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School facilities
Hoke ( ounl\ Btttnl Oj t duration mrmhtn B“hh\
tknght, left, and tddie Mt'^eiU itud\ nay% »>' im
proving the iounry't ihotd fodlitiey at a r..4>ni
httard mnitng. fh, iihmd btMrd hope\ that money
:Utm u proposed ’.•.=* bond l%%ut >*ifl gfcart improve
Iht q=;aUlv oj hn'oi lacilifies.
$3.6 million bond issue
Ok’d by board of education
B) Sail) Jaaiir
jf ih« Hoke County
Hoard of i dutii'on pa ted a
rrM>lution fo; a S) 6 million bond
i. .uc at (heir resular meeting
lucMlay night.
The bond i^'Oe, if patted, would
provide monies the renovation
of ani: additions to ,^>unty school
facilities
The Hoke County Board of
Comrni*^''Oner- discussed a resolu-
iion for the bond ivsue at I heir
meeting Monday night, bui tabled
a decision until after a joint e«sK)n
with the school board to be held
Monday, June 23
If the bond t-sue n approved by
the commi i,ioneri, they will in
turn adopt a resolution making
ne,,cT-,dry fundings relating to the
proposed bond and authorizing the
filing of ail application with the
Local C'.overnment Commission,
Dr Bob Nelson, Hoke County
behoof superintendent, presented
to the school board coirespon-
dence from New York Blind at
torney Brown and Wisod in whu-h
Gundar* Aper-. . rcpr*^-ntai‘»e
for the firm, rr. lewed the isoik]
I: ue "slendar
A^'^ording to the calendai, ap
plication proseduir^ must be •sm-
pleted thirty dn. prior to the elec-
non day on which the bond
referendum would be voted
The board is considering an elo:
tion dale of September 3u, sepa
rate from the gencraJ election, for
the referendum.
Nelson related that "ounty at
torney Chincan M^Tadyen ques
tioned Aperam about the feasibili
ty of getting all prcKcdures com
pletcd before the ^ptember date if
begun in early July. Mtfadyen
conveyed Aperan^ af^urance that
the deadline allowed sufficient
time for completing the applica
tion.
In other business, the hoard ap
proved a bid from F.asiern
Urethane, Inc., for the re-roofing
ol the Hoke I s*'—■
Tb- 'fiifidi t pf-je ^yr the •-
;-liy t ft ' -ug job r *
would “^^’ude a ten ■
luref’s »3rT2nly
Buvin- Admmistrair
Seed presented to the board the
offer from Sandhill' Youth Ccntr*
of the ,, •• •> of ycung meri at
a .e**' of SI or pe» -lay to swofk
with tb- '^Kool mamte
nance department
In addition, the board reviev^ed
the new bus jsrem Steed said th-^'
under the new .>s:em tire hifth
school stijdc.its * id-narwfed
from the Upchyr ri ---d Turlingi -o
ttuder::- and be ip
dependent from if -i •, the ••rr.
bined Upchurch route
The v.item would have ddfere^'
'T-,iems for each of the uuJeni
groups, k-4, fifth to eighth gtucle.
and ninth to twelfth grade
It was reported that there were
some behaviour problerr with the
(See BOND, page 2A)
Drug detection dog ‘^Skipper” sniffs out drugs at local residence
\ Hoke County man w— ar
rested on several .harf.C' in .on
fie-ction with contfoiled luhstante
on June 12 ^ 'cording to the Huke
Countv Sheriffs Department
Robert Benjamin Ray, 54. Rt 1
Box Pi BB. lumber Bndge. was
arrested on charges of posvssion
of manufacturing equipment
(nr m.Mula4;luruic iU^wl
whisTry as wen as several
charges related to controlled
substances as a result of invesliga-
Around Town
By Nam Moms
I have been thinking about sear
ching the files and seeing if we
have ever had weather the way it
has been this year. The winter was
not two cold, but the dry. hot
weather this lime of year
iufncihing new for me
Wc finally got rain on Sunday
and Monday and it was a much
needed ram Last week the ther
mometer hit 101 degrees and was
in the 90s for the rest of the week
Now this IS two weeks before sum
mer IS officially suppivsed to be
here What c*n we expect for the
remainder of the summer?
