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It It II II
By Sam C. M )rri’
Contributing Editor
The weather is still warm
and the cold front that was
supposed to come through the
county last week stayed to the
north. As I write this Monday,
it is cloudy and it is reported
that we could get some rain.
We need the rain because it
has been about two weeks
since the last shower. Any
way, the people who put on
the Turkey b'estival were
happy that it was fair.
The forecast for the remain
der of the week, Wednesday
through Saturday,calls for the
highs to be in the 7()s and the
lows in the 5()s. There isn’t
much chance of rain. Fall is
now with us!
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I haven’t heard about the
attendance at the events at the
Turkey Festival, but from the
trafficThursday afternoon, the
parade must have been a suc
cess. 1 had a meeting at the
Raeford Presbyterian C’hurch
. at seven o’clock that evening
and 1 tliduglll loi auiniv. that 1
would miss the meeting. At
one time I was within a block
of the church and then had to
detour several more blocks
(See AROUND, pane I2A)
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Elementat7 students from around Hoke County got to miss a little school last Thursday so they could come
to the library grounds in downtown Raeford and enjoy the storytellers at the Nth Annual N C Turkey
Festival. Look inside for dozens of pictures which captured the turkey industry’s grandest event, (Pat Allen
Wilson photo)
30,000 flock to Festival
By Pai AiifN WiisoN
Staff writer
Anne D’Annunzio, who lives
in Hillsboro, .says the Hog Day
events celebrated there "pule in
comparison” to Raeford’s North
Carolina Turkey Festival.
D’Annunzio, a former
Raeford resident, has attended
all but one of Raeford’s 14 festi
vals. and was here Saturday for
the street fair. "It’s great. It is
always a lot of fun. Now that I
live in Hillsboro, all my friends
w ant me to take pictures because
they can’t believe we celebrate
the turkey and ha\ e turkey races."
The festisal began Friday,
September II with the Turkey
Arrests follow parade skirmish
By Pai Ai i i n Wii sun
Staff writer
"It ^sasa nice parade,” said an
elderly woman who had enjoyed
the Turkey I'estival parade Thurs
day evening. "It’s a shame they
had to act like that," she added.
Standing at the intersection of
Main Street and Harris Avenue,
the lady was speaking of those
involved in a melee that occurred
just as the parade was winding
down, and happy spectators
joined the Fay etteville State Uni
versity Marching Hand in danc
ing and prancing down Main
Street toward Harris Avenue.
The mood turned from jubi
lant to mean after Raeford police
offie
in a disturbance created when
two teenagers began arguing.
Kenny Kermit Rogers, 18,and
Raymond Locklear, 17, were
cursing and challenging each
other to a fight, according to
Raeford Police Detective Clreg
Thomas. Thomas and Sgt. Clitf
Stautfer were attempting to hold
the men off one another when
(lene B. Locklear, a relative ot
one of the teenagers, cursed
Stauffer several times and would
not step buck w hen directed to do
so. Stauffer told (iene LiK’klear
he was "charged with inciting a
not" and sprayed Mace at him
when he would not stay on the
ground as ordered, T'lumras said.
Both he and Stauffer inhaled
some of the Mace. 'Thomas said,
and an elderly women standing
nearby also ingested some of the
chemical and became sick.
T he loeklears were put into
■ ' t en .ivviv while
Stautfer lesponded to an emer
gency nearby where a man was
suffering from a seizure. While
there, Michelle Locklear, .TO, re-
(See SKIRMISH, paf>e ^ \)
Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Money sought
for sewer work
Bv Pai Ai i i n Wii .son
Staff writer
The Hoke County-Raeford
Economic Development Board
is drafting a letter to send to
I loke County commissioners re
questing money be allocated for
designing three sewer projects.
Included in the fiscal year
IOOS-W county budget for eco
nomic development funding is
SI2.S.()I)()-1.S().0()(). Commis
sioners are looking into setting
up a capital reserve fund and
discussed the matter at Monday
night s hoard meeting but made
no decisions.
