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The ews J ournal The 27(h issue of our 83rd year RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA 25 CENTS Wednesday, October 16,1991 Recommendation would shorten wait for mobile homes When Hoke’s zoning law went into effect October 1, mobile home salesmen raised an alarm. Due to the zoning process, the waiting period to put a single-wide trailer on a lot in most parts of the county would be so long, they said, it would put them out of business. But if county commissioners approve a Plan ning and Development Commission recommen dation, those who want to put a trailer on most land in Hoke County won’t have to wait as long as some feared. In most parts of the county—those zoned RA- 20 and RMF-15 — people who want to set up a trailer will have to get a conditional use permit. That means they will have to alert all their pro spective neighbors and get a hearing before the Planning and I>;velopment Commission. If the PDC decides — after hearing comments from neighbors — to let the trailer go in, the land owner gets a conditional use permit. But the PDC meets only once a month; that can drag out the prtK'ess for getting a mobile home too long — up to six to eight weeks — for it to be feasible for trailer salesmen, David Horne, of Andy Anderson Mobile Homes, said at Thursday night’s PDC meeting. “1 can’t get funded for such a house until it’s set up in the field,” Horne said. He said he can’t afford to let a trailer sit on his lot that long. “d’he house could be sitting on our lot for six (See MOBILE HOMES, page 9) City Council to decide Turlington’s future Neiglil>ors’ opposition fails to sway PDC M #2 Hosed off A Rockfish fireman appears all but drowned by water from fire hoses during competition Saturday sponsored by the Hoke Firefighters Association. Actually, his job was to direct blindfolded teammates to the tub in which he was standing; the team that filled it with water first won. Rockfish firemen won three of the four events, defeating Puppy Creek, N. Raeford and Hillcrest de partments. More photos, page 8. HELP Center gets manager With a part-time manager for its downtown center, the Hoke Emergency Liaison Program now has its feet firmly on the ground. Surveying items ranged about the HELP center’s floor, newly-hired man ager Nora Cockbum can’t find enough places to put al 1 the things that have been donated. “As you can see,” she says, “there’s no lack of donations.” HELP sells the second-hand goods much like a Goodwill store, and can arrange gifts of items to tide a family over in an emergency, such as when its home bums down. A native of Columbia, South Caro lina, Cockbum moved to Raeford 10 years ago. She worked at Heritage Sav ings and Loan, which was bought out by First Citizens’ Bank. Cockbum started her new job at the HELP center Thursday. “1 worked volunteer all summer and when I was approached about this Job, 1 wasn’t sure if this was something 1 (Sec HELP, page 9) R aeford’s city council will face the contro versial future of Turlington school at its next meeting—the day before most of the councilmen go up for re-election. Despite solid opposition from 25 or 30 of the school’s neighbors, Hoke County’s plan to use the campus as space for offices, recreation and the community college was approved Thursday night 4-2 in city council chambers by the Plan ning and Development Commission; the PDC’s recommendation for a conditional use permit means the request goes before City Council November 4. Middle school students and teachers now at Turlington on W. Prospect Avenue will move to the new West Hoke Middle School (farther west on the same road) over winter break. Then the county, hard pressed for social services office space in another building, gets possession of the school from the School Board. PDC member Keith Jackson moved to approve only Sandhills Community College going onto Turlington caihpus — a move that would appear to satisfy the crowd in the council chamber — but his motion died without a second. PDC member Marcia Snow then moved to approve the county’s request. “It’s for the city to determine how these build ings are to be used,” she said. “These are deci sions for the city to make.” ITeodore Jackson seconded; only Vice Chair man Andy Gibson and Keith Jackson voted against. Chairman Ann Pate was out of town. The county proposes to use Turlington build ings for Cooperative Extension and Veterans’ Service offices; to use the gymnasium and rooms underneath it for a “passive” recreation program and Parks and Recreation offices; and to use the rest of the campus to house Sandhills Community College’s Hoke County campus. Citizens protested having a recreation program in their neighborhood; the City’s zoning director said there may not be enough ptu'king. County Manager Barry Reed, who brought the request before the PDC, said the county’s recre ation program “won’t be anything like what we have when we get the gym.” He said the gym would be used tor passive recreation; that is, folks could come to the gym and play basketball, shuffleboard or table tennis on their own without having to join a league. The gym would be supervised by county employees, he said; users would have to pay a fee and get an identification card to use the gym. “Most of the people here tonight are con cerned about a change in the zoning ...be cause we don’t know what’s going to be in there in the future’’ —Bill Moses That still sounded too much like the purpose the