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Hoke County’s newspaper since 1905
RAEFORD & HOKE COUNTY N.C.
No. 51 Vol. 108
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
County commission race heats up
Former commissioner, former vets officer, Republican and business owner run
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Three more people have filed to
run for a seat on the Hoke County
Board of Commissioners, and
candidates have also filed for several other positions up for election
this year.
Former county commissioner
Charles Daniels, former commis-
sion candidate John Harry and
graphics business owner Clifford
Overby Jr. have filed to run for
the county commission. The three
candidates join incumbent Tony
Hunt, candidate Michael Lindsay,
former county attorney Harry
Southerland, and former state
Senate candidate Allen Thomas in
filing to run for the board. Harry
is a Republican and the other six
candidates are Democrats.
The number of Democrats
running for election in the race
guarantees there will be a primary
election in May to select the Democratic commission candidates for
the November election. A second
primary, if necessary, would be
held in summer.
Former Hoke County Veterans
Service Officer Freddy McPhaul,
who resigned from that position
after running for a seat on the
commission two years ago, also
announced Tuesday that he plans
to file for a seat on the board.
McPhaul said in August of
2012 that he was forced to resign
from the VSO position after Commissioner Ellen McNeill brought
up concerns about statements he
made about the county while run-
ning for office.
“(County Manager) Mr. (Tim)
Johnson said that they were told
that I was making statements that
the county officials were not doing
enough for the veterans, and making unflattering statements about
the county,” McPhaul said in a
News-Journal interview in August
of 2012.
(See FILING, page 5A)
Cape Fear hospital top beam set
$100 million facility scheduled to open in 2014
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Four months after celebrating the groundbreaking for what will be Hoke County’s largest hospital,
officials with Cape Fear Valley gathered Tuesday
with members of the community to mark a special
point in the ongoing construction.
The hospital system celebrated the “topping off”
of the new 41-bed hospital with a brunch for construction workers and invited guests. The topping
off ceremony refers to the day when the construction team places the last, highest beam for the
project.
“Obviously, we’ve got a long way to go to get this
project to completion but I’m very confident we’re
going to continue the hard work and dedication that
will turn over a great product to both the hospital
system and the community,” a representative with
the construction company said at the ceremony.
Cape Fear Valley government relations director
Breeden Blackwell commended the contractors and
their employees for their work on the project.
“Y’all have done an amazing job,” he said.
Blackwell recognized the local elected officials,
Cape Fear employees and others important to the
hospital system. Cape Fear Valley Chief Executive
Officer Mike Nagowski recognized the hundreds of
construction employees bringing the facility to life
on the medical campus.
“This event is of you and for you,” he said. “…
What you all are doing is incredible, and I can’t
even begin to tell you how many compliments,
almost on a daily basis, about what you’re creating.
“It’s not very often in a career you get to do
this, and what this is is $100 million of healthcare
infrastructure in a sorely needed location. It is going
to be 350 full-time jobs in a sorely needed location,
and most importantly a full-service hospital.”
Velvette Jones, president of the Cape Fear Valley
facilities in Hoke County, is currently busy recruiting doctors, nurses and other staff members to take
care of patients when the hospital opens. The new
hospital will take care of many families in Hoke
and work to save lives, she said.
“Thank you for your dedication, your contributions day in and day out,” Jones said.
(See HOSPITAL, page 5A)
Irish Pickett, chairman of the Hoke school board, signs a banner commemorating the placement of the hospital’s top beam. (Catharin Shepard photo)
Harry: I’m running on principle
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
This poultry house was destroyed by fire Sunday night, killing the birds inside.
Shannon fire kills 19,000 chicks
Fire Sunday night destroyed a large poultry house
in Shannon, killing 19,000
two-week-old chicks.
The fire was apparently
started by arcs and sparks in
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the building’s electrical system, said Freddy Johnson,
Hoke fire marshal.
Johnson said South Antioch Fire Department was
called to Selena’s Farm at
553 Albert Currie Road
in Shannon at about 8:30
Sunday night and found one
of the farm’s poultry houses
engulfed in flames.
Farm Supervisor Van
Jones reportedly told Johnson
he heard a crackling sound
and investigated. As he was
approaching the poultry
houses, he told Johnson, he
noticed fire in the front left
side of the second poultry
house. He said the fire spread
quickly.
The Hoke Sheriff’s Office,
Hoke Rescue Squad and
(See FIRE, page 8A)
Other Stuff
KEN MACDONALD
We had stopped for throw-up merely 45 minutes after
leaving Raeford. After some fresh
air, cleanup, and moving the victim
from the squalid rear of the church
van where the air is trapped, stagnant and warm, and where motion
is intensified and amplified until
your eyes swim like a schooner in
the north sea, we began to depart
(See OTHER STUFF, page 5A)
Former Hoke County commission and
state General Assembly candidate John
F. Harry announced last week he will run
for one of three seats on the Hoke County
Board of Commissioners in the 2014 elections.
Harry filed last week to run for the commission, but said he had also considered
running for a state office this year.
“I was being courted to run for state by
the Republican party out of two other counties. After spending months of looking at
issues, I felt I could serve the community
better by running
for county rather
than being at the
state level because
everything we have
in the county, our
taxation, our property evaluation, it’s
at the county level,
it’s not at the state
level,” Harry said.
Ultimately, he decided to run for office
in Hoke in hopes of getting more accomplished.
If elected, Harry said he hopes to address
(See HARRY, page 5A)
Sheriff wants parents to know gang signs
There are 30 or more gangs in Hoke
County and some of them are recruiting
children in local elementary schools, Hoke
County Sheriff Hubert Peterkin said.
Gangs and gang violence are the focus of
a special workshop created by the Sheriff’s
Office that will be held this Saturday at the
Matthew Rouse Jr. Community Resource
Center.
The gang problem in Hoke County is not
nearly as bad as it is in other counties, the
sheriff said, but his office is taking mea-
sures, such as the workshop, to keep it from
becoming a bigger problem.
“One thing that we’re trying to do there
is take a proactive measure instead of a
reactive measure to gangs and gang activity
in our county,” Peterkin said. “When you
see that there are little problems and you
identify there are gangs and persons in your
community, you want to get into it now.”
At the moment, gang activity is not an
“intricate” part of crime in Hoke, the sheriff
(See GANGS, page 4A)
Sandy Grove School gets national acclaim
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Less than a year after opening, Hoke
County’s state-of-the-art middle school is
getting attention and awards from international organizations.
This month the Engineering NewsRecord, a national magazine focusing on
construction projects, named Sandy Grove
Middle School the 2013 National ENR
“Best of the Best” for school construction.
The school won the top honor this year
after a panel of experts from across the
country spent months judging entries to
determine the best construction projects in
the nation.
Superintendent Dr. Freddie Williamson
said the school system was proud of the
recognition.
“It is an honor for Hoke County and
(See SANDY GROVE, page 8A)
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THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Viewpoints
Raeford, N.C.
February 26, 2014
So how has school choice
been working so far?
By Scott Mooneyham
Capitol Press Association
A decision by a Superior Court
judge last week to block a new
school voucher law was met with
howls of disapproval from school
choice advocates.
One of the sponsors of the law,
Wake County Republican state
Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam, called it
disappointing.
A lawyer defending the law
spoke about the decision being
an insult to parents who want to
get their kids out of failing public
schools.
More howls of outrage may be
on the way before all is settled regarding the law, which would allow
some low-income parents to receive
taxpayer-provided vouchers to send
their children to private schools.
Before complaining too loudly,
the advocates might want to consider that other part of the school
choice movement, charter schools,
to see what choice is or isn’t accomplishing in North Carolina.
The state’s experience with
charters schools now goes back
more than a decade, with legislators
approving of the schools in 1996.
In 2011, lawmakers allowed for
their expansion by lifting a cap on
the number of charters, which are
taxpayer-supported and receive
some state oversight, but are set up
independently of the state.
When charter schools were first
established, the argument was that
they would bring innovation to
public education, becoming laboratories freed from the constraints
placed on public schools.
In the years since, even as the
charter school cap was lifted and
the voucher law passed, there has
been very little examination here
about whether that has happened.
One exception was a study
performed in 2012 that looked at
10 charter schools where students
excelled, trying to identify why they
performed so well. The study was
pretty limited, mostly focusing on
surveys of school officials. It failed
to delve into how differences might
relate to organizational structure or
how schools spend their money.
The state, though, is collecting extensive data on the charter
schools, as well as the public
schools. (It can be found at www.
5 Things
ncschoolreportcard.org/src/.)
You don’t need to be a sociologist to look at the data and identify
trends.
One compelling trend is that
many charters with majority minority populations are seeing students
perform poorer than their public
school counterparts. Four schools
with high minority populations
defying the trend, all identified in
that 2012 report, appear to have one
thing in common based on their
spending patterns: They haven’t
farmed out their management to
national, for-profit firms that specialize in that kind of thing.
In other words, they are what
charter schools were envisioned as,
grassroots community schools that
grew out of a locally identified need.
As the fight over school choice
continues in North Carolina, policymakers would do well to start looking at the data to see what works.
Failing to do that may mean
waking up in another decade and
discovering that a full-throttle embrace of school choice has left a lot
of students worse off than before.
The data suggests that is already
happening to some.
Every young person
should know
Weekly Wisdom From Readers Of The News-Journal For The Youth In Our Community.
What are five life lessons
you’ve learned that you think
all young people should know?
That’s the question The NewsJournal put to a list of respected
local adults. The answers come
from all walks of life. We want to
pass on to our youth the wisdom
of our community, a few lessons
at a time. Here are five:
1.)You are not your job. As you
go through school, and many of
you on to college after that, the
pressure to “define” yourself is
quite easily done through your
career path. “Hi, I’m Jenny,
pharmacist.” Quite many of you
will end up with multiple careers,
and even more titles than you
can imagine, but understand that
referring to yourself as “Jenny,
passionate abstract artist, philanthropist, ballerina and musician
who also happens to be a pharmacist” emphasizes the construct of
who you are, versus what you do.
Define yourself on what you love,
not what you do to make money.
