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Pittman Grove team
Hinfs hoftball crown
S«*S‘ 10
Jeremy IVlinhue
fund estahlishecl
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Volum. LXXVIll Number 12
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Raeford
Redevelopment
Commission
created
Stilt> Jamir
MoTiher>, of Ihe ( th i .>un-
Monda\ voted to accept j
tion creaiinj a Raeford R* ' ■ i!-.!'
ment Cominikcion for t^-' puip>- --:
of the reviialt/aiion of ihv
doiantown bu»ine>s J. *rwi
The purpose and fun.-o-n- pt
the cotrunisvton will he v;r!i;.;‘U
the tame as that of the IX.-r.t • • •,
Revitalization v. ommitiee
According to Ciiv M....ir>t'’r
Tom Phillips, the name change •
primarily ms that the vomn- on
will "have the oppoiiunny to c;;
involved with low inicie'i loan'”
that are made a\jila''ic o
businessmen ti ihes to «>•!'
them
Appointments to '.he onin:-
tion were made ant! ir.^i-de Is- -.
McNair, Thoma-s A Phillips. Vb
duliah Shareef, ljury r ^. v
Eloive Carter, Rev Frank I llovd
Jr, kav Thomat, Jo-. Lpch4=:.r
and Tommy rifhi
In other bu-intrs, the (.ouruil
voted to accept tre-m ‘.'cri i
TV the proposed _ .4-“'
Super B£'IC P?:_ka«c '.fvi-.c Th-
ac'tion was taken after a .
hearing on the nev. i •*.,
held at the beiinnmv ot Mondav
night’s meeting.
The service sombine' both •‘'r
basis service, including
3-13 and the cvpanded - c..-. m
eluding chanrtcU 15, P. 1" ?■ »>'U
22 at a cost of SI.^ ^ The . .i
two doHars te^ tht pr- s --
combined rate for the rwi • = .i .=,
Shs-^time, The M> c Ca.Mi,.
and Plavbov w.:? re^natn .I-
Premium f nvnnrii. c '.5 S'* **5
each The Convene Box :nd ;hc
Remote vontrol ,onv.:rtos bc‘.- ■ ■
remain ai the same ■> '■ . Si
and S2 0' ;'p«rc''-';’v
Prior lev ac.spiance by the wuun
cil, a vuivcy of :u‘ti>nief' wa* -1 -e
by Alert  able a kinji’.htrri a -
of questions relating to thr-^ i"r
vice requirements ir-J so" iJc-a
tion of the new erv •
In reference to the .ut - r> on the
new service, Citv Ma~ cer Tom
Phillips .awl, "omc vcmj r- -yiet
the., It would :ome out ilir. d
5()-W in favor of it ”
City Altorney Paio-r \k ‘ ux
stated that a second .* ■ . n n
servic’e would be ncc-'-.d 4; -h^ r m
meeting in order to t^aiif, le
(See COL NC II p ur r.,
reach harvest
Hok^ c ifU'in ptachf\ are ripening quickly and are
readi /-tr ruling, cooking and putting o>*ay. fruit
iuch a% rSete H inf to larief} will fe picked at a diz-
rv«(« k. s^.
zying rate this weekend to the satisfaction of peach
los'ers eserywhere.
DSS adopts policy for hearing impaired
-
f. -
K) s«ill> Jamir
■■ Hi.i (I'unty Ikjuid of
■'.i.ivo adopt-rd a policy
i»i»Hi !un ol ' "t vic»* to the
iOl inii-.!:cd ii their regular
'*1-^ . .n I,me .kO.
ken N\ iilicrvpoon
■ *!- 'a: have ne‘
■t , ■■•It but
,-. I oil
VIV.M k
: need
.;!■
I' ^cc-J ■ based on iiic>n
'tW'-f tl-r R-n'‘;iitalion Ac.
d ■ iq"*} which requires that
w ;. tctlr:;! mivnev e involved, al
•-V- be Flu I ac-,r-.iMe to ths*
f*’- p. ■-> adopted for Ihc e'cr-
- 'at. that hearing im
P'r'rncrj! Otfets an cvtuiuitcd
UVigai North t aii'lmail' Of this
: li ‘"-.I *pproiimatcly arc
P''>loji:J!\ deal
A r-o .-.ihlc Iti.tkXt deaf .iti/cns
' t)n .!»n language a' their
pr,; ^ mr!-: 1)1 commu nication.
( j cc h IV steadily gaining use
.1 \di',siyior toi the heanng itn-
, ...414 d
1 - diiiv purpose IS to
*• ill pr.ivisuin L)f inter
^ I r.e tor deaf people so
: .1
that they may riuike ihc fullest use
ot service delivery channels.
In othet business, the board
reviewed case aerton and fraud ac
tiMtv in the food assistance pro
:'‘-ani fc" the month of May.
