Tim es 2014... · 2014-11-15 · News October 17, 2014 Seven Lakes Times 3 by Ellen Marcus Times Reporter Good fences make safe horses. The Seven Lakes Landowners Asso - ciation [SLLA]

by Greg HankinsTimes Editor

Election Day isjust aroundthe co rner ,and MooreCounty votershave plenty of

reasons to turn out at thepolls on November 4. Theballot includes contestedraces for the US Senate, USHouse, NC Senate, CountyBoard of Commissioners,and the School Board, alongwith a variety of judicial races— and even a constitutionalamendment.

Voters will find a numberof changes in the way elec-

tions are conducted this year.Here’s a rundown.

Early VotingOne stop absentee voting

begins on October 23. Votersmay cast their ballots at theMoore County AgriculturalCenter at 707 PinehurstAvenue in Carthage Mondaythrough Friday from 8:00am to 6:30 pm. The last dayof early voting is Saturday,November 1, when the AgCenter site will be open from7:30 am to 1:00 pm.

The Old West End Gymwill serve as a second One-Stop Voting site, opening

Early voting startsThursday, October 23


No high-stepping marchingband or cheering crowd ofonlookers celebrated theevent, but it would not bean exaggeration to call theTuesday, October 14 jointmeeting of the Moore CountyBoard of Education andMoore County Commission-ers “historic.”

It was little more than adecade ago that the twoboards found themselves ina funding dispute so acri-monious that the schoolboard sued the commission-ers. It has taken many yearsfor that chill to thaw.

What brought the twoboards together on October14 was the need to build andexpand school facilities — torelieve overcrowding in highschools and elementary

schools, to replace agingbuildings, and to develop anew magnet high school thatwould offer students job train-ing or a head start on theircollege career.

The standard playbook forbuilding new schools has theschool board developing a

master facilities plan encom-passing ten years and $50$75, or $100 million in proj-ects; voters approving thesale of school bonds; andcommissioners figuring outhow to pay back the principaland interest on all that bor-rowed money.

“We had always just prettymuch been told that a bondwas our only option,” schoolboard member Laura Langsaid during the joint meeting.“No one had ever said thatwe can borrow cheaper thanwe can do a bond . . . .Nobody had ever said thatbefore.”


Watch out,Westsiders! Amons te r i sabout to de-vour LongleafDrive, all the

way from Lakeway to Smath-ers.

Sometime between nowand Halloween, a large, high-

tech, mechanical beast willbegin slowly crawling up Lon-gleaf Drive, eating the asphaltin front of it and, after a bitof digestion, excreting a newroad base from its netherregions.

The process, called FullDepth Reclamation [FDR],recycles old asphalt and roadbase into a brand new sur-face ready for paving.

Gene Opdyke, who has vol-unteered to oversee the SevenLakes West LandownersAssociation’s six year roadrepaving project, told TheTimes that the FDR machinewill remove the existing road-way down to a depth of abouttwelve inches.

It pulverizes that mix ofasphalt, gravel, and sand toa fine consistency and addsin a healthy portion of Port-land cement. That new amal-gamation is then depositedback on the roadway. Thewhole process is completedby a single machine, in acontinuous process.

Once the new road basemixture is laid down, it issprayed with water and com-pacted by rolling machines.That compacted aggregateserves as the base for a newcoat of asphalt, which willbe applied a day or so later.

Longleaf Drive repavingproject about to begin

Boards meet on fundingfor school facilities plan

TimesVolume 29 Number 26 Seven Lakes, North Carolina 27376 October 17, 2014

SLLA Work Session Report . . . . . 3Foxfire Village Council . . . . . 4County Commissioners . . . . .5

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(See “Schools,” p. 25)

(See “Paving,” p. 26) (See “Voting,” p. 23)

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In the Sandhills region,rabies is a concern becauseof the occurrence of the virusin wild animals.

Moore County AnimalOperations will offer one yearrabies vaccinations for dogsand cats for $5 each andMicrochips for $15 each.

The Rabies Clinics will beheld:• Thursday, October 23

Boogie’s Barn, MiddletonRoad, Robbins, from 3pm - 5 pm.

• Friday, October 2Cranes Creek FireDepartment, from 2 pm -4 pm.

• Wednesday, October 29Aberdeen Lake Park,HWY 1, from noon - 3pm.

• Friday, November 14Cranes Creek FireDepartment, from 2 pm -4 pm.

• Friday, December 5Cameron Fire Depart-ment, from 2 pm - 4 pm.

All dogs and cats must bevaccinated against rabies by4 months of age. Any petwhich comes in contact witha wild animal known to carryrabies must be revaccinatedwithin five days of the expo-sure. Officers will be available

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Call Moore County AnimalOperations for additionalinformation at (910) 947-2858.

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News October 17, 2014 Seven Lakes Times 3

by Ellen MarcusTimes Reporter

Good f encesmake safe horses.The Seven LakesLandowners Asso-c ia t i on [SLLA ]

Board of Directors discussedthe poor condition of existingpasture fences during theirMonday, October 13 WorkSession.

Proposed new electricalfencing — which would beplaced on the pasture sideof the existing split rail fence— would cost $7,500.

Recently, a fence rail fell,and a horse escaped. Anotherrecent incident involved sev-eral children crawling underthe fence to feed the horses.

Several directors expressedconcern about the aestheticsof the proposed fence — aswell as whether the projecthad been properly vetted.

Director Chuck Leachasked why the proposed fenceproject had not been reviewedby the Architectural ReviewBoard [ARB] Committee orthe Facilities and Mainte-

nance Committee. “We fine people in this com-

munity that put up fenceswithout ARB approval,” Leachsaid. “We are talking about11,000 linear feet of fencethat hasn’t gone throughARB or Facilities. I think wegot the cart way before thehorse.”

“And let’s talk about aes-thetics,” Leach continued.“We have a split rail fencethen another fence behindit with posts three foot higherthan the existing fence witha wire going down SevenLakes Drive. It is going to beugly.”

President Bob Racine askedLeach i f Faci l i t ies hadreviewed the proposal.

“We talked very brieflyabout it, and we haven’t dis-cussed it at length,” Leachreplied.

Community Manager RaySohl said the condition ofthe fence requires promptaction.

“The reason it is beingpushed is that we have hadhorses out twice this yearalone,” Sohl said. “One horsein the road could cause afatality or injury.”

“This proposal was madeby the Recreation Commit-tee,” Sohl said, “and bothstable manager Amanda Dug-gan and assistant stablemanager Samantha Bakerhighly recommended it. Thereis not a lot of visibility. The

posts are four to five inchesin diameter and would beplaced twelve feet apart. Theremaining split level willremain in place.”

Leach recommended repair-ing the current split rail fenceand the existing electric fencethat it supports.

“Repair the present one,rather than buy a new one,”Leach said.

The split rail fence is a poorchoice, Sohl argued. “Thesplit rail fence is not appro-priate for a county roadway.

When the rails fall they takeout the electrical wire, caus-ing failure. I don’t think thedesign is appropriate for ahighway.”

Stable Manager Dugganagreed w i th Soh l andexplained the need for betterfencing.

“The existing split rail istoo low,” she said. “If a horseleans hard enough, the railgoes. The horses need thefence to be safe for them andsafe for the community. If

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by Ellen MarcusTimes Reporter

It’s Autumn,and the leavesthat are nowturning red,ye l low, andgold will soon

be raked into piles and seton fire, filling neighborhoodswith one of the characteristicsmells of the season.

But not in Foxfire Village. During its Tuesday, October

14 regular meeting, the Fox-fire Village Council unani-mously approved an amendedfire prevention and protectionordinance.

The ordinance prohibitsthe “burning of any materials,including leaves, pinestraw,grass, brush, or other wastematerial” on lots smaller thanfive acres.

Owners of tracts that arefive acres or larger can burn,but must first complete a setof required steps, includingcomplying with all applicableNC Fire Codes and NC Divi-sion of Air Quality standards;filing a complete NC ForestService burning permit withthe Village Clerk; and obtain-ing written approval from theVillage Clerk.

Burning can be denied forgood cause, based on thelocation, fuel type, environ-mental conditions, or whenthe burning may interferewith other scheduled events.

If a landowner is burninglarger debris, such as logsand stumps, they may berequired to burn items in apit and use an air curtainburner, a machine that re-duces smoke and particulatesby blowing a curtain of airover the top of the burn pit.

Under the revised ordi-nance, smaller lot homeown-ers can use an outdoor firepit or fireplace but can burnonly natural fire wood ormanufactured logs, beingsure to keep the fire at leasttwenty-five feet from anystructure or combustiblematerial.

The Council approved theamended ordinance aftermaking a minor grammaticalcorrection and renumberingthe ordinance.

Use of Village HallVillage Resident Mary Ann

Lauer spoke during publiccomment regarding the useof the Village Hall for clubsand private meetings. MayorSteve Durham reassuredLauer that the bridge cluband other clubs could con-tinue meeting in the space.

“There are some logisticalproblems. This being thepolice department, it shouldhave a lot more security andprivacy,” Durham explained.The offices used by the FoxfireVillage Police Departmentare located in the VillageHall.