2.) Learn how to play a musical instrument and/or take music
lessons. I don’t need to explain all
of the many studies conducted that
show how music lessons make you
smarter, happier, well rounded,
and coordinated.
3.) Organize your time and
make the most of it each day. Use
a planner. Time is a precious asset
that seems to go faster and faster
as you get older.
4.) Think twice (or three times)
about tattooing yourself with
the name of the one you love! I
know your peers have them and
so do many pro athletes, but do
you really think it’s smart to tattoo your love interest’s name on
your body? You may be deeply
in love right now, but how will
you feel when things change and
you’re stuck with a tattoo that
says, “Bubba’s Sweet Thang?”
5.) Learn how to learn and
don’t stop. Education should be a
lifelong pursuit. With knowledge
comes power, success and a richer
life. With today’s resources, it is
easier than ever to keep learning
new things. Don’t let your brain
die from boredom.
Where will we find tomorrow’s jobs
Jobs has been a consistent theme
when talking about what our country
needs. While the frightfully high
unemployment rates have subsided
to a degree, I question where good
jobs will come from in the future. I
have seen the elimination of many
of the jobs that were prevalent
when I was young. The transfer
of our manufacturing jobs to other
countries eliminated millions of jobs
that provided a decent living wage
but did not require advanced education. Meanwhile, advancements in
technology have replaced more jobs
with automation, which can accomplish the tasks faster, more precisely,
cheaper and without taking sick
days. When I first began my professional career, I had a secretary who
typed letters, kept files in order and
answered the phone. For a person
like me, this is no longer necessary
as computers have revolutionized
the way we communicate, and even
filing is less cumbersome as we
transition to electronic documents.
As statistics show, workers have
become much more efficient because of these “improvements” in the
way we work, resulting in the need
for fewer workers. I can get much
more done because of information
technology and computer applications. Productivity will continue to
improve with new technology.
We hear constantly that education is the key to decent employment
and that those who fail to get this
education must settle for low paying jobs that provide less benefits
and security. If this is so obvious,
why doesn’t everyone get a college
degree in a field that will prepare
them for rewarding employment?
Maybe the best answer to this is
Frog Holler
Philosopher
Ron Huff
that most young people do not get
the connection, and even if they
did, not everyone has the resources
or ability to graduate from college.
Although the need for practical
education has increased, there has
not been a significant change in the
way we educate, direct or motivate
our young people. Instead, it seems
we have now devalued the efforts of
educators, the very people who can
help to solve this problem. I have
spoken with young people who feel
that a technical job is second rate.
This is a failure of society.
What if we had an economy that
was so productive that we could afford to pay everyone good pay and
benefits whether they worked or not?
Would this solve the job problem?
Maybe, but it would certainly require
a new way for people to justify their
lives. Could we survive without
regular work?
If everyone had a lot of money,
they could pay for personal services
that most of us cannot afford, creating both skilled and low skilled jobs.
That is a big if, but it does illustrate
that we are not limited to the employment model that we now see.
There is certainly a need for more
counselor types to help us cope with
our problems—like the inability to
find a job! I could certainly use more
massage therapists, personal laundry
sorters and frog trainers in my life.
In reality, we face fewer jobs that
provide a comfortable standard of
living without specialized education. We will continue to see the
middle class shrink until something
changes.
In thinking about this, I decided
to look on the internet to see what the
future might look like for employment. The first search turned up a
wealth of information and made me
feel better about the possibilities.
Many jobs were technically based,
but many seemed more geared
toward the solution to personal
problems and problems that don’t
even exist yet. Is the prospect of
more problems the solution to our
problems? This sounds like a Washington plan.
We will need people who protect our privacy, deal fluently in all
types of currencies, implement the
oncoming 3D printing technology,
work in both the conventional and
sustainable energy fields, work in
medical nano-technology and grow
replacement body parts.We will also
need drone dispatchers, plant psychologists and robotic earthworm
drivers, used to recover valuable
substances from old landfills.
In the past 20 years, entire
categories of good new jobs have
been created. If I were a high school
student with the world staring me in
the face, I would educate myself to
fill a current need and help me adapt
to future conditions. Engineering
anyone?
I was relieved to see that many
jobs will be created for the care of
the elderly, which I am fast becoming. I will be looking for a caregiver/
masseuse/laundry sorter in the near
future – and a masseuse for the frogs.
More later.
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We’re replacing too many native plants
First question for you, says
UNC-TV’s “Exploring North
Carolina” host Tom Earnhardt,
when he begins his talk to a Rotary club or other civic group, is,
how many of you have spare parts
somewhere in your body?
A few hands go up. I’m not
just talking about new knees or
organ transplants, he prods on.
What about cataract eye surgery?
Or a tooth implant?
More hands go up, and Earnhardt continues, explaining that all
those new parts have to fit in with
the body’s system. They have to
work with other parts of the body
just like the parts they replaced.
The human body, he says,
is a big community, and if it is
working properly, everything is
in balance.
Then Earnhardt moves to his
main point. Every animal and
plant in North Carolina’s diverse
natural habitat has an important
role to play. When any individual
part is removed, the balance is
disrupted.
So far, everyone is mostly in
agreement. Nothing Earnhardt has
said is really controversial.
One on One
D. G. Martin
Earnhardt then becomes a
cheerleader for natural biodiversity in North Carolina’s environment from the sub-tropical at Bald
Head Island south of Wilmington
to the sub-arctic conditions at
Mount Mitchell and the other
6000-feet-plus peaks in our state.
He emphasizes the interdependency of various plants
and animals upon each other.
“Diverse, abundant flora,” he
says, “supports diverse, abundant
fauna. Each plant and animal in
the forest is part of a food web,
with the success or failure of each
species tied to one another.”
Using illustrations from his
beautiful new book, “Crossroads
of the Natural World: Exploring
North Carolina with Tom Earnhardt,” he explains that in the
Great Dismal Swamp, numerous
Zebra Swallowtail butterflies “exist there only because the swamp
is dotted with Pawpaw patches
along the forest edges.”
Pawpaw, according to Earnhardt, is the sole host plant used
by that species of butterfly. No
Pawpaw, no Zebra Swallowtails.
Very gently and deftly, Earnhardt begins to get controversial.
He explains that this interdependency and balance is in danger.
More than 300 acres of natural
North Carolina lands are being
converted to development each
day. The natural fauna and flora
are ripped out, and bit-by-bit the
ecosystem is being eaten away. In
his book, he writes, “Unless we
change the ways we manage new
development, there is a growing
risk that we will rapidly lose the
diverse, native landscape that
has helped us to find what many
writers referred to as our ‘sense
of place.’”
He explains that when newly
developed property is landscaped
and planted, the native plants
lost are most often replaced with
plants called exotics that come
from other places. Although
they are often beautiful or serve
(See MARTIN, page 3A)
Today’s homework (Notes on education)
“The vocal opposition we see to data collection efforts like inBloom, to
curriculum standards (which define the data to be collected) like the
Common Core, and to tests (the data source) like the MAP can all be
traced back, largely, to two things: (1) dismay over how much class
time is sacrificed for the all-encompassing data hunt, and (2) a foundational mistrust regarding the aims of those who gather and control
the data. If your dad brings home a new baseball bat, it’s a pretty
happy time in the family–unless your dad has been in the habit of
beating the family with blunt objects. Data is that baseball bat.”
—John Kuhn, “The Tyranny of the Datum”
“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with
a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.”
—Horace Mann
“President John F. Kennedy, who constantly reminded Americans to be
active in the world around themselves, challenged that, ‘The ignorance
of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.’ The ignorance
of people who would work to eliminate public schools on the backs of
them not being democratic enough undermines the entirety of this
democracy.”
—Adam Fletcher — “In Defense of Public Schools”
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February 26, 2014 James B. Jackson
James B. Jackson
James B. Jackson of Raeford
died Wednesday, February 19,
2014 at the age of 61.
He was born in Robeson
County on September 27, 1952
to the late Bennie Jackson and
Edna Treadway Jackson. He left
a lasting impression on those
who had the pleasure of calling
him friend. He served as Master
of the Masonic Lodge #306 in
Raeford, was a member of the
Sudan Shriners, president of
Mecca Shrine Club, president of
Mecca Turkeys Shrine Unit, was
a member of Fayetteville’s York
Rite, where he held several positions spanning many years, and
was a Life Member of the Sons
of Confederates Veterans Hoke
McLaughlin #1947.
He leaves behind to cherish
his memory, his wife, Sharlene
Jackson of Raeford; his sons,
Mark Jackson and wife Wendy
of Greenville, and Kevin Jackson
of Raeford; his daughter, Toni
Thaggard and husband Tracy
of Raeford; his brothers, Robert
Jackson of Southport, and David
Jackson of Seven Lakes; and
his sisters, Mary Alice Davis of
Red Springs and Brenda Price of
Kentucky.
The funeral with full Masonic
Rites was held at 4 p.m. Sunday,
February 23 at Raeford First Baptist Church with the Rev. Archie
Barringer officiating. Burial was
in Raeford Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made by going
online to loveshriners.org, by
mail to Shriners Hospital for
Children, Processing Center,
PO Box 1510, Ranson, WV
25438-4510, or by phone at
(800) 241-4438.
Zamire Cook
Zamire Sarion Rayqwan Cook,
1, of Raeford died recently.
Survivors include his mother,
Shaquana Fergison; his father, Tyirae; a brother, Tyirae Jr.; a sister,
Samaria Stepheny; grandfathers,
Jerry, Roger Fergison and Erwin;
and grandmothers, Annette and
Willa Myres.
The funeral was held at 3
p.m. Saturday, February 22 in
Shady Grove Missionary Baptist
Church. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Larry McGougan
Larry McGougan, 69, of Shannon died recently.
Survivors include his wife, Annie Allsbrook; children, Lawrence
Allsbrook, Lance, Landon, Larry
Jr., Lamont, Lataves, Louri, Latisha, Laal Bain and Sarnell Kelly;
and 50 grandchildren.
A memorial service was held
at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 22
in Crumpler Funeral Home chapel
in Red Springs.
