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O’Geary addresses countywide water talks By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer
Mayor Pete O’Geary at the start of Monday evening’s City Council meeting read a prepared statement saying that he felt compelled to respond to remarks that the city is not working fairly with Vance County for the sale of water for the proposed countywide water system. O’Geary said that there have been many comments made in the local media
Evans against privatized trash pickup By WILLIAM F. WEST
Daily Dispatch Writer City Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans proclaimed her opposition to privatizing the municipal sanitation service, saying, “I’m just not buying it.” Evans, playing on an old adage in saying, “If isn’t broke, we don’t need to try to fix it,” believes what Henderson has is better than what the city would get from Waste Industries, which was the lone company to submit a proposal for the collection of household garbage and recyclables. And Evans said that, according to the customers she has heard from, they are satisfied with the service provided by the city and that she believes the city is thinking about a few dollars over sanitation employees. Please see TRASH, page 3A
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Deaths Henderson Anthony Bullock, 53 Larry P. Reavis Essie H. Walker, 88 Manson Anna C. Ayscue Norlina William H. Green, 72 Orange Park, Fla. Rebecca D. Newton, 68 Oxford William M. Huffaker Sr., 59 Grant Peace Sr., 103 Willie M. Pruitt Allie Smith, 77
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Mayor says city is working with, not taking advantage of, Vance County via letters to the editor and in conversations in the city. “Normally, I do not publicly address such comments; however, for the sake of transparency and good intergovernmental cooperation, I feel that I must do so now,” said O’Geary, who was elected Henderson’s chief execu-
tive in October 2007. County voters in May 2008 narrowly approved going to a countywide water system. Henderson, Oxford and Warren County are partners in the Kerr Lake Regional Water System, with Franklin County being a customer of Henderson.
O’Geary, in his statement, said that, first, Henderson is very supportive of Vance County’s efforts to build a countywide water system and that development of this type of infrastructure can only help the county and the city move forward in the future. Secondly “and quite
importantly,” the city has never once and will not tie countywide zoning to the sale of water, O’Geary said. “Both are important issues and both are separate issues that must stand on their own merits,” O’Geary said. Thirdly “and equally important,” the city is not trying to “hold up” the county on how much it must pay for water, O’Geary said. Please see O’GEARY, page 3A
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Vance board updated on new school By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer
Besides approving final interior colors for the new elementary school Monday night, the Vance County Board of Education also got a construction update on the facility. The various hues that were chosen were for Building 200, which will house the second and third grades, and for Building 300, which will be for the fourth and fifth grades. As of two weeks ago, the overall project was 50 percent complete, according to Brad Williams, a representative of Hite Associates, a Greenville architectural firm. He said the school should be finished in June of 2011, and ready to open for business two months later. Williams gave the board this progression list: • Site Work — 90 perDaily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE cent completed within the next three to four weeks. Waffle House opened Oct. 29 at the corner of Ruin Creek Road and Tiny Broadwick Boulevard. • Roof — 85 percent finished. • Structural Steel — At 95 percent. • Masonry — 50 percent complete. • Underground Infrastructure On Site — At 95 percent for plumbing, electrical and mechanical work. Paving of drives and restaurant hasn’t forgotview, in between customwas a treat for their dog, By DAVID IRVINE parking lots should begin ten its origins. In addition ers Rhone told The Daily who “eats human food.” Daily Dispatch Writer this week, Williams said. to the standard waffle, a Dispatch that business has This was their first visit Steve Janowski, a civil been good since the restau- to the new Waffle House. Waffles! They’re not just customer can order a butengineer working for Hite termilk waffle or a waffle rant opened on Oct. 29. “Very good,” was their for breakfast anymore. Associates, gave the board The number of diners at 2 evaluation. Henderson’s new Waffle with pecans, chocolate chips, blueberries or in the afternoon seemed to The Waffle House chain a rundown on the site House features waffles work, which will leave strawberries. confirm her assessment. began