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RAEFORD & HOKE COUNTY N.C.
No. 51 Vol. 106
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Proposed voting site may violate law
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
state to allow a second one-stop
absentee voting site in the Puppy
Creek voting district and to move
Some citizens are questioning a the precinct’s voting site from the
contested vote of the Hoke County Puppy Creek Fire Department to
Board of Elections asking the state’s the Matthew Rouse Jr. Community
permission to make changes to the Resource Center. The board voted
county’s one-stop absentee voting two to one at a special called meetplan.
ing Monday in favor of asking the
Earlier this year the board voted state’s permission to hold one-stop
two to one in favor of asking the voting Sunday, April 29 from 2-6
Staff writer
p.m. at the county Board of Elections
office, which is already the county’s
designated one-stop early voting site.
In both votes, Chairwoman Gloria
Barnes Hill and Secretary Brenda
Oxendine Jacobs voted in favor of
the changes while board member
Robert E. Vaughn voted against
the motion.
The changes are not final. The
petitions must be approved by the
state before the changes can be made,
according to state law.
“You cannot do the one-stop voting unless you get permission from
the state board,” County Attorney
William Fields said.
Technically the board is attempting to amend the county’s one-stop
voting plan, he said.
However, state law places restrictions on which locations can be used
as one-stop voting sites. The State
Board of Elections won’t approve
a plan to hold one-stop voting in
a building that doesn’t meet the
requirements, and the request to
whoever oversees the building must
be made at least 90 days before onestop voting begins.
“In providing the site or sites for
one-stop absentee voting under this
(See ONE-STOP, page 6A)
State championship in sight
Bucks go to regionals
BY HAL NUNN
Sports writer
The Bucks’ Jayvione Parker blocks a shot by Apex’s #10 Austin Debevec in the game that sent
the team to the regionals. At right, Hoke County fans were on their feet for most of the game.
(Hal Nunn photos)
This Week
With a standing-room-only crowd
and folks being turned away at the
door, the #2 seed Hoke County High
School Fighting Bucks, along with
their fans, are headed to the North
Carolina High School Athletic Association Regional tournament tomorrow night to take on the Trojans
of Pine Forest at 8:30 p.m. in the
Crown Arena. The win last week
over the Apex Cougars propelled the
Bucks into the statewide scene and
two wins away from a possible state
championship. The Bucks fought a
tough Apex team that plays in the
Trine 9 conference in Raleigh and
the defensive battle produced a lower
scoring game than we have seen
(See BUCKS, page 7A)
Four now challenging commissioners
Pace picks up in local election filing, state races get candidates, Congress too
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
erans Service officer for Hoke County,
and Lonnie Baldwin have filed to run
for commissioner.
Two Republican candidates and
McPhaul announced last year that
two Democratic candidates have filed he would seek a seat on the county
to challenge incumbent Democrats commission. Baldwin and Harry
James Leach and Bobby Wright for announced this week that they will
seats on the Hoke County Board of also challenge Leach and Wright for
Commissioners.
a position on the board. Thacker filed
Republicans John Harry and Elda last week and Baldwin and Harry
Thacker have filed to run for positions filed Monday.
on the board.
Now that there are four Democrats
Democrats Freddy McPhaul, Vet- running for the two seats, registered
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Democrat voters will have a chance
this May to select the two candidates
from their party that they want to see
on the ballot in November. However,
unless another Republican candidate
files for election, Harry and Thacker
will automatically become the Republican nominees for the commission race.
Incumbent Kristy Newton has also
filed for re-election as Hoke County’s
District Attorney.
Candidates for the Hoke County
Two file for board of commissioners
Lonnie Baldwin
John Harry
Running for: Hoke
County Board of Commissioners
Status: Candidate
Experience: Not previously elected
Education: Master’s
degree from Kansas State
in Adult and Occupational
Lonnie Baldwin anLongtime Hoke
Education
nounced
this
week
that
County
resident and
Position:
Paid
Raeford native and
he
will
run
for
election
Navy
veteran
John F.
U.S. Army veteran
(Profiles continue on page 6A)
Running for: Hoke
County Board of Commissioners
Status: Candidate
Experience: Not previously elected
Education: Degree
from Howard University
Position: Paid
Board of Education and the soil and
water conservation supervisory positions will file for election this summer.
The primary election is set for May.
N.C. General Assembly
House of Representatives incumbents Garland Pierce, a Democrat
from Wagram representing state
House District 48 and Ken Goodman, a Democrat from Rockingham
representing state House District
(See FILING, page 5A)
Bond is $1 million
for sex offender
A registered sex
offender who once
worked as a New
Hanover County
Sheriff’s deputy was
arrested in Pender
County last week on
charges alleging that
he sexually abused
two Hoke County
Flood
children.
Jarmal Akfpon arrested on chargFlood, 40, of N.C. es of one count of
Highway 210 in
(See FLOOD,
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page 5A)
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Viewpoints
Raeford, N.C.
February 29, 2012
Now we know what gets folks worked up
Wow. Apparently the nation wants our
teachers to steer clear of kids’ lunchboxes. The story of the preschooler at West
Hoke Elementary who went through the
cafeteria line for chicken nuggets after
a teacher thought her lunch from home
didn’t meet nutritional guidelines made
headlines all over the world.
Not that a little common sense isn’t in
order in setting and enforcing rules, but
of all the issues, problems, and needs in
education, this is the one that gets everyone’s blood boiling?
We don’t seem to care about all the
processed food we’re serving the kids.
We don’t seem to care about laying off
more than 500 teachers and 1,200 teaching assistants in this state following last
year’s legislative session.
We don’t seem to care about the
$2,100 gap in spending per child between
the 10 poorest counties and the 10 richest.
We don’t seem to care that teachers are
among the lowest paid professionals.
We don’t seem to care that, according
A.C. Nielsen Co., kids spend an average
of 1,680 minutes per week watching TV
and 3.5 minutes in meaningful conversation with their parents. Or that they spend
1500 hours per year watching TV, compared to 900 hours in school.
In short, we don’t seem to care about
solutions that cost us more or require
more sacrifice from citizenry.
But nobody better tell a child to get a
carton of milk to go with his lunch from
home. “Food Nazis,” Rush Limbaugh
called them.
Perhaps there are errors in execution,
but at least the welfare of the children is
behind the rules that call for subsidizing
lunches from home.
Cut them some slack, people.
Let’s talk about the real problems and
what we can do to solve them.
The need won’t go away in education
Editor’s note: Raz Autry is
taking a short health-related sabbatical, and we’ve been running
some of his past columns. This one
is from 2006, when Hoke County
was considering a $20 million
bond issue.
To be successful in getting a
yes vote on the upcoming school
bond for 20 million dollars will
take some work from all of us who
are in favor of it. Most folks, when
you say a vote of yes will increase
your taxes, will just about go into
heart failure.
I have always taken the position that someone helped to
educate my child; therefore, it is
my responsibility to help educate
someone else’s child.
When I was superintendent,
the school board decided we
needed some buildings. They
requested a bond issue of one and
a quarter million dollars for the
projects. You would have thought
from the outcry of the public that
we were going to bankrupt Hoke
County. This was during the time
when gas was 25 cents a gallon
and you could buy a whole hog for
two bushels of corn. As superintendent, I took the position that I
was going to need some help from
A View
from the
Country
Raz Autry
concerned people. I turned to the
people who I knew would not only
help but also saw the needs of the
school system. Therefore I asked
100 women to help pass the bond
issue. I have always had a lot of
faith in women; they know how
to get things done.
In two months I made 38
speeches on the need for these funds.
Naturally I had my enemies.
One man, who was so against
the increase of taxes he thought
was coming, went to every one
of those meetings where I spoke
and spoke against it. I didn’t try
to convince him otherwise. It was
his right as a citizen. The ladies
came through; we were successful in 11 of the 13 voting places.
Right or wrong, the powers
that be didn’t let us spend all of
the money, which proved to be
a mistake.
It is foolish for us to sit idly
by and expect the state or the
government to solve our school
building problems; that is not
going to happen. I can readily
admit that spending 13 million
dollars to build an elementary
school is something I have a hard
time swallowing. Yet it also is
unbelievable that someone would
pay two million dollars for a lot
on the waterfront.
Our county is growing, probably
faster than a lot of us desire. Nevertheless, along with growth come
responsibility, and building schools
is one of those responsibilities.
My being in favor of it will not
pass the bond issue. Those folks
who see the need and are willing
to step up to the plate will be the
ones who pass the issue.
Closing your eyes and turning
your back will not make the need
go away. All of the young parents
and old grandparents need to put our
children first, and to put them first,
they need a place to be educated
where they can enjoy the art of learning. They only pass this way once.
