New Sun?
This photo of the solar eclipse was taken in Greensboro by a Parkton
resident thai works in Raeford at Faberge. Jim Skinner took this
hiding sun shot as it was reflected onto a piece of white cardboard
through a telescope. Taken at about 12:35 p.m., the picture shows the
sun just as the moon moves across during the eclipse on May 30.
. . .Meeting on US
401 widening urged
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dangerous areas of the stretch,
Hollers said.
"Now is the time to push with
Rufus (Democratic Party guber
natorial nominee Rufus Edmisten)
and with Billy Rose," Hollers said.
Other federal funds might be
available for the widening of
Highway 401 , but the money could
not be used for purchasing rights
of-way for a four-lane road, she
said.
Hollers was unsure whether any
land for a four-lane highway had
been purchased during the late
1960's and 1970's when the project
was funded by the state highway
department and scheduled for con
struction.
If the land, was owned by the
state, perhaps more money could
be obtained for the widening pro
ject.
Additional federal discretionary
funds might have also been
available for the project earlier,
but Hollers says that President
Ronald Reagan eliminated the use
of the money.
"If Reagan hadn't eliminated
the money, we might have been
able to get money to widen 401 as
an evacuation route for Ft.
Bragg," she said.
Local officials and others in
Hoke County believe that a widen
ed thoroughfare connecting
Raeford with Cumberland County
is vital to the growth of the area.
County's unemployment rate
drops below 10%
By Ed Miller
For the first time in at least nine
months, unemployment figures in
Hoke County dropped below the
double digit mark to 9.9% during
April.
The jobless rate in the county
was down for the second straight
month in April, according to
figures released recently by the
state ftm>nyittuni Security Com
mission (ESC).
Out of a labor force in Hoke
County of 8,260, 7,440 were work
ing with 820 still on the jobless
rolls.
This county has seen increased
employment in trade and construc
tion, said ESC spokesperson Deb
bie Fanner.
Industries in the county are not
laying off and the turnover in
plants is not as high as it has been
in past months, Farmer said.
Construction-. in the county it
also on the rise because of good
weather, she said.
"There have been a lot of col
lege and high school students hired
for summer jobs also," she said.
As to the reasons why the drop
in unemployment has occurred,
Farmer said: "I think the overall
economy is getting better."
In April, the unemployment rate
for Hoke was 9.9 ft as compared
to 10.8ft in March and 1 1 .2ft in
February, ESC releases say.
According to the ESC report,
Burlington County was the only
county in the state that had an in
crease in the unemployment rate
and that was only by one-tenth of
1*.
The report termed this increase
as "insignificant."
Although the number of jobless
in the county is down, Hoke and
Robeson counties are tied for the
highest unemployment percentage
rate in the surrounding six qptipty.
area; however, there are still nine
counties in the state where that
figure is still over 107*.
Canners need
pressure check
By Ellca S. WIIUs
Hook Extcaaioa Agent
WHY BLANCH VEGETABLES
There's one step in the freezing
of vegetables that some
homeraakers think they can ignor.
And that step is blanching.
But blanching - that is scalding
of vegetables in hot water or steam
before you put them into the
package - is a must. Here's why!
Blanching inactivates most of
the plant enzymes that might
otherwise cause toughness, change
in color, mustiness, loss of flavor,
softening and loss of nutritive
value.
And blanching vegetables before
freezing reduces the number of
micro-organisms in the food.
Also blanching can enhance the
green color vegetables, including
peas, broccoli and spinach - giving
them a fresh-from-the garden
look.
It also wilts leafy vegetables,
such as spinach and other greens,
making them easier to pack into
the freezer container.
In addition, blanching displaces
air that is trapped in the tissues of
vegetables - and it saves and
preserves the flavor of fresh
vegetables.
So if you're thinking about sav
ing a step - and not blanching
your vegetables - reconsider. And
blanch.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
(Agnes Walters)
1W cups butter flavored shorten
ing
1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese (soften
ed)
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 tablespoon butter flavoring
2 cups plain flour
1 cup self-rising flour
Cream butter flavor shortening
and softened cream cheese. Add
sugar and beat until fluffy. Add
eggs, two at a time. Add butter
flavoring. Add flour gradually un
til all has been mixed in. Put in
greased and floured 10 inch tube
pan. Bake at 325? for 1 Vi hours.
Cream Cheese Sheet Cake
(Agnes Walters)
1 stick margarine (melted)
-l<bo* yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1 box powdered sugar
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese (softened)
Front Burner
Combine cake mix and 2 of the
eggs- Add melted margarine. Put
mixture into a greased oblong cake
pan. Cream together remaining 2
eggs, powdered sugar and cream
cheese. Spread this on top of other
mixture. Bake at 350? for 40
minutes. (Cake will sink in middle,
but is a delicious rich cake).
Chili Con Carne
2 tablespoons oil
Vi cup chopped green pepper
W cup chopped onion
1 pound lean ground beef
2 cups canned tomatoes
1 lO'/i ounce can tomato soup
Vi teaspoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 clove garlic, mashed
1 16 ounce can red kidney beans
with liquid
Heat oil in a 10 inch skillet, then
brown the green pepper, onion and
ground beef in the oil, stirring oc
casionally. Add the tomatoes,
tomato soup, paprika, cayenne
pepper, bay leaf and chili powder.
Cover, simmer over low heat for
about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
(Add more water if the mixture
becomes too thick). Then add the
garlic and kidney beans with liquid
and heat thoroughly. Yield: 6 serv
ings.
Board of Education
holds closed session
No action was taken in a special
executive session held Thursday by
the Hoke County School Board,
Superintendent Dr. Robert Nelson
said.
The special session, which was
to have originally been held during
the monthly meeting last Tuesday,
had to be postponed until Thurs
day because Board Chairman Bill
Cameron was called out of town.
Of the session, that was called to
discuss personnel matters, Nelson
said: "We just .talked."
There are no more special ex
ecutive sessions planned, Nelson
said.
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