gym already serves to some neighbors. “If you was to move the recreation department down to the gymnasium, would it still be the nuisance that it’s been for the last six or seven years?” asked one resident. Residents said youths already come into the neighborhood to use the gym at night, making noise outside and keeping neighbors awake. “We don’t think the utilization is going to be overly great.” Reed said. “But it’s a real need.” This is Hoke County’s only chance to get a recreation center, Reed said; the county is too poor to build one. “If we can’t use this for this purpose, we’ll never have one,” he said. Other citizens worried about parking problems. They said on nights the auditorium is in use, people park throughout the neighborhood, some times even blocking driveways. Raeford attorney Bill Moses cited a more general worry'. “Most of the people here tonight are concerned about a change in the zoning...because we don’t know what’s going to be in there in the future,” said Moses, who has relatives in the neighbor hood. If Turlington is used as a community college only, Moses said, the city would not have to grant a conditional use permit. Reed disagreed. In the eyes of the city zoning law. either Sandhills or county office space would require a conditional use permit, he said. Moses’ recommendation that Turlington be used only for Sandhills Community College received applause from the school’s neighbors; the idea also got an endorsement from Mary Archie McNeill, director of the Hoke County (See TURLINGTON, page 8) Man, woman charged in beating of 2-year old Around Town Finishing touch Kay Thomas, a HELP organizer, puls finishing touches on a cabinet in the Main Street store. A two-year oki chi Id was taken from her mother after she and her boyfriend wcrcchargcd withchild abuse Saturday. Pamela Sue Boquist, 25, of Nortli Lake Drive was charged with misde meanor child abuse. According to the warrant for her ar rest, Boquist allegedly exposed her baby to a risk of injury by allowing the child to live in a home with Boquist’s abusive boyfriend. After arriving at Boquist’s home on a call to check the condition of the baby. Deputy David Smith found the child had scars on its backside and legs, according to his crime report. Smith described the condition of the Boquist house as so bad it was “unbe lievable.” Jamc »Earl Locklear, 25,of Stiannon, was charged with assault on a child under age 12. H is arrest warrant charged he beat the baby about the face, rear end and legs with his hands and a bell. Locklear has a long criminal history, said Dct. Danny Wilson. Iloke woman charged with kiiilliig Ilian A Hoke County woman was charged Satuniay evening in the knifing of a man. Patricia Campbell, 22, was charged with assault, said James Murdock, Raeford’s chief of police. She allegedly cut Curtis Tarrance, no known address, with a kitchen knite in an apartment at 154 Yadkin Trail. Hoke innn reports burglar A Hoke County man rcixtrted he found a burglar in his home Thursday. Clyde Cooper, of U.S. 401 South, reixtrted he heard someone in his house Thursday night, aecording to a sheriff's report. When Cooper stepped into his hall way to investigate, the burglar fled. (Sec CRIME, page 9) By Sam C. Morris Tlie weather over tfic weekend was nice, rtie temperatures were in the 70s during the day and the early morning rain Saturday ceased K'fore noon. It was cold Monday morning witli the low around 40 degrees. Alter the sun came up it was nice during the day. \s this is being written Monday night most of the TV w eathennen arc cal li ng for rain Tues day anil Wednesday. Ttic forecast for Thursday through Saturday calls for the temperatures V be in the low 70s and high 60s during tlic day and for the lows to be in the low 50s and high 40s. 1 believe iliat the weekend will be ilry. Just nice fall weather. * * ♦ It seems tliat die J udge Claamce Tho mas and Anita Hill apiK'arances before the Senate Judiciary Committee have taken the top rating on TV. The baseball and football games over tlie weekend h;td to play second fiddle if i' " 'h c ling incus in Washington >ial jx'ople told me Monday that they stayed up until after 2 a.m. Monday to see tlic end of the procedure. Besides Judge Thomas and Ms. Hill some of the Senators on the panel have come under the observation by die pcoiric who have followed the event. By the lime this paper goes to press the out come on Judge TTiomas will be known by all of us. Who will be the winners and who will be the losers of this affair? Only time will tell. One thing we can all learn from this is diat sexual harassment is now up in the foa’ front and most people had better be careful of what they say and do around employees in the work place. Let’s hope that we will never have to go through anodicr hearing of this kind in the years to come. If this type of hearing goes on, it will be hard to get qual ified people to accept appointments. * ♦ * Last week 1 wrote about the amount of cotton that is in fields and othcrplaccs around the local gins. The cotton is still there and dn- gins are running around the clock to try and catch up. It is hard to do when you sec 4 to 6 cotton pickers in a field, loading trailers to go to die gins. Many years ago as I walked to school around diis t ime of year the roads around the gins were backed up with wagons loaded with cotton. There were not 15 to 18 bales like trailers today, but one or (See AROUND, page 8)
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