Ed: The bond referendum
passed 1,256 to 336. The money
was used to build Don Steed
Elementary School and to begin
design work on a third middle
school, yet to be built.
We put sports over education in universities
One of the most important
aspects of our recovery from this
recession is our view of education.
One of the reasons we have fallen
so far behind other countries of the
world, education-wise, is that we
as Americans seem to now place
more importance on which universities excel in sports rather than in
education. There was a time when
parents chose universities such as
Harvard, Yale and M.I.T. because
of their technology programs.
Other countries such as
China and Japan, as well as
countries of the Middle East,
have surpassed us in technology
because they have placed more
importance on education for
their youth and less importance
on sports. Today, the majority
of our universities are judged
not by their academic programs
but by their athletic programs.
Here in North Carolina, when
you think of Duke, N.C. State
or UNC, you think of their
football or basketball programs,
not their academic programs.
The public has become so engrossed with sports that nothing
else seems to matter. Athletes are
recruited by colleges to improve
their ratings and finances from
TV appearances and gate receipts.
Many of these athletes are used
to make millions for universities and then are often forgotten
because of their lack of ability to
perform in the world’s workforce
after college. This is because they
spend most of their time building
their athletic skills to improve the
university’s financial status.
Many of the universities seem
to place more importance on the
millions that an athlete can gen-
Paul Burnley
erate for them through a sports
program than the education of
the individual. Many of these
athletes are not required to take
tests or someone else takes tests
for them. It is more important for
that athlete to hone his skills to
perform at his best for the school.
No one at the university seems to
be concerned about the student
not being equipped to earn a living after attending a university.
In most instances, they do not
graduate and are not able to find
suitable employment because they
have not received a proper education but were used to improve the
university’s financial status.
While other countries are
pressing their youth to gain
knowledge that will not only
ensure their future but also move
their county ahead in the global
market, we seem to be more interested in how well our youth
perform on the football field and
basketball court. The country is
more obsessed with sports than
the economy. More people in this
country watch the Super Bowl
than the “State of the Union” address by the president.
Students from China, Japan,
the Middle East, and many Third
World countries that come here
are much better educated that our
own students. While we are worrying about which school is going
to win a football or basketball
game, engineering students in
China have designed the world’s
fastest train. China as well as many
other countries of the world are
building their country’s economy
and becoming less dependent on
American products. They are
now manufacturing and exporting products to us that were once
made here.
I am aware that the college
years are suppose to be fun years
but they are also the years for
molding young peoples’ minds.
These are to be the future leaders of the country. The major
reports that the public receives
concerning college students
are the tailgate parties at sports
events, keg parties at frat houses
and the drunken beach parties we
read about while students are on
spring break. We read very little
about academic achievements of
students.
This is by no means to indicate
that sports are not important to
young people. It builds character
and teaches fair play and respect
for others. Also, I do not want
to imply that other countries
do not participate and compete
with the U.S. in sports. However,
other countries do not place sports
above education.
Until we place education above
sports, we will fall farther behind
other countries of the world. As of
now, we are behind such countries
as India, China and most of the
Middle Eastern countries when
it comes to educating our young
people. The countries that have
the best-educated young people
will lead the world.
Paul Burnley can be reached
by email at plburnley@aol.com.
Days Since
The intent to build a hospital in Hoke County was announced.
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State of education: nothing to be proud of
By Chris Fitzsimon
N.C. Policy Watch
Here’s a pretty good indication
of the state of the debate about
public schools in North Carolina.
The Republicans and the rightwing think tanks that craft their
talking points are now boasting
about their figures that show
North Carolina ranks 42nd in the
country in per pupil spending and
that the Republican budget fired
534 teachers and 1,260 teacher
assistants.
Those are their education
accomplishments, a budget that
slashed $460 million from public
schools and fired 2,000 people
from classrooms across the state.
Break out the champagne.
It turns out of course that
those numbers are misleading
and wrong, but even if they were
accurate and honest, it’s hard to
believe that’s the direction people
in North Carolina want public
investment in education to go.
The claims about the ranking
in per pupil spending come from
a new report from the National
Education Association, a group
the Right routinely demonizes.
They are apparently happy to
cite their data when they believe
it supports their position.
The NEA report shows that
North Carolina education funding was cut $200 per student in
the budget passed last summer.
But according to the report,
the state’s ranking in per pupil
spending actually increased from
47 to 42 because a handful of
other states near the bottom of
the rankings, like Mississippi and
Texas, cut spending even more.
That might be a catchy slogan for
the Republicans in their reelection
efforts. “We don’t support public
schools, but we don’t not support
them as much as Mississippi.”
The figures about teachers and
teacher assistants losing their jobs
are even more misleading. It might
be true in actual numbers that 534
teachers and 1,260 teacher assistants were fired, but the number
of positions cut is far higher.
Edwin McLenaghan with the
N.C. Budget and Tax Center reports there are more than 15,000
fewer full-time employees in
North Carolina public schools
now than three years ago, including 10,872 fewer teachers and
teacher assistants combined.
Those numbers do not include
the more than 4,000 classroom
personnel who are being funded
by one-time federal money, funds
the Republicans criticized the
Democrats for using two years ago.
And as McLenaghan correctly
notes, students and their families
don’t really care if a teacher or
teacher assistant leaves because
they are fired or because they
retired and were not replaced.
The families and the school lose
either way.
It is the same for the source of
funding. One of the right-wing
think tanks published a report a
few weeks ago breathlessly claiming that state supported teaching
positions actually increased in the
Republican budget–a dubious assertion on its face—but neglected
to mention the massive budget
cuts to local school systems that
forced teachers and teachers assistants to be fired.
The Republicans and the
right-wing propaganda machines
closely aligned with them apparently think it helps them with
the public to counter complaints
about their education budget
by literally bragging that they
“only” fired 2,000 people from
classrooms across the state.
And remember these are the
folks who stood on the House and
Senate floor and guaranteed that
their budget did not fire a single
teacher or teacher assistant.
The bizarre claims come in
the wake of House Speaker Thom
Tillis admitting that House Majority Leader Paul Stam wants to
abolish all public schools and they
come amid stories from scores
of schools in which classes are
larger, teachers don’t have enough
supplies, and students are being
forced to buy their own textbooks,
all thanks to the budget cuts made
last summer in Raleigh.
If Republicans actually do care
about public education, they have
an odd and devastating way of
showing it.
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Cry foul on voting site
Commissioner Ellen McNeill is a hard
working, nice person and she’s done a
lot for Hoke County, but we’re going to
have to call foul in her supporting onestop voting at the Rouse Center. Possible
conflict of interest? Take your choice. Is
she pushing the site because:
• It’s at her church and might give her
an advantage at election time in 2014?
• It arguably gives advantage to African Americans?
• It arguably gives advantage to her
political party, the Democrats?
Even if none of those reasons is her
motivation, the possibility exists that they
are. And because she’s a Hoke County
commissioner, her title—whether she
wishes to wear the hat of private citizen
for discussions before the Board of Elections—carries considerable weight.
If Mrs. McNeill and others in favor of
one-stop voting truly are interested in the
convenience to all Hoke County voters,
they can do better than the Rouse Center,
which is privately owned.
Besides, for that reason, locating it
there is illegal.
Let’s find another place and guard
against appearances of conflict of interest.
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victory for religious freedom,”
is just so much ACLU voodoo
subterfuge! It’s an attempt to
persuade the people that another
religious liberty being taken
away from them by judicial
activism should be considered
a blessing and OK with all.
1) Religious freedom is when
everyone in public, whoever
they are, wherever they sit,
whatever they believe, can pray
the prayer that is on their heart.
2) Religious freedom is not
restricted to one’s bedroom, living room, or church assembly.
It applies everywhere, even
to commissioners who sit at
meetings.
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China Buffet .....................................Main St.
CVS Pharmacy ............................401 Bypass
Daniels’ Exxon........................ E. Central Ave.
Edinborough Restaurant. ..............S. Main St.
Fast Shop ...........................W. Prospect. Ave.
Five Points Grocery...................Calloway Rd.
Five Star #2 ..................................... Hwy 211
Five Star Food Mart................... Hwy. 15-501
Food Lion...............................Laurinburg Rd.
Food Lion/MiCasita .............. Fayetteville Rd.
Food Mart #4 ............................. Hwy. 211 S.
Food Stop ...........................W. Prospect Ave.
