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Miir\h3l,20M Tin; NKUS-JOIKNAI. Karfiird. N.C. 3A Pinehurst annexes Five Points, Fayetteville eyes Rockfish Rx Ak '7 ^ J J B"! Andy Zoi.h-agin Staff intern Pinehurst annexed Five Points and the horse park in Hoke County this week, setting off a round of land gratis that may put RiKkfish and Wayside in Fayetteville. Arabia in Laurinburg. and most bizarre. Ashley Heigtits in Fort Bragg. It all started several years ago when the horse park relocated to I hike County from Moore (’ounly. I.egislalors. who saw the park as a tourism draw, wanted it to retain its fashionable Pinehurst iiddress. "We couldn't move the park back to Pinehurst. so we moved Pinehurst to the park.” said Verily Knot, a .sialfer in Raleigh who wrote the legislation. To keep this from being .sjxit an nexation. we actually had to annex Highway 211 and connecting roads all the way from Pinehurst," she said. Seeing Pinehurst'stipparent succes,s. Fityeileville iseyeing K(x.kfish. Wayside and a narrow corridor that follows US4()I to the outskirts of Raeford and around to the other side of town. Since the horse ptirk annexation, reaction has been stetidy. "Do you realize if you have an auto accident on 211 the Pinehurst police will have to investigate it?" said Lyon Thyme, a spokesman for the Fire and Safety As,six:iation of the Carolinas. "Unless, of course, your car ends up off the road past the right of way. Then it would lx‘ investigated by the highway patrol. This uiuld be a nightmare," he said. ApriMe f-urste. a planner for the I hike Schtxil System, said it Fayeltev ille an nexes the corridor as planned all sorts of "challenges" v\ ill occur. "For example. West Hoke Middle will have to be rentimed l-'ast Hoke Middle because it uill be the easiern- mo.st middle scIkxiI. Fast I hike Middle will be in Cumberland County, and they re planning to call it simply ‘Wist Middle.' "For a similar reason," she said, "w iih I aurinburg'splans-South Hoke will bi-oome North I lokeand West Hoke l-lementary will become Eiiist Hoke tdementary. "I still don't know what they're going to call Rix'kfish-Hoke." she .said. Fort Bragg, meanwhile, .sees the developments asachance toexpand to ward Camp Mackalland may start with a move to annex Ashley I leights. Meanwhile, signs ha\e gtine up at Fixe Points prix'laiming it's now Pinehurst, "Vke'd like to get a Mercedes deal ership here noxx. and maybe a Fresh Market." s.iid Knot. "It will ensure the Pinehur.si iin.ige is maintained. "We'll also be tryoDi^ to attr.iet a .store to sell xxhiie shoes and plaid pants." 't V'T- K The signs are up in what used to be Five Points, but is now in Pinehurst. This well-known sign marking the intersection of five roads bears a new name. Other stuff {ContiniH'd from page I A) phone call. Iwiok, Al, thanks, but I'm not interested.” “I don’t CARE if you’re not inter ested!" he said, his tone turning sharp. Taken aback at this new approach, I said, “Excuse me?” “Man, I don’t CARE if you’re not interested!’' “Good, because I’m not.” “Then PLEASE hang up." “Okay.”click.*> I spent Saturday morning cooking bacon outside. That and yard work were my two assignments as about 30 women held a baby shower for Wendy Fields at the house. (Yes, I noticed that both chores were intended to keep me outside, and for that. I’m eternally grateful.) Anyway, the bacon cooking turned into a science experiment of sorts with multiple hypothe.ses and at least a couple of surprising outcomes. My first hypothesis was that if I ,cookfid.\he bacon to my liking, it * wouldbtjsatisfaclory.loai least a few other people. This proved incorrect. Instead, I found that if you cook the bacon gently, over a medium fire, a female will come out of the house and accuse you of trying to serve raw pig and give everyone trichinosis. If you turn up the fire a bit or cook the bacon a tad longer, a female xvill come out of the house and accuse you of serving charcoal. Next, 1 hypothesized that if those dadburned live oak leaves that keep falling until sometime in April man aged to blow into the bacon, no one would notice. Especially if they were cooked well-done. This one proved correct. Hypothesis number three was that bacon grease heated outdoors on a camp stove hurts just as much as if heated indoors. Again, correct. Finally, 1 hypothesized-that’stoo strong a word - assumed bacon is bacon. Nothing could be farther from the truth. After cooking bacon from nine different manufacturers there was a single .standout - and 1 will be happy to share this information by email - that was mostly meat, nicely flavored and colored to hide live oak leaves.