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by Greg HankinsTimes Editor

Seven Lakes West will renewits community management con-tract with Community ServicesAssociation, Inc. [CAS] for oneyear, the Board of Directorsdecided in a Tuesday, October 20Work Session.

That's a year less than theHuman Resources Committeerecommended. Speaking for theCommittee, former Seven LakesWest Landowners Association[SLWLA] President Mary AnneFewkes said a two-year exten-sion was the "most reasonable"for both CAS and the Association,and would also allow the com-

munity to take advantage of a dis-count in the second year.

But a motion in support ofthat recommendation, offeredby Director Mick Herdrich failedwith only Herdrich, PresidentRon Shepard, and SecretaryEd Tuton in favor.

Legal Director Ed Silberhornthen offered a motion for a one-year renewal that would includeyet-to-be-negotiated perform-ance incentives. That motionwas approved seven-to-one withonly Herdrich opposed (Trea-surer Kathy Kirst was unable toattend the latter half of the meet-ing and so did not vote on either

Westside willre-up with CAS

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Memories of Vietnam

Foxfire’s Wayne Chalker with some young Montagnard friends at an orphange in Vietnam.Avideo of Chalker’s most recent trip will be featured at the Vietnam Veterans of AmericaChapter 966 meeting at the West Side Park Community Center on November 2.See page 12for more on Chalker, the orphans, and the meeting,which is open to the public.

Tuesday, November 3 is Election Day, butthe ballot this time is filled with municipal can-didates rather than county, state, or federalraces.

Foxfire Village will elect three members — amajority — of its Council. Current membersPage Coker, Leslie Frusco, and Vic Koos are run-ning unopposed for those seats.

The Landowners Associations in Seven Lakes

won’t hold elections until March, but nominatingcommittees on both sides of NC 211 are beat-ing the bushes for candidates. Each side has threeseats to fill. None of the three Westside incum-bents plans to stand for re-election.

See page 30 for more information on theWestside’s need for candidates and page 24 fora column from current Westside Director AdamWimberly on the subject.

Elections and nominations

by Laura DouglassTimes Reporter

There are no plans to use avote of the landowners to selectthe individual or company whowill replace retiring Seven LakesLandowners Association [SLLA]Community Manager DaltonFulcher.

Hir ing a manager is theBoard's responsibility, SLLAPresident Randy Zielsdorf said,as he opened a question andanswer period on the topic dur-ing the Association's Wednesday,October 28 Open Meeting.

“We are a private entity — aprivate business. You vote forthe Board, and we then, throughcovenants and bylaws, have aframework to operate under,”he said. “Unless you have satthrough the hours of discussionbetween individuals and man-agement, you would not be ableto make an informed decision.”

Zielsdorf said four dozenresumes were received fromindividuals and that two of the topcandidates — including ChadBeane — have been interviewed,

No vote plannedon SLLA Manager

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Westside Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . 2County Commissioners . . . 4, 7, 8Pine Forest PUD. . . . . . . . . . . . 6Lake Auman Sports Club . . . . . 9

New Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Gardening in the Sandhills . . . 17What’s When . . . . . . . . . . . 18,19

Laura’s Learning Curve . . . . . 24Mason’s Musings . . . . . . . . . . 24Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,35

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Seven Lakes West is almostdone with an extensive revisionof its rules and regulations, LegalDirector Ed Silberhorn report-ed during the Seven Lakes WestLandowners Association's[SLWLA] Tuesday, October 27General Meeting.A final vote isexpected during the Board'sWork Session on November 10.

One recent change to therules, approved by the Board atits October Work Session, raninto some resistance at Tues-day night's meeting. The Boardincreased the amount of time aresident may have a boat parkedat his or her property from 72 to96 hours in any 30-day period.That effectively gives folks whodon't live on the lake or have aboat slip the opportunity to havetheir boat at home one day eachweek, Silberhorn explained.

Former Board member BettyMilligan, during the public com-ment period, asked whether thiswasn't another instance of therules being relaxed, somethingshe cited as a continual problemfrom one Board to the next.Director Adam Wimberley, whorecommended the change,explained that the new rule actu-

ally tightens a much less restric-tive policy that has been on thebooks for years.That rule allowsa resident to have a boat parkedat his or her property for nomore than 72 consecutive hours.Abusers can leave their boat inthe drive for three days, move itfor a day, and then put it rightback where it was.The new rule

limits boat parking to four daysin any month.

Wimberly said the Associa-tion must be careful to be atten-tive to the needs of all its resi-dents, including those who wantto enjoy the lake but are unableto secure a boat slip.

"There are a lot of people wholive in community who don't liveon the water," Wimberly said."They need access.We live in acommunity with a lake. I under-stand that some folks don't liketo see a boat parked in theirneighbor's driveway. If we livedin an equestrian a community, itwould be horses. It is progress— this community has grown. Ithas to be something that wecan be sensitive to. We have tofind alternatives for these folks."

Wimberly noted that he, asthe Director responsible for com-

pliance, is very much in favorof rules enforcement, but alsounderstand that rules must becrafted in such a way as to meetthe needs of all landowners.

Silberhorn added that a newsection in the rules — Section 8— will create an enforcementprocess that allows the Asso-ciation to simply issue tickets

for obvious, non-con-testable violations ofcer tain rules. Thisshould prove to bemuch more efficientthan the series of com-pliance letters the Asso-ciation now sends out.

Other revisions tothe rules approved during theOctober work session includedmaking the 10 mph speed limitfor boats after dusk consistentacross all rules and limiting thenumber of decibels boats areallowed to produce. Silberhornsaid the revised rules are avail-able on the website and at theSLWLA Office for review bymembers.

President's reportPres ident Ron Shepard

announced that the Westside'sfirst Automated External Defib-rillator [AED] has been deliv-ered and will ultimately be hung

near the entrance door to thelower level of the CommunityCenter. Residents are encour-aged to sign up of the two-to-three hour training session on thedevice. Sign-up sheets are avail-able in the SLWLA Office.

Shepherd also encouragedresidents to make their emailaddresses known to the office sothat they can be put on a list toreceive the Association newslet-ter via email.The newsletter hasalways been available on thewebsite, Shepard noted, andwill continue to be publishedthere. Adding email distributionas an option should mean fewer

paper copies need to be madecutting down on photocopyingexpense.

Treasurer's reportThe Finance Committee, hav-

ing received input from the Boardmembers and the Long RangePlanning committee, will soonmeet to begin assembling itsfirst draft of a FY 2010-2011budget, Treasurer Kathy Kirstreported. Kirst said the group"will kind of work backwards,"determining what funding lev-els are needed for operations andcapital projects and then deter-

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There is a simple solution.

We, the undersigned residents of Seven Lakes North and South, respectfully requestthat the SLLA Board of Directors allow all 1200 households in our community theopportunity to cast a ballot for the candidate of their choice in the race for our nextCommunity Manager.

This ballot should include both the name of the management company, as chosen bythe Board, and the name of our longtime Assistant Community Manager Chad Beane.

This way, all Property Owners who choose to vote will have a voice in electing ournext Community Manager.

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There's no water crisis inMoore County, Public Utilitiesis actively pursuing a wide rangeof improvements to the waterand wastewater systems it man-ages, and many if not most ofthose improvements will bene-fit rate-payers in Pinehurst.

That was the takeaway from apresentation given by Public Util-ities Director Dennis Brobst dur-ing the Monday, October 19meeting of the Moore CountyBoard of Commissioners.

County officials have chafedunder recent criticism from theVillage of Pinehurst, which ispursuing its own water initia-tives while suggesting the coun-ty is dragging its feet on publicworks projects in the village.

Brobst's presentation — andthe sometimes rhetorical ques-tions Commissioners asked after-wards — seemed designed tocounter Pinehurst's sniping.

Plenty of water"We do not have a water cri-

sis in Moore County?" Chair-man Nick Picerno asked Brob-

st. "No sir. Not right now," Brob-st replied.

In fact, drawing on a variety ofwater resources, the county sys-tem that serves Pinehurst andSeven Lakes can produce upto 5.66 million gallons of waterper day, Brobst reported. Thecustomers of that system usean average of 2.25 million gallonsper day, though usage goes wellabove that average during thesummer irrigation season.

The all-time record water usagein the Pinehurst-Seven Lakessystem was 4.2 million gallonsper day [mgpd] — 1.4 millionless that the system can cur-rently provide.

Brobst provided a breakdownof water sources the systemdraws on, which include:• 2.8 mgpd from wells in Pine-

hurst• 0.75 mgpd purchased from

Southern Pines• 1.0 mgpd purchased from

Aberdeen• 1.1 mgpd from the East Moore

Water District, purchased fromthe Harnett County water sys-tem.That last 1.1 mgpd is carried

through a connection with theEast Moore Water District com-pleted earlier this year.

Despite a comfortable cushion,the county continues to pursueadditional sources of water andregional water alliances, Brobstsaid, and is currently in discus-sions or negotiations with Mont-gomery County, Aberdeen,Southern Pines, Laurinburg,Carthage, Robbins, and Har-nett County. Conversations areunderway with Cameron con-cerning a connection to theCounty system that would pro-vide that town with additionalsupply in case of emergencies.

New sources of water that thecounty is actively pursuinginclude:• 475,200 gpd from bringing

existing wells 5a and 9 backinto service.

• 500,000 gpd from a proposedconnection with the Mont-gomery County system that willbring water from Candor toSeven Lakes.

• 122,400 from new well 6a,

drilled to replace an existingwell that is out of service.

• 129,600 from new well 23.• 115,220 from new well 3a,

another replacement of anaging well that has been takenout of service.Those projects combined

would add an additional 1.34million gallons per day to theMoore County supply.

"A lot of irons in the fire"Brobst laid out for the Board a

long list of capital projects —from a new water tank to radio-read water meters — that are inthe works or on the drawingboard for 2009 and 2010.

Among the big-ticket itemsare:• $3.8 million - Lake Pinehurst

Sewer Lift Station Replace-ment (Bobst noted this wasnow projected to cost $3.3million).

• $5.5 million - Sewer Rehabin Old Town Pinehurst.

• $1.8 million - New PinehurstElevated Tank

• $695,000 - Three new wells inPinehurst

• $2.75 million - Interconnec-tion with Montgomery Coun-ty water system

• $1.04 million - Complete Instal-lation of Radio Read Meters.

• $4.2 million - Little RiverRegional Lift Station (con-necting the Vass sewer systemto the county's treatment plantin Addor.Altogether, the 2009-2010 cap-

ital projects total more than $22million.

Problems withPinehurst Approvals

Brobst said a couple of projectshave been held up awaitingapprovals from the Village ofPinehurst.The project involvingWells 5a and 9 involved drillinga new Well 5a with the goal ofcombining its output with waterfrom Well 9 to reach radium con-centration levels within safe lim-its. The project requires a smallwater treatment facility — essen-


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By offering an alternate trafficplan, developer Bob Hansen ofMHK Ventures, LLC respondedquickly to a key point of con-tention with neighbors of theproposed Pine Forest Develop-ment, a 1,799-acre major sub-division and resort that will belocated along the busy NC High-way 211 corridor.

On Thursday, October 15,Hansen conducted a secondNeighborhood Meeting on theproject and presented a modifiedtraffic circulation plan that com-pletely eliminated a public accessroad in his original proposal thatwould have connected ArchieRoad to NC Highway 73.

A verbal poll of the crowdshowed majority support for themodified plan, which Hansensaid he would present to theMoore County Planning Board forreview on November 5.

However, despite the devel-oper’s best intentions, there is nosign the existing traffic problemson Archie Road will be solved

anytime soon.Residents of this once-quiet,

no-outlet street, located midwaybetween Pinehurst and WestEnd, face complete gridlocktwice each school day whenWest Pine Middle School fillsin the morning and empties in theafternoon.

Commuters on NC-211 arealso affected, with traffic backingup a quarter a mile or more dur-ing these same periods. Andthe new 500-student West PineElementary School under con-struction immediately behindWest Pine Middle will likelyincrease traffic congestion.

The NC-211 road wideningproject proposed by the NorthCarolina State TransportationImprovement Plan has beendelayed — twice — and is nowexpected to commence in 2012.

Hansen’s modified Pine ForestDevelopment plan calls for anew traffic l ight and mainentrance on NC-211 approxi-mately one-quarter mile westof Archie Road.This entrance willprovide access to a proposed

retail area as well as Pine For-est’s resort and gated commu-nities.

