Double Eagle Ranch News Today

The Lake County Board of Supervisors held their weekly meeting on Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Lakeport Chambers and also online via Zoom. The board heard an overview of the 2050 general plan and local area plan updates, as well as the discussion of excess proceeds from County Tax Collector Patrick Sullivan.

As we rev up on the road to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1), it seems like a good time to celebrate the 20 winners who are still with us, either as stallions…

Several hundred homes in the area remain under evacuation orders or are in pre-evacuation status leaving some ranchers with few options for their livestock.

Where Mark Allen goes, so goes 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. While most other Derby winners are whisked away to stud after their racing careers, gelding Mine That Bird has remained in the lives of co-owners Allen and Leonard "Doc" Blach since his 2009 lightning strike in Louisville, Ky., and 2010 retirement from racing.

The Commissioners Court’s decision to unanimously approve the development agreement comes two weeks after the court created the Double Eagle Ranch PID.

Joel Kent McClatchy (85) of Frisco, TX went to his eternal rest Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Joel was born in 1935 to C.T. “Tal” and Daisy McClatchy, in Coleman County, TX, the youngest of three siblings. He graduated from Bangs High School, earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Texas and a Master of Education from Howard Payne College. In 1958, Joel married Dianne Dikes in Early, TX. The newlyweds settled in Texas City where Joel taught math and coached tennis and ba...