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ce^e< * '-♦SSfnln* '> C wter Gaittift ' j JOidfe i u. C.ti&tc **B0$2 0472 8606 I PTC L.IBRBRX pn BOX I85 QPBNTSBORO nl. V 28529 Students At Sea Page 11 Fatal Accident in Maribel Page 8 VoL19»N°-27 Questions And Answers About Bay River Sewerage District On September 16, residents in the Bay River Metropolitan Sewerage District will go to the .polls to decide if they are willing , to foot part of the bill for the con struction of a sewerage disposal system. But residents of the area have a number of questions needing to be answered before they go to the polls to vote on the $2.75 million bond issue, says Lee Whorton, chairman of the district’s board. In the following interview, Whorton responds to some of the most frequently asked questions. Have there been any formal ob jections to the system from en vironmental concerns? The only such objection, Whor ton says, comes from the Shellfish Sanitation Branch, Division of Marine Fisheries, who objects to the proposed discharge at Harper’s Point. That area of Bay River, he continues “has been closed (to shellfishing) for fifteen years or longer.” Whorton speculated that, even with the discharge at Harper’s Point, the bacteria count of the waters would decrease since many of the failing septic tanks would be replaced with an effec tive treatment system. Where will the lagoon site be located? The lagoon will be five miles from the proposed Harper’s Point discharge and will be on a an eighteen-acre site off Highway 304. Whorton said a barrier of trees is planned as a shield around the lagoon. What are the district’s boundaries? (See DISTRICT, Page 10) Oriental To Consider Sewer Expansion The Oriental Town Board, meeting in special session on Tuesday, June 17, heard a request from the Dolphin Company to revise sewer extension plans to the White Farm area. The com pany requested the town to extend sewer to the area in two phases. The town board took no action on the request but told company representatives that an anwer would be made at the regular meeting in July. Oriental Mayor Bill Harris told the group of citizens present that the Dolphin Company had made application to the state for sewer extension to the area. At the pre sent time, said Harris, the state’s regional officials have denied the request and the application has been appealed to the state level. Harris added that the board also had questions regarding the system’s capacity and therefore, Tyndall Lewis, a representative of McDavid and Associates, the town’s engineering firm, was pre sent at the meeting. Bill Barker, the attorney representing the Dolphin Com pany, told those present that the town’s current system, as he understands it, has a capacity of 125.000 gallons of discharge a day and that the town is permitted for 100.000 gallons of discharge a day. Barker said that the state En vironmental Management Divi sion sets flow figures for household use, in determining capacity, and that “the figures are in a sense arbitrary and perhaps based on a statewide average.” On the average, Barker con tinued, the state uses a flow figure of 400 gallons a day per household. This figure, said Barker, is not realistic for Oriental’s system because there are few large households and there are many weekend and summer residences. Actual useage, said Barker, from town figures, has shown to be roughly 127 gallons a day per household. The Dolphin Company, said Barker, proposes sewer extension In two phases. The sewer lines would run down State Road 1349 and would fork on to Dolphin Drive. Phase I would serve the property on the river side. Phase II would serve the re mainder of the property, With extending sewer in phases, said Barker, the state should agree that the first phase should be under capacity, even if the state uses the 400 gallon figure. The Dolphin Company, said (See ORIENTAL, Page 10) Dr. Marks. Bowman and his wife, Chris. Aurora Dental Practice Goes Private For the first time, Aurora has a private practicing dentist. Mark S. Bowman, D.D.S., has purchased the dental practice in Aurora that was founded and sup ported by the National Health Ser vice. He will take over officially on July 7. Dr. Bowman and his wife, Chris, say they like the area and what it has to offer. “I have made an in vestment in the community and we hope to stay a long time,” he comments. The Bowmans are both from Hickory. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and graduated from the UNC-CH School of Dentistry. Mrs. Bowman is a second-year medical student at East Carolina University.by Helen Sommerkamp Hobucken Bridge To Close 10 am To 3 pm This Week The Hobucken bridge will be receiving extensive repairs this year, beginning this week. The work will necessitate the closing of the bridge, the only way on and off Goose Creek Island for vehicular traffic, at scheduled times. , According to David Rankin, a civil engineer with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, the Hobucken bridge is one of three that will be “rehabilitated” in the current pro gram. The other two are at Core Creek and Fairfield. Plans call for the removal of the deck of the bridge. The deck, he said, is presently composed of timber covered with asphalt and is extremely heavy, causing a strain on the machinery used to open the waterway for boat traf (See BRIDGE, Page 10) Fire dtttrovwf this Maribei home Sunday. It was occupied by Marilyn Jones and ■ii Destroy House, Combine Separate Sunday afternoon fire* the Maribel home of Jones and a combine by Herman Turnage. fire at the house, owned by pearsaU and occupied her daughter, Marilyn Jones, -pletely destroyed the struc and contents, according to Charles Toler, Pamlico County fire marshal. Losses were estimated at 120,000. There was no insurance, said Toler. The cause of the fire, which flared up Sunday afternoon and again on Monday, is unknown, he said. The fire was reported bet ween U am and W : 30 am. Between l pm ana i:30 pm, * combine operating in a wheat field near .Cash Corner caught fire; causing $35,000-$40,000 in damages to the equipment and wheat field. No cause was reported. Vandemere Volunteer Fire Department responded. Computer In New Budget Aurora’s budget for the coming year shows little change over that for 1985-8$. Revenues are estimated at $191,750 with a tax rate of thirty-five cents per $100 valuation. As usual, ad valorem property taxes are the largest single source of revenue and are expected to generate $43,750 during 1988-87. Tax revenues are followed closely by those from the local sales tax which is estimated to bring in $38,800. Rent from the town-owned buildings should account for \ another $30,000 in the general fund. Other major sources include: intangibles tax, $2,350; beer and wine taxes, $2,800; franchise tax, $13,000; Powell Fund (for street repairs), $15,000; interest income, $10,000; and ABC proceeds, $2,500. For use of the Aurora Communi ty Center for senior citizens and day care, the town will receive $13,500 from the Council On Aging and $5,000 from the Department of Public Instruction. Expenditures are: governing 1 body, $2,960; administration, $35,075; legal, $1,000; elections, $200; facilities management, $30,000; police, $24,245; fire, $3,600; public works, $47,964; Powell Fund, $15,484; and kitchen at Aurora Community Center, $26,022. The town expects to receive $4,500 in revenue sharing which has been designated for recrea tion, $1,500, and paving and water and sewer repairs, $3,000. (See AURORA, Page 10) V
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