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THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C.
May 12,2010
Viewpoints
You look at things differently with age
The Friendly Undertaker has
been giving me all kinds of advice
and some of it is pretty good. He
says that I need to do public rela
tions this summer instead of pick
peaches. I really had rather be in
upper management. Regardless,
he is a good partner and a pretty
good fellow, but it would be wise
before I take his advice if I check
with his pretty wife.
As we get older, looking at
ourselves in a different light is
wise. However, this is how a
woman looks at life. It is entitled
“What I Want in a Man.”
This is the original.
1. Handsome
2. Charming
3. Financially successful
4. A caring listener
5. Witty
6. In good shape
7. Dress with style
8. Appreciate finer things
9. Full of thoughtful surprises
10. Loves surprising me on
weekends
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from the
Country
Raz Autry
9. Remembers birthdays and
anniversaries
10. Plans together time on
weekends
5. Remembers why he is
laughing
6. Is in good enough shape to
stand up by himself
7. Usually wears some cloths
8. Likes soft food
9. Remembers where he left
his teeth
10. Remembers that it is the
weekend
What I Want in a Man (Revised
List age 32)
1. Nice looking
2. Opens car doors, holds
chairs
3. Has enough money for a
nice dinner
4. Listens more than talks
5. Laughs at my jokes
6. Carries bag of groceries
with ease
7. Owns at least one tie
8. Appreciates a good home
cooked meal
What I Want in a Man (Revised
List age 52)
1. Keeps hair in nose and ears
trimmed
2. Doesn’t drive off until I am
in the car
3. Doesn’t belch or scratch
in public
4. Doesn’t borrow money too
often
5. Doesn’t nod off to sleep
when I am venting
6. Doesn’tretell the samejokes
too many times
7. Is in good enough shape to
get off the couch on weekends
8. Usually wears matching
socks and fresh underwear
9. Remembers your name on
occasion
10. Shaves some weekends
What I want in a man (Revised
list age 72)
1. Breathing
2. Doesn’t miss the toilet
What I Want in a Man (Revised
list age 62)
1. Doesn’t scare small children
2. Remembers where the
bathroom is
3. Doesn’t require much
money for upkeep
4. Only snores lightly when
asleep
After being married for 44
years, I took a careful look at my
wife one day and said, ’’Darling,
44 years ago we had a cheap apart
ment, a cheap car, slept on a sofa
bed and watched a 10-inch black
and white TV, but I got to sleep
every night with a hot 25-year-old
girl. Now I have a $750,000 home,
a $45,000 car, a nice big bed and
plasma screen TV, but Tm sleep
ing with a 65-year-old woman. It
seems to that you’re not holding
up your side of things.”
My wife is a very reasonable
woman. She told me to go out
and find a hot 25-year-old gal,
and she would make sure that I
would once again be living in a
cheap apartment, driving a cheap
car, sleeping on a sofa bed and
watching a 10-inch black-and-
white TV.
Aren’t older women great?
They really know how to solve
your mid-life crisis.
Join me in planting trees
By Miguel A. Guerrero
Hoke County High School
student
Ever wonder how our earth
is repairing its atmosphere from
the effects of global warming? If
you consider the conditions that
contribute to heat build-up from
earth, high levels of carbon di
oxide (C02) are a major source
of this problem. Heat becomes
trapped in the atmosphere due
to high levels of C02 and other
gases that prohibit or interfere
with heat release into space.
As a student at Hoke County
High School, I researched the
topic of global warming trends
and decided that this would
make a great topic for my senior
project. I can recall that in at
least one of my classes the issue
of climate change was attributed
to a phenomenon known as the
“greenhouse effect.” Through
further research of Environmen
tal Protection Agency studies,
my awareness was reinforced
on how C02 is absorbed as a
crucial part of plant life cycle,
and that trees have the ability
to effectively sequester C02
concentrations from the at
mosphere for photosynthesis/
carbohydrates production. As
a by-product, trees (and other
plant life) release oxygen back
to the atmosphere, to further
dilute concentrations of C02
in our environment.
Right here in Hoke County,
the air is still relatively clean
(close to normal concentrations
of carbon dioxide), as detected
by an EPA monitoring station.
EPA reports that nearly
half of the greenhouse effect
is caused by C02. Whereas
trees have the ability to restore
C02 to normal levels, in urban
environments this is about 400
parts per million in the atmo
sphere. In areas where fewer
trees remain, as a direct result
of growing populations’ need for
housing and related construc
tion projects, C02 levels in
our outdoor environment have
increased, especially during
peak travel periods, when the
mode of transportation to and
from work is via the gas-fueled
automobiles. According to EPA,
the amount of carbon dioxide
emitted per gallon of motor
gasoline burned is 8.89’"10-3
metric tons. When I researched
my topic and decided to plant
and grow additional trees, I
realized a related environmen
tal preservation value of this
resource; trees can be used to
provide an additional means of
cooling, as a function of shade.
As trees shade buildings in the
summer, less fossil fuels and
wood are used to produce the
electricity used for building air
conditioning. According to the
National Arbor Day Foundation,
one tree that shades your home
in the city will also save fossil
fuel, cutting C02 buildup as
much as 15 forest trees.
