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Volume LXXIX Number 16
RAEFORD. NORTH CAROLINA
25 CENTS
Thursday, August 6,1987
Governor will attend Turkey Festival
By June Lancaster
News-Journal Staff Writer
Governor Jim Martin will be in
Raeford on September 17 to attend
the opening ceremony of the 1987
North Carolina Turkey Festival,
Evelyn Manning, Turkey Festival
chairman, announced on Monday.
The date of the opening
ceremony coincides with the date
in 1787 when the delegates to the
Constitutional Convention in
Philadelphia signed the U.S. Con
stitution. Because of the Bicenten
nial celebration, the governor has
received invitations from all over
the state that day but has chosen to
make his second appearance in
three years at the Turkey Festival.
In appearances Monday before
City water
planned for
McLean Road
By June Lancaster
News-Journal Staff Writer
Members of the Raeford City
Council agreed Monday to a re
quest made by McLean Road pro
perty owners asking the city to ex
tend water to their property. The
request was made in the form of a
petition signed by the property
owners.
City Manager Tom Phillips said
the city could finance the project,
which will cost $15,000 in
materials with the city furnishing
the labor, and get its investment
back in four years.
Phillips cited the advantages of
the project. He said it is an oppor
tunity to add new customers. It
will improve service to present
customers by increasing water
pressure in the Palmer Street area
and will open up land for develop
ment.
In another matter, council
discussed the Central Communica
tion System plan as approved by
the county commissioners. In a
memorandum to city council, the
city manager noted that the “plan
of action differs substantially from
the recommendation of the Central
Communications Advisory Com
mittee and from the system as ap
proved by prior City Council ac
tions on May 4, 1987.’’
“I don’t like all the things that
have been done,” Councilman
Bob Gentry said.
Gentry recommended that the
Central Communications Advisory
Committee, of which he is a
member, be reactivated and then
report back to the county commis
sioners.
“1 think they’ll be open to addi
tional input,” Gentry said.
Also at the meeting, Phillips
presented to council members the
preliminary plans for the new grit
chamber at the wastewater treat
ment plant.
The plans have to be approved
by the state. When the plans are
approved, they are returned to the
city so the project can be put out
for bids.
In additional business, the coun
cil approved an amendment to a ci
ty ordinance restricting parking.
The amendment states that “No
commercial vehicle may be parked
on city property located within a
Residential District as defined by
the City of Raeford Zoning Or-
(See CITY, page 9)
the county commissioners and city
council, Manning and Lynne Max
well, vice-chairman and general
manager of the festival, expressed
their appreciation for the coopera
tion they are receiving from Hoke
County’s governing bodies.
Manning presented the commis
sioners and the councilmen with
1987 Turkey Festival T-shirts. The
shirts are red, white and blue this
year in keeping with the patriotic
theme of the Bicentennial.
John Howard, coordinator of
the opening ceremony, said the
ceremony will take place at 10 a.m.
on an outdoor stage beside the
Hoke County Public Library on
Main Street. Prior to the
ceremony, a Fort Bragg parachut
ist will perform a drop with the
1987 Turkey Festival flag at 9:45
a.m.
Hoke County state Represen
tative Danny DeVjine will be
master of ceremonies for the open
ing event. North Carolina Com
missioner of Agriculture Jim
Graham is expected to attend.
Following the opening cere
mony, a cooking seminar will take
place at 11 a.m. in the library.
After the seminar, a turkey cook
ing contest will take place at noon
under the chairmanship of Pam
Foster.
As part of the nationwide
Bicentennial celebration at 4 p.m.,
there will be a Bicentennial Bell
Ringing for 200 seconds. Church
bells all across America will be
ringing at the same time.
The Turkey Festival parade,
with WRAL-TV, broadcaster Ray
Wilkinson as master of cere
monies, will take place at 5:30
p.m. on Main Street.
Several tournaments and special
events are scheduled throughout
the three days of the festival and
during the week preceding the
festival.According to Ann Pate,
coordinator of special events, there
will something for everyone.
On Friday September 11, the
North Carolina High School
Turkey Bowl football game will
take place at Hoke County High
School Stadium. The game will be
between Hoke County and
Southview. The game will be
featured as the game of the week
on WRAL-TV with sportscaster
Tom Suiter.
A volleyball tournament will
take place on Saturday, September
12 and Sunday, September 13 in
MacDonald Gym at Hoke High
School.
On Tuesday, September 15 there
will be a bridge tournament in Gib
son Cafeteria at Hoke High.
Tennis and golf tournaments
will be held the weekend of the
festival, beginning Friday,
September 18.
