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« HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURB., MAR. 20. 1»75.
|l Drainage Problem I
If
It Rained And Rained
! Fishpond
*1 Blossoms
I, 1 Overnight
J.S. Sims of the Tamie
Circle subdivision recently
spent $6,000 to build himself a
fishpond. But after the recent
deluge of precipitation, he
said he had more fish pond
than he wanted. His small
pond had blown up to twelve
and a half acres! So Sims and
some of his neighbors went to
the County Commission last
week for help
Sims said this time was the
first his farm had been under
water in the two and a half
he had been at the site,
produced for the com-
Smissioners a plat for drainage
drawn up by SCS (Soil Con
servation Service) agent
Drew Bynum It showed 1,650
feel of eight inch clay drain
eastward toward natural
lower lands. But Sims said
1,200 feel would provide
enough drainage.
The question quickly put to
• f Sims was- would the clay
drain dump water to cause
problems for anyone residing
in the lowlands? Sims
reflected that Mrs. N.R.
Webster lived in the area
affected, but added that the
county supposedly possessed
!an easement
The commissioners turned
to Warden Allen Stone and
asked him if the standing
» water would cause any
problems to North Tamie
Circle road. Stone replied that
I a road bed “absorbs water
like a wick.” He meant that
(Civilians At Robins
Reductions
i Won't Hurt
i »
i Work Force
I Reductions in civilian
personnel strength announced
for the Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center will have
minimal impact on the work
force with no involuntary
separation of permanent
i employees, Major General
Ralph T. Holland, Warner
, Robins ALC commander said
last week.
The reduction of 550 civilian
positions at Robins AFB was
announced by the Air Force in
conjunction with overall
realignment and cost
P reduction programs affecting
the Air Force Logistics
Command The cutback,
which is to be accomplished
by July, 1975, will enable the
ilotustics center to reach
m a npower ceilings
established for the current
fiscal year, ending June 30.
General Holland said the
reductions will be ac
complished through normal
attrition and release of some
temporary-hire personnel.
Among the programs which
led to lowered manpower
requirements are reductions
in the Air Force flying hour
program, workload con
solidations under the
Technology Repair Center
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standing water adjacent to I
roadbeds can be absorbed into I
the roadbed and eventually I
can undermine it. I
North Tamie Circle is I
located on Houston Lake I
Road, between Fesmire I
Farms and Bardeen I
Manufacturing The Sims’ I
acreage is at the intersection I
of Houston Lake Road and I
North Tamie Circle. Thursday I
afternoon, water could be seen I
on both sides of N. Tamie I
Circle. Then Thursday night I
came the hard downpour I
leaving more water in the I
area. I
Commissioner Steve Byrd I
suggested last week that Sims I
and his neighbors “get with
Drew Bynum and come up ■
with cost figures, as well as I
the amount of water that could I
be drained,’’ I
Commission Chairman I
Charles Carter asked, “Mr, I
Burke, what is our legal I
position?" I
The County Attorney an- I
swered, “As far as the road is I
concerned we can do whatever I
is required But when you I
leave the road, you’ve got I
another story. You would have I
to hunt away to do it.” I
He continued, "If you start I
changing the flow of the I
water, you better have some I
easements. Or you will have I
some legal problems.” I
The board told Sims and his I
neighbors that the situation I
would be investigated. I
concept, improved depot I
maintenance under a plant i
modernization program and I
elimination of support air- 1
craft. These management I
actions are included in I
previously announced Air I
Force and Department of I
Defense policies to reduce I
costs. I
In anticipation of the I
reductions. General Holland I
said that several actions have I
been taken to mitigate per- I
sonnel turbulence and em- I
ployment problems. I
Restrictions on re-hiring to I
fill vacancies have been in I
effect for some time and jobs I
are being filled where feasible I
by temporary hires. In some I
cases, lower priority positions j
are being cancelled and the
employees are being assigned
to higher priority work for
which they qualify.
‘‘These steps, in com
bination with normal attrition
due to retirements and other
voluntary separations, will
permit us to make the
necessary reduction with a
minimum impact on per
manent workers,” the
logistics center commander
said. j
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