Kathleen M. Jones
Kathleen McInnis Jones of
Shannon died Thursday, February
20, 2014 in FirstHealth Hospice
House in Pinehurst at the age
of 91.
She was born April 28, 1922
in Hoke County to the late Norman A. McInnis and Elizabeth
McGilary.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Thomas Woodrow
Jones; brothers, Laverne McInnis
and Eugene McInnis; her sister,
Elaine Bishop; and her daughterin-law, Becky Jones.
She was the owner and operator of Jones’ Florist in Dundarrach
before she retired in the mid ‘80s.
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Kathleen M. Jones
Henry L. McPhaul
She is survived by her daughter, Jenny Bishop (Weldon) of
Dundarrach; two sons, Thomas
J. Jones of Raeford and Martin E.
Jones of Dundarrach; two brothers, Clyde McInnis of Palmetto,
Florida, and Glenn McInnis
(Janice) of Raeford; a sister, Vivian Fogartie of Columbia, South
Carolina; four grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren; and one
great-great grandson.
The funeral was held at 3 p.m.
Monday, February 24 at Dundarrach Community Church with the
Rev. Dr. Ray Harris officiating.
Henry L. McPhaul
Henry Lee McPhaul, 56, of
Raeford died Wednesday, February 12, 2014.
Survivors include his wife,
Barbara McPhaul; children,
Jeffery Cobb, Sabrina Cobb,
and Sharonda Cobb; sisters,
Patricia Godwin (Robert), Diana McPhaul, Sallie McPhaul,
and Janet Dupree (Alexander);
brothers, Calvin McPhaul (Evelyn), John Hubert McPhaul
(Vanessa), Jerome McPhaul,
Larry McPhaul (Patricia), Floyd
Dupree (Rachel), and Jerome
Dupree (Burt); 17 grandchildren; a host of aunts, uncles,
nieces, nephews, cousins, and
friends; a special friend, Alice
McCrea; and a special brotherin-law, Dennis Underwood.
Saturday, February 22 at J.W.
Turlington School in Raeford.
Annie R. Campbell
Annie Ray Campbell of Raeford, died Monday, February
10, 2014.
Survivors include her sister,
Mary Malloy of Fayetteville;
seven children, Mary McLean
of Red Springs, Annie Carolyn
(Herbert) Fuller of Fayetteville,
Co-Pastor Willie (Pastor Beatrice)
Ray of Raeford, Larry (Francesca) Ray of Italy, Samuel Ray
and John (Marilyn) Ray, both
of Raeford and Linda (Roger)
Hocking of Woodbridge, Virginia;
16 grandchildren; and 22 greatgrandchildren.
Saturday, February 15 in Rockfish Grove Missionary Baptist
Church. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
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Rita S. Strub
Rita Scarborough Strub, 79,
passed away Saturday, February
22, 2014 in Cape Fear Valley
Medical Center.
She was born in Calhoun,
Mississippi on April 4, 1934
to the late Robert L. and Lucy
Elvy Scarborough. She was a
homemaker.
She was survived by a daughter, Kelli Strub Welch, who has
since passed away.
She is survived by her sons,
Danny Clubbs, Mark Jadwin,
Richard Strub, and Michael Strub;
a brother, James Scarborough;
grandchildren, Rita Strub, Austin
Brandt, Shannon Strub, Shelby
Strub, Alexa Welch, Sydney
Strub, Michelle Clubbs Cornman,
Stacey Berberich, Jake Jadwin,
Rich Jadwin, and Jarid Jadwin;
great-grandchildren, Brandon
Clubbs, Chestor Cornman, Gabriel Berberich, Brianna Carter,
Lynzee Carter, Cameron Carter,
and Arianna Jadwin; and significant siblings to Michael Strub:
Angie Corrado, April Norton, and
Callie Strub.
All services will be private.
Online condolences may be
made at www.lafayettefh.com.
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particular purposes, they do not fit
the delicate balance of the local
ecosystem.
Earnhardt concedes that the
majority of such exotics planted
by homeowners and landscapers are not invasive and will not
escape and propagate wildly like
kudzu. But he cautions, “Whether
the diverse native flora in North
Carolina’s landscape is slowly being nibbled away by the march of
invasives or replaced with exotic
plantings in our subdivisions one
five-gallon pot at a time, the effect
is the same. Either way, we are
replacing and losing our natural
diversity.”
When some people in the
audience worry that Earnhardt
wants to prohibit the use of any
plants other than those native
to North Carolina, he assures
them that he is not “advocating
a return to a native-only wilderness tablet.”
But he insists that in a state that
has “literally hundreds of native
trees, shrubs, and flowers,” we
should encourage their use in our
yards, along our highways and in
our public places—“to a restoration of urban and suburban plant
diversity utilizing native plants
whenever possible.”
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Gregory Pack
Gregory Pack, 36, of 1202
Herring Gull Drive, Fayetteville,
died Saturday, February 15, 2014
in Charleston, West Virginia.
He is survived by his wife,
Jocelyn Pack of the home; a son,
Khaleed Sudberry of Fayetteville;
two daughters, Jaquaylla Sudberry and Angelica Sudberry, both
of Fayetteville; his father, Vernell
Pack of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; a sister, Andrea Judd of
Raleigh; a brother, Raymond
Alvarado of Burlington; and one
grandchild.
Saturday, February 22 at Word of
Life Temple in Raeford with Bishop
Oscar Cunningham officiating.
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Obituaries
Clarence Thompson
Retired Army
Sgt. 1st Class Clarence Thompson, 70,
of 999 Posey Farm
Road died Wednesday, February 19, 2014.
Survivors include his wife,
Christine; children, Lisa and Clarence; three grandchildren; and a
great-grandchild.
The funeral was held at 11
a.m. Saturday, February 22 in the
Miracle Temple Church. Burial
was held Monday, February 24 at
10 a.m. in Sandhills State Veterans
Cemetery in Spring Lake.
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available
Judge Regina M. Joe presiding
Rio Anton Avery, 28, 4121
Old Hollow Road, Red Springs,
disorderly conduct, one day in
jail, credit for one day served
• Khirey Devonta Cherry,
22, 211 Spring St., Lumberton,
injury to real property, 45 days
in prison, to be served concurrently with sentence now serving
• Amanda Figueroa, 211
Tolson Court, Raeford, school
attendance law violation, prayer
for judgment, court costs
• Zeferino Mendes Hernandez, 30, 108 Folly Drive, Red
Springs, improper equipmentspeedometer, court costs
• Ricky Locklear, 56, 213
Treetop Lane, Red Springs, assault on a female, two days in
jail, credit for time served
• Randy Darnell Raines
Jr., 27, 268 Dogwood Road,
Raeford, driving while license
revoked, 15 days in jail; expired,
suspended or revoked registration card or tag, voluntary
dismissal
• Christopher Dean Riley, 28,
310 Ridge Manor Road, Raeford,
assault on a child under 12 years
old, dismissed due to frivolous and
malicious prosecution, defendant
to pay court costs
• Michelle Wheatley, 40,
142 Dakota Drive, Raeford,
shoplifting by concealment of
goods, driving while license
revoked, 21 days suspended, 12
months unsupervised probation,
court costs, attorney and courtappointment fees, not to operate
a motor vehicle until properly
licensed; child not in rear seat,
voluntary dismissal
Feb. 12
Judge John H. Horne presiding
• Amber Denise Baucom, 16,
420 Anthony Loop, Raeford,
simple assault, two days in jail,
credit for two days served
• Robert Durant Blue Jr., 34,
136 Huckabee St., Raeford, driving while license revoked, prayer
for judgment, court costs
• Acosta Mitchell Francisco,
23, 5772 Bavaria Place, Fayetteville, speeding 64 miles per
hour in a 55-mph zone, $100
fine and court costs; reckless
driving with wanton disregard,
voluntary dismissal
• Rechaud Wilbert Graham,
30, 1101 Mackintosh Court,
Raeford, improper equipmentspeedometer, $50 fine and court
costs
• Gregory Antony Hardy, 25,
6720 Willowbrook Drive, Fayetteville, no operator’s license,
$50 fine and court costs
• John Lewis Jones, 42, 1539
Clan Campbell Drive, Raeford,
driving while license revoked
(two counts), canceled, revoked
or suspended certificate or tag
(two counts), 120 days in prison,
to be served concurrently with
sentence now serving, judgments consolidated
• Neecie A. Locklear, 42,
3989 Blue Springs Road, Red
Springs, communicating threats,
prayer for judgment, court costs;
harassing phone call, not guilty
• Kendrick Devern McCollum, 22, 1249 Townsend Drive,
Raeford, failure to stop at stop
sign or flashing red light, court
remits costs with defendant currently serving an active sentence
• Danielle Oldham, 30, 206 N.
Wake Road, Red Springs, assault
and battery (two counts), one day
in jail, credit for one day served,
judgments consolidated
• Derrick Jermaine Scurry,
26, 809 McLean St., Raeford,
driving while license revoked,
prayer for judgment, court costs
• Tyesha Monique White, 26,
16960 Jackson St., Laurinburg,
improper equipment-speedometer, $50 fine and court costs
• Eddie McCrae Williams
Jr., 34, 229 T.C. Jones Road,
Raeford, driving while impaired,
Level 5, 30 days suspended, 12
months unsupervised probation, $100 fine and court costs,
community service and pay
fee, eligible for limited driving
privileges
Hoke Republicans
hold meetings
The Hoke County Republican Party sponsored a
community meeting in the
Rockfish Community last
week where approximately
50 people attended. The
party will continue to meet
throughout Hoke County to
hear concerns of the citizens
for the upcoming election in
November. The party’s annual convention will be held
March 29 at The Mill at Puppy
Creek restaurant beginning
at 10 a.m. and is open to any
registered Republican. For
more information, contact
Hoke County Party chair Hal
Nunn at 910-964-0990 or at
nunnboys@yahoo.com.
Military Briefs
Vanner completes
basic training
Navy Seaman Apprentice
Nicole Vanner, daughter of
Keith Vanner of Fayetteville,
recently completed U.S. Navy
basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes,
Illinois. She was promoted upon
graduation.