(•riierally, prv^fwm pa- • rspr:
tion was dlown hy approvimately
2i)() patticipant- and total bcnclit'-
of Sh.-flX). According to Wither-
.iXKin, this is because ot the
decrease in the unemploynient rate
in Mas
WitherspcHin said that many in
the food assistance program
■would rather earn wages " and
obsiTvcd the connection between
the employ ability of these par
ticipants and the development
functions of the County Commis
sion and the Economic Develop
ment Commission
Overall there have been fewer
participantv in the program this
year than last year. Witherspoon
speculated on the two primary
reason' loi Ihe decline
One IS that the household com
position has been redefined to in
elude (ewer members. Tlie other r-
that the integrity of the program
Festival
T-shirts
arrive
Turkey T-shirtv -are here' Ihe
N.C Turkey Festival Hoard hs'
authorized the sale ot I^Hh official
Turkey Festival T shirt* to begin uo
July l[)
The »hirt$ arc to be available in
the Chamber of ( ommerce offk:
on Main Street. They are available
in seven u/cv, from an infant size
to an adult XI. This ye;^ ’ -olor is
a bright, eye ;iiichina pink The
price for all si/^- is S5 00
The »ale of T-vhirtr i; an impor
tant money-raising facet of the
Turkey Festival the profit' from
T-shir.s sale- will help with ad
sance expenses of the festival, like
deposits ft>' musicians, publicity,
and paying for the shirts
thcm*elves Hoke people should
buy shirts soon so that wearing
them will promote the Irsiival here
and m vacation .^>01. evcr'. wht 'c
N.C'. Turkey Festival plan for
19H6 are under way. The • ookinji
Contest is scheduled for Scptt*mb« r
18. Bards are booked for
September 19 and 2) C raftsmen
have already secured booth- lor
Saturday Vulunteeiv ki ueiu.
contacted
Everyone can be supportive by
buying and wearing 19Rb Turkc-
Festival T shirts Cm September 8
there will he a M'ear ^oor 1-Shirt
Day.
Sff-tif your stuffm
Shitrtirnn Maxwell, right, and her aunt, Mary Monroe Maswell, model
the riea Ixhirts for this }ear's A.(. Turkey festival.
Public hearing set
for half-cent tax
has been improved by making
steps to safegaurd it against fraud.
One of these vafegaurds u by
giving prospective participants
double interviews in order to dou
ble check inionnation asked, given
and received bv alt the pwriiev
This heJp*- to protect both the 111-
tcrvicw^re and inlervirwrr from
giving incorrect information.
In addition, the board was given
a presentation of the food stamp
application process by Allison
Poole of the DSS.
Poole conseyed the importance
ot a quality interview during the
application process and the
rcspansibility of the DSS agency to
do its part in re-checking qualify
ing information.
"It used to be the household
responsibility, now it’s our respon-
ubilily,” Poole said. If informa
tion i- not on the application ‘‘and
the agency could find it out, it’s
our fault.”
The board reviewed the \id to
Families W ith Dependent Children
Program, which in June totaled
approximately 465 participants.
Raeford man
knifed on 4th
A Raeford nun was assaulted
and wounded by a man with a
knife in front ot the Davis Store on
401 South on the evening of July 4,
according to records at the Hoke
tbuiity Sherifl’s Department.
(iregory 1 acv Dockery. Route 1,
Raeford, was apparently con
fronted by a suspect at 10:(X) p.m.
Friday. The man first made some
obscene remarks 10 Dtx'kety and
then cut him on the neck.
According to records, the
wound requited medical care ol 30
stitches at Scotland Memorial
Hospital
No arrest wa* made rccoids
.a\
In an unrelated incident, Paul
Bnquisl ot Route 1, Red Springs
was apparently .hot m the left fool
w ith u BH gun b\ a juvenile susjvect
in South Hokr.
Roquist's mother, Shii ley
lockicar, al tirsi thought the
shiXitmg wi' an accident but
realized the youth h.ul made
thtcai- to people prior to the iiici
ileiit which hairpened last week
BoginsI was treated for the
wound and released
Eiarbara Ballon of Rinilf 4,
Raeford r.pH'rted the hcxviing of
h-T will- 1 pellet rifle :tt I Ol*
FUtton’*. residence w huh o- in the
s.inrc neighborhood as Hatton's
home. I he incident occurred at ap
pioxmialcly 9:(k) p m on June 30
Records say three chlldien of the
Ikitton family each stated that a
(See HOLIDAY, page 6)
By Sally Jamir
Memherc uf the Hoke Counts
Ekuird of Commissioner' on Tue'
day set a public hearing on enact
ing the additional half-cent kxal
option sales tax passed hy the state
legislature and ofTicially ratified
Monoay by Lt Cos Bob Jofu«n
and Speaker of the House, l,Fr“n
Ramsey.
The commissioner’s regular
meeting on Monday wa' recessed
until I uesdav m order to await v'
ficial rarificatum before l»>.al ac
tion The public hearing on the tr;x
was set for July 24. 8 p.m at the
Pratt Building
In its first two year*., the tax will
be divided in the ratio of 4(i»»
county, schoois In ihe se
cond two years the ratio will be
50®^ couniy, 5[)W| school; The
following four years, the tax will
be divided m a ratio of tM)*^* county
and 40®i’o schools.
