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I lOA THE NEWS-JOURNAL Kacford, N.C. May 29,2002 Home bums Travel (Conlinued from page I A) Maire siiid his father is reliving all the memories since the house has burned. There was no insurance on the house, he added. He said the family may allow firefighters to use the residence for fire practice in order for it to be safely removed as a hazard. “It was a grand old home,” Haire said. “I used to work tobacco here when I was a kid. It was a ritual to have Sunday dinner here with fatback and collard greens and the best pt)und cake you ever tasted. “Both my grandparents were brought back here after they died for the visitation in the front parlor. That was the tradition in those days.” Haire said through the years people had stolen “so much stuff’ out of the house. “For us, it was a living memory of our clo.seness as a family,” he said. Haire said he is not angry at the arsonist, just di.sappointed someone would do such a thing. “A lot of people admired this hou.se,” Haire said. “We only pre served it because my father felt so sentimental about it.” “I just do not see how somebody could have burned this beautiful home." The rapidly-engulfed fire was slowed down by firefighters. Lumbee housing program begins rehabs Contracts have been awarded and construction is underway through the Lumbee Tribal Hous ing Rehabilitation program. One home in Scotland County was com pleted last week. The resident, Joyce Locklear, said that she had applied three limes for housing rehabilitation, how ever, her advice to others is “to keep trying; it’s worth it after all.” Another tribal member, St. Pauls resident Gracie Locklear said, “I am proud and I now have the faith tlnit something is happen ing through our Tribal Council. It makes me feel proud to know that something is being done that I couldn’t do myself due to money." In Hoke County another home is being rehabilitated. Shingles, wir ing, an overhang, windows, a porch and siding arc being installed. Although the application pro cess did not bother Christine Henderson, she stated that she was just surprised about “how quickly work has begun” on her home. The rehabilitation program pro vides services to repair, renovate or replace existing substandard hous ing conditions for qualified low to moderate income Lumbee families. The Lumbee Tribal Council housing program expects to assist 12.‘5 Lumbee families this year. The Hoke home of Christine Henderson is undergoing rehab work. (Conlinued from page I A) “I have been going with the county commissioners on trips for two or three years, and I have never paid for a trip,” Southerland said. “I will not pay for this one.” Southerland said he was in the capi tal on other business prior to the Na tional Association of Commissioners Convention. He came back early on March 2 because of the death of Mitch Tyler, Hoke school superintendent, and never used the hotel room at Hilton Hotels booked for him by Hoke, he said. Southerland is ajnember of the school board. Linda Revels, clerk of the board, signed up Southerland for the trip. The county paid a $385 registration fee for commissionerseminars for Southerland plus hotel accommodations terminated early, totaling $586. Revels said Southerland never re quested her to cancel his trip after he resigned. Hoke assistant finance officer Scott Edwards mailed Southerland the bill, which was authorized by County Manager Mike Wood. He requested the bill be paid by Southerland because. Wood said, the trip was not authorized by a county official. According to the county tax depart ment, Southerland resigned from his foreclosure position with the tax de partment after he told them on February 27 he was going to file that day for county commissioner. Southerland said he is being singled out unfairly. He alleged Commission ers Charles V. Daniels and Bobby Wright have not paid back the county for their wives going with them. “Why don’t you ask Linda Revels?” Southerland said last week. “She can tell you that Commissioners (Bobby) Wright and (Charles) Daniels have not paid the county for their wives’ trips or all those meals.” Revels said yesterday, however. Commissioners Wright and Daniels are always prompt in paying back the county for airfare expenses for their wives and other expenses for meals. County Man ager Mike Wood also confirmed Wright and Daniels have acted appropriately. “Any costs paid by the county for their wives to go to the national conven tion were deducted from their monthly Harry Southerland travel checks,” Wood said. “It is not correct that they did not pay the county back.” Southerlandalsocomplained that County Attorney Neil Yarborough had also accompanied the commis sioners in a previous year to a state convention in Asheville at taxpayer expense. Revels said she would have to research if Yarborough had gone on one trip, but she said he did not attend any national conventions. She said commissioners may have re quested he attend. “It does not matter if I was only a part-time attorney for the county and he is the county attorney,” Southerland said. “We are both part- time because he is also contracted.” The request for Southerland to pay for the national convention re sulted after Edwards realized Southerland had already resigned in his capacity with the county. Southerland also attended a na tional convention for commission ers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last July, and that trip was also paid for by the county, Southerland was contracted in 1999 to handle foreclosures for Hoke’s tax department. His con tract did not stipulate he was en titled to have the county pay for any out-of-town travel for hotels, regis tration fees or meals. Do Your Part - Drive Smart!! Illegal burning can lead to big fines The state regulates open burning, and only leaves, branches or other plant growth can be burned — le gally. Residents can be fined up to $I(),()(M) for illegal open burning in North Carolina. It’s illegal to burn garbage, paper and cardboard; tires and other rubber products; building materials, includ ing lumber; wire, plastics and syn thetic materials; asphalt, shingles and heavy oils; paints, household and ag ricultural chemicals. Homeowners can burn yard trim mings — excluding logs and stumps — if it is allowed under local ordi nances, no public pickup is available and it doesn’t cause a public nui sance. Other allowable burning in cludes campfires, outdoor barbecues and bonfires for festive occasions. Landowners can open burn veg etation to clear land or rights-of-way. provided that prevailing winds are away from built-up areas and roads, fires are at least 1,000 feet away from occupied buildings, and burning is done between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Burn permits issued by the N.C. 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