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No. 36 Vol. 96
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Widening 211 west, 401 south moves step
Rural transportation board recommends funding to widen roads to four lanes
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Staff writer
ThcLumbci Ri\ci Rui.il 1 i.mspnti.i
tion Planning Organi/alion has m nni-
mentlcd the liinUing loi e\pansii>n nl
Highw a_\ 211 between R.ieloel hrI
Aberdeen and I'.S, 4(11 ilu ^ln^. ss n- mh
of Laurinbiirgtnl .S 4(ll liiisiius, .asi
of Raeford.
For more than 14 uai >. the Iwc nia
jor highways that link llokef minte to
Moore and Scotland count les w e n hsli d
as future projects for w idenmn bt \ hikI
two lanes, but have lemainetl unlun.kd
by the N.C. Department ol f i.in-pinta-
tion. Prioreffortsln Ih'ki aii ls i|i I
counties for the state to fund these
pioiects were unsuccessful.
I he L.umber River RTPO also ap-
pioved recommending completion of
lnteistate-7.t 74 from Greensboro, urg-
me it be constructed on the western
I orriilorol Hoke and advance intoScot-
land ( ount v. continuing on to the coast.
I 4 74 ee as not previously on the state’s
I Kinsportation Improvement Plan for
1 lokt and Scotland's region because the
unite IS still undetermined.
II lunding is approved by the DOT,
(he wav vv ill be paved for the two major
aiteiies to be widened to four lanes and
idd a possible interstate between Hoke
,iiid Scotland, according to Hoke Com
mission Chairman Charles V. Daniels
and Scotland Commissioner retired
General Clint Willis. As Hoke’s and
Scotland’s representatives to the re
gional transportation advisory commit
tee for Division 8, they also serve with
Richmond County representative
Bennett Deane. Robeson and Bladen
counties, included in Division 6, also
have members who serve on the Lum
ber River RTPO.
Daniels and Willis praised the late
Bob Gentry, mayor of Raeford who
served on the Lumber River RTPO.
Gentry fought for 20 years to gain sup
port for funding of the two proposed
projects toward Aberdeen and
Laurinburg.
“Bob was with us forever as a senior
member,” Willis said. “This was the
first time we had a grass roots effort that
made any difference at all. It’s history
making that we approved these priori
ties.
think our transportation coordinat
ing committee did an excellent job in
identify i ng the routes most pressing for
this region.”
Daniels said he felt the presence of
Gentry was “right there” when they
(See WIDENING, page 7A)
Hometown National Guard
may not be home for Christmas
Camp, instructor at Fort Stewart, worked with local Guardsmen
Bv \ I ii'ki V'. . .S' M^" ' ^
St.’ff wi itet
Since local \Mi,inil (maul
members weie di plov i.d on ( Kl. ib. i 1
they have Ixen ti uning much iko. - .i
week at 1 on Stew nt, (noi a ua ()p.
eration Iraqi Freedom.
No longer wcLkeiu) ua'Moiu ihia
next military assignmeiitioiihl Icadih'. m
to Iraq bv t!ic t'irsi ol tin.- \ ■ ir. Mooonlint’
toCaptainl uke Buinetl companv c.tm
mander ol the IIIK l(•.■'th I iiLiiucr
Battalion.
Lead i net he Raelordenemci'inienim
that consists of some Hoke residents, would like
But nett says the outlook of local sol- tothankthe
diets serving in the National Guard is Hokecom-
p>>sitive. Representing Raeford, munity for
Itoskingham. Laurinburgand St. Pauls, their sup-
I local men and women were acti- port.
'. lUd loi duty in October. “We arc
BuinctI expre.ssed doubt, however, doing what
\-lu liter any battalion members would we need to
Iv allowed to take leave to come home do for our
loi fhristmas. country.
“U hen it comes to dates, we cannot We should
I',- loo specilic.” Burnett said. “We (See
won III just like to make sure everyone in GUARD,
R ii loid knows how much our soldiers page 4A)
y.
Lt. Col. Pete Camp, retired
from the U.S. Army Special
Forces.
Santa Claus
is coming to town
Linda Steed inducted
at ECU
Former deputy
bench pressing
at world level
Guefrd welcomes carepackages
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Ml. riilxis ol the IIHC 105"' Engineer Bat-
i.ili'Mi bom Raeloid that have been deployed
I", the N ( National Guard to Fort Stewart,
(io'ivia would welcome letters or care pack-
,icis bom lloki citizens, according to com-
p.inv lommandei. Captain Luke Burnett.
lliLv could use just about anything,”
Burnell s.nd. “We appreciate any gestures
Imm pio|)lc who led like participating to
boil,I then morali."
