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The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VolUM LXXVI N amber 37 <5^/ RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
$10 PER YEAR 25 CENTS Thursday, January 3, 1985
February '
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A committee of Hoke residents was appointed to study the 6anH
ty's sdiooh.
Both Raeford and Hoke County cranked up efforts and appttca*
tious for community development funds. The bids later in mi year
fell short of the mark and were rejected. ;
Members of the Poppy Creek Fire Department and others fought
a blaze at Carolina Country Estates, but were unsuccessful in saving
the life of three-year-old Conetia McDuffy.
A $5,000 reward was offered by the Governor's office for infor
mation leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of Danny
A new animal' cruelty ordinance was adopted by iniahbcfs of the
rait County Commission. The law allows aritail control officers
to animal* who are being mistreated. j
rose mo^gi* $Jf
End of the year
The sun sets here through trees in the Bethel Church area of Hoke
County bringing a close to the 1984 year. Local residents brought in
the New Year with parties and fireworks, but no major disturbances
were reported by authorities.
County wells
thought clear
By Ed Miller
Although there have been over
250 drinking water wells
throughout the state reported to be
contaminated with petroleum
poisons, there have been no
reports from Hoke County, area
health officials say.
Both Scotland and Cumberland
counties have had polluted wells
reported in the past year.
The leakage of petroleum pro
ducts from underground storage
tanks and pipelines is one of the
state's most common sources of
groundwater contamination, a
release from the North Carolina
Department of Health says.
According to the release, more
than half this state's population
depends on groundwater as a ma
jor source of drinking water.
Although . the Hoke County
Health Department is available for
taking samples and testing for
petroleum contamination, there
are no regular checks made on
rural drinking water supplies, said
Diane Dalton, State Environmen
tal Engineering Technician.
Routine monitoring is not re
quired, Dalton said.
According to Dalton, the En
vironmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is now in the process of set
ting "health effect" limits, or the
maximum amount of contamina
tion tolerable for human use.
"It (groundwater contamina
tion) is obviously something that's
not going to disappear," said
Dalton.
"1 would imagine that there will
be regular testing established
sometime," she said, adding that
she did not know when.
Discovery of petroleum con
tamination has usually been made
initially by the consumers of the
water, said Head of the Water
Supply Branch of Statewide
Health Services Charles Rundgren.
"Usually you will find a taste or
odor that will make you keep a\yay
from the water," Rundgren said.
Petroleum contamination can
usually be smelled before it can be
tasted, he said.
People should avoid using
petroleum polluted water, said
Rundgren.
Continued use of contaminated
water could make people sick and
could cause skin rashes, Rundgren
said.
In some cases, contaminated
water may go undetected.
In these cases, babies or older
persons are likely to become ill
(See HOKE, page 9)
New EMS system could aid Hoke
By Ed Miller
A new certification for
Emergency Medical Services
(EMS) personnel may quadruple
the number of cardiac patients sav
ed by ambulance crews in the state
and could provide a lower cost way
to upgrade the qualifications of
Hoke County ambulance person
nel.
The new type of training, called
Cardiac Tech, will mainly allow
the use of a defibrallator, or an
electric device used to shock the
heart back into a regular, steady
rhythm, by EMS workers before
transportation to the hospital.
Currently, the program is under
study in three or four counties in
North Carolina, said Hoke County
EMS Director William Niven.
Around Town
By Sam Morris
The weather in Hoke County
over Christmas has been
unbelievable. The temperatures
have been in the 70s and have
broken records all over the state.
Today, (Monday, December 31)
the temperatures are in the 60s and
are expected to be the same again
tomorrow.
One person mentioned to me
that before the end of time, the Bi
ble said, we wouldn't know one
season from the other. I guess the
person thought the end of time is
near. Let's remember that would
be for the whole world and they
are having winter weather out
west.
I believe that before long, winter
will hit Hoke County, too.
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Warren Johnston, editor, told
me Monday that for a while he
couldn't see why I wrote about the
weather. He said after compiling
the yearly report for 1984, he saw a
good reason for the item. It will be
a record of the weather for Hoke
County put down and kept on file
for anyone to refer back to at any
time.
We started using the item when
Gatlin was using a weather chart
each month and we would com
pare years and months. Also many
people outside of the county would
comment to me about the weather
item. Glad to know it can be useful
in years to come.
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Walter Thomas, who is
employed by the ASC office in the
county, was by the office last week
and had a tax receipt dated
February 11, 1898. It was made
out to Mrs. C.F. Thomas of
(See AROUND, page 12)
If the system is approved by the
state, Niven will be able to recom
mend it to the EMS Board and
then to the county commission, he
said, adding that he has no plans
right now to make a a commenda
tion.
According to Niven, the initial
cost of the transition to the system
will be the only major one incurred
by switching over.
Heart monitors and additional
training of personnel to read them
will be needed for each ambulance,
said Niven.
At last check, the monitors cost
about $5,000 per unit, said the
director.
"They're finding (the
defibrallator) to be the most im
portant piece of equipment in sav
ing cardiac arrest victims," Dr.
Ronald Milowski of Moore Coun
ty Hospital said.
"I'd rather have that than
anything else," he said.
According to Milowski, without
a defibrallatoi, only 3Tc to 8^0 .if
cardiac arrest victims it
to the hospital. * ,
With the device, 33^o to 50% of
the victims can be saved.
"If you can't get the patient
alive to the hospital, you can't save
them," Milowski said, adding that
heart attack is the number one
killer of adults in the United
States.
A steady heart rhythm must be
gotten within 6-8 minutes or the
patient probably will not make it,
said the doctor.
Studies show that cardiac techni
cians are saving about as many
heart attack victims as paramedics,
said Milowski.
The studies have been going on
in larger states and major cities
around the country since 1967, he
said.
According to Milowski, the ma
jor differences between a
paramedic and a cardiac technician
is that paramedics can stick tubes
into brcxjhial passages to clear air
ways and can start intravenous
medication.
North Carolina should approve
the Cardiac Tech program this
year sometime, said the doctor.
According to Milowski, there is
not yet an established outline for
cardiac technicians.
"It varies from county to coun
ty," he said.
Nice day for ride
These girls seem to be enjoying a sunny 70?
December day as they take their Christmas dolls on
a bike ride near McLauchlin School last week.
Band heading to inaugural parade,
fund raising effort is underway
About 190 members of the Hoke
County High School Band will
leave Raeford at about 9 a.m.
Saturday for Raleigh and the
Governor's Inaugural Parade.
The group will leave if a needed
S2.000 for transportation costs can
be raised to move the band to the
capitol city.
Funds raised for the trip will in
clude only the money needed for
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the one-day trip to Raleigh and will
not include lodging, Hoke County
Superintendent Or. Robert Nelson
said Monday.
"We will leave in the morning
and come back after the parade,"
Nelson said.
Hoke High's band will be
among approximately 120 units
performing in the parade, which
will follow the inauguration
ceremonies of Governor James G.
Martin.
The parade will begin about 1 :30
p.m.
The band is asking for contribu
tions from county businesses, in
dividuals and industries.
Any donation will be a0^ <
predated and all should be sent to
the Hoke County High School
Band Parade Fund, Post Office
Box 370, Raeford.