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TheN ews The Hoke ( oiint> • F^lahlished 1928 Volume 1 WVII Number 37 KAKOKI). IIOkK SIO PFK AK Accomplishments were tune for ^85 Kof Hoke (. ounty, h yeat ol erow-lli and accomplish nient During the year, county leaders put past planning into action and made great strides zovsord better education, land use, economic desclopment and e better community spirit. The first North Cirolin^. Turkey Icstisal was organized and held in 1985. C rowds estimated at being over 30.000 jammed the streets of Raeford during September to make the event a statewide success. Publicity from the festival reached a national level with coverage on NBC and on Nickalodeon. Anotha large gathering was held m October, when more than ROO county residents attended a hearing of the North Carolina Utilities C'ommission at Turlington School to support extending the local telephone lines to Kayetteviile. The commissioners later ordered a polling on the ivsuc to be conducted during the January billing of Carolina Telephone ^ countv planning board was organized during the year, and a mobile home ordinance was passed as a result. Members of the Planning Commission are hoping to adopt subdivision regulations and to take more steps k^ward cuunty zoning In I98, an economic development commi-ssion was organized and John Howard became the couniv’s first economic dcvelo|HT The Raeford Hoke Chamber of C'onimercc got going again in a big way ur.dn the hdni of Manager Bev'erly Pasternak Dunng the year, membership almost doubled and sirido were made to make the organization self sufficient. Local citizens pitched m with money and hard work, to remodel the Aberdeen and Rock fish Railroad Depevt in Raeford The building, which started as a shell and has turned into a showplace under the direction of Sandy Johnston, is schcdiUcd for completion in January and will house the offices ol the Chamber and Lconomic Development Hoke County got the doors open on a satellite toi Sandliills Community College. Over fulltime students enrolled and hundreds of part-time pupils. Raetord City Council members commissioned a group of residents to an started on downtown rcviiattfinion. TTie mOfTtrr-ofc; db'wfrrpwn ct*mmt»si*Tn bird xmreyed mrr- (.hants and was well on *he way to making firoi plans lot the future when the year ended. As the year ended, another group was working on the problem vf teenage pregnancy A plan lot helping case the prsiblcm was being termed. January Milch Jvk-r was named the county’s new Indian tducalion Aiiairs Dirccior (II At during the Hru whcwsl btvuJ meeting of the year. lylcT, j fofiricT n A director in Scotland f.ninly, was fccommcnded fur ihc position in Hoke County by Superinlensicnt Dr. Robert Nelson Alcri Cablcvision was denied a rate increase bv members ol the Raeford t. ity Council It was the third time in three months ihc company had asked for a rale hike Beseriy Pasicrnak was hired as the new cxetuhve secretary oi ttu’ Rat-fofd Hoke t. tiamber of C onimersc Maryhn C ribb C lark o» Raclord was scnicn.ed to five year* m jaii alter a Snpenor t ourt jury found her guilt) of shooting another woman wer the price of a marijuana cigarctic. Clark, also known as “Couniry'’ was charged with shooting Sherry Simmons in the arm on Julv I"’. 19X3, afta an argurncni arose over the price of the drug An afternoon lire in the middle of the month destroyed an undeiet mined amount ot pio|?crtv and produce ai the Mouse ot RueforJ. Members of the Raeford Fire Ckrpanmeni hauled the blaze in the ■’blast freezer” along with temperatures below zero County commissioners were told by a sptikesperson from the I umber River council of Ciovcrnmeni’ that Moke C ountv would lose fundiiipi from the federal gosernment if they did not accept a new Affirmative Action Program. I he commissioners voted to implement the piofrani at iheir next meeting Superior Judge F Lvnn Johnson iiilcd that ( ouniy Commissioner James Albert Hunt was lo undergo rcgulai psychiatric ireainicni to avoid jail and correct his personal problems Hunt had been given a tail icrm for probation violations stciiming from two convictions of writing worthless checks and a recklesv driving ^.onsiction The first annual North Caiolma furkev rases were scheduled for Septemher ol ihe year. firefighiCTs from North Raeford and West Hoke lire departments battled a blaze at I arry Ray's auto shop Ray