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Volum* L XXV III NumlMFr 11
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Hoke school board
subtracts $250,000
from bond proposal
B> Nall> Jamir
In a three to li*o »o(e the H»'kf
tviunty School B^d moved to
eliminate a S25().()iiit land a.'quiM-
tion fiKure from the propelled SV6
million bond leferenJum tn their
meeimg fuevdav night
The figures uidioion in the
hv.Mid prcipovai without a vpewined
uve wav objected to b> the majoritv
of Hoke Count) I ommisvionen.
Ai a revuit of their objection, the
iivuc wav tabled at a joint vevvion
of the ■.iKiusvioncf' and the vchool
board on June
Var'ou- optioiiv were discusved
in regard to the figure fkiard
member NV.Jter (. olev vuggevted
the tund> be included but uved for
repair* to countv whooK rather
than I he purchave of land
Dsvvuwion on repair pnoritiev
i.enlercd on the elimination of the
asbestOi problem in school
facilMcv
Board member l-ddic Ml Neill
vommented that b> developing itic
bond propovaJ the board had done
well in planning vhon range goaK
for the immediate needs of the
schools as welt as long range goals
Howcsc'. in reference to the
S2.^0,000 figure McNeill wod,
"rather than jeopardize the first
goal at this time, we ought to take
It out "
Superintendent Ut Bob Nelson
said he would be in touch with
Count) Atiornev Duncan Mela
dven about the bond application
procedures
According to Nelson, if the
Lounts commission approses the
bond propc»!*al, the referendum
would most likely be voted on in
the November general election.
The nest meeting of the commis
Sion IS July 7
In other business, the school
board approved the final
budget of SI.30b.7J5, a 4«'s in
crease over last year
Upchurch vandalized
Upchurch Junior High School
was again the target of vandalism
last sveek when a subject broke in
to the 'n:hi»l and damaged vending
machines, according to records at
the Hoke Count) Sheriffs Depart
mem
Principal Alien Fdwards
reported that someone entered an
unlocked uililts room at the school
•MMaMM brtwuen JsOO p.m June
27 and •) l.‘ p m. Jurw 29.
The subject u»ed a chair to break
opet a sfiaLk niachme and a t okc
machine revofd- »4y No money
wa^ iakci. md it i-n>‘t known how
much merchandise is missing
In another incident, David
JXookhouse of Hope M'lls Road,
f ayetteville. reported there was a
breaking and entering and larcnev
at the home of David Rice of Rt 1,
Raeford (June Johnson Road)
The home wa‘ apparently
entered by unUxking a window
ihrough a broken pane ometime
between J;Su p.m. JuiK 21 oad
J:20 p m June 28
Resurd* say a carpet, value
unknown, was stolen
Glenda McGregor of Rt 5.
rxt V AN DAI S, page 2A)
Low water pressure stops
midnight showering Friday
The city's water pres-sure was
down so low friday night,
residents found it impossible to
lake midnight showers
A thunderstorm late Fridas
afternoon knocked out a signaling
device that activates automatic
pumps which send water from the
Raeford W ater F’Uni to the ctiy's
two elevated water tanks As the
water level in the tanks decreased
so did the city's water pressure, ac
cording t«' Raeford Citv Manager
Tom Phillips.
NX hen the elevated tanks are full,
there is between 40-50 lbs. of
pressure. Dn Friday night the city's
water system was supplying 5 lbs
of pressure because only 2 ft of
water was in the tanks Normally
the tanks hold 20 ft. of water
"There was plenty of water, just
no pressure," Phillips said "We
have a million gallons of water m
the ground at all times "
Not only did the storm knock
out the signaling devices at the
water plant, it also knocked out an
alarm syticm in the police station
which tells the dispatcher if
something is wrong at the water
plant
"It’s routine tor one system to
go out in a storm, but it's unique
for both systems (the signaling
devices and the alarm) to go out at
the same lime," Phillips said
The alarm at the police station
and the signaling devices at the
waier plant work together a.s a
double safety system
Phillips received a leiephone call
at his home Friday night around
midnight from a caller saying there
was no water pressure on the west
side of town.
The city manager in turn con
tacted a water department
employee; the two met at the waicr
plant. After a couple of switches
were thrown, the two elevated
tanks began filling up with water.
By 4 a m., ihe water levels in the
lank*, were back to normal.
The situation never reached a
critical stage.
"The low pressure could have
been a problem il there was a tire,
but we would have corrected il im-
iritdiateJy,” Phillips said.
Although citv water may have
apireared somewhat cloudy on
Sunday, Phillips said there was
never a health hazard.
Around Town
Sam Morris
Summer came on June 21 and
has been with us every day since ar-
nving, with the temperatures being
in the 9(K. Wc have had some rain
and this has been goexJ for the
crops It doesn’t cool off much at
night. VO It doesn’t take long for
the heal to gel to you m the morn
ings.