Vanner received the early
promotion for outstanding
performance during all phases
of the training cycle, which
included classroom study and
practical instruction on naval
customs, first aid, firefighting,
water safety and survival, and
shipboard and aircraft safety.
An emphasis was also placed
on physical fitness.
The capstone event of boot
camp is “Battle Stations,” designed to galvanize the basic
warrior attributes of sacrifice,
dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through
the practical application of
basic Navy skills and the core
values of honor, courage and
commitment.
Vanner is a 2011 graduate of
Hoke High School.
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Raeford, N.C.
February 26, 2014
Kim Ray Scholarship to help ‘underdog’ students
The late Hoke High coach and
teacher Kim Ray had a passion
for helping the underdog, Jackie
McLean said, and those touched
by Ray’s life are helping her
legacy live on.
Ray, an exceptional children’s
teacher who coached a number
of sports at the high school, died
suddenly last month at the age of
42 after suffering a seizure on the
Hoke High campus. Now her coworkers and friends are setting up
a scholarship fund in her memory
to help the students she dedicated
her life to serving.
“We wanted to do something
to honor her legacy here, and not
just here but because she was
such a valued coach and valued
person over in Robeson County
as well, Red Springs,” McLean
said. “We’re trying to collaborate
between Hoke County and Red
Springs to create a scholarship
in her honor so that students from
Hoke and Red Springs both will
be able to apply and benefit from
it, because she was such a part
of both Hoke and Red Springs.”
Ray was all about supporting
the underdogs, those students
who needed some extra support
and encouragement to help them
achieve, she said.
“Just her love for the students,
regardless of what walk of life
they came from. She had a certain
passion for the underdog student.
That was where her heartstring
was pulled,” McLean said. “There
are students who excel above and
beyond, then there are those students that just really kind of creep
along and really need somebody to
kind of pull and encourage. That
was what she was good at. She
could motivate, she could inspire,
she could encourage.”
Her students always knew they
could count on Ray’s support.
“I think for her, that was what
drove her to excel, was the fact
that she was impacting these kids’
lives, and that caused her to excel,”
McLean said. “She was actually
one credit, one class, away from
getting her second master’s (degree).”
Ray was a stickler for grades
and would cut students from teams
if they weren’t hitting the books as
well as the court, dropout prevention coordinator Sharon Foy said.
“The thing with Kim was to
make the connection between
athletics and education.You could
be all that as an athlete, but if
academics did not come first, she
was all up in their case,” she said.
This season was the first time
she had ever coached a boys’ team.
Her work with the freshmen boys’
basketball team was going very
well, her coworkers said.
“She had those boys eating out
of the palm of her hand,” Foy said.
Beyond that, her door was always open to help her colleagues,
her coworkers said. More than one
person cried on Ray’s shoulder at
one time or another.
“Anytime I ever went through
a situation, whether that was
personal or work related, for
some reason she showed up at my
door, and we would start talking,
not only as a professional but as
a person,” Foy said. “She was
everything. And not just for me,
but for everyone she came into
contact with.”
Ray was the type of person who
put her needs aside and addressed
others, Stephanie McFayden said.
Her main goal was to get her
students college and work ready,
and she also advocated for the
students in the school system.
Ray also wasn’t scared to push
the students she coached to help
them grow and achieve.
“She definitely pushed them
to the limit. Ask any basketball
player and they’ll tell you that
their main run, you’re a team, you
run as a team, you win as a team,
you lose as a team, so whatever
your weaknesses are, we’re going
to work on that,” McFayden said.
Just a week before her death,
Ray was moving forward on
seeking grants to start planning an
independent school for boys who
need special attention. McLean
had given her the paperwork to
apply for nonprofit status and
grants that week.
“She said, I want to start this for
the boys because the boys are having such a hard time, and minority
boys in particular,” McLean said.
“That was her vision, that was her
ultimate vision.”
The Hoke athletic department
and the department at Red Springs
High School are working together
to put together the charity basketball tournament.
“It’s a community effort
because she was the love of her
community, and more so, she was
the love of her students in her
community,” McLean said. “We
wanted to do something that was
fitting to help create the legacy
that she started for the students
here and Red Springs.”
The Red Springs Police Department was the first to make a
financial pledge in Ray’s honor.
Additional donors are welcome
to give money to the scholarship
fund.
“We’re planning to have at
least $1,000 per county, that’s the
goal, to be able to offer at least
$1,000 annually to a deserving
student in Hoke and Red Springs,”
McLean said.
A number of people at Hoke
High are working to put together
a basketball fundraiser next
month that will raise money for
the scholarship fund. The first
game will be a combination of
Ray’s past and present students
from Hoke and Red Springs. The
second game will feature law
enforcement officers from both
Hoke and Robeson counties.
The charity basketball game is
set for March 22 at a time to be
announced. Tickets for everyone,
adult and child, are $5 each. All
the proceeds will go toward the
scholarship fund.
The organizers plan to have the
scholarship fund set up in time
to have the first scholarship presentation at the 2014 graduation.
Donations are welcome.
For more information, call
the organizers at Hoke High at
875-2156 at extensions 4102, G
6681, McFayden 5801, Sharon
Foy 6685 or 4000. Donors are
also welcome to come by the
high school.
said. However, a Sheriff’s Office
special investigator focusing on
gang-related crime issues has
found there are between 30 and
40 gangs in the county. So far, the
officer has worked to learn about
what gangs operate in Hoke and
where they’re located.
“He’s identified about 135
gang members in the county and
also where they operate,” Peterkin
said. “He’s been able to also find
out what their methods of opera-
tion are, what their focus is, how
they’re recruiting and initiating
members into the gangs.”
The summit this weekend is
meant to spread awareness in the
community about gang and drug
activity, the Sheriff’s Office said
in a press statement. Additionally,
educating residents about how
to minimize violence is another
goal. Some of the information
presented at the workshop will
likely surprise people.
“They’re going to see some
things they probably did not
expect,” Peterkin said.
Some Hoke gang members
are recruiting children still in
elementary school, he said.
“We got kids as far as elementary school being targeted for
gangs, and what we learned (is)
before they get to high school,
they’ve already been recruited
or approached,” the sheriff said.
The information at the event
Saturday is also meant to teach
parents how to recognize when
a gang may be recruiting their
child. Many things have changed
in the last decades and the old rules
about gangs often don’t apply
anymore, Peterkin said.
“They don’t do things like they
used to,” he said. “We want to
make sure our citizens are aware
of what to look for.”
The Drug, Gang and Violence
Awareness Workshop is set for
Saturday, March 1 from 2-4 p.m.
at the Rouse Center located at 373
Pittman Grove Church Road in
Raeford. The Sheriff’s Office is
providing free food and drinks.
Due to the content of the workshop, no child under 13 years old
will be admitted to the event. No
RSVP is required to attend. For
more information, contact the
Sheriff’s Office at 875-5111.
Kim Ray
By Catharin Shepard
Staff writer
Gangs
Sheriff’s website adds services
The Hoke County Sheriff’s
Office’s new website, unveiled
earlier this year, now offers more
services so people can fill out
certain forms online.
“The website will allow citizens to conduct ‘most’ normal
walk-in business transactions,”
officials said in a media statement.
The new additions will allow
citizens to fill out printable gun
permit applications, residency
check forms, criminal tip forms,
concealed weapon permit applications, ride-along form requests
and more. Residents will also be
able to fill out incident request
forms online.
The website will offer information on emergency notices when
necessary. The Sheriff’s Office
is also conducting a community
survey on the new website where
residents can submit their experiences and suggestions to the
office. Additionally, the site will
offer press releases about recent
activity.
The Sheriff’s Office website
is located at www.hokecountysheriff.org.
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Chief Probation/Parole Officer Percy Moore is seeking
Jazmine McGregor for alleged
parole violation. She is 20,
a black female, weighs 270
pounds and is 5’8” tall.Anyone
with information should call
Moore at (910) 875-5081.
Three-county
town hall
meeting set
A collaboration of grassroots community organizations in Hoke, Robeson, and
Scotland counties will be
host a legislative town hall
meeting Monday, March
3 at Nazareth Missionary
Baptist Church in Wagram.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m.
Residents of the tricounty area will hear state
legislators on issues that
will affect the state in the
upcoming months and years.
Community members are
welcome to ask questions
during the open discussion
segment of the meeting.
Sought
Chief Probation/Parole Officer
Percy Moore is seeking Curtis
Cox for alleged parole violation. He is 42, a black male,
weighs 308 pounds and is 6’1”
tall. Anyone with information
should call Moore at (910)
875-5081.
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Percy Moore is seeking Donald
Ross for alleged parole violation. He is 45, a black male,
weighs 149 pounds and is 5’11”
tall. Anyone with information
should call Moore at (910)
875-5081.
A Hoke County farmer won
$2,500 for Boy Scout Troop 410.
Fred Harris presented the check to
the troop at FCI Monday. Money
came from the Monsanto Fund
as part of its America’s Farmers
feed & seed
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Sought
Jeffrey McNeill for alleged
parole violation. He is 39, a
black male, weighs 210 pounds
and is 5’8” tall. Anyone with
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February 26, 2014 Harry
a number of issues including
the identity of Hoke County,
economic development, land use
and zoning, spending, county
debt, and school infrastructure
budgeting.
“We have issues in Hoke
County, one is the identity of
Hoke County. What does Hoke
County want to be, rural, urban or
both?” he said. “…I would like to
address that, what is our identity
and how will we progress in the
next decade.”
Supporting small businesses
in the county is another area of
particular concern.
“The business environment
in Hoke County, we have a lot of
small business. We have issues
there with taxation; we have a
property usage that would confront a small business. It would
also confront development in
Hoke County. I know there’s
been, I’ve voiced this in the past,
I still voice the same principles,
we need to look at land usage.
We need to look at the taxations
that come forth from the county
when it comes to the rural and
non-rural,” Harry said.
Part of that involves looking at
local school funding. Harry said
that in the past, the commission
and county school board have
used “the back door effect” in
connection with school funding
issues.