The T.conomic Development
Board met early the following
morning, and interim County
Manager Bernice MePhatter told
them commissioners were hesi
tant on funding and were looking
for something official.
Commissioner Tom Hlowell
has pushed for action on sewer
service. Fie said Monday night,
"It’s most important now.” He
said Hoke’s residential growth
needs to be balanced with indus
trial and commercial growth.
"We’re not going to have inten
sive commercial development
without sewer.”
This was the mes.sage that
came out of an economic devel-
(See SEWER, page 9A)
Disgruntled DemcKjats
seek to oust Haddon
Bowl high school lootball game
and ended Sunday, September
2(1 with golf and tennis tourna
ments and a gospel sing.
'The festival's mam events,
including a large parade, a three-
bl(Kk street fair and beach con
cert. took place on Ihursd.iv,
Fridav andSaturdav. 1 he events
f.S’.r riMIVM. pagc r\}
Bv I’vi \i 11 N VViisns
Staff writer
The same day tli.it a group of
ll(ike( ounty residents.isked for
the resien.ition ot Ben H.iddon.
chairman ot the Hoke County
17emociatic Party, they sent out
a press release stating he is to be
removed from office.
The group, called Concerned
Democratic Citizens ot Hoke
County, wrote Barbara Allen,
ch.iirm.m ot the North Carolina
Demoer itic Party. on September
17 and requested an expedited
hearing into the removal of the
Hoke County Democratic Party
ch.iirm.in XlsoonSeptember 17,
the group sent out .i media re-
le ise in which they stated they
were seeking the immediate re
moval III their chairman. They
c 11 c si .1 s t he i r re .ISO n s t ha 111 addon
h.id failed to support or endorse
my ot the local Democratic Pri-
m.iry winners for the upcoming
gciKr.ileleciion. The release was
headed "Hoke County Derno-
cr.itic Party Chairman to be Re
moved."
In \lav ’sDenn*craticprimary,
Jim Davis deleated incumbent
W av lie Bvrd in the sheriff's race.
lyne Gardner, chief of depu-
ticsotthe HokeCountv Sheriff's
Department, and a Democrat,
tiled as .in unat I dialed candidate
alter his supporters presented a
pe'tition with more than l,4(M)
signatures.
I n races other than that of sher
iff. county commissioners Jean
Hixiges and Tom Howell lost
their seats in the Democratic pri
mary to Charles
Daniels andTony Hunt. Belly
Cook lost to Vera Hollingsworth
in the Clerk of Court race. These
candidates face no opposition in
the November election.
In their letter to Allen, the
group staled, "On Saturday, June
27.1W8 the Executive Commit
tee of the Hoke County Demo
cratic Party met and approved a
resolution forourparty toopenly
support the winnersof the Demo
cratic Primary. To the contrary,
our chairman has refused to en
dorse any of our nominees, by
name and has failed to mount
unified party position for our
general election efforts.”
The letter went on to state that
Haddon had told Davis he would
not provide him “any assistance
whatsoever.”
The letter accused Haddon of
openly supporting the unaffili-
ated candidate opposing Davis
in the general election.
In addition to asking for
Haddon's release as chairman,
the letter requests the state party
assist with monitoring the Hoke
County polling facilities during
the November 3 election.
The letter was signed by
(See DEMOCRA TS, page 9A}
IIS I N
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What happened.’
The driver, Cai rie McLean Stephens, 42. of Red Spr mgs Road, said she was not sure what happened after
her vehicle plowed through a building at 119 West Elwood Avenue, shattering a plate glass window.
Stephens was pulling out of the Centui a Bank parking lot when the accident happened at around 5 p.m.
last Wednesday. Neither she nor her passenger, Sally McLean, 70. were injured. (Knight Chamberlain
photo)