with a single reson the lunch and dinner room for the proposed Located at the intersecKimberly Smith of taurant in Avondale, Ga., menu, as well as on the middle school to be built at tion of Ruin Creek Road and Oxford sat at the counter in 1955. Today, there are breakfast menu. But the a later date. Tiny Broadwick Boulevard, early in the afternoon. She more than 1,600 restaulunch and dinner menu The redistricting plan told the Dispatch that she rants in 25 states. Waffle also lists wraps, sandwich- the restaurant advertises being developed for the 14 meals under $5. It is likes breakfast any time of House restaurants are es, burgers, chili, soups Clark Street, L.B. Yancey, the first of two Henderson day. She had ordered two open 24 hours a day, 365 and steaks. Kids’ items Aycock and Zeb Vance elelocations; the other is under breakfasts for herself and days a year. are listed on a separate mentary school populations construction on Andrews her husband to eat at home. The company estimates section of the menu. For should be presented to the Avenue near I-85. She said she loves the food that in 50-plus years it has full board for adoption at more formal meals, the Rochelle Rhone is the and the atmosphere. served almost 500 million the December or January menu offers full dinners meeting, according to Ruth unit manager for the local “The people are nice,” waffles and more than a and desserts. Waffle House, which is Smith said. “They make million orders of hashbrown Hartness, chairwoman of But back to the breakthe Building and Grounds operated by the parent com- you want to come back.” potatoes, washed down fast menu. Waffles take a Committee. pany. She worked for five Charles and Marie with a million cups of coffee. prominent spot, of course. During the committee’s years at the Youngsville Floyd of Henderson left Henderson diners can now But a diner can also order Oct. 29 meeting, Hartness Waffle House before being with a plastic container, add to those totals. eggs, bacon or sausage, said Monday, the members tapped to open the new the modern equivalent of a grits or hashbrowns, and discussed “building utilizarestaurant in Henderson. “doggie bag.” They told the Contact the writer at dirvine@ toast. tion.” hendersondispatch.com. Too busy for an interDispatch that it literally For waffle lovers, the She explained that the purpose was to build a student population at the new elementary school, while leaving room for growth at The readings, which considered carcinogenic, officials to coordinate to By WILLIAM F. WEST each of the schools in the were taken last month, with problems with TTHM flush water lines to help Daily Dispatch Writer southern district. were as follows: levels resulting when manage the TTHM levels. Posting of maps in the • For the water leaving disinfectants react with The need for circulating The Kerr Lake Regional schools that are involved the plant off Flemingtown natural organic matter in the water is important Water System Advisory should be done in NovemRoad in northeastern the water. Temperatures because when disinfecBoard met for approxiber, according to Hartness. Vance County: .021. additionally play a large tants react to the natural mately 30 minutes on She said other work to • At Oxford Booster part, with the TTHM read- organic matter, TTHM Monday, with most of the be carried out includes ings being higher in the levels will increase. session focusing on discus- Station No. 1, located off collecting feedback and adU.S. 158 Bypass: .03. summer. And Lipscomb emphasion of efforts to keep the dressing concerns. • At Oxford Booster Oxford City Manager sized she does not run the system in compliance with Also Monday night, the Station No. 2, located off Mark Donham expressed distribution system and safe water drinking laws. board voted to follow the Dabney Road: .04. concern because he said does not want to tread Christy Lipscomb, the committee’s recommen• For Warren County: his city’s last three or four over those officials. water plant’s manager, dation not to rent school samples taken from his “They’re going to have gave the most recent read- .02. facilities out to the public • For Franklin County: city’s water lines showed to handle that,” Lipscomb during the holidays so out of Trihalomethane .048. TTHM readings above the said. “All I can do is kind (TTHM) levels. The limit the custodial personnel The Kerr Lake Reregulation. of guide in what needs to is .08 parts per billion to can spend time with their gional Water System is Lipscomb went into be done to help with these families. assure that those who are required by laws to collect detail about what is belevels.” drinking water are not at ing done, emphasizing risk for contamination and samples in the distribuPlease see KLRWS, page 3A Contact the writer at awhetion network. TTHMs are the need for distribution health problems. less@hendersondispatch.com.
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