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William Libbrecht disconnected his home from the Harrah water system and started using his already-existing well when the town raised his water rates. The town has no law against residents using existing wells for water but is considering a law which would change that. (PHIL FEROLITO/Yakima Herald-Republic)

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HARRAH When water rates increased by $2 a month last year, William Libbrecht said, enough. He disconnected from Harrahs municipal water and hooked up to his existing well.

He had first suggested the town lower by $1 the basic sewer rate of $35 a month and only increase the water rate by $1. The town didnt buy it.

Libbrecht likens the rate increases to tax increases.

Unless you can do something to show me that you are increasing the tax base instead of rasing taxes, then I dont want the service, the 45-year-old said at his home on a recent afternoon.

While this rural town or roughly 645 people doesnt allow drilling new wells for potable water, it has no ordinance preventing residents from pulling out of the towns municipal water system and using an existing well.

Now that other residents are interested in making the same switch as Libbrecht, the Town Council wants to change that. The council is mulling over whether to devise an ordinance prohibiting such a move common among most cities or assessing those who want to disconnect a monthly fee of half the amount of the basic water rate to help fund the systems upkeep. But before making a decision, the council wants to look further into the matter, Mayor Barbara Harrer said.

The council wants to look at ordinances from other towns first, she said.

Most cities have ordinances requiring residents to connect to the municipal water system, but state law only requires residents within cities to use municipal sewer services, not water, said Jim Doherty, legal adviser to the Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington in Seattle.

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Ramon Gonzalez's first customer asked him to build a wrought-iron facade enclosure - folks in Camden call them "belly porches" - at her house on 20th Street.

It was 1993, and he had just become an independent contractor.

"I didn't have a shop. I didn't even have a truck. I was driving a 1973 Thunderbird with my ladder on the roof, Puerto Rican style," Gonzalez recalls. I didn't know what I was doing."

He does now. Gonzalez, 48, and his wife, Maribel, 42, own R&M Ornamental Iron Designs, a Cramer Hill shop that custom-fabricates security gates, doors, window guards, handrails, and fences.

"I like having my own company," says Gonzalez, who also makes custom dune buggies. "I can build you a little handrail or a three-story fire escape ladder. I'm a creative guy."

Not bad for somebody who arrived in Camden from Utuado, Puerto Rico, without much money and even less English in 1990.

But simply saying that the Gonzalez family worked their way up doesn't do justice to their early days, when dinner was sometimes a couple of Cooper River catfish.

"I got a job as a helper at a place in Camden that built security gates," Gonzalez says. "They did welding, and I said to myself, 'Let me see how this little spark thing works.' "

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WHORTONSVILLE, PAMLICO COUNTY -

It's a day members of the Zion Hill United Church of Christ have been anticipating for three years- the day their church doors reopen.

On Sunday, March 9th, the church will hold their first service after having to shut down in 2011 because of damage from Hurricane Irene. The damage they've fixed so far, according to volunteers, has cost around $40,000.

This day did not come without lots of hard work, time and donations. Two volunteers in the Pamlico County area know that well. Hank and Bettie Williams have invested a great deal of time and effort in rebuilding the historic church, that has been around since the 1800s.

"My part was a little bit of everything," Bettie said. "I helped raise money, I helped get the donations going, I helped get the word out that the church was in need."

Bettie's initiative is what helped the church get new walls, pews, ceiling and carpet. Also a big contributor was her retired contractor husband, Hank. He helped get people from the area in to fix up the problems.

"I am so glad that everything has got done," Hank said. "And I'm so glad that they are getting back in the church."

The way the Williams couple got involved is because of the long life connection Hank has with the church, and the relationships Hank built with people from the community. Hank knew some of the members there since he was a young boy, such as Rufus Greene who has been a member of the church for over 70 years.

"I missed it so much, not being able to come in here on Sundays," Greene said. "Only God knows how my heart really feels."

Another reason why Hank has a personal connection to the church, is because he helped with renovations at the church decades back when he was working for a contractor in the area.

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VANDER, N.C. (AP) On Sunday, the sanctuary at Freedom Biker Church was a sea of black leather and beards.

Motorcyclists, some of whom braved morning snow flurries, settled into their seats for the morning service.

"I ride for Jesus," read a patch on one member's jacket. "Black leather, tattoos, jeans - proper Sunday attire," read another.

When Forever Comes, a Christian rock band, struck up a number as the lyrics of the song flashed on a screen behind the band.

Then, Associate Pastor Bill Johnson took the stage. Johnson, who is tall, bald and wears a long, braided beard, welcomed the congregation.

"How are you all doing this morning?" Johnson asked. "Welcome to Freedom!"

So began another Sunday service at the church, where suits and ties are in scarce supply but biker regalia is in abundance.

"They don't have to take their colors off," said Senior Pastor J.D. Tew. "They just come."

Cumberland County's branch of Freedom Biker Church got its start in a barn.

Tew had been serving as a pastor at the original Freedom Biker Church in Clayton when he said he felt a call to start a church near his hometown of Autryville.

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