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♦ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 2A I|l I I fr% 11 » 1 j '■'• tfalt, - *SSSE* ‘ X/S . Contributed The Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Robins Bed & Mattress Nov. 10. The business is located at 3070 Watson Boulevard, Suite 100 in Warner Robins. Call 478-971-1220 for more. WR attempting to clear up pond problem By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor The Warner Robins City Council voted during its reg ular meeting to pay Stantec Consulting Services out of Macon $3,740.37 - as part of its regular purchasing bids. The money is to be used for “technical review services” for Peach Blossom Terrace. That is clear. What follows couldn’t be muddier - figura tively and literally. The review is to help the city determine what it can do, if anything, in regard to a pond, although “pond” is apparently a loose descrip tion and at the heart of the problem. “Something that started approximately two years ago or a little over two years ago,” said Scott Ward, an Air Force senior master sergeant, but there at the councils work session (along withUseveral others) as a resident of the development. “On the area on the inside, was a reten tion pond. Over a period of a couple of months, it was dug out further. “The conditions now ... It’s a mess now. Two years after, it’s eroded. Storm tiles have come loose and they’re floating around like bobbers. The developer went in and put a well in, so it’s never going to dry up. The well has since been disconnected by the city. “The big thing that con cerns me,” he said, “is it’s four foot of standing water. I have a house there at that property. I can’t sit on my front porch without getting eaten up by mosquitoes. Wild animals come there. Children in the entire development and the neighboring develop ment come and swim in it. This is stormwater runoff. It was never intended to be a pond.” Or at least that’s not the way it was advertised to him. He said his covenant has no mention of a “pond”. Two more in attendance, how ever, said theirs did, and in fact they added that was one of the reasons they moved there to start with. One resi dent said his covenant not only mentions that but it also talks about fishing rules and even boats and docks. Yet another said she liked the pond “concept” and just wants it to be fixed properly as promised. She said four other residents felt the same way. Ward and another resi Sal Ons I Ivoli ‘>lo M 22 II rim')" 0-2' I ]m i illv | olm \(• \!() oil Ribbon cutting dent said they either want the pond fixed properly or the land just to be put back the way it should be. Complicating matters is erosion and soil removal, the latter, they said done by the owner (see Ward’s reference to him digging it out fur ther). Because of the two, Walker, having looked at the photos the residents provid ed, said they looked to have lost 50-60 feet of their yards. Plus there is a road report edly blazed by the developer that ends - without warn ing - in a 30-foot drop, said Councilman Clifford Holmes Jr., who among several has toured the area. Public Works Director Joe Musselwhite has been involved in events surround- We’ll be there! v4s your local, independent agent, we ll be there the day you come in for a quote... The day you buy your first home... § Ifyi Through all the changes in your life, we ll be there to make sure your insurance coverage keeps up. Providing Safe. Sound. Secure." protection from Auto-Owners Insurance Company. t Auto Owners insurance McNeal Insurance Agency 1717 Russell Parkway Warner Robins 929-4141 ITALIAN Monday ~ Friday 11 a|n to 2pm i ' Lunch only ; 7.%11i -:a| Entree, S4e Said, pj Make Your Lunch Elegant Cater Your Lunch MaelilgS With tfr Ru«elPk*y 929-^OO ing the area most. He told the residents the reason the well was removed was because it was being used for a purpose other than what the council approved it for. “We’re in the business of selling water,” he said. “If we had known that (what he was going to do), I would have sold him some pipe and a meter.” Musselwhite further said that he had gathered all facts about the development as it pertained to the city - codes, ordinances, et cetera - and with the help of the city’s legal counsel a letter had been drafted and sent to him: “demanding things be done,” Musselwhite said. They have not, he said. Walker said they were hold ing up two other projects the Bp* : »BpF * €llllß * a ?os. JMije is£Ms. the day your first child is horn... The day you need to file a claim. 1801 Ml developer was involved in as a result. And he also said earlier in the discussion that the pond, based on what the bottom consisted of, would never hold water, anyway. What will happen from here is obvious: It’s unclear. Warner Robins, GA g 478-953-7676 A v FIRST THREE f MONTHS FREE! Com South offers unlimited, nationwide M2M wireless sendee with die best coverage in the entire nation, including middle Georgia. 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Special to the Journal The finalists for the relo cation of the Southeast Region Headquarters of Little League Baseball and Softball have been narrowed to two, it was announced Friday by Stephen D. Keener, President and Chief Executive Officer of Little League International and via a news release. A total of 18 cities in six states of the eight-state Southeast Region had origi nally submitted proposals to become the new home of the headquarters. Three finalist Best Cooks In Perry! IWAAII jcA^RynJkMyr WIaESSigJSSLiISr* (9el SScvnp Thanksgiving Will Be Here Soon! *Baked Goods & Catering Available* r (stoma? L# r 4-iP OURS: HUT I am-lpm (yThurs & Fri Nights spiti-Bpm DAVID OVERTON JEWELERS ’Jewelry Repair & Cleaning ’Watch Repair Hours: ’Engraving Mon.-Fri. ° ° 9:3oam-s:3opm / * Appraisals sat. ’Estate Jewelry 9:3oam-2pm We Buy Gold Scrap!! 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