Times Advocate, 1998-10-28, Page 6t,
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Jim Beckett
i'utllish• alio Editor
Don Smith Dab Lord
General htauager Production Manager
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The, cat' came back with an attitude
• 11 slim. of tile 'best' kept secrets l
own it cut
When -1 refinished my hardwood
flours nit cat limns. went to u lump!
110t11 fur elle Weekanddidtl't•cunu
treat, fur two veiirt, •
She s bac' now . it hint -.wiser and
Iltti wider ,•
t ` 1H 1'i, 1, l►erlu[l ut• ad,jU1 tntt'U1
1,V1i01• hoot:- let:.- ;-t :X: (tiff .purl Border
• :.ulht• par; i.ei11 part '{ a5111ilttlall She,
lle�il wa> i; brut ,. new pupp! and KATE
splatter than (sone, Not rat: prubabn MOAN(
gut sti.'Iteuits was out Inlp►•ese;d with KATF'S TAl(ES',
•tht• new addition to -the laniih and
• backed Lexi Hill etinntrs as she pleased
lint titin~ tables nave turned I'm hupiug (dui-, is just i1
plisse' the two pets art' going through al. the,(
habitatiuii !tight now there's—di. i peace in -nln huttible•
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Mt.
make 1 dun't thunk Lexi Lind Boots would intentionally hurt
each other' Lein has snapped at liuuts and missed
• she got tut• close u, •tire• liiud dish mid 'loots has to
dew swats at !tit- black dug in re punct to 'Lexi' . 'kisses
Lex! thinks titans stiuuld i.
Nitatte:da). October 28. 1998
inimemar
�K ATAAICi,PAUL,,, WERE
UP IN'DE
AsAIN!
horde_ • .
Lexi relentless_n follows Bouts throughout the house
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-. She's- not realtt -chasing the cat. utthuugh tt ulster Boot,: SU
muvto. the• faster Lex, inflows Suddver Small 1didn't reaiue• v 15 In clt runic! seenisu crowded
eenlsullise pot.: down the new
On Sunday ,.August -9- several residence!, of)
when . '
k subt,tatlttalll damaged by raw t ewagr. 11 happy
during a severe..t;turtn where the ol►viuuslr overt
sewage t+vtitem couldn't carry the c:onibination of
- water- and sewage
Some residents were sufleririg a repeat perl'urni
ThiS':tints ttit�� urgutitzed Laid went to the
dtfttttutding answers. a sulution.tu the prc►bletn
Sherwood. hingsc:trust and John .Sts. in Exeter
uiu cuts aren't tnu(:ii fur ,-nies ' ptayntate• but seven-year-
: -cal..;
offerings u! tor. ball: and rawklidts -Slit-
lhi tluter•esiuwtiats�e►eiti�
er That's. dill -natty lora Iree-spirited full -of' -tun dug it:
understand
ll: Lein's nand. since sin''s bigger Man the uat.,she's
- respurtsibie aur het -welfare awl tin 'Border (.utile to Ler
uveriuveiti u' tinull! have something tl:. herd - ilte1:'hoots_
stleiiks-out the- back door: prututl� herds her back
,ntr tin liuust
l,u wouldn't call (11en;•friends (tight -nuvt the•
uttl�
nmol .lea: Mute, Lem- auc: Bouts 1. their ter of the vacuum
.,•;a
Nil Li
of go! en atii• the agi -tad duestunt Win can't cats and. -
uugs get along'
Uuni•' c ua� suun!tnu11' to do Will. uttituefe•
I� (Io€' Mole at iv:. U1Vller anti say:, ...YOU feed 1111. yon
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lav orf ste.ltr.• yut. ll,a.% will: nye- 1 tit; InuS: br a,gu(; t u
al lure a! .iter owner and sa•' ::1 uu lee
f:rc. u• stieite.- you pial wale the . 1 nrusi nu a god'.nil..-•
you
w.L never utuck, of a fiat person unlit I adopted Bouts T
:gin• uas !(Jure personality than alit cat I know Silt'. egju
luf--,cunlpauy of people She greets me al the dour and will
.loin fit to watcl, '1.'1 ur .recti a book Sue Lalk -' — out
words nut with little trills and meows. And she's..the great
es: purrer I've 'ever inert. •
• •Cats• anti dugs have- there merits r ails ar•etr`t much I
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going• Inv .walk! ur let.atlug balls but they -can feud 1n
ehetllseivi's UVr• i• wf:yKf,it
bur•dug arf•Inns!• will: thea ailments are
'wort' trrdept:ndet
Al u. al : ttelrfsvf tiuuts 1; adjusting laird well She's go
f1, spot:. Mir!' t catt•1 rc,a4;b tit,! - under th.• beti. Of
Ul► luukcu., • u• :uIvwhvrc' abuvf• LeXi s head for tier part
Lex e trying 11 adjust u,-sharlttl; tic with a cat aid Iigurrs
sue stjI Vrlf tl) t►11 the cat• because Boots Uunstr't gel tU tt
. fir milt ,tui• s%•'liiu at Murristll Went b
t1'iL turtrf cnt, i dac Mini: Lex; and -Butts can
harmony.' Wit ' t unntwf u,