“We haven’t had a lot of

issues, but it could be prob-lematic,” Durham said. “How-ever, that being said, wedecided that we are going tocontinue on with the practicethat we have. However, wewill hold groups more ac-countable as we go forward.Any new groups coming inwill be asked to meet at thegolf course [clubhouse].”

Test wells insufficientThe Village Water Depart-

ment recently drilled two testwells on the McKean prop-erty, a large parcel that wasdonated to the Village in lieuof paying a large assessmentfor the Woodland Circle

Extension project. The onewell that produced wateryielded only twelve gallonsper minute.

“According to the welldriller, he doesn’t see muchpoint in drilling in otherplaces,” Councilman Jon Sed-lak reported. “Twelve gallonsa minute is too low to beworth our while to pursue.”

“Our best alternative for anew well would be along theHoffman corridor,” Sedlaksaid. “We had one test wellthat looked good, but we had

a problem purchasing theproperty. They wanted us tobuy eleven acres.”

Sedlak also reported anincrease in water productionand usage.

“We are tracking productionagainst the rainfall,” he said.“Things are not lining up realclear since May, and we don’tknow why that is yet. Thewater usage is up twenty-four percent. That seemssteep. I question whether itwas it in fact usage, or is it

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In his first quarterly reportto the Moore County Boardof Commissioners under anew funding agreement, Part-ners in Progress CEO PatCorso highlighted a widerange of projects and initia-tives that his organization isworking on, in addition toregularly fielding requestsfrom site selection consult-ants looking for attractivelocations for specific busi-nesses.

Among the highlights ofCorso’s presentation duringthe Tuesday, October 7 Com-missioners Meeting was theidea of building a regionalsports complex on NC High-way 15-501 across form Lega-cy Lakes near Aberdeen. BothPartners and the Conventionand Visitors Bureau are pro-moting a study of the poten-tial for the facility.

Corso said the park woulddraw amateur sports tour-naments from across the

Southeast, bringing an influxof tourism dollars. Thosedrawn to the events to com-pete — or watch their kidscompete — would have anopportunity to learn moreabout Moore County as apossible home — and busi-ness location.

He’s said the complex couldbe “a significant draw for tal-ent and economic develop-ment.

“I congratulate you on mov-ing forward — you and CVB— on moving forward on thesports complex,” Commis-sioner Nick Picerno said, not-ing that Richmond Countyis seeking a quarter centsales tax increase to fundthe creation of such a com-plex. “It’s a market that reallyfits Moore County . . . . Wecould conceivably attract thesports enthusiasts just aswe now attract golfers.”

Public Safety MemorialThe Commiss i one rs

received an update on a Pub-lic Safety Memorial plannedfor a site on the SandhillsCommunity College campus.Jerry McDonald reported thata variety of fundraising effortshad generated $30,688 ofthe $35,000 required to buildthe memorial.

“I am pretty sure I canmake that happen, withoutgoing to the taxpayers,” Com-missioner Picerno said. “Ithink we can get you overthe top.”

McDonald said that muchof the labor and materialsfor the memorial will bedonated.

iPad system for DSSThe Commissioners ap-

proved the purchase of a$321,000 hardware and soft-ware system that will allowMoore County social workersto use iPads to both gatherand access information inthe field, rather than relyingon paper files and frequenttrips back to the office toaccess files or completepaperwork.

Social Services DirectorJohn Benton told the Boardthat acquiring the systemwill allow the elimination ofone social worker positionwithin the department, savingthe county $338,000 over aten year period.

Federal reimbursementshould cover approximately$120,000 of the total price,Benton said. Most otherDepartment of Socials Serv-

ices functions have alreadybeen converted to paperlesssystems. Beton said thedepartment had shreddedmore than 37,000 poundsof paper in the past twoweeks.

Other BusinessIn other business during

the October 7 meeting of theMoore County Board of Com-missioners:

• Declared October BreastCancer Awareness Month inMoore County.

• Proclaimed October 5-11

as Fire Prevention Week inthe county.

• Held a public hearing onthe Schedule of Values —the criteria that will be usedto assess the value of realproperty for tax purposes.No one spoke during thehearing and Interim TaxAdministrator John Edmond-son said his off ice hadreceived no comments on thedocument since it was madepublic in mid-September.

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The “concept”high school onMoore CountySchools’ [MCS]Master Facili-

ties Plan has caught the im-agination of the local businesscommunity.

“If we can pull this off, weopen up a new day for ourkids, in terms of their com-petence and competitiveness— and our ability to attractcompanies because we havethe talent here,” Partners inProgress CEO Pat Corso toldthe Moore County Board ofCommissioner in a recentmeeting.

But the concept high schoolis also the least well-definedproject on the Board of Edu-cation’s ten-year facilitieswish list.

Increasing capacity at ahigh school, or building anew elementary school, areideas easy to grasp. Butwhat ’s a “concept highschool?”

During the school board’s,Monday, October 6 work ses-sion, MCS administratorsbegan to flesh out the “con-cept.”

Associate SuperintendentsDr. Kathy Kennedy and Dr.Eric Porter, along with Careerand Technical Educational

Specialist Amy Garner, pre-sented the rough draft of aproposal for the school thatwould divide it into four sep-arate, career-focused acad-emies: life and health sci-ences; agriculture; designand production; and hospi-tality and culinary arts.

Introducing the presenta-tion, Superintendent RobertGrimesey told the Board thatit was “a fluid design that isstill a work in progress.”

The design aims to givestudents the training theyneed to graduate from highschool with marketable skills— or credits that can betransferred to a communitycollege or four-year university.A close partnership withSandhills Community College— and community collegesin surrounding counties —is an integral part of the plan.

Providing high school grad-uates with marketable skillswas a key objective that sur-faced in conversations withlocal business leaders, aswell as conversations withparents led by former super-intendent, Dr. Aaron Spence,Kennedy said.

Though no location hasbeen chosen for the newschool, the idea of placing iton the SCC campus has beenmuch talked about in publicdiscussions of the idea.

The academiesEach of the four academies

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The pathways associatedwith the Life & Health Sci-ences Academy include Emer-gency Medical Technician,Public Safety, and Life andHealth Sciences.

Career-ready certificationsassociated with those fieldsinclude a Certified NursingAssistant or Emergency Med-ical Technician. Other asso-ciated careers that may

require additional trainingafter high school are phar-macist, physical therapist,nurse, or police officer. Ineach case, during the pres-entation, Garner providedexamples of the national aver-age salaries for those posi-tions.

Because the concept highschool will function as a mag-net high school, rather thanone with its own district, itwill be necessary to recruitstudents to attend. Talkingabout possible careers andaverage salaries will likelybe a key part of the recruitingmessage.

Within the Academy of Agri-culture, pathways includeAnimal Science, where stu-dents could earn a veterinarytechnician certification, andHorticulture, which mightinclude golf course manage-ment and turf grass man-agement.

The Academy of Hospitalityand Culinary Arts includesthe career pathways of Hos-pitality Management andCulinary Arts, with associatedcertifications.

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The celebration also rec-ognized the great success of

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The Seven Lakes KiwanisClub has had excellentgrowth over the past yearwith eleven new members

joining the club. This accom-plishment was recognized asone of the highest new growthof any club in the state.

President Ken Jenkins alsorecognized Frank Hayes –Program Chairman as theKiwanian of the Year.

Michael Cotton, KiwanisLieutenant Governor waspresent to preside of theinstallation ceremony. Lieu-tenant Governor Cottoninstalled Mark (Bud) Sales

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The elementsof county com-missioner can-d ida te TomLeen’s agendafor Moore Cou-

nty fit together like the piecesof a puzzle.

He proposes:• Requiring that pets be

licensed and strengtheninglaws to encourage the spayingand neutering of dogs andcats will vastly reduce thenumber of animals that passthrough the doors of theMoore County Animal Center,saving taxpayers as muchas $500,000 each year.

• Developing a strong pro-gram to increase the volumeof recycling at the county’sconvenience centers couldwin the county more revenuefrom selling the recycledmaterials adding another$1,000,000 to the budget.

• That’s an additional $1.5million that could be investedin education: higher salariesto keep teachers from givingup the profession or movingto other states that pay bet-ter.

• Because a strong, com-petitive school system is thekey to attracting new busi-ness — particularly high-tech West Coast companieslike Tesla or Google or alter-native energy companies.

• And making Moore Coun-ty a hub for alternative energydevelopment and manufac-turing will reduce the appeal

of fracking for natural gas,which threatens the veryenvironment that makes theSandhills such an attractiveplace to live and work.

• Attracting companies thatcan offer high-paying jobs isthe key to keeping youngpeople in Moore County andincreasing the tax base, givingthe county the resources itneeds to fund better publictransportation and addressproblems like the lack ofaffordable housing, home-lessness, and poverty.

Looking for efficienciesLeen, 62, moved to the

Raleigh area in 1992, buthis accent, like that of manyMoore Countians, has morethan a hint of his native NewJersey.

