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The ews J oumal No. 12 Vol. 93 50 cents Wednesday, june 21, 2000 Visit us at our new web location www.thenews-journal.com This week Bill Croft sets weightlifting records page 8A Hoke's residents stay active as summer reigns page 1B Hit and run victim is recovering, arrest is made page 4A Index Births 3B Calendar 2B Classifieds 10-11B Deaths 5 A Editorials 2 3A Legals 7-9B Public Record 4-5A Schools.. 4-5,7,126 Socials 3B TV Listings 5-6B Weddings 3B Around Town By Sam C. Morris Contributing Editor The hot weather is still here and it doesn’t look like it is going away. Summer begins this week and I am wondering what kind of temperatures will come with it. At least we have had some rain in the afternoons and this cools things off for a whi le. So far, we have been lucky and we haven’t received any ex tensive damage like other places in the state. The forecast for the remain der of the week, Wednesday through Friday, calls for the highs Wednesday and Thurs day to be in the 90s and the lows in the 70s. Friday and Saturday the highs will be in the 80s and the lows in the 60s. There could be thunder showers every day except Wednesdaj. ***** 1 have found out some more information about the old house on North Stewart Street. In talking with Mrs. Crawford Thomas nee Marguerite Free man she said that her mother and father had an apartment in the house when they were first married. This was in 1904, and she said that Mr. and Mrs. Carey Stephens occupied the home. The Freemans later built a house on Magnolia Street, known by most people as the Make McKeithan home. She doesn’t know who owned or built the house and if anyone who reads this col- (See AROUND, page 54) County tightens belt to avoid increase By Victoriana Summers Staff writer keep it in line and promising not to raise Commissioners plan to tackle final taxes this year. Their Monday budget obstacles to balance the budget in another workshop was followed by a public hear- workshop slated for tomorrow evening. Moderation was the key word as a ing, where a majority of citizens present June22, at 6:30 p.m., prior to the June 30 concerned board of commissioners tucked pleaded for extra funding of the Sheriff’s deadline for approving the budget. Com- inthebudgetbeltanothernotch,hopingto budget to provide better protection. missioners have expressed acommitment to see all employees receive a mutually shared cost of living adjustment (COLAy totaling three percent of employees’ sala ries. According to the board, they are consideringequally dividingthe $ 160,000 (See COUNTY BUDGET, page 9A) J Mario Dockery Markeith Jackson Scene of Wednesday’s crash on NC 21 1 at McCain which killed one and seriously injured three. Head-on crash in rain kills man By Pat Allen Wilson Editor A head-on collision which oc curred during a heavy rain last Wednesday afternoon on Aberdeen Road left a Hoke County man dead and three others with serious inju ries. The death of Camerino Carbajal, 25, of the 4000 block of Old Maxton Road, Red Springs, brings the num ber of vehicular deaths in Hoke County to five. The wreck also injured Carbajal’s passengers, Jose Mequita, 22, and Edi Sandoval, 24, whose addresses are listed as the same as Carbajal’s. The driver of the other car, Libby B. Moodie,52,ofthe lOOblock of North McNeil Street, Carthage, was also injured. She did not have any passen gers. State Trooper J.D. Hoover’s re port states the 1988 Buick driven by Carbajal was traveling southeast on NC 211 when it ran onto the right shoulder, went out of control and crossed the center line and struck the (See FATALITY, page 9A) Young mother raped, man in custody By Pat Allen Wilson Editor By Victoriana Summers Staff writer A 22-year-old mother was alleg edly repeatedly raped by an intruder over a period of three hours early this morning at her residence on Angel Drive off Alex Baker Road, says Major Thomas Carlton of the Hoke Sheriff’s Department. The woman was sleeping on her sofa with her infant at approximately 3 a.m. when the rapist reportedly forced entry through the front door, after unsuc cessfully trying to access the mobile home in several other locations. The child appears unharmed. Carlton said. However, the woman was transported to FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, where she is be ing treated for injuries and trauma sustained during the attack and sexual assault. Carlton said details were still being investigated whether the al leged rapist exerted physical force, or also threatened the rape victim (See RAPE, page lOA) Inmates escape, are recaptured Hoke jailer overpowered By Victoriana Summers Staff writer After eluding capture for almost two days, Hoke County Jail inmates Mario Dockery and Markeith Jackson were apprehended by Hoke County Sheriff’s Department. The escaped inmates’ capture ended a 35- hour nonstop manhunt on Friday shortly after noon. The two men were considered to be “armed and dan gerous” after allegedly injuring Hoke Jailer Lamar Marshall. Dockery and Jackson were returned to Hoke Jail, where they are being kept under light security in Raeford. After their apprehension, Dockery, 18, ot Reserva tion Road in Ashley Heights, and Jackson, 18, of College Drive, were both charged with escape from a local jail, felony first degree kidnapping, assault on a law enforcement officer, felony larceny of a motor (See ESCAPE, page 7A) Some deputies say jailbreak might have been averted By Victoriana Summers Staff writer Some Hoke Sheriff’s personnel have alleged the escape of two prisoners from Hoke Jail last week could have been avoided if proper procedure was followed and tighter securities measures were in place. These deputies, who said they value their jobs, and others who have already resigned, declined to allow their names to be used. “We care about what goes on in Hoke Jail and we have been dedicated,” one deputy said. “When we took (See DEPUTIES, page 7A) Citizens complain of chronic speeding by deputies By Victoriana Summers Staff writer Raeford Police Department officials say an officer recently clocked a Hoke Sheriff’s deputy speeding more than 80 miles an hour downtown during a non emergency situation — and it’s not the first time it’s happened. In response to this alleged re peated abuse of Raeford’s posted speed limits. Police Chief Mack High sent an official complaint letter to Sheriff Jim Davis on June 15 asking deputies to cease speeding. According to High, his actions resulted after w idespread complaints from local residents. “This situation can no longer be tolerated,” High said. “This speeding by deputies is going to come to a screeching halt in our city,” he said. “This is not an isolated inci dent. Deputies have been speed ing in Raeford for about a year and the situation has gotten worse,” High said. According to High, other in stances of speedingdeputies have been logged in written reports. In the past, verbal warnings have been issued without written cita- tionsdispensed todeputies. High added. The most recent occurrence involved an unmarked car driven by a deputy in civilian clothes, who was accompanied by a pas senger. High said one of his officers clocked the vehicle speeding in excess of 80 miles per hour as it (See SPEEDING, page 9A) Assistant superintendent hired 1. Fowl weather These ducks were having a dippity-doo-dah day at Johnson Mill Pond on Thursday during a rain shower. By Kristin Guthrie Staff writer The new school year will bring some changes for Hoke County schools beginning with the new Superintendent MitchTyler, who will begin officially on July 1, and now Assistant Superinten dent Allen Strickland. The Board of Education voted to add Strickland to its staff Tuesday night during its regular monthly board meeting. Strickland comes to Hoke County schools from neighbor ing Cumberland County. Reared in Cumberland County, Strickland went to Emmanuel College in Georgia and then transferred to Campbell University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in elementary education with a concentration in social studies and language arts. He then continued at Campbell University to earn his masters in education administra tion in the early 1980s. Working in Cumberland County for 26 years, Strickland has been employed as a fourth, fifth and sixth grade teacher, as sistant principal, associate lead principal at Cape Fear High School, principal at J W Seabrook Elementary, and director and executive director of elementary education for Cumberland County Central Services. Leaving Cumberland County and coming to Hoke as assistant superintendent, Strickland said, “I look torward to coming to Hoke County... I’m excited.” (See ASSISTANT, page 7A)
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