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sssnsrz' (&\\t llarren lecori Volume 88 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday. February 20 198R Nnmher 8 Withholding Planned Employee Checks May Be Smaller warren County em ployees who current ly are delinquent in pay ment of their county taxes may find their paychecks smaller by 10 percent nexj month. According to Tax Col lector Susan Brown, the county will begin gar nisheeing of wages at 10 percent per payday until the taxpayer's debt is satisfied. Ten percent is the maximum that can be garnisheed, according to law. Mrs. Brown estimated that of the county's ap proximately 100 em ployees, 10 were delin quent in payment of their ad valorem taxes. Some delinquent tax payers intend to pay, Mrs. Brown noted, but simply postpone pay ment for two or three months. Although the taxes are due September 1, the in terest penalty is not at tached until January 6 of the following year. The interest rate on delinquent taxes is two percent for January with an additional three quarters of one percent attached each month thereafter until the taxes are paid. In the past, the tax col lector's office has grouped delinquent tax payers according to employer to simplify the garnisheeing process which is very tine con suming, Mrs. Brown said. For the past two years, the county's collection rate has been around 92 percent, two percent lower than in previous years. Lake Developer Has Single Day In Jail Lake Gt ston developer J. R. Brocc of Bracy, Va. spent only one day of a •'even-day sentence for contempt of court in Warren County Jail this past weekend before be ing released pending an appeal of the sentence to the N.C. Supreme Court. Brock was arrested Saturday in Henderson by Chief Deputy B. D. Bolton of the Warren County Sheriff's Depart ment on a warrant issued early last month. He was released Sunday on the order of Superior Court Judge Darius B. Herring, who issued a stay on the arrest order pending the outcome of the appeal, according to Warren County Sheriff's Department Office Deputy Betsy Frazier. The N.C. Department of Natural Resources and Community Dev elopment (NRCD) sued Brock in 1983 for failure to comply with the state's Sedimentation and Pollution Control Act in development of his West Lake Subdivision on Lake Gaston. NRCD won the suit and although . court records indicate some measures were taken to control erosion and sedimentation, Brock was found in contempt of court for failure to com ply fully with state requirements. He appealed the deci sion, but the appeal was denied by the N.C. Court of Appeals and the order for arrest was issued in January. According to the Sheriff's Department, Brock was also served Saturday with an execu tion order from the War ren County Clerk of Court for payment of a $1,200 fine previously im posed as a result of another NRCD suit. TV Senior Cithern Center an the cnmpna of HnwUna School in Warrenton wna the recipient recently of n pool table tfaaaki to the feneroaity of Herbert L. (K.P.) Da via of Waihtayton, D.C., a native af Warren County. Shown above with Da via (far left) are: (left to right) Joba HnwUna, aecretary of the Merry Maken Clnb of Warren Connty; Allen Hnwfca, director of the Warren County Council far Senior CttbeM which cpowon the center; and Woadrow Dnvia of Waahington, D.C. (Staff Pboto) A deer crossing 1-85 about seven miles north of Manson was blamed for an accident Thursday that did an estimated $2,000 in damage to this tractor-trailer rig owned by Bowman Transportation Inc. of Gadsden, Ala. According to Trooper R. T. Futrell with the N.C. Highway Patrol, James Lee Mapp, 44, of Greensboro was driving north when he swerved to avoid the deer. His rig ran off the right side of the road, then crossed to the left before overturning in the median. The rig slid on its side about 107 feet before stopping, reports indicate. Mapp was uninjured and no charges were filed in the 10:30 a.m. accident. (Staff Photo) Following Approval Of Lake Gaston Development Lawsuit Is Filed Against Planning Board By KAY HORNER News Editor Three out-of-state owners of Warren Coun ty property have filed a $250,000 lawsuit against the Warren County Plan ning Board charging that it failed to comply with the county's subdivision ordinance in its approval last year of Fernwood Estates, a development on Lake Gaston. The suit was filed last month by Samuel H. Moseley of Brunswick, Va. and Thomas H. and Ann H. Moseley of Lowndes County, Ga., owners of property sur rounding Fernwood Estates. A motion for dismissal of the suit on the grounds that the court lacks jurisdiction over the defendants and that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief could be granted was fil ed Feb. 12 by County At torney Charles T. Johnson, Jr. Also named as defen dants in the suit are the Warren County Zoning Board, then-Zoning Ad ministrator Alvin Salmon, and Wallace and Betsy S. Brown, owners of Fernwood Estates. The complaint charges that the Planning Board approved the subdivision without requiring that a sketch design, pre liminary plat, and final plat be submitted for review in accordance with procedures outlined in the Warren County Subdivision Ordinance. It further alleges that the board violated the county's zoning or dinance by approving a subdivision that neither abuts a state-maintained road nor a road meeting right-of-way standards for state roads. The Moseleys main tain that the only access to the subdivision is over their property which they "•* describe as farmland used solely for agricultural purposes and for personal use and enjoyment. The Moseleys have re quested that the case be Local Proiects Are Under Way The Warren County Council on Aging's VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) pro gram currently has two projects underway, ac cording to Miriam Cole man, VISTA coordi nator. In the home wea therization project, which has been under way for some time, eight volunteers have given a total of 20 hours to weatherize four houses in the county. In addition, plastic for insulation around win dows and doors has been provided for five houses. A telephone reas surance project was also begun the first of the year and for the month of January, seven volun teers reported a total of 155 hours spent calling shut-ins and the elderly. According to Mrs. Coleman, a volunteer has been designated in each community to call individuals who are con fined to their homes. The volunteers are urged to make contact with those on their lists at least three times a week. "This is one way that we are able to keep in touch with those who need reassurance that someone cares, and to ensure that their basic needs are being attended to," Mrs. Coleman said. Anyone wishing more information on the weatherization or telephone reassurance programs should contact Mrs. Coleman at the Senior Citizens Center or call 257-3111, Monday through Friday. Mrs. Coleman added that start up of a senior citizen nutrition site at the Senior Citizens Center on the campus of Hawkins School in War rantor was anticipated in the next two weeks. remanded to the Warren County Zoning Board of Adjustments for an ap peal hearing or that the court hear the matter and that the Browns be enjoined from further construction and de velopment of the property. 