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The ews Journal The 25th issue of our 83rd year RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA 25 CENTS Wednesday, October 2,1991 Hoke invited to join trash burning compact H oke County commissioners were invited last night to join Cumberland and Bladen Counties in negotiations over a proposal to turn trash from the three counties into fuel for DuPont’s Fayetteville plant. Though more expensive than dumping garbage in a landfill is today, the project could save the county money in the long run, said officers of the company that wishes to run the trash burning plant. Under the proposal, made at a meeting be tween commissioners of Hoke, Cumberland and Bladen Counties at the Howard Johnson Hotel on 1-95, each county would tnick its household garbage to a landfill in Cumberland where BCH Energy, a proposed private venture, would run a garbage separation plant. The separator would use fairly new technology to remove recyclable stuff — glass, steel and aluminum, for instance — from the trash. The plant would also separate useless materials such as rocks and wire — BCH estimates no more thtui 25 percent of the total amount of garbage — for burial in Cumberland’s Ann Street landfill. The rest would be sent to a boiler plant next to the DuPont polymer plant at N.C. 87 on the Cumberland-Bladen border. The $40 million Widening begins on U.S. 401 Construction to widen aportion of US 401 began this week at the Hokc- Cumberland counties border. The first section of road sched uled for widening is a six-mile area between Brock Road in Hoke County and School Road in Cumberland County. Theexisting two-lane roadway will be widened to four lanes with a center median. On Monday, the contractor began clearing trees and brush in the area. Motorists traveling the road may not notice the work at first, the State Dept, of Transportation says, because of the direction part of llie new road will take (sec map). In the area of Lake Rim, the widened section will run a quarter mile south of the exist ing U.S. 401. The $6.8 million contract was awarded toBamhill Contracting Com pany in Tarboro. The project is scheduled for completion in Dec., 1993. A toll- free hotline is available for those who have questions about the project. Resident Engi neer Charlie Brown can be reached at 1- 800-472-9004. Shooting victim dies; man charged A Hoke County man was charged with murder yesterday after a victim of a Sunday shooting died in the hospital. Frederick Morriscy Jr. died at 11:40 a.m. yesterday at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, where he had been ucated for a gunshot wound to the face. Andre Cunningham, 26, of 1215 Fuller Street, Raeford, who had been charged with attempted murder, was charged witli murder after he turned himself in to the Sheriff’s Department. The shooting occurred in the mens’ room early morning hours of Sunckiy at tJic Zodiac Lounge on Vass Road, the sheriff’s department said. According to department reports, Cunningham and Morriscy scu filed in the men’s bathroom of the lounge, for merly known as the Center 1000—the scene of numerous disturbances in the past. Cunninghamallegedly shot Morriscy in the bathroom. When officers arrived they found Morriscy on the tloor of the bathroom, bleeding from a gunshot wound in his mouth. They recovered five spent .25 caliber shells and an automatic pistol. Morriscy was taken by ambulance to Cape Fear Valley Hospital; meanwhile, Cunningham allegedly fled tlic lounge on foot. Detective Danny Wilson traced Cunningham to Moore Regional Hospi tal in Pinehurst where he was under treaunent for cuts in his back and a bul let lodged in his left arm. The bullet report edly was fired from the same gun u,scd to kill Morriscy. Cunningham was held until Hoke deputies could retrieve him and charge him with assault with a dcrtdly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious inju ries. He was held in Hoke County Jail oft $25,000 bond. That charge was upgraded to murder yesterday after Morriscy died. •» ... I'^'J Bryan Monroe Scott Leandro Lisa King Three nominated for Morehead awards Hoke High School has sciccicd ihrec nominees for Morehead Awards. Bryan Monroe, Scott Leandro and Lisa King will compete for scholarships to the University of N.C. worth nearly S10,000 per year. The prestigious award also prov ides money for summer activities all over die world. Monroe is the son of Ronald and Wanda Monroe. Leandro is the son of John and Kathy Leandro. King is the daughterof John and Verita King