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Come on down A jump plane used by Gene Paul Thacker in his parachute school lands at the Raeford-Hoke Airport. Thacker is one of the most well versed In the county on the problems of the airport and he is one of the airports best patrons. Just before this plane landed, the load of sky divers who jumped from the plane began settling to the ground. Not only would Im provements at the airport make the facility more at tractive to new pilots flying in, but It would make the job of the jump school personnel easier and safer. Airport Commission members say. Airport grant applications being delayed for more study By Ed Miller A thorough investigation needs to be conducted before state and federal funds are sought and used to improve the Raeford-Hoke County Airport, some members of the Airport Commission said. The commission feels that the money can be best used at the air port by paving the taxiway; however, it is going to take more than a previously funded $75,000 state grant and a $75,000 match from Hoke County and Raeford to pave the taxiway. "There are a lot of things that can be done right away at the air port, and we are putting our energy into that," said Commis sioner John Plummer. Originally, the $150,000 was to be used for the construction of a new airport terminal, but members of the airport authority, and local and county officials feel there are more pressing improvement needs than the terminal at the facility. The Airport Commission is now looking into finding the extra money needed to fund the paving of the taxiway. According to Commission Vice Chairman Wayne Byrd, the $100,000 needed may come from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) in the form of grants if the airport is made available to the full use by ultralights. If the Airport Commission decides to go through the City Council and County Commission to re-apply for the funds, the chances that they will get them are good, said Jay Pate, spokesman for the state Areonautics Council in a previous interview. The revised request will be com pared with other projects around the state and examined to decide if it is of high priority, Pate said. If the priority is found to be high, the request will be funded. The construction of taxiways, improvements on runway lighting, increasing the apron area, and re surfacing or lengthening runways would have a high prioriy to the council, Pate said in June. Funding would not be granted if the money is not used for a high priority project, and projects that would generate revenue for the air port cannot be funded, Pate said. Presently, both the City Council and the County Commission has $37,500 each set aside to match the state funds if applied for and received. New airport regulations adopted By Ed Miller A new set of rules and regula tions governing the operation of the Raeford-Hoke Airport was adopted in a special session Thurs day night by members of the Air port Commission. The new rules establish strict standards at the airport. "They are strict, but they give the Commission room to bend and grow," Commissioner L.E. McLaughlin said. "They're a set of rules we can live with until we have to make changes down the road," he said. Pilots are controlled as to what they can and cannot do. According to the new rules, pilots: ?Must abide by the air traffic rules and aircraft operations regulation of the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). ?Must start and run engines on ly in designated areas. "At no time shall engines be run up when hangars, shops, airplanes, or any buildings or persons are in the path of the propellor stream and, or, jet exhaust," the document says. ?Must not park, store, or repair aircraft except in designated areas. ?Must fuel aircraft while the engine is off and only in designated areas. No one may smoke within SO feet of a fueling operation. There was only one change made to the original rules submitted at the regular meeting two weeks ago. Prior to the change, there was a section in the rules that read: "All take-offs and landings shall be confined to the runways and movements of aircraft shall be confined to the hard surface areas." An addition was made to the section, at the suggestion of Com mission Vice-chairman Wayne Byrd, to reword that part because many of the planes at the airport are parked on grass and must be taxied on the non-paved surface to get to the runway apron. The section about take-offs and landings was reworded to allow ultralights to take-off and land on a strip beside the runway. The exception to the original rule applies only to ultralights, the commission voted. The rales and regulations were researched and written by Com mission Secretary John Phmuncr. la other business, the commis sioner discussed the building of "T-hangars" at the airport. There is room at the airport for enough "T-hangars" to house about 20 airplanes, Byrd said. The commissioners agreed to look into the costs of the hangars. National Prescription Centers Say Hello . . . TO NEW PHARMACIST AT THE MEDICINE SHOPPE GAIL DOYLE I'm the pharmacist at the Medicine Shoppe. And I think you'll be pleasantly startled to learn about my money saving programs and services. Compare our everyday low prices and fast service. If you're not already our customer, you will be soon. Because we never forget your health or finances. Ask me about your prescriptions . . . free health care tests . . . senior and group discounts. I take time to listen; time to help. Save $2. on a new or transferred prescription. . . . County surveyed (Continued from page I) bring each building into com pliance. According to the report, ramps to allow wheelchair bound people ?io enter and exit buildings, marked handicapped parking places, and grab rails in rest rooms are needed in and around some buildings. The report also noted that the County Health Department building and the Department of Social Services building are both "barrier free," meaning that ac cess to these buildings is unlimited to handicapped persons of alt kinds. The Board of Education building also needs no im provements except for the creation of some handicapped parking, the report says. In further action, the County Commission appointed Carole Scarborough to fill the vacant position on the Airport Commis sion. The vacancy was created when Marrianne Baker, an original ap pointee. resigned recently. In other action, commissioners: ?Reviewed the 1 Vo state rebated sales tax and one-half cent sales tax revenue for the city and county. The total revenues received in Hoke County was $191,313.83 and Raeford got $33,103. ?Rescheduled the regular September 3 meeting to September 4 because of Labor Day. Break-in probed in South Hoke By Ed Miller A break-in at a South Hoke store left the owner with over $100 damage to video game machines and with an over $2,000 loss in merchandise. The Hoke County Sheriff's Department is investigating the in cident that happened last Thursday night at Charlie Locklear's Store. Locklear reported that the ap parent thieves entered the building through a crawl way above a door. Three cases of beer, six cases of cigarettes, candy and chewing gum, 12 men's wallets, 20 cigarette holders and eight boxes of chewing tobacco were taken from the store. In an unrelated matter, Raeford Police are baffled by a reported larceny at the Edinborough Place Family Care Home on West Donaldson Street. "It's sort of a mystery," said Police Chief Leonard Wiggins, ex plaining that one of the residents awoke to see someone standing at her medicine cabinet, but that the suspect ran away and now the resi dent cannot describe the person. When the police got to the care home, all the doors were locked, and there was no sign of tamper ing, Wiggins said. In spite of the fact that there was no signs of forced entry, the resi dent who saw the intruder is now missing S123 in cash. She kept her money in the medicine cabinet, Wiggins said. Raeford Police are also in vestigating a breaking, entering and larceny into the apartment of Dennis Lagerquiest. The Raeford resident came home last Saturday to find his sliding glass door open and that someone had entered his apart ment and removed a 14-inch televi sion set, a radio, a shotgun and a long bow and some arrows, Wig gins said. Lagerquiest lost about $850 worth of property in the robbery. The Hungry Jack Restaurant was the victim of vandalism, sheriff's reports say. On last Tuesday, James Barefoot reported that someone had used paint to write "black pride", "death", "jam on it" and "KKK" on the exterior walls of the county restaurant. The vandals also painted a red, white and blue flag on one of the walls, rtports say. In another matter, the Sheriff's Department recovered what ap pears to be a stolen .22 calibre rifle and air tank. A tip was turned in by a county resident. Harold B. Currie reported that around the beginning of July, those items had been taken from him. He also told Deputy Alex Nor ton that he had heard who took the items and asked if he would in vestigate, the report says. Upon arriving at the address provided by Currie, deputies recovered the items, reports say. No arrests have been made in the case. While the Sheriff's Department recovered one gun, another was reported stolen last week. Ronald M. Huffman reported last Tuesday that he found a .22 calibre revolver, that usually stays under his son's mattress, missing. The gun was valued at $200, reports say. . . . Rape being investigated (Continued from page 1) ment, the death threat was repeated at least once more during her ordeal. Allegedly, all four men raped her, reports say. The men then allowed her to redress and took her home. -*? The report was taken from the victim by sheriff's deputies Satur day about 7 a.m. The victim submitted to a rape test at Moore County Hospital, reports say. "This (the area of the rape) is one of the most isolated sections of the county. The homes are few and far between," said Hoke County Sheriff Dave Barrington. The subjects in question will be arrested on charges of kidnapping and first degree rape, Barrington said. According to the sheriff, when the subjects refused to let the vic tim out at her house, they became liable for charges of kidnapping. JACKSON'S FffiA ROCKFISH RD. RAEFORD, N.C. WE ACCEPT U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMPS MEAT SPECIALS WE RESERVE ALL QUANTITY RIGHTS. BORDEN FRUIT DRINK *99* JIFFY CORN MUFFIN MIX 4/100 WIS K I49 WAUORF BATHROOM TISSUE 4*95* i ?. QUICK QUAKER GRITS *49 SOUTHERN KITCHEN FLOUR 79* 5 lb. bag FAMILY PACKS 5 IkirNm Piji Fwt 39v Nsek Bwwt 49 V Sparwfa 99V PRODUCE TOMATOES 59* ft -u rrr 5 Ik. tef WHITE POTATOES 99* FROZEN FOODS mr. rt ASST PIZZA 99 EmIi STORE HOURS 7*0 1:30 pJi. 1*0 ?.?. - 7*0 pJL PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU AIM. 25
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