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Doubts over plan for leisure centre
A QUESTION mark hangs over ambitious plans for a new North Bournemouth leisure centre and swimming pool after the council was warned it may not be able to afford the scheme. The viability of the centre hinged on selling off the current site of Kinson Swimming Pool for development. But councillors will be told on Wednesday that it is "very unlikely" homes would be allowed on the site of the old swimming pool. .
'Ready, Set, Goal!' participants check in
Remember the nine Central New Yorkers who won one-year gym memberships by accepting our "Ready, Set, Goal!" challenge last January? Õ7TarquinioÕ Readers watched Sarah Tarquinio, of Liverpool, take up racquetball, and Jenna Keenan, of Syracuse, lift weights as she prepared for her wedding and Jeff Tardibone, of Auburn, lower his cholesterol by Õ7TardiboneÕ staying active at the YMCA. Whatever happened to all of them? Some stuck with their exercise routines. Some faltered a little. Jackie Cleary, of Liverpool, worked out at the YMCA and continues with classes in cycling Õ7ClearyÕ and strength training two or three times a week. "These classes seem to have the least amount of impact on my foot neuromas.
Community news
The United Way of eastern North Carolina will host a free seminar, "Impact 2006: An Overview of North Carolina State Budget, Economic Forecast and Issues Affecting Our Community," from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Pitt County Schools and Recreation Complex, 4561 County Home Road. The seminar is being sponsored by the United Way of North Carolina and the North Carolina Justice Center. Local legislators have been invited to share an overview of successes and shortcomings of the 2006 legislative session as well as a forecast of challenges for the upcoming long session. United Way and justice center initiatives also will be discussed. Register for the seminar by Monday by contacting Marilyn Williams at williams@unitedwaypittcounty.com or 758-1604, Ext. 212. Toy collection center set Donations of unwrapped toys for the Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots program may be dropped off at U.S.
State, Council Majority Oppose Septic Tanks, But May Approve Them
State regulators and at least three members of the Bartow city commission share doubts about the wisdom of allowing homes within the city limits to have septic tanks, rather than requiring them to be connected to sanitary sewer lines. But in an effort to move toward approval of a 172-home subdivision on 72.5 acres in Connersville, city commissioners and the Florida Dept. of Community Affairs have reached an uneasy compromise to allow “advanced on-site treatment methods" instead of conventional septic tanks. Planning Dir. Robert Wiegers described the settlement reached with DCA as “an agreement to disagree." The DCA, which exercises oversight over city and county growth management programs, previously had ruled that allowing septic tanks on the Connersville development violates the city's own comprehensive plan.
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