401 Lucky Stop ...............E. Central & 401 N.
401 Food Mart&Tobacco........ E. Central Ave.
401 Shop-N-Save #1 .............Harris and 401
401 Shop-N-Save #2 ............. E. Central Ave.
Happy Mart ................ Hwy 401 & Palmer St.
Hardin’s ......................Rockfish Rd., Rockfish
Hardin’s Express Stop ............... Rockfish Rd.
Home Food Supermarket..................Main St.
Howell Drug ...................................... Teal Dr.
Howell Drug .....................................Main St.
Jay’s Food Mart ........ Hwy 211. at county line
J&L Grocery & Meats ............... Rockfish Rd.
M&A Tobacco ............................ Rockfish Rd
MP Mart ............................... Hwy. 211 South
McNeill’s Grocery ....................... Hwy. 211 S.
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Katie R. Odom
Katie Ray Odom, 86, of
Salisbury passed away Saturday,
February 25, 2012 at Genesis
Healthcare in Salisbury.
She was born March 21, 1925
in Hoke County to the late W.C.
and Sally Johnson Odom. She was
a 1943 graduate of Hoke High
School. She moved to Rockwell
and was a caregiver as long as
her health permitted. She was
a member of Rockwell United
Methodist Church and a former
resident of White Rock Garden.
She leaves behind a sister,
Carol Keilman of Houston, Texas;
a brother, Charles Odom and wife
Thelma of Rockwell; two nieces,
Brenda Keilman and Tina Odom;
and one nephew, Eddie Odom.
Burial will take place at a later
date at Raeford Cemetery.
Powles Funeral Home of
Rockwell is assisting the family.
Online condolences may be made
at www.powlesfuneralhome.com.
Richard A. Cobbs
Richard Allen Cobbs, 97, of
Raeford, died Tuesday, February
21, 2012.
Survivors include his wife,
Lillian; children, Wanda Bratcher,
Chalmane Everette, Algunia Purcell, Regina Carthens and Jeffery
Carthens; siblings, Elizabeth,
Betty, John and Amous III; and
24 grandchildren.
The funeral was held Sunday,
February 26 at 2 p.m. in Faith
Anointed Temple in Red Springs.
Burial was in Highland Biblical
Gardens.
Juaquin Campillo
Juaquin Eladio Campillo, 57,
of Raeford died Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Survivors include his wife,
Mayra; daughters, Wanda Bratcher, Zuleika, Luisa and Jennifer;
sons, Anthony and Joel; sister,
Sylvia; and 12 grandchildren.
A memorial service was held
Monday, February 27 at 11 a.m.
in Buie Funeral Home.
Bobby R. Setzer
Bobby Ray Setzer, 77, of
Mooresville passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville.
He was born September 16,
1934 in Newton, North Carolina,
to the late Grady Ray and Ruth
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Bobby R. Setzer
Marie Hass Setzer. He was a
veteran serving in the U.S. Air
Force during the Korean Conflict.
He was a 1960 graduate of East
Carolina University and a 1969
graduate of UNC Chapel Hill
Pharmacy School. He began his
pharmacy career with Cornwell
Drugs and was employed with
BiLo Pharmacy. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church,
where he served as a deacon.
He was a member of the Lion’s
Club in Lincolnton, the Kiwanis
in Marion and the Jaycees in
Virginia.
He is survived by his wife of
51 years, Mary Matze Setzer; and
sisters, Carolyn Inman and husband Richard, and Janice Pickler,
both of Raeford.
A memorial service was held
Sunday, February 26 at 3 p.m.
at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Clay
Brown and the Rev. Dr. Fred
Coates officiating.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society, 6000
Fairview Road, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28210 and/or Barium
Springs Children’s Home, PO Box
1, Barium Springs, NC 28010.
Condolences may be made to
the family at www.cavin-cook.
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Tressie B. Norris
Tressie Boahn Norris of
Braddy Road, Fayetteville, passed
away Wednesday, February 22,
2012 in her home at the age of 87.
She was born April 28, 1924 in
Hoke County to the late C.F. and
Lydia Ray Boahn. She worked
for more than 50 years in the
textile industry in Red Springs
and Raeford. She was a member
of First Baptist Church in Red
Springs for many years and after
moving to Fayetteville became
a member of Galatia Presbyterian Church. She participated in
various group activities in both
churches and was a recipient of
the Presbyterian women’s award
and was an honorary life member.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, her husband, Lattiemore
Norris, a sister, Lucy Koonce and
brothers, Willie, Marcellous and
Claudia Boahn. She was a loving
mother, grandmother and a special
great grandmother and will be
greatly missed.
Survivors include her daughter, Linda McMillan and husband
Woodrow of Fayetteville; a sister,
Lydia Johnson of Fayetteville; two
grandsons, James McMillan and
wife Shirley and Andy McMillan
and wife Joy, all of Fayetteville;
great-granddaughter, Mary Allyson McMillan of Fayetteville;
great-grandsons, Christopher,
Matthew and Adam McMillan,
all of Fayetteville; and a number
of nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral was held Saturday,
February 25 at 3:30 p.m. at Galatia
Presbyterian Church with the Rev.
Shuford White officiating.
Burial was in the Alloway
Cemetery in Red Springs.
Isabella Bundy
Isabella Wright Bundy, 92,
of 314 King Road, Fayetteville, died Tuesday, February
21, 2012 at Carolina Rehab of
Cumberland.
She was born in Hoke County
on December 27, 1919 to the late
Arthur and Isabella Campbell
Wright. She was preceded in death
by her husband, Roscoe Bundy.
She was a member of Tabernacle
Baptist Church where she was
choir director for over 30 years.
She was also a member of the
Hoke County Home Extensions
Club.
Survivors include sons, Wayne
Bundy and wife Ann of Newport,
and Gerald (Jerry) Bundy Sr.
and wife Susan of Fayetteville;
a brother, James Wright of Birmingham, Alabama; a sister,
Vivian Yergan of Durham; four
grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.
The funeral was held Friday,
February 24 at 11 a.m. in Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev.
Tommy Underwood officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Margaret L. Gaddie
Margaret Louise Lide Gaddie,
52, of Raeford, died Monday,
February 20, 2012.
Survivors include her husband,
Barney; daughters, Leticia and
Crystal; sisters, Fannie, Mattie,
Martha, Lillian, Christine and
Belinda; brothers, Carnell, Vonnie, Larry and Levern; and two
grandchildren.
The funeral will be held
Wednesday, February 29 at 1
p.m. in Faith Anointed Temple
in Red Springs. Burial will be
in Community Rest Cemetery in
Red Springs.
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February 29, 2012
Autry cut from top three on Top Chef
By Catharin Shepard
She has worked at the Omphoy
Resort and Michelle Bernstein
Restaurant in Florida.
Even though she didn’t win the
overall competition, Autry won
$20,000 during the course of the
show. The hardest challenge from
the show was an episode with
guest judge Pee-Wee Herman,
where contestants had to ride a
bicycle to find their ingredients
and a kitchen to cook their entry,
Autry said.
The contestants didn’t really
get the chance to get to know
any of the judges, but it was an
honor to cook for chief judge Tom
Colicchio and a thrill to cook for
guest judge Charlize Theron,
Autry said.
Although she didn’t really
have a solid strategy going
into the show, just focusing on
her cooking and not worrying
about what the other chefs were
doing became a strategy that
helped carry her far through the
competition. Now she’s hoping
to use her fame as a Top Chef
Staff writer
Local contender Lindsay
Autry was sent home from Top
Chef: Texas last week after
making it all the way to the
top three on the Bravo network
television show.
The judges preferred the two
other chefs’dishes to Autry’s entry
and sent her home in the secondto-last episode of the show, which
taped in Texas last summer.
“I’m really proud of myself
for even having the guts to do
Top Chef and, yes, I wanted to
win, but I’m really grateful for
the experience and I’m really
glad I made it to the top three,”
Autry said.
Autry is the daughter of Pandy
and George Autry of Fayetteville
and granddaughter of Ireni and
Raz Autry of Raeford. She spent a
lot of time as a child at her grandfather’s peach orchard before
going on to earn culinary degrees
and work as a professional chef.
contender to conduct some
charity work in Florida and has
already performed some charitable work in Fayetteville just
this weekend, she said.
Besides that, her exposure
could help shed some light on
the culinary offerings in Florida,
Autry said.
“We cook really good food
down here, it doesn’t have to be
New York or Chicago to accomplish that,” she said.
Because of network privacy
agreements, Autry couldn’t say
whether she knows who ended
up winning the competition but
she did say it could be very close.
Contestant Paul Qui had a strong
run to the end and stayed true to
his cooking style while contestant
Sarah Grueneberg is a very strong
chef who challenged herself to expand her boundaries, Autry said.