With the public access roadremoved from the plan, a pri-vate interior road would nowprovide access to a proposed ter-tiary wastewater treatment plantthat will serve both Pine Forestand the Dormie Club, anothermajor project currently underdevelopment by Hansen.

The Master Plan includes arezoning request for 1,623 acresto Planned Unit Development-Hamlet [PUD-H] with a com-bined maximum density of 890total units, including hotel roomsand private residences. With nomore than 300 hotel rooms, theresort will also feature a spa,conference center, and fitnesscenter. Each of the two plannedgolf courses would have its ownclubhouse. In addition to theretail center proposed along NC-211, a small "farmers'-market-style" retail area is proposed atthe NC-73 entrance.

Projected by Hansen to cost$60 to $80 million “just to get

started,” Pine Forest will be bro-ken into two individual gatedcommunities that will shareamenities, design characteristics,and infrastructure. One of thosegated areas, the "resort" com-munity includes the retail areaand hotel, with eighteen andnine-hole golf courses.The sec-ond gated community will belocated north of Nick’s Creekand will also feature an eighteen-hole golf course.

Water for the project is expect-ed to come from MontgomeryCounty, based on a yet-to-be-negotiated agreement betweenMoore and Montgomery Coun-

ties. Hansen has offered to payup to $3 million to bring thatwater from Candor.

However, Hansen said his firststep, will be constructing theon-site wastewater plant. Thatplant will initially take 350,000 to500,000 gallons of wastewaterfrom the county's existing system,so that the treated effluent canbe used to irrigate the DormieClub. Once Pine Forest comeson line — a larger developmentwith more acreage — the waste-water treatment plant would beable to remove and treat an esti-mated 640,000 gallons per dayof county wastewater.


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The Moore County Board ofCommissioners, in a three-to-two vote, approved the designdevelopment plans for the newpublic safety building and jail indowntown Carthage during theirMonday, October 19 meeting.

Chief Deputy Neil Godfreytold the Commissioners that theMajor Capital Projects Task Forcehad met earlier in the day anapproved the design. He addedthat Sheriff Lane Carter, whocould not attend the Commis-sioners' meeting, was "very sat-isfied with these plans and wouldurge you to move forward withthis project.”

Commissioners Tim Lea andCindy Morgan voted against themotion to approve.

Architect Glenn Ware walkedthe Board through the basic out-lines of the plan, which envi-sions a three-story, 60,000 squarefoot public safety building with anentrance off McNeill Street.Thenew jail, at just over 60,000square feet, will sit back and tothe right of the public safetybuilding and adjoin the current jail.

The building's design will echothe historic buildings in Carthage,with a predominance of red brickaccented with white cast stone.The public safety building hasplenty of windows; the jail insteadhas depressions in the facadethat echo the fell of windows inthe other structure.

The two structures are con-nected by a one-story structurethat will house services for thedetention center, including cafe-teria and laundry. Though the

new jail is designed to house192 inmates, the service area isbeing built large enough to servea jail of up to 500 inmates, allow-ing for future expansion.

Initially, the entire inmate pop-ulation will be housed in thenew detention center, while theexisting jail is renovated. Oncethat work is complete the exisit-ing jail will be used to house upto 68 detainees, likely women.

The public safety building,service building, and jail togeth-er will total 140,000 square feet.

Ware said the structures willlikely take 20 or 21 months tobuild.

Godfrey said the existing jailwas built to house 100 inmatesbut had 160 in residence a weekearlier, though that number hadsubsequently shrunk. Commis-sioner Tim Lea noted that, if thenumber of inmates housed werecombined with those on housearrest, day reporting, and otherprograms, the total would amount220 or more — more than thecapacity of the new jail.

"In managing the inmate pop-ulation, you'd still want to getthese people out even if youhad bed space because of otherissues," Godfrey said.

"We are potentially buildingsomething that, in a very shortperiod of time . . . we may needto start building that second podas soon as we complete the firstphase," Lea said, referring tothe potential to build a seconddetention center unit that couldalso house 192 inmates.

"That's possible," Godfrey said."It took us 200 years to get to

where we are today . . . we've had

no more than 110 beds in the 200year history of this county, Com-missioner Caddell said, coun-tering Lea's point. "And thenwe're going to project over thenext 40 years that it's going to goto 600,700 beds is too much toeven fathom."

Bank AccountShift Approved

Taking up the issue for thirdtime, the Board unanimouslyapproved moving its generalbanking business from BB&T,which has serviced the accountfor many years, to Bank of Amer-ica.

A Finance Department com-mittee had recommended aswitch to RBC Centura, whichhas an office in Carthage. Bankof America has offices in South-ern Pines and Pinehurst.

But Bank of American offeredsubstantially higher interest rateson funds deposited by the coun-ty — one-half of one percentversus less than two-tenths ofone percent offered by RBCCentura. That interest rate dif-ferent could mean more than$60,000 in additional interestincome each year for the coun-ty.

The Commissioners foundthat prospect hard to resist and

unanimously approved a motionauthorizing financial services tonegotiate a banking service con-tract with Bank of America.

Other BusinessIn other business during their

October 19 meeting, the Boardof Commissioners:

• Approved RB-Rural Busi-ness zoning for the site of theRobbins Friendly Mart, which

had been de-annexed by theTown of Carthage and thus need-ed to be added to the County'szoning map.

• Approved a number of textamendments to regarding horsefarms and RE-Rural EquestrianZoning District.

• Considered an arrangementwith the Cattleman’s Assocaitionthat will allow residents to rent acounty-owned aerator.

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The bursting of the housingbubble may have slowed thegrowth of Moore County homeprices so much that it no longermakes sense to proceed witha planned 2011 property taxrevaluation. That was the mes-sage members of the MooreCounty Board of Commissionerstook away from a presentation byTax Administrator Wayne Vestduring their Thursday, October 15Work Session.

Vest explained that prelimi-nary work his department hasdone on a revaluation sched-uled for 2011 shows that, if any-thing, real estate values in thecounty may have declined slight-ly over the past year. In addition,the much lower number of realestate transactions could com-plicate the process of putting avalue on each of the nearly70,000 pieces of real property inthe county.

Distributing the burdenVest told the Board that the ulti-

mate purpose of a revaluation isto equitably distribute the prop-erty tax burden. Because prop-erty values rise more quickly insome neighborhoods than inothers, it is necessary to peri-

odically adjust the assessed val-ues on which taxes are based,so that they accurately reflectactual market values.

In North Carolina, the normalperiod of time between revalu-ations is eight years, but Boardsof Commissioners have the dis-cretion to shorten that.

Moore County's last eight-year revaluation took effect in2003, Vest said, and it producedconsiderable "sticker shock"among county property owners.The average inc rease inassessed value was 46.7 percent;but some homeowners sawincrease of 100 percent, or evenmore.

A rise in assessed value does-n't necessarily mean a propor-tionate tax increase, becauseBoards of Commissioners oftenlower the tax rate in a revaluationyear in order to produce a "rev-enue-neutral" result.The MooreCounty Commissioners in fact cutthe general tax rate by sevencents per hundred dollars of val-uation in 2003.

Conducting revaluations morefrequently can help avoid bigjumps in assessed home val-ues. With that in mind, MooreCounty moved to a four-yearcycle and conducted a new reval-uation in 2007. But, again, there

were substantial increases invaluations and more "stickershock." The average propertyvalue increased by 37 percent,and, some homeowners sawtheir assessed values more thandouble.

In January 2008, the Com-missioners decided to stick withthe four-year revaluation cycle,which would make the next reval-uation effective in 2011.

Slowdown inthe real estate market

But, since that decision wasmade, the US has experienceda recession, a severe creditcrunch, rising unemployment,and a near collapse in the hous-ing market.

Looking at the local impact ofthose economic difficulties, Vestsaid the number of deeds record-ed so far in 2009 is only 47.5 per-cent of the number recordedduring the same period in 2005— 2,353 vs. 4,943. Only 593existing homes were sold in thecounty during the first eightmonths of 2009, with most ofthose clustered in the bottomhalf of the price range.

"It's the higher value proper-ties that aren't selling," Vest said"The market is precarious rightnow. There is a possibility that

property values could go down."Homes are on the market for

an average of 155 days, ratherthan 125 days in 2006, he noted.

Vest said his department hadcompleted a variety of tasks inpreparation for the 2011 revalu-ation, including an analysis of2008 and 2009 residential realestate sales. They comparedthe current tax value of the prop-erties that sold to the price theyactually sold for, and found thatthe average property sold forthree or four percent less than itsassessed value. Looking at theproperties currently listed forsale in the county — about 2,000

in all — provided no indicationthat values would rise betweennow and 2011.

An analysis of commercialreal estate sales showed sellingprices running about five per-cent below assessed value.Vestexplained that the value of com-mercial proper ties is oftenassessed based on estimates ofthe rental income they can pro-duce; and, currently, shoppingcenters, office parks, and othercommercial properties have high-er vacancy rates, lower rents,and are producing less incomethan in the recent past.


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The Lake Auman Sports Club2009 “Fall Bite” Bass Tourna-ment was held on Lake Aumanon Saturday, September 26.

Twenty-one anglers competedin a four hour catch and releaseevent with prizes awarded forheaviest total weights for theday and largest bass caught

during the event.On a day that proved to be

very slow fishing, half the anglersdid manage to bring fish to theweigh-in.

Top honors went to DickDeVoss with a three bass limitthat weighed a total of 7 pounds8 ounces. In second place, on the

leader board was Tom Baldwin,who finished with a weight of 3pounds and 7 ounces. Ed Cock-man followed close behind fin-ishing in third place with a weightof 3 pounds 5 ounces.Tom Bald-win’s 3 pound 7 ounce basstook the big bass of the dayprize with Rich Lovett and EdCockman catching the secondand third largest bass in theevent.

John and Marilyn Oravetzserved up a very much appre-ciated picnic luncheon at John-son Point for the participantsfollowing the event.

Organizers of the event, EdCockman, Dick DeVoss and DonSmith announced plans to con-tinue holding Sports Club tour-naments twice a year, Springand Fall, in the future.

NEWS October 30, 2009 Seven Lakes Times 9

DeVoss wins Sports Club’s Fall Bite Tourney

Little changein values likely

All that analysis led Vest toconclude that, overall, real estatevalues have changed very lit-tle in the county in the past twoyears. The smaller number ofsales also makes it less likely thatvalues have changed all thatmuch from neighborhood toneighborhood.And there's littlereason to believe that situationwill change much in the comingyear.

Noting that the objective of arevaluation is to produce anaccurate assessment of mar-ket values and equitable assess-ments across the county's neigh-borhoods, Vest said, "We havea good product right now."

Though his analysis showedit is unlikely to change assess-ments significantly, moving for-ward with the 2011 revaluation willcost the county $620,000 to$630,000, Vest told the Board.

The tax department currentlyhas two vacancies that will haveto be filled to provide the nec-essary manpower for the reval-uation. On top of that are the costof temporary staff, printing,postage, aerial photography,advertising, and so on.

"Ultimately, what I am say-ing," Vest concluded, "is that ifwe spend the $600,000 and wesend out 70,000 notices, thereis a good chance that a lot of thevalues may remain where theyare. And there's some chancethat our high value homes willdecline. Our tax base may remainabout where it is."

"So instead of spending thatmoney . . ." Commissioner LarryCaddell began.

"Save the money," Vet said, fin-ishing the thought. "Save thetaxpayers the money."

"So you're making a goodcase for us postponing the reval-uation for two more years?"Chairman Nick Picerno askedVest at the end of his presen-tation. "Yes," Vest replied.

Commissioner Tim Lea thenrecommended adding the ques-tion to the agenda of the Novem-ber 16 Commissioners meet-ing.

Taxes(Continued from page 8)

The discussions between Moore County and Robbins are on-going. To-gether we seek to determine costs, rates for our users and alternatives toserve both Robbins and Moore County citizens.Fulfilling its mission,Moore County is well equipped to provide adequate, safeand cost effectivewater and sewer services, both now and in the future.We will continue to work diligently with our regional partners to insure thatall our water and sewer needs are met and exceeded every day.

Dick DeVoss shows off the Catch of the Day at the LakeAuman Sports Club’s Fall Bite Bass Tounament.

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A native of Montgomery Coun-ty, Garrison is a member of theParson’s Farm family, famousfor their peach orchards.A daugh-ter of the late Ray and BettyParsons, she was born andraised around peaches, andcontinues to live on a peachfarm where she and her hus-band John raised their four chil-dren. For leisure, Garrison saidshe still enjoys getting on a trac-tor but that her passion is mas-sage and her new business.

