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POINTED REQUEST STATE PARKS – Move the Furnace From Hibernia Area 3 Bath to Area 2 Bath

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Yesterday morning it was 43 degrees outside and 48 degrees in the only bath house open in Hibernia State Recreation area. With all its heat and
lights burning bright, the closed bath at Area 3 sat empty.

I sat alone in the 48 degree Area 2 bath and by the way, the lights clicked off in just a couple of minutes.

USE YOUR MAINTENANCE FUNDS, state parks people and move the propane heater from …

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Posted in: KLPW - Campground Facilities and Improvements, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas

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Jazz No Longer at Occoneechee But Just Up The Road

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Our friends just around the corner from
Occoneechee State Park, MaCallum More Museum and Gardens presents its annual Jazz in the Gardens, May 5, 4-6PM, featuring The Southside Jazz Quintet featuring Dr. Charles Kinzer, Stan Smith; Pat
Lawrence; Gordon… Smith and Rick Neller. Wine and Hors d’oeurves will be served.

Tickets are $15 members and $20 non-members. Advance tickets are available at MacCallum More, 434-372-0502 or mmmg@verizon.net …

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IT’S TIME FOR YOUR INPUT – PLEASE ANSWER!

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IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU!  As we get ready to set priorities for KLPW for this year’s
outdoor season, what are some of the projects, issues, complaints and accomplishments you would like to see addressed by the park officials who run the Virginia State Parks, the North Carolina
State Recreation Areas and the US Army Corps of Engineers Parks around Kerr Lake?

If you don’t want to post publicly, we would very much like to see your response, which …

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URANIUM ISSUE…Sleeping…But Not Dead

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Radio advertising AGAINST and now FOR allowing Uranium mining in Virginia is blaring out all over the state as forces on
both sides refuse to give in on whether Governor Bob McDonnell should sidestep the Virginia legislature and move to allow mining the radioactive material at Coles Hill.

KLPW is watching the issue intensely because of the huge impact such mining could potentially have on the John H Kerr Reservoir and ultimately on lake and park users. Within the last few
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Posted in: KLPW - Uranium Mining Upstream from Kerr Lake, KLPW - WATER RELATED

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NO PARTY YET! Virginia Senate Panel Kills Consideration of Lifting Uranium Mining Ban – Governor Now Considering

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Kerr Lake Park Watch is refraining from rejoicing about a Virginia State Senate panel dumping legislation to lift the ban on Uranium mining at Coles
Hill near Chatham, Virginia. “The problem is that while everyone is celebrating about that Senate panel saying no, politics has shifted the decision and maybe even the power to lift the Uranium
mining ban in Virginia to the Governor,” said Kerr Lake Park Watch Public Affairs Lead, Frank Timberlake.
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Posted in: KLPW - MAIN NEWS, KLPW - Uranium Mining Upstream from Kerr Lake, KLPW - WATER RELATED

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