of Aberdeen. Selection is made after a scries of interviews made later in the year. Hoke has had several Morehead scholars; last year, Amy W'nght became the latest recipient. *»* George Armistead boiler would actually be in Bladen County, while the DuPont plant is in Cumberland. The boiler — again, using fairly new technology — would burn the trash to make steam, which in turn would be used by DuPont to make electricity for its plant. Cumberland commissioners voted at the meeting to enter negotiations with BCH Energy (BCH stands for Bladen-Cumberland-Hoke); Hoke and Bladen board members will decide whether to enter negotiations Monday at their regular meetings. Commissioner Tom Howell says the project is worth looking into. He said he liked BCH’s low projections for cost increases. Hoke commissioners are also looking into using a regional landfill in Troy, which would cost less at first, Howell said, but would increase in cost much faster than the BCH proposal. “You’ve got to look exponentially at the costs over the next 20 years,’’ he said. Counties across the United States are looking at new ways of getting rid of their trash as state and federal governments tighten laws controlling “The net effect...is a win-win situation for the communities and, we think, for Du Pont.” —Armistead landfills. North Carolina will soon require counties to line new landfills (Hoke’s landfill has less than a year’s life left) with plastic, and control and monitor fluids that leach into the soil. Counties will also have to monitor gases formed by rotting garbage that escape through the surface. All in all, the measures promise to be very expensive. Hoke’s relatively small amount of trash makes it impossible to justify digging a new landfill in the county, Howell said. The county’s only option is to take part in some regional trash scheme. “Our volume is so low we’re definitely going to have to go this direction,” he said. Another advantage of the BCH proposal is that it would help the three counties meet recycling goals mandated by new state law. The proposal would benefit DuPont by elimi nating its plant’s dependence on foreign oil. Tom Gill, works manager for the Fayetteville plant, cited the ease with which oil costs rose during the Persian Gulf War. (See TRASH, page 4) Builders to start work on 801 housing project stolen trailer recovered A Roseboro man’s stolen trailer — a refrigerated model wortJi S5,5(K) — was discovered Wednesday on a lot behind 0’Bcrry’sFoodStorconU.S.401 Norlti. Berry Gatlin Ashton, owner of the trailer, reported to sheriff’s officers die trailer was parked at a lot owned by Donald K. Ward of Center Street, Raeford. One escapes from Sandhills One prisoner escaped from Sandhi lls Youth Center yesterday, said Program Director J.C. Smith. Brandon Scott Younts, 20, of Durham, fled the prison about 10:44 a.m., he said. Younts was in the youth center on charges of breaking and entering, lar ceny, unauthorized use of a vehicle and possession of stolen goods. Younts is white, 5-fcct6-inches, 140 pounds, with green eyes, brown hair and a thin mustache. The Army Corps of Engineers [licked a developer for the 801 Housing project in Hoke County for military families stationed at Fort Bragg, Congressman Bill Hefner announced Thursilay. The Corps’ Savannah, Georgia dis trict awarded Universal Services Com pany, Inc., of Houston a contract to build the housing, which a [irivatc manage- mcntcompany will lease to die Army tor 20 years, Hefner said. The 250 two- and four-bedroom hou.scs will be sited on the comer of Rocklish and Townsend Road.s in east ern Hoke. Construction had been expected to start in September, but will now start tliis winter. Hefner, who pushed for tlic project. says tiic project w ill “bring all the ben- efils of new industry to Hoke County.” He estimated $210,000 will go to buying the land, while $ 15.7 will go for labor and supplies. How much of construction costs will actually be spent in Hoke County is unclear. Hefner further estimated 801 rcsi- dciiLs will spend about $1.7 million a year in the cou nty, and the project should bring about $ 104,()00 each year in prop erty tax. “The economic benefits to Hoke County, both direct and indirect, are considerable,” he said. Hoke County has been under con sideration for an 801 Housing project since 1989. The project will house families of soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg. According to military officials, 85 percent of the families would be in pay grades E1-E7 and 15 percent would be in grades E7-E9. Pay