“ I have an amazing jobbecause at the end of the day, Ihave a good feeling knowing Imade someone feel better,” Gar-rison said.

Returning to school as anadult, Garrison completed adiploma program through Sand-hills Community College in 2006and then decided to return foradditional training to receive anAssociate’s degree. She receivedthe Most Likely to Succeed awardwhile at SCC, and is licensed andcertified through the State ofNorth Carolina in massage andbodywork therapy.

“The Associate’s degreecoursework covers a more in-depth study of massage anddiseases, medical, and ortho-pedic needs, and how differentmedicines can affect people,”Garrison explained. “In this areaof golf resorts and retirees, I feltthis level of education was nec-essary.”

In particular Garrison notedthat diabetics can benefit frommassage through improved cir-culation and blood flow, citing herhusband as an example of some-one severely affected yet he hasretained the full use and feelingof his limbs due to regular mas-sage. However, she cautionedthat diabetic clients should notreceive hot stone or deep tissuemassages as the disease canmask pain.

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While Garrison keeps a busyschedule of regular businesshours, she will also accommodateclients as needed and offershouse call service, as well asmassage for special eventsincluding chair massages forwedding or special occasionparties.

“I believe in accommodatingclientele. Not everyone can gethere by 5:00 pm, and some of myclients cannot even leave theirhomes,” Garrison said.

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“I wanted to go back. I wantedto see what had happened afterforty years,” explained Foxfireresident Wayne Chalker of hisdecision to visit Vietnam – twicein fact.

On Monday, November 2 at7:30 pm, the Moore CountyChapter 966 of Vietnam Veteran’sof America will sponsor a specialvideo and photograph presen-tation from Chalker’s 2006 and

2007 trips in the upstairs GreatRoom of the West Side Com-munity Center.The event is opento the public and immediatelyfollows the monthly VVA meet-ing at 7:00 pm.All are welcometo attend and light refreshmentswill be served.

“Most guys put Vietnam onthe back burner for a long timeand I was no exception,” Chalk-er said. “But six or seven yearsago, I decided I wanted to find afew of my friends and through the

internet I found fifty or so of myformer company.After that I start-ed thinking about what it wouldbe like to go back.”

Chalker grew up in LongIsland, New York, and volun-teered for service in the U.S.Army at seventeen. He servedfrom 1966 to 1969, including ayear in Vietnam with a trans-portation unit driving tractor trail-ers through the central high-lands and convoys to the DMZ.

Returning home, Chalker spentmany years in law enforcementand also picked up the electricaltrade on the side. Retiring as aU.S. Customs agent in 2004,Chalker settled in Foxfire andopened Ridge Electric as anunlimited licensed contractor.

“My main goal in traveling toVietnam wasn’t nostalgia. Well,maybe a little, but mostly I justwanted to see what happened –what we left behind,” said Chalk-er.

“After we landed and I got to myhotel and I couldn’t sleep. I foundmyself walking around for hours.Finally I stood on a street cornerand said to myself, “This is goingto be okay.”

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dates to his first trip with anorganized tour. While most ofthe photographs are from hissecond trip – a slower pacedmore intimate, personal visit.

“Saigon was interest ingbecause I had never been there.Two-thirds of the population hasbeen born since the war. Forthe most part they have just car-ried on with life and are embrac-ing capitalism on a huge scale.However, veterans who fought forthe South are discriminatedagainst and considered traitors,”Chalker said.

He spoke of seeing a severe-ly-disabled man on the streetand, upon learning that he wasa veteran, stopping to salutehim to honor his service and

sacrifice.From Saigon, Chalker trav-

eled through to Chu Chi, MekongDelta, Central Highlands, NhaTrang, Hoi An, Da Nang, Hue, theShau Valley area, Hanoi andthe infamous Hanoi Hilton, andHa Long Bay, a World HeritageSite.A highlight for Chalker wasvisiting the village, Phu Tai,where he was stationed.

“They have sanitized the coun-try and you really don’t see muchof anything left of the war,” thoughChalker was shocked and delight-ed to happen upon a still-in-useAmerican tractor trailer from anarea near the DMZ.

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Evelyn Bostic McRae, 74, ofWest End, died Friday, October23. Funeral services will be heldSaturday, October 31, at 12 noonat Belford Baptist Church inJackson Springs, where shewas a member. Burial will followin the church cemetery.Visitationwill be Friday, October 30, 6:00to 8:00 pm at Simon Funeral

Home.She is survived by her hus-

band, Ernest; sons, Bernard andWillie McRae; daughters, DianePotter, Althea, and LorraineMcRae; a sister, Virginia Mace;eleven grandchildren and twen-ty-two great grandchildren.

Gwen Allen, 55, of West End,

and formerly of Hampstead, diedFriday, October 23.

Mrs. Allen was born in Wilm-ington, the daughter of LourineShoaf and the late RaymondLewis. She was preceded indeath by her husband, SidneyAllen.

A memorial service was heldMonday, October 26, at AndrewsMortuary Hampstead Chapel.

Survivors include three chil-dren, Doris Allen of Conroe, TX,Billy Allen of Rogers, AR, andDaniel Lee Allen, of Wilming-ton; seven grandchildren; andher companion, John Warner.

Kenneth Lee McInnis, 58,of Jackson Springs, died Sunday,October 18, after a lengthy illness.A private memorial service willbe held at a later date.

Mr. McInnis was the son of

Edna Bowers McInnis and thelate Raymond Cooledge McIn-nis of Jackson Springs. He wasa lifetime resident of JacksonSprings and a former securityguard for Pinewild and supervi-sor for Stanley Furniture Com-pany.

He was preceded in death byhis brother Alan McInnis.

He is survived by his wife,

Dorothy McInnis, of the home;two sisters Lorraine Bruinsma ofWest End, Karen Wilkerson ofRockingham; and a brother PaulMcInnis of Jackson Springs.

Memorial donations may bemade towards medical/memor-ial costs may be made to Simonand Lorraine Bruinsma, 483Lucas Road, West End, NC27376.


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and just couldn’t believe it,”Chalker exclaimed.

Back home he said he hastaken time to speak with manyvets about their experiencesand has been surprised by howmany have also expressed inter-est in going back to Vietnam.

“It’s not for everybody. Youhave to go back with an openmind,” Chalker said. “I wanted togo back just to see…we took somuch from that country andthen we left.”

In particular, Chalker said hewas interested in visiting withthe Montagnards, an ethnicminority group in the centralhighlands region.

“I knew them because I drovethrough their villages on a dailybasis. I was familiar with their cul-ture and they were very loyalto us during the war.”

In 2006, he traveled to VinhSon 1, a Catholic orphanagelocated in Kon Tum that servesthe Montagnards.

“I fell in love with the kids and

what the sisters are doing there,”Chalker said. “After my first trip,I decided to do a grassrootseffort to help the orphanageand with my wife and through ourchurch, we asked for help.”

During his second trip in 2007,Chalker hand-carried muchneeded school supplies, tooth-brushes and combs, and overone hundred pounds of babyclothes to the orphanage andhas continued to support theirefforts through the Friends ofVinh Son, a California-basedorganization. For more infor-mation, visit www.friendsofv-so.org/

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The Women of SevenLakes will hold their FallFundraiser on November 5,11:30 am to 4 pm, at theWest Side Park CommunityCenter. PIK-N-PIG will caterthe luncheon.

The Fashion Show will fea-ture clothes from The ClothesHorse in Pinehurst.

A Craft Fair will precedethe luncheon with fantasticlocal Crafters participating.Each Crafter will donate aprize to be raffled at the lunch-eon. After all the festivitiesyou may stay to play anygame of your choice. Theprice for the Luncheon-Fash-ion Show-Craft Fair-Card Partyis $20 per person.

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The St.Andrew’s PresbyterianCollege Equestrian Team isready to fill another horse trail-er with gifts and goodies fordeployed U.S. service men andwomen.

Now in its fourth year, theShoeboxes for Troops programis the brainchild of St.Andrew’sWestern Coach Carla Wennberga n d h e r m o t h e r, N a n c yWennberg of Seven Lakes West,with the assistance of Bill andSandi Carl, also of Seven LakesWest.

“The first step is to scour thetown for empty shoeboxes thatwe can beg, borrow, or steal,”joked Wennberg.

Financial donations providethe funding needed for the St.Andrews students to visit areastores gathering supplies andthen fill the shoeboxes, assem-bly-style, with personal careitems such as toothpaste andbrushes, deodorant, bar soap,non-perishable foods includingSlim Jims, hard candy, breakfastbars, gum, and even playingcards or other treats. By popu-lar request, the students alsofrequently add lollipops whichare handed out to children inthe countries where our ser-vicemen are stationed.

Most importantly, each boxincludes a handwritten letter.

“Regardless of what we put it,it’s something from home and itshows we care,” said Sandi Carl.“We get thank you letters backthat are so meaningful…some ofthe boys say this was Christ-mas to them.”

In addition to the enthusiasmand hard work of the St.Andrew’sstudents, Carl credits the South-ern Pines VFW with making theprogram a reality.

“Without their help, it wouldcost $15 per shoebox to sendthese gifts overseas,” Carl said,explaining that the VFW coor-dinates the shipment to undis-closed combat locations.

Local organizations andchurches are welcome andencouraged to participate, andShoeboxes for Troops hasalready partnered with TheChapel in the Pines and theRepublican Women of MooreCounty.

A related ministry, organized byWestsider Dita McGaughey withsupport from Pinehurst UnitedMethodist Church, provideshand-knitted pockets with a poemand a silver Cross which aredistributed directly to soldiersby chaplains of the various serv-

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handwritten notes and letters,filled shoeboxes and suppliesthat can be included,” saidWennberg. “This is a programwhere everyone can participate.”

A local drop box for Shoe-boxes for Troops is being spon-sored again this year by Dar-rell and Susan Marks of PhoenixFashions in the Seven LakesBusiness Village. In downtown

Southern Pines, a second dropbox location is sponsored bySandhills Feed Supply.

Financial donations are alsowelcome and tax-deductible.Please make checks payableto St.Andrews Equestrian Team,and send c/o Bill and Sandi Carl,5059 Seven Lakes West, SevenLakes, NC 27376.

For more information, pleasecall Sandi Carl at 673-7711 orNancy Wennberg at 673-5727.


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With shorter days and coolernights, we are experiencing anearly Fall but historically weoften have warm days untilThanksgiving. October usually isa busy month for landscapinggardening in the Sandhills andit is considered to be cleanupmonth.

Here are a few suggestions forOctober and early November:

Moles and ants continue tobe active. Apply a recommend-ed pesticide.

Come November everyone isconcerned that Fall is the time forplanting trees, shrubs, manyflowering plants, perennials,annual bulbs, and other plants.My opinion is to wait until plantsare fully dormant.The optimumtime for Fall planting is betweenThanksgiving and Christmas,also in the Winter months, Jan-uary and even through February.

It’s a good time to obtain freesoil testing kits, information, andinstructions from the MooreCounty Extension Service officein Carthage. Collect your sam-ples and return to the sameoffice and they will send them foranalysis to the soil testing labo-ratory in Raleigh. Later you willreceive information for specificplantings you desire to make.

It’s time to destroy old growthand cleanup your vegetable gar-den. Turn up all vegetable roots,grasses, and other debris andplant rubbish. Do the same forflower beds.

It’s time to fertilize, seed, andreseed your fescue lawn if youhave failed to do it. Several hybridfescue varieties are availablefrom your seed dealer. Remem-ber to locate a shady or partly-shady area for this type of lawn.It requires a lot of water andadequate plant food to estab-lish a fescue lawn.

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too heavily damages the exist-ing stand of warm, seasonalgrass and delays next season’sgrowth. Do not overseed cen-tipede grass as it thins out andoften wipes out and reduces thestand.

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Leslie – 1:00 pm, Festive Hol-iday Food and Wine Pairing.Carmela Chase and LeslieRose of Sandhills Winery, Inc.come together to present anafternoon of fun, food, andwine. Menu includes wines,savory dishes, and dessert.Program held at West SidePark Community Center. Spon-sored by West Side Commu-nities Activities Committee.Cost $15/person.To register forthe program, call 673-5314.

• Drop-In Wine Tasting – 1 - 5pm at Sandhills Winery. Atleast five types or varietals toeducate your palate. Locatedin Seven Lakes Plaza, nextto Peking Wok.