The forecast is for the hot
weather to stay with us and for
afternoon and evening thunder
showers The lightning and winds
have been worse in Ihe Rucklish
sclIicUI IJiaii ail) uliici pwU ul iiic
county
• • •
The death of Senator John last
came as a shiKk to most of uv. He
had been in had health for several
months und did not seek re-
election
I would predict that (lovcrnor
Jim Martin will appoint Jim
Hroyhill to take Sen l-asl's place
In cave he should win the election
in Novembei, ihiv will give him
seniority over many other new
senaims This means a lot in ihc
makeup ot committee appiunt
menis m the senate
• • •
Don’t torgei the American
L.egion (.loll louinament to bi
piaycU Jui> -lili at Inc AlaUia
Club. T here is no early registration
for the event Just go down to the
Edenborough Rcstuuiant at 7 a in
Friday morning lor break t:st
(Sc-; ARDI ND. page cAi
Local man gets two years
for striking law officer
A ItKal man was sentenced to a
two-year prison term after
pleading guilty in District t ouil
last week to a charge of sinking a
law enforcement officer with the
Moke t ounts Sheriff’s Depart
ment
Merreil I rankltn Cos Jr , Hos
.J04 A, .Aberdeen, is to begin serv
mg the prison icnn after he com
pletes a term he is serving for a
previous offense.
Records sas L'ov began kicking
the officei in the right side and the
hack while the officer was attempt
mg to arrest him for drunk and
disruptive behavior at a private
residence located on Rural Paved
Road I22H, Raeford, on ^turday,
June 21.
Cox also pleaded guilty to a
charge of delaying anu obstructing
a law riifc'rcement officer. The two
charges were consolidated for
ludgemeni
In addition to thc-.c charges (Wx
pleaded guilty to (he charges oi
drunk and disruptive behavior,
trespassing at a location near Rt I.
Alsetdecr, and two counts of com
municating threats.
Cox received the sentence of one
year imprisonment lor these
charges and was guen credit for
five davs that he has alreadv sers-
ed
In another sase, Jerrv Jerwic
Met aunn. 20. 7(ifr Saunders
Sticci, Raeford, pleaded guilty Ic a
(See DWI, p,iyL ' \)
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1 hi\ Hoke t ituni} two\er rum tnuk in hn Jam friJat iifre^
pholoKra/'hrJ hy WeiAi Jone^. Jom \ ha \ hern ulienipiing in take u
pkiurt i»l the animal srn* i rurh spnrtg. B hen Jonr\ pulled into her
dri\euai I riJay al/ernoon, ihe heaver hjv in her fr^nt \ard.
County adopts new
$5,704,708 budget
Hs Sills Jamir
McnOitt ol the Hoke ( ovji.r.
( ^ i> Monday ni^’ni
(juanimousls adopied a
budget of |s'‘kd.'tw voting to
mainlaiii the cu"eni * vem tax
rale
I tic ij\ rate of HI ..cni • pet SlOD
valuation I h ,i'ntt Uiwer than the
s' ,cn'■ ofigin.illy propened bv
ouni) Mjriaiif! \killiam (Hub)
C nwan
TTic la* rate is based on an
cvtimaied fax i.«>lleciion rate -f
92%, one percent higher than last
year.
This wa> possible by reducing
cxpendiiures by SI05,‘’6J In order
to do this the county's percentage
of the current optional one-half
vcrii sales lax was increased to
N)%. Of by S5J.4ai, from 50%.
the fund balance appropMalton
wa- reduced by S40,000 to
SJ4^*.7qo, and SV2.57J wa> ap
propriated from the •whools'
reserve fund to retire a current
school bond debt ol S53.4(»t
T hi. is the first year the county
will love resenue .haring funds
Only S” 1.725 is expected us this
source of income is being phased
out.
This year capital reverve tends
of 5264,457 will offset the loss of
revenue sharing funds Nexi scar
5297.1X10 in this category will he
available
"Basically wc are banking on
the additional one-half cent sales
tat pavcing in order to make this a
recurring sUMiigs to the ccHinty,"
Cowan said. "Based on ifw latest
infonnation, having talked to
Danny DeVane this (Tuesday)
morning, it lotiks real good, il
look* like It will paw."