❖ While we’re on the subject of sci ence, it should be obvious by now that I think like a scientist. When ques tions arise, they must be ansxvered. even if you’re on the way to work. Such was the case last week as 1 drove to work along Main Street and closed in on a city garbage truck. It came to a stop so I slowed down and absent- mindedly stopped a few car lengths behind it. As a part of my brain watched the guys expertly perform ing their work, and another part began to search for alternate route, yet a third noticed the sign painted in large letters across the back of the truck: “'Stay back 500 feet.” you'll xxalk across I Ixxooil Xxenue. clear across the parking lot. across Campus yXxcnue. almost across an other parking lot iiiid almost to Uonaldsoii/Xxcmie ncarlx txxocom- plete blocks to reach 500 feel. Hoke to take part in tech assistance By Set) it Jordan Hoke County Information Technology I loke County has been invited to pru- ticipale in a technology-related project called the laxal E-Goxeminent Utiliza tion lYoject (l.IrCi-UP), sponsored by the slate’s e-NC Authority. LFCi-UP is an intensive, hands-on etfort In e-NCaitd partner organizations - tile Notlii ('anil ina Associationol'Qiunty ('ommissioners, the North Carolina Ru ral Center, the North Canilina League of Municipalities, and the UNC Center for Public I’elex’i.sion - to bring effective Intemel technology to rural North Caro lina. Local governments participating in the project receix e resources over a set period of time, including training on making information technology (IT) decisions, website development and operations, and the selection and f you can read this, you’re too close. After a few .seconds the first part of the brain begun ignoring the guys, and the second joined the third and I began to realize: 5(K) feet - that’s a long way! Is this really how far they expect traffic to stay from a garbage truck? I tried to picture a hundred feet so I could multiply it by five. Twenty 25- foot extension cords. Almost one- tenth of a mile. Exactly how far is 500 feet? This question had to be answered. So I fetched my GPS receiver, which measures distance by triangu lating satellite signals and is accurate to within 20 feet or so, and set out to measure 5(M) feet. Noxv, 1 know what you’re think ing: "this guy needs to gel a life.” But you ought to be wondering w hy the city wants you to stay back so far from a garbage truck. I mean, what arc they carrying in those things? Anyway, you ingrates, if you start walking from the entrance of the News-Journal office and head north. The arrow points to the Nj office. At that distance xou c.m b.ireix see a garbage truck, let alone read the sign that says txi stay back th.ti tar, So if you see me slopped in the middle of Main Street lor no apparent reason, it snot car trouble. \’ery likely, ixx'o blocks axxay, there is a gaibage truck. And I'm just doing my cixic duty.*;* Okay, I diin't haxea lite. This next photo of my truck xxill proxe it: Sorry the picture is kinda shaky; it was an exciting moment. Railroad crossings improved The N.C'. Department of Trans- [xirtaiion (NCDOT) has installed xxarning signals and crossing gates al the Dickson Road(SR 1 l48)cross- ingand revised signals and installed nexvgatesal the West Prospect Street (N('211)crossing in Raeford. Both crossings traverse the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad. The West Prospect Street project cost $140,470, while the Dickson Road project $147,659. Botli projects were ptiid for with 9() per cent federal funds and 10 percent state funds. The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railway and the NCDOT will split the cost to maintain the signals. Two freight trains travel daily through the crossings at speeds of up to 25 mhp. The Hoke County projects are part of a comprehensive statewide program to enhance highway safety by adding or improving signals and gates at public railroad cross ings. Mechanical warning devices of some sort are noxv in place at more than 2,300 of North C'arolina’s 4,350 public crossings. Brock letter (Conliniied from page I A) that business's success or failure save for the fact that if the business fails, they will have to find another busi ness to conduct business with. So why should they insist with the help of government, that the business own ers who risk everythingservethemon their terms? Somewhere betxveen today and the time of Madison, Americans have lo.st sight of the importance ot Property Rights - the ownership a man has ol his body, his hands, and the product ol his labor. As Madison wrote above, it is the right from which all other rights and freedoms arc derived. Once a government and its people stop re specting and enforcing a man s right to do what he pleases with xx'hiit he owns and creates, all the other rights and freedoms we cherish fall into peril! The smoking ban debate is merely symptomatic of a larger problem, of course. Whether it’s the controversy over job outsourcing or draconian en vironmental regulations - disrespect for private property continues across all spheres of the public policy de bate. In fact, as income tax day ap proaches, we are reminded of the most egregioustrampling of properly rights; the passage of the 16th amendment, which gave government permission to siphon its lake of the product of American labor. A more recent development in the assault on property rigitts is the abuse of eminent domain, the process by which government can seize land tor the "public good.” The problem is that governments - local, stale, and national - have an overly broad inter pretation of what makes a “public good.” Often, it means taking land from ordinary people for a pittance, then handing it over to corporations and developers who can offer the slate or city more tax revenue. In New Jersey, to cite one example: Atlantic City officials interpreted "public good” to mean