Leen told The Times thathe started his working careerliterally loading trucks.Though, as a Teamster, hewas well-paid, the workwasn’t dependable. When hisfirst child was born, he real-ized he needed to return toschool.

Better education led to anelectrical apprenticeship withKodak in Rochester, NY,where he rose through theranks to become a designengineer. He was transferredto North Carolina in the fieldservice division, servicinghospital equipment that hehad designed.

He discovered Moore Coun-ty when traveling to a bas-ketball tournament as acoach on his daughter’s team.

He started his own companyin 2005, focused on instru-mentation that is used inpharmaceutical research.

Leen, running as a Demo-crat, told The Times that hewas recruited by party offi-cials when he contacted themseeking information aboutgetting involved in the MoralMonday protests in Raleigh.

Leen is a Democrat, “butI’m not a tax and spend lib-eral,” he told The Times, not-ing that many of his ideasfor freeing up money to fundeducation and other initia-tives are based on savingmoney in existing countyoperations rather than onraising taxes.

He said he’s encountered

a number of voters in heavilyRepublican Moore Countywho, while initially not inter-ested in talking with a Demo-crat, once they’ve heard hisviews, said “You sound likea Republican.”

“That’s part of the problem,”he said. “How do you knowyou don’t agree with me ifyou haven’t heard my views?”

“We raised five children.My wife was a nurse; I wasan engineer. I tell people thatwe didn’t get power windowsin our car until about fiveyears ago. I could afford aminivan, but I bought thebase model.”

“It’s about living withinyour budget, finding ways tobe more efficient.”

“I want to see the countyinstall solar on all the countybuildings, to save on the elec-trical bill,” Leen said. “WhatI’m trying to do is find themoney that we need to in-crease what we can puttowards education.”

Attracting industryAsked to talk about the

top three things he’d hopeto accomplish if elected com-missioner, Leen quicklyreplied, “There are more thanthree.”

“Our economy is based ontourism, which is affectedby the rest of the economy,”Leen said. “I’d like to seehigh-tech companies come

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Moore Countynative JerryDaeke is nos t ranger t opublic service.He served for

eight years on the SouthernPines Town Council, two asMayor Pro Tem, and he’sbeen a longtime member ofthe county’s Board of Equal-ization and Review.

Eight years ago, he ran fora seat on the Moore CountyBoard Commissioners, losingin the GOP primary to cur-rent, retiring CommissionerJimmy Melton, who is nowendorsing Daeke as hisreplacement on the board.

Asked what he sees as thethree biggest challenges facingthe county, Daeke said “edu-cation, employment, and theenvironment.”

Controlled growthAt age 77, Daeke remem-

bers when Southern Pineswas a sleepy Southern townthat offered its young peoplelittle in the way of opportu-nity.

“When I graduated fromhigh school, back in 1955,

the Southern Pines area wasvery small and there wereno jobs,” Daeke told TheTimes. “People graduated —and they left. I rememberthinking at the time: ‘That’snot good.’ Fortunately, thearea did start to grow andattract a lot of retirees, whorequired other jobs to beavai lable because theyrequired goods and servic-es.”

Daeke has spent his work-ing life in various segmentsof the real estate business— from general contractingto real estate appraisals.

Drawing on that experience,he said it’s important for thecounty to grow — but alsofor that growth to be “good,controlled growth.”

“When I was on the South-ern Pines Town Council, wehad a lady who alwaysattended our meetings,”Daeke recalled. “She was aretiree from up north, andone night she stood up andsaid ‘Southern Pines needsto close the gate!’”

“Well, the fact is, we can’tclose the gate. The gate isgoing to be open, and weneed to recognize that anddo the proper job with our

construction and expan-sions.”

Growth inevitably affectsthe environment, Daekenoted, pointing to the recentconcern with the size andimpact of the white-taileddeer population in Pinehurst.

“There has been a lot oftalk about fracking lately,and what it is going to do,”Daeke said. “While it couldaffect the environment neg-atively, if we recognize thatand look at ways to correctthat, then it could be goodin certain areas — good forour economy and also forour jobs and education.”

Building schoolsDaeke said he recognizes

the need for new school facil-ities — and supports theboard of commissioners’attempt to fund the neededconstruction without takingon additional debt from thesale of general obligationbonds.

“A lot of schools do needupdating,” he said. “We havea lot more students than wewere expecting at this time.There are needs there, andwe need to address them.”

“I agree that bonds todayare probably not the way togo,” Daeke added. “If doing

it another way is less expen-sive, then that’s the way weneed to go. And if that’s goingto take some time to talk itout, then we need to takethe time.”

“Working closely with theschools and the school boardis critical” to making theprocess work, he said. “I haveno problem setting moneyaside for the schools —assuming, of course, that wehave the revenue there.”

Daeke told The Times thathe is opposed to seeing thecounty take on debt, but rec-ognizes that the county must

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(See “Daeke,” p. 24)

12 Seven Lakes Times October 17, 2014 Events

Revels Night ToursMark your calendars for

Hallowe’en Revels Night Toursof the 1897 Poe House onOctober 17-18 & 24-25 from6:00 pm until 9:00 pm.

The Museum of the CapeFear has partnered with theGilbert Theater to bring thisfantastic Victorian home tolife after dark. Actors willportray members of the Poehousehold and their friendsas they prepare for a nightof Hallowe’en fun.

The night tours cost $3 perperson for ages 7 and up,children 6 and under arefree. Tickets are purchasedat the door.

Tours will run every 20minutes beginning at 6:00pm with the last tour at 9:00pm each evening. Tour spaceis limited to 20 participantsper tour. There will be anactor’s break from 7:40-8:00pm.

Nevermore!Look out for the ravens as

you wander through the 1897Poe House during the annualPoe House and MuseumTrick or Treat event on Sat-urday October 25 from 11:00-4:00 pm. Friendly guides willbe stationed throughout thehouse to help you on yourway. Listen to a Halloween

story and then play carnivalgames in the backyard for aprize. Don’t forget to visit theMuseum as well; the exhibitsjust may come to life.

Event also features a Cos-tume Contest for ages Infant-

12 yrs. Register from 11:00-2:00, entry fee $1.00. Judgingbegins at 2:15, prizes in eachage category: Infant: 2yrs,3-5yrs, 6-9 yrs, 10-12 yrs.Candy, prizes, scavenger huntand more. Concessions on

site. Admission is Free. 11:00am - 4:00 pm.

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Find out the answer by takinga Hallowe’en themed tour

during the month of October.1897 Poe House tours aregiven at 11:00, 1:00, and3:00 on weekdays and onthe hour on weekends. Thehouse is closed on Mondays.The cost is Free.

Halloween at Museum of the Cape Fear

Chapel inthe PinesRummage Salethis Weekend

The Rummage Sale willbe this Saturday, October18, from 8 am to 1 pm,at the Old West End Gym.Hidden treasures and bar-gains will be on sale foreveryone.

All proceeds from therummage sale benefit theChapel “Community ChristFund.”


James Gunderson, 83 ofSeven Lakes died at homewith his immediate familysurrounding him on Wedne-day, October 8.

He was born in West Bel-mar, New Jersey son to thelate Lawrence A. and RubyGunderson.

A memorial service will beheld on Saturday, November8, at 2 pm at Boles FuneralHome in Seven Lakes withRev. Larry Lyons officiating.Burial will be at ArlingtonMemorial Cemetery, VA.

Mr. Gunderson retired fromthe United States Army asa Master Sargent after overtwenty years of active dutyincluding service during theKorean and Vietnam wars.He received many awardsand decorations includingthe Combat Infantry Badge,Parachute Badge, BronzeStar Medal, Army Commen-dation Medal with Oak LeafCluster, five awards of theGood Conduct Medal, KoreanService Medal, United NationsService Medal, NationalDefense Service Medal, Viet-nam Service Medal, and Viet-nam Campaign Medal. Afterretirement, he taught Jr.ROTC at Seneca Valley HighSchool, in Harmony, PA andNorth Iredell High School inStatesville, NC.

He was a dedicated hus-band, father, and grandfa-ther. He was active in manysports, and a concerned com-munity activist.

In addition to his parents,

he was preceded in death byhis brother, Charles Gun-derson and sister, MarjorieLayton.

He is survived by his wife,Carol Gunderson; daughters,Kristen Berry and husbandJames of Seven Lakes; SherylCepek and husband Ronaldof Pennsylvania; Lisa Reedand husband Alston of SevenLakes; brother, LawrenceGunderson; sisters, MaryScott; Virginia Scheidt; andJeanne Clayton; seven grand-children; and one greatgrandchild.

In lieu of flowers, memorialdonations may be made toFirstHealth Hospice Foun-dation 150 Applecross RoadPinehurst, NC 28374

Boles Funeral Home andCrematory, of Seven Lakesis assisting the family.

Dale Earl Russell, 64, ofSeven Lakes, died Wednes-day, October 8, at FirstHealthHospice, Pinehurst.

A memorial service to cel-ebrate Mr. Russell’s life willbe held on Sunday, October19 at 2 pm at the Chapel inthe Pines, Seven Lakes.