“By law, all bond issues are
supposed to go to the people at the
state and local level. Our county
commissioners have bypassed
that and the school board has
bypassed that,” he said. The commission and school board “are not
coming to the people” with local
school funding matters, he said.
In another school funding
issue, the state school voucher
program is another concern for
Harry. In a campaign statement,
Harry said that he is “appalled”
at the current county board of
education, as well as commission candidates Michael Lindsay
and Harry Southerland, for their
stance against the school voucher
program.
“I will support our board of
education on any issue but this
one as it relates to charter schools
and vouchers,” he wrote in the
statement.
If elected, Harry said he would
seek to promote transparency
and to continue to be available to
people in the community.
“I’ll be in the community,
you’ll meet me on the streets, you
have my phone number,” he said.
“…Our current county commissioners are not that way.”
Identity is definitely the biggest problem facing Hoke County
right now, the candidate said.
With the growth in the eastern
part of Hoke, decisions made in
the upcoming years will have a
major impact on the county’s
future identity. The last decade
and last five years have brought
a lot of change
“I’m not into identity (as
in) saying we control what you
want to put on your property, but
we need to look at the ideas that
neighbors are neighbors. Let the
neighbor develop his own prop-
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the parking lot of the unfortunate
convenience store. Immediately
from the rear: “Nicky fell out of
the van!”
For a split second it didn’t
make sense. The kids have seatbelts, the doors were closed. Wait.
WHO fell out of the van?
“Nicky—Diana’s koala bear!”
A stuffed animal.
Ah yes, a fitting end to the first
hour of the annual youth ski trip.
Actually, we were supposed to
go last weekend, but we couldn’t
get to the snow because of snow.
So a week later, in typical North
Carolina fashion, we were going
in 70-degree weather.
As we lumbered on down the
road, I wondered what more of
those uniquely youth group adventures lay ahead.
The next day from a girls’
room: “The toilet is overflowing
and it’s getting on the carpet!”
There we go.
When I arrived, to their credit, the
girls had already called the front desk
and a search was on for a plunger.
But this trip’s second offense to
carpet was already smelling, and it
was clear the three girls would have
to be moved to another room.
Trouble was the closest available space was not adjacent to
our five other rooms. Still, no
problem—they were mature
enough to handle one night of
slight separation. The new room,
Filing
after all, was on the same floor.
So they packed up and moved.
A little while later I walked
down to check on them.
I could hear them before I
got to their room, and the excitement seemed a bit extreme even
for them.
Yikes! What. Is. This!
There was a door in the middle
of their room, and it opened to the
adjacent room.
Two doors actually, so that
if you opened your door and
the occupants of the next room
opened theirs, each could access
the other’s room. A great floor
plan if you’re a parent and you’re
vacationing with your kids, but
less than ideal if there are, say,
boys from another youth group on
the other side of that door.
Turns out there were.
The boys had begun tapping on
the door, the girls had responded,
and there had been escalation to
door slamming by the time I arrived.
Oh. Heck. No. The solution
was easy. I traded rooms with
the girls.
And for a little fun, one of
our adult females, Katharine,
positioned herself at the door with
her most imposing look, and when
the boys opened it again, there she
was with her hands on her hips
and a glare in her eyes.
Slam!
“I thought so!” she exclaimed.
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Harry said.
Right now, the county commissioners are allowing developers to
dictate about growth in the county,
he added.
“Developers are dictating to
us where they want to go and
how they want to do it,” he said.
“Identity, it’s always identity.
What do we want to be?”
Harry said that voters should
cast a ballot for him because he
believes in and lives by principle.
“I believe in principle. To me,
principle has been my way of life.
That’s how I make my friendships,
that’s how I choose my place of
worship and that’s how I chose my
mate – principle,” he said.
Harry is a retired educator with
a master’s degree in adult education. In 2010, he ran for a seat in
the state House of Representatives
and in 2012 he ran for a seat on
the board of commissioners; he
previously ran for school board
in 1988. He has been a part of
many community organizations
including the Stonewall Volunteer Fire Department, the Hoke
County Honor Guard, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled
American Veterans and the Purple
Heart Association.
Harry and his wife have lived
in the Antioch community since
1993. The couple’s two children
Holly and David graduated from
Hoke High School, where Harry
said he worked with several others
to found a soccer program in 1997.
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McNeill, who is not running
for reelection this year and was
not running for reelection in 2012,
said at the time that she had known
McPhaul for a long time and approached him because she felt some
of his actions while campaigning
were “a direct conflict” of policy,
she told The News-Journal in August of 2012.
Candidates also filed to run for
other offices. Incumbent state Sen.
Ben Clark, representing District 21,
filed to run for another two-year
term. Clark is a Democrat.
Evelyn McLeod, the Hoke
County Clerk of Court, filed
to run for election. McLeod, a
Democrat, was serving out the
remainder of the late Russell
Smith’s term in office.
Incumbent Hoke County Coroner G. Franklin Crumpler filed
to run for another term in office.
Crumpler has served as the county
coroner since 1960 and is the longest
serving elected official in North
Carolina.
The full election schedule is as
follows, according to the county
board of elections:
Filing period: February 10-28
One-stop voting begins: Thursday, April 24
One-stop voting ends: Saturday,
May 3
Primary Election Day: Tuesday,
May 6
Second primary (if needed):
June 24 or July 15 (Depending on
Congressional races)
Board of Education filing: July
7-August 4
Soil and Water Conservation
Board filing: June 9-July 7
One-stop voting for general election begins: Thursday, October 23
One-stop voting for general election ends: Saturday, November 1
General Election Day: Tuesday,
November 4
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Introduction
Carol Lewis demonstrates how to use Starfall on the Smart Board for students from Hoke
County Head Start. The online program helps teach kids to read and write. They visited Don
Steed Elementary school on Friday, were given a tour of the school and were able to experience some learning activities that will take place when they are in kindergarten.
Wingate students
named to lists
Courtney Smith of Raeford
was named to the Chancellor’s
List of Wingate University. To be
named to the list, students must
earn a grade point average of at
least 3.8.
Desmond Clark and Vincent
Hollingsworth of Raeford were
named to the school’s Dean’s List.
To be named to the list, students
must earn a grade point average
of at least 3.3.
School Briefs
uled for February 15 has been
rescheduled to March 15 at 6
p.m. in the MacDonald Gym at
Hoke High. The Drama Club will
perform the student written play
“Love Letters: A Play About the
Many Facets of Love.” A menu of
Greek salad, herb-crusted chicken
breast, rice pilaf, asparagus
with cream sauce and red velvet
cheesecake will be prepared by the
Hoke High Culinary Arts department. Tickets are still available by
calling 910-875-2156 between 2
and 3:30 p.m. M-F. Ask for Mrs.
Demeter. You may also email
your request to mdemeter@hcs.
k12.nc.us, or come to Hoke High
for an order form. Tickets are $20
per plate. No tickets will be sold
at the door.
ing Caesarian sections.
The Cape Fear Valley hospital
is being funded through loans
from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program. The USDA is
providing $30 million in a direct
loan and over $27.3 million in
a guaranteed loan to help with
construction of the new hospital.
In total, the USDA has invested
over $90 million in the entire Cape
Fear Valley health development in
Hoke, agency officials said.
The hospital system plans
to have the hospital completed
within a year.
“I know we still have a long
way to go, but we’ll be serving
inpatients here before you know
it,” Nagowski said. “I look forward to seeing everyone out here
in about a year when the facility
is complete.”
Elementary School’s Science Fair
competed in the Regional Science
Fair at UNC-Pembroke on Saturday, February 22. Alyssa Norton,
Nailah Quick, Abby Dover, Skye
Hammond and Kayleigh Corella
displayed their projects, which
they explained to the judges during the interview portion of the
competition. Kayleigh Corella
received honorable mention for
her project on The Acidic Properties of Different Substances.
Dinner theater
McLauchlin competes rescheduled
The Hoke County High School
Dinner Theatre originally schedin science fair
The finalists of McLauchlin
Hospital
Jones also recognized several others for their work on the
project.
The 41-bed hospital will have
three floors, two operating rooms
and a 16-bay emergency department. The hospital will also offer
the only maternity ward in the
county complete with four birthing suites, which will be capable
of delivering babies and perform-
Organization gets grant to coordinate seniors
Sacred Pathways, a non-profit
organization in Pembroke, today
announced it was awarded a
federal grant to support senior
volunteer activities from the
Corporation of National and
Community Service (CNCS)
in Hoke, Robeson and Scotland
counties.
These funds were awarded
as part of a competitive grant
process for RSVP, one of
three Senior Corps programs
administered by CNCS. Established in l971, RSVP engages
older Americans in volunteer
opportunities across the country.
These volunteers have been a
critical resource for nationwide
response efforts in everything
from hunger prevention to natural disasters including Hurricane
Sandy.
Sacred Pathways will recruit
older Americans to volunteer in
the communities of Robeson,
Scotland and Hoke counties in
the areas of education, economic
opportunity, healthy futures and
capacity building. “By working with students, providing
job training, helping veterans
transition into civilian life, and
assisting the elderly in seeking
services from existing agencies
and programs, volunteers age 55
and over are helping to transform
the lives of the people they serve,”
said Wendy Spencer, CEO of
the Corporation for National
and Community Services. “Our
communities need the talents
and skills of all Americans as
we continue moving this nation
forward. The dedication of RSVP
volunteers shows that service
benefits not only organizations,
but those who serve as well.”
This grant is one of l75 RSVP
awards provided to volunteer
organizations across the country to support senior volunteer
activities in areas including education and veterans and military
families.
Senior Corps is a program of
the Corporation of National and
Community Service, a federal
agency that engages more than
four million Americans of all
ages and backgrounds in service each year through Senior
Corps, AmeriCorps, and Social
Innovation Fund programs and
leads President Obama’s call to
service, United We Serve.
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Raeford, N.C.
Man shot in arm
Detectives with the Hoke
County Sheriff’s Office are currently investigating a shooting
that injured a Hoke County man.
