Resolution Of Dispute Will Wait A Month

State land commissioners were on the verge Tuesday of resolving a long-standing dispute over public access to “The Point” at Hauser Lake when they decided to wait a month instead.

State Controller J.D. Williams said he’d like to take a look at the spot, and figured a decision that’s waited this long can wait another month.

Garth Everett, who bought the land in 1991, angered area fishermen when he tried to put up a fence between Hauser Lake Road and the water. Everett said people were parking motor homes on the land, crowding it and littering. He bought 32 acres surrounding the point and built a home overlooking it.

After angry people signed petitions and appealed to the state Department of Lands, the department said the land on the lake side of the road might be fill added to widen the road. If so, it was within the high-water mark and belonged to the state, not Everett.