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585
200 GAMES
George McKoy 231, McDonald
212, Alex Kelly 210, Anthony
Holmes 209, and James Singletary
206,
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Arm Wrestling Champs Crowned
Hoke County Parks and Recrea
tion Commission sponsored it's
First Arm Wrestling Championship
on Monday, March 29, at Gibson
Gym.
The competition was strong and
the excitement high. The winners
and weight divisions were:
Left Handed, Oral Singletary;
Right handed 136-165 - Tim Cur
rie; Right Handed 166-185 - Steve
Sawyer; and Right Handed 221 -up
? Oral Singletary.
Twenty-five Competed in this
first-time event. Hoke County
Parks and Recreation Commission
does plan to sponsor this program
again in the near future.
If you are interested, practice
and be ready for the next meeting
of the muscle.
Champs between referees Billy Davis [left] and Charlie Williams [right],
who is ranked in the state's top 10 arm wrestlers in his weight division. In
the middle are champs [??.-/?! Steve Sawyer. Oral Singlet ary and Tim
Currie. ( Staff photo by Pam Frederick \.
Left-handed finals: Gary Frederick [left] and Oral Singfetary. watched by
referee Billy Davis [right |. [Staff photo by Pam Frederick J.
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Study Group
Visits Airports
The Blue Ribbon Airport Study
Commission members appointed
by the Raeford City Council, Hoke
County commissioners, and Rae
ford-Hoke County Chamber of
Commerce, last Friday toured two
airports located in North Carolina.
The airports toured were the
Shiloh Airport located in the Eden -
Reidsville - Wentworth area of
Rockingham County, and the
Johnston County Airport located
near the Selma - Smithfield 1-95
area. This tour was coordinated by
Earl Fowler, chamber director, and
Ronald Matthews, city manager,
who made the trip with the
following: Cecil Bond, chairman of
the Airport Blue Ribbon Study
Commission and Raeford Plant
Manager at Burlington Industries;
Marianne Baker, community
leader and local pilot; L.S. Brock,
Jr.. representing Faberge Indus
tries; Tom Howell, president.
Chamber of Commerce and local
businessman and Danny DeVane,
a Hoke County Commissioner and
local realtor.
The tour began from the Raeford
Municipal Airport with the first
stop being the Shiloh Airport. The
group was met and welcomed by
the local Airport Authority mem
bers, and the Fixed Base operator.
The group was able to discuss the
Shiloh Airport operation, organi
zation, and tour the Airport
facility. Representing the Shiloh
Airport in addition to the Airport
Authority were: local pilots,
Chamber of Commerce executives
from Eden and Reidsville, the
Rockingham County manager, and
the airport consultant. The group
discussed the history and de
velopment and importance of the
airport to the local community and
economy.
The Shiloh Officials emphasized
that the airport itself was respon
sible for several major industries
locating in the area, most notible
being Miller Brewery.
The airport, which is owned by
the county, produces approxi
mately $25,000 per year in tax
revenues and in addition is in
directly responsible for an addi
tional estimated $325,000 per year
in revenue to Rockingham County.
The group then flew to the
Johnston County Airport in John
ston County, where the visitors
were met and welcomed by mem
bers of the Johnston County Air
port Authority and the airport
manager.
Following a luncheon with the
Airport Authority members, the
group then toured the facility and
discussed the organization and
operation of the airport.
Again it was pointed out to the
Raeford delegation the importance
the airport played in the economic
and industrial growth of the com
munity. The Johnston County
Authority informed the group that
it. too, was responsible for gene
rating approximately $25,000 per
year in tax revenues to the county
and that they had been a self
sustaining airport since opening
operation. 1978.
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The group then flew back to the
Raeford Municipal Airport where
the members looked at and dis
cussed the Raeford Airport facility
and operation. They decided, after
looking at the Raeford Airport and
the other facilities, that they
wanted to follow this up with a trip
to the Laurinburg/Maxton Airport
in the near future. A date has not
been set for this tour at this time.
Fowler and Matthews, on behalf
of the Airport Blue Ribbon Study
Commission delegation, would like
to publicly thank Cecil Bond, Dick
Vaughan and Burlington In
dustries for providing a corporate
jet to transport everyone to the
various airports.
The entire delegation was very
impressed with the airports, or
ganizations, and operations and
realizes what a tremendous po
tential the Raeford Municipal Air
port has in the economic and
industrial growth of the Raeford/
Hoke community.
The airport tours were just on$
phase of the work undertaken by
the Blue Ribbon Study Com
mission. The commission plans to
have additional meetings, work
sessions, and other activities prior
to its completion and recommen
dations to the local officials.
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