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Soil Cbnaervatioaist for On plig i County die fate of^foe^Ume- < prOjcCi couio ot uvCtuCQ wncn four alternate solutions are pre sented at a public meeting on . Monday. July 24th at 8 p.m. in ; the Beulaville National Guard 'j Armory. I Limestone-Muddy Creeks Watershed is located it Duplin t County in the southeastern sec I ??? *im*n pwsva mm '# * ? tion of the coastal plains of i " lil n nlii ^ U ?? -? ? nonii taroiina. n encompasses i 72,000 acres The watershed I drains into the Northeast Cape i [| Pear River. The population of | w the watershed is estimated to be wi* (6) enhance food auntdv end habitat for wildlife. The sponsors of the prefect are: the Duplin Soil and Water Conservation District; the Duplin County Board df Com missioner*; and the Waterahed 1). sj?5? intU a4*l? **<*rwar dralnann 2). This alternative provides the heat benefit-coat ratio. B-swdte of $1.77 would acme far each SI of coat, according to I the report. No. 2 is the aher native favored by the district S, ? ; , > i -J supervisors, rutreai indicated. The favored alternate in ^ eludes an accelerated^land I JSSTISdt'su?!idfaeef<Sal^ age, ewgton protects of 1.000 acres of crop and pastore landa. and control work on 95 acres-of critically eroding land. Also included in the plans me 17.2 miles oT channel excavation -'y ,v| M Limestone Creek and 46.5 miles on Muddy Creek. A pilot rhannel would be developed hrough clearing and snagging work on 44.1 miles of channel. Pbe (fllot channel would have a (tt-foet bottom width. 1.5 feet leeper than the present grade, k fish hole. SO feet long, would M established every 800 feet. Iliese would be 2.5 feet deeper ban the channel and with a 10-foot bottom width. The aher iate provides 290 holes. Exist ag holes would be used where possible. Access paints with larking areas would be estab Mhed at nine locations, t, A 75-acre lake with 75 acres of ecreational area would be pro InSe alternate would allow an estimated 7.000 acres of wood land to be returned to crop production. Forest lands would increase timber production through improved drainage. The survey indicates the pro ject could generate average annual financial ffenefits of $452,000 with a net benefit of $196,550 annually. Futreal added that there are intangible benefits as weH. such as decreased cost of road main tenance in the area and im proved septit; tank operation at the rural homesteads. 3). This mtemate would pro vide the lake and recreational area but would provide no channel work or clearing and snagging. The benefit cost ratio i ? 7 A Li would tap 1.23 to one with the avenge annual net benefit esti mated at S20.000. Alternate No. 3 would cost S> .259.000. 4.) This alternate would be A the costliest at S5.416.000 and would provide the poorest benefit-cost ratio of 1.21 toopc. The fourth alternate wvaild provide 800.000 feet of surface and sub-surface drainage, ero sion protection ou 1.0Q0 acres of crop and pasture land, treatment measures of 28.000 acres of crop and pastureland. erosion control an 95 acres of critically eroding land. 350 acres of wildlife habitat. 77.9 miles of channel, excavation on Limestone Creek and 90.9 miles on Muddy Creek. It would also provide for the lake and recreational are*. "The meeting will give the public an opportunity to review the alternates and say what they think about it." commented < Futreal. "After the public approves one of the alternate solutions." -j continued Futreal. "it will go to all agencies that have been involved with the Watershed for review. This process will take ?; about a year, after which, if . everything goes all right, it will go to Congress for funding." The watershed project actually began in the 1950's. but did not have the legal organi- H zatkm until the l%9 county- ' wide watersbfd vote, which passed by'a 78% vote. ? /' ? "'I f ? im' 1 Sofc things, accoqjing to th? odds-lnakers, are a million to one. * .Cut these million to one "jfcrt h* Carolina ?Htghway Patrglman D.W. Faircloth aimed his radar at two autos Sunday. , .One behind the b'SL CK?nansville and BcanprilK. . .One was a Ford. . One pas an Opel. . . One bad a South Carolina" license tag. . One Md a Hawaii license tag... y *uiua ^"u "ui know one Mother. . .Mow from herikjjbn the odds begin to grow larger and larger. . . Both were speeding 76 MPH, one behind the other. . . Both drivers were black. . .Both drivers were Marines. . .Both drivers were born in 1952.. .The same month ? Apgust- . .The same day ?\ the 2Qth.. .And get this.. .Both were named Isiah Richardson. . I wonder what the odds are that two. strangers with the same names, same birth dates, same race and same profession would be following one another on Duplin County roads and both going 76 MPH. . .1 bet those odd* get into the humpteens. . . On the hottest day of last wet*, my Sprint would not crank.. .1 turned the key. but it would do nothing. . .It has one of those side-mount batteries that cetode bad. . .1 knew the battery was fairly new and had plenty ctf power the last time I before. .So I figured that if I cleaned the terminals, it would probably crank. .In the hot sun I cleaned for about 45 minutes. . .sMiwing ray hand in the prdfeka, When I tried it. it still would not do anything. ? ? fh?heck with* it'aid loaded*?* sigJTln the Pacer mid off J tl in( 1 went to uit ?Ut. PPKst01 n -drive-. .1.1 nnthino. . of onions.. .1 said. "Donna, you don't want to go to see the doctor with onion on your breath." ... She said, "Oh. yes I do. . When he hurts me. I win blow my breath in his face and he wilt stop. : .1 wish I had some garlic." . . When she came out of the office I asked her if he hurt her and she said, "I should say so. . .He pulled my eyelid over my head." .... Son-of-a-Gun. . . . The North Caroline State Economic Opportunity Office has awarded a Summer Youth Recreation Program grant in the amount of S4.612 to the Town Of Kcnansville. according to Woody Brihson. KenansviNe Town Administrator. The Town received notice of the award on Tuesday. July 11th in a letter from John W. Edwards. Direc tor of the State Economic Op- 1 portunity Office. This grant will enable the Kenansville Recreation Program to purchase needed additional equipment and supplies which vi 11 provide . recreational oppc -tunUics. such J as playground activities. >| organized games, am] arts and crafts Also to be funded 1 through the program will be several out-of-town field trips to nearby attractions. Administra tive support costs arid recrea- ^ lion staff salaries will alsd be ? funded through the grant, ac- J cording to Brinson. Faison Gets Wafer Project Grant J - ** ?i?"Y The Secretary of Human Resources Dr. Sarah Marrow and Governor Jinn Hunt announced that State grants of nearly S8 million went to 42 local governments across the State to assist in financing construction of water supply projects. This is the second group of grants made under the N.C. Gean Water Bond Act of 1977. and'the 12th such awards for water, supply projects since the beginning of the State grant program pursuant to the Act of The Town of Faison has been awarded 190,500 from the total grants. v ' * Rood Funds ;g-a.y ??," " ' ? Allottod FW ly -t/JVV '"v? -'-'1' ' ? '*?' The North Carolina Depart ment of Transportation Secondary County Construction allocation of funds. 1978-79 for Duplin County as of July 14. 1978 is S292.261 for 151.30 unpaved mileage. . . - Ml : It Grants ?' i| Awarded To Poplin 1 Arts The County has been awarded a S5.000 grant for administra tive expenses of the Duplin County Arts Council. Inc. by the N.C. Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington. D.C., a federal agency. The DCAC also 1 received 1250 for programming costs for the new Duplin Art Guild, an organization of local .?is.?a! artists. I ? ? grants were among I others totaling 127,795 a arded to organizations in the southeast section of the state at the council's recent board meeting.
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