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Scotty Wampler
News Editor
An
unused water well on the J.M. Bevins Elementary School
property will be the subject of a Department of
Environmental Quality study.
Officials
recently asked the school board for permission to
study the well, which School Superintendent Tommy P.
Justus said hasn't been used for 15 years, to compile
data on ground water availability and ground water
quality.
"They
liked that well, and the ease of getting to it,"
Justus said of DEQ's request to study that particular
well. Any data received from the study should provide
information about water issues in Buchanan County, and
benefit the state, as well, he said.
"It
will be beneficial to Buchanan County as well as the
whole state."
According
to documents provided by the school system, DEQ will
purchase, install and maintain approximately $5,238 of
real-time data telemetry equipment for use in the
well. The equipment will be maintained by DEQ
indefinitely or until the site is no longer
scientifically valid.
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by
Scotty Wampler
News Editor
A
U.S. Federal Court judge granted a motion to dismiss
request in Buchanan County's RICO case against several
parties involved in the Operation Big Coon Dog
scandal.
A
motion filed March 13 by attorneys for defendants
Kenneth Joseph Stephens, Vansant Lumber Company and K.
J. Stephens and Associates, LLC asking for the
county's claim for damages in the amended complaint in
reference to "diminished public confidence"
was granted by Judge James P. Jones Monday.
Additional
motions to dismiss on various other grounds, including
a claim that the "pattern element" of RICO
is unconstitutionally vague were denied by the court.
A
pre-trial conference was also set for May 27 in
advance of the scheduled June 3-5 trial.
The
court also ruled on Monday any additional proposed
jury instructions must be filed no later than May 20.
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