And although she wanted to
win the top prize, Autry said
she’s also kind of glad it’s over
– “so I don’t have to freak out
on Wednesday nights,” she said.
SandHoke student gets top speaker award
SandHoke student Zakyree
Wallace was given the top speaker
award out of almost 250 debaters
at the rigorous Harvard Debate
Competition.
Coach Marcia Long took three
students to compete in Lincoln
Douglas debate.
Senior Allyesha Hall and Junior
Casey Nelson competed in the
Varsity Lincoln Douglas debate
pool, which included more than
300 competitors. Neither broke
into elimination rounds, finishing
formidable preliminary rounds
with records of 3-3 and 2-4, respectively.
Wallace, a sophomore, placed
among the nation’s top 16 Junior
Varsity Lincoln Douglas debaters.
Of the 250, 64 (including Zakyree)
broke into the first elimination
round with preliminary records of
4-2 or higher. Winning the Triple
Octas (top 64 debaters) round,
she proceeded to win the Double
Octas (top 32 debaters)
elimination round on a
2-1 decision. She then
dropped in Octas (top
16 debaters).
“It is a major feat
to get so far at Harvard,” said Long. “She
worked hard, coming
to practice almost every night until six the
week before to work
on her speaking and
analytical skills, and
it showed; she won
rounds against some of
the best debaters from
across the nation.
“We are very proud
of Zakyree and appreciative of the opportunity afforded by
Hoke County Schools
via their continued
support of a debate Zakyree Wallace, holding her Top Speaker
program.”
and Octafinalist awards
Two more arrested in Butterball case
Two more people have been arrested in connection with the animal
abuse investigation at a Shannonarea Butterball tom turkey facility.
Billy Thomas McBryde, 52, of
the 1400 block of Shannon Road
in Shannon and Brian Gerrard
Douglas, 36, of the 7100 block
of Laurinburg Road in Raeford
were arrested Feb. 16. McBryde
was charged with misdemeanor
cruelty to animals and Douglas
was charged with felonious cruelty to animals. They were both
confined in the Hoke County jail
under $1,000 secure bonds.
Earlier this month state veterinarian Dr. Sarah Jean Mason was
convicted of obstruction of justice
for tipping off a Butterball vet-
erinarian shortly before the Hoke
County Sheriff’s Office raided
Butterball Farm 11 in Shannon
during the investigation of alleged
animal cruelty. Mason was given
a suspended jail sentence and
probation and was also suspended
from her job for two weeks but has
since returned to work, according
to reports.
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Recent criminal cases heard
in Hoke County District Court,
Judge William C. McIlwain
presiding:
Feb. 21
• Toni Lynn Amerson, 23,
126 Franklin Drive, Raeford,
driving while impaired, Level 4,
120 days suspended, 18 months
probation, $100 fine and court
costs, jail, court appointment and
attorney fees, not to consume any
alcoholic beverages and undergo
tests for alcohol; possession of
open container/consumption of
alcohol in passenger area, driving
left of center, $12 fine and court
costs, consolidated
• Bobby Dean Baxley, 34,
680 Pearsall Road, Red Springs,
driving while license revoked,
120 days suspended, 18 months
probation, $100 fine and court
costs, 60 days electronic house
arrest and pay fee, transfer
probation to Robeson County,
upon completion of electronic
house arrest and complete payment of all costs, fines and fees,
defendant may be transferred to
unsupervised probation; failure
to secure passenger under 16
years old, voluntary dismissal
• Joshua Joseph Beck, 21,
4043 S. Main St., Hope Mills,
consumption of alcoholic beverage by person 19 or 20 years old,
10 days suspended, six months
unsupervised probation, $25 fine
and court costs, attorney fee
• Joshua Leigh Bryant, 26,
1829 Chason Road, Lumber
Bridge, communicating threats,
17 days in jail, active, credit for
17 days served
• Charles Earl Bullard, 39,
5411 Philippi Church Road,
Raeford, driving while license
revoked, seven days in jail, active,
to be served concurrently with
sentence now serving; operating
a motor vehicle with no insurance, voluntary dismissal
• Christina Ann Carter, 35, 215
Cherokee Circle, Maxton, improper equipment-speedometer,
$15 fine and court costs
• Timothy Terrell Davis, 43,
603 Gore Drive, Rockingham,
driving while license revoked,
prayer for judgment, court costs;
rear lights violation, voluntary
dismissal
• Eugenio Reynaldo DeJesus,
131 N. Ingleside Drive, Fayetteville, no operator’s license,
20 days suspended, six months
unsupervised probation, $50 fine
and court costs; driving without
two headlights, voluntary dismissal
• Stephen Michael Derengowski, 19, 5904 Waterdale
Court, Fayetteville, consumption
of alcohol by person 19 or 20
years old, possession of up to 1/2
ounce of marijuana, five days in
jail, active, credit for five days
served, judgments consolidated
• Eddie Joe Drye Jr., 23, 1501
O’Bannon Drive, Raeford, driving while license revoked, 45
days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, $200 fine
and court costs, not to operate
a motor vehicle until properly
licensed; failure to wear seat belt
by driver, voluntary dismissal
• Antonia Sharome Everett,
25, 831 Rembrandt Drive, Fayetteville, allowing unlicensed
person to operate a motor vehicle,
prayer for judgment, court costs;
operating a motor vehicle with no
insurance, voluntary dismissal
• Charles A. Ferguson Jr., 36,
154 Branch Road, Red Springs,
assault on a female, 100 days
suspended, 18 months probation, $100 fine and court costs,
not to use, consume or possess
any controlled substances or
alcoholic beverages, submit
to warrantless searches, random tests for same, undergo
mental health assessment, not
to threaten, harass or assault
prosecuting witness
• Kendall Charles Fieszel,
37, 1567 Clan Campbell Drive,
Raeford, driving while impaired,
Level 5, 60 days suspended, 12
months unsupervised probation,
court costs, jail fee
• Robert Glenn Freeman,
55, 2776 Pinecrest Drive, Fayetteville, driving while license
revoked, 60 days suspended, one
year unsupervised probation,
$100 fine and court costs, not
to operate a motor vehicle until
properly licensed
• Chrystal Locklear Futrell,
38, 1480 Poole Road, Raeford,
improper equipment-speedometer, $79 fine and court costs
• Serena Joy Harding, 28, 604
N. Marlboro St., McColl, S.C.,
improper equipment-speedometer, $25 fine and court costs
• Fernin Hernandez, 24, 215
Lamont St., Raeford, resisting
public officer, 20 days suspended, six months unsupervised probation, $25 fine and court costs,
attorney and court-appointment
fees
• Stephvone Chawmill Hines,
26, 236 Twin Creek Road, Raeford, driving while impaired,
Level 1, two years suspended,
18 months probation, $50 fine
and court costs, not to operate
a motor vehicle, not to consume
any alcoholic beverages, undergo
tests for alcohol; driving while
impaired, Level 4, 120 days
suspended, 18 months probation,
$50 fine and court costs, community service fee, not to consume
any alcoholic beverages, undergo
tests for alcohol, sentence to run
concurrently with any other now
serving; driving while license
revoked, possession of open container/consuming alcohol in passenger area, 45 days suspended,
18 months probation, attorney
fee, judgments consolidated;
no operator’s license, voluntary
dismissal
• Jamar Kurties Key, 25, 107
Yaupon St., Raeford, possession
of marijuana up to 1/2 ounce,
prayer for judgment, court costs;
no operator’s license, voluntary
dismissal
• Michelle Louise Leonard,
36, 6564 Windy Creek Way,
Fayetteville, improper equipment-speedometer, $25 fine and
court costs
• Travis Marcell McNeil, 25,
208A Scarborough St., Spring
Lake, improper equipmentspeedometer, $15 fine and court
costs
• Teofilo Tovilla Morales, 32,
104 Raymond St., Raeford, no
operator’s license, $50 fine and
court costs
• Jason Oxendine, 28, 1058
University Road, Pembroke,
no operator’s license, 20 days
suspended, six months unsupervised probation, $200 fine and
court costs
• Jeffrey Bernard Rogers,
42, 623 W. Fourth Ave., Red
Springs, driving while license
revoked, 100 days suspended,
18 months probation, $50 fine
and court costs, 60 days electronic house arrest and pay fee,
attorney fee, not to use or possess any controlled substances,
submit to warrantless searches,
random tests for same, transfer
probation to Robeson County,
upon completion of electronic
house arrests and complete payment of all fines, fees and costs,
defendant may be transferred to
unsupervised probation.