• Jackson Springs Commu-nity Club – 5 - 8 pm, AnnualChicken and Dumpling Supperat the Club House on MillRoad, Jackson Spr ings.Numerous items for sale and

an Auction. All proceeds willhelp provide scholarships fordeserving students in the Jack-son Springs Area and othercommunity needs. Cost:Adults$6, children 12 & under $3.Take Out plates available.

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• CAC Companion AnimalFoundation Halloween Gala– 7:00 - 10:00 pm. Cost$35/person. Dress up for theCostume Contest, participatein the 50 - 50 Raffle and more.At the Pinehurst Fair Barn,Highway 5, Pinehurst.All pro-ceeds benefit the Spay NeuterVeterinary Clinic, 5071 USHighway #1, Vass. For Reser-vations & Tickets contact Cyn-thia Williams (910) 245 -1230or Deborah Wilson (692) 692-8156.

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• National Alliance on Men-tal Illness Moore County(NAMI-MC) – 7 pm, monthlyEducational & Support Meet-ing. “The Good, The Bad, andThe Ugly”. Come learn aboutthe new Service Provider forthe new public mental healthsystem for the Sandhills Cen-ter Organization. A represen-tative from Daymark RecoveryServices, Inc. will explain whatthe public mental health sys-tem does and does not cur-rently provide, how to accessthe system, and how the sys-tem now operates. At theFirstHealth Moore RegionalHospital Conference Center,Room A, on the N/W corner ofRoute 211 and Page Road,Pinehurst. Call (910) 295-1053.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3• College Club Luncheon –

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• Moore County LiteracyCouncil – offering an oppor-tun i t y to ind i v idua l s tobecome literacy tutors for adultswho would like to learn to read.Volunteer Orientation will beheld, 1 – 2 pm, EmmanuelYouth House, 385 E Indiana inSouthern Pines.Tutor Trainingcontinues November 10 and11, 9 am to 4 pm at samelocation. Please bring a lunch.Registrations may be madeby phone, (910)692-5954 or e-mail [email protected]

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ety and the Council of Gar-den Clubs – 10 am, Noted tel-evision host of “In the Gardenwith Bryce Lane” will presenta free lecture on “The RightPlants for the Right Location.”at the Ball Visitors Center,Sandhills Community College.Contact Trisha Mabe at 910-695-3882 to register.

• Infant/Child CPR/AED –6:00-9:30 pm, IntroductoryCertification Course. Certifi-cation Fee $40. AmericanRed Cross Moore CountyChapter, 115 E. PennsylvaniaAve., Southern Pines. 910-692-8571

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• Wine Tasting – at SandhillsWinery 5 to 8 pm. Located inSeven Lakes Plaza next toPeking Wok. Music standards,voice and guitar, by BruceMacdonald. The Tip Jar ben-efits Friend to Friend, theMoore County BatteredWomen’s shelter.

• Adult/Infant/Child CPR/AEDReview – 6:00-8:30 pm,Review/Recertification Cours-es. Prerequisite: Participantshould hold current or recent-ly expired certification in thereview subject. Certificationfee $25.American Red CrossMoore County Chapter, 115E. Penn.Ave., Southern Pines.910-692-8571

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Studio Sale, continues Sat-urday Nov. 7, 9 am - 5 pm, atstudio in West End. A beauti-ful piece of saggar fired potterywith a value of $300, will begiven to one attendee. Locat-ed in the Eastwood communityjust North of Pinehurst. 910-947-5325, www.lindadalton-pottery.com for directions

• Antiques Sale & Show atthe Fair Barn, Hwy 5, Pine-hurst. (show continues thruSunday Nov. 8) Hours: Fri &Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 11 am- 4 pm. 1,000s of items forsale in all price ranges. Crys-tal repair. Doll repair. Localhistorical memorabilia.Admis-sion $5. Portion of proceedsbenefit the Moore County His-torical Association. Info (910)692-2051. $1 off admissioncoupon at www.moorehisto-ry.com

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CPR/AED – 8:00 am-2:00pm, Introductory CertificationCourse. Certification fee $60.American Red Cross MooreCounty Chapter, 115 E. Penn-sylvania Ave., Southern Pines.910-692-8571

• Keep Moore County Beau-tiful, Inc. – 9:00 am - 3:00pm, Mixed Paper RecyclingDrive at the Kangaroo Sta-tion, Fresh Market ShoppingCenter, Southern Pines.Acceptable items include any-thing that is paper: ContactJoan Neal, Executive Director,Keep Moore County Beautiful,Inc. at 947-3478

• Drop-In Wine Tasting – 1 - 5pm at Sandhills Winery. Atleast five types or varietals toeducate your palate. Locatedin Seven Lakes Plaza, nextto Peking Wok.

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• Computer Club of SevenLakes - 3 pm, Game Room ,Seven Lakes North. Comput-er club member Chuck Kersey,who is a photo enthusiast,will be presenting a slide showof Yellowstone National Park.He will also discuss the pro-gram and procedure used inmaking it. Visitors are wel-come.

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13th Annual Festival ofTrees– Wednesday November 11thru Sunday November 15.Held at The Carolina Hotel,Pinehurst. Daily Admission bydonation and ticketed eventsare $75. For additional infor-mation, contact Teresa Copperor Kathy Desmond by calling(910) 692- 3323 or www.Fes-tivalofTrees.org.

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• American Red Cross BloodDrive – 1-5 pm, SouthernPines Fire Dept., 500 WestPennsylvania, Southern Pines.Sponsored by Moore CountyChamber of Commerce. Call692-3926 for appt.

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• Seven Lakes Garden Club –7:30 pm Seven Lakes NorthClubhouse.Tracy Rush, Chap-ter Chair of the newly formedNorth Carolina Native PlantSociety-NW Sandhills Chap-ter will update members ofthe garden club on the society’sactivities during this past year.

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with a third interview expectedshortly. In addition, three man-agement companies presentedinitial proposals and two havebeen invited back for in-depthinterviews and a second pro-posal process.

Director Kent Droppers, who isleading the management search,explained that the Board'srequest for a second proposalwas designed to force the man-agement companies into a morestructured format to allow forbetter comparison.

“We want to weigh quality ver-sus cost. Who is the best valueis not necessarily the lowestcost,” Droppers said.

Droppers reported that he hasbeen pleased with his fellowdirectors' input. “We don’t allagree, and all of our opinionshave grown,” he said. Both Treas-urer Denny Galford and DirectorBud Shaver echoed thoseremarks, stating at various timesin the discussion that no deci-sions had yet been made.

Chorus of supportfor Chad Beane

When the public got its chanceto speak, it was clear that anumber of landowners see theBoard's carefully-crafted selec-tion process as almost beside thepoint — the Board just needs tohire Assistant Manager ChadBeane to do the job.

Northsider Ed Chapman, aformer SLLA President, praisedthe Board for their thoroughmanagement search but rec-ommended they hire Beane ona trial basis.

“There is no hurry to bring ina management company, frommy perspective. Give Chad achance, specify what you expect;and, if he doesn’t do the job,then you can bring them in,” hesuggested.

Northsider Jordan Rhodesspoke on behalf of a group thatis coordinating an effort in sup-port of Beane. He said an adver-tisement the group purchasedthis week in TheTimes includedseventy signatures but in factrepresented a much larger num-ber of property owners. "Wecould have had 275 names total,"Rhodes said, "And they all sup-port Chad Beane"

“Each of you feel you are rep-resenting the landowners. Mygroup represents 280 and I think

we only had 300 or so vote in thelast election,” he said.

In addition to his support forBeane, Rhodes expressed con-cern for the rest of the SLLAstaff. “We’re coming into the endof the year. If you bring in amanagement company, that basi-cally means all those peoplelose their jobs,” he said. "Willthis also affect our maintenancepeople?"

Northsider Bill Yarish alsoexpressed concern about theexisting SLLA staff. He recom-mended hiring a professionalmanagement company, but urgedthe Board, where possible, “to uti-lize the people currently workingfor us already.”

Zielsdorf and Shaver bothargued against jumping to theconclusion that existing staffwould lose their jobs if a man-

agement company is hired. Oneoption under consideration, theysaid, would be for a managementcompany to hire some or all ofthe existing in-house staff.

Building on that point, Dropperssaid the decision about newmanagement and the decisionabout whether to outsourcemaintenance operations weretwo distinct decisions. “An eval-uation of maintenance will takeplace, but it will be separatefrom the management decision.The two are not linked together,”Droppers said.

Concluding the discussion,Zielsdorf said there was no rushto judgement.

“Even if we hire a manage-ment company, we’ve been toldthey wouldn’t want to come in andmake immediate changes, butrather evaluate for a few months

and see how the Associationcurrently runs,” he said.

Nominating CommitteeBill Longnecker of Seven South

and BillYarish were unanimouslyapproved to serve on the Nom-inating Committee. The com-mittee also includes SouthsiderBrenda Massimo and ChairBruce Keyser, Jr.

Keyser reported that MelindaScott, Bob Darr, and Bob Racine,all of Seven Lakes North, areplanning to run for the Board inthe March elections. Their can-didacies are tentative, becausethe Board will not be asked to

accept the report of the Nomi-nating Committee for severalweeks.

During Wednesday night'smeeting, Keyser invited JordanRhodes to join the list of candi-dates, and Sally Kindsvatterasked Yarish to consider run-ning as well.

Any interested property ownerin good standing is eligible. Formore information or to submit anomination, contact BruceKeyser, Jr. at 673-5060 or theSLLA office at 673-4931.

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Community Manager DaltonFulcher presented a cost com-parison and recommendedapproval of a proposed $22,000contract extension that will allowdam engineer S&ME to test a wetarea identified on Sequoia Dam.

Using the cost of similar test-ing and boring work previouslycompleted at Echo Dam by Engi-neer John Eddy and also Hobbs,

Upchurch, & Associates, Fulchersaid that S&ME’s proposed costswere lower for both tests andthe filing of paperwork with theState of North Carolina.

There is adequate funding inthe current budget to cover theexpenditure, but Fulcher remind-ed the Board that, if ordered,any state-mandated dam repairs

could be funded — at their dis-cretion — from either regularfunds or the restricted reserve setaside specifically for roadrepaving and state-mandateddam remediation.

The S&ME contract wasapproved in a split vote, withDroppers and Keyser opposed.

Bylaw 6.6 ApprovedIn a split vote, with Droppers

and Kindsvatter opposed, theBoard approved new Bylaw 6.6,which requires a super majorityvote of 75% — or six of sevendirectors — to sell any of thefour Association common areasprotected by deed restrictions.

“These deed restrictions don’t

make it impossible, but moredifficult, for these lands to besold off in the future,” explainedZielsdorf. “These areas helpdefine us, and that is why themajority [of the Board] thoughtthis was a good thing.”

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Caulk won’tvote on SLLAmanagement

D i re c to r G a r y Ca u l kannounced that he will recusehimself from voting on newmanagement for the SevenLakes Landowners Associa-tion [SLLA].

“I have an interest and wantto see the best decision forSeven Lakes, and this is aprocess which has move on-- must move forward,” Caulksaid.

Deep now into interviews ofboth management compa-nies and individual candi-dates, Caulk told The Timesthat he has and will continueto participate and offer input,but he will not vote. In addition,Caulk said he routinely excus-es himself whenever Boarddiscussion turns toward frontoffice staffing decisions orpersonnel issues that involvehis wife, Debbie Caulk -- alongtime SLLA employee.

“It wouldn’t be fair for me tovote and, to be honest, I don’twant to be in a position topotentially select Debbie’simmediate boss. It just would-n’t be good,” said Caulk.

According to both Caulkand President Randy Zielsdorf,this is not a recent decision.

“We [the Board] value GaryCaulk’s opinions and insightand he has therefore beeninvolved in the interviewprocess. But, per an under-standing reached at the begin-ning of the managementsearch, Director Caulk willabstain from managementand staffing votes that couldbe perceived as conflicts ofinterest due to family employ-ment within the SLLA,” Ziels-dorf said in a prepared state-ment.

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are the soccer field, North Club-house area, Sequoia Point, andthe stables.

Member commentsBill Yarish posed a lengthy but

well-articulated series of ques-tions to the Board during thegeneral public comment portionof the meeting.

“Liability — how much cover-age do we have? Is it enough?Can we get more and can we getit cheaper?” he asked, notingthat his personal insurance car-rier had recently raised his cov-erage because he resided in acommunity governed by an asso-ciation.

“Do we need to review issuessuch as drowning and death?

