The
ews
Journal
No. 28 Vol. 88
If it happened, it*s news to us*
HOKE COUNTY 50 CENTS
Wednesday, October 16, 1996
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PhDioDv Jen Osborn
Fire safety
A North Raeford tircffghter helps Shakeema Hollingsworth out of a fire truck. The firefighters coached
the children at Butler s Day Care about fire safety and gave the children a tour of their truck.
McAllister seeks seeond term
B) Kristin (iulhrie
Staff writer
After 37 \cars with the Hoke
(ounty publicschm)! system
eight of them on the Board of
Wucation —John McAllister is
seeking another four-sear term
with the board.
Other than being on the board
and holding the position of board
chairman, McAllister has been
the principal at ScurkK’k Klcmen-
tary and Upchurch Hlementary
and has taught social studies and
math in the public school s> stem
in Hoke County. He has worked
in the county’s central education
office.
All his life, McAllister said.
he has worked with people in a
variety of capacities.
"rve loved working with
people all my life," he said. “At
the board, we ftK'us on what’s at
hand and that’s the students
As I look at it, we are here to
serve the people, focusing in on
the children.’’
In addition to his work with
the board, McAllister’sownedu-
catioii has prepared him for the
job. He earned a bachelor’s de
gree in elementary education and
social studies from Fayetteville
State University, a master’s de
gree in administration and edu
cation from A & T State Univer
sity and a six-year degree in edu
cation administration from North
THIS WEEK
Accent IB
Calendar 2B
Classifieds 8B
Deaths 9A
Editorials 2A
Legals 7B
Social News.... 3B
School News. lOA
Around Town
By Sam C. Morris
Contributing editor
The weather over the week
end was perfect. The sun was
shining and the temperature reg
istered in the 70s during the day
time. The nights were cool with
readings in the high 40s. We got
approximately four inchesof rain
out of the tropical storm. We
didn’t need any and it caused
flooding in many parts of the
state.
The forecast calls for the re
mainder of the week, Wednes
day through Saturday, to have
highs in the 70s and the lows in
Deputies arrest
murder suspect
By Jen Osborn
Assistant editor
A summer murder may
be solved now that of
ficials with the Hoke
County Sheriff’s Department
have arrested a suspect.
William Green, 23, of Hoke
County was arrested last
Wednesday, Oct. 9, on charges
of first degree murder, said Det.
joe Blackburn.
The murder apparently oc
curred on June 8 near Wayside
Road in Hoke County. Marion
Jerome Poole, 32, of Clinton
was found sitting in his still-run
ning 1995 black BMW and had
been shot and killed.
According to earlier reports,
the incident was initially reported
as a vehicle accident when
Poole’s car traveled across Way-
side Road and ran into the porch
steps of a house there. The own
ers, who were out of town,
weren’t connected to the crime,
reports said.
When troopers from the N.C.
Highway Patrol arrived on the
see ne they found Poole and cal led
the sheriff’s department to con
duct an investigation.
Blackburn said Green is being
held in jail without a bond, as is
normal in first degree murder
cases.
Horse theft
Sheriff’s officials also arrested
a Cumberland County animal
control officer on charges of
horse theft on Friday, said Det.
David Newton.
Leon Harrington was charged
with felony larceny after he al
legedly stole a red and white
miniature horse last month that
was owned by Roscoe Burnett of
(See CRIME, page 4A)
Schools seek volunteers
By Kristin Guthrie
Staff writer
('arolina Central University.
lie also served four years in
the U.S. Army Air Corps, now
known as the U.S. Air Force,
after being drafted in 1942.
When asked what his goals
are if he is elected, McAllister
said, “I want to try to install pro
grams and continue programs to
help students master skills to
graduate from high school and
go into the world to work or do
whatever they want. The basics
would be reading, communica
tions (writing), and computer
skills (math, figures, measure
ment).’’
Another issue of concern for
McAllister is safety of the stu-
(See CANDIDATE, page 5A)
Hoke County’s middle schools
are ask i ng for donat ions and seek
ing volunteers to help with Net
Day ‘96.
With the help of volunteers as
well as individual and corporate
donations. Net Day ‘96 will al
low the schools to be better pre
pared to serve their students. The
day, October 26, will wire the
public schools for connection to
the World Wide Web at no cost
to the taxpayers.
Schools all over the state of
North Carolina will join Hoke
County’s middle schools for the
project implementation.
The goal for Net Day ’96 is to
wire as many classrooms as pos
sible in each of the county’s
middle schools. Right now, there
“It is a great opportunity to bring together our
schools and the community to make a big difference
for our students. We really need some more dona
tions. We can only do as much as we have money
for. ” —Phyllis Fahrenbruck.
is no way to know just how many
classes will be connected, but
organizers hope to wire at least
24 rooms at East Hoke and six
rooms at West Hoke.
East Hoke is able to wire more
rooms because they had a school
fundraiser to help raise some of
the money.
Just how many classes are
wired will be based on the gener
osity of Hoke County, said
Fahrenbruck.
“It is a great opportunity to
bring together our schools and
the community to make a big
difference for our students,” said
Hoke County Computer Educa-
tor/SlMS Coordinator Phyllis
Fahrenbruck.
So far, they have only received
$100 in donations. “We really
need some more donations,” said
Fahrenbruck. “We can only do
as much as we have money for.”
She said the wiring kits cost
$685 apiece to wire six class
rooms. In addition to the wiring
kits, they also need donations to
(See NET DAY, page 5A)
Skydiving team breaks record
By Jen Osborn
Assistant editor
Although they didn’t accom
plish the goal they intended, the
Pieces of Eight amputee skydiv
ing team made up of members
from throughout the country did
break their own record at the
See Related Story,
page 9A.
the 5()s. There is a chance of rain
forecast for Friday.
1 went by the Board of Elec-
tionsoffice Monday and Caroline
Shook, clerk, said mailed-in reg
istrations were still coming in.
Since the post office was closed
Monday, she is waiting to make
a list of the final registrations for
the November election.
We will have to wait until next
week to see the final total for the
county. I will break it down by
precincts and also by parties.
*****
Agnes Mae Campbell came
(See AROUND, page 8A)
Reford Airport this weekend.
Carl Miller, a Hoke County
resident who’s part of the team,
said the team still set a world
record formation jump. The
documentation of the 12-way
formation will be sent to the
Guinness Book of World Records
as well as to the Federal Aviation
International (FAI) to be re
corded. Even though they were
attempting a 16-way formation
jump, as far as they know Pieces
of Eight still holds the world
record with a 12-way formation.
Miller said.
“Most guys went home satis
fied with what we accom
plished,” Miller said.
The group was at the Raeford
drop zone over the weekend and
made 21 total jumps — seven a
day — in an attempt to reach the
't.
Photo by Jen Osborn
A member of the Pieces of Eight skydiving team floats down to the target
at the Raeford Airport. The team is made up of amputees.They were in
Raeford last weekend to attempt to break a world record.
goal. jumps (in fact, recently in Russia
Although Miller said it’s noth- a 297-way jump was recorded),
ing these days for skydivers to because Pieces of Eight is made
accomplish 100-way formation (See RECORD, page 7A)