Injured woman runs over kidnapper, officials say
An injured woman attempting to escape a man who reportedly held her captive against her
will ran over him with a car last
month, according to the Hoke
County Sheriff’s Office.
Matthew Ryan Jones, 21, of
Camden Road in Raeford turned
himself in to authorities Feb. 23
after an incident that happened
Jan. 31 in front of Scottish Court.
Deputies and emergency
medical personnel responded to
a call at 2:05 p.m. Jan. 31 that
a woman had run over Jones in
front of 1908 Scottish Court,
where Jones and the woman
reportedly lived at the time.
Detectives investigated and
discovered Jones held the victim
in the residence against her will,
assaulted her and transported her
from one place to another.
The victim reportedly suffered multiple injuries during
the incident and was attempting
to flee from Jones when she got
into the vehicle. When Jones
tried to stop her, she ran him
over, officials said.
Jones was taken to Cape
Fear Valley Medical Center for
treatment of severe injuries. The
victim also received medical
care for her injuries. Detectives
recovered a stolen handgun during the investigation.
After surrendering to the
Sheriff’s Office, Jones was
charged with felonious firstdegree kidnapping, restraint,
assault by strangulation and possession of a stolen firearm and
misdemeanor assault inflicting
serious injury and assault on a
female. More charges may be
forthcoming. He was held under
a $40,000 secure bond.
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February 29, 2012 Schools release more
information about lunch issue
By Catharin Shepard
Staff writer
Although at first Hoke County
Schools officials said a state worker
was to blame for a school lunch incident at the West Hoke Elementary
School pre-k program, it was actually a school employee who acted
incorrectly, the school system said
this week.
Concern over the issue began
earlier this month when news outlets
across the country picked up on the
local story of a four-year-old prekindergarten student eating three
school-provided chicken nuggets
for lunch when a worker determined
the child’s home-packed lunch of a
turkey and cheese sandwich, banana,
potato chips and apple juice didn’t
meet United States Department of
Agriculture nutritional guidelines
that North Carolina policy requires
all pre-kindergarten programs to
follow.
According to state policy, if prek workers observe children with
home-packed lunches that don’t
comply with the USDA guidelines
of providing two servings of fruits or
vegetables, one serving of dairy, one
serving of meat or meat substitute
and one serving of bread or bread
substitute, workers have to provide
the items that the home-packed
meal does not have. The policy is
not meant to take away any child’s
lunch or to inspect home-brought
lunches, officials said.
The school system trains its
pre-k staff members in the state
requirements, but in this case, “a staff
member simply made a mistake, and
the school system has apologized for
it, and conducted additional training
in order to avoid such a mistake in
the future,” according to a statement
from the school system.
The school system declined
to reveal the name of the person
responsible for the incident, citing
personnel privacy statues.
Schools’ statement
School officials contend the
issue needs some clarification on
some points.
“This is a Pre-K issue only,”
according to a statement prepared
by the school system. “The North
Carolina Pre-K Program Requirements require Pre-K centers to
‘provide additional food necessary
to meet…[USDA] requirements.’”
The requirements do not apply
to children in kindergarten through
high school.
Additionally, school staff members don’t inspect or search prekindergarten students’ lunches,
officials said. Instead, they observe
what children happen to be eating
and make decisions based on that
observation.
“By necessity, school staff must
provide close supervision and
monitoring of the very young four
year old children in Pre-K classes
while they are in the lunch room.
In the course of normal lunch room
supervision, staff members will,
by necessity, observe what Pre-K
children are eating.”
According to a timeline of events
circulated through the school system
and provided to The News-Journal,
on Nov. 16, 2011 a representative
of the Frank Porter Graham Child
Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill visited West Hoke Elementary
to conduct an Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale site visit.
The representative noted that
some of the observed pre-k children’s lunches from home were
missing one or more items needed to
make them fit the USDA guidelines
and also noted that the staff at that
time didn’t supplement the homepacked meals as the policy instructs.
In January, pre-kindergarten workers
atWest Hoke Elementary were given
training to teach them how to comply
with the pre-k child nutrition requirements. Two weeks after the training
on Jan. 26, a regional childcare
consultant for the Division of Child
Development and Early Education
made a site visit to the West Hoke
Elementary pre-k program and noted
that one home-packed lunch failed
to meet the USDA requirements.
“That child went through the
lunch line because the child had
no fruit, vegetables, or milk in the
lunch brought from home. At no
time during the January 26 site visit
was a child told to throw away food
brought from home, never did the
consultant or a school staff member
throw away any child’s food brought
from home, and never did the consultant or school staff go through a
child’s lunch bag or box to see what
they brought from home,” according
to the school system.
At that point, the consultant
suggested the principal send home
a letter advising pre-k parents of the
requirements, and the principal did
so shortly after that.
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Superintendent Dr. Freddie Williamson and school board attorney
Nick Sojka said it appears the original policy came from state nutrition
standards for daycare centers that
originally went into effect in 1986
and were amended in 1989, 1991,
1998 and 2010.
The general nutrition requirements for daycare centers state
that “Meals and snacks served to
children in a child care center shall
comply with the Meal Patterns for
Children in Child Care Programs
from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
which are based on the recommended nutrient intake judged by
the National Research Council to
be adequate for maintaining good
nutrition.” The document later
states that “When children bring
their own food for meals or snacks
to the center, if the food does not
meet the nutritional requirements
specified in Paragraph (a) of this
Rule, the center must provide
additional food necessary to meet
those requirements.”
It’s likely that the day care center
nutrition requirements were adopted
into the N.C. Pre-K policy for the
2011-12 school year when the
state General Assembly changed
the More at Four program into the
N.C. Pre-K program and placed it
under governance of the state Division of Child Development and
Early Education, school officials
said. That policy was approved in
August of 2011.
Williamson spoke in support of
the policy standards.
“It’s still a great deal, because
we have to operate on standards
and somebody’s got to monitor the
standards, and if I were the parents, I would want those standards
in place, I would want to know
that somebody was monitoring
and that the needs of my child
were being met,” he said.
Pre-kindergarten programs are
held to state guidelines. If pre-k
programs do not conform to those
policies, the programs can ultimately risk losing its state license
to operate a pre-kindergarten
classroom.
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Elementary staff member observed
three pre-k children with homepacked lunches that didn’t meet the
requirements. “But instead of simply
bringing the necessary supplemental food items such as milk to the
children’s places at the lunch tables,
the staff member (sent) the children
through the lunch line and they (received) a complete school lunch,”
according to the school system.
The Division of Child Development and Early Education consultant met Feb. 3 and Feb. 6 with the
principal and Elizabeth Mitchell,
Executive Director of Early Child
Development for Hoke County
Schools, to review a parent complaint about the events of Jan. 31.
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Hoke residents among those
arrested at alleged dog fight
Several Hoke people were
among 27 arrested Saturday for
alleged dog fighting in Robeson
County.
Michael W. Georg, 57, of
Doc Brown Road, Raeford;
Samuel Hunt, 41, of Blue
Springs Road, Red Springs;
Raymond Junior Locklear, 30,
of Haire Road, Raeford; Ronelle
Bowden, 34, of Cedar Court,
Raeford; and Decota Jacobs,
18, of Blue Springs Road, Red
Springs were charged with being spectators at a dog fighting
event.
Samuel Hunt Jr., 16, of Blue
Springs Road, Red Springs was
charged with being a spectator at
a dog fighting event and carrying
a concealed weapon.
North Carolina Alcohol
Law Enforcement agents,
along with other state and federal law enforcement officials,
executed a search warrant
Saturday at the residence of
Jimmy Jacobs, 3541 McLeod
Drive, Maxton. The charges
included dog fighting, animal
cruelty, animal neglect, being a
spectator at a dog fight, weap-
ons charges and possession
of controlled substances. The
event drew people from North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Maryland and Ohio.
Tens of thousands of dollars
were seized, along with multiple
handguns, various controlled
substances, veterinary drugs
and dog fighting paraphernalia. ALE agents said almost
every suspect at the dog fight
tried to flee the scene on foot
but was apprehended. An N.C.
Air National Guard helicopter
assisted in tracking down and
apprehending suspects and
providing additional light and
air support.
“Dog fighting is unquestionably a cruel and vicious event,”
said ALE Director John Ledford. “An event can last as long
as several grueling hours while
the dogs bite and maul each
other to death. With the help
of state and federal partners,
this inhumane bloodshed was
stopped.”
Agents and officers arrived
as the dog fight was in progress.
Eighteen dogs were seized. Sev-
eral dogs had serious wounds
and scars from previous injuries.
The dogs were treated on the
scene by veterinarians from
North Carolina and the Atlanta
Humane Society.
