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No.4Vol.ll3
Rae ford & Hoke Coumty n.c.
Wednesday, March 28,2018
Sheriff proposes school safety steps
Mobile app would give faculty, students quick notice in event of attack
By Catharin Shepard
Staff writer
Hiring a mental health eoordinator, add
ing more armed school resource officers,
implementing a panic button phone app
communication system, upgrading security
cameras and even infrared fencing options
are among the plans in the works intended
to help keep Hoke County Schools students
and staff safe, Hoke County officials dis
cussed last week at a press conference.
Hoke County Sheriff Hubert Peterkin
joined Hoke Schools Superintendent Dr.
Freddie Williamson and other school
administrators for a meeting Friday to talk
about what local law enforcement and the
school system are doing to improve school
safety. After the Parkland school shooting
in Florida, local school and law enforce
ment officials have worked to find ways
to address potential threats and prevent
tragedies from happening.
“Our theme for today is how can we use
technology and digital devices to help keep
schools and students safe? Because our
hope is to not turn schools into something
they were never intended to be. Schools
should be a place for kids to be free to move
about on the property, in the buildings, and
feel safe with doing that,” Williamson said.
“We’re excited about today, the partnership
with law enforcement as we all address this
issue of school safety and school security.”
As part of the plans unveiled last week,
the school system announced intentions
to hire more personnel in a bid to improve
security. Included in those new hires will be
a mental health coordinator who will help
(See SCHOOL SAFETY, page 9)
1 millionth longleaf
pine planted here
A view from above of the pines at Calloway Forest just west of Raeford on N.C. 211. (Ken MacDonald
photo with Julian Johnson)
The Nature Conservancy in
North Carolina is celebrating the
one millionth longleaf pine seed
ling planted since 2003 in the
North Carolina Sandhills.
North Carolina Sen. Richard
Burr planned to visit Hoke County
Wednesday to take part in the
special ceremony, according to the
Conservancy. Burr was set to join
Fort Bragg Garrison Commander
Colonel Kyle Reed, Conservancy
staff, and conservation partners for
the event. The Army has played a
crucial role in longleaf pine conser
vation near Fort Bragg, Conservan
cy officials said in a press release.
“Longleaf played a very im
portant part of North Carolina’s
economy. Its resin was harvested to
produce tar, pitch, and turpentine.
These ‘naval stores’ were vital in an
era when wooden ships were com
mon,” the Nature Conservancy said
in a media release. “The nickname
‘Tarheels’ likely came from this
history. The state’s highest civilian
honor presented by its governor is
called The Order of the Longleaf
Pine. And the state’s toast mentions
it as well; ‘Here’s to the land of the
longleaf pine; The summer land
where the sun doth shine; Where
the weak grow strong, and the
strong grow great; Here’s to ‘Down
(See PINES, page 9)
9 named ‘Wonderful
Women of Hoke’
The Hoke County Public Library
hosted the 2018 Wonderful Women
of Hoke celebration last week,
honoring a group of women who
contribute their time, resources and
efforts to making Hoke County a
better place.
This year’s group of awardees
included Heather Kimberly Dial-
Sellers, Glenda Glockner, Daphne
Graham-Dudley, Ophelia Ray-
Fenner, Tiffany Locklear Ham
monds, Gloria Hill, Annette Jones,
Leah Leach and Jayne Young. The
women and their families were
invited to a special recognition
ceremony at the Hoke library Friday
afternoon, followed by a reception
with refreshments.
Dial-Sellers was born and raised
in the Antioch community of Hoke
County and attended Hoke County
(See WOMEN page 2)
From left,Young, Leach, Ray, Ham- ^
monds,Jones, Glockner, and Hill.
(Catharin Shepard photo)
In the crosshairs for space station? Really? In Hoke?
A group of scientists has its plunge Sunday at exactly Branze Space Section of the Nau urges local author!-
group
calculated that the Tian-
gong-1 space station, now
predicted to fall to earth in
huge fragments, will take
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; plunge Sunday at exactly
1:14 p.m. and will hit the
ground 62 second later. Not
only that, but one of two
possible tracks has a frag
ment, estimated to weigh
200 pounds, hitting smack
dab in the center of Raeford
at longitude -79.22354 and
latitude 34.97889. The loca
tion is in the grassy lot next
to the old Raeford Hotel.
“Keep in mind there’s
only a fifty percent chance
of it hitting there,” said Lyon
Rogue, a scientist in the Big
Dundarrach
Rockfish isn’t the only
Hoke County commu
nity considering incorpora
tion. The 276 residents of
Dundarrach say they’re
selecting a mayor and have
approached several state
representatives about getting
necessary legislation.
Two problems for
Dundarrach citizens in their
attempt, however: first,
the draft bill misspelled
the community’s name
ipace:
government printing office.
“It’s also possible it will land
in the Indian Ocean, off the
coast of Australia, the exact
opposite point on earth,”
Rogue said. “The difference
owes to mathematics, and
it’s beyond you.”
A scientist in China,
Cmon Nau, where the space
station originated said, “#X
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also wants to
as “Dundark,” apparently
because a clerk misunder
stood the pronunciation over
the phone. And second,
residents haven’t been able
to schedule the necessary
meeting with house and sen
ate leaders, since the legisla
tors insist all meetings be
done in secret.
“We’ve asked to get our
bill added on to the one des
ignating Baptists as the of
ficial denomination in North
urges
ties to rope off the area just
in case.
The Tiangong-1 is about
the size of a school bus
(International 66-passenger
model) and is in orbit some
350 kilometers above the
earth. It was launched in
2011.
Just in case the prediction
(See SPACE STATION,
page 4)
incorporate
Carolina,” says Dundarrach
resident Knot A. Demm.
“We’ve also tried to get
added on to a bill that will
restore capital punishment
in the schools since corporal
punishment wasn’t work
ing too well,” he said. “It’s
part of the arming teachers
strategy.”
Demm and others say if
they can get Dundarrach
(See DUNDARRACH,
page 4)
4-1-18, 02:15:02
-79.22354, 34.97889
Chinese Space Station Scenario IB
April 1,2018,6:15:02 UTC
Location, -79.22354, 34.97889 Crater depth 1 meter,
fragment size, steering wheel. International 1977 Bus
Source: Feuxnews
By Ken MacDonald
At David Dombkowski’s funeral last week, a modest
group—many who, like David, are musicians, gathered
against a light rain under a tent at Raeford Cemetery, and,
at the invitation of the preacher, told stories. I didn’t say
anything but they brought to mind two of my own.
Most knew David as quite the keyboardist, who played
in local rock bands since his high school days. I first knew
(See OTHER STUPE, page 4)