Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
RAEFORD & HOKE COUNTY N.C.Hoke County’s newspaper since 190575¢
Browsing the Files ...........2 Classifi eds ..................8 Deaths ..................2 Editorials ..................3 Sports ..................5
Wednesday, November 18, 2015No. 37 Vol. 110
Raeford native nails 50marathons in 50 states
Wreck hurts3, ties traffi c
Piedmont Natural Gasto expand reach in Hoke
Waste plant online, savings anticipated
Butterball investment double what it plannedCompany to add 250 workers next year at former House of Raeford plant
www.thenews-journal.comwww.raefordnj.com
NJSOLD HERE
Look forthis symbol
to fi nd stores that sell The
News-Journal
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Butterball will continue adding jobs at its Raeford plant next year and has invested millions more in the process-ing facility than it fi rst announced at the start of the project, company offi -cials said at a ribbon cutting last week.
“When all is said and done on this fi rst phase, and I will tell you it is a fi rst phase, we will have put close to $55 million into this facility,” Butterball Chief Operations Offi cer Joe Nally said.
The company bought the former House of Raeford processing plant in February and announced plans to invest $26 million into the facility and hire at least 350 people over a three-year period. Once the company actual-ly got into the building and performed renovations, Butterball increased those expectations.
So far, the company has hired about 225 people to work at the Raeford loca-tion. Offi cials decided to move three slicing lines into the facility and plan to hire at least another 250 people in 2016. Eventually, the company will employ
between 500 and 600 people at the plant, offi cials reported.
There are parts of the plant that are not completely fi nished right now, Nally said, and hinted at additional expansion in the future.
“We have plans for other things coming down the road; we’re not 100 percent sure what that may be. We’ve talked about burgers, we’ve talked about hot dogs and sausage, but believe me, as fast as we’re growing, as much stuff as we’ve got going on, we will defi nitely fi gure out what else to
(See BUTTERBALL, page 4)
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Piedmont Natural Gas, recently acquired by Duke Energy, is offering service to customers in parts of Hoke County and plans to work with Butterball on providing gas for its plant in Raeford.
The company has built a facility on N.C. 211 a few miles west of town.
The company has about 750,000 customers in North Carolina and more in Ten-nessee, spokesperson David Trusty said.
“We have a pretty exten-sive natural gas distribution network,” he said.
The gas company was founded in 1951 and has lines that run from Char-lotte to Wilmington and pass through the counties south of Hoke. All together, the company maintains 25,000 miles of natural gas pipeline that provide gas to homes and businesses.
(See GAS, page 4)
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Hoke County should start saving money on its bills this month as the new wastewater treatment plant gears up into full service.
The county previously contracted with the Fayette-ville PWC to pay for waste-water processing. With the new plant up and running now, the county can treat the water locally, the board of commissioners discussed
Monday night at the regu-larly scheduled meeting.
The board additionally approved a change order for the plant that included about $122,000 of county funding from the enterprise
(See PLANT, page 4)
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
John Maultsby has run in boiling heat, in freezing temperatures, encountered dangerous wildlife on the trail and battled dehydration and injuries while chasing his dream of running 50 marathons in 50 states.
Last month, the 73-year-old grand-father of two ran number 50 in New
Hampshire, bringing an end to a 13-year odyssey. His wife, their children, his mother Lois Austin and many more family members were there to cheer him across the fi nish line.
Born and raised in Raeford, Maultsby joined the Air Force when he was 19 and went on to live and work in many differ-ent places, fi nally ending up in Las Vegas where he works at the MGM Grand
(See MARATHONS, page 6)
A driver allegedly ran a red light at the intersection of High-way 401 Business and North Fulton Street around 4:30 p.m. Monday and caused a chain reaction ac-cident that damaged four vehicles and sent three people to the (See WRECK, page 4)
This Week
4 youthattend conference
Page 2
Veterans Day Service
Children giveblankets for
childrenPage 6
Marla Grant and her daughter (top) lead a Veterans Day Service audience in the Pledge of Allegiance Wednesday, and veterans pray (bottom). A large crowd attended the service at the Hoke Courthouse. (Hal Nunn photos)
This 4-car accident Monday occurred when a driver ran a red light. (Catharin Shepard photo)
Butterball offi cials cut a ribbon with Mayor John K. McNeill (right), Commissioner James Leach (second from left) and the Chamber’s Sharon Burney (center).
Maultsby fi nishes the last of 50 marathons in 50 states. (Contributed photo)
2 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. November 18, 2015
47 Years AgoNovember 21, 1968
The FBI arrests Henry McRae Jr. on charges of kidnapping Rob-ert Lee Harrell Jr. a month ago. Harrell told police he was using a pay phone at the bus station when the door was pushed open and a man thrust a gun in his side. He was taken to South Carolina and released.
Meanwhile, the FBI is prepar-ing to return Willie James Watson from New York to face charges of robbing and killing 69-year-old Adolphus T. Bobbitt who operated a store in McCain. He had been shot in the head.
Northwest Water Supply is in danger of losing $221,700 raised to provide water to residents of north Raeford. The project must have 275 members in the coming week, but lacks 40.
Hoke may see a “modern trend in education.” One plan is to give city children bus service if they don’t live reasonably close enough to their school to walk. Another is to provide free kindergarten.
An ad urges readers to shop early and use zip codes when mailing. Postage is 6¢.