lost about SWf.OUO in machinery and engine parts in the fiic February Mcmbcis ut the Hoke t ouniv Commission voted unanimously to ir quest that the North Carolina Utilities I onirnission establish diiect telephone ..sHTimunicatiuri beiwcen Hsike ( oiinly and Favcticvillc Mayor John k McNeill told members ol city council that Raclord iiecuv kl.' million m .ash icserse in sitJer to maintain i!s vcwci and water sysk iis Efforts vetc renewed to cMablivh a saiellilc branch of Sandhills C ommunii C ollege in Hoke C ouniy C ounty C ominissioncrt chose to .ipply lor a S‘^26.i)(M.i bIcKk grant to upgrade ho.'SHig in tlic Tylcrl jwn area do-pile requests Iroin residents lor public water hues Jim P'rry. Fvcvuiisc Director of the 1 umbei Riser C ouncil ol (lovernmenis, saiJ grants are scoied higher when they are for housing renovations rather than water, fbe commioioncrs voted not to supphnieni the griiiii application wnh a pledge ol local money. The move later proved to be the downfall of ihc applicaium Raeford floke Airport Comnavsioners John Plummer and i arroll Scatboro were appoinied lo a ci rnmitici: to develop zoniiig rccomtncn daitons for land around the airport l ocal ofticials were loid by a spcikcvnian Iruni the Noiih Cdiolina • unties c.o)Ull)i.s>,tiii tiia., l.ctcnUcu .-stca >cit.».c ti \S) l>ciwccii Raetord and Fayetteville niay result in a monthly in tease of V4 ^2 for residential telephone rates and SI().''X tor businesses Dale leal was chosen av Hoke county’s acting lax supervisor Hoke County Commission Chairman lohn Ci Ralfour wa* nanud as the Raeford Kiwants Club's Man ol the Year (See 1985, page 9) -Journal I hi* Hoke ( ount^ Journal • Kstablihhed 1905 25 ( FMs Ihiirsday, Januar> 2, IVR6 ’86 to be ‘good’ for Hoke County Hs Kon Anderson h MI i *. -I ^ ' Im: 111. I' s , ' VC ' b J , .-.J I! Hull ! " I opiuT-.. . dj-:l I tvs' lili; •viii r-i-c sh--u!d be ''■iMne-sn.-tri Tun. How-.;.'-.jiU llulAc-i! .)■ '• d - .':j ''iJll .*1 the R.iciC'fd Hukc I ..unutn.., D veh'pm* ..t • lifiiiiiT - .u:i inj picsidcni i’1 ihf Raelord Hoke C hambcT of C omnicfse ' I here arc a U*r i f gcKKl ib lies that are going to I'appcn to ieep cvcrviuic in a posiiise f'amc ot mind,” Mosscll '.iid Some of those good Ihmgs are Ihc upcoming Hoke ounty ''*‘b Annivet ijf> cTcbration and ih* •,--Otid .iiihua) Tui^ey Icviival The cxciiciiicn* c.' ' isi yc;w fcsiiswi IS still hiigcring,” Howell said. Hi'wcll also s«vs he belieses the new sear will be gcwij fcir the local economy “Businesswise, I Uvik forward to doing better this year than last year." he said Another person IcHiking lorward to a positive 1986 is lu.uiu)mu Developer John Howard ”1 can toresce a number of posiiisc adisities in the nimmg year that will further eniicti 'tic quality ol life for all our citizens," Howard said trid ■'■ H 4J| ■ 1 c ■ (I A'vi ft R jt l iVh ' f 1 widrv" .. I Alsii. II* wa'i: c».pe'.iai.‘Mi *i.j! iclephonr 'sivc ' stablishcd N-iw*. I syctlrviHc Steps to build an uiJ:* '? .» ; .•* c in Hoke Count'. a:v sh---.: , ‘u* stale that ‘ wt arc a i;. ai . munity on he iru-.c. H**-*.!; i ■-aid "I ms! -rii .. -ivh a e.Oi* effort h.ipp:"Oiv hefe bj til elciuer.;- ol i.^'. ; ■*■ » *• and sector wanting to n p' ti Howard added A posdivt cc’i.’-'k h.i al-ts been expressed by Au; tf miendent ot Schools. Dr Robcf! Nelson. "I’rTi extremely optimistic. ' Nelsoti said. "VXc’ve m.ide d lot of progress in the schools and wc’rc in a position to make a loi rrore " ySithin ihe past year, alt the teachers in the -chool ssstem hiOc ..ompicied ’’The Fffccive Teaching Training Program' jnd some of them are tveitining a se sond pha.se of viiidy ”1 think wc have a greater degree of public support for I'ur (Sec HOkF.. page lOl Two-vehicle crash leaves eiglit Viiirt Happy Siw Tear! //if Muff Ilf rtic New b'unial h M/ie» tili «>/ nur rvuders ii hfiiUtn and pruspcroiis new \fnr L:. r V - ^ c . - Red Springs man jailed after shooting Etghr pexiple were injured laxl Saturday, when a car travfling north 'in Highway 401 wmih of Raeford, slammed head on into a pickup truck corning in the op posite direction .loannc Oltson, jH, Rt. 3, I aurinhurg, apparently fell asleep at the wheel of her 19—' Buick ap proximatcls 2.1 miles sourbwe^i of Raeford at 3 p m , acco-iding lo a report by Slate Trooper B T Burr. Oltion's car crossed the yellow line and ran into a 19'?'' Ford pickup driven by Ri'bvft McC all, 39, Carver sjuxd Road, lauicl