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matrix. We think a cost study
would be helpful," Clemmons
said.
Following Campbell's lead, the
commissioners voted unanimously
to consider the matter further in
executive session.
Prior to the vote, Howard told
the commissioners that es
tablishing EAS from Raeford to
Fayetteville was of vital economic
importance to Hoke County,
which has the lowest per capita in
come in the state.
"Extending the service area
would improve the tax base by
making the county more attractive
for new homes," Howard said.
EAS would also help those living
in Fayetteville and working in
Raeford, as well as persons from
Hoke County who work in the
larger metropolitan area, Howard
said.
The City of Raeford stands
behind the plan to establish EAS,
City Councilman Vardell Hedg
peth told the commissioners.
Extended service would benefit
most businesses in the community,
he added.
EAS is the number one factor
which will determine future growth
of Hoke County, Southern Na
tional Bank Vice President and
Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Com
merce spokesman Steve Parker
said.
"I believe a number of people
from Ft. Bragg and Fayetteville
would come to Hoke County to
live if it was not for having to call
long distance," Parker said.
Local telephone service to Fayet
teville would benefit farmers and
would aid all of those needing
medical and dental specialists,
Hoke County Extension Service
Chairman Willie Featherstone
said.
Featherstone, who was also
speaking as a resident of Rockfish,
said he believed that area of the
county would increase dramatical
ly if EAS was established.
"Extended area service will
stimulate growth and increase tax
revenues, which will help farmers
and others living in Hoke
County," Featherstone said.
The poor and elderly of Hoke
County would benefit from EAS,
Department of Social Services
(DSS) Director Ken Witherspoon
said.
EAS would remove another
obstacle in helping the poor and
elderly of Hoke County have a bet
ter quality of life, the DSS director
said.
Such simple things as calling a
pediatrician would no longer need
to be a toll call if EAS was in place,
county resident Kay Thomas said.
Hoke County has problems, and
EAS is one way that residents are
addressing the needs of the com
munity, Thomas said.
"We need to make im
provements and to expand our
schools. We need to expand our
tax base. Hoke County has people
willing to work on our problems
and telephone service is one of the
problems we're working on,"
Thomas said.
Urban parks, many designed 50
to 100 years ago, are among the
decade's big losers in the heated
competition for city funds. But
their prognosis for recovery is en
couraging as cities develop a sense
of pride in their parts and a feeling
of shared ownership among its
users.
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Scurlock School kick off North Carolina
Mathematics Education Week with a Balloon Lift.
Almost 390 balloons left Scurlock 's courtyard for
distances unknown. It is hoped that persons will
find some of them and let the sudents know how far
they traveled. Principal George Wood (left, with
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"I feel like if the state wants to
set the rates, let them pay the bill,"
Commissioner James Albert Hunt
said.
As a matter of information,
commissioners were told that they
had been recognized as a body at
the North Carolina Literacy
Association (NCLA) banquet on
May 4.
Hoke County Commission Vice
Chairman Neill McPhatter ac
cepted the award that was the first
of its kind ever awarded by the
NCLA.
The commission was recognized
lor its outstanding support to the
Hoke Reading-Literacy Council.
In other action. Commissioners
made the following appointments:
?Mitch Tyler and Bobby Rogers
to the Hoke County Youth Ser
vices Task Force.
?Charlotta King to the Hoke
County Public Library Board of
Trustees and the Sandhills
Regional Library Board of
Trustees.
?Charles Constantino, Henry
Carpenter and Paul Johnson as
Puppy Creek Fire Commissioners.
?Charlie Pendergrass, James
Carson and Herschel B. Nixon as
West Hoke Fire Commissioners.
?Danny McGougan, Jimmy
Maxwell and Billy McNeill as
Stonewall Fire Commissioners.
Members of the County Com
mission also voted to request the
addition of Preachers Road to the
state system. The road is a connec
tor road between U.S. 401 and the
Plank Road on Ft Bragg.
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