Mr. Russell was born inPittsburgh, PA, he was theson of Dale and Olga Russell.He was an Alumni of PennState University. Mr. Russellmoved with his career atRockwell/Meritor for thirty-two years before retiring inSeven Lakes. He was an avidfisherman and outdoorsman,and enjoyed sharing his pas-sion with his friends andfamily.

Survivors include in wifeof 42 years, Denise Ann Rus-sell of Seven Lakes; daugh-ters, Jodi Lynn List and hus-band Simon List of Raleigh;Jenna Marie Woodhead andhusband Christopher Wood-head of Wake Forest; andson Matthew Dale Russelland wife Laura Russell ofDurham; and four grand-children.

In lieu of flowers, memorialdonations may be made toFirstHealth Outpatient Can-cer Center, 220 Page Road,Pinehurst, NC or FirstHealthHospice, 251 CampgroundRoad, Pinehurst, NC.

Boles Funeral Home andCrematory, Inc. of SevenLakes is assisting the fami-ly.

Lois Gustafson Moore, 89,of Penick Village, formerly ofSeven Lakes, and Manches-ter, CT, died Sunday, October5.

She was born in New YorkCity, but spent most of herlife in Manchester.

Mrs. Moore was a graduateof Manchester High Schooland Greenwich HospitalSchool of Nursing. She valuedher work as an RN at Man-chester Memorial Hospital,where she worked for manyyears.

In 1990, she and her hus-band Turk retired to SevenLakes. She enjoyed the lake,golf, and all the social activ-ities, especially bridge andwas an active member ofChapel in the Pines.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, Richard“Turk” Moore.

Survivors include her son,


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Stephen and wife, Carol;daughter, Melinda and hus-band John Ferry; her brother,Alfred Gustafson and wifeJan; seven grandchildren,and sixteen great-grandchil-dren.

Memorial services were heldTuesday, October 7, at theChapel in the Pines, SevenLakes.

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Boles Funeral Home andCrematory, of Seven Lakesassisted the family.

Dorothy W. Cagle, 87 ofEagle Springs died SaturdayOctober 4.

A memorial service washeld Friday, October 10 atEag l e Spr ings Bapt i s tChurch, Eagle Springs. TheRev. Matt Brogli officiated.

Mrs. Cagle was precededin death by her husbandJohn B. Cagle; son, Richard(Dickey) E. Cagle; her parents,Grady and Lessie Williams;

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Survivors include twogranddaughters, CharityBlanchard and husbandStephen; and ElizabethLingerfeldt and husband Trey;four great-grandchildren,Andrew, Caleb, Grace, andRuby Grey; and her caregiver,Linda Wiseman.

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Dr. Robert Grimesey, MooreCounty’s Superintendent ofSchools, will speak to theLeague of Women Voters attheir Tuesday, October 21meeting. The League meetsat Table on the Green forlunch at 11:45 am, followedby the program. The publicis invited to attend.

Dr. Grimesey joined theMoore County Schools asSuperintendent in July andhas had a busy start to hisjob of running the schoolsystem. In addition to deci-sions regarding facilities andwhether a bond issue was

in order this year, he hashad to deal with issues sur-rounding the Common Corecurriculum.

Dr. Grimesey will be dis-cussing Common Core andother subjects of interest atthe League meeting.

Education is always a topissue for the League ofWomen Voters when theyset study priorities for the

year, and the League looksforward to hearing fromMoore County’s top educa-tor.

If you would like to attendthe meeting, please contactCharlotte Gallagher at 910944-9611 or email her [email protected] Thecost for the luncheon is $13and can be paid by checkmade out to LWVMC.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17• Sticky Icky Spider Webs(For Wee-Ones) – 10 am,Learn about the amazingcreatures, plays somegames, and make crafts.For 3 to 5 year-olds. Pro-gram 30 minutes. Wey-mouth Woods, SandhillsNature Preserve, 1024 FortBragg Rd. Southern Pines,

• “The Truth Behind Gar-den Remedies” with Jef-frey Gillman – 1 pm, Gill-mann w i l l share h i sknowledge and the scienceof horticulture. OwensAuditorium, SandhillsCommunity College, Free.

• BBQ Plate Sale for theSandshark’s CommunityPool Project – 11 am - 2pm, at The Arc of MooreCounty, 673 S. BennettSt., Southern Pines. Groupwill deliver for orders of 5or more. Tickets $8 at theoffice or call 692-8272 orat www.thearcofmoore.org/category/events.

• Pirates of Penzance Audi-tions at Sandhill Com-munity College – - 6 to 9pm, Roles include maleand female leads, support-ing roles and ensemblesingers, crew and backstagepositions. Everyone wel-come to audition. Callbacks7 pm on October 18. Com-plete audition information,with required audition form,www.sandhills.edu/pirates/auditions

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18• Chapel in the Pines Rum-

mage Sale – 8 am - 1 pm,31st Annual RummageSale, at the Old West EndGym.

• Fall Plant Sale – 8 am to12, Sandhills HorticulturalSociety and Student Hor-ticultural Club plant salenext to Steeds Hall, Sand-hills Community College.

• Pirates of Penzance Audi-tions at Sandhill Com-munity College – - 1 to 4pm, Roles include maleand female leads, support-ing roles and ensemble

singers, crew and backstagepositions available. Every-one welcome to audition.Callbacks at 7 pm tonight.Audition information,including the required audi-tion form, at www.sand-hills.edu/pirates/auditions

• Sandhills Winery “Cook-ing with Carmela” – 4 pm,a Hands-On Class andDemo with Stir fry menu.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19• Rosary at Our Lady of

the Americas Church –8:00 am, 298 Market Rd.Biscoe, 974-3051.

• St. Mary Magdalene Epis-copal Church – 9:30 am,Holy Communion. 1145Seven Lakes Drive.

• St. Mary Magdalene Epis-copal Church Golf Tour-nament – noon lunch, 1pm shotgun start, SevenLakes Country Club. Entry

fee $75, buffet lunch and18 holes of golf. Details callPete Olson 910-255-6327or Phil Cox 910-986-2964.

• Prancing Horse Tour Fea-tures Five Horse Farms– from 11 am to 4 pm,horse farms will be opento visitors for self-guidedtours. Proceeds benefit thePrancing Horse Center forTherapeutic Horsemanship.

Tickets pur-chased ina d v a n c e$20 f r omSandhi l lsWinery ofS e v e nLakes, LadyBedford ’sTea Parlor,M o o r e

Equine Feed and Supply,Cold Stone Creamery, andThe Wine Cellar; $25 dayof tour at the NCSU EquineHealth Center, 6045 USHWY 1, North. Childrenunder 12, free. www.pranc-ing-horse.org or 246-3202.

• Fall Wildflower Hike – 3pm, Join a Park Rangerfor a hike along the trailsto see wildflowers bloomingin the Autumn. Free. Wey-mouth Woods, SandhillsNature Preserve, 1024 FortBragg Rd. Southern Pines.

• McDonalds Chapel MusicAcoustic Circle – 4 to 6

pm, in the church’s fellow-ship hall. Group invites alllevels of acoustic musiciansto participate. Everyonewe lcome. McDonaldsChape l P r esby t e r i anChurch, 1374 Foxfire Road,Aberdeen (off Linden Roadright outside Pinehurst).Jill McCloy 692-5094.

• The Rooster’s Wife – 6:45pm, doors open at 6 pm,in the gallery of PoplarKnight Spot. Music guesttonight: Jay Unger andMolly Mason. Rooster’s Wife.114 Knight St., Aberdeen,www.theroosterswife.org(910) 944-7502.

• West End Uni tedMethodist Church Explor-ers – 5 pm – 6:30 pm, forchildren grades K-5. Timeof learning, crafts and activ-ities before eating dinnerwith the youth 6 - 6:30pm.

• West End Uni tedMethodist Church YouthGroup – 6 – 7:30 pm inthe Youth Room at thechurch, open to all youthin 6th – 12th grades.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20• Rally for Thom Tillis –

3:00-5:00 pm at CannonPark, Pinehurst. Thom &Susan Tillis, as well as U.S.Senator John Thune, willbe there. A family friendly

event and Free.• Weight Watchers Meeting

– 5 pm to 6 pm, at St. MaryMagdalene EpiscopalChurch, 1145 Seven LakesDrive, Seven Lakes.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21• Fox Hollow Senior Living

Brunch and Flu Shots –10 am. Join Fox Hollow forBrunch and a complimen-tary flu shot. Call ElizabethRagsda l e a [email protected] or910-695-0011 if you wouldlike to attend. At MorgantonRoad, between TurnberryWood and CCNC.

• Zumba Class – 10:30 to11:30 am, free class atSeven Lakes Bap t i s tChurch, Hankins FamilyLife Center, 1015 SevenLakes Drive, 673-4656.

• Healing Service – 11 am,St. Mary Magdalene Epis-copal Church. 1145 SevenLakes Dr., Seven Lakes.Intercessory prayers for thesick & troubled, those inharms way, traveling,bereaved or deceased.

• Seven Lakes KiwanisClub – lunch 11:30 am,meeting 12:05, Seven LakesCountry Club. Speaker:John Calari, FirstHealthFitness Center.