Anytime we plant trees, we
engage in the battle to combat the
negative impacts of global warm
ing of our climate. For my proj ect,
I was able to order trees native to
this area, through donations and
membership with the National
Arbor Day Foundation, a non
profit organization that provides
planting instmction along with
the trees when shipped.
I feel great that I was able
to make a small but positive
contribution to reduce the global
impacts on our environment.
I intend to continue member
ship with the National Arbor
Day Foundation, and plant
more trees, and track the global
warming trends.
Can’t tell what primary results mean
By Scott Mooneyham
Capitol Press Association
It’s dangerous business, this
looking at the results of a single
election - a primary at that - and
deciphering what it all means for
the future.
The danger never stops pun
dits and politicians from engag
ing in the exercise, and so it was
after Tuesday’s primary.
Nationally, writers and TV
commentators declared that the
tea party movement had come
up short. In North Carolina, low
turnout was translated to mean
voter apathy, particularly among
Democrats.
The turnout was low in the
state. Just over 14 percent of
registered voters showed up at
the polls on Tuesday. Nearly as
many Republicans as Democrats
voted, even though the top-of-
the-ballot race, U.S. Senate,
was a foregone conclusion for
the GOP.
That lack of interest in a con
tested Democratic U.S. Senate
primary - especially when com
pared to similar circumstances in
2002 when more voters turned
out - led to predictions of Demo
cratic apathy come the fall.
Those predictions ignore
some pretty significant differ
ence between 2002 and 2010.
This year, Secretary of State
Elaine Marshall led a crowded
Democratic primary field but
failed to gain the necessary 40
percent of the vote to avoid a
runoff against former state Sen.
Cal Cunningham.
Marshall was the best-known
candidate entering the race, the
only candidate to win a statewide
election. By the time voters went
to the polls, she was still the best-
known candidate. Cunningham,
the favorite of the party estab
lishment, had run some TV ads,
but not enough to overcome the
name recognition of Marshall.
In 2002, Marshall was prob
ably the least known of three
major Democratic candidates
hoping to take on another GOP
nominee who had become a fore
gone conclusion, Elizabeth Dole.
Back then, former White
House chief of staff Erskine
Bowles had both the party
backing and money to establish
himself as a front-runner. Eormer
state House Speaker Dan Blue
was relatively well known.
The result was more voter
interest, more TV, more people
at the polls.
The polls had barely closed
Tuesday before the delving into
tea party success and failure
We Get Letters
No stamps
at post office
To the Editor,
I was in the Raeford Post Of
fice to purchase a money order.
The clerk was very courteous but
claimed they did not have money
orders. Last month I was there
for stamps, and they were out
of stamps! My question is, why
do we have a United States Post
Office in this city? I spend time
driving there, standing in line, and
get no service! I will no longer
patronize the Raeford Post Office.
Jean O’Bryant
Eayetteville
Starving?
Horse starving
To the Editor:
I keep several of my horses
on a farm in Aberdeen (Hoke
County). On a neighboring farm,
there are two horses that are quite
literally starving to death.
Animal Control has been
called at least once a week
since October 2009 in order to
take action against the owners
of these horses. When animal
control has responded, the ani
mals have been given some food.
Once animal control leaves, the
situation reverts and the horses
again have no food.
The matter has now reached
a crisis point where one of the
horses is a rack of bones and
nothing is being done to help
these animals. We have a rescue
organization that is willing to
take the horses if animal control
acts or if the owners surrender
the animals.
The Sheriff has responded
by calling animal control and
asking that a vet come out and
check the horses and that food
be provided. Again nothing is
getting done.
All roads lead back to animal
control. What I would like to
know is; at what point does ani
mal control in this county act to
help the animals? If they are not
going to protect two horses that
are starving to death, frankly,
when do they act?
Dale Wyatt
Editor’s note: The News-
Journal looked into this case and
and was told by Animal Control
Director Jimmy Carthens that
his officers and a vet have vis
ited the horse. While the animal
is thin, Carthens said it is not
unhealthy, and therefore there
is no legal action that can be
taken. Carthens said the owner
has given the horse hay and that
animal control will monitor the
horse once a week.
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letter for publication.
also began.
Given the fractious nature of
the movement, determining who
is and isn’t a tea party darling
seemed difficult enough.
Longtime incumbent Re
publican Congressman Howard
Coble stomped all comers,
including some who tried to
decorate themselves with tea
leaves. Bill Randall, a Repub
lican running to challenge 13th
District Congressman Brad
Miller, qualified for a runoff after
being endorsed by something
called the Tea Party PAC. Tim
D’Annunzio did the same in the
8th Congressional District after
falling out with state Republican
Party officials. D’Annunzio
pumped $950,000 of personal
money into his campaign.
Meanwhile, just five incum
bent state legislators were beaten
on Tuesday, only one of them a
Republican.
Anyone who claims they can
tell what that means in relation
to tea party activism should
probably go into the coastal land
sales business.
A wiser course would be
to wait until the fall to try to
decode it all.
As is always the case, the
months between now and then
will be an eternity in politics.
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