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VOL. XXXXVI NO. 4? USPS 182-880 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 NOVEMBER 18. 1982 18 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENT^ PLUS TAX
Office Accepting
Bids For Watershed Project
Bids for the second and
major phase of the Limestone
Creek watershed project will
be received until 10 a.m.
Dec. 9 at the Duplin County
Soil and Water conservation
District office.
Major items of work will be
105,435 feet of channel res
toration. 62,116 feet of chan
?nel excavation, 48 acres of
clearing, laying 2,836 feet of
15-inch corrugated metal
pipe inlets, digging 20 per
manent sediment basins in
the channel and planting 40
acres of permanent vegeta
tion.
The cost is estimated be
tween $500,000 and $1 mil
lion.
Invitations to bid were
mailed to contractors last
week, said Kenneth Futreal,
Duplin County soil conser
vationist. Five requests for
further information had been
received by Wednesday. "It
looks like we'll have a lot of
interest among contractors
for this project;" Futreal
said.
Only two bids were re
ceived on the first phase.
Because at least three bid
ders are required on an
initial bid call, the project
was readvertised. Only one
bid was received for the
second bid opening, Futreal
said.
Phelps and White Con
struction Co. of Windsor
submitted the bid of $74,000
Oct. 20. The initial phase
calls for 21,000 feet of
channel restoration and in
stallation of three sediment
basins, which are deeD spots
in the channel to catch
sediment running off fields.
When sediment in the basins
reaches a specified depth, it
is removed to prevent
channel clogging.
When Phelps and White
completes forms concerning
bonds and they are verified
by the state Soil Conser
vation Service office, the
construction order can be
issued, Futreal said.
"1 hope that work can be
started by Nov. 22," Futreal
said.
Prospective Phase II
bidders may visit the work
site Nov. 16 and Nov. 30.
They will assemble at 10
a.m. on each date at the SCS
office and be escorted on a
tour of the area, which is on
and near Limestone Creek
north and west of Bculaville.
Other inspection arrange
ments should be made with
Calvin R. Mercer, chairman
of the district and contracting
officer for the Duplin County
Board of Commissioners.
Futreal said 58 land own
ers have applied for long
term land treatment con
tracts for their farms in the
watershed area. Land treat
ment is designed to prevent
erosion of soil into the chan
nels.
Rose Hill Agrees
To Supply Firm With Water
The area's newest industry
^ will be supplied with town
?water from Rose Hill
although it will be located
outside the city limits.
The Town Board agreed
last week to supply Feather
Processors Inc. with water.
The firm expects to use about
85,000 gallons and pay about
SI.000 each month in water
-ftwr.
The board directed its
attorney. Richard Burrows.
?to prepare an ordinance re
vision eliminating the double
water fee to out-of-town cus
tomers.
Feather Processors will
pay the $7,963 cost of ex
tending an 8-inch water line
880 feet from the town limits
to the plant site on U.S. 117
north of town. The project
will include one fire hydrant
to be placed near the plant.
Company president
Hebron Watson said in a
letter to the board that the
firm needs the water by Dec.
6. It plans to begin opera
tions next month with about
15 employees. The plant will -
process feathers for furni
ture. bedding and upholstery
manufacturers.
Watson said the firm had a
choice of drilling its own
well, an expensive process,
or buying water from Rose
Hill. He said the firm will not
burden the town sewer sys
tem because it will have its
own system.
The town's water rate
schedule establishes a mini
mum fee of $5 per month for
3,000 gallons of water; SI per
1,000 gallons for 3,000 to
10,000 gallons; 30 cents per
1,000 for 10,000 to 25,000
gallons; and 60 cents per
1,000 for purchases of more
than 25,000 gallons.
Town clerk C.'i. PdLscil
advised the board that 10
out-of-town customers now
pay double rates for water
with their bills ranging from
$10 to $19 per month.
The board also authorized
Mayor Ben Harrell to apply
for an advance of $72,000 on
its sewage plant grants to
pay for design of the plant.
The town has been approved
for a federal sewage plant
grant. The estimated cost of
proposed improvements is
$2.5 million.
"After 13 years, we're
finally going to see some
thing happen ? maybe,"
Harrells said.
The sewage treatment
project has been planned . *
about 13 years since the
present plant was ruled in
adequate t<> meet treatment
standards.
In other business, the
board endorsed the effort of
the Chamber of Commerce to
raise $27,000 as the local
share of the cost of a rural
health center.
Work Will End Soon
On Cable TV In Warsaw
Cable television line in
stallation will be complete
this week and home service
installation should be com
pleted by the end of the
month, a company official
told the Warsaw Board of
? Commissioners last week.
Installation has been com
pleted for 60 homes, said
Brian Beasley of Beasley
Cable Television Co. last
Monday. Beasley said his
workers are installing service
to about 10 residences a day.