• League of Women Votersof Moore County – Lunch

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11:30 am. Guest speakerBob Grimesey, Superin-tendent of Moore CountySchools. Table on the GreenRestaurant, 2205 MidlandDrive, Midland CountryClub. Public invited, reser-vations, contact CharlotteGallagher 944-9611 [email protected] with lunch is $13,inclusive. Check madepayable to the LWVMC.

• Moore County Board ofCommissioners – 5:30 pm,at the Historic Courthouse,Carthage.

• Women’s Volleyball atSeven Lakes BaptistChurch – 6 pm to 8 pm,open gym, Hankins FamilyLife Center, 1015 SevenLakes Drive.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22• Rosary at Our Lady of


• Gallery at Seven Lakes –1 - 4 pm, at St. Mary Mag-dalene Episcopal Church,1145 Seven Lakes Drive.

• AWANA Youth Group –6:30 to 8 pm, HankinsFamily Life Center. Childrenage 3 to 5th grade. SevenLakes Baptist Church.

• Rosary at Chapel in thePines – 7 pm, at the Chapelin the Pines. CoordinatorVirginia Heerema, 673-5150. Seven Lakes.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23• Bread of Life Ministry –

West End United MethodistChurch, 11 am until 1 pm.For seniors, Fellowship,devotion, a meal fro at $5.

• Gallery at Seven Lakes –1 - 4 pm, at St. Mary Mag-dalene Episcopal Church,1145 Seven Lakes Drive.

• Sandhills Winery WineTasting – 5:30 pm to 8pm. 1057 Seven LakesDrive. (910) 673-2949.www.sandhillswinery.com

• Clara McLean HouseFundraiser – 6:30 pm, aDesser t Bu f f e t . Cos t$20/person. Fashion Showfeatures “Day to Dinner”fashions. Proceeds benefitClara McLean House Can-cer CARE Fund. For ticketsand information call DenyseWilliams 910-690-9663.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24• United Nations Day• WEUMC Men’s Spaghetti

Supper – 5 pm - 7 pm, inthe Fellowship Hall. Tickets$8 each. Take out available.Tickets purchased fromany member of the UnitedMethodist Men or at thedoor. WEUMC 4015 NCHighway 73, West End.

• Danielle’s Playhouse FallFestival – 5:30-8 pm,1135Seven Lakes Drive, SevenLakes. Activities includeGames, prizes, a Boo DanceHall, Lollipop tree, facepainting, Silent Auction,raffle, hot food, and yummytreats.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25• SLBC Indoor Yard Sale –

9 am - 2 pm, $25 perbooth, (10x10 w/one tableincluded). Proceeds benefitSeven Lakes Bap t i s tChurch Youth. Call 673-4656 to reserve.

• Seven Lakes Business FallFestival & Chili Cook-Off– (2-6 pm), at Seven LakesCentral (next to Lake HouseRestaurant and behind Tem-pControl) on Grant Street.Sample Chili, Auction Bas-kets and more. Free concertat 6:30 pm. Contact EdHi l l 295-0307, emai [email protected] or Gayle Mace at 673-0093 to reserve a booth.

• Seven Lakes Chapel inthe Pines Halloween Party– 3 to 5 pm. ages 4 - 12are invited to attend. Chil-dren are encouraged towear Halloween costumes.Younger children accom-panied by parent. Crafts,contests, games, Halloweensongs and a Veggie Talesmovie, “Where’s God WhenI’m S-Scared?” Popcorn andother refreshments. ContactDora Lancaster, 673-0166.

• Jackson Springs Chickenand Dumpling Supper –5 - 8 pm, at Club House,447 Mill Road, JacksonSprings. Supper includesthe Wor ld FamousDumplings and the fixings.Supper $7. Children 12and under only $3. Auctionand raffle. Judy Boroughs,910-673-5963 (cell: 910-639-5366) or O’Neal Ben-nett 910-974-9406.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26• Rosary at Our Lady of


• St. Mary Magdalene Epis-copal Church – 9:30 am,Holy Communion. 1145Seven Lakes Drive.

• Spooky Side of the Sand-hills – 3 pm, Group spendstime inside and outside forprogram, short walk. Free.Weymouth Woods, Sand-hills Nature Preserve, 1024Fort Bragg Rd. SouthernPines.

• The Rooster’s Wife – 6:45pm, doors open at 6:00pm, in the gallery of PoplarKnight Spot. Music guest:Robbie Fulks. Rooster’sWife. 114 Knight St. ,Aberdeen, www.theroost-erswife.org (910) 944-7502.

• West End Uni tedMethodist Church Explor-ers – 5 pm – 6:30 pm, forchildren grades K-5. Craftsand activities before eatingdinner with the youth 6 -6:30 pm.

• West End Uni tedMethodist Church YouthGroup – 6 – 7:30 pm inthe Youth Room at thechurch, open to all youthin 6th – 12th grades.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27• Weight Watchers Meeting

– 5 pm to 6 pm, at St. MaryMagdalene EpiscopalChurch, 1145 Seven LakesDrive, Seven Lakes.

• Moore County LibraryHalloween Spooktacular– 5:30 to 6:30 pm, inCarthage. Join the Libraryfor games, refreshments,& Clara the Witch. 947-5335 for information. Cos-tumes welcome!

• Sandhills Natural HistorySociety – 7 pm, WeymouthWoods Auditorium, 1024Ft. Bragg Rd., SouthernPines. Heather Moylett,from NCSU, will present,“Native Bee Fauna of NorthCarolina Sandhills.” VisitorsWelcome.910-692-2167 orwww.sandhillsnature.org

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28• Zumba Class – 10:30 to

11:30 am, free class, SevenLakes Baptist Church, Han-kins Family Life Center,1015 Seven Lakes Drive.

• Healing Service – 11 am,St. Mary Magdalene Epis-copal Church. 1145 SevenLakes Dr., Seven Lakes.Intercessory prayers for thesick & troubled, those inharms way, traveling,bereaved or deceased.

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Conductors will shout outthe cities scheduled as stopson the evening’s melodictour: Chicago, Chattanooga,St. Louis, New Orleans, CapeCod, Kalamazoo, and ofcourse, Atchison, Topekaand Santa Fe.

The second act will feature“Zero Hour,” the North andSouth Carolina DistrictChampionship Quartetknown for providing greatentertainment throughoutthe Southeast.

The quartet has more than50 years of combined expe-rience singing a cappellaBarbershop music as wellas gospel and doo-wop.

The chorus will then closethe show with a couple offavorites from last year’sshow on Rock and Roll aswell as two brand new titles“When I Fall in Love” and“Feelin’ Groovy.”

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The speaker at the Octobermeeting of the Women ofSeven Lakes (WSL) was Dr.Jenifir Bruno.

Dr. Bruno is a Hospitalistwith the FirstHealth MooreRegional Hospital. Sheshared the changes andupdates regarding Medicarehospital admissions andancillary charges, and dis-cussed the difference betweenbeing admitted to the hos-pital, being kept for obser-vation (outpatient), or justbeing an outpatient. Shealso discussed the role Hos-

pitalists play in the care ofpatients who are in the hos-pital.

Ms. Gay Green, AssociateDirector, of Revenue CycleManagement, discussedfinancial obligations andcharges for the various clas-sifications of patient care,and how Medicare determineswhat they will pay.

Also assisting were JenGripp, Director, Case Man-agement, and Denise Conn,Denials and Appeals Man-agement.

The upcoming Thursday,November 6 General Meetingof the Women of Seven Lakes

will be a Luncheon and Fash-ion Show, which will beginat 11:30 am at the SevenLakes Country Club.

The menu will include atossed salad, chicken marsalawith fettuccine noodles, snowpeas, rolls, apple pie a lamode, and tea and water.Models will be wearing fash-ions from Stein Mart. Thecost of the luncheon andfashion show is $18. Call LeeConnelly, 673-2421, to signup.

Cards and games may beplayed after the luncheonand fashion show. If youwould like to stay and play,

please sign up and pay as agroup, and let Lee know whatgame you will be playing.

For more information onthe Women of Seven Lakes,contact Pat Weber, 673-1457.

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“We did lift water restric-tions,” Durham noted, “whichgave residents freedom to domore irrigating.”

“We also changed and low-ered the water rates in July,”Frusco reminded the coun-cil.

Defining DutiesVillage Clerk Lisa Kivett

has been working to organizea manual for village employ-ees. Sedlak asked whatprompted the need for themanual and questioned whyit was necessary.

“We have employees,”Durham replied. “When wego out to hire or begin to doevaluations, it should bebased on specific job respon-sibilities. It should also clearlylist benefits, sick leave time,and other specifics. Whetherwe have one employee or a

hundred, it should still bein writing.”

Painting the PoolThe swimming pool needs

a new paint job in 2015.Councilwoman Frusco report-ed that the contractor’s esti-mate was over $8,000.

Frusco provided Councilmembers with a breakdownof pool operational expensessince 2009.

“As you all aware, we putthis information together sea-son by season,” Frusco said.“I would like you to look atthis and have it on the agen-da for discussion at the nextwork session.”

