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Food assistance plan helps residents stay healthy
B> Sail) Jamir
Th« Der-finmcnt of Social Srr
vice (DSS) Food \iiislarv'e Pro-
tram bar made it eaiirr for Hoke
Count)'i unemployed to obtain
job*, Sfevordmg to Ken ^^llherr•
poon. DSS director
The food auistance ptc-iram,
^-vioied by the DSS Planning
Board on May 2*^, include* food
iUmp* and the nutritional pro
gram for mother* with inf3nt
children (WK i
"The Food Aj>i*tance program
ha* helped people to be healthier
If people ‘"an vtay healthy they've
EDC approves
86-87 budget
B) Sally Jamir
Member- '.=f the Economic
Dr Liopment « ocnmisiion (Fl>0
appro-cd their I98ft it' budget at a
mee?'.n; ef the commission on May
Tne buditel r ~.ven>?ally
the S3?v,c ss l±^t year's with the ad
dition of >^.400 now needed to pay
fc.f utilltte^ at the A&R Depot
riiildnj which houve* both the
FD and the c hamber of Com
m-rf - office-
Because the office building and
surri^synding property i» owned
lomtly bv the city and the county,
uiiiiiv costs are -.hared equally by
the !s.o eriiities. according to John
Howard, EDC director
EDC operating costs are
S?0.nn). "59» of which paid for
bv the county and 25*^ i* paid for
by the city
Actsvitie- of ihe FDC arc funded
SWolWO in *-?ate fund^. a
Si3,00t) spec‘2l appropnatiorr: bill
and Sb.'fXt grant advancement
monies
Auordino to Howard, there i;
the poesibility in the future that
some duties of both the EDC and
the chamber will overlap to the ex
tent that appropriate budget ad-
)u;iment* will has; to be made.
Howard describes the EDC «
being 9 "tnbunal of the three
bodie* of the Chamber of Com
merce, the City Council and ihe
County C ommisiioner' which
keeps in mind Ihe priontie* of the
commission rather than the
prioniie* of each of the three
HodiC' ’’
EssentiaJly the EIX’ and the
chamber both have the pnorify ot
working tow^i^d a "better standai d
of life, creating more job oppor
tunities tr.nd retaining jobs alreadv
in existence." Howard said
Howard explained that the dif
ference between the two bodies is
that the chamber work^ toward the
development of small businesses
and the EDC concentrates on at
tracting large industries
Among other specific priorities
of the EDC are the widening ot
Highway 401, the establismenc of
an industrial park(s), and develup-
mem of five, 10 and 15 year fund
(See EDC, page 2A)
got a than'-e of loing to s,'
they’ve |ot a oh^'ce of improving
and findinc jet-r." itb’fTspvHsn
said
The food ar^i.iancc program in
the ' isunty ha*, s high partw-.paiion
rate with 3,425 people r?veivin£ a»d
in April, according to figures
:evently released bv ihe N C
Department of Human Resoureer
This figure is down from 3,628
panicipanti in March
According Witherspoon, :he
dr-:f*?se ir partially dt— to the n*e
in agricultural jobt. Those who are
employed in sefitsnal occupation*
u-; food asiisuni.-e less in spring
and summer than in winter.
Children (ages 0-11J make up the
largest portion of participants, a
total of 1,218. Of the remaining
x,20T. there are 397 participants
wh-3 are 60 and older There arc
361 people who have an earned in
(sme of somc kind. According to
Witherspoon, the amount of in
come earned is not V'jfficieni to
pay for all the needs of the
huutrhold.
Witherspoon commented on thi*
underemployincnl by saying that
people "just haven't had the op
portunity ic make enough money
to rtirvive t-sT fhetr are »lot of
hard working people who need to
nuke mofe money at better paying
jobs "
The average -i/e ot the
huusehokj wh;;h receives food
stamp- 1^ 3,3 in number, a si/e
which reOeictc itreirrnd in the si/es
of houirebolds of non welfare
families in the country.
It IS at the beginning of the
month when fuod stamp,
allotments are made to Ihe reci
pieni families «nd indi'iduaiv
Witherspoon related that it is at
this tunc of the month when
grix-ery stores have thetr sales and
idvert.ie more frequently in order
to catch (he notice of not only the
general public but the food stamp
recipients as well. It is also when
food stamp recipiena do most of
their buying
Witherspoon nutnlains that it is
Ihe high visibility of the food
stamp program especially at this
time and throughout tlie month
which results in the public's image
of participants as those who are
given a^^iistance, but do not work
in the community
"Just because you don't make
much money doesn't mean you're
laxy. There are a lot of hardwork
ing families who are poor."