Howard Baldwin, no address
provided, was shot in the arm Saturday and taken to the University
of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Hospital for surgery, according
to the Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office and officers with
February 26, 2014
Take steps against heart disease
the Raeford Police Department
responded to a 911 call in reference to a man being shot in the
arm. At first officials believed the
shooting happened in the Raeford
city limits, but detectives soon
determined the shooting took
place on Scurlock School Road
in the county.
Baldwin’s injuries were not life
threatening and the investigation
is ongoing.
According to the Center for
Disease Control (CDC), about
600,000 people die of heart
disease in the United States
every year—that’s one in every
four deaths. Heart disease is the
leading cause of death for both
men and women. More than half
of the deaths due to heart disease
are men. Coronary heart disease
is the most common type of
heart disease, killing more that
385,000 people annually.
During the month of February, Americans see the human
heart as the symbol of love. February is American Heart Month,
a time to show love. Learn about
your risks for heart disease and
stroke and stay “heart healthy”
for yourself and your loved ones.
Cardiovascular disease
(CVD) – including heart disease,
stroke, and high blood pressure –
is the number one killer of men
and women in the United States.
It is a leading cause of disability, preventing Americans from
working and enjoying family
activities. CVD costs the United
States over $300 billion each
year, including the cost of health
care services, medications, and
lost productivity.
One arrested for stolen goods
Deputies with the Hoke County
Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman
last week for reportedly possessing
stolen property.
Officers arrested Jannetta P.
Jordan, 42, no address listed, on a
charge of possession of stolen goods.
The Sheriff’s Office began
investigating the case earlier this
month after Jerry Williams of the
5200 block of Laurinburg Road
reported his home was broken
into and items stolen. Williams
contacted law enforcement again
when he reported receiving information about his stolen property.
Detectives conducted an investigation and were able to locate
the stolen property and return it
to Williams.
Jordan was held under a $2,500
secured bond.
Police Blotter
Raeford Police reported the following recent incidents:
February 18
Possession with intent to sell
or deliver a Schedule II controlled
substance, Fayetteville Road, victim
State of North Carolina. Police
charged Michael Clayton McQuage,
24, of the 3900 block of Aberdeen
Road.
Obtaining property by false pretenses, 500 block of East 5thAvenue,
victim Chanika Lee McClean
Damage to personal property,
400 block of East Central Avenue,
victim Melisa Holland-Harris
February 19
Possession of drug paraphernalia, East Prospect Avenue/
Pinecone Avenue, victim State
of North Carolina. Police charged
Vanster Singletary, 36, of the
300 block of McCain Street in
Raeford.
Damage to property, 500 block
of East 5th Avenue, victim Brittany
Vianca Gates
February 20
Breaking and entering, 300 block
of Wooley Street, victim Javon
Maurice Morrison
February 21
Larceny from buildings, breaking and entering, 100 block of
Yadkin Trail Apartments, victim
Robert Antoine Little and Krystal
Tierra Sutton
Trespassing agreement, 800
block of Saunders Street
Understanding the burden
of CVD
February 22
Failure to stop at stop sign, driving while license revoked, possession of cocaine, Burlington Road/
West Prospect Avenue, victim State
of North Carolina. Police charged
Justin Lamar Nolan, 23, of the 100
block of Swan Lane in Raeford.
Larceny, breaking and entering
a motor vehicle, Burlington Road/
West Prospect Avenue, victim Brianna Antoinette Adkins
CVD does not affect all
groups of people in the same way.
Although the number of preventable deaths has declined in
people ages 65 to 74 years, it has
remained unchanged in people
under age 65. Men are more than
twice as likely as women to die
from preventable CVD.
Having a close relative that
has heart disease puts you at
higher risk for CVD. Health
disparities based on geography
also exist. During 2007-2009,
death rates due to heart disease
were the highest in the South
and lowest in the West.
Race and ethnicity also affect
your risk. Nearly 44 percent of
February 23
Fictitious information to officer,
communicating threats, assault on
a female, 100 block of Fayetteville
Road, victim Patty Cummings.
Police charged Rodney Demetrice
Blue, 47, of the 500 block of East
Prospect Avenue.
Child neglect, 300 block of
North Wright Street, victim’s name
withheld
Sheriff Blotter
The Hoke Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent incidents:
February 20
Larceny of a motor vehicle, 200
block of Belle Chase Drive
Larceny, 4500 block of Fayetteville Road
Robbery with a dangerous
weapon, breaking and entering,
larceny, first-degree forcible rape,
assault on a female, 2400 block of
John Road
Assault on a female, simple assault, 700 block of Cope Road
Assault on a female, 200 block
of Bennington Drive
February 21
Larceny, 4500 block of Fayetteville Road
Breaking and entering, larceny,
1700 block of Oakdale Gin Road
Injury to personal property,
Martin Drive
First-degree burglary, 200 block
of Pebble Lane
Communicating threats, 2200
block of Arabia Road
Larceny, 1100 block of Turnpike
Road
Assault with a deadly weapon,
2400 block of John Road
Assault on a female, 200 block
of Bennington Drive
Communicating threats, Wayside and Brock Road
Simple affray, 7800 block of Red
Springs Road
Assault by pointing a firearm,
attempted assault with a deadly
weapon, 2100 block of Gainey Road
Breaking and entering, communicating threats, 400 block of
Koppers Drive
Injury to personal property, 400
block of Koppers Drive
Shoplifting, 4500 block of Fayetteville Road
February 22
Assault on a government employee, 100 block of East Edinborough Avenue
Injury to real property, 100 block
of Cavalier Drive
Injury to personal property, 300
block of Stevens Street
Arrests: Richard Gillon Jeffrey
Jr., 400 block of Northwoods Drive,
order for arrest/failure to appear;
Amanda Sue Callahan, 100 block
of Mixed Trail, order for arrest/
failure to appear
February 23
Injury to personal property,
larceny, 300 block of Bonney Lane
Unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle, 200 block of Leisure Trail
Injury to real property, 2100
block of Army Road
Assault on a female, larceny,
1300 block of Clan Campbell Drive
Domestic violence order weapon
seizure, 1600 block of Balfour Road
Breaking and entering, larceny,
1500 block of Clan Campbell Drive
February 24
Simple assault, 2300 block of
Highway 401 Business
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HokE CoUntY SCHoolS
For 2014-2015 School Year
All children entering Kindergarten must be 5 years of age by August 31, 2014.
All children applying for Pre-Kindergarten must be 4 years of age by August 31, 2014.
Please bring a certified birth certificate, shot record (updated immunization record) and
proof of residency (i.e. current utility bill) when registering your child for Kindergarten.
Pre-K needs certified birth certificate, proof of income (i.e. tax records or pay stubs)
and proof of residency (i.e. current utility bill) when applying.
Be sure to register your child at the school in your current attendance zone.
Don Steed Elementary 875-1125
March 6th - 12:00pm - 7:00pm
March 7th - 9:00am - 2:00pm
McLauchlin Elementary 875-8721
March 4th - 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Rockfish Hoke Elementary 875-9343
March 4th - 12:00pm - 6:00pm
March 5th - 8:30am - 12:30pm
Hawk Eye Elementary 875-2470
March 4th - 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Sandy Grove Elementary 875-6008
March 3rd - 9:00am - 7:00pm
Scurlock Elementary 875-4182
March 3rd - 9:00am - 7:00pm
Upchurch Elementary 875-1574
March 3rd - 12:00pm - 6:00pm
West Hoke Elementary 875-2584
March 5th - 10:00am - 6:00pm
March 6th - 10:00am - 7:00pm
Extension Today
Shirley Smith
African American men and 48
percent of African American
women have some form of CVD.
African Americans are more
likely than any other racial or
ethnic group to have high blood
pressure and to develop the condition earlier in life. About two
in five African American adults
have high blood pressure, yet
fewer than half of them have the
condition under control.
Many CVD deaths could
have been prevented through
healthier habits, healthier living
spaces, and better management
of conditions like high blood
pressure and diabetes.
Take it one step at a time
You can control a number of
risk factors for CVD, including:
•Diet
•Physical activity
•Tobacco use
•Obesity
•High blood pressure
•High blood cholesterol
•Diabetes
As you begin your journey
to better heart health that can
last a lifetime, keep these things
in mind:
• Try not to become overwhelmed. Every step brings you
closer to a healthier heart, and
every healthy choice makes a
difference!
• Partner up. The journey
is more fun – and often more
successful – when you have
company. Ask friends and family
to join you.
• Don’t get discouraged. You
may not be able to take all of the
steps at one time. Get a good
night’s sleep – also important
for a healthy heart – and do what
you can tomorrow.
• Reward yourself. Find fun
things to do to decrease your
stress. Round up some colleagues for a lunchtime walk,
join a singing group or have a
healthy dinner with your family
and friends.
Plan for prevention. Try out
these strategies for better heart
health. You’ll be surprised how
many of them can become lifelong habits!
Work with your health care
team. Get a checkup at least
once each year, even if you
feel healthy. A doctor, nurse, or
other health care professional
can check for conditions that
put you at risk for CVD, such
as high blood pressure and diabetes – conditions that can go
unnoticed for too long.
Monitor your blood pressure.
High blood pressure often has no
symptoms, so be sure to have it
checked on a regular basis. You
can check your blood pressure
at home, at a pharmacy, or at a
doctor’s office.
Get your cholesterol checked.
Your health care team should test
your cholesterol levels at least
once every 5 years. Talk with
your health care professional
about this simple blood test.
Eat a healthy diet. Choosing
healthful meal and snack options can help you avoid CVD
and its complications. Limiting
sodium in your diet can lower
your blood pressure. Be sure
to eat plenty of fresh fruits and
vegetables – adults should have
at least five servings each day.
Eat foods low in saturated fat,
trans fat, and cholesterol and
high in fiber.
Maintain a healthy weight.
Being overweight or obese can
increase your risk for CVD. To
determine whether your weight
is in a healthy range, health care
professionals often calculate a
number called body mass index
(BMI). Doctors sometimes also
use waist and hip measurements
to measure a person’s body fat.