It,Ill, tli.it i.oukl be readily used include:
B ib\ moisiuii/ingwipes;jerky suchasSlim
Inns, snacks, cakes; cookies; magazines;
niw spapers; and books.
Specilv il V oil want the items or letters to
be speedicallv distributed by Burnett to
Hoke soldiers or to any of the 1.43 mem
bers of the 195"’ Engineers.
Write or send packages to: Capt. Luke
Burnett, Company Commander, HHC 105"'
Engineer Battalion, The N.C. National
Guard, C/O DOIM, Post Locater. 845 Hase
Road, Suite 102. Ft. Stewart. Georgia
31314.
A rear detachment of the 105"’ Engineer
group was left in Raeford to operate the
National Guard Armory located on Teal
Drive. Sgt. 1"' Class Fred McNeill and
Staff Sgt. Gary McMillan are in charge of
the local post.
Also, Sgt. Willie Terry, of Fayetteville,
is assisting at the Raeford headquarters.
Seth Posey, 4, son of James and Ingrid Posey, eats traditional Thanksgiving food
with his father at Forever Kids Preschool on Rockfish Road, where parents were
invited to dine with their children on Friday.
Declan Ballard dines
on Thanksgiving din
ner with his grand
mother Marti Tho
mas and mother,
Lori Ballard, at For
ever Kids Preschool
on Rockfish Road
Friday. The four-
year-old's father is
SSgt. Eugene Ballard
of the 82nd Signal
Battalion.
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What's Your Name? shakes hands with
Ffei man Saunders on the back steps of
Raeford United Methodist Church.
Bv Pat AuLfcN Wilson
Editor
The man in the long, white robe and
flowing hair and beard w'ore no shoes and
carried only a blanket throwm over his
right shoulder —and a Bible. Looking
much like the drawings of Jesus Christ
found in children’s Sunday school books,
he walked down Raeford's Main Street
last Friday.
Some knew who he was, having read
an article about him in a Fayetteville
newspaper last week. Others stared.
“1 am a Christian preacher. I’m a trav
eling preacher. 1 like to emphasize that I
don’t think that I am Jesus and that this is
not a costume,” the man said.
When asked “What’s your name?,” he
responded, “What’s Your Name.” He was
not mocking the person asking; his an
swer is the name he goes by. It was the
question Moses asked God at the burning
bush.
“ I ’ ve been to 13 cou ntries and 47 states,”
What’s Your Name says. “I literally travel
the way the apostles did. They actually
were sent out on foot. They were sent out
carrying no money, without food or wa
ter, without a bag and without sandals,”
he said. “That’s the reason I look the way
I look.”
A website carries the stated mission of
What’s Your Name?. There also are some
articles written about him, one from Time
Magazine, and he said he had been on
television shows, the 20 20 Show and
Good Morning America.
But that’s not what the itinerant evan
gelist is about — bringing attention to
himself. “1 like to speak with the media.
They explain what I am about.” His
website has this statement, “The media is
an important focus because it reaches so
many people, many of whom would not
be exposed to the message otherwise.”
The message he has been spreading for 12
years on his travels is one of “love, toler
ance, compassion and communication —
among family, friends, our spiritual com-
(See EVANGELIST, page 5A)
Traffic accidents claim two lives
Bv \’l> Mlkl \NA Si VIMI KS
Staff writer
\ R'lctord mail was killed instantly last
I luiisday ev eningvv hen his motorcycle col
lided head-on with a Cadillac near Taber
nacle Baptist Church in Rockfish. In a sec
ond lat.ilily on Saturday evening, another
Raetord man died and his wife was criti-
callv injuted after his car was struck by a
(raetoi-trailer on Laurinburg Road.
Aeiouling to Rocklish Fire Chief Todd
v\ ood. moioicyelisi Mark Eugene Mayhew,
4(v. ol Posey Farm Road, was pronounced
dead at the scene of the accident in Rockfish
that occurred at 7:30 p.m. on November
20. Mayhew appeared to have skidded into
her vehicle out of control, he added.
Mildred Kelly Carter, of Fayetteville,
driver of the Cadillac, was injured and
transported to Cape Fear Valley Medical
Center in Fayetteville. Wood said her head
appeared slightly hurl from the deploy
ment of the airbag, but otherwise her inju
ries appeared to be minor.
The N.C. Highway Patrol report indi
cated Mayhew was travelingeast on Lind
say Road toward Rocktish when he en
tered a curve. He veered over the center line
(See ACCIDENTS, page 8A)
The patriotic artwork of Mark Eugene Mayhew is seen in this 2001 rendition of the
American Flagon top of farmer Joe Gillis's barn. Located across the county line near
Rockfish, the mural was completed in memory of the 9/11 terrorists’ attacks at the
World Trade Center.