Diving in shallow water and chil-dren harming themselves onplayground equipment? A lawsuitcan be a traumatic and expen-sive experience,” Yarish said.

He also wanted to know whythere were extra gates alongperimeter fencing and who hadaccess. Shaver responded thatstaff kept keys and used thegates especially for heavy equip-

ment, and that local fire andemergency medical servicesalso had keys to the perimetergates.

Yarish recommended morestringent enforcement of com-munity standards and ques-tioned the dues rates required ofrenters. Galford responded thatrental units actually contributemore dues than a resident prop-

erty owner: rental property own-ers pay $695 in dues with therenters themselves responsiblefor an additional $410 in annu-al dues.

Road Repaving ProjectDirector Galford reported that

crack sealing work on commu-nity roads would commence inJanuary and February 2010 witha five-person team led by Main-tenance Supervisor Bob Darr.

Another high priority is replac-ing curbing in the main com-mon area and office parking lot.Three bids for 6 x 6 concretecurbing should be in hand nextmonth, Fulcher reported, withcosts ranging from $9,000-$12,000. The curbing will beinstalled by the contractor, andthe cost includes removal anddisposal of the existing curbs.

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“There is no rush to judgment.The Board really wants to dothis right,” said Randy Zielsdorf,president of the Seven LakesLandowners Association [SLLA]Board of Directors, in responseto an editorial in the October 16edition of The Times that rec-ommended landowners shouldbe provided with additional infor-mation and opportunities forinput as the Board moves towarda final decision on new man-agement for the community.

The Board offered an updateas well as a public commentand question and answer peri-od on the search during theOctober 28 Open Meeting.

A third individual candidatehas been invited to interview forthe Community Manager posi-tion, Zielsdorf told The Times.Two of the three managementcompanies invited to bid on themanagement contract during

the first round of the processhave been asked back for amore in-depth interview.

“Basically, we heard the salespitch the first go 'round -- now,we will be grilling them," Ziels-dorf said. "The Board wants toget to much more pointed ques-tions. If we feel it’s necessary tointerview the third company, thatis always an option.”

Whether the Board elects to gowith a company or an individual,a contract negotiation will bepart of the process, Zielsdorfsaid, adding that he anticipatesthere will be some back andforth negotiations, including areview of the agreement by theAssociation’s attorney.

“The contract will be what theBoard determines is in the bestinterest of the Association,” hesaid, explaining that the decisionand contract negotiations mustcome before a vote. “I don’t wantto have a vote; and, then, if thecontract falls apart, we’ll be back

to square one or two.”Zielsdorf said the interview

process will continue throughmid-November. But that once adecision is made and contractfinalized, he added, the finalBoard vote will be conductedat an Open Meeting.

“Regarding the final selectionof a management company ver-sus an individual, a full expla-

nation will be given once theBoard has made a final deci-sion -- we will justify our action,”Zielsdorf said in a preparedstatement. “Regarding staffingproposals, once the Board hasmade its final decision, the “bot-tom line” numbers starting inJanuary 2010 will be made avail-able as compared to our cur-rent expenses.”

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underneath Dogwood Lane isalso still under discussion, Gal-ford said. “It appears there is afeasible way to thin out the exist-ing pines and do root controlthat would be acceptable andprevent the need for completeremoval of the trees,” he report-ed.

“No decision has been madeon Dogwood. I want to keep thetrees, but we have to look atthe problem,” said DirectorShaver.

However, a small and heavilydamaged section of DogwoodLane needs immediate atten-tion. A twelve-inch backhoe buck-et is necessary for the project andwould have to be purchased,Shaver reported.

FinanceThe Finance Committee will

review the proposed Fiscal Year2010-2011 Budget in Novem-ber, Galford reported, notingthat most of the work on theproposed budget is being com-pleted by Assistant ManagerBeane. In addition, a transitioninventory with an updated listingof all assets will be completedupon Fulcher’s departure.

Dues income is running threepercent under budget, Fulcherreported, adding that this was tobe expected in the current econ-omy. He reported expendituresas very good overall, with admin-

istration on budget, security atone percent over, and recre-ation at fifty-four percent of budg-et.

Architectural Review BoardThe Board unanimously

approved several minor amend-ments to ARB rules duringWednesday’s meeting. Projectsapproved by ARB in Octoberincluded two decks, two sidingprojects, and an addition.

Community StandardsBeane reported twenty-six

violations in October includingseveral complaints for failure tomaintain a driveway with appro-priate material and parking vehi-cles on grass or pine straw cov-ered areas of the yard.

Twent y v io la t ions wereresolved, and two complaintswere sent to the Judicial Com-mittee.

Droppers invited any interest-ed residents to join the Com-munity Standards Committee.He also encouraged residents topurchase reflective address signsfrom Seven Lakes EMS. Orderforms are available at the office;the cost is $15.

RecreationThe Halloween Carnival with

refreshments and games will beheld Saturday, October 31, from6:00 to 8:00 pm at the NorthClubhouse.Adult volunteers are

needed; please call the office.Beane offered thanks to Seven

Lakes EMS for providing safetyglow sticks for community chil-dren. The glow sticks will behanded to trick-or-treaters at theparty and by security and Rov-ing Patrol.All Halloween guestsshould be called in early to thegatehouse.

Reservations are underwayfor a Smithfield Outlet shoppingtrip on Tuesday, November 17.Cost is $20 and includes trans-portation.

Maintenance“We mow grass, we pick dead

trees out of lakes, we dig ditch-es, we replace posts and paintfences – there’s a bunch of littlethings maintenance does,” Direc-tor Shaver reported.

Subcommittees have beencreated to address future boatdock needs, a three-to-five yearequipment replacement plan,and a three-to-five year majorproject plan.

Zielsdorf offered compliments

to the maintenance staff for the“spruced up entryway and newlighting in front of the NorthClubhouse.”

Other BusinessIn other business, the Board:

• Heard from Fulcher that videoof dam overflows showedsome minor cracks and infil-tration with mineral deposits butthat, overall, the thirty-fiveyear old pipes looked verygood.

• Deferred discussion and vot-ing on closing Cedar Lane.The Board will not conduct a

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The flooring guy took pity onme and fixed the light.

Seriously . . . but let’s just callthat the short version of myweek. The rest of the storyincludes a mountain of old car-pet, a mad dash for transitionstrips, furniture shoved this wayand that, and the alarming dis-covery that a section of my liv-ing room had sunk almost aninch.

One inch!You’d think I would have

noticed that a major load-bear-ing chunk of my valuable realestate was dipping towards theabyss — and you’d be wrong.

Luckily my flooring guy is slight-

ly more observant. In fact, heimmediately dialed up our orig-inal building contractor and cor-dially invited him to investigate thissunken surprise.

Now between you and me, Ihave no idea what the statute oflimitations is for constructionpunch-out lists but I’m fairly cer-tain that after twenty years ormore, you’re probably going to beon your own. So in honor ofHarry’s heroic effort to lift and re-secure my ancient foundation, I’dlike to offer public kudos to Lake-view Construction.

And about that light?First, I’ll let you in on a little fam-

ily secret: Darling Hubby is not

exactly Mr. Fix-it. And despitemy own impressive tool collec-tion, I strictly avoid messing withanything electrified — visionsof that crazed-character FireMarshal Bill always seem to

dance in my head. Hence, I’vebeen sitting in the dark for the lastfew months while we alternate

between concern and procras-tination over the broken fixtureabove my desk. Desk is a termI’m using loosely since this spacealso serves as a dining roomtable, a homework station, gen-

eral dust col-lector, andfavored cat-s u n n i n gsalon.

After a fewlong days ofsharing myl e s s t h a nideal condi-

tions, the flooring guy lookedupon my plight with great pity.

At least I think that’s how it hap-

pened.Either way I returned one day

and, behold, there was light.And since I’ve ignored my ownrule against mentioning namesat least once today, let me offera round of applause also toBruce and Keyser Tile.

Perhaps I’m a victim of toomany years spent living in acold, Northern city but it’s still atthrill when I get some of thatold-fashioned Southern charmand service.

Life in Seven Lakes is not onlygood, it’s well-lit and a wholeinch higher too.

Let there be light!

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Seven Lakes TimesOctober 30, 2009 OPINION

Laura’sLearning Curve

Laura Douglass

Several years ago, I got upon a Saturday morning, headedto the basement and got all of mypainting supplies, and decidedit was time to paint the kitchen.Certainly not the way I hadhoped to spend my Saturday, butnone the less, a very fulfilling wayto make some progress on my“honey do” list.

After several hours of cuttingin, rolling, cleaning and a firstcoat, my wife walks through thekitchen and offers a very helpful,“Honey, you missed a spot.”

Now, I ask you . . .Are you theone holding the paint brush, orare you the one offering the“Honey, you missed a spot.”

The Seven Lakes WestLandowners Association Nom-inating Committee is making itsannual push to try to

find at least three people to runfor the Board.

I have been on the Board formost of this past year and canremember spending a great dealof time trying to figure out

whether I should run.I remember all of the excuses

that I came up with:I am too busy.

Wh a t i f Idon’t get elect-e d ? Ca n’ tsomeone elsedo it?

Do I reallywant to listento people com-plain all the

time?As one of the new people on

the Board, I can tell you that it isa lot of work. I can also tell youthat there are some amazing

volunteers in this communitythat are more than eager to help.

You will definitely deal with alot of the “Honey, you missed aspot” comments. In fact, there willbe times that you’ll wonder whyin the world you signed your-self up for all the work and has-sle. But at the end of the day, Ican tell you that working on theboard is a rewarding experi-ence.

If you are the person sitting outthere that would like to servebut just need to be asked, pleaseconsider this your invitation.

Now for the rest of the story .. . .After the exchange of “Honey,

you missed a spot”, my wifepicked up a brush and started tohelp. Please consider pickingup your brush and helping.

Even if your brush has neverpainted a drop, or is old andtired, even if you swore youwould never pick it up again.Young painters are definitelywelcome.

If you are interested in run-ning for the Board please con-tact Ed Tuton, the Chairman ofthe Nominating Committee [email protected] or feelf re e to c o n t a c t m e , a [email protected]

Pick up your brush . . .

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Your TurnAdam WimberlySeven Lakes West

They say that towns and sub-divisions are often named afterthat which will no longer existonce they are built: “Hidden Val-ley” or “Rural Retreat” or even“Southern Pines.”

Or “Pine Forest.”Botanist Bruce Sorrie, a Whis-

pering Pines-based botanistwork works for the state's Nat-ural Heritage Program, identifyingplant and animal communitiesworth preserving, is concernedthat the Pine Forest PUD, whichwill cover nearly 1,700 acresbetween NC Highways 73 and211, may bring an end to thevery forest it’s named after.

Once MHK Ventures is doneinstalling a resort hotel, threegolf courses, two gated com-munities and assorted retailshops, there may not be muchpine forest left in Pine Forest.

And that will be tragic in thiscase, Sorrie told The Times,because the 1,700 acre PineForest tract is a particularly fineexample of the sort of longleafpine forest that once dominatednot just Moore County, butstretched across the CoastalPlain from Virginia to Texas, cov-ering tens of million of acreswhen Europeans first exploredwhat they called "The NewWorld."

Longleaf pine forest is a uniqueecosystem with many variations,home to hundreds if not thou-sands of species adapted to livethere and nowhere else, butthere are two big players in thespecies list: the longleaf pinetree itself and wiregrass. If youare reading this in Moore Coun-ty, you probably know what alongleaf pine looks like — youprobably have one or more inyour yard. So no explanationneeded there. Wiregrass maybe less familiar to you, since itsabsence is what makes so manyof our urbanized pine forestsghosts of their former selves,instead of healthy forests.

Wiregrass is a bunch grassthat has adapted to living in thedry sandy soil of the Sandhills byforming clumps that seem asmuch dead as alive.The typicalclump of wiregrass has moredead leaves than live ones andeven the live parts of the plant arewoody and fibrous. It looks likeit would burn like crazy, and itdoes, which is what makes itso important.

In its natural state, the lon-gleaf pine forest ecosystem isadapted to the regular fires,sparked by lightning from thefrequent Spring and Summerthunderstorms in the coastalplain.

The fires kill off the seedlingsof competing species — like thejack oaks that Lakers are for-ever culling from their properties— and open up the forest floorso that the new longleafs can findroom to grow.

The dry wiregrass is the per-fect fuel for the fires the lon-gleafs need.

