Neighborhood kids cavort in the backed up
water on Campus Street last week while Mrs.
Mamie Gormley watches with deep concern.
• »*io Or MAriitt
The drainage problems on the street has
united the community in its fight with the City
Street Maintenance Department.
kd UonnJe v Seeks Relief
From Drainage Problems
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Post Staff Writer
Finally, after days and days
of stifling, sultry, muggy heat,
it rained and everyone in
Charlotte breathed a sigh of
relief.
Everyone, that is, but Ed
Gormley.
You see, Gormley lives in
Five Points on Campus St. and
ever^time it rains, a nearby
sewer backs up and overflows,
causing pedestrians to wade
through shin-deep water and
motorists to detour or risk a
stalled engine. When the rain
is over, the water slowly runs
off the street but according to
Gormley, "the sewer trap ne
ver completely empties and
stagnant water stands, glist
ening an evil greenish-gold
color while germs multiply
and fat flies float lazily a
bove."
Six months ago. shortly
after returning to Charlote tc
live, following an absence of 32
years while he lived in Mary
land, Gormley said he began
trying to get something done
about the drainage problem.
“I called the street mainte
nance department,’’ he ex
' plained last week. "In a few
days a crew came and flushed
the sewer out, assessed the
problem and told me the final
solution lay with the owners of
an adjacent piece of property.
They said the sewer line on
that property is clogged and
the city has no jurisdiction to
do anything about it ”
The property Gormely re
fers to is an abandoned house
which is not only an eye sore,
but is a haven for rats and
snakes, and for winos who use
the shelter of its porches as
refuge from the elements.
"Broken bottles, beer cans
and rotting wood represent
additional potential hazards
for children playing around
the structure, explained
Gormley, who added, "no one
seemed to know who the pro
perty belonged to so I got on
the phone to the city-county
tax office and came up with a
name and post office box
number " To date, after much
written and spoken dialogue
with everyone, from one of the
owners to a city councilman,
pithing has been done to
remedy the situation. “I don't
want to go to court, but I'm not
above it." he said.
Last week's storm aggra
ated still another situation
that Gormley says he's been
trying to get something done
about for the past month.
There’s an old tree next to his
property and every time the
wind blows, dead limbs fall,
endangering passersby. He
showed us a limb about 30
inches in circumference and
five or six feet long which lay
across the sidewalk. ’’If that
limb had stuck someone,"
Gormley pointed out, "it could
have seriously injured them
Approximately two weeks ago
I called about the tree and a
city employee came and look
ed ai it and said it appeared to
belong to the city' but he’d
have to go back and ‘check it
out.’ So far there’s been no
further word.”
In the grand scheme of
things these problems may
seem small, but to Gormley
and his neighbors they are
important. Gormley said, "I
keep hearing what Communi
ty Development is going to do
around here but while we’re
waiting for them to come in
and do their thing, the neigh
hnrhnod can’t allnu/pH tn
just rot. That’s what has hap
pened too often already."
No stranger to civic involve
ment and politics, Gormley
was an active participant in
the life of his community while
he lived in Glenarden, Mary
land. Among other things, he
ran for coucilman and mayor
of Glenarden. "Lost both
times, but I didn't really
lose," he said. "The friends I
made and the fun I had made
me a winner anyway." Now
that he is back in Charlotte
indefinitely, he has every in
tention of becoming involved
in all facets of the life of his
community and city. Right
now he is focusing on immedi
ate needs and he says he won't
let up until he gets some
action. Later there are other
projects he hopes to pursue,
projects that he feels will help
to make his community and
city a better place for al
I
citizens.
It's a safe bet we'll be
hearing much more from Ed
_Gormley as days go by.
Gov. Hunt To
Speak To Reading
Teachers, Aides
Gov. Jim Hunt will speak to
reading teachers and aides in
Charlotte-Mecklenburg ,
Schools on Monday, August 15,
1 p.m. in Pease Auditorium at
Central Piedmont Community
College (CPCC).
The teachers and aides will
be participating in the prima
ry reading program institute
to learn about the new state
primary reading program.
Dr. Daniel Jordan, Director
of the Center for Human Po
tential at the University of
Massachusetts, will discuss
"Self-Concept and Academic
Achievement” at the opening
session on Sunday, August 14,
7 p.m. in the Forum at CPCC.
The institute is scheduled
from 8:30 a m. - 3:30 p.m.
August 15-19 at CPCC.
This year, Charlotte-Meck
lenburg Schools will have an
additional 182 aides for read
ing classes in grades 1-2-3. The
institute is designed to pre
pare these new aides to work
with children in practicing
reading skills. Teachers and
their aides will have an oppor
tunity to plan their reading
program for the coming year;
explains Dr Lola Washburn
Schappell, reading specialist
for Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools.
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Mrs. Charlotte Hampton, a
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Jane Norwood. Advance; Ro
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son. Dunn; Nancy Johnson,
Winston-Salem; Suzanne
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