by unusually low water levels at Wright Patman and a concurrent city dredging project that made the original site unsafe. Benson said the tournament field…
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