Durham agreed: “It will beon the work session agendaand we can save our ques-tions for then.”

Making roads bike friendlyCouncilman Mick McCue

reported that he had attendedthe latest meeting of theMoore County TransportationCommittee.

“The committee voted toapprove the plans and moveforward the Central ParkBicycle Plan,” McCue report-ed. “Some of the countiesincluded are Davidson, Ran-dolph, Stanly, Richmond,and Moore County.”

“It is a pretty impressiveplan that includes MooreCounty from Seagrove toHamlet and up throughAberdeen to Carthage,” heexplained.

“We get a lot of bicycletourists that come for theannual Tour de Moore BikeRace and the Tour de MooreBike Ride. The plan is, asroads are improved, they willbe widened a couple of feeton each side to make themmore bike friendly.”

Prepared and ReadyMcCue also reported that

Moore County is workingwith the counties of Lee,Hoke, Chatham, and John-ston on a regional hazardmitigation plan.

“By doing that we don’thave to make a separateplan,” he explained. “Thestate can adopt that planonce it is approve by FEMA.If a disaster is declared forour area, we have plan inplace and that means we willget federal dollars.”

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The Jackson Springs Com-munity Club’s Annual Chick-en and Dumpling Supperwill be held Saturday, Octo-ber 25 at the Club House,447 Mill Road, JacksonSprings.

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Johnny “O” will provide hisexpertise Auction Servicesfor this Fund Raising Event.All proceeds will be used forCommunity needs andinclude scholarships todeserving students in theJackson Springs area.

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tion, which could include ahalf dozen pathways, includ-ing Commercial Arts, Engi-neering and Mathematics,Architectural Technology,Digital Media Technology,Civil Engineering Technology,and Aeronautics EngineeringTechnology.

Again, students in some ofthese pathways could receivecertifications qualifying themto enter the workforce upongraduation, while otherswould receive college credit,giving them a head start andan opportunity to save oncollege tuition.

Kennedy said that studentswho take six SCC courseswhile in high school can save$1,287 per year on collegetuition. A high school studentwho amasses enough collegecredits to enter college as asecond semester sophomorecould save $28,141.

“That could make collegeaccessible for many of ourMoore County students,”Kennedy said. “I think thatcould be a selling point formany of our parents whoreally want their children togo to a four-year college, butthey have no means to pro-vide that for them.”

Tying the new high schoolclosely to SCC — and locatingit on or adjacent to the SCCcampus — could present anaccessibility challenge forstudents attending NorthMoore High School, Kennedynoted. A possible solution isto partner with communitycolleges in other counties —Montgomery, Randolph, orLee — that may be nearerstudents who live in thenorthern part of Moore Coun-ty.

Recruiting studentsPorter noted that some

nearby North Carolina coun-ties have established concepthigh schools and then fallenshort of attracting students.Wake County’s new technicalhigh school attracted only131 students to fill its 705seats.

“We have to make sure thatparents are excited aboutthe new school,” he said.

Porter described a recentfield trip that some MCS

staffers made to Winston-Salem to visit that district’sCareer Center High School,which has been in operationfor thirty-six years. Unlikethe new Wake County school,the Career Center draws stu-dents from their “home”school for only part of theday. Porter recalled seeingstudents in football jerseysand cheerleading outfits ofrival schools sitting next toeach other at the Career Cen-ter.

In addition to technicaleducation, the Winston-Salemschool offers a wide range ofspecialty Advanced Placementclasses, including Chinese,Calculus, and Music Theory.Porter noted that MCS mayneed to consider adding APclasses in order to attractstudents to its concept highschool.

Board Member Bruce Cun-ningham cautioned against

overemphasizing “early col-lege” rather than technicaltraining and career prepared-ness, suggesting that WakeCounty might have madethat error.

“There is a lot of supportin the business communityin Moore County that wecould provide skills on grad-uation that would allow stu-dents to immediately go intothe work force,” he added.

If you build it,will they come?

The outline presented byKennedy, Porter, and Garnerwas a first draft. Kennedynoted that the next step isto gather information froma wide range of sources: par-ents and students, as wellas high school and middleschool principals and coun-selors.

Porter said “a key piece isbranding and marketing. We

need to make sure we do agood job so that people areexcited and really want togo to this school.” Kennedysaid even the architecturaldesign of the school comesinto play in that regard andrecommended “a burst ofcolor” and “lots of naturallight.”

And if the end result is thedisappointing enrollmentexperienced by Wake Coun-ty?

“We have about 1300 stu-dents we need to find placesfor by 2023,” SuperintendentGrimesey said. “This partic-ular program involves adegree of risk . . . For everychild that doesn’t participatein this program between [anenrollment of ] 600 and 800,that’s a child that stays backin the home school. And ourMaster Facilities Plan doesnot accommodate them, if

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in, preferably in the renewableenergy field, and establish amini RTP [Research TrianglePark] here, paying highwages.”

“First, that increases thetax base,” he said.

“Second, i t moves ustoward renewable energy. I’dlike to see that be the focalpoint of the county right now.It’s moving faster and faster,and we’re still worrying aboutfracking. That’s a finiteresource, where the sun ismost likely going to be herelonger than most of us.”

“Third, it gets us high-pay-ing jobs,” Leen continued.“I’m a grandfather now, andmy kids didn’t move downhere. Say you are in your40s or 50s and your kids goto UNC or state and get engi-neering degrees. There arelimited opportunities for themto move back here.”

“Plus, we wouldn’t be affect-ed so much by the ups anddowns of tourism. It’s a muchmore stable economy.”

“But, if you want to bringin companies like Google,the first ting they are goingto look at is education,” Leencautioned. “They are goingto question where we arerated — where we are.”

“If we are going to get thesecompanies, then we are goingto have to refocus our think-ing on education.”

Local input on frackingLeen, who describes himself

as “an environmentalist, firstand foremost,” said he doesn’tlike the way that the GeneralAssembly has handled thedevelopment of regulation onhydraulic fracturing for shalegas.

“If the state really thinksthere’s no problem withthis,”he said, “then they

should schedule meetings atevery county seat in the state,lay all their cards on thetable, and answer any andall questions.”

“A county and/or munici-pality ought to be able toimpose stricter rules,” he

added, “just like they setspeed limits on their ownstreets.”

“If it takes two year, if ittakes ten years, let’s takeour time. This stuff is notgoing anywhere.”

“But it seems like a super-

majority in the legislaturejust decided that 2:00 amon a Friday night was thetime to make decision aboutthis.”

A wealth of informationabout Leen’s views and pro-posals is available on his

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they choose to stay.”“Ultimately, there is going

to be the need to take anattractive program out of oneof our home schools and putit here,” he added.

“With those 1300 students,that is about enough to builda fourth comprehensive highschool. But we have chosento go this route, and, in sodoing, we have acceptedsome degree of risk to makesure that this works prop-erly.”

“This is the most excitingproject I have been involvedin during my ten years ofdealing with school facilitiesissues in Moore County,”Cunningham said. “Previ-ously we’ve been talkingabout number of seats andnumber of students . . . .Now we are talking aboutfilling voids in the economy. . . we’re talking about howdo you attract students andkeep them involved in edu-cation. I think it’s very excit-ing.”

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This week my family wasback together again, as myoldest son came home fromuniversity for his fall-break.It is the last fall break of hiscollege career; he will grad-uate in the spring.

My wife and our two col-lege-aged sons went out fordinner and a movie to enjoythe time that we had togetherwhile each was home. Whilewe were at the restaurant,a young Dad came in withhis two young sons shortlyafter we sat down to eat.

I was empathizing with theyoung father as he struggledthrough his youngest son’smeltdown after receiving thewrong drink. All of a sudden,I was struck for the first time— like a kick to the gut fromBruce Lee — that my sonshave grown up. As I watchedthe young father interact withhis sons, the memories ofmy time with my boys floodedmy mind.

I remembered when myoldest son Zach, who alwaysloved critters and science,

was in his little suit standingon the steps of our churchlooking at the toad that wassitting on the step below him.The older ladies of the churchwere talking about how cuteand sweet this little toddler

was, right up to the pointthat he jumped off of thestep and squished the poorlittle toad. I can still see thehorror in their eyes and heartheir gasps when he accom-plished his goal.

I chuckled as I rememberedthe time when Matt, myyoungest son, would runaround as his made up char-acter “Squirrel-Boy.” Hepulled the waistband of hisshorts up over his shoulders,

arms at his side with handscoming out of the pants legs,and curled his lips above histeeth yelling “nuts!” It is hardto imagine what goes throughthe mind of a middle schoolboy. He had everyone laugh-ing so hard that we couldn’t

speak.I thought

about thetime whenthey rakedthe leaves inthe ya rdinto a hugepile next tothe trampo-

line and “super-jumped” eachother into the pile. Or whenthey would get the dog topull them on the skateboardat what seemed, to a con-cerned parent, like 100 mph.We laughed about the latenight “jam-sessions” whenthey were just learning toplay guitar and drums. Mywife and I should have invest-ed in ear-plugs!