With most line and home
service cable being buried,
more time than usual is
required for installation, he
told the board.
The system provides a
basic service of 21 channels
for S8.50 per month. It also
offers Home Box Office and
Show Time entertainment
channels for additional fees.
Installation will be free to
people signing up for service
before Nov. 30, Beasley said.
After that, installation will
cost SIS.
The board approved an
ordinance barring dumping
anything except domestic
waste in the town sewer
system.
Gasoline has seeped into
the system on Best Street
from time to time for three
years, and efforts to locate
the source have been un
? successful. The gasoline kills
some of the bacteria which
break down the raw sewage
at the treatment plant.
Gasoline fumes also can be
a hazard to workers. A
manhole cover was blown off
about three years ago when
fumes exploded under Best
Street.
The board delayed annex
ation of the King's Courts
area east of Warsaw because
of opposition of a land owner
between the town and the
developed area. Met Ausley.
who owns a strip of un
developed land that would
have to be taken in by the
city to reach King's Courts,
opposes the annexation.
Residents of King's Courts
have petitioned the town for
annexation because of a
water problem in their area.
* Wallace Town Board
Authorizes Water Contract
Engineering design work
on the proposed Wallace
waste water treatment plant
should be completed in about
9 six months, an engineering
firm's representative said
Friday.
The Town Board autho
rized a design contract total
ing $65,147. The town has
enough money to complete
this work and pay for the
local share of the estimated
$1,136,758 cost of the pro
posed plant, said Bill Burnett
of Henry von Oesen and
? Associates, consulting en
gineers on the project.
Burnett said the 12.5 per
cent local share of the cost
would be less than $200,000.
The federal Environmental
Protection Agency usually
finances 75 percent of such
projects, but because Wal
lace plans an Innovative
technology package, the fed
eral share of the cost will
increase to 85 percent, he
P said.
The state provides 12.5
1
percent and the local govern
ment, 12.5 percent, in most
cases, he said.
The Town Board agreed
Thursday night to apply for a
$34,774 advance from the
state Environmental Man
agement Office, which ad
ministers the "201 facilities"
program for EPA in the
state.
Town administrator Steve
Routh said Wallace has
$290,000 set aside for the
projects
The state ca i match fed
eral grants ''for treatment
plants but not for collection
systems, said Bobby Blowe
of the construction grants
division of the state's En
vironmental Management
Division.
Burnett said the project
might receive federal fund
ing In the 19B3 fiscal year.
"If construction can begin as
soon as the plans have been
finished, the plant could be
in operation in 18 or 20
months," he said.
But Blowe said the 1982-83
priority list is still being
developed. "1 don't know
where Wallace will stand on
it," he added. The state is
planning to advance Wallace
design money, he said.
Blowe said Wallace ranks
40th on the state's 1982
priority list.
"We don't know how
much money the state will
receive from the federal gov
ernment for these projects
next year," he said. "We
received $42 million for the
1982 year."
The Wallace project was
begun in 1973 when the state
Office of Water and Air Re
sources informed the town of
the availability of grants for
201 facilities plans. Wallace
received an EPA grant of
$37,500 for preparation of a
Wallace-Rose Hill sewage
treatment facility in Decem
ber 1974.
The completed plan was
submitted to the state Divi
sion of Environmental
'-larLifeme!.'. ai-o ~7A on
June 1, 1976. On Oct-. 19,
1977, additions to the plan
were submitted to the state
and federal agencies by the
engineering firm.
EPA approved the inno
vative technology package
for Wallace July 12, 1982. It
later cleared the project for
environmental permits.
Burnett said the Wallace
plan received full approval of
the environmental manage
ment office on Sept. 22.
In other action Thursday
night, the board agreed to a
30-. day extension for com
pletion of the town's new
well because the contractor.
East Coast Construction Co.
of Jacksonville, was having
diffuculty getting some ma
terial.
The board delayed action
on increasing load capability
of a sewage lift station until
budget time inthe spring. It
also tabled action on taking
the Rockfish Plaza sewage
lift station into the town
?ystem.
FLYOVER by Seymour Johnson Air Force based jet signals "Tim^to Start the Parade.
PARADE MARSHAL TOMMY GRESHAM with Robert
West at Warsaw's 61st consecutive Veterans Day
Celebration. It was once called Armistice Day. Veterans
Day now honors all veterans of all wars or conflicts. A
record-breaking crowd was on hand to take part in the
celebration. Warsaw's Mayor Sam Godwin said, "1 think
the crow ds get larger each year, and the w , at her cleared
up just for us. . ."
FLAPPERS Cleo Hobbs and Juanita Taylor
CROWD PLEASER. Little Miss Rose Hill. Lou Frederick
THE ROARING 30 ALIVE - James Kenan High School
students
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VETERANS grace the Rotary float .