Exercise regularly. Physical
activity can help you maintain
a healthy weight and lower cholesterol and blood pressure. The
Surgeon General recommends
that adults should engage in
moderate-intensity activity for
at least 150 minutes per week.
Remember to incorporate exercise into your day in different
ways - take the stairs instead
of the elevator or rake the yard
instead of using the leaf blower.
Exercising with friends and family can be a great way to stay
healthy and have fun.
Don’t smoke. Cigarette
smoking greatly increases your
risk for CVD. If you don’t
smoke, don’t start. If you do
smoke, quit as soon as possible.
Your health care team can suggest ways to help you quit.
Limit alcohol use. Avoid
drinking too much alcohol,
which can increase your blood
pressure. Men should stick to
no more than two drinks per
day, and women to no more
than one.
Manage your diabetes. If
you have diabetes, monitor your
blood sugar levels closely, and
talk with your health care team
about treatment options.
Take your medicine. If you’re
taking medication to treat high
blood pressure, high cholesterol,
diabetes, or another condition,
follow the instructions carefully.
Always ask questions if you
don’t understand something. If
you have side effects, talk with
your health care team about your
options for more ways to protect
your heart and live a longer,
healthier life.
Million Hearts® is a national
initiative to prevent one million
heart attacks and strokes by
2017. Together, we all can prevent and manage heart disease,
one step at a time.
For more information, contact Shirley Smith at the NC
Cooperative Extension Center
at 875-2162 or email shirley_j_
smith@ncsu.edu.
Class Reunions
1961 — If you are interested in
attending a reunion for the 1961
Upchurch High School class, contact myrticemyrt@aol.com or call
Myrtice Pollard (910) 843-5952
or Martha McNair Brown (910)
875-6119.
1962 — Information on the class
of 1962 may be obtained by calling
Annie Gilchrist McLain, 487-4195;
McKinnon McKeller, 864-0772; or
Ellen Clark McNeill, 875-3237;
or email emcneill1005@aol.com.
1964 — Upchurch High School
class of 1964 is planning for their
50th reunion in 2014. Any classmates that would like to attend
meetings or make any suggestions
should contact president Rebecca
McNeill (910) 875-1469 or vicepresident John McLean (910)
843-4047.
1965 — Upchurch High Class
of 1965 meets monthly at the home
of Mr. Bobby and Jennie Allen.
All interested parties are invited to
attend. Contact Rev. Jennie Allen
at (910) 875-5026; Pastor Cora
Murphy (910) 684-0417; Mr. Paul
Purcell (910) 904-1622; Janice
McDougal (910) 423-6271; email
jlmac65@nc.net; snail mail 3649
Marcliff Road, Hope Mills, NC
28348.
1969 — The Hoke High Class
of 1969 will be holding their 45th
reunion October 10-12 in the Ocean
Reef Resort, Myrtle Beach, SC. The
cost will be $70 per person and each
person will be responsible for their
own room reservation. Call any of
the following committee members
for more information: Pat Graham
(910) 848-5142 or patgraham@
centurylink.net; Shirley Rush
(910) 875-4357; Vincent Parker
(910) 224-3565; Myrtle Quick
(910) 843-4922; Linda Cherry
(910) 875-4654. We need your
email or address so you can get the
information.
1974 - The Class of 1974 Reunion Committee is in the planning
stages for its 40th year reunion to be
held August 29 – 31, 2014. More
information will be forthcoming.
If you are a member of the Hoke
County High School Class of 1974,
contact Mary McCollum at (910)
875-4823, benz4keeps@aol.com or
Barbara Smith at (910) 875-4912,
bxsmith@embarqmail.com with
your contact information.
1977 — Hoke County High
School Class of 1977 will meet every
Monday at 7 p.m. at Virgil’s DriveIn. Any interested classmate may
call James Quick at (910) 273-1863.
1969 — The Hoke High Reunion Committee is in the planning stages for its 45th reunion for
2014. Any classmates interested in
working on the committee should
contact Pat Graham, chairperson at
(910) 878-1255 or (910) 848-5142.
1987 — The Hoke County
High Class of 1987 class reunion
preparations are underway for 2012.
For suggestions/details email: Della
Brunson Smith at_della.smith@
hotmail.com or Anthony Sinclair
at microtec31@netscape.net.
1984 — The Hoke County High
School class of 1984 will hold its
30th class reunion June 27-28 at
Midpines Resort in Southern Pines.
For information call Leslie Foster
Hinson at (910) 494-4056 or email
tarhinson@aol.com or Sharon Peterkin at (910) 884-6546 or email
speterkin@roadrunner.com. Early
bird registration before Feb 28.
Please help spread the word.
Matrícula de kínder y 3-7 de
Solicitudes para
marzo
Pre-kínder
ESCUElaS dEl Condado dE HokE
2014-2015
Todos los niños que estén entrando al Kínder deben tener 5 años de edad cumplidos antes del
31 de agosto del 2014. Todos los niños que estén solicitando entrar al Pre-Kínder deben tener 4
años de edad cumplidos antes del 31 de agosto del 2014. Por favor traiga acta de nacimiento,
historial de vacunas (al día), prueba de domicilio (por ej., factura reciente del agua/luz) al
matricular a su niño para Kínder. Para Pre-Kínder se necesita una copia del acta de nacimiento
certificada y prueba de ingreso (por ej., información de los impuestos o talones de cheque),
prueba de domicilio (por ej., factura reciente del agua/luz) al momento de llenar la solicitud.
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Sports
February 26, 2014 THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Raeford, N.C
7A
Bucks’ basketball season comes to end
By Hal Nunn
Sports writer
Bucks boys’ basketball team (1610 overall and 8-1 conference) had
a quick turn around from Friday
night to Monday night in the first
round of the North Carolina High
School Athletic Association state
playoffs. Friday night, the Bucks
played a game against Pinecrest
that didn’t have much meaning.
Hoke clinched their third straight
Southeastern Conference crown
earlier in the week by beating Purnell Swett and Richmond County.
Due to the snow delays the week
before, Hoke played three games
last week and won all three to cap
a nine-game winning streak heading into the first round of the state
playoffs. Monday night, the Bucks
would play Southeast Raleigh, a
team that was 14-9 overall and 9-7
in the Greater Neuse Conference
and finished in fourth place in that
conference.
The game started with the
Bucks facing a 3-2 zone, which
limited their inside penetration
and forced the Bucks to hit shots
from the outside. Kory Jones did
just that, hitting three 3-pointers in
the first half, and the Bucks team
hit five 3-pointers to Southeast
Raleigh’s three long balls. The
game was tied 11-11 at the end of
the first period. The second period
was much the same and the two
teams were knotted up at 25-25
at the break.
Going into the third period,
the tempo seemed to pick up a
bit with the Bucks adding more
pressure down court and at the
end of the third, the Bucks had
Jon Maynor tips off againstTavis Purdie from Southeast Raleigh Monday Tyshod Ray goes up for a lay-up against Pinecrest last Friday night. The Bucks beat Pinecrest
night in the Bucks 52-46 loss in the first round of the state playoffs. 64-58 to end the regular season and clinch the Southeastern Conference crown.
the lead, albeit a small one 4037. In the fourth and final period,
Southeast Raleigh continued the
pressure on the perimeter but also
started posting up our smaller guys
down low on offense and pulled
ahead by two with one minute
to play. The defensive pressure
by the Bulldogs slowed Hoke to
only six points in the final period
to the Bulldogs 15 points. The
Bucks had opportunities late but
misfired on a series of plays and
fell 52-46 at the end.
Head Coach Quame Patterson
said after the game, “We missed
allot of opportunities but you also
have to give Southeast Raleigh al-
lot of credit. They play in a very
tough conference with Clayton,
Garner and Knightdale, three
really good teams, and have 10
seniors.” When asked about the
season as a whole, Coach Patterson said, “I’m proud of our guys
and we had a really successful
season. Each year you set goals
and we met those goals this year,
especially after starting off losing the first two games and the
first conference game. We won
the conference championship for
the third straight year and made
the playoffs and had a first round
home game.”
Next year the Bucks will lose
three key players and will be looking to add some players from the
junior varsity.
The leading scorer for the
Bucks was Kory Jones with 19
points. Keshawn Shaw added 14,
Jon Maynor added six, Octavious
Williams added three and Tyshod
Ray added two.
Wrestlers compete at state championships Hoke bowler wins
By Hal Nunn
Sports writer
wrestling team had a decent
showing last week and was in it
until the very last match for the
Southeastern Conference lead
when they wrestled Lumberton
and Scotland at home Wednesday
night. The Bucks defeated Lumberton 43-36 but lost 37-36 to the
Fighting Scots. Getting wins for
the Bucks were Colby Porter, Seth
Cooper, Frederick Minton, Dejon
McClean, Keshawn McLean,
Jeremy McNeill, Clyde Nettles,
Kyle Lohman, Austin Hartgrove,
Timothy Locklear and Gerrard
Smith.
Over the weekend in the
Scotland Duals, Hoke County
avenged their conference loss last
week with a decisive win over the
Fighting Scots 42-36 and finished
in second place behind the Buccaneers of Jack Britt. The Bucks
also defeated Anson County 4624 and E.E. Smith 51-30. Their
only loss came against Jack Britt,
the tournament winner. Head
wrestling coach Vernon Walworth
said, “Our team has shown great
improvement this season with
their techniques and effort, and
their accomplishments have been
noticed by other coaches and
officials throughout the region.”
This Thursday night is Senior
Night for the Bucks and the team
would like to see the stands full for
their four seniors, Clyde Nettles,
Keshawn McLean, Gerrard Smith
and Seth Cooper, and because they
could win the conference if they
continue their winning streak. The
match will start at 6 p.m. inside
MacDonald Gym.
Fighting Bucks Sports Schedule
February 26
Girls JV Soccer at Pine Forest 5:30
p.m.
Girls V Soccer at Pine Forest 7 p.m.
Girls V Softball Home vs. S. Robeson 5 p.m.
Boys V Tennis Home vs. South
View 4 p.m.
February 27
Boys V Baseball at Red Springs
6 p.m.
February 28
Girls JV Soccer at South View
5:30 p.m.