Hill McCalls pickup off tFie right diouldcr, overturned once and landed in a ditch The Buick also went oft the shoulder and came to rest in the same ditch Bvith McCall and Duson had three passengers each in ihcir vehK'les at the time of the accident McA. all and his pas!»engers, aged four, 11 and 16. were transported to .Scotland Memorial Hospital. OtiM.'n and her passengers, aged 12,15 and 41, were taken to Moore Mcnvofiai Hsispiial Burr said Oitvor! wj' charged with dm nig H't of" the center line A Red Spring' Man wa' being held in Hoke Countv jail Monday under a S'35,U(Ki cash bond on charges of shtxiting at a man and pninting a pistol at two sherilf's dspntics According to a Hoke ( ountv Sheriff’' Departrneni report. I croy Locklear, 61, Rl. I, Box 94-C , Red Springs, allegedly fired shots at W ayne K. C hesiet, 25, 911 N Jackson St., while Chester and his sister were aboui to leave Pat terson Mobile Home Park Around Town The shoourrg occur red on Dcvcmber 20 UK'klear allegedly be.can tiring ai C heslct while C liestci wa' walk mg dov.n a road kwiking for siuiic one to help him start his var. C Ties ter said in a statenicni. I hc*ster managed lo run through the wood' without getting hit and managed to gel in touch with Detcetises I R. Riley and Wcaser Patterson. Alter taking a statement from Chester, the two dclcclises tsxrk tfie ' ictnn back '.o ibe riu.*''i)e home to vheck on Ins .I'let As C hcstei began walking up to a trailer hxated at the back of Ihe mobile hcsmc park, he began hollering. "There he i-s. there’s I croy." according lo the report. The officers then isbserved a male running from the back ol the irailei afici C hesict, the rcpori savs Uxklcar (hen allcgedls raised a nicklc-piated pistol and ps'inied il .It the two olficei' By Sam Morris VA V didn’t get a white C hristmas, but we did have u cold C hnsimas C hristmas night the temperature dropped t*) aiouiul 8 tvi 10 . Il re inained lold all dav rhuisday. It did get up to aiouiid 50 Sunday. The toiccast is tor cold weailicr to conitnue all ihn week • • • fhc 19?9 item that appeared in this column U't week wa^ written by.Mis Lrancc'W. l)i kvon Mrs lYick'ori was horn in I umbcMand c ouniy III tht mul IHsKK Her maiden name was f ranees W vatt I.>cvaiie She wa- married to the late ITi .A P Dick -im. who p' ■ tiretl meiluinr in k-icford for many vear-. I hey lived m the home now cx* upied by Mr and Mrs Ml. Arailin T here wa a post otticc near ihc home and it war, called Vollcrs Mrs Ciatlin is a grandchild of Mi (Sr. XRDUNI). , n Ph Restoration heginnin/^ I he //tittf i onntY i (ti,rfhtni\f /* /irtf/ii ond \/iirn in t/iis ph»tt>i(raph taken aniuftii /v/^, /um fimr i rr/f v a/iee ii **u\ ■ i/c /e»i. i m4r:iy ofi/oah are iprin/ififc rniiff ihan to rcMfre and update 'h* huilJing tr an et Inrt fit hririK Suck Ihe new look ttj t^lh. ( ourlhou\* norkers mil Itefin tnio'infi front ihi huHding i/ii\ werA and font fruition ndl \iuri on January ft. Hetiovuiiints Jmlude a new elevulor to r’ Xc the huddint handuvp at'- r\'/6/r. Ihe rejuxenafetl xiruiture mil also he air condifioned, and im- proxe^'ir’fift, mil h, rnoile to the h--ont The otTiccf' ordervd I ocMc.r to drop Ins gun, ati'.f I ..vklcai lurued and ran towards the back of the trailer. Riley and Patterson caught Lcxklear, handcuffed Fini and placed him in the Hoke County lail A fulls loaded 22 caliber pistol was found on the ground behind Ihe trailer. Ihc repor* savs I vxIdeal was charged with two count. of assault with a fnearm on (Sec ITlRtL. Pa.iis' 12) Courthouse work begins Rv Ro* Andefsoo Renosaliori' to the Hoke C oun tv 1 .'urlhou'e are scheduled '• begin Monday, and tins week some ol ihc olllccs housed m the building arc moving to temporary quaiteiv **hi Mond.iv. the Tirsl thing v'orkerv will do to begin icnova tiori' IS to take the »isbc'iO' .'ul ot iln- building." Hoke C ountv M.inager William Cowan 'iid t owan Jesenbed the S6I0,()0C3 piojcct as a "complete rehabilita tniri" of the courihouvc winch was built in 1*^11 when Hoke County was formed from 268,0iX) acres from C umber land and Robcsi'ii ci'jnties Work to be performed a- part .’f 1 . .. ... I., J-. the buililing (both invidc and outi; in slalviiig an elevator, repairing the plaster, replacing electncal wiring, laving new carpcimg. and install ing a ceinial air condinoning sysicriV (V c cot RTHOI SI . page 10)
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