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Raeford & Hoke County n.c.
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Wednesday, August 24,2005
Developer plans $80 million ethanol plant
Investment could reach $200 million in three plants at Hoke’s industrial mega-site
By Victoriana Summers
Staff writer
Accessible highways near 1-40
and 1-95. A prime location in the
middle of the state. Great railway
capabilities. Some of the friendli
est people in North Carolina.
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All these key ingredients have
attracted interstate real estate
developer Jack Carlisle to Hoke
County where he plans to build
a multi-million dollar industrial
empire, Clean Bum Fuels, LLC.
Carlisle and co-partner Philip
Kohl will also hire lOOemployees
when the-first plant opens at the
Hoke Regional Industrial Park in
southeastern Hoke.
Carlisle said his preliminary
plans call for him to invest more
than $200 million to build three
ethanol-gas blending plants, the
first to be established on the East
Coast.
“This will be the biggest eco
nomic boost that Hoke County
has ever received,” Carlisle said.
“We plan to invest $80-100 mil-
lion dollars in the first phase of
the construction.
“There is no doubt that this is
an economic plum with the jobs
that will come with this plant,”
he said.
(See ETHANOL, page 5A)
Weinstein
nets $155k
for Hoke
30-mile trail to get
start here by April
7-mile stretch of All American Trail to open
By Victoriana Summers
Staff writer
The first phase of a 30-mile
hiking, biking and running trail
will open in Hoke County by
mid-April. Seven miles of the
“All American Trail” will begin
at Va.ss Road and open on Earth
Day, April 2,2006.
It’s proposed that the trail will
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eventually encircle Fort Bragg
and Pope Air Force Base. Moore
and Cumberland counties will
also participate in the three phases
currently planned.
Serving as the gateway to
the Sandhills region’s rare long
leaf pine forest and sanctuary
of the endangered red-cockaded
woodpecker, Hoke’s initial stretch
will designate Vass Road north
of Raeford, as the gateway to the
recreational trail, where parking
facilities will be available. Dis
tinguished as the first running
and hiking trail in the Sandhills
region, the majority of the 30-mile
trail located on the Fort Bragg
unpaved perimeter road will run
parallel to Hoke land.
Hoke Commissioner Bill
Cameron and Raeford City
Manger Richard Douglas are
credited with forming the con
cept as members of the All
(See TRAIL, page 7A)
Dorothy McLean (face-front) is comforted by a friend as her Cope Road home burns Friday.Three of her
pets died. See story, page 4A.
By Victoriana
Summers
Staff writer
After the
$17 billion
state budget
was fine-tuned
for almost 24 Weinstein
hours ending at midnight yes
terday, Senator David Weinstein
announced today he received
approval for $100,000 to be ear
marked for the upcoming Hoke
County Regional Industrial Park
on N.C. 20 near Dundarrach.
Weinstein also said the Hoke
Raeford Museum will be the ben
eficiary of $30,000allocated from
the slate to improve the historical
facility, as well as $25,000 gar
nered forthe Hoke County Public
Library for needed i mprovements
in its expansion. Thus far, Wein
stein has raised a total of $55,000
for the local museum, where the
latest moneys will be used to re
wire the historic home, according
to Joyce Monroe, chairwomen of
the RHM committee.
“I feel sentimental about the
museum because my good friend,
the late Raeford Mayor Bob
Gentry, took such an interest in
it,” Weinstein said. “1 am elated
that 1 could appropriate funds
for economical opportunities,
(See WEINSTEIN, page 5A)
Pate brothers’ new TV series ‘Surface’ to debut this fall
By Victoriana Summers
Staff writer
Raeford’s celebrity twins,
Jonas and Josh Pate, are making
waves in Wilmington as they
immerse themselves in a new
action-packed underwater TV
series titled, “Surface.”
“It is one of the highlights of
our career,” Jonas Pate said. “It
is a high profile series, and we
are working really hard almost
18 hours each day.
“It’s a great feeling to be pro-
NBC Unrversil Photo; Chris Haston
NBC Universal Photo; Mitch Haaseth
Left: the Pate brothers,Jonas (L) and josh; above.
Lake Bell as Dr. Laura Daughtery.
ducing the series. Surface may not
be one of the (technical ly) hardest
TV shows ever made, but it is
definitely in the running. ”
Snapped up by NBC to pre
miere ^is fall. Surface, according
to the Pate brothers, could gener
ate a national TV audience going
overboard to enjoy the thriller-of-
the-deep series.
Surface debuts September 19
from 8-9 p.m. as a prime time sci-
fi adventure, focusing on suspense
with family appeal. The plot of
Surface unfold as a new species
lurking under the Atlantic waters
is discovered by oceanographers
around the globe. The news of
a mysterious marine life form
creates massive curiosity and
ultimate wonder.
Sons of Hoke District Court
Judge Warren Pate, the Pates
twins now reside in Hollywood.
They are not only credited with
creating the upcoming series, the
Pate brothers serve as its executive
producers.
For local fans. Surface staff
includes Jay McPhaul, a Caro
lina graduate and son of Raeford
residents Wanda McPhaul and
Jimmy McPhaul, working in
production on the series. Raeford
natives Sarah-Ann Howell, a
(See SURFACE, page 7A)
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News Other stuff
Festival parade fowled by construction
“Would you like to hear a joke so funny
it will make your hair fall out? Oh wait,
I see you've already heard it.’’ - the late
“Uncle Tommy” Riddle
By Ken MacDonald
Publisher
That element of humor, along with
whoopee cushions, the gag mongoose trap
and pull-my-finger jokes were missing
from the Riddle Reunion at the family
home place outside Durham this year. With
“Uncle Tommy’s” recent death and that of
my father-in-law, Louis, in March, the five
Riddle brothers are just two now, and they
are (somewhat) more laid back.
So the rest of the fami ly spent the weekend
telling stories.
“Remember when Louis showed that
woman the mongoose trap, and she got
really close to get a good look, and when
he sprung the trap the fake mongoose flew
(See OTHER STUFF, page 8A)
By Victoriana Summers
Staff writer
With the downtown streetscape project
in full swing, the tearing up of sidewalks
and resurfacing has ruffled the plans for
the N.C. lUrkey Festival parade.
Traditionally held as a kickoff for
the annual event, the parade scheduled
for September 15 has been cancelled,
Raeford City Manager Richard Douglas
announced yesterday.
Douglas said Turkey Festival Direc
tor William Daniels and Lynn Maxwell,
chairperson of the parade, discussed the
dilemma with the festival committee.
They approachedhimalong with Raeford
Police Chief Kevin Locklear, requesting
that the parade not be held, he added.
“They had concerns about the
streetscape project going on,” Douglas
said. “We also recommended it be
cancelled because of safety concerns
and parking issues for spectators and
guests.
“We tried to accommodate their needs
for the best interests of everyone.”
Douglas said no alternate dale is
planned for the parade this year.
(See PARADE, page 8A)