curled- u) a (ion u' metli(,tplu. Irian' Onl%r, -tin dreams
k am! find twi>
VVut„ s1il 1ta\,e Vt.0 itttf,lltjV,i
ving
•i: new: ti) 04 I1u Vn1Cf• 'II/did. pietist' leave IVa Urtllatlltdand,
pleuur I1Urutn•, l'I1 hell, your Idf,utiU
west nut l c � wntittuntia! it` you
Ilii• tt hay. your flame.: until dumber-. so I can
pnuue yet l),t t If• '.Iartl:t ace delajl ur � you know Ihfn
prugres', a tin "1 -�\ J 't
lnretiugaUuus
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Sewer
mow%
n�N '
Yr ate, taxpayers to any tiny responsible. for twnstrucXwn
d
were. quality :3J years ago., -
•Lot grading is poor at -many homes. putter gave
axed- - examples of smoke 'rolling u
ut e- foundations •
rain of hurries during the s nu ke tests-;IAt de ohne home. s
uttl«:r
yaids drain into it. Lot- grading in subdivisions
atice -- should . be designed for the water to. gu between- the
3•c►wn hiiuses. Who, •nut the town's building u, r,ea;puna�h, W. �n9 u+�ector, is:
.i ,supervising lot grading and the quad-
ing ity of the Clio,* ((building contrnctorsv
some
. c nit cast.s.- financial support. They. were t.ee
minim Iron' tht• town -because some • iiisuranc:e•"ctit
fines were refusing tli put any Milne nle►tiey into ap•
tht•� beliewlid t;huuld have b - eri corrected y
ago. - -
Last week the 'Town announced that neither they.
It:ir. ills
1 oding damages that uc:rurred_un .Ang 9' ..
'flit• following is.i, chronological review •ut some of
conlmeuts made regarding solving -the sewer prubl
which have plagued suns Lx -titer residetii:es for ye
The italics are editorial continents of the 'f -A.
-A,Aug. 13 • • -
Mayer Ben Hougeitbuotn speaking'about the Pry
yl. 'Boulevard home of' Scutt and Mare burtuli... "%4 a •ve.
to get to the bottom of this This is totally unacce
L. -abit' " 7'he retuaiuder of edit: jl echoed his views
tilt' Iileetltl ;.
.1 TA, �t.Z
r Bruce Putter of 13 M. Ross and Assoc:iates (the tuwt
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engineering firm)
"Putter said he- knew thore•was a history of fluodu
. problems in bow subdivisii►u prim. to the I.:mistruc:ti
. u1 a new interceptor sewer in Ow fate '.>sQs but had 1
knowledge of flooding since that titme except fur the '9
4 flood The flood under. - ues4iwr happened - in 199
u►hich means the . eayineer . knee• Jur at least tui
yeters this area could safer from fl(wdiny.
Aniung several other comments Blade by Putter a
t
it meeting, ,
• •Cunuectiuus and joints will. have at) iulpa(:t on tit
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amount of water that gets into, ttit•-system 'five quality
of construction at the time the- systeut was built- is also
.a factor. It may not leave been well supervised and
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Tapp- • ' •Lava-sttroughs should 1te directed away Ir r -n house -s
prc,b ..a.ild unto tfir-.•lawnb
Barb - •i• a,t:.r .. n----.-
tt insurance c.utupan} Were .liable for basetn
(u
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footing tires to be
C:VTIJIt'th!� LU SdT11-
tan sewers 'I'tiis !s :t:uxurziul, but is not what -sarlitaryt-s
nor are designed -f'or. Storni sewers are an option but are
end • Only designed to handle one in five year stories.
. Because; people don't warit their basemenrts flooded
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the, every live years. tiles are houke..d into banitarl' sewer
rens Marry c:umn:nulliiies don't allow looting tiles into the
ars sanitary sewers because,they_ don't »'ant to pay 'u. .
pinup and treat t e•water. Allow'
happen Wit- till on -the s r"✓ wsr, things to
% huulders ((town ufj"uiala.
de TA; Oct 6 -
eel the biggest problem we have dur_mg period', of
pt liigtl _i1u»: !s the old Pryde-sewer ':Willis was engulf,er
at. Bruce Putter sp a,kirig at a eowicil lneetifrg. Also in
PoLter s report was the [olltiwing ..iJl1L'rniation: "111 the-
f,(►s a r�tt►parties were .promoting pipes that. were so
smooth the. contents could 'flo.v1 with a U.3perc.nf
• slope. Unfortunately.. Abe -pipes could not live up u, the
ig profilist Now 'a I1JlI,JTMU11, u1- 0 4 percent sl��pe is
un ' etc(:ept,able. Hoa' could. residents Beae any res/wnsi=
1u Entity for this? • -
G - TA, Oct. 19 .
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