ALE received information
regarding the event and coordinated the operation. They
were assisted by members
of the Department of Public
Safety, the State Highway
Patrol, a correctional officer
with the Section of Prisons,
and pilots from the North
Carolina Air National Guard.
In addition, the N.C. Wildlife
Resources Commission, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force,
and Norred & Associates, an
Atlanta-based private security company, helped in the
arrests.
ALE agents have authority
to arrest and take investigatory
action for any criminal offense.
Their primary responsibility is
the enforcement of the Alcohol
Beverage Control laws, lottery
laws and the Controlled Substance Act.
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felonious first-degree rape of a
child, two counts each of felonious first-degree sex offense with
a child and felonious first-degree
sex exploitation of a minor, three
counts of felonious sex offense
parental role and seven counts of
felonious indecent liberties with
a child. He was held at the Hoke
County jail under a $1 million
secure bond.
The investigation began Oct.
7, 2011 when two child victims,
accompanied by their father, reported to the sheriff’s office that
they had been sexually abused,
authorities said. The Hoke County
Sheriff’s Office said the offenses
occurred between Sept. 1, 2005
and July 30, 2006. Flood was arrested in Pender County Feb. 20
with assistance from the Pender
County Sheriff’s Office.
This is the second time Flood
has been charged with sex crimes
against a child. In 2009 Flood
pled guilty in an unrelated case
to two counts of sexual offense
in a parental role.
Flood was fired from his job
with the New Hanover County
Sheriff’s Office in 2004.
didates for the U.S. House of Representatives had filed with the state
Board of Elections seeking to represent citizens in North Carolina’s
2nd and 7th Congressional districts,
which now divide Hoke County.
Democratic incumbent Mike
McIntyre of Lumberton and
Republicans Randolph Wilson
Crow of Kelly, Ilario Gregory
Pantano of Wilmington and
David Rouzer of Benson have
filed to run for election to the
U.S. House of Representatives,
N.C. District 7. McIntyre seeks
to retain the seat he has held
since 1997.
Republicans including incumbent Renee Ellmers of Dunn,
Sonya Holmes of Broadway,
Clement F. Munno of Aberdeen
and Richard Speer of Fayetteville
and Democrats including Antoinette Morris of Fayetteville and
Stephen P. Wilkes of Southern
Pines have filed to run for election
to the U.S. House of Representatives, District 2.
Ellmers seeks to retain the
Congressional seat she has held
since 2010.
The filing period closed
Wednesday at noon, a day after
The News-Journal deadline.
Filing
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66, have announced they will run for
re-election. State Board of Elections
information showed that no one had
filed by Tuesday morning to challenge Goodman and Pierce.
Democrats Robert B. Clark
III of Raeford, Curtis Worthy of
Fayetteville and Eronomy Smith
of Fayetteville have filed to run for
the state Senate seat representing
District 21. The district’s incumbent,
Eric Mansfield, announced he will
run for lieutenant governor this year.
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section, the county board of elections
shall make a request to the state,
county, city, local school board, or
other entity in control of the building
that is supported or maintained, in
whole or in part, by or through tax
revenues at least 90 days prior to
the start of one-stop absentee voting
under this section,” according to
Section 163-227.2, item (g1).
April 29 is less than 90 days
from Monday, Feb. 27, the day the
two board members voted to make
the petition specifying that date for
Sunday voting. Additionally, the
law appears to require that onestop voting sites be held only in
taxpayer-funded public buildings.
The Matthew Rouse Jr. Community
Resource Center “is a ministry of
Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist
Church,” according to the center’s
website.
After asking for input from
Fields, who attended the meeting,
Hill allowed time for the public to
speak on the issue. The public comment period was not announced prior
to the meeting.
Commissioner Ellen McNeill,
a member of the church that
oversees the Matthew Rouse Jr.
Community Resource Center, sent
an email supporting the effort to
hold Sunday voting and spoke in
favor of the changes during the
meeting Monday. She meant to
speak only as a citizen and not as
a commissioner, she said.
“Almost everybody I know
supports Sunday voting, and the
reason we support it is because we
have many people who have jobs
out of the county, out of the area,
who can’t get to the polls during
the regular operating times. We
also have people who can’t drive
for medical reasons or don’t have
a vehicle, who count on family
members who work out of town
Raeford, N.C.
February 29, 2012
to get them back and forth to
vote,” she said. “I also know that
there are those who would like
to vote who would be able to go
with a group who they would be
very comfortable with if they had
voting on Sunday afternoon, but in
the meantime they are still intimidated by the voting machines, and
therefore I strongly support voting
and I would suggest that we do it
on the 29th.”
Hoke resident Charlotte Kelly
also spoke in favor of allowing
Sunday voting.
“We must allow people to have
a chance to vote when other times
may be inconvenient,” she said. “I
see this as good, a good thing.” Kelly
presented the board with a petition of
43 signatures supporting having onestop absentee voting on a Sunday.
Others spoke against the possibility of having voting on Sunday. Hoke
resident Jim Wadsworth called the
extra cost into question.
“I disagree with the Sunday voting. My reason is it costs money to
run it,” he said. “Money is tight and
it’s my money that’s paying for it,
and I don’t approve.”
One-stop voting runs for 10 days,
which should give voters adequate
time to vote, Wadsworth said.
“If they want to vote, they’ll get
there and vote, that’s my feelings,”
he said.
John Harry, who this week
announced his candidacy for the
county Board of Commissioners,
also questioned holding Sunday
voting. Harry questioned the legality of moving the one-stop voting to
the Matthew Rouse Jr. Community
Resource Center.
“I have in my hand the law, the
book from how we run our elections,
and I had called the Board of Elections today to get some clarity on
some of this, but I need to ask this,”
he said. “We’re talking about a day,
we’re talking about a time, where’s
the location? It’s set up in here where
the location has to be.”
In response, Fields said there is an
existing one-stop site at the Board of
Elections building and two members
of the county Board of Elections
previously voted to petition the state
to allow another one-stop voting site
in the Puppy Creek voting precinct
and also to allow the county to move
the site from the Puppy Creek Fire
Department to the Rouse Center.
However, the board has not voted
on a day or time for one-stop voting
at the Rouse Center.
“We’re moving from a fire department to a private, well, nonprofit
religious entity,” Harry said. “…the
law states that you can’t do that. It
has to be a public-funded location.”
Although Harry said he wanted
to support voting, he had concerns
about the feasibility of the potential
changes.
“If it helps our voting population,
yes. If there’s an innuendo behind
it, no,” he said. “And I think that’s
what we have to clarify, the innuendo that’s going on, the different
information that’s floating through
Hoke County to get this to happen.”
Others at the meeting spoke in
support of the Sunday voting. Nancy
Shakir, a Cumberland County resident, representative for Democracy
North Carolina and former candidate
for the state’s 8th District Congressional seat, spoke in favor of Sunday
voting. Sunday voting has been
shown in other counties to increase
voter turnout, and there is federal
money from the Help America Vote
Act available to pay for voting cots,
she said.
DorothyAdams and James Polk,
both Hoke residents, also spoke in
favor of holding Sunday voting.
The next scheduled meeting for
the county Board of Elections is
March 13.
Medicare Part B deadline approaching
By Brenda Brown
Social Security Public Affairs
specialist
If you did not sign up for Medicare Part B medical insurance when
you first became eligible for Medicare, you now have an opportunity
to apply — but time is running out.
The deadline for applying during the
general enrollment period is March
31. If you miss the deadline, you
may have to wait until 2013 to apply.
Medicare Part B covers some
medical expenses not covered
by Medicare Part A (hospital
insurance), such as doctors’ fees,
outpatient hospital visits, and other
medical supplies and services.
When you first become eligible
for hospital insurance (Part A), you
have a seven-month period in which
to sign up for medical insurance
(Part B). After that, you may have
to pay a higher premium unless you
have insurance through your current employer’s group health plan
or a group health plan based on a
spouse’s current employment. You
have another opportunity to enroll in
Part B during the general enrollment
period, from January 1 to March 31
Leadership graduate
Christina Davis-McCoy (third from left) of the Blue Springs-Hoke
County Community Development Corporation recently graduated
from the NeighborWorks America Professional Management and
Leadership program during a ceremony at the N.C.Rural Economic
Development Center in Raleigh. In the yearlong national certification program, rural leaders received training in business planning,
marketing strategies and financial management.
of each year. Each 12-month period
that you are eligible for Medicare
Part B and do not sign up, the amount
of your monthly premium increases
by 10 percent.
