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The ews I ournal ned, it’s news to iu N0.22V0L102 Raeford & Hoke County n.c, Wednesday, August 15,2007 Ethanol plant on track for September BY Lenore L. Morales Construction on North Carolina’s first ethanol plant is expected to begin in September, according to Jack Carlisle of Clean Bum Fuels, LLC. “I’ve never been able to say I think we’ll start next month, but it looks good right now,” Carlisle said. The plan to build the alternative fuel facility is in its last stages as the company awaits the approval of $35 million in renewable foels guaran tees from the US. Department of Agriculture this week. Cape Fear Farm Credit is the applicant for the guarantees as the instit ution handling financing on the land, facilities and equipment for the Clean Bum Fuels plant. Steve Byrd, the North Carolina USDA director ofbusiness and coop erative programs for mral develop ment, said two types of guarantees on the financing are nearing the end of the approval process. About to become official are a $10 million energy guarantee and a $25 million business and industry guarantee, Byrd said. “I would expect a formal state ment out of the national office this week,” he said. According to the USDA web page for rural business and co operative development in North Carolina, the agency’s business and industry program provides loan guarantees for the expansion and {See ETHANOL, page 8A) Deputy Herring’s car flipped four times in this cotton field, Deputy injured when car flips Crashes while responding to call Hoke County Sheriff’s Deputy Victoria Herring was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when she ap parently lost control of her cruiser while responding to a domestic fight call and crashed. According to Highway Pa trol l^ooper F.K. Crumpler, Herring was trying to pass several vehicles at once on US401 between Raeford and Wagram when she lost control of the car, ran off the left side of the road, crossed to the right and into a cotton field. Her cmiser flipped four times, Crumpler said, throw ing her some 30 feet into the field. He estimated her speed at 90 miles per hour. Herring was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center but was later flown to Duke Hospital. Sheriff Hubert Peterkin said this morning she’s in critical but stable condition, and asked people to pray for her. Building named forMcPhatter page IB MySpace at issue p*ige 2A Schools set open houses p^e5A Volunteers sought for weather spotting pageSA Index Calendar 2B Classifieds 6-8B Class Reunions 6 A Court 4A Deaths 3-4A Editorials 2-3 A Legals 4-5B Sports 7A We’re on the web at www.thenews-joumal.cont Readby4,000 each week Sweat, left, with Social Services board chairperson Shirley Wright. DSS gets new director The Hoke County De partment of Social Ser vices has a new director. Della Sweat assumed her duties on August 1. She comes to the Hoke County from the Cumber land County Department of Social Services where she was employed for nine years. Prior to that she worited at Robeson County DSS for seven years. She is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and resides in Robeson County with her husband, Christopher, and their three children. Sweat says it is a “bless ing to have the opportunity to serve the citizens of Hoke County.” She replaces Barbara Brooks, interim director since 2005. Brooks took the helm after the resig nation of former director Bob Mercer. ^ UfT f Cooks in the The Pied Piper, performed by local children over the weekend (Amanda Ward, Birch Moon Photography) Local children get taste of theater The Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) wrapped up a week-long resi dency in Hoke County on Saturday night with two performances of The Pied Piper. The production was a collaborative effort between Hoke County and the Hoke County Schools and a part of the County’s larger vision, begun two years ago, to bring a revival of the arts and cultural events to the community. To support the residency, the County received a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council through the Arts Council’s Grassroots funding program and spon sored the event through the schools. The Hoke County Schools hosted the event at the Mary Archie McNeil 1 Auditorium in Raeford, with the support of cou nty lead ers, the board of education, school admin istration, staff, teachers, and volunteers. There was no admission fee charged for the rehearsals or performances. {See THEATER, page 6A) Parents complain of school policies BY Lenore L. Morales For the second time within a week, a group made up mostly of parents of students at Hawk Eye Elementary School assembled Thursday night at an informal meeting to discuss their disapproval of the school’s visitation policies under its new principal, Teresa Anderson. The parents said they oppose security measures such as those that require them to make an appointment to visit their children’s clas.srooms, to leave their driv ers’ licenses in the office during visits during .school hours and to be escorted to and from classes. Some Said they were being kept from volunteeri ng in classes as they said they have done for years. By the end of the evening, the group plaints and chosen a committee of five volunteers to carry them to Hoke County Schools Superintendent Dr. Freddie Williamson. However, Williamson said Friday that Hawk Eye’s mles are no different under Anderson from what they were during the tenure of former princi pal Tona Jacobs - and no different had collected pages of written com- {See PARENTS, page 8A) Community mourns loss of educator Cohilidia Lyons By Lesley Coving ION Intern In the August heat more than 300people gathered at Freedom Chapel AME Zion Church to celebrate the life of Re\. Co- hildia M. Lyons. Lyons died Aug. 7 after a long life of service to her community. The funeral was Aug. 10. Lyons was 75. “She was truly a Christian lady who had a special love for children, families with problems and education,” said County Commissioner Ellen McNeill, who served on committees with Lyons for more than 20 years. Lyons was known for her generous ac tions. She often bought shoes for children who had none and drove members of her church to and from serv ices. She was not known as one to toot her own horn. “Other people told you about it,” McNeill said, referring to any gocxl deed Lyons performed. “She didn’t brag about it.” {See EDUCATOR, page 6A) Hattie Jones (right) seems quite happy to receive a $50 §ift certificate from McCain Correctional inmate Dwayne Haywood. More photos, page 4A. Hoke High scores praised by expert By Ken MacDonAi d Hoke High School may have experienced only a 2.7 point increase in its composite score last year, but a consultant hired by the state praised the imirrovement as one of the “Trw>a* sign' an; growths in the state of North Carolina.” Bob Barnes, retired principal at Souths iew High in Fayetteville, now on a state consulting team, said the improvement to 46.4 percent “may seem not an appreciable amount - it is.” He told the Hoke Board of Education last {See SCHOOL BOARD, page 5A)
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