Men's Softball Action
Men's Softball action on Thurs
day paired Raeford Merchants and
Hard & Heavy. Hard & Heavy took
the game 17-8. H&H pulled in six
runs in the fifth inning as N.
Singletary gathered a home run.
The 8:30 round went to Hollings
worth Barbers 15-5 over Ephesus
A's. HWB in the third inning
collected 6 runs and Thomas hit
two homers.
The night's final game was a
victory for the All-Stars 11-3 over
Jones lntercable. For the All Stars
P. Maynor was 3-4 with a homerun
in the sixth inning.
Competition continued on Friday
as the Raeford Merchants downed
Ephesus A's 28-7. J. Madden led
the Merchants 6-4 at bat.
The second game of the night
was a close one as Hollingsworth
Barbers defeated Beasley's 11-10.
Hollingsworth was led" by Mc
Donald and Roper both 4-2 at bat.
The wrap-up softball action for
the week Hard & Heavy pulled past
the All-Stars 16-14. R. Leggett was
Hard & Heavy and M.
McDougald was 3-2.
STANDINGS
W L
1. All Stars 10 4
2. Hard & Heavy 10 4
3. Beasley's 9 4
4. Hollingsworth Barbers 8 6
5. Jones Intercable 8 5
6. Raeford Merchants 3 1 1
7. Ephesus A's 0 14
Tar Heel League Scores
June 21 Lion's Club 1, Carter's
Pig-N-Chicken 0
June 23 Lion's Club 10. Howard
Clothiers 4
June 24 Lion's Club 17. Raeford
Plumbing & Heating 8
STANDINGS
W L
1. Lion's Club 7 3
2. Howard Clothiers 6 3
3. Carter's Pig-N-Chicken 4 4
4. Raeford Plumbing &
Heating 1 8
Ladies' Softball Results
June 23 - Kershaw Body Shop 10,
Hollingsworth Barbers 5.
Jaycees 20, Faberge 12.
June 16 ? Jaycees 18. Hollings
worth Barbers 8
St. Mary Service
Eldress Elois Campbell of Rae
ford, pastor of Solid Rock Holiness
Church, Campbell Village, will
render a service at St. Mary
Holiness Church the second Sun
day in July. Sis Roberta Harden
will be in charge of the service.
Bishop George McKoy is pastor.
STANDINGS
W L
1. Hoke Jaycees 3 0
2. Kershaw Body Shop 2 1
3. Hollingsworth Barbers 1 2
4. Faberge 0 3
Liniment
League
June 21 - A.M.E. Zion 11.
Raeford Methodist 9.
1st Baptist 9, Presbyterian 5.
TEAM STANDINGS
W L
1 . A.M.E. Zion 2 0
2. 1st Baptist 2 0
3. Raeford Methodist 0 2
4. Presbyterian 0 2
Nation 's Winged Symbol
Struggles To Survive
By Rebecca R. Klrtland
National Geographic News Service
WASHINGTON -- The unchal
lenged star among North American
birds, the American bald eagle
came to prominence on the nation's
seal 200 years ago. Now it has been
honored with a presidential procla
mation that makes 1982 the "Year
of the Eagle."
With its Fierce unconquerable
glare, mighty talons, and tremen
dous wings that permit the eagle to
glide effortlessly on wind currents
hour after hour, the eagle is a living
symbol of freedom, courage, and
strength.
But fame hasn't spared the
species from dropping to danger
ously low numbers. Once it ruled
North American skies; now it is
endangered in 43 of the 48 con
12.2%
Unemployed
In May
Hoke County's unemployment
rate was 12.2 per cent in May, the
State Employment Security Com
mission reported last week.
The state rate was 8.7 per cent,
and the national rate 9.1.
In May. 970 of Hoke's 7.920
workers were unemployed.
Hoke Beekeepers
The Hoke County Beekeepers
Association will meet Thursday at 8
p.m. in the Agricultural Extension
Service office in the Lester Building
on South Magnolia Street.
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tiguous states and threatened in the
other five. It is not found in
Hawaii, but thrives in Alaska.
Hunt and Peck
The second largest bird of prey,
or raptor, in North America after
the California condor, the bald
eagle is well adapted to swooping
down upon a small creature,
gripping it with those long curved
talons, and tearing flesh with its
hooked yellow beak. It also has an
"eagle eye." extraordinary eyesight
five or six times keener than a
human's.
But there is no truth to the rumor
that eagles snatch babies from
carriages. James Ruos, bird spe
cialist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, said: "Eagles can lift two
pounds easily, but they can lift up
to six pounds for only a short time
and with very labored flight." Bald
eagles eat mostly, fish, anyway.
The birds have more often been
victims than predators. They were
hunted in vast numbers until 1940,
when the Bald Eagle Protection Act
made it illegal to shoot or kill bald
eagles, punishable by a fine of up
to S5.000 and a year in prison.
In the '50s and '60s bald eagles
came close to extinction when
pesticides in the food supply
seriously damaged their ability to
reproduce. The compound DDT
was banned in 1972, and "since
1974, reproduction has been in
creasing. but very slowly." Ruos
said.
There are now some 1 .400
nesting pairs in the lower 48 states.
But the comeback of the eagle
will be a long process. "Once the
environment is cleaned up enough
to no longer affect reproduction, it
takes another five or six years for
the new eagles to mature." he said.
Aerial Acrobatics
At sexual maturity, the eagle
develops its adult plumage, charac
terized by a gleaming white head
and dark body. The male courts the
female with lavish displays of aerial
acrobatics, and the pair mates for
life. Weighing an average 8 to 1 1
pounds with a b'/i-foot wingspan.
the male is smaller than the female.
She weighs 1 0 to 14 pounds and has
an astonishing 8-foot wingspan.
Compulsive nest builders, the
pair returns to (he same nest and
adds to its structure year after year.
According to the Fish and Wildlife
Service, the largest recorded nest
measured 20 feel deep. 10 feet
wide, and weighed 2 tons.
The greatest threat to the bald
eagle today is the steady loss of
habitat, but eagles may be learning
to coexist peacefully with a higher
level of human disturbance.
"There are reports of eagles
nesting successfully on golf courses
in Florida and in recreational areas
in the Northwest." Ruossaid. "The
real key is that the public leave the
eagles alone during this critical
time when they are establishing
new nest sites."
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