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Golf tournament
The “Pop” Martin Golf Tournament for Belmont Abbey College Athletics is set for Friday, Oct. 3, at Cramer Mountain Country Club. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:30. All proceeds go to supporting the education of student-athletes.
Advance registration is required, and the field is limited to 100 golfers. A foursome is $600 and a single golfer is $175. A foursome and hole sponsor is $700. A foursome, hole sponsor and Homecoming sponsor for the entire weekend is $1,100. Cost includes golf, goodie bag and lunch reception. For more information, call Tommy Love at (704)825-6248, or email tommylove@bac.edu.
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Water restrictions relaxed in Belmont
By THOMAS LARK
- Thu, Apr 17, 2008
BELMONT—Most people are surely hoping that recent rains will continue.
And those living in Belmont can breathe something of a sigh of relief. As a result of updated data given by Duke Power to the Drought Management Advisory Group regarding improved levels in lakes fed by the Catawba River, the city of Belmont last week approved changes to the current Stage Three water restrictions for lawn watering.
The action is effective immediately, according to a press release from Belmont City Hall. It means that lawn-watering, including the use of irrigation systems, is now permitted on Saturdays at any time, though it must end by midnight.
This change comes as a follow-up to action last month by the Belmont City Council to allow the hand-watering and drip irrigation of plants, shrubs, trees and personal food gardens on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, in light of improved conditions during the current drought.
However, “even with improved conditions, our area remains in an extreme drought condition,” the release states, “and all efforts to conserve water should continue to be taken. Should we see a return to drier weather patterns, it may become necessary to again tighten the water-use restrictions.”
Remaining in place are all other Stage Three restrictions, including the prohibition of washing vehicles at home.
Friday, City Councilman Charlie Martin said he was pleased by the recent action.
“The biggest problem we have is that other communities have different water sources,” said Martin. “We draw from a small section, right off shore, in the Catawba, near the water plant. We have a limited amount of water there that we can draw from, whereas Mecklenburg County, Mount Holly and Gastonia use Mountain Island Lake. We’re really limited to what we can have, so the restrictions we had in place made sense for our area.
“I’m glad we were able to loosen up these restriuctions now,” he added. “But if we end up later this year in a drought like 2007, we’ll be in deep trouble. Let’s just say we really need to pray for more rain. We need a lot more.”
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