Air Conditioner, Go-Kart, Auto Stolen
The following were filed with the
Raeford Police Department re
cently, Police Chief Leonard Wig
gins reported.
Ptl. Frances Patterson while
patrolling Sunday noticed an air
conditioning unit missing from
Raeford Farm Supply building on
South Magnolia Street. It was
valued at $100.
Russell Knowles of 308 S. Bethel
Rd. reported Thursday someone
had stolen a girl's bicycle from
under the carport June 14. The
bike worth $100.
Jane Meadows Jackson of Laur
inburg reported four wheel covers
worth $250 were stolen Thursday
from her car while it was parked in
the House of Raeford parking lot.
Orlando Tillman, 514 E. Sixth
Ave., reported Thursday his bicycle
was stolen while it was parked at
The Grocery Mart on West Pros
pect Avenue while he was in the
store. The bike is worth S35.
The following were received re
cently by the Hoke County Sheriff's
Department.
Someone broke into the car of
Dorotha Finkley Douglas of Rt. 1,
Raeford, about 1:30 a.m. Satur
day, ransacked the glove compart
ment, took the cap off the gas tank,
left the cap on the ground, and
spilled some gasoline on the
ground.
Mrs. Boyd Hussey, Rt. 1, Aber
deen, reported a Go-Kart worth
S329 was stolen from her storage
shed between July 12 and 17.
A 1972 Ford car owned by Johnie
James Bratcher was stolen Thurs
day from the McCain Hospital
parking lot.
Mailboxes were taken from in
front of homes and scattered along
a road. Among those reported
taken were those of Frank Schaker
of Rt. 1, Aberdeen, and Mary Dale
Greenwood of Rt. 1, Aberdeen.
The boxes were reported taken
between July 13 and 14.
Donald Lowery, Rt. 2, Raeford,
reported his S325 aluminum boat
was stolen from behind his store,
between 9 p.m. July 12 and 9 p.m.
July 13.
Hoke County Represented At Meeting
NC 2000 Leaders Discuss Concerns
County leaders, who met in
Chapel Hill July 13-14 to talk about
local concerns for the future, found
that they had a lot in common with
each other.
"The issue that concerns us most
here in Hoke County are generally
the same ones that are on the minds
of.people in Cumberland, Robeson,
or Alleghany Countv." said Wes
Farm
Focus
by Richard Melton
Extension Livestock Agent
Banks Wannamaker
Extension Field Crops Agent
READY FOR CORN HARVEST?
With corn harvest just around
the corner, Hoke County corn pro
ducers should be readying their
equipment before the operation
starts.
Harvesting machinery should be
checked according to your
manufacturers information that
accompanied the equipment when
it was purchased. The best way to
do this is to get our your opera
tors manual and follow the recom
mendations for protecting the
equipment. Taking time to go over
the machine "with a fine-tooth
comb," checking belts, bearings,
chains, and housings will save time
during harvest.
Grain handling equipment
should also be checked out before
putting it to work. Such items as
screw conveyers, bucket elevators,
belt conveyers, recirculating
augers, dump gates, and leveling
equipment should be looked over
carefully. Grain spreaders should
also be looked at before drying
operations begin.
Bearings must be inspected,
non-sealed ones should receive
lubrication according to the
manual. In particular check for
worn belts, chains, and gears.
Drying areas can have problems
which cause fires and unsafe con
ditions for those working near the
equipment. Be sure to check the
burner and fan for operation. If
the fan blade has got large
amounts of foreign material caked
on it. get it clean before using.
Check the dryer burner for proper
operation. Be sure that a leak does
not allow flames to burn after the
equipment is turned off. Inspect all
hoses and fittings for signs of
wear.
If you notice an odor of raw gas,
take immediate steps to solve the
problem. Remove all trash and
other flammable material from the
area. Check control boxes and sen
sing devices for foreign material,
rat nests, or insect nests. You
might want to recalibrate vour
thermostat and be sure it is still ac
curate.
Remember lost lime at harvest
means money lost from your
pocket, so check out equipment
before it has a chance to break
down.
INSECT SITUATION
In tobacco, green peach aphid
threshold situations are still being
reported in Piedmont and Coastal
Plain counties. With topping in
progress, populations have declin
ed somewhat in eastern counties.
In cotton, some locations of
spider mite buildups have been
observed on a few acres of cotton
in the southeastern counties. If dry
weather continues, scouts should
be on the lookout for more trou
ble.
Japanese beetles have peaked in
most eastern countries and should
start to decline shortly. By the later
part of July, most Japanese beetles
will be gone for this season. For
now, spot treatments may be need
ed on grapes, roses, tree fruits, and
beans.