In the two years following this
four year period, the rax will be
divided in a "0-30 ratio and for one
year following this the ratio would
be 80-20 for one year
After this time, all revenues will
go to the county.
In other business during the July
7 meeting, the board accepted
from Dale Teal, tax collecior.
reports on tax collection, releases,
and unaudited tax settlement tor
1985 and pinor year's taxes
The boa.rd passetl an order tor
the I'ollec'tion ol lUSS twees. /XUo.
the board passed a resolution 10
grant Teal permission to request
funds on a N.C Land Records
Management Program Grant ap
plication for uce in miiderni/ing
i-And teiufd- and niapi :r g
The board WDuld match fund'
obtained through this, gra.nt
In addition, liie board passed a
request from Drpanmen! c; Social
Scrvicev iDSS) Dir.*=cior Ken
Witherspoon aurhofizing him to
snier into coniractr with pfovjder?
ct dsv cwiC. chrre i"ii3 transporta
tion .,es for a of one
yesf
Num-"“:-. app-.nn'ments were
•iccepted by the hoard They in
clude the appointment of.
•C hdic Mac L'v Mear and Willie
McPhaul to two y?d* on tfw bouth
Hoke Community C enter Board of
Truss re-
•Mrs Joyce Blackburn to two
years on the Hoke v ounty
Domiciliary Home Community
.Advisory C ommittee
•Jack Fra/irr and Rhonda
Pickier to one year on the Hoke
Couniy Emergency Medical Ser
vice (EMS) Advisory Council
•Jes.ie R Lee, Jim Wilham'ron
and Jim Warner to twro years on
the North Raeford Fire District
Commissioners
•Carolyn McKoy to the Hoke
County Private Industry Council.
In addition, the board voted to
participate in an “agreement for
mutual aid regarding EMS services
in the state.”
In a letter to County Manager
W illiam I Bub) Cowan from EMS
Project Director Tim Harper
"written mutual aid agreements
must be in efrect Mxi'ms all iwo-
siders of emergency medical ser
vices within the region to ensure
and Simplify access to additional
resources in a major emergency in
cident ”
Arson suspected in
service station fire
A Hoke ( ounlv cu' -taimn was
apparently the target of aisoiiKis
on the morning ot July 2. acior
ding to a vpokesinan al the Hoke
County Shcritf's Dcptiritucni
Sheriff Dave Barrington related
that evidence lounJ at the 'cent of
the tire which engulfed Jimmy’'
Exxon on Highway 4(H irulicafed a
tlaiumable substance bad been put
in the building
"Found in the asht's wa' a (lam
rnabic liquid which w.is 'cni to
State Bureau ot Investigation (SBL
labofutonc' for aiialysis,” Bar
ingion said
Records say Lee Allen Vhweiii,
a soldier at Camp Icjuene.
reported the fire to IX'piity D R
Hardin at approximaicly i.iHta in
I'pon Hardin’s arrival ihc 'tore
was totally engulfed in tlanic I'lip
pj Creek and HiHcrc't lire
Departments responded to the lall
and put out the flames.
Altei the flames were under con
trol. Puppy C'reek Fire Dept C hicf
David Willis showed Haidin a ball
and hat and gas can in the fire
gutted building that couldn't I'e ac
counted tor by the store owner.
.Immiy CJuagc
Jimmx \ f-sittn
Hardin called Detective J R.
Riley to the 'cene and told the
Hoke County dispatcher to contact
the SBl arson investigation.
Records 'ay the store had been
chesked at approxirnatel'. 2 45
a m by [>epiilv Hardin
Value ol the equipment and
stivk destroyed in the fire
C'tim.«ied to be ^>,000. Accord
(V-c AkSVtN, page 6)
Around Town
Sam Morris
It .seems to me that we have had
enough hot weather for the year.
F'.vcii though summer has been
with us only three weeks, it ha'
been hot for about two months,
The thermometei on Mondav was
pushing UK)® and according to all
reports 'luesday and Wednesday
will be hotter.
We do not have any ram in the
forecast for ihi- week, not even
thundershowers. It hasn't been as
dry m Hoke L Luiniy as n lias iicvu
in other parts of the state, You
could say that we have been bless
cd with ram this year, compared to
many other places.
I just hope that oui air coiidi
tioners keep going, hcvcaise it
would be hard to live w ithoui them
itier getting used 10 them.
• * »
I rcveived a letter last week from
Victoria Thomas-Harvey, a
(eacher at the Hoke County
■- hildfcn’ 'Center It had a news
release with the letter which she
wanted run in this column. The
release follows;
TFic Hoke Louniv Children’s
C rnirr has scheduled a parent
inerting on lursday. July 15. ihc
meeting will be held at the
Children’* Center, 202 N. Jackson
Street. Raeford from 7-9 p.m.
Jenny Seykora and Gale Meese
of the Advocacy Center for
tSee AkDL ND. page 12)