LREMC offering reward for info on stolen wire
By Ed Miller
A $1 ,000 reward is being offered
for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of persons
stealing copper wire from the
Lumbee River Electric Member
ship Corporation (LREMC).
It s kind of an unusual crime,"
wid Jerry Spivey, Public Relations
Specialist for the corporation.
According to Spivey, thieves
have been taking the neutral
strands of wire off poles with three
strand conductors
Corporation owned lines in
Hoke, Scotland and Robeson
counties have been robbed, he
said.
"We have lost over $20,000
worth of wire this year," he said.
"It's pretty dangerous what
they're doing," said Spivey.
If thieves were to cut the wrong
wire, the results could be fatal, he
said.
In one incident in Scotland
County, the neutral wire was cut
only to fall across the other two
wires in the circuit causing a short
circuit that blacked out an entire
neighborhood.
"These lines are under tension
and coil back when cut," he said.
Most of the thefts are occurring
on rural roads at night, he said.
Whenever wire is stolen, it costs
members of the corporation, he
said.
"Apparently, what these people
are doing is melting it (the wire)
down and selling it for scrap cop
per," said Spivey.
According to the spokesman, in
formation given the LREMC will
be kept confidential.
Spivey is asking that anyone see
ing strangers around poles to call
them at 875-4249.
All LREMC employees wear
uniforms and can be easily iden
tified, he said.
If there is any question about a
person, call them.
"We would rather send someone
out to check and be sure than lose
more wire," he said.
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Working on leg
Glenn Snow carves on a leg destined to be attached to a carousel pony he is
constructing, while his dog looks on.
Hoke County suits
wood carving life
By Sonya Falls
Upon entering Glyn Snow's
wood carving shop, a visitor is told
to "excuse the mess." But what
else is expected in a shop where one
man is busy crafting a full scale
wooden carousel horse, clay
figurines, his own tools, and other
special crafts from wood?
Snow, a tall sandy -haired man,
is the owner of "Rooster Run
Woodworks", a small shop off of
21 1 in Hoke County. He describes
himself as "just a woodcarver,
sculptor," but his talent and skill
belie his modest description.
A native of Knox County, Ken
tucky, Snow served in the Army
for 21 years. He settled in Hoke
County seven years ago after a
stint at Fort Bragg and now con
siders this area home. "The people
are great; that's why I'm staying,"
he explains.
His craft sales are also
flourishing. Snow is especially
pleased with sales of his clay carv
ings. He carves various figures
which are then molded by Great
American Ornament Company in
Aberdeen and mass produced for
sale. Snow explains that his
figurines, which are currently sold
nationwide and into Canada, may
soon be sold in Japan, also.
Nothing could please him more.
"This is what I've always wanted
to do," the craftsman says.
Although he has had no profes
sional training, he has been carving
since he was eight years old. His
uncle, a woodworker and cabinet
maker, introduced him to wood
crafting. Even during a busy Army
career, Snow found time for carv
ing and refining his skills.
Snow's crafts include a variety
of subjects, but right now, what
seems to be very popular is a series
of wooden and clay carvings of
teddy bears. Bears with bow ties,
clothes or no clothes, with children
or without, all reside in Snow's lit
tle paneled shop.
Beautifully carved and detailed
ducks of cherry, Victorian
figurines and unique bear
bedecked light switch plates are
also evidence of Snow's talents.
Snow and his wife, Marcia, have
recently returned from a trip to
Germany, where they visited and
talked with master woodcarvers in
Oberamergau. Snow returned with
a few new woodworking tools and
a healthy respect for these master
woodcarvers. Their work on huge
religious pieces fascinated him,
and, he admits, they in turn were
fascinated by the fact that he
carved teddy bears.
Sandwiched between the time
Snow spends in creating his
figurines and other works, he has
found time to begin work on a
carousel horse for his wife. This
magnificent beast .stands half
finished in a back room of the
shop. Crafted from basswood and
layered for strength, Snow works
patiently on a leg, or the intricately
carved tail when time allows. He
admits that all he needs is a picture
and the right tools.
Snow's hand-made tools are an
interesting story in themselves. He
relates that he creates tools for a
specific purpose that he has in
mind. For instance, instead of a
regular draw knife which he found
too big and clumsy to use on small
objects, he found an old file and
adapted it for his own use.
Although he buys many machine
made tools, he prefers to work
with his own.
After a visit to this little shop,
one comes away convinced that the
talents of Glyn Snow seem to be
limitless. Yes, by gosh, we've got
an artist living amongst us. Quite a
feather in anyone's cap.
Hoke FFA members honored
Two Hoke F.F.A. members
received their State Farmers degree
at the 57th annual North Carolina
F.F.A. State Convention in
Raleigh.
They are Robert Wright, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Wright of
Raeford, and Donald Lindsay, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lindsay
of Rockflsh.
The F.F.A. State Farmers
degree is awarded to those students
active in local, district and state
F.F.A. activities.
Students must have worked at
least 500 hours toward their profi
ciency program and completed at
least two years of vocational
Agriculture classes.
These students are the first Hoke
students to be awarded their State
Farmers degree in 10 years.
Donald and Robert both plan to
attend N.C. State University after
graduation and study agriculture.
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