Hoke (. c'unty schools will
benefit by receiving S45,U(XI more
in current expenses, a loiai of
Sl,ri,735 and S50,00U in capital
outlay tor roof repairs
Finan.-e Dfficc'r Charles Davis
remarked that "the superintendent
cemed quite pleased" with the
county’’ provision for the schcKils
Iti aJditior,. 525.(XX) of the
evil s'*! ft;-j:-- i’tti,*-: jl.ir e Wit'
be a urricd b- the state, a
oorr than prcs'ousiy c*-. '
S.ifiilf'ili fimmiii I
■Aill fCcf'eC 5'.iXi ..1 ■.ff-.-r’ 'h'-r
use of the high .!s>s>i The neo-’s'
1* baecd on . prc.i'-u actual
budge'ed am-su’il ol 56,06’’
The fr'.aicvt ao-1 of c»pen
diture feiJuciiot' was in .vimcil
capital outlay, a S'^.fiOt) ligu'.
which had been double budgeted m
both capita) outlay and current e*
penvev of the veh.Hil budget
PuWi. assistar.ee wav reduced by
$l5,(.»JUand recieaiio*’ bs 55,*>1
The large ! .ncrca*r were m the
areas of salarv tdiu oneni in the
Sheriff’s Deparin.eni md Exten
Mon Service, decided ificr an es
ecutisc jession wi.ich lu-ieJ ap
proximately one and a half nours
Among voiiniv emplovccs
receiving raises wrcre Sheriff Dave
Barrineion with on increase of
7 5% bringing ho salary ff’vm
524,959 to 526.rt3l Depuf.
N5 ilium Morrison go' a I2.2*» in
crease, bringing him to S15.I10
from 513.456 Counts Manager
Cowan teceivcd a raise from
530, (**i iv> 532,635 and Register of
Deeds Della Maynor went from
517,625 to 5IK,594, an increase ot
5.5%.
The county portion of the 59U)
raise for seven Agncultural Exten
sion staff was increa.sed by 5.5%
Agncuiiure Extension Director
Willie Feathersione will go from
531, [)63 to 532,142 and Associate
Agricultural Extension Agem
Alice Petitti will go from 526, J5K
to 527.377
The new counts pay plan pro
sides a 2% cost of living raise for
ail county employees and upgrade*
the county hiring rate by an
average 3% Eifly one of Ihc 135
county cmplovees received a
recTassificaiion of their pt>--ition
class based on their duties and
responvibiliiic'
After a c'mpuier check (which
ttK.*k approximately one hcsuri the
budget was nfficialls accepted bs
the -;ommic-.ioncTs
EAS remains on schedule
Rumors that the establishment
of Extended Area Telephone Ser
vice (I ASj between Raeford and
Eayetiesille will be delayed because
of a recent tinkc agoinst American
Telephone and Telegraph (ATAT*
are not true, a spcvkcswoman for
Carolina Telephone Comp.iny said
on Monday
"We haven’t had anv changes in
our schedule due to Ihc stnke csr
for any other reason." -aid Brenda
Dougherty, community relations
manager feu Carolina Telephone’s
Fayetteville office
"The North (. arolina Utilities
Commission said EAS must be in
operation on oi before .luly I.
I9S7; our planning schedule show*
wc will have it in csperation by
then,’ Dougherty said
But whether or not Carolina
Telephone will have LAS in opera
tion before Ihe deadline is not cer
tain
"It’s a pcsvsibiliiv that it could
be earlier." Dougherty said
The stnlce referred to in the
rumiots began on June 1 when ap
proximately ISO.lXk) members of
the Communications Workers of
America walked off their jobs
demanding higher wages, more
bencfiis and better working condi
lions The strike against ATAT
ended on June 26
LKnigherty said she didn’t know
how the rumors got started
because the strike was against
A TAT and not Carolina Tele
photic.
"Our employees weren’t on
strike," TXsughcrlv said
A poll conducted by Carolina
Telephone in January shows that
74 '% ol the Jioke County
customers who lesptsndcd are in
favvvr of establishing F AS between
the 875 exchange and Fayettev ille
Once EAS is established, the ap
proximately 4,7(11) cuitomers on
the Raeford exchange will he able
to call over 90.000 telephones for
local rates
Williamson retires after
30 years with local ASCS
The .‘Vgricullural Stabtli/alion
and Conseryalion Service* (ASCS)
in Raeford tiffercd a loss on June
JO when Jeannette Williamson
retired dter 30 years of service.
William Ain was honored at a
reception Tuesday evening at the
Civic Center given bv ASCS office
employee* and area farmers .Ac
cording to office manager Fhomas
Starling, ovc: W)**# of the farmer*
in Hoke ti>univ attended (he
gathering
Williamson has held several
p.. .'t;or.s while .: the ASCS oflVre*
L .* CK/* in
apaciiie. of -ounter clerk,
agricultural program clerk and
compliance clerk She has worked
with ASCS programs in totiacco,
eed grain, cotton, and wheat, -he
was TCsponsihle for compliance in
these programs, measuring acreage
and lakiiig sign ups and -certifica-
ticns
In addition, she handl^J tobacco
leases and sale* applications,
designations o! warehouses and
answered questions which were
called in or brought into the office
During her stay at the ASCS of
fice there have been numeious
changes in United States Depart
ment of Agriculture regulations
which effe*:t the agriculture pro
grams Williamson ha*, .‘iscn to the
challenge ol keeping abreast of
these changes in agncullural
assistance programs
"It’* very complex. You need to
keep up w ilh the change* on & daily
(Vc Will I.A'I.SON, page c A)