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Dam removal public
hearing is Sept. 26
A public hearing on Duke Energy's con-
troversial plan to tear down the Dillsboro
dam will be held by the N.C. Division of
Water Quality at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept.
26, at the Ramsey Center at Western Carolina
University.
Duke must get a permit from the state
Division of Water Quality before it can
remove the dam, a sma11100-year-old dam on
the Tuckasegee River in Dillsboro. The state's
permit will dictate the method of dam
removal, such as whether Duke has to dredge
decades worth of backlogged sedirnent from
behind the dam before tearing it down and to
what extent Duke must do river bank stabi-
lization along the muddy banks left in the
wake of receding water levels behind the
dam.
While state and federal environmental
agencies and rafting outfitters support the
move to tear down the dam, others don't,
including Jackson and Macon county govern-
ments. Tearing down the aging Dillsboro
dam is the cornerstone of Duke's mitigation
plan for 10 other dams it operates in the
region. Duke must provide some type of mit-
igation in order to get new permits for its
other dams and has offered up the Dillsboro
dam as a sacrifice.
Recycling revenues
way up in Haywood
Havwood County's solid waste director told
commissioners that the county is making signif-
icantprogress inincreasing recycling revenues.
Solid Waste Director Stephen King said that
in previous years the county took in about
$120,000 from selling recycled waste. In the first
four months King has been on the job, the coun-
tyhas taken in $133,000.
King says the increase has come from scour-
ing for unused junk materials sitting on county
property and bringing them in to recycle.
"Hopefully with continued efforts of recy-
cling and the support of the community and
staff, we'll continue to (increase profits)," King
said.
Peace Fellowship talks
about Middle East issues
This month's meeting of the Haywood
County Peace Fellowship will be on
Thursday, Sept 20. at 7 p.m. in the Faith
Classroom at First United Methodist Churc
in Wavnesaille.
Lissy Caldwell will be the guest speaker
and will share her perceptions of some of
what is going on in Palestine and Israel.
She will bring a "behind the scenes" look
at events there based on her frequent visits to
the area. Among other things Lissy will share
some about the on-going, bi-partisan efforts
to build bridges of peace, invulcing both
Israelis and Palestinians. She and her hus-
band, Raymond, have made twenty trips to
the area in the last six vears.
The public is invited.
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