Board of Education
summer school plan
By Ed Miller
A plan which will establish a
| summer school program at each of
the county's seven schools was ap
proved in concept last week by
members of the Hoke County
Board of Education.
In the past, summer programs
have been operated at only two
schools in the county, and classes
have been conducted primarily as
"make ups" or for remedial work,
| Superintendent Dr. Bob Nelson
* said.
A summer cultural arts program
that has also been conducted at the
two schools would not be affected
by the new plan, Nelson said.
According to the plan, which is
still tentative, principals and
teachers at each school in the coun
ty will organize and operate their
own summer school.
f The plans were presented in a
rough draft last week and will be
HOST students honored
at Raleigh conference
A group of 13 Hoke High
School student volunteer tutors
went to Raleigh, May 2, and at
| tended a Young Volunteers in Ac
tion Recognition Day Program.
The students represented
HOSTS (Help Our Students To
Succeed) which was organized to
tutor at the high school in all sub
jects where needed.
A gold pin was awarded each
student.
Three tutors were given T-shirts
for tutoring 50 hours or more.
) Those awarded pins were:
Genise Merchell Allen, Emmanuel
Baldwin, Patsy Baxley, Marilyn
Blake, Janice Cox, Annette
McPhatter, Rodney Powell, An
drea Shaw, John Ward, Ruth
Wheeler and Nichole Woi-ax.
Receiving pins and T-shirts
were: Vickie McLean, President of
HOSTS, Kim Smith and Mary
. Jane Henderson.
Accompaning the group were:
Alona McNeill, Co-sponsor of
HOSTS, and Barbara Buie, direc
tor of the Hoke Reading Literacy
Council.
Sponsoring organization for
Recognition Day was the Commis
sion of Indian Affairs. Gertie
Brewington cordinated the day's
events and awards program.
} Gold pin awards are being sent
to five other HOSTS tutors for
their services.
They are: Tresse Roper, Michael
Dennis, Miranda Cunningham,
Dawn Merritt and Tracy German,
all of Raeford.
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redrawn before they are given a
final OK by the board during their
next meeting.
When in final form, the plans
will outline what courses are being
offered by the school, how many
teachers will be required and how
much money is needed for pay and
how many students are needed to
make the sessions feasible.
Although the plans "need more
work," the board passed the con
cept of the programs with the
understanding that Associate
Superintendent Dr. Ginny Hayes
report back with the updated pro
posals.
"The principals are getting some
good practice at making formal
proposals," said Hayes.
According to the tentative pro
posals, most of the area schools
will be offering courses in basic
skills, most of them on the
remedial level.
Hoke High and possibly Up
church Jr. High will be offering
"enrichment" courses in computer
science; however, the Upchurch
plans are incomplete, Hayes said.
Under the program, students
who attend summer school will
have to pay tuition.
Tuition at each school is dif
ferent and is based on the costs of
instruction and books.
Projected tuitions range from
S10 to S60.
Most of the transportation for
summer schools will also have to
be provided by parents.
According to Hayes, "Funding
just is not'available for transporta
tion."
"The sad thing is that some of
the students who need it most
won't be able to get it" because
parents cannot afford the costs of
tuition and transportation, Hayes
said.
In other business, the board
passed a seventh amendment to the
1983-84 budget.
The ammendment calls for an
additional S66.577.32 to be added
to the budget.
The added expenses are to cover
such things as travel, telephones
and other "indirect costs."
The board also approved a mo
tion to allow Nelson and Business
Manager Don Steed to apply for
an American Express Card in the
name of the board.
"At conventions and meetings,
it (the card) will be better than
walking around with a pocket full
of the Board of Education's
money," said Nelson.
Board member Mina Townsend
added that the receipts from the
cards will make good records.
The board also discussed mak
ing a policy governing Hoke High
Working at craft
Tim McKenzie works at a lathe during Friday
night's Hobnob activities at the MacDonald Gym.
McKenzie works with Fred Smith to hand craft fur
niture. The evening's events drew more than 500
residents and visitors, and most appeared to enjoy
fried and barbecued chicken, musical entertainment
from the Great Zucchini Bandits, arts and crafts
and an auction conducted by former Superinten
dent Raz Autry.