I can't say what the rainfall has
been this year in Hoke County, hut
in Durham and Wake counties, the
rainfall is approximately 7 to 8 in
ches behind for the year This
could become serious because wr
are running behind every month so
far
Since Robert Gatlin has stopped
his weather charts, it is hard to
keep up with the ramlall
• * •
It seems that the dry weather hss
hurt many of our gardens m the
county Ra? Autry said U^t week
that he wouldn't get his seed
potatoes back from what he
planted Wilson McBryde said
Sunday that his corn wouldn't
make this year
Nosv these are just two, but I am
sure that many others are finding
their crops drying up m the fields
Maybe the ram ol Sunday and
Monday will help the late planters,
bui it might be too late for the
crops that should be coming in at
this time.
• • •
It looks as if ( ongress will pass
the reform tax bill this year Ac
cording to all reports is has the
most changes ever before ac
complished since the tax laws went
into effect.
The reason that its passage
seems so certain is that if they siart
admending it, the entire siruciurc
of the law will fall apart. It is hard
to read about it and say how n will
help or hurt an individual. We will
just have to wait and see how much
our auditor will say to pay the
(See ARCJUNI), page 2A)
l....ivb, fN .'Ctive C L. Haf'’:
.■iht , Hoi* t-.uroy
sheriff Dcp-rtrr.tfnt and le
- its t oup.tv R,t :"vu of Nar> ‘
it in C umberlMnJ Counts
Hams ‘.iiird m a rtj.cvri thai ”.i
a r:.ult of ini.:rir-jlion received
from ; confidentie! informant tfni
Ray Wit in posstcMcui ol s ',;.:znti-
IV isT djesfil dru^ ubuuKJa'
a searen warrant foMnvKtTgs:*'i»r
put poses
The •^esreh was ccmducied hv
f-- c ite H-im;s, Dctc-jiive J R.
Rilt-> .. k C Hart, agent with
the e RN, u-mg their drug deiec-
tion c!=>k '"skipper"
T? do.' attic... indicated that
if-r A.i marijuana and cocaine at
1*’“ Ray residence. After investiga
tion of the mobile home. Hams
aiicj the oth,'r* found a substance
-'n —h*. h _ ft^ld i“si w«i» Th*
I •• lioti to the tc it done by Harris
w.^ p,- live ec.-vrds cay
Acc.rding to records. 30 man
juana plants were found growing
in buckets at the end ol a path that
leads from the yard. Photos were
taken and evidence collected.
•A search of two buildings in the
yard turned up parts of a liquor
still.
In addition to being charged
with possession of manufacturing
turc of illegal alcohol Ray faces
charges of possession of cocaine
wiih intent to sell and deliver.
possession of marijuana, manufac
ture of a controlled substance
(marijuana), and maintaining a
dwelling for the purpose of selling
and keeping narcotics
According to Hams, Ray "was
incarcerated Thursday, obtained a
lawyer on Friday and bond was set
at $2000."
Raiv 'M>[>ored jn court ctn f'ri
day
Roger Gibbs of Rl. 2, Fayet
teville, an employee of the Cable
Dairy C ompany, reported a break
ing and entering at West Hoke
School on Turnpike Road and Rt
3 at 4:55 a.m on June h
Rcsords say Gibbs noticed the
school had been broken into while
he wa* delivering milk
Cnbbs said that the of
fices had been entered aird the kit
vhen raioackcd. ntc vahiiies-v •nd
desks were opened and the v.on
(See "SKIPPfcR", page 3 A I
Large crowd attends budget hearing
Public hearing
• large croml gathers SUmdas
(t>ur}t\ *t budget for JVHft
evening for a puhlu hearing on the
By Sally Jamir
The Hoke County Board of
Commissioners held a public
meeting for the proposed 1986 to
1987 revenue sharing and general
fund budgets at a special commis
Stoners' meeting Monday night.
A large crowd turned out for the
hearing in which county residents
voiced their opinions and concerns
about the proposed $5,782,887
budget
F’ublic concerm were raised
dbuut the property tax included m
the budget which, if passed, would
increase by nx cent' over last year.
There was discussion on the
benefits, in teirns of revenue, from
the additional one-half cent sales
tax to be decided on bv the legisla
ture
Chairman John Balfour en*
Ex-coach sues; educators won't comment
The local biard of education o
not commenting on a $‘^.',(yi0 Jaw
sun filed against Hoke Csiuntv by
furmer basketball coa^h titegorv
Killingsw.-rth
"'ke can't aMord to
acknovvlcdee or deny any com
ments he (Killingsworth) ha*
made." Director of Personnel for
Hoke Count y Schools Ciloria
Williams v=i.t ..in Monday "Wc'rc
suggest inf that school board
members not make anv
coinmcnls "
"We hast fe.id in the
newspapers what oervone else has
read, hut of f ridav wc l.jse not
fcccivcd any legal devumentc."