Girls V Soccer at South View 7 p.m.
Girls JV Softball at Union Pines
4:30 p.m.
Girls V Softball at Union Pines 6
p.m.
Boys JV Baseball at Jack Britt
4:30 p.m.
Boys V Baseball at Jack Britt 7 p.m.
March 3
Girls JV Soccer Home vs. Pine Forest 5:30 p.m.
Girls V Soccer Home vs. Pine Forest 7 p.m.
Girls JV Softball Home vs. Jack
Britt 6:30 p.m.
Girls V Softball Home vs. Jack
Britt 5 p.m.
Boys Golf at Pinecrest 2 p.m.
March 4
GirlsV Softball at S. Robeson 5 p.m.
Boys V Tennis Home vs. Richmond
4 p.m.
Boys JV Baseball at South View
4 p.m.
Boys V Baseball at South View
6 p.m.
state championship
By Hal Nunn
Sports writer
Two Hoke County High
School bowlers, sisters Rebecca Mosher and Renee Mosher,
competed in the Southeastern
Conference bowling tournament and earned their way into
the state championships by
finishing in 10th place or better
in the conference. The top 10
bowlers from each conference
go to the state championship.
Rebecca Mosher bowled a
160 to finish in first place in
the Southeastern Conference
and her sister Renee Mosher
bowled a 130 to place sixth
in the conference. The state
championship was held in
Lumberton this past weekend. Rebecca had to bowl in
a roll-off and scored a 169 to
capture the state championship over a lady from St. Pauls
who bowled a 162. This is the
fourth year that Hoke County
has competed in bowling in
the Southeastern Conference.
Just Putting Around
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Wednesday Shootout results
from last week: First Place: Steve
Kennedy, John Hudson, Jeff Lunsford and Sean Burke at 2-under;
Second Place: Flint Hamilton, Elmer
Capps, Mark Madden, Larry Burke
and Les Sandy at 1-under. The Partners In Education Golf Tournament
is May 10, 2014 at noon.
Upland Trace
Upland Trace Golf Course and
the North Carolina Golf Academy
will sponsor a PGA Junior League
Golf (PGA JLG) that features a
team vs. team scramble format
in a structured league setting that
provides for a more popular, less
stressful, competition. Emphasis
is on the fun, recreation, and
sportsmanship of the game for
players at any skill level. Where
every participant gets the chance to
play, join our team today, by going
online to www.NC1Golf.com and
clicking on the PGA Junior League
Golf logo.
Sisters Renee Mosher (left) and Rebecca Mosher (right)
compete in the state championship in bowling. Rebecca
won state shooting a 169.
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THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Raeford, N.C.
February 26, 2014
Sandy Grove
Hoke County Schools. It is the result of the board of commissioners
and the board of education working
together, asking hard questions,
demanding proof that the science
of the building would work, and
depending on school board attorney Nick Sojka and attorney
Rod Malone for the legal work
and interpretation of the law,” Williamson said in a statement. “With
this project, both boards did what
the public elected them to do. The
nation is taking notice of the great
things being done in Hoke County
and Sandy Grove Middle School
is serving as a model for future
schools across this great nation.”
Williamson said the school
system hopes that in the near future, “we will see the same type of
trendsetting at Hoke High School,”
referring to the early-stage plans of
building an additional gym, swimming pool, cafeteria and classroom
building at the high school. The
proposed addition would focus on
career and technical education as
well as engineering and technology classes. The school system is
currently waiting to hear from the
county commissioners on a date for
the two boards to discuss a request
for local funding to support the cost
of construction for the proposed
high school expansion.
Sandy Grove Middle’s “innovative” private-public financing,
green energy features and ability
to act as a science, technology,
engineering and mathematics
(STEM) learning lab earned the
school the national recognition,
the school system reported.
“Well before the August 17
opening of Sandy Grove Middle,
this school was set to be a groundbreaking trendsetter as the nation’s
first net positive energy, LEED
Platinum designed, leased public
school,” the school system reported
in a media statement about the
award.
The middle school has a number of design and construction
features not typically found in most
school buildings. The building has
solar panels on the roof, geothermal heating and cooling, LED
lighting, a spray foam air barrier
insulation, a whole building generator and control and monitoring
of all systems through a building
automation system.
“Because the entire electrical
demand of the building is offset
by the onsite renewable energy
sources, Hoke County Schools
can expect to save $16 million
in energy costs over the next
40 years,” the school system reported. “The sustainable features
related to indoor environmental
quality limit the toxins and pollutants in the air, provide additional
controllability for the conditioning of the space for added thermal
comfort and provide views from
90 percent of the building’s
spaces. The tight construction and
whole building air barrier limit
air and water infiltration in the
building, in turn preventing mold
growth and removing water from
the building envelope.”
Additionally, the North Carolina School Boards Association
(NCSBA) recognized Sandy
Grove Middle with the 2013
Excellence in Architectural Design Award and ENR Southeast
recognized it as the 2013 Best
K-12 project. The school was also
named one of the nation’s seven
greenest schools by TakePart.com
before construction wrapped on
the project.
Fire
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Sandy Grove Middle School at its opening.
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Med1 ambulances responded.
The structure was built in
1992, according to Johnson, and
was about 12,000 square feet.
The fire started in the vicinity of
a motorized fan shutter assembly.
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The building was owned by
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Charles Smith of Maxton.
Farms are exempt from the
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North Carolina Fire Prevention
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Code, Johnson said, and therefore
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are not subject to fire code compliance inspections.
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119 W. Elwood Avenue
Raeford, NC 28376
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MOORE REGIONAL HOSPITALHOKE CAMPUS EDUCATION
SERIES
Managing Diabetes: How to Avoid an Ulcer
Tuesday, March 25, 6-7:30 p.m., Conference
Room, Moore Regional Hospital-Hoke
Campus, 6408 Fayetteville Road, Raeford
NOW OPEN
FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbarics is
now open in the FirstHealth Physician Offices
& Specialty Center, the new medical office
building located at 6322 Fayetteville Road,
Raeford, adjacent to FirstHealth Moore Regional
Hospital-Hoke Campus. The program offers
individualized treatment plans for wound care
that are designed to complement the referring
physician’s plan of care and that include
monitoring, management and treatment of
chronic non-healing wounds.
For more information, call 878-6750.
NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS
Mahalia R. Guerrier, M.D. (Internal Medicine);
Vicki Hardy, D.O. (Family Medicine); and
Debbie R. Thomasson, M.D. (Cardiology)
FirstHealth Primary Care & Cardiology
Physician Offices and Specialty Services
6322 Fayetteville Road, Raeford
For more information, call 878-5180 for
Primary Care and (855) 695-7915 for
Cardiology.
Jeffrey Gibbons, M.D., of FirstHealth Wound
Care & Hyperbarics, discusses diabetes
complications including nerve damage and poor
blood circulation. These problems make the feet
vulnerable to skin sores (ulcers) that can worsen
quickly and are difficult to treat. The Hoke
Education Series is free and open to the public.
For more information or to register, call
(800) 213-2384.
HEALTH & FITNESS
Tumble Stars Fitness Program
Tumbling is loads of fun that focuses on
gross motor proficiency and encourages
sportsmanship and teamwork. Children will learn
basic gymnastic skills combined with fitness
activities, games and dance.
Little Dippers (ages 4-7)
Saturdays, 11-11:45 a.m.
Big Dippers (ages 8-11)
Saturdays, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
$45 per month members/$55 per month
community.
FirstHealth Health & Fitness-Raeford is located
at 313 Teal Drive, Raeford.
For membership or program information,
or to register for one of our classes,
call 904-7400.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital-Hoke
Campus seeks volunteers interested in making
knitted/crocheted stuffed animals or blankets for
pediatric patients receiving emergency care at
the hospital.
For more information, call (910) 715-1266
CHOLESTEROL, DIABETES &
BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING
Thursday, April 3, 8:30-11 a.m., SECU, 1108
Fayetteville Road, Raeford
Tuesday, April 8, 8-11 a.m., FirstHealth Health
& Fitness-Raeford, 313 Teal Drive, Raeford
$5 per participant. Simple finger stick.
RUN FOR THE RIBBONS 5K AND 1K
Saturday, April 5, 9 a.m.-noon, Carolina
Horse Park at Five Points, 2814 Montrose
Road, Raeford
Run for the Ribbons 5K and Family Fun 1K is
an annual community fitness event that kick offs
a colorful day of cancer awareness, survivor
celebration and exciting horse racing at the 63rd
Stoneybrook Steeplechase.
Carolina Horse Park Foundation, The
Foundation of FirstHealth and FirstHealth
Centers for Health & Fitness are partnering
to raise awareness and proceeds for The
Foundation of FirstHealth Cancer CARE Fund.
The 5K begins at 9 a.m., and the 1K begins at
10:30 a.m.
To register or for more information, go to
www.runfortheribbons5K.com or www.
active.com.
WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY
INFORMATION SESSION
Thursday, March 6 or Monday, March 17,
Clara McLean House, 20 FirstVillage Drive,
Pinehurst
This program is designed to introduce
prospective patients to the FirstHealth Bariatric
Center at Moore Regional Hospital and to
provide information about the weight-loss
surgery options offered. Prospective patients
must attend a free information session in order to
schedule a consultation with a bariatric surgeon.
Family members and/or other supporters are
welcome and encouraged to attend. Please
wear shoes that can be taken on and off easily
and arrive 20 to 30 minutes early so we can
calculate your body mass index.
For more information or directions,
call (800) 213-3284 or visit us at www.
ncweightlosssurgery.org
BARIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP
MEETING
Thursday, March 6, 7-8 p.m., Clara McLean
House, 20 FirstVillage Drive, Pinehurst
This month’s topic is Healthy Eating on a
Budget. Call 715-6283 for more information.
FREE
QUIT CLASS
Ready to quit tobacco? We can help.
Quit classes are scheduled by appointment
at the FirstHealth Raeford Center, 313 Teal
Drive, Raeford.
For more information or to register, call Melissa
Kuhn toll-free at (888) 534-5333.
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