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Election
October 9, 19%
THE NEWS JOURNAL
Raetord, N.C.
7A
(Continued from page lA)
N. Main St.; Raeford #2, Sandhills
Community College, 127 W. Elwood
Ave.; Raeford #3, Hillcrest Fire De
partment, Highway 401, Business;
Raeford #4, Hoke County Civic Cen
ter, South College Drive; Raeford #5,
Upchurch School Gymnasium, Turn
pike Road North; Rockfish, Rockfish
Fire Department, downtown Rock
fish; Stonewall, Stonewall Fire De
partment, Highway 20.
On election day, voters will be
asked to make several local, district,
state and national decisions.
On the local front, the race for two
seats on the Hoke County Board of
Commissioners wi 11 be fought by Cleo
Bratcher Jr. and James A. Leach,
Democrats, and Jim Knott and Gene
R. Shelnutt, Republicans. There will
also be a fight for two seats on the
Board of Education among John F.
Harry, John D. McAllister and Leland
D. Strother.
There will be several other
countywide elections on the ballot in
which citizens are running uncon-
Shelnutt
tested, including Raz Autry for Soil
and Water Conservation Supervisor;
Della Maynor for Register of Deeds;
and Jean E. Powell for District Attor
ney.
The statewide election will also
leave voters with several choices. In
the race for Dist. 17 of the State Sen
ate, J. Richard Condor and Aaron
Plyler, Democrats, will face W.P.
(Bill) Davis and Clayton Loflin, Re
publicans.
In Dist. 30 of the State Senate,
David F. Weinstein, Democrat, is run
ning unopposed.
In the Dist. 16 House of Represen
tatives race, Douglas Y. Yongue,
Democrat, will face off against
Jonathan D. Breeden, Republican.
In the Dist. 85 House of Represen
tatives race, Ronnie Sutton, Demo
crat, is running uncontested.
The Dist. 87 House of Representa
tives race pits Donald A. Bonner,
Democrat, against Frances M.
Cummings, Republican.
The 8th Congressional District race
ballot for United States Senator and
Member of Congress will contain can
didates from four different parties in
cluding Harvey B. Gantt and W.G.
(Bill) Hefner, Democrats; Jesse Helms
and Curtis Blackwood, Republicans;
Ray Ubinger, Libertarian; and J. Vic
tor Pardo and Thomas W. Carlisle,
Natural Law.
On Nov. 5 voters win also have the
opportunity to vote for or against sev
eral constitutional amendments and a
bond referendum. They are listed be
low.
Constitutional amendments grant
ing veto power to the Governor; con
stitutional amendment to provide that
probation, restitution, community ser
vice, work programs and other re
straints on liberty are punishments
that may be imposed on a person
convicted of a criminal offense; con
stitutional amendment adding Vic
tims’ Rights Amendment, giving
crime victims basic rights to partici
pate in the justice system; the issu
ance of one billion eight hundred mil
lion dol I ars ($ 1 ,800,000,000) State of
North Carolina Public School Build
ing Bonds constituting general obli
gation bonds of the State secured by a
pledge of the faith and credit and
taxing power of the State for the pur
pose of providing funds to counties,
with any other available funds, to pay
the cost of public school building
capital improvements; the issuanci.
of nine hundred fifty million dollar*-
($950,000,000) State of North Caro
lina H ighway bonds constituting gen
eral obligation bonds of the State se
cured by a pledge of faith and credit
and taxing power of the State for the
purpose of providing funds, with any
other available funds, through the
application of not in excess of five
hundred million dollars
($500,000,000) of the bonds to pay
the capital costs of urban loops, the
application of not in excess of three
hundred million dollars
($300,000,000) of the bonds to pay
the capital costs of Intrastate System
projects and the application of not in
excess of one hundred fifty million
dollars ($150,000,000) of the bonds
to pay the capital costs of projects
constituting a part of the State sec
ondary highway system resulting in
the paving of unpaved roads.
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polished politician.”
After he filed and declared his in
tent to run for the county office,
Shelnutt said he spoke with a lot of
local residents w ho shared his con
cerns. So if elected, there are several
things he’d focus on, including work-
VOTE
Jonathan Breeden
NC House
Pud fo« by CowwipWw to Elect ion»{ban Bfeedon
ing with the sheriffs department to
reduce crime, making sure county
employees I ive within the county, cre
ating a friendly atmosphere as a liai
son between the county and develop
ers interested in the local market and
working on the county’s budget.
“1 feel there’s a need to streamline
the daily operations of county gov
ernment,” he said.
Shelnutt said he also thinks Hoke
County’s volunteer firefighters should
receive some kind of compensation,
such as help with dues to the North
Carolina Firemen’s Pension Fund,
monetary payment for each answered
alarm or possibly even payment to
help them attend training programs.
“One of the county’s most impor
tant assets is volunteer firemen and
they shou Id be rewarded in some way,”
Shelnutt said.
Shelnutt also is concerned about
the crime in the county, especially
among young people.
“One thing I feel is very important
right now is the truancy problem I see
within the county’s schools,” Shelnutt
said.
Although he admits he doesn’t
know how to prevent the problem
from happening, he said he has spo
ken with officials and is working on a
solution.
Shelnutt, one of the few Republi
cans to run for office in the predomi
nantly Democratic Hoke County, said
what’s more important than the party
he’s registered with is his involve
ment as a citizen. The only way to
arrive at satisfactory results is for
everyone to become involved — re
gardless of party affiliation, he said.
“The Republican party is grow
ing,” Shelnutt said, “but I’m part of
the concerned citizens and we’re much
larger. I’d rather run on principles
rather than politics.”
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%
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Each Other Flospital
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