ranges vary ac cording to the number of years served. An El with one year of service would cam around $8,000 per year while an E- 9 with sixteen years of service would earn close to S30,0(X). Soldiers also re ceive a housing allowance, a food and clothing allowance and other benefits. Critics oflhe project warn 801 Hous ing will mean higher law enforcement, school and fire protection costs, and say the enlisted families are likely to spend their money at Fon Bragg’s PX and commissary, not in Hoke County. Move to schools again delayed Students and teachers at Upchurch and Turlington Middle Schools won’t get into their new campuses until just before Christmas, as supply and con- sUTiction delays slow die completion of two new middle schools. Teachers will start moving in the last two days of the semester—December 19 and 20. Sehool officials had hoped to get students into tlic new schools, named Eastand West Hoke Middle Schools, by the beginning of the school year. It became clear construction crews More Festival results posted List week, The News-Journal printed the available results from some of the competitions held during theNorthC aro- lina Turkey Festival. Here are the re mainder of the available results: Horse Show About 650 [X’ople turned out Sat urday and Sunday under sunny skies for the Turkey Festival Horse Show, held at Carolina Horse Farms on Fulford McMillan Road in Timberland. Horse fans enjoyed seeing young sters [K’rforin in the stick horse futurity each day. Many children brought their own stick horses and wore spa’ial cos tumes for the races. Ttic serious stuff fol low ed; Hunt Scat and Western classes on Saturday (162 ennants), and English classes on Sun day (95 entranus). Special class and hieli point winners got silver platters as trophies: (Sec RESULTS, page 8) weren’t going to finish cither school in time, so school administrators decided to set the moving-in date back to Octo ber 21. But that wasn’t far enough back, as it turned out. “Neither one of diem arc going to be one hunda'd percent by October 21,” Superintendent Bill Harri.son said Mon day. Construction crews slowed down noticeably after the new mo\c-in date was set. he said. Plus, tliere have been delays in getting essential materials, such as blackboards, to tlie new schools. “When we’re that late, we figured just wait to the two days before winter vacation,” Harrison said. With those two days plus two weeks of w inter vacation, the schools should be fully ready for students when they come back in early January. “We’ll have the facility much more ready,” Harrison said. Community effort School officials plan to make the move a community effort; they arc ask- (Sec MOVE, page 3) Around Town By Sam C. Morris Tlie weather for the past week has been perfect. The nights have been cool and the days haven’t been too hot. Fall is w ith us. This has k-en [lerfcct weather for the cotton farmers and the cotton gins have cotton piles in fields next to tiic gin. Maybe tlieginners w ill catch up with die pickers in a week or two. September made 21 straight months that die tem|X'raiure has been above normal. This suing started in January 1990. The forecast calls for the same fall- likc weather for the remainder of the week. Tlie highs for this ['criod will be in the high 70s and low 8()s. Tlie lows at night will be in the 50s. There is a chance of rain all four days, Wednesday through Saturday. * * t Tlic Hoke High School Bucks won their diird game of the season last Friday night. They defeated Laurinburg at the local stadium. The Bucks will play Anson Countv Fridav night at the local high school stadium. The game will start at 7 p.m. I read in a daily paper last week of die death of Al Grant of Laurinburg. Many people in Hoke County will remember when he worked here forRobbins Mills. The Grants lived in die P.O. Lee house on Bethel Road. Al was retired and ended his career as an executive with the Springs Mills. * * * Another death last week took from this community a teacher in the Hoke County Schools. Wes Williams, who was in charge of the computers at the schools was buried here Saturday. He came to Raeford to work for Burlington Industries after graduaung from N.C. State. Wes will be missed in the school system and he will also be missed at the Raeford Presbyterian Church where he was a deacon and a Sunday School teacher. We will all miss his wit and pleasant smile. ♦ * ♦ Recently Ruth Phillips w.as bv the ofl ice and she said that she had received (Sec AROUND, page 3)
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