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Williams, who represented Betsy
Ann McNeill, the Hoke County NC
2000 chairman at this meeting.
"We were talking about water
supplies, clean air. adequate hous
ing. better education, and full
employment." said Williams.
"Results of the Hoke County NC
2000 survey would indicate that
those of us in Hoke County,
however, do appear to have a
greater concern about the availabi
lity of jobs than people in other
parts of the state."
The meeting was sponsored by
the commission of the Future of
North Carolina, the group appoint
ed by Gov. Hunt to direct the NC
2000 project, to conduct a study of
the next 18 years in North Carolina
and to recommend courses of
action for the long-term future.
The county leaders have worked
with the Commission for the past
eight months to ensure that their
local citizens have a strong voice in
the planning effort.
During a question-and-answer
session, Commission members re
sponded to a number of concerns
raised by local leades:
What thought has been given to
the people on the production lines
who might be replaced by techno
logical advances in the future?
"We will have to change our
ways of preparing people for jobs.
During a 15-year period, we may
have to retrain a person four or five
times to keep up with technology.
And we must gear up our commu
nity colleges, high schools, and
universities to do this," replied
Richard Wynne of Asheville.
What will happen to our envi
ronmental programs as federal
policies change?
"North Carolina will have to
attend to its own resources. That
will mean taking a look at what we
have here in this state and develop
ing suitable protections laws."
replied Jim Dockery of Winston
Salem.
How is the Commission address
ing rural re-development?
"We believe North Carolina
must look closely at the peculiar
attributes of a country. We must go
beyond a look at the Fortune 500
businesses. It may mean providing
high risk capital for counties
cooperating to attract industry,"
replied Wynne.
The goals we are discussing are
admirable. These are things we all
want to happen. But will we have to
creat a massive bureaucracy to
pursue them?
"In considering ways to imple
ment these goals, we are looking
first to the people themselves for
solutions. What can individuals
do? What can businesses do? Can
the state provide them with sup
portive services? Only when other
solutions cannot be found should
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we have a bureaucracy in place to
do it." replied Nathan Garrett of
Durham.
UNC President William C. Fri
day who chairs the Commission,
commended the county leaders for
their intense concern about all the
people in the state, and specifically
about their concerns for the future
of the family and the relationship
of work, jobs, and education.
"You have taken seriously our
role as trustees of what we have
inherited in North Carolina and our
obligation to pass it on," Friday
said.
In the closing session, county
leaders experessed concern about
how the NC 2000 recommendations
would be carried out. One suggess
tion was a "Futures" study in the
high school social studies curricu
lum. Antoher was for counties and
cities to establish their own goals
and objectives for the future.
Other proposals were made that
follow-up should be done by cham
bers of commerce; by local task
forces working with city and county
officials; and by involving the
league of Municipalities, the Asso
ciation of County Commissioners
and Council of State Governments.
Consensus was reached that
some form of state leadership
would be necessary to assure action
at the state as well as the local level.
County concerns and recommen
dations will be presented to the
Commission at its meeting August
26-27.
ATTENDED 4-H ELECTRIC CONGRESS -- Hoke County 4-H members
Gerald Bundy. Rt. 3. Fayeiteville. and Lisa Weaver. Rt. I. Lumber Bridge,
were delegates to the State 4-H Electric Congress at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte. July 12-14. Lavon Tyson. Carolina Power and Light
Company senior customer service representative [right], accompanied the
delegates. The 4-H'ers were selected for achievement in their electric
projects. Carolina Power and Light Company sponsored their trip. The
Congress was conducted by the North Carolina Agricultural Extension
Sen-ice. \N.C. State University photo.]
Cubs Receive Awards At Meet
Awards were presented to the
following Cubs at the July meeting
of Pack 404.
Webeloes: Scott Edwards -- Out
doorsman and Aquanaut; Britt
Bernhardt -- Outdoorsman and
Aquanaut; Patrick Furmage
-Athlete; Chad Jones -- Engineer;
and Chris Gray -- Athlete.
Cubs: Richard Wolf -- Bobcat;
Detrick Mayer -- Gold Arrow
point and Stiver Arrow point
Nathan Stec -- Recruiter.
Den of the Month - Den 3.
The monthly Pack meeting was
held Saturday at Camp Rockfish.
Members of the Pack and their
families swam, canoed and
picknicked besides participating in
the meeting.
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TUESDAY, JULY 27
It has been 10 years since Hoke and Scotland
Counties have had a member to serve in Raleigh. If
you want a voice in Raleigh, now is the time to get
it and with your support and vote , we can do it!
Please vote and remind 5 others to vote and ask
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