What makes the Pine Foresttract unique, Sorrie told TheTimes in a recent interview, is thatit preserves this longleaf-wire-

grass community intact. It is "afunctioning natural longleaf pineforest," he said.The wiregrass isthere, and so are longleaf pinetrees of varying ages — a signthat there is natural regenerationof the population.

It was preservedthat way be-c a u s e t h efo l k s w h oowned it fordecades let itbe.They did-n't log off allthe pine trees.And though

pinestraw was harvested fromsome areas, it was hand-raked.Bringing in tractors to rake strawtends to kill off the wiregrass,which can't stand the pressureof the tractor tires.

It's not an "old growth" forest,Sorrie explained, because almostall the longleaf pines in the Sand-hills were cut down in the earlyyears of the last century. Thepine forest on Pine Forest is anold and well-preserved regrowthfrom that time.

Sorrie, whose job it is to knowsuch things, says it's the largest

functioning natural longleaf pineforest in the Moore County, andmaybe in all of the North CarolinaSandhills, outside of Fort Braggand the Sandhills Gamelandspreserve.

So why hasn't the state or theNature Conservancy or someother preservation group boughtit to preserve it. Sorrie told TheTimes that he and other folkswho, like him, look for the uniquenatural environments that areworthy of preservation, onlyfound out about the tract three orfour years ago — about thesame time that it began to inter-est developers. It was in privatehands and no one had looked atit, Sorrie said.

The NC Department of Agri-culture's Plant Conservation Pro-

gram [PCP] has expressed someinterest in acquiring the prop-erty for preservation, he toldThe Times, but they are limitedto paying market rates for the for-est land, and the property isworth far more than that to adeveloper. So the PCP couldn'tcome up with the money.

The Nature Conservancy folksand their allies in this part ofthe state are very focused onacquiring land that will connectthe natural areas around Ft.Bragg with the Sandhills Game-lands. That will create a corridorfor wildlife to move over a larg-er area, something that ecologistshave more recently understoodis crucial to a long-term preser-vation strategy. Pine Forest lies

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‘Pine Forest’ land is a unique pine forest

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Pinehurst has offered to buy awater/sewer facility (WestPointStevens plant) located 30 milesto the south in Wagram, ScotlandCounty. Pinehurst officiallyadvised Scotland County thatPinehurst’s water requirementsare “critical at this time becausethe current water supply is notsufficient compared to growth,” agross exaggeration.

Jeff Dawson, an appointedPinehurst Village Council mem-ber, warns that in a “worst casescenario,” $100 million in plantimprovements, piping and pump-ing needs may be required.County executives think his esti-mate is on the low side. Dawsonclaims a Pinehurst-led consor-tium could, if need be, then con-struct a totally new and parallelwater distribution system within

Pinehurst, bypassing MooreCounty’s utility network. Curi-ously, Pinehurst possesses nowritten legal opinion assuringsuch a move is legal. (The onlyNorth Carolina case law cited bymunicipal officials is that of PineKnolls Shores, a taking over ofa private water company’s fran-chise, not a county water sys-tem).

Were a parallel system to beset up, conservative estimatesare Moore County Utility wouldsuffer significant revenue losses,running into millions of dollars.This would force the county toraise water and sewer rates onall non-Pinehurst users and onthose Pinehurst users refusingto sign up for the Pinehurst-runparallel system. With countyoperations then running in thered, the county would be forcedto discontinue capital spending,which guarantees a period ofreduced service maintenance.The plan espoused by Dawsoncould cause the Moore County

system, deprived of most of itsc u s to m e rs , to g o b ro ke .Water/sewer rates would nec-essarily skyrocket, modernizationby the county of all Pinehurstwater/sewer assets

would cease, and service woulddeteriorate.

Moore County officials haveremained aloof of these doingseven though Pinehurst’s entirewater/sewer infrastructure iscounty-owned.A county execu-tive estimates debt reductioncosts for Pinehurst (principaland interest) of $8,315,432 peryear for two decades.

County executives are fullyconvinced Wagram can’t possi-bly produce water as cheaplyas Moore County can now pur-

chase or produce it.They’re unit-ed in the belief that only they arelegally responsible for Pinehurst’swater provision.They aver there’sno legitimate “critical water need,”

and are total lycommitted tom e e t P i n e -hurs t , WestE n d a n dSeven Lakes’future watern e e d s . T h enew Harnett

County connector alone will addover a million gallons daily tothe system servicing that area.Drought risk is being further

eliminated by Southern Pines’construction of a 140,000,000gallon reservoir by 2011.

Is there any good news in allof this? Yes. But only for thosepoliticians in Pinehurst who loud-ly acclaim, “We should have ourown water system.” They’ll haveachieved their parochial dream.But getting their wish can onlyhurt everyone else in the coun-ty and destroy the countywidewater system now in place.

Paul R. Dunn is a former can-didate for Pinehurst Village Coun-cil and County Commissioner.He’s reached at: [email protected]

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some PCP-owned property nearPine Forest, as well as some pri-vate land in conservation ease-ments. Acquiring Pine Forestwould "give them many moreoptions for doing landscapemanagement," Sorrie said.

Noting the projected growth inthe western part of the countyaround West End and SevenLakes and toward Carthage,Sorrie said,"The towns of SevenLakes and West End are goingto need some open space, ulti-mately. Big chunks of land likethis would be a big open areawith a lot of possibilities.

He mentioned grass parkingareas and perhaps a network oftrails as options — and maybeeven a connection with Wey-mouth Woods State Park — aspublic access options.

"We'd like to try to convince thedeveloper that building homesin there wouldn't be the bestuse for the property," he toldThe Times.

Pine Forest's proposed PUDrezoning is expected to comebefore the Moore County Plan-ning Board in a public meetingon November 5.


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"We have submitted drawingsto the Village for approval," Brob-st said. "Several times."

"The village has sent a letterback, that, because we didn'thave a special use permit, theywould not allow us to go beforethe Historic [Preservation Com-mission] Board."

Brobst said the structure inquestion was identical to theexisting well house and hadbeen approved by PinehurstResort President Don Padgett.

The Village has held up otherPublic Utilities projects, Brobstexplained, including a rehab ofthe sewer system in Old TownPinehurst.

"The Village has decided theywant that project to go at thesame time as the Old TownWater System," he told the Com-missioners, a project with a $7million price tag. "That is $7 mil-lion we don't have," Brobst said."Pinehurst wants them both doneat once."

The County and Village havealso had trouble seeing eye-to-eye on a rehab of the sewersystem that serves Lake Pine-hurst, a $3 million project thatwon a $1.5 million grant and$1.5 million interest free loandrawn from federal stimulusfunds.When the Village refusedto approve the county's designfor the project, the county, aftersome work by its legal staff,decided to move forward withthe project without the Village'spermission.

Investment in PinehurstOnce Brobst had completed

the formal part of his presenta-tion, the Commissioners askeda number of questions thatseemed to be aimed at answer-ing some criticisms emanatingfrom Pinehurst — in particular,the criticism that the county is notinvesting in water and sewerinfrastructure in Pinehurst.

Chairman Nick Picerno askedhow much revenue Public Utili-ties takes in from the water andsewer system. Brobst said it wasapproximately $7 million. Picer-no then asked about the cost tooperate the system. Brobst saidthe maintenance of the sewersystem was $2.145 million, waterquality operations cost $870,000,

Administration and customerservice adds another $800,000.

Picerno noted that totaled $3.7million, more than fifty percent ofthe revenue coming in. PublicUtilities also pays $1.7 millionper year to the Addor Waste-water Treatment plant to han-dle wastewater from Pinehurst.

That drops the profi t or"excess" down to less than $2million per year, Picerno noted."So we've got $2 million total toplay with in a year for our capi-tal cost and our debt service?"he asked Brobst.

"That is correct," Brobst replied.Picerno then read a newspa-

per report that quoted PinehurstCouncilman Jeff Dawson tellingVillage residents that "none of themoney you have spent [on coun-ty water and sewer bills] over thepast ten years have come backin the form of capital improve-ments in the system."

"Is that an accurate state-ment?" Picerno asked Brobst.

"No sir, I would not say that itis," Brobst replied, listing amongthe Pinehurst projects complet-ed in the past few years a newlift station, two water mainsacross NC Highway 211, thedrilling and construction of Wells21 and 22, the completion of aline on NC Highway 15/501 lineto bring in 1.1 million gallons

per day from the East MooreWater District, the completionof the Cannon Park water tank,and the installation of three gen-erators.

"We have been busy," Brobstsaid.

Paying forWagramPicerno then asked whether

the revenue generated by thecounty's utility operations couldfund the $105 million projectedcost of rehabbing water andsewer plants in Wagram thatthe Village of Pinehurst is seek-ing to buy, bringing that water toPinehurst, and replacing thecounty's existing Pinehurst infra-structure with new water andsewer lines owned by the Village.

Brobst said the cost of bor-rowing $105 million over 20 yearsat five percent interest is $8.3 mil-lion per year.

"That doesn't pay the first elec-tric bill, doesn't hire a techni-cian, doesn't hire a meter read-er, doesn't have a telephone . .. no operating cost whatsoev-er, and it's $8.3 million per year,"he continued. "The Wooten reportdescribing those plants was veryprecise about the estimated costto operate and maintain just theplants . . . By my calculations . .. the revenue necessary to runthat system that was explained

in the paper would be about$17 million per year . . . . If theycan do it for half of what wewould do it for, the revenue wouldstill have to triple in order to payfor that facility."

Montgomery CountyWaterCommissioners Picerno and

Lea both asked Brobst to elab-orate on the possibility of aninterconnection with MontgomeryCounty to bring more water toSeven Lakes — and therebyreduce the amount of water thatmust be pumped from Pinehurstto Seven Lakes.

Brobst confirmed that thedeveloper of the proposed PineForest PUD, MHK Ventures,LLC,had offered to pay the estimat-ed $3 million for the cost of thenew line and required upgradesto the Montgomery County sys-tem.

Brobst said he had told thedeveloper's engineer that "ourrequirement for developmentslike this is that they replace thecapacity that they consume."

"I don't want to stand in frontof this Board and say that I amborrowing money so that a devel-oper can have some water," headded.

If the new development ulti-mately requires 500,000 gallonsof water per day, CommissionerLea noted, then the new linefrom Montgomery County wouldproduce no net gain in theamount of water to Seven Lakes.

Brobst agreed, but pointedout that the development isexpected to take twenty years tobe built out — and to need all thatwater. "There will no additionalcapacity in the long term," Brob-st said, "but for the first 20 years,there will be tremendous addi-


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mining the dues level that will benecessary to support thoseexpenditures.

Reviewing the financial reportsdistributed at the meeting, Kirstnoted that the Income Reportincludes both dues and boatfees that were received in April,prior to the beginning of the2009-2010 Fiscal year. Becausethe Association operates on amodified cash accounting system,those payments actually haveto be booked as FY 2008-2009,even though the are paymentsfor FY 2009-2010. Kirst saidusing the accrual accountingmethod would avoid this report-ing problem, but switching fromone system to the other will haveto be cleared with the InternalRevenue Service.

Year-to-date expenses, onlyfour months into the year arealready $1 million, against abudget of $1.2 million, as resultof budgeting the Lake AumanDam Remediation in last yearsbudget but actually paying forit this year, Kirst said.The Asso-caition has about $1.4 millionon hand, with half of that inreserves and the other half readyto be used to fund operations.

Community ActivitiesDirector Karen Milligan said

she had spotted an ad for aWestside home in a newspa-per real estate section that list-ed among the selling features "acommunity center that hostsmonthly activities and events."I think that's a really great thing,"she said, thanking landowners forthe support they give the Com-munity Activities Committee.

Milligan reminded residentsof the Halloween Party andMovie on October 29 and a fullday of Christmas festivities onDecember 6, including a visit

from Santa and children's partyin the afternoon and at BYOBChristmas social for the moremature set in the evening.

The November edition of theSeven Lakes Forum, whichmeets November 19 at 4:00 pm,will feature Andy Huneycutt ofProgress Energy on "The Stateof the Electric Industry: Nuclearand Renewable Energy Sources."

Safety and SecurityDirector John Hoffmann said

a landowners question prompt-ed him to investigate how EMS,Firefighters, and other first respon-ders deal with gaining entry to theWest Side when a train is block-ing the tracks. Through conver-sations with emergency per-sonnel, he learned that, findingthe front entrance blocked, theywill immediately proceed to theback gate, which is faster thanattempting to have the trainmoved.

