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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Dispute Over Water Pumping Near Remote Vilas County Lake Enters Fifth Year
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:27
	Publish Date:		2019-10-31 06:16:00
	Description:		Simple parts of life make Mary Watkins happy. She kayaks on her lake, hosts football parties, and enjoys time with her yellow lab, Ruby. “I have a dog. I like to walk my dog. I would be afraid to go out there. You came down that road. It’s narrow. I think it would disrupt the quiet. It would disrupt the whole reason everybody’s here,” Watkins said. Watkins is talking about a company’s proposal to send three tanker semis daily down the one-lane road to her home on Carlin Lake near Presque Isle in Vilas County. The trucks would collect 18,000 gallons of well water every day at the lodge and restaurant next door called the Carlin Club, hauling it away for commercial bottling. “Diesel fumes and the noise,” Watkins said. “It’s not right.” The company is headed by Trig Solberg, the founder of Trig’s supermarkets. Year after year, its plans have been blocked by judges, boards, and administrators. The strongest resistance to the proposal comes from a citizen group that includes Watkins. She
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