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for someone to stand up and say I
appreciate paying taxes," Com
missioner Wyatt Upchurch said.
Hoke County School Superin
tendent Dr. Robert Nelson did ex
actly that.
- -According to Nelson, he likes
paying taxes because he gets so
rruach in return.
know that my trash is going
to be picked up," said Nelson.
The superintendent also said he
likes knowing that there is a health
department, an ambulance service,
police and sheriff protection,
recreation facilities and educa
tional services available for his use.
"Those are things I can't do for
myself," he said.
"I think I'm getting a bargain in
return," said Nelson.
Lillie Rheams, representing the
Hoke County Civic League said
she and her organization want to
keep the present services the way
they are.
In a letter read by Rheams, the
Civic League agreed to the tax hike
if it is needed to keep services at
their present level.
"Start absorbing costs today,"
said Rheams.
County employee Ben Hadden
said: "I'd go aJong with seven
cents if it will help county
employees."
County employees need the
salary benefits that can be derived
from a tax hike, said Hadden.
In the last budget work session
held by the commission, Commis
sioner James Albert Hunt sug
gested that a penny could be cut
out of the tax hike by reducing cost
of living salary increases to county
employees from 5*0 to 3%.
One cent added to the tax rate
will produce S3 1,280, Cowan said
in that session.
Tax cutters missed
"Where were all those people
who called me and said they just
couldn't take another raise in
taxes?" Commission Chairman
John Balfour said after the public
hearing was over.
In other action during the
meeting, commission members
voted to sign a contract with
American Refuse Systems, Inc.
(ARS) to pick up garbage from
dumpsters in the county next year.
According to the contract passed
by the commission, ARS will emp
ty the dumpsters in the county for
one year with an automatic
renewal for another year if neither
party wants out of the contract.
Any raises in the rates of the ser
vice must be based on the con
sumer price index (CPI), the con
tract says.
As an example, Cowan said that
if the CPI went up three percent,
the rates for dumping trash boxes
will go up three percent.
The estimated value of the con
tract is $138,500, said Cowan.
That value is "strictly an
estimate" based on the amount of
garbage hauled last year, said
Cowan.
The rate is based on $6.72 per
box, he said.
Also included in the contract is a
clause saying that ARS will pay a
$75 fine for every box scheduled
for pick-up that is missed, said
Cowan.
Tabled by commissioners until a
later meeting was a vote on the
proposed secondary road improve
ment program presented by
members of the North Carolina
Department of Transportation
(DOT).
According to a summary sheet
given commissioners, Hoke Coun
ty's "anticipated 1985-86 alloca
tion" will be $97,585.
About 15% of the allocation will
be for road additions, property
owner participation projects,
volunteer fire departments, project
overdrafts and drainage projects.
Another 15% will be used for
"unpaved road stabilization pro
jects."
About 20% will go to paved
secondary road improvement pro
jects such as widening.
The balance of the money will be
used to pave secondary roads, ac
cording to DOT officials.
The total amount that can be
used for paving projects is
$48,792.
Based on priorities, the paving
will begin with State Road 1491,
State Road 1487 and State Road
1414, officials say.
Any money left over will be used
to begin other projects.
Other business
Commissioners also:
?Passed a motion to pay legal
fees to County Attorney Duncan
McFayden for the period ending
June 13.
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Season 's beauty
LiUies in gardens around Hoke County make the landscape brighter
this time of year. These flowers were found in a Raeford bed.
. . . Tests scores rise
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ning to catch up to the region, the
figures show.
Reading scores from grade six
show a gain in scoring of two
months, from 6.0 last year, to 6.2
this year, said Nelson, adding that
this represents a gain on the region
and the state which remained cons
tant at 6.7 and 7.1 respectively.
Out of 23 possible comparison
points between Hoke County and
the region, the county gained on
the region in 13 places, said
Nelson.
"We held our own in six
places," said Nelson.
"In four places we lost ground
and all of them were in the second
grade. And, we don't know why,"
said Nelson.
When comparing state figures
with Hoke scores, the county
students gained on state averages
15 out of 23 places or 62.5<Po of the
comparable areas, said Nelson.
Four points of comparison
stayed the same and ground was
lost in four places, he said.
The four points where scoring
fell were again in the second grade,
said the superintendent.
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Faberge hires 120
Over 120 new temporary
employees started to work at
Raeford's Faberge plant last Mon
day to help the facility gear up for
the Christmas rush production.
According to Personnel
Manager Bob Gregory, the
employees will work until the end
of September.
The workers will be employed at
tasks which have to be done by
hand, such as special holiday
packaging, said Gregory.
"We also have a number of sales
promotions going" that require
special packaging, he said.
"Faberge hopes to be able to
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Currently, Faberge's Raeford
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The total work force at the plant
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make the mail on Wednesday. The
post office will be closed on Thurs
day, July 4th.
So let me give you a few of our
deadlines that must move up to ac
complish this early delivery. All
classified ads must be in the office
on Friday, June 28 by 4 p.m.
Display ads must be in the office
by noon on Monday, July 1.
In the social department, all
weddings must be in the office by
Thursday noon, June 27. Other
social news must be in the office by
4 p.m. Friday, June 28.
All articles, features and col
umns will have their deadline mov
ed up one day. So if you have been
bringing articles in on Monday,
move up to Friday.
We hope this doesn't inconve
nience most of our writers, but this
schedule must be met to get the
paper out on time.
The office will be closed Thurs
day, July 4.
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The following letter was received
this week from Dayna Elliott, who
was manager of the Raeford-Hoke
Chamber of Commerce some years
ago. It follows:
Dear Sam:
We've been with the Lee Carpet
.Division of Burlington Industries
here in Chicago for a few months
and I've enjoyed keeping up with
Raeford through my N/J subscrip
tion. We're soon to move to our
permanent new home, though, so
please have my subscription chang
ed to: Dayna Elliott, 253 Sea
Marsh Drive, Kaiwah Island, S.C.
29455.
Enclosed is a check for the
depot; I'm so glad that important
building is being put to such good
and creative use.
Thanks for all the support the
N/J is giving Josh and Jay's Eagle
Scout monument project. They're
excited about it and hope it will
have lasting value for the com
munity.
Hope you're doing well. I'll try
to stop in to say hello next time I'm
in Raeford.
Sincerely,
Dayna Elliott
It was good to hear from you,
Dayna. I hope we can see each
other the next time you come to
Raeford. Thanks very much for
your generous donation for the
depot. Maybe you won't recognize
it the next time you are here.
Keep those donations coming!
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Bob Gentry, chairman of the
American Legion Golf Tourna
ment Committee, called Monday
and asked that I pass on the
following information about the
Legion's Annual July 4th tourna
ment.
The tournament will be played
at the Arabia Golf Course and will
start with a breakfast at the Edin
borough Restaurant at 7:30 a.m.
Play will begin immediately after
the meal at the course.
You can come to the breakfast
and sign up for the tournament at
that time. Gentry said. The price
of the entire event, including
breakfast is $20 for members of
the club and $25 for non-members.
Gentry stated that it would be
handicap play and that 20 to 25
prizes would be awarded during
the play. Proceeds will go to the
Legion fund.
So if you like tournament golf,
celebrate the Fourth with the
American Legion at Arabia.
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