There are special situations in
which you can apply for Medicare
Part B outside the general enrollment
period. For example, you should
contact Social Security about applying for Medicare if:
• You are a disabled widow or
widower between age 50 and age
65 but have not applied for disability
benefits because you are already getting another kind of Social Security
benefit;
• You worked long enough in a
government job where Medicare
taxes were paid and you meet the
requirements of the Social Security
disability program and became disabled before age 65;
• You, your spouse, or your
dependent child has permanent
kidney failure;
• You had Medicare medical
insurance (Part B) in the past but
dropped the coverage; or
• You turned down Medicare
medical insurance (Part B) when
you became entitled to hospital
insurance (Part A).
You can learn more about Medicare by reading our electronic booklet, Medicare at www.socialsecurity.
gov/pubs/10043.html or visit the
Medicare website at www.medicare.
gov. You may also call Medicare at
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-6334227; TTY 1-877-486-2048).
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For 2012-2013 School Year
All children entering Kindergarten must be 5 years of age by August 31, 2012
All children applying for Pre-Kindergarten must be 4 years of age by August 31, 2012
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 and proof of income (i.e. tax records or pay stubs)
when applying. Be sure to register your child at the school in your current attendance zone.
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to the county Board of Commissioners.
Baldwin, a Democrat, ran for
election to the board in 2008 but
has not been previously elected to
office. Baldwin said his reasons
for running include dissatisfaction
with current board representation.
Some of the concerns he had in
2008 have still not been addressed,
he said.
“At this point, I’m running on
a platform of fairness, honesty
and trust. It does matter, it still
matters,” he said.
Addressing “long-overdue”
issues with the county’s infrastructure, particularly the county’s
secondary roads, is one of Baldwin’s top concerns. Economic
development and especially small
business matters are also some of
the issues he said he would seek
to address if elected.
“It is imperative that we empower our small business. We
must do more to help them grow
in order to create a solid economic
base in our county,” Baldwin
said. “We must keep in mind job
training, job creation, it’s a must.”
Schools, parks and recre-
ation and especially parks and
recreation areas for people in
the western part of the county
are some additional issues
Baldwin said he would like
to focus on if he is elected.
The county also needs to be
more mindful of how it invests
taxpayer money, particularly
regarding capital investments,
the candidate said. The county
should especially consider the
distribution of taxes, he added.
“We cannot afford to put all our
tax dollars in the sheriff’s department. We cannot afford that. Sure,
public safety is our number one
priority, but we have to be creative
in some areas,” he said.
Baldwin said he has concerns
about some current members of
the Board of Commissioners—
specifically the two incumbents
Baldwin will be facing in the
election.
“I will go on record to say
James Leach and Robert Wright,
who are incumbents, they have
failed us as commissioners, I will
go on record to say that. They have
failed us in several areas. Trust is
very important. Mr. Wright, I need
to know, what are you running for,
because you have not lived up to
your expectation in terms of the
citizens of this county, and it’s
important that we elect someone
who’s willing to address these
concerns.”
If elected, Baldwin said he
would like to eradicate what he
sees as division among the board
members.
“I think there’s a strong sense
of division in our government, and
you have to lead that back to the
leaders. Basically, we haven’t had
but two chairs and vice chairs and
that’s Leach and (Tony) Hunt, and
you see what we got, so we need
to change that. I’m not saying that
they’re not qualified individuals,
but it’s imperative that there are
other people on this board that can
serve too, and sometimes when
we’re not getting the direction
we need, we must change those
leaders.”
Baldwin, who retired from a
state technician job, has degrees
from Fayetteville Technical Community College and Howard University. He is a Vietnam veteran
and is married. He and his wife
have two children and several
grandchildren.
interest of commissioners verging
on the edge of conflict of interest,”
Harry said in the statement. “When
elected, I will work with state and
local political parties to bring progressive business to Hoke for the
benefit of Hoke County citizenry,
not for personal gain.”
Harry is a Vietnam-era combat
veteran who served more than 35
years of active service and reserve
military service and retired at the
rank of Army Master Sergeant,
Military Policeman. He was recalled
to active duty at the age of 58 and
served as the Senior EnlistedAdviser
to the Tikrit, Iraq Contracting Command and was responsible for a $35
million budget.
The candidate earned an associate’s degree in business from
Lansing Community College and
a bachelor’s degree in criminal
justice with minors in social
psychology, political science
and history. He earned a master’s
degree in adult and occupational
education with an emphasis on
counseling from Kansas State
University and also completed
post-master’s studies.
Harry is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10,
N.C. Honor Guard and Disabled
American Veterans. As a former
member of the military and a
member of veterans’ organizations, the candidate said he understands the issues faced by the
country’s veterans.
“As one who practices the concept of lifelong learning, I fathom
the responsibility of educational
occupation development,” Harry
said in a statement. “As a businessman, I understand the soundness
of economical development and
sustainment. As a Christian, I
understand the importance of
serving the needs of others.”
Harry
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Harry announced this week he
will run for election to the Hoke
County Board of Commissioners.
Harry, a Michigan native who
has lived in Hoke County for 18
years, described himself as a
political activist and Republican
fiscal conservative. In the past
Harry has campaigned for election to the Hoke County Board of
Education and the state House of
Representatives but has not previously been elected. Harry said he
planned to run for state office this
year but changed his mind after the
redistricting and decided to file for
the commissioner’s race instead.
If elected, Harry said he would
like to address a number of issues
in the county including economic
development, education and land
development. The candidate said
he supports a strong education
platform to lure business and
economic development opportunities to the area but feels the
county “can only tax so much on
property tax.”
Harry pointed to what he called
the “scatter gun” effect of housing development in the county,
the ongoing issue of medical
providers in the county and the
idle ethanol plant as other issues
that need addressing. Additionally, with land value increasing,
“It’s very expensive for a farmer
to purchase land to farm,” he said.
Harry also spoke critically of
the current Board of Commissioners.
“They’ve entrenched themselves where I think personal gain
has more to do with it than public
gain,” he said. The candidate
touched further on that criticism
in a statement announcing his
candidacy.
“The key should always be
the citizenry and students, not
the focus of political bureaucracy
oversight as are now prevalent with
the current Hoke County Commissioners where county commission
meetings are sparsely attended,
thus the meetings are managed by
political factions and special interest groups, let alone the various self
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February 29, 2012 THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Raeford, N.C
7A
Tennis courts to open
Hoke High School’s new tennis
courts will be dedicated Friday. The
courts, located beside Bethel Road
on the school campus, are to be
named for Raeford City Councilman
Benny McLeod and his brother Joe.
The ceremony will be held at 5 p.m.
The rain date is March 8.
Basketball players
demand rematch
The Old School basketball players refuse to go down in defeat as
they vow to perform a thrashing of
the New School players in a rematch
which will be held in the MacDonald
Gym at Hoke County High School
April 7.
A Women’s Annual Exhibition
Game will begin at 4 p.m. The men’s
game will follow.
All former women players,
cheerleaders, and former members
of the Step Team should call 8752156 to contact Regena McLaughlin, Stephanie McFayden, Kimberly
Ray, or Sharon Foy.
CDs of the first annual Old
School versus New School Basketball Game are also available upon
request.
Sports Briefs
Kimane Freeman looks to make a bounce pass into Tarique Thompson who has position on the Apex defender.
The Sheriff’s Shootout basketball game vs. East Hoke that
was scheduled for last Friday
night was postponed due to bad
weather and will be played this
Friday night at 6 p.m. at East Hoke
Middle School.
Tyree Mack, one of the seniors
for the Bucks football team,
has decided to attend Hargrave
Military Academy. Mack played
cornerback for the Bucks and
hopes to play for N.C. State after
attending Hargrave.
Ryan Campbell, a junior at
Mount Olive College, posted
a pair of eighth-place finishes
Sunday in the George Mason University Indoor Track Invitational
in Fairfax, Virginia. Campbell
posted a mark of 12.19 meters in
the men’s weight throw and then
took eighth in the shot put with a
mark of 13.21 meters. Campbell
and the Trojans competed primarily against Division I programs.
Fighting Bucks Sports Schedule
February 29
Girls V Soccer at Douglas Byrd
6 p.m.
Boys Tennis Home vs. Jack
Britt 4 p.m.
March 1
Boys V Basketball vs. Pine Forest at Cumberland County
Arena 8:30 p.m.
With a shot from behind the action last Friday night, one can see how packed the gym was at Hoke High. On the photographer’s
end against the wall, fans were two-deep watching the highly contested game.
Bucks
the Mid-Southeastern Conference, the conference Hoke used
to be in. The Trojans beat Person
County 74-68 to advance to the
regional semifinal. On the other
side of the regional bracket are
New Hanover and Millbrook.
