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Wednesday, July 18,2007
63 dogs rescued from West Hoke home
By Victoriana Summers
Staff writer
More than 60 puppies and dogs
- some on the verge of dying from
heatstroke and others already dead
- were found abandoned in a puppy
breeding mill in western Hoke last
Tuesday, according to Michelle Que-
ja, Hoke animal shelter director.
Jimmy Carthens, Hoke Animal
Control supervisor encountered
the gruesome sight of 63 dogs and
puppies starving, without shade, in
soaring temperatures and in need of
medical attention after responding
to complaints of the deteriorating
situation at the breeding kennels,
Queja said.
A few months ago a complaint
had been investigated, but when the
animal control officers arrived the
dogs had food in the bowls.
‘ The place was so remote,” Queja
said. ‘The puppy mill was hidden
away in an area hard to get to with
even with a vehicle.”
Golden retrievers. Collies, Ger
man Shepherds, Akitas, Samoyeds,
Bassett hounds, Huskies, Jack Rus
sell terriers, and ShihTzus were just
some of many purebred dogs left to
die in cages.
Carthens quickly rushed back to
the Hoke Animal Shelter to advise
Queja that the situation was dire,
Queja said.
With the help of Cindy Bristow,
director of the non-profit organiza-
(See RESCUED, page 6A)
“Collie” (left) with new guardian.
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New Habitat house
Volunteers gathered at 555 Saunders St. Saturday for the dedi
cation of the Raeford-Hoke chapter of Habitat For Humanity’s
q- I newest homeAbove,StephanieSpecht,who will own the home,
and her son turn the first shovel of dirt as Bill Evans, president
of the local chapter, and William McDonald, treasurer ,await
their turns.At right, R. Benjamin Clark, secretary of the Execu
tive Board, speaks to a crowd, who in the coming weeks, will
build the house.
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Slain Lumberton
minister has ties here
Raeford Police offer
citizen academy
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Grant to fund
recreation study here
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Cameron gets
top fanner award
page 3 A
Meeting on downtown
parki^ heads south
Daniels files for Council, deadline nears
By Victoriana Summers
Staff writer
With only 48 hours to go
before filings end at noon on
Friday, only one additional
candidate has filed for Rae
ford City Council in the la.st
week.
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missioner Charles V. Daniels
filed yesterday for the unex
pired term of Buddy Blue who
died before he took the oath
of office two years ago.
Daniels, 67, resides at 502
N. Main Street with wife
Dottie Daniels. He co-owns
and operates Daniels Ser
vice Center with son Brian
Daniels.
Daniels previously served
two terms on the Hoke board
of commissioners, serving
three of the eight years as
board chairman. He has
also served on the Raeford
Downtown Revitalization
commission and the Hoke
Raeford Economic Develop
ment board.
“I decided to run for of
fice on the city council after
a number of citizens ap
proached me,” Daniels said.
“1 believe my experience as
a commissioner and involve
ment in city affairs will be
an asset.”
Also filing for the last
two years of Blue’s term was
39-year-old Shelley Wil
burn, who declared on July
6. Owner operator of the
Chatterbox Cafe on N. Main
Street, Wilburn is the only
competitor running against
Daniels. Wilburn is a former
(See COUNCIL, page 8A)
With main courtrexjm tied up,
sessions move all over town
Raeford nativeVictoria Lynch is onThe Reveille dance team
for the Fayetteville Guard. She is the daughter of Cecil and
Jackie Lynch of Raeford. Related story, page 7A.
By Victoriana Summers
Staff writer
As jury selection in Hoke’s
Superior courtroom contin
ues for the fourth week in
the April Pate murder case,
other superior court felony
cases were transferred out of
the courtroom because of the
jammed up schedule.
Potential jurors have been
sequestered at Raeford’s city
hall meeting room and every
other available public gov
ernment space downtown.
Hoke sheriff deputies have
been posted outside facilities
to keep jurors from being
exjxised.
Daily, jurors wait to he in-
terv iewed by defease attorney
Carlton Mansfield and Dis
trict Attorney Kristy Newton
in the pending murder trial in
the Hoke Courthouse.
Hoke assi,stant district at
torney Chris Rhue said it is
the first time in Hoke shistory
that superior court has ever
been held outside of court.
Rhue successfully pros
ecuted three ca.ses back-to-
back in a two-day session
last week in the Hoke board
of commissioners’ assembly
rot)m. (See related article.)
It is also the first time
(See COl ‘RT. page 6A)
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3 guilty in felony cases
Standing in an aisle of Home IxxkI Feed
and Seed store Saturday, 1 was pondering why
roses get “fcxxl” when every other plant gets
fertilizer, and 1 felt a cold prickly sting on my
neck followed by wetness flcHKling down my
I turned around to see Andrew Sutton, a
teenagerand employee of the .store, standing2()
feet away, holding a water spray bottle, which
Other stuff
was aimed in my direction, not at the piece
of pea-shelling equipment he was apparently
supposed to be cleaning.
Before 1 could react, another stream of
water crossed the store and struck me dead-
on in the face.
“Oh no you didn’t!” 1 mumbled to my
self.
Still in a bit ot shock 1 mean, who ever
expects to be garden shopping one moment,
and the victim of a senseless \ iolent attack the
(See 01 HER STUFF, page 8A)
By Victorian v Summers
Staff writer
Three people charged in
different felony cases pleaded
guilty last week in Hoke Su
perior Court.
Assistant district attorney
Chris Rhue said he is satisfied
that three defendants received
the maximum penalties by
law in separate Superior Court
ca.ses.
“Justice was served,” Rhue
said. “There were no situa
tions of plea-bargaining, or
reductions in charges.
"The three defendants
pleaded guilty as charged.”
1 n t he li rst ctise, 17-year-old
Jamel Gates was convicted for
in\’o)iinlarv fr>''!i'»':i!l^’\t..'i 'n
the accidental shcxiting of his
girlfriend, 16-year-old Jerticha
Ford, of Malloy Street. Both
(See FEL ONIES, page 6A)