There will be a street dance on
Friday night featuring the Part
Time Party Time Band. The dance
(See GOV. page 9)
Gov. Jim Martin
McCain hosptial patients at work
Dolphus Gentry, left, Clarence Douglas, middle, and
Harold Hairston, right, pot plants in the greenhouse
at McCain, Kay Collins, hortitherapy program assis
tant, is on far right.
Prisoners appreciate hortitherapy
The pleasures of growing and
eating fresh vegetables are en
joyed by many people in the
summer. Some inmates at Mc
Cain Prison Hospital are
discovering those pleasures for
themselves through a hor
titherapy program.
The program was started
soon after McCain, a former
TB hospital, became a
minimum security unit of the
North Carolina Department of
Correction in 1983.
The hortitherapy program
was begun in conjunction with
Sandhills Community College.
The college, as part of its conti
nuing education program, paid
the salary of a horticulture
teacher. In addition, the college
donates plants from its own
horticulture program to Mc
Cain.
A horticulturist from the
North Carolina Botanical
Garden at Chapel Hill also
came to McCain to help get the
program started in 1984.
Under the supervision of
rehabilitation therapy coor
dinator Mary .Mercer, the pro
gram has become self-
supporting. Through the sale of
plants and vegetables from the
gardens and greenhouse, the
hortitherapy program is able to
buy seed and the other supplies
needed to maintain itself.
Foliage plants, bedding
plants and hanging baskets can
be bought from the greenhouse
at very reasonable prices. A
pretty hanging basket, for in
stance, sells for $3.
The public can buy from the
greenhouse on Wednesday and
Friday afternoons from 2:30 to
3:30. The greenhouse is outside
the fence and adjacent to the
visitor’s parking lot.
Another way the program
sustains itself is through sales at
the Turkey Festival. At its
booth, the McCain program
will have plants and hanging
baskets for sale, as well as
ceramic and woodworking
items.
A maximum of 15 inmates
can participate in the program
at any one time. An inmate who
expresses an interest in the pro
gram can be referred by his case
manager. The inmates who do
take part have been carefully
screened.
The men in the program are
generally paraplegic or geriatric
patients, or younger patients
who are in poor health. Most of
the inmates in the hospital are
not eligible to participate in the
program because their health
won’t permit it.
The men maintain two
gardens and two 50-foot
greenhouses. In the gardens the
men are growing canteloupe,
watermelon, squash, okra, str
ing beans, tomatoes and corn.
This year for the first time they
also have a herb garden.
The vegetables and herbs are
used in the hospital kitchen so
the men themselves enjoy the
fruits of their labor.
In addition to the vegetables,
the men maintain flower
gardens in front of the hospital
as well as in the horticulture
area of the grounds.
At the men’s request a rose
garden was added to the lawn in
front of the hospital. In it are
rose bushes donated by Jackson
and Perkins. Jim Walls, a rose
expert from Whispering Pines,
has helped the men learn how to
grow and care for roses.
(See McCAIN, page 8)
Chamber president
asks commissioners
for junkyard rules
By June Lancaster
News-Journal Staff Writer
The president of the Raeford-
Hoke Chamber of Commerce ap
peared before the Board of Com
missioners on Monday and asked
for help in regulating the ap
pearance of the county’s
junkyards.
Chamber President Alice
Glisson told the commissioners
that Chamber of Commerce board
members and several private
citizens had voiced their concern to
her about the development of un
sightly areas along the
thoroughfares of Hoke County.
The unsightly areas are con
sidered to be detrimental to the
economic growth and development
of Hoke County, Glisson said.
Chairman Wyatt Upchurch said
the matter is already under study.
Commissioners discussed the issue
and considered several options.
Upon the motion of Commis
sioner Cleo Bratcher, the board
voted to send letters to junk
dealers in the county expressing the
board’s concern. County Manager
William Cowan suggested looking
at a draft ordinance before such
letters are sent.
Glisson said she was pleased by
all the favorable comments made
by the commissioners in suppor
ting the chamber’s position.
In a matter continued from the
July 7 commissioner’s meeting, the
board granted Charles Averette’s
request for a variance from the
Hoke County subdivision regula
tion in Twelve Oaks subdivision.
The variance, contingent upon
an independent engineer’s cer
tification that the dam is safe and
suitable for use as a travel way,
will permit access to lots Averette
is developing on the far side of the
dam.
Another provision of the
variance is that a home owner’s
association or similar group
assume responsibility for main
taining the road.
The road on the far side of the
dam should be built to state stan
dards, the board decided.
The matter of the developer fil
ing a security agreement with the
board of commissioners,
guaranteeing the improvement will
be made, was discussed. This
would permit the developer to sell
lots from the preliminary plat
rather than holding up the subdivi
sion development any longer.