0. L. "Butch" Meek, secretary to the Plan ning Board, declined last week to comment specifically on the lawsuit, but said the question of road right-of way was becoming more an issue, especially in the development on Lake Gaston. A landowner, by coun ty statute, cannot be denied access to his pro perty. However, that ac cess currently can be limited to an 18-foot cart path, Meek said. By state law, a 50-foot right of n&y is required for any road which is to be state maintained. "The person who doesn't have a right-of way can never develop (Continued on page 3) In its first eight boors of operation Monday, Warren Immediate Care Center located in tbe Warren General Hospital building treated 13 patients between its regular boars of 4 p.m. and midnight. Staffer Pat Gaol, LPN, is shown above with Phil Williams, executive director of HealthCo of Soul City which is ad ministering the clinic. The center is designed to offer primary health care ser vices similar to those offered by private physicians In their offices. Plans call for the center to operate until mta-summer when the Warren County commis sioners hope to have in place an alternative to the financially ailing county hospital. Tlie hospital's in-patient services were discontinued last Friday while the hospital undergoes renovations funded by a federal grant Federal funds are also expected to provMe the bulk of the center's funding. (Staff Photo) AH»r Completion Of Underc^^*^ \kl„„At\ I nWpQ jjj^piwed^tripedBass Fishing Seen In Warren Lakes Sportsmen should see an improvement in sport fishing for striped bass in Roanoke Rapids, Kerr and Gaston lakes as a result of "Operation Rock," an undercover investigation into the illegal commer cialization of striped bass taken from North Carolina's inland waters, according to recent infor mation from the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commis sion. Operation Rock was a joint effort of the Com mission and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The two-year investigation resulted in the Jan. 16 arrests of over 30 people in North Carolina and Virginia, and uncovered illegal commercialization of over 110,000 pounds of inland striped bass with an estimated retail market value of a half-million dollars. Changes in management of North Carolina's coastal Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River striped bass population may also result from Operation Rock. "Hie stripers that were being caught and illegal ly sold from these lakes will now be available to recreational fishermen," said Richard B. Hamilton, chief of the Division of Boating and Inland Fisheries of the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission. "Opera tion Rock has resulted in the virtual elimination of large-scale striper poaching from these lakes, and since this illegal harvest was substantial, sport fishermen should see immediate and long-term im provements in striper fishing in these inland waters. It is illegal to sell striped bass or any other game fish caught in inland waters, and the full benefits ot striped bass and hybrid striped bass stockings will once again be available to sportsmen whose license dollars funded the programs. Sport fishermen also played an important role in this investigation by making us aware of the problems with commer cialization of inland striped bass." Management of North Carolina's coastal striped bass population may also change as a result of Operation Rock because many of the fish that were poached and sold from inland waters were reported and listed as coastal fish from Albemarle Sound. Striped baas populations along the entire East Coast—including the Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River population—have suffered severe declines in recent years from pollution of spawning and nursery areas and heavy fishing pressure. In fact, the recrea tional catch of coastal stripers on the East Coast dropped from 9.3 million pounds in 1960 to 566,000 pounds in 1910, and the conunercUl harvest shows a similar decline. Consequently, President Reagan recently ratified the "Striped Baas Conservation Act of 1964" which is dedgned to protect dwindling coastal striped bass populations. One of the provisions of this act is that each state must reduce its total catch of coastal striped bass by 55 percent. States which don't com ply with the act face a total moratorium on all coastal striped bass fishing. "We need to meet with representatives of the Wildlife Commission to get detailed information on verifiable striper catches from Inland waters that were recorded as being caught in salt water areas," said Robert Mahood, director of the N. C. Division of Marine Fisheries. "We would have to adjust our striped bass landings accordingly. Depending on the magnitude, our landing statistics could have given us a false picture of the abundance of striped bass in the Albemarle Sound area, and this could affect North Carolina's required 56 percent reduction in landings undo* the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Striped Bass Management Plan." "We look forward to working with the N. C. Divi sion of Marine Fisheries in the analysis and adjust ment of harvest data resulting from Operation Rock," concluded Vernon Bevtll, executive director of the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission. "We're very concerned about the serious decline that the coastal AlbemarieSound-Roanoke River striped baas population has suffered in recent years. The sound managtmrt »nrf HM^l striped bass populations is a Ugh priority."
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