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Jobless rate declines
The unemployment rate in Hoke
County dropped during March, ac
cording to figures which were
released this week by the state
Employment Security Commis
sion.
During March the rate fell to
10.8?7o from a high in February of
11.2<7o.
Out of a labor force of 8,260
residents, 7,370 had jobs and 890
were out of work.
In February, 910 county workers
had been jobless.
The start of the farming season,
which increases seasonal employ
ment, is apparently the reason for
the drop in the jobless rate.
Friends of the Thacker Family wish to
make it known that a fund is established
for anticipated family and legal needs.
This fund has raised as of May 5th $7,175
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students in matters of graduating
from that school in three years.
Nelson said that there had been
recent inquiries from present
students who either wanted to take
an English course during the sum
mer or double up on required
courses during regular semesters in
order to graduate early.
The board decided not to make
any general early graduation policy
and to handle such cases in
dividually.
In still further business, Tri
County Business Machines was
given a contract for sales and ser
vice of school systems typewriters.
Steed said that this firm's bid for
the contract was not only the
lowest, but it is less expensive than
last year's contract.
The quality of this service's firm
is apparently very good, Steed
said.
The board also gave approval
for contracts to Doug Reudiinger
Inc. for football insurance and to
National School Pictures, of
Charlotte, to make the school's
pictures.
Both of these firms are the same
ones that offered these services last
year.
Following a lengthy executive
session, the board OK'd "career
status" to nine of the county's
teachers.
It also approved continuation,
on a probationary basis, the
employment of 26 teachers from
Hoke High, McLauchlin, Turl
ington, Scurlock, South Hoke and
West Hoke schools.
Also, a number of teachers from
Upchurch had their contracts
renewed.
Finally, the 1984-85 budget for
the Hoke County school system
was unanimously approved for
presentation to the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners.
Store break-in
being probed
An apparent breaking and enter
ing at the Rockfish Store netted
about SI,300 in stolen goods last
week, Hoke County Sheriff's
reports say.
According to a report filed by
deputy Ronnie Odom, he was on
routine patrol Sunday Night when
he noticed the door of the store
open.
Examination of the contents of
the store revealed five cartons of
cigarettes, five watches, three
boxes of candy, three cases of
wine, three cases of soft drinks,
one case of batteries and two inter
coms were missing.
There was about $200 in damage
done to the store also, the report
said.
In an unrelated case, reports say
that Harvey R. Jones, of Shannon,
told deputies last Thursday that
someone had taken the rear tires
and rims off of his car.
The thieves left the car on cinder
blocks, the report said.
The total value of the tires and
rims was about $500.
In other crime, Perry Mansfield,
of Raeford reported that his yellow
Yamaha motorcycle had been ap
parently stolen sometime Friday
night.
In the sheriff's report,
Mansfield said that the bike had
been there at about 11:30 the night
before.
The report also stated that
Mansfield had noted footprints
headed in the Scurlock area and
that there was about one gallon of
gas in the cycle's tank.
The bike was reported to be
worth about $800.
The investigation is still under
way, the report said.
Myron G. McPhatter reported
that when he returned home from
work last Thursday, he noticed
that a .22 caliber rifle was missing
from the wall of his closet.
Sheriff's reports say that
McPhatter may know who took
the gun.
Last Saturday, Charles Purcell
reported that he was the victim of
an apparently hungry burglar.
In his report to sheriff's
deputies, Purcell said that a
previously broken window was the
point of entry into the house where
some cookies, cake and other items
of food were missing.
A piece of cardboard covering
the window was apparently remov
ed as the unidentified person
entered the house.
The reports say that food was
the only thing missing.
The matter is still under in
vestigation.
Troop 401 captures
scout campery awards
Eleven boys from Boy Scout
Troop 401, sponsored by the
Raeford Kiwanis Club, went on
their first camping trip.
The group went on a weekend
camporee with the western district
Boy Scouts.
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their camp site the boys walked
away with top awards.
Eagle Patrol was awarded a blue
ribbon.
Wolf Patrol was awarded a red
ribbon.
Since this was the first trip, the
awards are considered excellent.
The troop has only been back
together since September and most
of the boys had no Scouting ex
perience when they joined.
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