SN illiams said
W hat the papers say is that Kill
ingsworth has accused the Moke
C ounty Hoard of Education of
deliberately damaging his protes-
vional rcpuiatiun by not renewing
his contract in 1985. Kill-
ingwonh, who taught and coached
ui Hoke County High SchcHil from
1983 umil 1985. IV seeking $5l».(mh
in actual damages and S25,(IUIf in
punitive damages
In a complaint filed by attorney
James R. Nance Ji. in Cumberland
County Superior Couit on
Wednesday, lune II, Kill-
ingsworth claims that when he was
hired hy the local school .ysteni, he
veas told that the county had a
pcdicy requiring all head coaches
and administrators to live in Hoke
County.
Killingsworth moved from
Cumberland to Hoke County
when he began coaching and
teaching duties at Hoke County
High School, according to the
complaint.
The former coach moved back
to Cumberland v’ounly in
February 198' after he was told
(See BOARD, page 3,A)
Raeford man sentenced for 1981 shooting
A Raeford man received a one
year sentence for a shimiing iiki
dent which occurred m 1981 in this
week's session of districi coiiri
Matthew Neal Ray. 41, of Ki 3
box 223. Raeford pleaded no con
test to a common law misdc
mcanor charge of "attempting lo
discharge firearm into an ixcupied
dwelling"
According to records, Ray was
aiicstrd on Januai.t IV. ivisi u..
willfully discharging a shotgun in
to the mobile home ot Annie J
Davis, Ri 3, Raeford. while
several people were insnjc
ludgmcnt included a recommen
datum for a work release during
the one-year sentence
f rankiin Bernard Hill, 608 Ar
nold Street, Aberdeen, pleaded
guilty to charges of possessing
marijuana, pawing in a "no pass
ing" area and driving 115 mph m a
'5 mph rone while fleeing and at-
templing lo elude arrest or jp
prebcnsion bs a law enforcement
In addition. Hill. 16, pleaded
guilty to charges of failing (o pull
over to ihe right-hand side of the
road and slop when Hiiproached by
a police vehicle which was display
ing the appropriate light and signal
and not being licensed as a driver
by the Deivartmeni of Motor
Vehicles (DMV), records say.
Hill w IS arrested at 2:00 p.m
May 17 near the inter.section of NC
211 and RP 1214 in the vicinity of
Raeford and Limbcrl'and.
Records say Hill was sentenced
lo not less than nine months and
rno''• 't'. JT’. *w'rlve
suspended for two vears, placed on
supervised probation for two years
and fined $.350.
(Sec DWl, page 2.A)
couraged the public to support
through letters the passage ot the
House Bill 1542 which would enact
the ta.x levy.
Commissioner Wyatt Upchurch
expressed the opinion that the
budget "should not be tied down
until we hear about the onc-cent
sales tax outcome" m the General
Assembly.
Concerns were raised by the
public in reference to the Public
Assistance Programs, particularly
the Aid to Families With Depen
dent Children F’rogram The opi
nion was expre.ssed that the prev-
grams were not a wise usc of
funds.
Barbara Buie, project vlirevtor
of the Moke Reading ! itciacv
Council, commented on tltc adult
literacy program and the conse-
queixev for the county if the is^^c
of adult illiteracy is nof addressed,
Buie stated m rcfeience to public
assistance recipients that "many
people receiving services, do not
have high school diplomas, cannot
read and write."
The possibility of a central com
munications systems foi the city
and C-. unty was diveussed. I^lfour
int icated that such a system w ould
make the user responsible for ser
vice payment.
Shenffs Dcjvartmcnt servicci
were JivcusscU. some comments in
dicated that the department was
undermanned.
County .Manager Williijfn K
(Bub) Cowan indicated that the of
ficer in populalum ratio was ap-
(See HEARING, page 3a)
Togetherness
RtsanJa Bran:; jr.J *■
before Johnny leaves for summer camp. Mrs. Brown is participming
in the local "Parents Helping Parents, "program. (See story or-j petge
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