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NEWS April 14, 2006 Seven Lakes Times Page 5
Newly drilled Foxfire well fails to pan out
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budget is scheduled for April
19 at 3:00 pm.
On Peckitt’s motion, the council
authorized Village Clerk Janice
Thomas to advertise tax
delinquencies totaling approximately
$26,000. Foxfire Resort
and Golf apparently accounts
for $25,000 of that total.
Water. “I was enthused at last
months meeting about a new
well that we had drilled and
thought it would be a great addition
to the village’s water system,
Councilman Joe Harsany reminded
citizens. But after a few days
of pumping, the new well was producing
only muddy water and had
to be abandoned, he said.
Harsany and Water Superintendent
Dick Christman are working
on plans to try again to find
a new source of water.
Public Safety. Councilman
Munro asked for and received
council authorization to spend
approximately $1700 to equip
Foxfire’s two police officers with
Taser stun guns. Munro said
that officer Mike Campbell had
been involved in an altercation
with a large, aggressive individual
and was forced to use
Mace to subdue him.
After the incident Foxfire Police
Chief Rick Rhyne asked that
officers be outfitted with Tasers.
Councilman Petrie asked
whether Munro had investigated
the safety of the Tasers, and
Councilman Peckitt questioned
both the safety of and need for
the devices; but Munro’s motion
was approved with only Peckitt
opposed.
Munro said that only three
more undeveloped lots need to
be cleaned up to finish this years
lot clean-up effort. Two owners
have promised to do the work;
(See “Meetings,” p. 21)
Carolyn Gilbert accepts Foxfire’s Steiner-Stempel Award on
behalf of her late husband Mike Gilbert.