I remembered so many peo-ple telling me how fast those

times would go by. I knewthat they were speaking fromexperience and care, but Imust admit that I quietlythough that I had plenty oftime. I thought about all ofthe experiences that thisyoung father in the restauranthas ahead of him and I wasjealous for those times.

The Bible tells us that lifeis like a vapor. It is here fora little while and then van-ishes away. There are cer-

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Seven Lakes TimesOctober 17, 2014 OPINION

Bound by Grace Rev. Chris Hrabosky

Dear Editor:The Sandhills Woman’s

Exchange, in Pinehurst, is“not dead, yet.”

At the ripe old age of 93,

the historic log cabin con-tinues to offer lunch, Tuesdaythrough Saturday, from11:30 am to 2:00 pm, withthe sales room open from

10:00 am to 3:00 pm.The Exchange will close its

doors in May unless thereis a dramatic change in lunchroom and consignor sales.

As a non-profit organiza-tion, the Sandhills Woman’sExchange continues to facethe issue of a drop in thenumber of volunteers, manyof whom are in their 80’s.

The Exchange is in needof two servers, two cashiersand a salesperson each day.

Shifts are two to two-and-one-half hours. To quote avolunteer, “it is a pleasureto serve as an ambassadorto the Pinehurst area whilemeeting and chatting withvisitors from all over theworld.”

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Dear Editor:The Farley Foundation is

a non-profit 510(c)(3) domes-tic animal rescue organizationwith a mission to reduce,and ultimately eliminate,unnecessary euthanasia ofunwanted, adoptable animalshere in Moore County andelsewhere.

We operate in associationwith the owners of SevenLakes Kennels, located at347 MacDougall Drive inSeven Lakes, who haveagreed to provide use of upto 20 kennels at their board-ing facility (completely seg-regated from their client-

boarders) to help The Foun-dation fulfill its mission. Ourprimary objective will be toprovide temporary and tran-sitional living space at thekennel for animals identifiedfor rescue.

Volunteers from the com-munity are needed for a vari-ety of opportunities whichare available daily from 7 amto 5 pm (in various incre-ments of time) including:kennel maintenance; feeding,playtime, walks and simpleTLC for the animals. We alsoneed volunteers for non-ken-nel functions, such as: adop-tion web sites; social media;

photography; fundraising;veterinary technician time;training; behavioral assess-ment ; l aundry ; andanimal transporting.

We f e e l tha t i f e v enone adoptable animal is euth-anized in this county thenwe, as a community, are fail-ing our moral imperative tosave these helpless animalswho, through fault of theirown, are without a foreverhome and human compan-ionship.

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But this year, voters mustbe extra careful to vote intheir own home precinct.

“It’s not sufficient to simplypull in wherever you see a‘Vote Here’ sign,” MooreCounty Elections DirectorGlenda Clendenin told citi-zens attending a recent can-didates forum. Both thecounty elections website, atmoorecountync.gov, and thestate board of elections web-site, at ncsbe.gov, have linksto voter lookup tools thatcan help citizens find theirproper precinct.

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“But it has to be controlleddebt,” he said. “It doesn’tneed to get out of hand likeit has at the federal level. Ifwe are going to have debt,we need to know where themoney is coming from to payit off.”

Setting the tax rateDaeke said the county’s

tax rate has been set at“about the right level to coverexpenses and put somemoney into reserves.”

“You have to look at thefinancial needs of the countyand the tax base, and setthe tax rate based on thosefactors,” he explained.

The county has a revalu-ation of real property comingup in January, which willhave an as yet unknownimpact on the tax base. Asa real estate appraiser andmember of the Board ofEqualization and Review,Daeke has a unique insightinto property values in thecounty.

“Doing appraisals, I knowthat many values have fallenfrom January 1, 2007 [thedate of the last revaluation]to now,” he said. “There hasbeen some indication that itis rising again, but generally,they have dropped.”

Hopefully, the new tax basewon’t have dropped to thedegree that the county hasto raise the tax rate,” Daekesaid. “I doubt that we willbe able to drop the tax rate— in fact, I would probablyadvise against lowering therate. Lowering the rate some-times looks good, but in thenot to distant future, youmight have to increase it.And even if you raise it back

just to where it was, it upsetsthe people.

“It’s been where it is forseveral years, and, hopefully,we can keep it that way.”

What’s good forall of Moore County

“My strongest feeling is thatwe need to do what is goingto be good for the county —not just the southern end ofthe county, but the northernend as well.”

“I remember when I wasgrowing up,” Daeke recalled.

“The southern end of thecounty was king, and thenorthern end were nobodies.But that’s not right and that’snot the way it should be.They are part of us and weneed to take care of themtoo.”

“I think the current boardhas done one fantastic job.And I think that the two newcommissioners will have achallenge to be able to per-form and contribute at thesame level as the commis-sioners we have now.”


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Another option is just whatthe commissioners have inmind. Because, as Commis-sioner Randy Saundersexplained, in the currentinterest rate environment,the county can borrow short-term money from banks ata far better interest rate thancan be obtained by sellingbonds with a twenty or thirtyyear maturity on the publicmarket.

Moore County votersapproved the sale of morethan $60 million in bondsfor Moore County Schools[MCS] and Sandhills Com-munity College in 2007.Saunders explained that thecounty stills owes about $50million of that total — andwill have to come up withanother $17 million in inter-est before that debt is repaid.Moreover, those bonds can’tbe paid off early in order tosave some of that interest.

“Interest doesn’t buy youanything but time,” Commis-sioner Nick Picerno explained.“That’s it. It doesn’t buy aseat, it doesn’t buy a pencil,it doesn’t get you anythingbut time.”

The school board’s list ofprojects is expected to cost

$110 million. Saunders saidthe County’s financial advi-sors had projected the inter-est cost on the sale of $100million in bonds at currentmarket rates.

“The interest on that wouldbuild your three elementaryschools,” Saunders toldschool board members. Eachnew elementary school isexpected to cost $15.6 mil-lion.

By contrast, the county’sfinancial advisors report thatthe interest rates currentlyoffered by banks would allowthe County to borrow $60million and pay only $2 mil-lion in interest.

“We are probably going tohave to borrow somethingsomewhere,” Saunders said.“But if we do short term bor-rowing, and the county pros-pers, and we continue to findways to cut costs . . . thenwe could pay that debt off.”

Pick two and start buildingSaunders explained that

the Commissioners haveaccumulated a bit more than$20 million in a capitalaccount, recognizing the up-coming need for school con-struction. That is roughlythe price tag for the first twoprojects on the school board’sten item facilities to-do list:adding capacity for an addi-

t ional 400 students atPinecrest High School andanother 260 students atUnion Pines High School.

Even if the schools startedthose projects today, Saun-ders explained, the bills willnot all come due at once,giving the county time toaccumulate more surplus inits capital accounts — or, ifnecessary, to arrange forshort-term borrowing.

“We need flexibility in man-aging our debt,” Saunderssaid. “We are in a positivecash flow position, we are ina great financial situation toborrow money — short term,long term, or not at all.”

Saunders said what thecommissioners need to knowis whether the Pinecrest andUnion Pines projects areindeed the school board’snumber one and two projects,as well as the cash needsand timing for those proj-ects.

“And we’ll worry about proj-ects three, four, and five intwelve to eighteen months,”he said.

“If we prioritize it right, anddo it right, then the moneywon’t all be going into inter-est,” Picerno said. “It willgoing into building the facil-ities that we need.”

Mindful of upcoming elec-tions that will replace at leastone member of the schoolboard and two on the boardof commissioners, chair Kathy

Farren said the school boardwill consider in Decemberwhether the Pinecrest andUnion Pines expansions arein fact their top priorities,relaying that to the commis-sioners for possible actionin January.

Both Picerno and Saundersstressed the need for con-t inued communicat ionbetween the boards, so thatcounty officials have a con-tinual read on the school

board’s projected need forconstruction funding.

Those two commissionershave held planning meetingsin recent weeks with schoolboard members Bruce Cun-ningham and Ben Cameron,along with the top managersof both organizations. Saun-ders said he hoped thosemeetings would continue asthe plan for new and expand-ed school facilities moves for-ward.

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naming of two roads and onconditional use permits fortwo cell towers, a 300-foottower on NC Highway 705in the far northwestern cornerof the county and a 250-foottower on NC Highway 24/27near the Montgomery Countyline.

• Called an October 21public hearing on the coun-ty’s Rural Operating Assis-tance Program applicationfor $184,567 in funding forMoore County TransportationServices [MCTS].

• Approved the grant agree-

ment for $295,370 in fundingfor MCTS under the stateCommunity TransportationProgram.

• Approved project amend-ments that altered the par-ticular grant funds used topay for a waterline extensionat the Moore County Air-port.

• Approved a contractextension with Utility ServiceCompany for renovation ofthe county’s McLean Roadwater tanks.

• Granted a utility ease-ment to the Town of SouthernPines

• Approved a contract withFirstHealth of the Carolinasfor management of the coun-ty’s Wellness Works employeemedical clinic.

