BROCK Sissy Brock will hope to make her CASE for Waste Management's proposed recycling center and landfill at today's Cherokee County Council meeting.

Brock is a co-chairman of Cherokee Advocates for a Strong Environment and Economy, a pro- Waste Management group that goes by the acronym C.A.S.E.

The group was formed earlier this month, according to its organizers, to convince county council members to amend their present solid waste management plan that bans new landfill construction and to clear up what they call are distortions and scare tactics from a vocal anti-landfill group.

Brock said Saturday she plans to emphasize the recycling aspect of the 3Cycle facility.

At a C.A.S.E. organizational meeting on Nov. 6, Brock, a retired biology teacher, described the 3Cycle facility "as possibly as exciting as anything we had come in Cherokee County."

The first-of-its-kind facility would allow the company to combine its recycling, solid waste landfill and C&D (construction and debris) landfill operations at one site, company officials have said.

Brock also plans to emphasize the economic benefits of the project, which is expected to create 342 jobs, including 42 permanent positions, and generate $2 million in host fees and $500,000 more in property taxes each year for the county.

Brock has said the project's financial incentives take on added significance in the face of anticipated state funding cuts to counties. Brock said she will ask council how it will make up for the projected $200,000 shortfall in state funding.

"I will ask them but I don't think they'll tell me," she said.

Today's council meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. in room 209 of the Education Building at the branch campus of Spartanburg Community College.