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Askew named District Employee of the Month for December 2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Clay Askew, a lock electrician at Wilson Lock in Florence, Ala., and a previous lock electrician at Guntersville Lock in Huntsville, Ala., is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for December 2012.
Published: 2/13/2013

Three Nashville District employees recognized for service

Nashville, Tenn. (Feb. 11, 2013) -- Three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees were recognized for their service today by Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, district commander.
Published: 2/11/2013

300-ton Chickamauga Lock approach wall beams being assembled at Watts Bar

SPRING CITY, Tenn., (Jan. 31, 2013) – Precast concrete sections for 42 lock approach wall beams destined for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project were recently delivered by barge to Watts Bar where they will be assembled
Published: 1/31/2013

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NR 13-006: Annual Day Use passes now available for purchase at Old Hickory Lake

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 22, 2013) –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Old Hickory Lake announces the arrival of new 2013 Annual Day Use Passes now available for purchase at the Old Hickory Lake Resource Manager’s Office.
Published: 1/22/2013

13-005: Corps ahead of schedule, making plans to raise Lake Cumberland as Wolf Creek Foundation Remediation Project nears completion

JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Jan. 18, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is ahead of schedule on the Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project and is now making plans to raise the water level in Lake Cumberland this summer.
Published: 1/18/2013

NR 13-004: Nashville public information meeting rescheduled for Feb. 5, 2013

NASHVILLE, TENN. (Jan. 16, 2013) – The public information meeting on restricted areas around dams that was cancelled last night due to inclement weather has been rescheduled for 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The meeting will remain at the McGavock High School Auditorium located at 3150 McGavock Pike in Nashville, Tenn.
Published: 1/16/2013
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Patty Coffey, center, presently assistant chief, Nashville District Operations Division, holds the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Commander’s Award for Civilian Service she received Feb. 11, 2013 for her previous service as chief, Nashville District Planning Branch. Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, left, Nashville District commander, and Mike Wilson, right, deputy district engineer for programs and project management, made the presentation of behalf of Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham, division commander.
Mark L. Rankin, left, public affairs specialist, receives the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism Feb. 11, 2013 from Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander. Rankin also received the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service for meritorious service with the Transatlantic District-North, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from Sept. 11, 2011 to Dec. 1, 2012. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Connie Hardeman, left, receives a Certificate of Appreciation from Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, Nashville District commander, Feb. 11, 2013 for her service during U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District’s response to Hurricane Sandy. She also served as an ENGLink Strikeforce member in the Emergency Operations section during her deployment there.
This 300-ton, 10-foot-by-10-foot by 113-foot lock approach wall beam was fabricated in Melbourne, Ky., moved 412 miles down the Ohio River and then 530 miles up the Tennessee River to Watts Bar Dam for assembly. Forty-two of these beams will be stored at Watts Bar for placement in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project when required for construction. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Mike Arles, quality assurance representative on the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project checks steel cables that will be post-tensioned to 441-tons pressure connecting three sections of an approach wall beam at Watts Bar Dam, Decatur, Tenn., Jan. 31, 2013. The beams are being assembled and stored at Watts Bar for placement in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project when required for construction. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Jamie G. James, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, receives a progress update Jan. 31, 2013 from project engineer Jason L. Foust on assembling 300-ton lock approach wall beams at Watt Bar Dam, Decatur, Tenn. The beams are being assembled and stored at Watts Bar for placement in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project when required for construction. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Mike Arles, quality assurance representative on the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project checks one of the pre-cast concrete sections of an approach wall beam Jan. 31, 2013 at Watts Bar Dam, Decatur, Tenn. The beams are being assembled and stored at Watts Bar for placement in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project when required for construction. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Approach Wall Beam sections pass through Chickamauga Lock, Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 16, 2013 en route to Watts Bar Dam where they will be assembled and stored for placement in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project when required for construction. (USACE photo by Matt Emmons)
This is the work platform at Wolf Creek Dam Jan. 11, 2013. The Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project is ahead of schedule and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is now making plans to raise the water level in Lake Cumberland this summer. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
A drill rig operates in Critical Area 1 at Wolf Creek Dam Jan. 11, 2013. The Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project is ahead of schedule and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is now making plans to raise the water level in Lake Cumberland this summer. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
Construction crews work to install a concrete barrier wall Jan. 11, 2013 into the embankment at Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Ky. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is ahead of schedule on the Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project and is now making plans to raise the water level at Lake Cumberland this summer. The barrier wall is currently on track to be completed by the early spring of 2013, which is significantly ahead of the previously planned completion date in December 2013. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, promotes Allen Stansbury to the rank of captain during a promotion ceremony at the Wolf Creek Dam Resident Engineer Office in Jamestown, Ky., Jan. 11, 2013. The captain