Witherspoon said
Food stamp allotments must be
stretched to last an entire month.
Based on total benifiis of tl44,]92
for the month of April for 3,425
partiopants each meal averages
leu than 46 cents
Witherspoon states that even at
this low amount job-seekers are
benefited as a result of improved
health. Generally, it is leu expen-
(See PROGRAM, page 3A)
Hoke County High School graduation
Members oj the Hake High School class of l^Sh ex
press feelings of joe during graduation exercises on
triday night. Rain was falling five minutes before
the ceremonies began, hut the showers left enabling
the 2^H seniors to graduate under clear skies.
Parents, relatives and friends filled the stadium to
watch the seniors receive their diplomas. Lifelong
educator Ruth C. MeSwain /gave the graduation ad
dress.
Legal action unfounded
says House of Raeford
A spokesperson for The House
of Raeford -aid Monday that legal
action taken by the East Food Mer
chandisers (FFM) company against
the local plant are unfounded.
Brenda Branch, Food Service
and Deli Food Manager for The
House of Raeford, said in a
telephone interview Monday that
FMM "hasn’t named anything
we’re guilty of and we’re not guilty
of anything."
Fast Food Merchandisers which
operate Hardee’s restaurants ob
tained a preliminary injunction on
May 23 ordering two House of
Raeford plant employees not to
give out trade secrets of the fast
food company which they learned
while working for FMM in
Monterey, Tennessee, and Rocky
Mount.
According to Branch, the in
junction requires the plant to keep
records of what projects ihe two
employees are working on.
"We don’t know what trade
secrets they're talking about.
There arc no trade secrets in this
business,” Branch said
Fran Leerkts and Walter Ulm
left FMM about two months ago in
order to work for The House of
Raeford. According to Branch,
Ulm was sice president of opera
tions at FFM plants in Rocky
MIount, Forest City and Monterey.
Tennessee, and Leerkes was an
engineer at the plant ?n Tennessee.
The House of Raeford has been
a client of FFM for one year "We
presently buy from them turkev
(See ACTION, page 3 A)
Suspended sentence given
in grocery store fire case
$500 offered for best turkey recipe
Whcnc‘?i you serve vour family
a favorite turkev dr.h, you may
just be serving up a recipe worth
S5fK) That's the lop pri/e being of
fered in the Fifth Annual North
Carolina Turkey t ooking Contest
to be held Scpicmber 18 in
Raeford
I our other ca-sh pri/c' will also
be awarded S250 i 2nd pn/e) and
SlOOeach t3rd, 4th and ^th pri/cs)
The five finalist-- who will coni|Kte
for these pri/es will be chosen by a
panel of food experts, who will in
dividiially rcsiew all entries sub
muted.
The contest is sponsored by the
North Carolina Turkey Federation
and ts open only to North C arolina
resideins. North Carolina’s turkey
producers produce and prexess
more turkeys than any other state
in the nation, and North Carolina
IS the only state to hold an annual
statewide turkey cooking contest
To enter, send your favorite
recipe (or recipes) using any turkey
part or parts combination, or any
luikey dell item, with your name,
address and telephone number on
the first page of each. The lecipcs
may be marinated, fried, baked,
broiled, barbecued, or grilled and
served its a -alad, hors d’oeuvre,
ca-scrolc. etc. The finished dish
should serve from four to eight
people.
To resceise a .-ampling ot the
winning entries from past turkey
cooking vontests and an official
entry blank (not necessary for
entering), .end a stamped, self-
addressetl envelope to: Turkey
Contest Recipes, c o NC Poultry
Federation, 4020 Barrett Drive,
Suite 102. Raleigh. NC 21(09.
A Raeford man pleaded guilty to
charges in connection with the fire
in February that damaged the
Raeford Food Lion grocery store
in this week’s session of District
Court.
Donald Martin Calloway, Rt. 3
Box 47D, Raeford, pleaded guilty
to charges of injury to real proper
ty and breaking and entering in the
ca.se, according to records.
Calloway, 24, had come before
the court on cases of "burning of a
building used for trade". On
February 15. Calloway was ar
rested for allegedly setting the fire
which damaged the Food Lion
store.
At the time of the fire, Calloway
was taken to Dorothea Dix
Hospital in Raleigh for evaluation.
Because of this he was not im
mediately served a warrant for ar
rest
According to Jean Powell.
Assistant District Attorney,
Calloway was not tried on felony
charges because of mental dif
ficulties at the time of the crime
and there were no prior crimes or
personal history which would in
dicate that his motive was
malicious.