Neighborhood Watch is upand running, Hoffmann reported,and includes a variety of ele-ments. Among them is a house-hold inventory available on thewebsite and at the CommunityCenter, that residents can use toensure their home is wel lsecured.

Also underway are Neighbor-hood Watch patrols conducted bytwenty-six volunteers.

Public commentNoting problems resulting from

a contractor pulling into the com-munity Halloween Night with aflatbed trailer full of kids fromoutside the neighborhood, DickWilliams asked whether planshad been made to attempt toprevent a repeat occurrence.Director Hoffmann said the gatewould be manned on Halloweenevening, Neighborhood Watchpatrols would be roaming the

community, and an off-dutydeputy sheriff will be hired toprovide additional security.

Betty Milligan asked whetherthe Parkwood subdivision hadbeen annexed into the Associ-ation and whether anything couldbe done about a tethered dogand a very visible dog houseand satellite dish. PresidentShepard replied that the annex-ation is still being negotiatedand that, consequently, nothingcould be done about conditionsthat would be violations underSLWLA rules, other than toaddress them with Parkwood'sdeveloper, which he promised todo.

Learned that the Moore ountySheriff's Department has appar-ently closed its investigation ofthe theft of a pontoon boat andassociated vandalism perpe-trated one night this past sum-mer without making an arrest.Office Manager Katie Patnodesaid a call to the Sheriff's Officeindicated that detective had afirm suspect but lacked the evi-dence necessary to prosecutethe case.

Charlie Merical, noting an arti-cle in TheTimes concerning thecost of operating the Foxfire Vil-

lage pool, asked whether simi-lar information was available onlast season's operation of theWests ide. Treasurer Kirstexplained that, because Fox-fire, a municipality, operates itspool as an independent enter-prise, the cost and revenueaccounting is somewhat simpli-fied. However, she promisedthat an analysis of pool expens-es and usage would be forth-coming.

Other itemsAlso during Tuesday night's

General Meeting:• Administrative Assistant Katie

Patnode, reporting for the vaca-tioning community ManagerJoan Frost, said 43 compliance

letters have been sent out sincethe September General Meeting.Twenty of those rules violationswere resolved; five involvedrepeat offenders. Frost provideda printed Manager's report thatwas distributed at the meeting.

• Infrastructure Director JohnGoodman reported that severaldrainage projects are in theworks or on the drawing board,including work on Longleaf Court,Timber Ridge, Otter Drive, andButterfly Court.

• Director Wimberly reportedthat the Board has approved adeputy chair for the Architec-tural Review Committee whowill handle day-to-day opera-tions. Ray Sibiga will fill thatpost.


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renewal was held in a closedexecutive session, so details ofwhat the performance incen-tives might entail are not avail-able, but the Board did assign theHuman Resources committeethe task of negotiating a finalcontract with CAS.

Speaking prior to the vote onSilberhorn's motion for a one-year

renewal, Infrastructure DirectorJohn Goodman said, "I want toemphasize that it is our mutualgoal that we have a long-termrelationship and, at the end of thisyear, that we have an improve-ment over what we see today. Iam very optimistic we will seeimprovement as time goes by."

Rules revision nearly doneThe Board o f D i rec to rs

approved two additional adjust-

ments to the revised rules andregulations that has been a worksession agenda item for sever-al months. On the suggestionof Director Wimberly they raisedthe number of hours that a boatmaybe parked in a resident'sdriveway from 72 to 96 hourswithin a 30-day period. Wim-berly explained that this wouldallow residents who trailer theirboats to the lake to have them inthe driveway one day of eachweekend in the month.

On the suggestion of formerLake Director Mary Anne Fewkes,the Board added a rule, passedby a previous Board, that limitsthe decibel level of boats usingLake Auman.

With the approval of thoseadjustments, the Board is readyto move to a final public hearingon and possible approval of therevised rules and regulationsduring its November work ses-sion. The nearly final draft ofthe rules is available on theSLWLA website.

Pool managementThe Board heard a presenta-

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Wiles explained that Grove

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(See“CAS,”p. 31)The three members of theWestside Board whose termsexpire in March — Lake & DamDirector Mick Herdrich, Trea-suruer Kathy Kirst, and Sec-retary Ed Tuton — have all toldThe Times that they will notstand for re-election to anoth-er term.

That leaves the WestsideNominating Committee, head-ed by Tuton, with an especial-ly tough job this year.

So far, only one potentialcandidate has thrown a hatinto the ring.

Westsiders interested inexploring running for the board

are encouraged to contact amember of the NominatingCommittee. In addition to Tuton,they include: Mike Shapiro,Ray MacKay, Mary Price, BettyMilligan, and Ed Cockman.

The committee plans to begininterviewing candidates shorl-ty, so time is of the essence.

“We’re looking for a diverseset of talent, expertise, andbackgrounds,” Tuton told TheTimes — for a willingness toserve and to devote the time ittakes to serve.

On the fence? See page 25for some inspiration from cur-rent Director Adam Wimberly.

Westside incumbentswon’t run for re-election

over the age of sixteen are issuedcards that provide them withaccess to the pool, but do notallow them to bring in guests.

Guest cards are available forpurchase by adult residents whowant to bring in up to five guests,at a cost of five dollars per guestper week.

SLWLA Directors respondedpositively to Wiles presentation,noting that it offered not onlythe possibility of simplifying theenforcement of pool accessrules, but could also be usedto control access to other ameni-ties, for example, the tenniscourts.

Grove Park's pool has no div-ing board and the Associationemploys attendants, providedby a pool management compa-ny, but no lifeguards.

Refunds comingto new landowners

Community Manager JoanFrost reported that CAS would berefunding approximately $1,350in transfer fees incorrectlycharged to new members of theAssociation.

CAS customarily charges a$45 transfer fee, paid by theproperty buyer at closing, tocover the administrative costs ofenrolling a new member of theassociations it manages. Thefunds are paid to and retained byCAS, not the association. ButSeven Lakes West negotiated thisfee out of its contract with CAS.

CAS's corporate office chargedthe fee to approximately thirtynew Westside landowners. Frostsaid the refunds would be paid

by CAS, not SLWLA.Despite the need for refunds

given the current contract, sev-eral Board members suggestedthat such a processing fee isnot unreasonable, whethercharged by the Association or themanagement company, to helpcover the administrative costs ofbringing in a new member, aswell as providing copy of therules and regulations and otherlegal documents.

The budget andlong range planning

Treasurer Kathy Kirst explainedthat the Board's budgetingprocess for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 would be altered some-what by focusing attention onoperational expenses rather thanspecial capital projects. Thebudget will set aside certainamounts in the reserve fundswhich can be used to fund cap-ital projects, but those projectswill be discussed by the Boardand approved or denied through-out the budget year rather thanduring the budgeting process.That will allow the Board todevote more time to debatingindividual projects as they comeup, she explained, rather thancompressing the discussion ofimportant projects into the briefbudgeting window.

Secretary Tuton asked whetherthe approach would handicapthe Board from allocating fundsin case of an emergency — forexample, a washout of a portionof Longleaf Drive due to flooding.Kirst explained that the Board hasthe discretion to move fundsfrom one reserve fund to anoth-

er as needed.Director John Hoffmann

expressed his concern that theprocess of developing specialcapital projects, largely over-seen by the Long Range Plan-ning committee, is not firmlyconnected to the setting of Boardpriorities. He said the Associa-tion has not so much a LongRange Plan as a list of desirableprojects and expressed skepti-cism that that list had ever beenprioritized by the Board.

As an example, Hoffmannmentioned his desire to see amanned gatehouse at the backgate. " We've never decided thatwe want a back gate house,which is a pretty important thing,and I would like to not see thatslip away from us in the budgetingprocess."

"This is all part of the reservebudget," Kirst said. "At the timethat money is required, we willvote on it."

"I believe that Long RangePlanning is working in a vacuum,"Hoffmann said."They don't knowwhat I am thinking about. Theymay not know what [Infrastruc-ture Director] John Goodman isthinking about. We should havean early-on session in which wetrot out our lists of capital proj-ects for other Board membersand Long Range Planning to to

see.""The Long Range Planning

group, with the President sittingon there," Silberhorn said, "iscoming up with ways to assist usin understanding the future. Weneed, quarterly or semi-annually,to sit down with what they haveproduced, perhaps with thempresent, and go over it, so thatwe understand it. As far as inte-grating the two, it's up to us tomake the final decisions."

"The work done by the LongRange Planning committee isutterly incredible," Hoffmannsaid. "The service that they areproviding is tremendous . . . Outof their project list, those itemsthat the Board endorses,approves, selects for imple-mentation, must be integrated intoour individual capital require-ments that are also approvedby the Board. At some point intime, their input and our input

must be integrated to produce thecost picture both annually andinto the future."

K i rs t and Shepard bothassured Hoffmann that the exist-ing process would in fact accom-plish that.

Architectural ReviewArchitectural Review [ARC]

Director Adam Wimberly soughtand received Board approval ofdocuments that lay out theresponsibilities of the ARC Com-mittee Chairman and a newDeputy Chairman post. Heexplained that, whenever a newBoard member is appointedARC chairman, continuity can belost as the Director gets up tospeed. It is expected that theDeputy Chairman will serve fora longer period of time and main-tain continuity in the leadershipof the committee.


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9Broccoli SpinachSoup �

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10Potato Bacon Soup

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12Mushroom Bisque

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13Shrimp & CornChowder

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Wimberley said he plannedto implement a similar structurefor the compliance committeeand would be seeking approvalfor that in a future meeting. Henoted that the compliance com-mittee is beginning to identifyhomes that are in bad need ofmaintenance or repair with thegoal of bringing them into com-pliance.

Wimberley also asked for andreceived Board approval for anew set of procedures that willprovide additional security forARC files, in order to preventdocuments from being lost ormisplaced.

Butterfly CourtDirector John Goodman report-

ed that he had received a planfor addressing persistent drainageproblems on Butterfly Courtdeveloped by Steve Harris, acontractor and resident of theneighborhood. Harris' plan offersthe potential for better drainageand would cost approximately$10,000 to implement — $34,000less than a plan developed bySouthern Pines engineering firmHobbs, Upchurch & Associates.He indicated that he would bepresenting the plan to residentson the street to see whetherthey would be willing to split thecost of the project with the Asso-ciation.

Director Silberhorn askedwhether Hobbs-Upchurch hadreviewed the plan, explainingthat he was concerned aboutthe threat of litigation over thedrainage problems, which werethe basis of an earlier suit againstthe Association.

Goodman explained that thelanguage surrounding the Hobbs-Upchurch design was so full of

caveats as to offer little protec-tion from liability. Silberhornasked that Goodman let himknow about the level of accept-ance of the Harris design hefound among Butterfly Courtlandowners.

Goodman reported that severalother projects are underway toattempt to solve drainage issueson Timber Ridge, Longleaf Court,and elsewhere.

Drainage Pipe ProblemsGoodman reported that three

corrugated steel pipes that carrywater from the lower LakewayDrive Pond to Lake Auman haverusted through, allowing thewater to erode the soil underthe pipes. Ultimately, this couldthreaten the integrity of the Lon-gleaf Drive roadway in that area,he said. He plans to addressthe problem with an injection ofgrout, once tree-clearing on thepond dam has been complet-ed.

A similar problem exists in anarea along Longleaf where astream passes under the road-way. That, too, will need to beaddressed, Goodman said.

Security UpdateDirector Hoffmann reported

that that he now has twenty-sixresidents who have signed up forNeighborhood Watch patrols.Training and the patrols them-selves are both underway.

The Association continues touse off-duty Sheriff's deputies fortraffic enforcement and has spent$3,960 to date on that effort.While he feels the presence ofthe deputies has helped calmtraffic, Hoffmann noted that he isconvinced the presence of thepaid off-duty patrols has reducedthe amount of time that on-dutysheriff's officers spend patrollinginside the gates.About a dozenspeeding tickets have beenissued in the community sinceJuly, Hoffmann said, and com-

plaints about speeding are down.Hoffmann said the installation

of motion sensor lights at John-son Point is almost completed.

Other businessIn other business during its

Tuesday, October 20 work ses-sion, the SLWLA Board:

• Heard from Shepard that acommittee examining rental feesfor the boat and trailer storage lothas developed a recommenda-tion that will be rolled into thebudgeting process for FiscalYear 2010-2011.

• Heard from Director Milli-gan that the CommunicationsCommittee has produced a DVDthat includes striking photogra-phy of Seven Lakes West that willbe included in the welcomepacket for new members. Shesaid the committee will exploremaking the video available on theAssociation website.