• Accepted a $137,000Department of HomelandSecurity grant for a commu-nications trailer that couldbe used, among other things,to substitute for the County’sE-911 center, if it were dis-abled during a natural dis-aster. The trailer will be avail-able for use by public safetydepartments in eleven coun-ties.

• Approved a realignment

of fire insurance districts toreflect coverage provided bythe new Glendon CarthageRoad fire and EMS station.Currently, homes in the areahave a fire protection ratingof 10 for fire insurance pur-poses. Fire Marshal Ken Skip-per explained that the ratingfor homes within five milesof the new station will dropto a 6, which should improvefire insurance rates. Homesoutside that area will be ratedat 9.

•Approved the rules of pro-cedure for a new advisoryFire Commission that willadvise the commissioners onbudget, training, standards,and recruitment for fire andEMS services. Public SafetyDirector Bryan Phillips saidhe hopes to have all membersof the commission appointedby November 4, so the panelcan participate in the FY2016 budget process.

• Voted to move the firstcommissioners’ meeting in

November to Monday, Novem-ber 3, in order to avoid hold-ing the meeting on ElectionDay.

• Approved a resolutionestablishing a corridor plan-ning initiative for NC Highway211 from West End to Pine-hurst and appointed PlanningBoard member Robert Hayterto serve on that panel.

• Appointed Brenda Picklerto the Nursing and AdultCare Home Community Advi-sory Committee.

• Appointed alternate mem-ber John Monroe to a fullmember position on the Vol-untary Agricultural DistrictBoard.

• Heard from Commission-er Picerno that the nationaldebt totaled $17,749,821,000as of September 18. “Tonightin two [federal] grants thatwe approved, we spent$373,000, and we are bor-rowing every penny of it,” hesaid.

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Lakeway to SmathersBefore the FDR machine

begins its trek up Longleaf,a contractor will removeabout one foot of asphaltfrom each of the eleven paveddriveways along the route.Because most Westside roadshave a sixty-foot right-of-way, the first eighteen feetor so of most driveways actu-ally lie on Association com-mon property.

Once driveway preparationsare complete , the FDRmachine will begin at theLakeway Drive intersectionand proceed slowly up Lon-gleaf Drive for 5610 feet —about 200 feet past the inter-section at Smathers Drive.That’s as far as this year’sbudget al lows, Opdykeexplained. The machine will

then turn around and eatits way back to Lakeway.

In both cases, the oppositetraffic lane will remain open,so that vehicles may pass,though some delays are tobe expected and patience willbe required. The compactedroad base can be driven onfor a limited period of time,Opdyke said.

Year 2 of a six-year planOpdyke told The Times that

the upcoming paving projectrepresents Year 2 of a six-year project that is projectedto cos t approx imate l y$250,000.

Year 1 was devoted to aplanning process that includ-ed a detailed engineeringanalysis of the entire SevenLakes West road network,providing detailed guidance

on what sort of repaving orrepairs are needed on eachsection of each street.

The plan for next year callsfor 1.4 miles of repaving. Thesection of Lakeway fromSmathers to Golf South Drive,near Beacon Ridge CountryClub will be repaved, as willa section on either side ofits intersection with GatewayDrive, near the back gate.

Subsequent years of theproject will include morework on Longleaf, as well asinternal streets. In somecases, the FDR process willbe used; in others, newasphalt may be laid overexisiting pavement.

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the fence fails, and the horsesget out, they are no longerthinking — they are reacting.Rails on the current fencefall daily. When a rail falls,it takes the electric wire withit. The fence used to be taller,years ago. But it’s been therethirty years, and much of itis no longer repairable.”

“Put an interior fence justinside,” Duggan recommend-ed. “People are most likelygoing to be able to see it.But it will protect a horsefrom being struck by a caror a kid getting trampled.We are looking at what’s saferfor our community and hors-es. We have the responsibilityof taking care of them.”

Racine reported that a railalong Seven Lakes Drive hadfallen twice in four days. Sev-eral SLLA members in theaudience suggested usingfewer electric fence posts andspreading them out to savemoney.

SLLA Director Bill Hirschagreed with Leach that theproposed fence should bechanneled appropriately.

“I think it should be anabsolute consistent policythat what the board acts onshould go through the sameprocess as any project thatgoes through — and thereshould be no exceptions. Itis just proper way to do it.The ARB is meeting thisThursday; we can put it onthe docket then.”

SLLA Board Director SandySackman recommended

expediting the process. “Ithink it is important to beginto look at this and addressit before an accident or some-one is hurt.”

The ARB meets on Thurs-day and the Facilities Com-mittee meets on Friday.Hirsch said there would beenough time to discuss thefencing. The board voted tomove it to the open meetingwith Leach opposed.

In times of urgencyIn other business board

members discussed a bylawsamendment recommendedby the Association’s attorneythat would permit the Boardof Directors to take actionwithout a meeting, votinginstead vote by email or USMail or other written means,for matters that would requireimmediate or urgent action.

The bylaws in effect priorto a recent rewrite allowedfor email votes for emergen-cies.

President Racine said anyprovision for voting outsideof a meeting would have tobe worded correctly to avoid

misuse. “What we had in the past

was people meeting in secret,”he said. “We don’t want togo down that road again.There are no strict rules onwhat would be considerednecessary or urgent.”

“Everyone here under-stands and is committed toa transparent process,” Direc-tor Steve Ritter said. “Butwe would not be responsive,if we couldn’t take immediateaction under safety kinds ofissues.”

Director Leach suggestedthat such voting be allowedonly when “the health, safetyand welfare of the commu-nity” is at stake.

Director Hirsch suggested:“ immediate and urgentaction.”

The board voted to movethe item to the open meetingwith the modified wording.

Underwater GrazingThe Lakes and Dam Com-

mittee recommended thatthe SLLA renew its contractwith Foster Lake Service,which includes continued

water testing and analysis,monitoring for the exotic andnoxious water weed hydrilla,and introducing an additional150 sterile grass carp to con-trol underwater plant growth.

The annual cost of moni-toring the lakes is more than$18,000.

“Three years ago, we decid-ed to go with a company toconduct a baseline study anddetermine the condition ofour lakes,” Director Leachsaid.

“For years and years ourlake water has looked excel-lent and still does. Last year,Director Rich Faraci, whowas over Lakes and Dams,recommended we do it onemore year to make sure wehave everything in place. Thecontract has expired hereagain. We have spent $54,000in three years to monitor ourlakes — and to control veg-etation. I think it is overboard,and we could save consid-

erable funds if we had it mon-itored every three to fiveyears.”

Several Lakes and DamsCommittee members in theaudience spoke up to defendtheir recommendation.

“Hydrilla was one word thatwas unrecognized by ourmaintenance crew before they[Foster] came here,” DonFentzlaff said. “Hydrilla issomething you don’t evenwant to get involved in —talk about expense. Once ittakes hold it is almost impos-sible to stop. You can’t erad-icate it. It is horrible stuff.”

Leach asked if anyone knewof other companies that offerthe same service at lowercost. He also asked whetherit was necessary to have thelakes checked eight times ayear, as called for in theagreement with Foster.

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boats can contaminate a lakewith hydrilla.

“What you are saying is,in a year, the stuff could real-l y come back w i th avengeance,” Ritter noted.

A number of Moore CountyLakes have been infestedwith hydrilla.

“Lake P inehurs t hadhydrilla, and it cost hundredsof thousands of dollars, andthey had to drain the wholelake to get rid of it,” Hirschsaid. “This is probably someof the smarter money thatwe spend. The lakes are suchan important part of our com-munity.”

The board voted to moveit to the open meeting withLeach opposed.

GroundedThe Judicial Committee

reported that the lack of acommunity boat storage hasled to an increase in theimproper storage of boatsand trailers in front drive-ways.

“We have land on the sideof the existing boat storagearea,” Racine said. “I wouldlike to get a consensus onexploring the possibility ofexpanding so that peoplehave a place to store theirboats.”

The board ag reed t oresearch the issue.

Other businessIn other business during

the Monday, October 13 SLLAWork Session:

• The Board will vote ontwo proposed events at theOctober open meeting: acharity run in November andthe 2015 Open Water Raceon June 4 – 7, 2015.

• Manager Sohl reportedthat bids have been solicitedfor landscaping services,adding that the current land-scaping contractor has pro-vided prompt and efficientservice. During the Novemberwork session, the board willdiscuss the pros and consof in-house maintenance ver-sus contracting services out.

• Director Leach reportedthat $3,800 in upgrades tothe North and South mail-houses could result in elec-trical energy savings.

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111 LONGLEAF DRIVE3 BR / 2 BA$199,000

116 EAST DEVONSHIRE3BR/2BA - Golf Front

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117 SANDHAM CT3 BR / 2 BA Townhouse

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119 WINSFORD CIRCLE3BR/2BA$135,000

177 FIRETREE LANELake Sequoia Waterfront

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154 E DEVONSHIREGolf Front$139,000

106 DOGWOOD LN3BR/2BA Move In Ready

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115 SHAGBARK CT3BR/2 BA Townhouse

$124,900

101 ROLLING HILL CT4BR/2.5 BA Family Home

$189,900

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