The winner of each of these
games will play Saturday at 4
p.m. at the Crown for a shot at
the state championship game.
School administrators at Hoke
High have asked all fans who can
come out to the game Thursday
night to wear red in support of
the Bucks. With the game being
played in Fayetteville this year,
there is sure to be plenty of
Pine Forest fans in attendance.
The Director of Activities for
Cumberland County Schools,
Leon Mack, sent out a notice
yesterday to fans that plan on
coming to the game, requesting
that they purchase their tickets
early at the Crown Coliseum
box office during normal operation hours. The tickets for the
regional game are $9.00 and
you can purchase them online
using Ticket Master; however,
there will be a surcharge of $5.00
per ticket. This game plans to
be a highly sought after ticket
as both teams sold out their last
games and had to turn people
away. Hoke fans are asked to
purchase tickets early, use gate
two or gate three at the arena and
sit in sections 104-106. Hoke
will be the visiting team for the
East Regional Semifinal. For
more information, check out the
Bucks website www.ihigh.com/
fightingbucks or call the Crown
ticket office at (910) 438-4100.
Sports News To Report?
Call Hal Nunn, Sports Reporter at (910) 964-0990
9108758696
March 5
Boys Tennis at Cape Fear 4 p.m.
March 6
Girls V Softball at Douglas
Byrd 7 p.m.
Boys JV Baseball at Douglas
Byrd 4:30 p.m.
Boys V Baseball at Douglas
Byrd 7 p.m.
Wrestling tournament
(Continued from page 1A)
over the last few weeks. Hoke
led at halftime by only one point
24-23 and both teams came out
blazing after the half, hitting their
biggest points by period in the
third. After the hardnosed third
period, the Bucks were still on top
43-38. The Bucks turned up the
defensive pressure in the fourth
period, holding Apex to only 8
points and ended up winning by
nine 57-48. Tarique Thompson
led the scoring for the Bucks with
22 points and Kimane Freeman
added nine. Jayvione Parker and
Brennen Wright added seven
each while Tymel Blue added
six and Dreshawn Platt, Devonte
Melvin and Jawane Harris each
added two.
The Bucks will play the #1
seed Pine Forest Trojans from
Gas
Too
High?
March 2
Girls JV Soccer at Cape Fear
5:30 p.m.
Girls V Soccer at Cape Fear
7 p.m.
Girls JV Softball at Cape Fear
4:30 p.m.
Girls V Softball at Cape Fear
6 p.m.
Boys Tennis Home vs. Cape
Fear 6 p.m.
Boys JV Baseball at Cape Fear
4 p.m.
Boys V Baseball at Cape Fear
7 p.m.
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Richard “Pnut” Tolston (second from left) stands on the podium at the North Carolina
High School Athletic Association state championships after receiving his third place
award for the NCHSAA State 4A wrestling tournament. Richard went 4-1 at the state
championships in the 106-lb. weight class. He is a freshman on the Hoke High wrestling
team that finished 26th out of a field of 77 teams in the state. Photo by Vernon Walworth.
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THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Raeford, N.C.
February 29, 2012
East Hoke science team goes to state
The East Hoke Middle School
Science Olympiad Varsity Team
won major awards and the region’s
4th overall champion during the
Science Olympiad regional level
competition. The event was held
last Saturday at Fayetteville
Technical Community College.
EHMS competed against 30
middle schools.
The school’s Science Olympiad team has been established
for only two years. The team has
improved from its rookie year to
a regional champion this year.
The entire EHMS team will rep-
resent the region and compete in
the NC Science Olympiad state
championship.
Science Olympiad students
competed in 23 rigorous academic
events that consisted of a series
of different hands-on, interactive,
challenging and inquiry-based
events. These events were balanced
between the various disciplines of
biology, earth science, environmental science, chemistry, physics,
engineering and technology or
Science, Technology and Math.
The East Hoke varsity team
is composed of 18 students from
In the
Waiting Room
As Hoke County awaits a hospital, our
reporter roams the halls for information
Certificate of Need
may see changes
By Catharin Shepard
Staff writer
A healthcare system has to
apply for and receive a Certificate
of Need from the state before it
can build a new hospital, but the
actual process is complicated and
can take months.
If a CON application is denied
and the applicant chooses to appeal the decision—or even if an
application is approved and an
applicant chooses to appeal the
state’s decision, as has happened
in Hoke County—the process can
potentially go all the way to the
state Court of Appeals.
Applying for a CON
Submitting an application for
a CON and following it through
to the end can be costly. The state
charges a filing fee that varies
depending on the total amount of
the proposed project. Cape Fear
Valley Health and FirstHealth of
the Carolinas each paid a $50,000
fee, the most it’s possible for the
state to charge for a CON application, when the healthcare systems
each filed to build a hospital in
Hoke County, officials said.
The entire process is nine
steps long, as outlined on the
state Division of Health Service
Regulation’s (DHSR) website.
First, at the start of each year,
the Medical Facilities Planning
branch of DHSR publishes a State
Medical Facilities Plan. The plan
sets the maximum number of
health service facility beds of different types that the CON Section
can approve that year.
Then the CON Section begins
reviewing applications according
to a grouped review schedule.
This way, applications for similar
services in the same geographic
area get reviewed at the same time,
according to the state.
The applicants have to submit a letter of intent, then the
application. For 30 days of the
following review period, anyone
can file written comments or
letters supporting the proposals
under review. Sometimes a public hearing is required for some
applications, but generally most
proposals under review don’t have
to hold a public hearing.
The CON Section has 90-150
days to review each application.
Some states rely on a CON board
for making decisions about CONs.
North Carolina does not have a
board that makes Certificate of
Need decisions, according to
Craig Smith, the state’s CON
Section Chief.
A Certificate of Need project
analyst reviews the applications
along with any written comments
and public hearing responses. The
application review is based on the
review criteria in the CON state
law and rules in the state Administrative Code for the type of project
proposed, Smith explained.
“The decision findings are
then reviewed by a supervisor
(currently the Section Chief or
the Assistant Chief) who checks
for accuracy, consistency and reasonableness in decision-making,”
he said in an email.
Tanya Rupp is the project
analyst overseeing Hoke County,
which is part of an eight-county
area including Robeson, Scotland
and Moore counties among others,
according to the state’s website.
Any affected person can file a
petition for a contested case hearing with the Office of Administrative Hearings within 30 days after
the CON Section makes a decision about an application. After a
petition is filed, an administrative
law judge has 270 days to make
a recommendation to the DHSR
director. The director makes the
final agency decision, but even
that decision can be appealed in
the state Court of Appeals.
Even after a CON is issued, the
CON Section can monitor how a
project is going through review
of progress reports submitted by
the agency. If the project is not
properly developed and operated
the way the agency stated in the
application, the CON Section can
withdraw the CON, according to
the state’s CON Section website.
Further reading:
•CON topics: http://tinyurl.
com/7tqptlp
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Possible CON changes
The N.C. House Select Committee on Certificate of Need
Process and Related Hospital
Issues began a series of meetings
to consider making recommendations about the CON process,
according to a press release from
a consulting agency.
Documents show the committee will look at recommending a
number of changes to the state’s
CON requirements. The committee is examining issues including:
•Ways to reduce frivolous appeals. These cause “unnecessary
delays.” Possible solutions are
to require the prevailing party to
get the costs and attorneys’ fees,
increase penalties for frivolous
appeals and more strictly enforce
imposed penalties.
•Reducing the number of parties that can file an appeal. Possible solutions include redefining
and limiting what “affect person”
and “aggrieved party” mean for
the purposes of filing an appeal.
•Ways to shorten the appeals
process. Possible solutions include putting time limits on appeals, eliminating stays, making
it so CONs issued by the state
take effect immediately or sending the appeal to a contested case
hearing and then straight to the
Supreme Court.
•Changing the threshold for
when an agency must apply for
a CON. Instead of needing to
seek a CON to make a $2 million expenditure, healthcare
agencies will be able to spend
up to $4 million without needing
a CON. Companies will also be
able to spend up to $1 million on
healthcare equipment without
needing a CON, instead of the
old $750,000 limit.
•Remove CON process for
air ambulances and solid organ
transplant services from the state
law but continue requiring CONs
for diagnostic service centers.
The committee also plans
to ask for suggestions from
the Division of Health Service
Regulation on several issues,
including how applications can
be sent electronically and how
to post all applications and other
requests on the state division’s
website. The committee has only
discussed one-third of the issues
on its agenda and will meet again
in March and April for further
discussions, according to a press
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