that the city could seize the home of an elderly woman so Donald Trump could build a ga rage for his limousines. The erosion of property rights ought to concern all of us because, as our founding fathers knew, our right to just about everything else is depen dent on our right to our perso i, our labor and what xve produce. It’s easy to gel outraged when government fa vors snail darters and endangered butterniesoxerjobsiuid homeoxvners. It’seasy to jumpon tlie property rights bandwagon w hen cities seize old la dies’ houses to make room for the new Nissan plant. But we need to be cons i ste n t. We c a n' I sa y t h a t i t’s w rong for the ERA to tell a farmer what he can and can’t do with his land, but that it’s OK for the same agency to force restauranlstogosmoke free. Weean't say it's wrong for the Department of Labor to tel 1 a business oxvner he must comply with needlessly expensive OSIIA regulations, but its okay for the same agency to tell him he must hire needlessly expensive domestic labor when cheaper foieign labor is available. operation of a xx ebsite application or service. The project will cover the county’s travel and maleiial costs for county repiesentaiixes to attend the training. LEG-UP xx ill also cover the cost of establishing an iiiteractixe website for the county and xxill pay for the cost of one computer atid re lated equipment. The e-NC Authority (originally named the Rural Internet Access Au thority) was created by stale statute in the year 2(K)0 as an organized effort to "ensure that the citizens of North Carolina keeppace xviih Iheever taster technology changes ... in older to assure the economic competitiveness of North Carolina with special focus on riiial and urban distressed areas." Ikiard of Commi.ssioners Chairman Rolx'rt Wright said, "'Fhe County reaig- ni/es that technology infr.Lsirucinre is es sential forix'llerserx icetothecitizeiisand etinlinued eCoiKimic dexelopmeni in llx’ aimmunily. 'I'he County wants to pro vide ih;it serx'ice to the cili/eiis and cn- Qiiintge the eamomic pros|XTiiy of both existing and prospectix e bu.sines.ses in the community.” "We look forward,” Wright added, "to a prosperous future for all the citizens of I loke Countv." Legislation urged for seniors Dr. Mary Kemp 'I’honuis attended the annual meelingof the North Caio- lina Senior Tar Heel Legislature in Raleigh on March 16 and 17. The Senior legislature,established by the North Carolina General As- scmtily in 1993, provides information and education to senior adults on matters being considered by the (icn- eral A.ssembly and makes recommen dations to the General A.ssembly on the legislative needs of older Nxirih Carolinians. Thomas is the delegate/ alternate to the Senior Tar Heel Leg islature from Hoke County. The Senior Tar Heel Legislature tias identified five priority issues for action by the General Assembly in tlie upcoming short legislative session. Restoring the $1 million cut in 2003 from the 1 lome and Community ('are Block Grant which funds in-home and community based services to help impaired older adults stay in the homes is a top priority of the Senior Legisla ture. With large waiting lists for these set vices across the slate, restoring this funding cut is critical, they say. Maintaining support for the Med icaid Community Alternatives Pro- grant for Disabled Adults is another prioril y .This program provides home • and community care .services as a cost-effectixe alternative to nursing home care. rite Senior far I led Legislature is also requesting that the General As sembly pass legislation to make the slate lax credit for long-term care insurance permanent as xx ell as enact a law xvhich would mandate that na tional criminal backgroundchecks for employees of long term care facilities are completed. In addition, they are encourtiging the General Assembly to take actiontoieslore funding which xvas cut for the development and op eration of .senior centers in 2(M)2. Dr. Thomas may be contacted :il 644 Dockery Road; or call her at 875- 3848 There’s either an absolute right to personal property or there isn’t, if Americans value any of their free dom, they ought to guard this one with extra vigilance, even in times when it’s personally inconvenient to do so. 1 hope the above makes you think very hard about how much more prop erty rights you are willing to give up. I believe United States citizens can not afford to give up any more of their property rights and must join together to recover many property rights we have lost for no good logical reasons. 1 do not wish to give up any more and will work to recover most of what I have lost. Electing government people with “Property Rights” as their priority is the only way to leave for future gen erations the property rights they de serve. Sincerely Yours, Harold Brock Dr. Riley M Iordan The Jordan Clinic 116 Campus Ave.'Raeford 875-9087 Lu Cacetes, PA-C Coyilinually serving the Family’s of Raeford-Hohe County for over 50 years For Appointments Call 875-9087 Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Most Insurancf.s Accf.ptkd • Walk-Ins Welcome Y APRI14 A. ox Don't §Toiget ••• f^oRWARDj^to move your clock ahead one hour Sunday, April 4th for Daylight Savings
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