Newly promoted Capt. Corey T. Wolff is flanked by his parents, Dona and Ted Wolff of Chatham, Ohio after they placed his new rank insignia on his uniform during a Dec. 7, 2012 promotion ceremony at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that Highway 96/141 over Center Hill Dam is being restricted to one lane beginning Jan. 9, 2012. The restriction is necessary to enlarge work space on the dam to support the next construction phase of the Center Hill Dam Foundation Remediation Project, installation of the foundation barrier wall. During the two-year duration of the lane restriction, an automated traffic control system will safely manage vehicles across the dam. The maximum wait time is five minutes. (USACE photo by Linda Adcock)
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers command and control team coordinates a power generator mission for the Philadelphia District Nov. 4, 2012 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, N.J. (USACE photo by Tim Rochelle)
The Emergency Command and Control Vehicle, which is maintained and stored in the Nashville District, is being operated at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, N.J., Oct. 31, 2012 in support of a power generator mission for the Philadelphia District in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (USACE photo by Tim Rochelle)
Terry Farrow, electrician, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, welds a metal “flag” for the lower river wall valve limit at Cheatham Lock, Ashland City, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2012. The lock is scheduled to reopen at 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012 after a one-month closure to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Carl Scott, above, supervisor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, places a metal “flag” for the lower river wall valve limit that Terry Farrow, electrician, below, will weld at Cheatham Lock, Ashland City, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2012. Upper river valves fill the lock chamber to lake level and lower river valves lower it to tailwater level. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Jimmy Reeves, center, mechanic, hammers in a wedge Nov. 13, 2012 under the watchful eyes of Ross Cunningham, left, lock and dam equipment mechanic supervisor, and Greg Cox, right, chief of maintenance section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. The wedge connects the new cylinder to the rack on the upper river wall machinery at Cheatham Lock, Ashland City, Tenn. Upper river valves fill the lock chamber to lake level and lower river valves lower it to tailwater level. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Left to right, Greg Cox, chief of maintenance section, and Jimmy Reeves, mechanic, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District insert the new cylinder into the rack on the upper river wall valve machinery at Cheatham Lock Nov. 13, 2012. Upper river valves fill the lock chamber to lake level and lower river valves lower it to tailwater level. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Cayce Tiesler, project specialist at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Power Plant, walks through the machinery house on the spillways Nov. 13, 2012. All electrical wiring and the outer housing have been replaced and the machinery covers and decking have been cleaned and painted since the May 2010 flood. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Billie Boyd, lockmaster at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Lock, stands Nov. 13, 2012 by the new upper land wall valve to be installed after the lock reopens. The old upper river wall valve at right was removed and replaced during a one-month lock closure to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
A cyclist rounds a corner on the officially opened Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail after the grand opening celebration on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at Old Hickory Lake (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
of the Friend’s of Shutes Branch lead a group of cyclists on the trail’s first official bike ride immediately following the trail’s ribbon cutting during the Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail Grand Opening on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, Old Hickory Lake (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
(left to right) Crystal Tingle, resource manager at Old Hickory; Steve Capps, member and current friend’s group coordinator; Tommy Hatcher, member and former friend’s group coordinator; Charlie Capps, friend’s group member; and Eric Fisher, friend’s group member cut the ceremonial ribbon at trailhead to the Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail during the grand opening celebration on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, Old Hickory Lake (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
Old Hickory Lake Resource Manager Crystal Tingle honors the Friends of Shutes Branch, a mountain biking interest group, responsible for the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of the 7.9 mile Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail with a commemorative plaque that will be displayed on a bench located at the trailhead. Steve Capps and Tommy Hatcher, members of the friend’s group, receive the honor at the grand opening celebration on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, Old Hickory Lake (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
Old Hickory Lake Resource Manager Crystal Tingle presents volunteers that contributed to the construction and completion of the Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail a certificate of appreciation during the Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail’s Grand Opening on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, Old Hickory Lake (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
(Left to right) William James, Chip Hall, Jim Robinson, David Robinson, Lt. Col. Joe DeLapp, and Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp pose by an F-16 Falcon fighter jet at the Knoxville, Tenn., airport Nov. 3, 2012. The group had just attended the Tennessee Volunteers game against the Troy Trojans at Neyland Stadium. Joe DeLapp participated in the game
F-16 aircrews from Luke Air Force Base stand in the end zone during the University of Tennessee Volunteers game versus Troy University at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 3, 2011. On military appreciation day the Vols escaped with a 55-48 win over the Trojans. The aircrews also met with ROTC students at the school. Lt. Col. Joe DeLapp (Second from right), joined his brother, Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, who attended the game with a contingent of employees to pay tribute to former district engineer and Volunteers coaching legend, Brig. Gen. Robert R. Neyland. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
Chip Hall, a biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Planning Branch, poses with former University of Tennessee Coach Johnny Majors near the General Robert R. Neyland Statue in Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 3, 2012. A contingent of Nashville District employees traveled to the Tennessee Volunteers game versus the Troy Trojans to pay tribute to Coach Neyland 60 years after the former district engineer ended his Tennessee coaching career. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

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