In other business, the board ap
proved a resolution authorizing the
exchange of property owned by
George A. Zacher and Chong C.
Zacher adjacent to the Rockfish
Community House with property
owned by the county.
In another matter concerning
the Rockfish community, the
board was given copies of the
Rockfish Park conceptual plan.
In a work session, the board
heard recommendations from the
county manager on the proposed
minimum design specifications for
private streets in Hoke County
submitted by the planning board.
Chairman Upchurch appointed
Commissioners Tom Howell and
Cleo Bratcher to a committee to
meet with the county manager to
come up with a recommendation
for presentation at the next com
missioner’s board meeting.
The commissioners discussed a
report from Denise Rice Melton,
Parks and Recreation director, on
the attendance of recreation com
mission members. Concern has
been voiced by the commissioners
several times concerning atten
dance records of people serving on
appointed boards.
Commissioners reappointed
Tony Austin and Pat Scott to the
Parks and Recreation board and
appointed new members James
Quick, John D. Melton and
William C. Jones to replace Walter
Blue and James Cunningham, who
have served two terms and are
therefore ineligible for reappoint
ment, and Jimmy Wood who has
resigned.
Upon the recommendation of
William T. Niven, coordinator of
the Hoke County Emergency
Management Agency, the commis
sioners appointed the following
people to the Hoke County
Emergency Planning Committee:
Danny DeVane; Dave Barrington;
Mike McNeill; William T. Niven;
Mike Wood; Jerry Jackson; Dr.
George Barth; Leo McMillan; Ron
Anderson; Mark Wood; and
(See COUNTY, page 8)
Series of larcenies reported
A series of larcenies were
reported throughout the county
during the last week of July.
Almost $10,000 worth of elec
tronic equipment, jewelry and
miscellaneous items were stolen
from a trailer on Rt. 1, Red Spr
ings, on July 27, Hoke County
Sheriff’s Department records
show.
Michael Van Horn reported he
lost two TVs, a VCR, a typewriter,
silverware, watches, rings and
other items in the robbery.
• A riding lawn mower was stolen
from Jean Hodges of Stable Place,
Raeford, sometime between July
28 and July 31. The mower was
valued at $800.
A window air conditioner was
stolen sometime between July 25
and July 29 from Rhonda Elaine
Velevis of Rt. 5, Raeford. The
Hotpoint air conditioner was
valued at $700, according to
sheriff’s department records.
A Felder window air conditioner
was stolen from Scurlock School
between 4:30 p.m. on July 23 and
7:30 a.m. on July 24. The air con
ditioner had a value of $700.
Water pumps were stolen from
two locations on Rt. 3, Raeford.
On July 30, it was reported a water
pump valued at $188.75 had been
stolen from Freedom East
Presbyterian Church. Also on July
30, a water pump, valued at $150,
was stolen from the residence of
Pamela Miller Bullard.
Phillip Ray, Rt. 1, Raeford, was
charged with misdemeanor break
ing and entering at the residence of
Mary McNeill Cagle of Raeford.
Ray was placed under $500 bond.
Raeford Police Department
records show a 1985 Chevrolet
Nova was stolen from the A & P
grocery store parking lot on July
28. The car, valued at $5,000,
belongs to Dora Soloman of Cen
tral Avenue. She was in the store
approximately 20 minutes during
which time the car was stolen.
On July 25, someone entered a
car belonging to Janet Patterson
while the car was parked at the
House of Raeford parking lot. A
stereo and a fuzz buster with a
combined value of $500 were
taken.
Kaye Hooks of Fayetteville had
a pocketbook stolen from her car
parked on Campus Avenue on
(See CRIME, page 8)
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Gifts
Paul Pierce, 2nd from left, and Emmet Murphy receive \C Turkey
Festival T-shirts and video tapes of the Olympic Torch Run (courtesy
of Luke McNeill) from Chamber of Commerce Director l awanna
Hayes, left, and Jan Carnahan. Pierce and Murphy, both from
Ireland, will complete their six-week stay in Raeford with the Larry
Carnahans on August II.
Around Town
By Sam Morris
The weather continues to be hot
with the temperature Monday
about 95 degrees. Last week the
thermometer stayed below 90 dur
ing the day and we ended the week
with rain Saturday afternoon.
According to reports we had
about 7/10th of an inch in
Raeford. Caroline Parker of the
Puppy Creek section of the county
said that they had a tenth two
times during the week. There have
been scattered showers and in
some parts of the state more than
three inches of rain fell last week.
Hoke County is dry and we need
more rain.
The forecast for the remainder
(See AROUND, page 8)