According to court records.
Calloway was sentenced to not less
than 12 months and not more 'ban
18 months. The sentence wa.s
suspended for five years. The ques
tion of restitution was left open
Powell said thai judgement in
cluded a direction that he continue
prescribed treatment and mediea-
tion.
(See COURT, page .3A)
Around Town
By Sim Morris
County fire district tax rate reinstated
By Sally Jimir
Hoke Couniy Commissioners
unanimou-sly agreed to coruinuc
the ten-cent tax rate policy for
county fire distficis at their budgci
work session Monday night
The 1986-87 tax ratcj will be ten
ccntsin all fire distneit with the ex
ception of Puppy Creek and
Stonewall. According to finance
officer Charles Davis, these
districts may need to raise their
rates in the future in order to iin
prove their equipment and
facilities.
In other business, categories of
the budget were discussed Fund
balance appropriations with a total
of is a $20,(XXi increase
over last sear’s budget Revenue
estimates total 5.7 million, 92®^ of
which will come from projxrty
taxes
Much ot the session wav
dominated by diKussion on public
. toUl’ S541.4-’
Aid to Families with iJepcndrnt
f hildren is the bulk of expenses in
publii assistance with a total of
5;4t).0(!0
I he maiur part ot the extxnsc m
thu category is used tor salanev
According to couiny manager
William K (HubJ Cowan, the
budget amount ot 5541,475 "pro
vides tor a S27,03fl increase in
public assistarrcc over last year,
which IS the second conseemive
year the increase has been over
12.3«o,"
The federal government
shoulders the bulk of the lands
(68®'») used in the progrinn State
and kxal government iharc equal
ly the remainder of ihe costs
Various concerns wued by the
commis-iioners were that the figure
would keep growing and that pi>
bicms the assistance is trying to
solve are being perpictualed m the
community
C ommissioner Clvdc Ujxhurch
raised the question "arc we
duplicaiing services?"
Cdiiniy salaries weie discussed.
Also diwussed was the Emergen
cy Medical Service tFMSj budget
totalling a ret,onimended $256,818
The current system of providing
services was discussed. Alternative
arnbularice use and employee ar
rangements for fulfilling on-call
and on duty services were discuss
ed as a means of decreasing expen
ditures of the service.
According to Davis, a study is
being made of when most calls
come into the EMS.
In addition, the building com
mittee of the Couniy Commis
sioners agreed to send a letter to
representative Danny DeVane re
questing $20,(XX) in special ap
proprialions (jx)rk bartell) funds
from the legislature lot completion
III the couithouse
Ihe comniissioners appointed
Dale Teal to the position of Tax
C ollcctor in the executive session
of their regular meeting last Mon
day morning Teal’s duties will
also include those he previously
l^ciTuuitcd a, itic lax iupci t isal.
There will be a public hearing
for Ihe couniy budget on Monday
evening. May 16
Courthouse renovations
Renovtgtions to the Hoke County Courthouse are on schedule and should
be comgyfeted by September, County Manager William K. Cowan said that
the cotunty offices in the building should be reopened in October. Fhe
\ butitimt; lomnittitc u sendintt u leiUi iO Rtfilcstniaini
Daniel />r T ane asking for $20,000 in ‘ 'pork barrel" funds to help pay for
modificraeions during construction.
The weather has been hot for the
past few days. The temperature
Sunday and Monday was about
95®. Now this is the weather we
usually have m August. So you can
get prepared now for the i(X> '
weather in August.
Even though we had about five
inches of rain about two weeks
ago, it has been soaked up by the
hot weather and we need rain
again. If it does come, you can ex
pect heavy lightning, due to the ex
tremely hot weather.
The crops seem to be doing fine,
but they can hurt if we don’t get
some rain.
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Many people were sorry to hear
and read about the mishap to
Kathy Ornisbv, the N.C. State
track star. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ormsby of
Rockingham. They lived in
Raeford many years ago when
Dale worked for Burlington In
dustiies. He is now plant manager
of the Richmond Plant in Rock
ingham.
The Ormsby's lived in the house,
now occupied by Mr. and Mrs,
Vernon Hubbard, on West Elwood
Avenue. They were members of
the First Baptist Church while in
Raeford.
We hope that the injury will not
turn out as bad as it has been
reported in the daily papers.
I know that the local community
extends all the sympathy they can
give to the Ormsbv family.
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The old picture I mentionei in
this column last week also struck
memories in the mind of Rosa
(See AROUND, page 2A)