• Heard from Milligan that theChristmas season will kick off on

December 6 with an afternoonparty for children and an eveningtree lighting and party. WestSide Park decorations have beenapproved.

• Heard from Director Her-drich that he had asked LakePatrol to do one last sweep thisseason to check for unregis-tered boats on Lake Auman.The effort turned up fifteen. "We'llbe going after them," Herdrichsaid.

• Heard from Director Tuton,who chairs the Nominating Com-mittee, that so far only onelandowner has stepped forwardto run for a seat on the Board.Three seats are available to befilled during next March's elec-tions. Director Karen Milligansuggested that the Board mayneed to consider cutting backthe number of seats from nine toseven or the term of office fromthree years to two years.


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123 SANDHAM COURTSingle Unit Townhouse

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ANTIQUES/PRIMITIVESSOLD

MEDLEYANNAʼS – of WestEnd. We sell your favorite and fun– Country Junk, Antiques, Prim-itives, Quilts, Shabby Chic,French Country, and many need-ful things. Call 673-JUNK (5865)or 947-3759, for Harriet or Jerry.

FOR SALEMISCELLANEOUS

BMW CONVERTIBLE FORSALE – 2001, 325 with 65Kmiles.Automatic, heated seats.Steel grey with black top andgrey interior.Very good condition.Asking $15K. Just inspected atValley BMW. 673-2975

IMAGETREADMILL – Like new,used a few times. Has comput-er, incline, & fan. Cost new $400;will sell for $200. 910-673-1141.

FURNITURE WHOLESALEFACTORY DIRECT WARE-HOUSE – Queen Bed Set -$250. (5) piece set Queen Bed-room - $999. Living/Dining Fur-niture and Youth furniture. Call910-639-9555.

**NEW** ASHLEY FURNITUREWHOLESALE OUTLET – Save$100ʼs, $1000ʼs. Living RoomSets $475, Sectionals, Recliners,Sofas, Love seats. Bedroom &Dining room sets too! MattressSale $99 and up! Located inAberdeen. 910-904-3140.

RECONDITION BRONZEGRAVE MARKERS – EastwoodFlorist & Monuments. 639-4084.

MATTRESS SALE—Pillow topsets All New Mattresses. Full-size $200. Queen size $225,King size $300. Luxury Queen &King sets all below half price.Clearing from warehouse facil-ity. 910-639-9555. 1tc 5/30

THE CHAPEL IN THE PINES –has Seven Lakes Cemeteryplots and columbarium nichesavailable. Please contact BobTourt at 673-8156 for information.

FOR RENTSTORAGE BUILDINGS

8000 SQ. FT WAREHOUSEFOR DISTRIBUTOR – or man-ufacturing. Located on Hwy 211,West End. Call Owner/Broker@ 910-315-6300.

HILLCREST MINI WARE-HOUSE, LLC — Affordable stor-age in Seven Lakes. Units arelocated at 351 Grant Street,across from K.R. Mace Electric.Unit sizes – 10x10, 10x20. Unitshave lighting. Call 910-673-7320for rental information. Urgentcalls may be directed to 910-690-6491.

FOR SALEREAL ESTATE LAND/LOTS

BEACON RIDGE GOLF FRONTLOT 6063 – Seven Lakes West.Located at 101 Beacon Ridge Dr.with .59 acres & 220 ft golffrontage on 9th tee. Neighbors onone side, $39,995. Call 639-7273.

NICE LARGE NORTH SIDELOT – on Sandspur, adjoins theSoccer Field (.65 acre). $24,000.910-690-9706.

QUIET LARGE NORTH SIDELOT – located on Perimeter at theright end of Brandywine. (approx..5 acre). $18,000. 910-690-9706.

MORGANWOOD LOT # 44 –(5.06 acres) $120,000. Call 910-690-6679.

FOR RENTREAL ESTATE

SEVEN LAKES – 2BR/2BAduplex w/sunroom & scrn porch.$700/month. Call John 690-6491.

GOLF FRONT RENTAL @SLCC – Almost new 3BR + 2BAsplit plan w/2car garage. HugeFamily Rm, w/fireplace, scr.porch and deck overlooking spa-cious, private backyard, 2-cargarage. Call 910-334-9008.

HIGH PROFILE LOCATION –720 sf & 740 sf offices, waterincluded. Also 2nd floor officespace available. 910-673-4800.

FOR SALEREAL ESTATE

SEVEN LAKES WEST – 3/BR,2.5/BA, vaulted ceiling livingroom, dining area, kitchen, laun-dry room, Carolina room, extralrge bonus room & garage (plen-ty of storage plus 2 cars), gas fire-place, brick patio, small pond& waterfall, on 1.2 acres, lakeview. Must see to appreciate. AVisions (Keith Stites) built home.$389,000 Call 910-673-1405

WATERFRONT COTTAGE –on Little Juniper Lake SLN. 1800sq. ft, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths,stone fireplace w/gas heater,heat pump, 2 decks, fenced petarea, 1 car garage. 164 Cardi-n a l D r i v e . F S B O / B r o k e r$199,700. Call 910-215-8400 oremail [email protected] photos.

CEDAR LOG HOMES – 6x8Tongue & Grove Cedar Logs;Best Insulation. Many Plans orCustom Designs.Whelan Real-ty, LLC 1008 Seven Lakes Drive,www.WhelanRealty.com Call910-673-1818.

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PROFESSIONALSERVICES

MOTOR HOME SERVICES –Available At Napa Auto CareCenter@7 Lakes. 910-673-4500.

GOD’S CREATION IRONING– and House Cleaning. Call 910-673-2136. 3tp$ 10/02

MRS CLEAN – Cleaning Serv-ices. Residential & commercial.Nancy Brown. 910-464-9456.

BLOCK-BRICK-STONE – NoJob Too Large or Small. FullyInsured – Call Today. CaseyBlack 910-639-0887.

CREATIVE ART & GRAPHICDESIGN – Cathy McKenzie 910-572-7735 “Where CreativityBegins”www.McKenzieGraphics.org

FALLEN LEAF LAWN CARE -Commercial and residential. G.R.Dowd. 947-3366 or 528-6143.


TONY’S GUN REPAIR – repairand sales. 119 No. Trade St., 7Lakes 910-690-5541 or 910-944-9223.

J&L HOME SERVICES — “AHandy Man and More.” Interi-or/Exterior Home Maintenance& Repairs. Call today for Free esti-mates.Your Seven Lakes Neigh-bor. Call 673-3927.

SEVEN LAKES DENTAL STU-DIO – Repairs of dentures, acrylicpartials, and relines. Same dayservice available.All work will bedone only through your localdentist. Tom Wasilewski, 336McDougall Drive, Seven Lakes.673-1613.

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PRIDE HOME ADDITIONS –“Building with PRIDE to meetyour needs.” Home Additions-Decks-Docks-Bulkheads FullyInsured - 34 years experience-references. Free estimates for allyour home needs. Bruce West-morland 910-673-9163 or 910-690-1736.

DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRTCHEAP! – $19.00/month. 96gallon roll-out container provid-ed for weekly pickup. Fullyinsured. Locally owned and oper-ated. Professional Service. 100%Service Guarantee. CarolinaWaste Services. 910-673-4285(HAUL)..

TREE SERVICE — ALLEN &SONTREE SERVICE.Topping,trimming, complete removal,clean-up, insured, 24 hour serv-ice. Free estimates, senior citi-zen discounts. Call James M.Allen at 910-974-7629 (Home) or910-572-6818 (Cell). tfn 12/7

SCOTT'S LAWN SERVICE OFABERDEEN – We have a fer-tilization and weed manage-ment program for your lawn.Askabout our free application givento all new Seven Lakes cus-tomers. 910-944-1322.


PROFESSIONAL SERVICES— serving Seven Lakes, Foxfire,and Pinehurst w/lawn mainte-nance & more for residentialand commercial customers.Yearround service. Mowing, weedeating, picking up debris, blow-ing. Shrub pruning, limb & treeremoval and hauling away. Seed-ing/sod lawns. Leaf & strawremoval. Haul and spread pinestraw, bark, soil, gravel andmulch. Aerate, de–thatch, andedge lawns. Weeding of flowerbeds, planting shrubs.Re–surfacegravel driveways. Blow roofs andclean gutters. Pressure wash-ing homes, decks, concretewalks, driveways, & boats. Installdriveway curbing and sprinklersystems. Garden tilling. Otherodd jobs around the house?Youneed it done! We will do it! CallJohn 673-7320 or mobile tele-phone 910-690-6491.

CREATIVE CUSTOMWORK –“The Decorator’s Workshop”Custom made Window Treat-ments, Bedding, Cushions, andSlipcovers. All made right herewith the attention to detaildemanded by the best design-ers! Pam Wasilewski, 336McDougall Drive, Seven Lakes.Call 673-2500.

RENOVATION & REPAIRS –All-terior Improvements, ChuckKieling, 27 years craftsman expe-rience. Residential remodels.Kitchens, bathrooms, dens, cus-tom cabinetry, counter tops, built-ins and bars. Custom furniture.7 Lakes resident. Call Chuck tofinish the unfinished. 910-639-2918.


WOODFARM CARPENTRY &LANDSCAPING INC. – Addi-tions-New Construction-Remod-eling-Foundations-Drainage-Driveways-Backfilling as well asall landscaping needs. Residentof Seven Lakes. Free Estimates,licensed & insured, 695-2005.

CEDAR PINES LAWN ANDLANDSCAPE SERVICE INC.– Pine straw $3.50/bale, Pinestraw $3.25 with purchase of100 + bales, Pine straw $6.25 perbale spread for you. Pine mulch:mini nugget, large nugget &shredded. Spring Cleanup. Mate-rials available to: contractors,residents, & commercial use.Call Rick or Mary Horton @910-673-3405 or 910-639-5206.

JOHN KELLY MAINTENANCE& REPAIR LLC– 25 yrs of expe-rience, no job too small. SevenLakes resident. Call 673-1605.

SEVEN LAKES HOME &LAWN SERVICE – Home andyard upkeep services. Now fulllawn care including fertilizingand weed control. N.C. Pesti-cide #026-25656. Mowing, hedgetrimming, mulch and pine straw.Regular maintenance or proj-ect work. Dock and deck main-tenance, trim painting and smallrepair jobs. Roof & gutter clean-ing. Call Rich at 638-8081 orLindsay 638-2387. Lic. & insured.

PETS &PET SERVICES

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PETS &PET SERVICES

DEE OH GEE PET SITTING –Professional, experienced petsitter who will take care of yourdogs and cats the way you wouldif you were there. Enthusiasticreferences are available fromyour Seven Lakes neighbors.Insured and Bonded. CindyAllen, Owner and Seven LakesResident. Call (910) 986-0152 orvisit www.deeohgee.net for moreinformation.

ANIMAL ADVOCATES OFMOORE CO. – invites you tojoin their email list of dogs &cats by signing on at [email protected]

PAWS & CLAWS PET SITTING– Serving Seven Lakes since2005. Accredited, Bonded,Insured & Local Resident. Call(910) 603-8285 for FREE con-s u l t a t i o n . V i s i twww.paws_clawspetsitting.webs.com In home service. Ask forSL Times discount! tfn 7/6

SANDHILLS ANIMAL RESCUELEAGUE - Pets for adoption.Call Lou Atkins at 910-974-4468.

BOATS FORSALE

NEW & USED PONTOONSAND SKI BOATS — Call SevenLakes Marine. 673-1440. tfnc

DONATEYOUR BOAT TO THENONPROFIT MATTAMUSKEETFOUNDATION – Tax deductionfor fair market value. No mid-dleman. Call Lewis Forrest at252-746-4221.

BOATS FOR SALE – Need aboat? Choplin’s Got It! Ski–Wakeboard–Deck–Pontoon–Bass and Saltwater Boats. Fullservice to Seven Lakes areaonly a few minutes away. ChoplinMarine in Sanford. Call 919-776-1004 or www.choplinboats.com

TURNYOUR USED BOAT INTOCASH — People are looking topurchase good condition used -boats. Let us connect you tothe prospective buyers. Call Jeffat 910-673-1440 or Lynn at 910-690-8695.

PONTOON, BASS, SKI, DECK& SALTWATER BOATS — Over250 boats in stock. 33 years inthe Marine business. Only 25minutes from Seven Lakes.Chatlee Boat & Marine, San-ford. Call 919-775-7259.

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