25 Years AgoNovember 21, 1990
Burlington Industries plans to lay off 50 workers. That’s the word from Personnel Manager Kent Vesser. The plant is going through rough economic times, though business is strong enough to keep it open five days per week.
Local turkey producer Wyatt Upchurch and his family travel to Washington to present a Hoke County turkey to President George Bush. The ceremony takes place in the Rose Garden and The News-Journal is on hand to record the event.
Christine Henry is named the region’s Teacher of the Year. Henry has taught English in Hoke County for 23 years.
Mrs. Mary Roberts, right, talks with visitors to her fourth grade classroom Thursday night. Seen with her are Michael Tew and his mother Mrs. Janice Tew, and Mrs. Donald Floyd.
J.W. Turlington, principal of Raeford Elementary School, demonstrates an acoustiphone that allows a dozen students to listen to audio recordings. Mrs. R.G. Townsend tries it out during the school’s open house.
The Hoke County Community Foundation has launched a month-long fundraising campaign begin-ning November 1 to boost local grant making.
The Chairman’s Challenge is made possible through a campaign sponsored by the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF). Any resources raised for the Hoke County Community Foundation’s community grant-making fund will receive a proportional share of a matching pool given by several anonymous donors.
Those interested in giving to the local campaign can visit NCCF’s website at www.nccommunityfoun-dation.org and click Give Now, or choose the Giving tab from the home page where online, mailing or faxing instructions are posted. Checks also can be mailed to NCCF, Chairman’s Challenge, 4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524, Raleigh, NC 27609. Please indicate Hoke County Com-munity Foundation in the memo line. Gifts must be postmarked no later than November 30 to be eligible.
The Hoke County Community Foundation makes grants to local nonprofit organizations. All money raised for the community grant-making fund stays local and supports local needs.
“The Hoke County Commu-nity Foundation participated in the Chairman’s Challenge last year and we so appreciated the local support that helped to boost our local grant-making,” said John Jordan, board president. “We are optimistic that our residents will rise to the challenge again this year!”
In addition to Jordan, board members include Wanda Cohen, Vickie Farmer, William Fields, Grace McDonald, Jean Har-rison, Calvin House, Ron Huff, Regina Joe, Whiteford Jones, Joseph Poole, Jeff McNeill, Wanda McPhaul, Shari Dahman, and Leah Leach.
For further information, contact Dawn Neighbors, NCCF regional associate, at [email protected] or 910-292-4437.
Community foundation takes part in matching campaign
Obituaries
Four youth delegates from Hoke County attended State 4-H Council Conference November 14-15 in Raleigh. The delegates joined more than 260 youth and adults representing 67 coun-ties. While at the conference, delegates had the chance to learn about health, improve their leadership skills and participate
in interactive workshops.Hoke county 4-H’ers who
attended were Aaron Clark, Abigail Clark, Trevor Young and Scott Warren.
The 4-H program is the youth education program of the North Carolina Cooperative Exten-sion, based at North Carolina State and North Carolina A&T
State universities. More than 232,000 young people ages five through 18 participate in North Carolina 4-H activities each year with the help of 20,563 adult and youth volunteers.
For more information on the 4-H program in Hoke County, please contact Cathy James or Cathy Brown at (910) 875-2162.
Aaron Clark (left to right), Abigail Clark, Trevor Young and Scott Warren
4 youth attend 4-H conference
Randy D. BlackburnRandy Dwight Blackburn died
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at the age of 52.
He was born March 21, 1963 in Cumberland County to the late Junius and Joyce Ann Blackburn.
Survivors include his sister, Maxine Blackburn of Raeford; his brother, Julian Blackburn of Goldsboro; and a nephew, Daniel Blackburn of Raeford.
The funeral was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 15 in South Hoke Baptist Church with Pastor Ernest Goins officiating. Burial was in Highland Biblical Gardens Cemetery.
Augusta DouglasAugusta Douglas died Wednes-
day, November 11, 2015.Survivors include three sons,
Jacob Douglas (Tanya), Patrick Douglas and Allen Douglas (Sha-quinna); five sisters, Eunice McLean (Archie), Evelyn Douglas, Annie Green, Marie Smith and Verlinda Graham; brother, Charlie Douglas Jr.(Isarell); eight grandchildren; and a special niece, Rochelle Love.
The funeral was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 15 in Leach Springs Missionary Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Ester L. PattersonEsther Love Patterson passed
on Sunday, November 8, 2015 in Greensboro.
She was a graduate of Hoke High School in 1975. She was employed by North Carolina A & T State University and Bennett College in Greensboro.
She leaves to cherish memories her husband, David Patterson of Greensboro; a daughter, Lakeya Love; three sons, Donta Moore, Brett Moore and Koby Moore; six grandchildren, Akera Allen, Sa-basjan Love, Nyris Moore, Gohan Moore, Saniya Moore and Silas Moore; four stepchildren, Monic, Tuesda, Deon and Niki; sisters, Peggy Davis, Annette Love, Hazel Lloyd and Lillie Pittman; brothers, Richard Love, Thomas Love, Tony Love and Bobby Love; and mother-in-law, Anna Patterson.
The funeral was held at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 14 in Faith
Anointed Temple Church in Red Springs. Burial was in Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
Joyce L. DeVaneJoyce L. DeVane died Monday,
November 9, 2015.Surviving is her niece, Deidre
Murphy.A memorial service was held at 2
p.m. Sunday, November 15 in Buie Funeral Home Chapel.
Sharon D. BullockSharon Denise Bullock, 48, of
Raeford died Wednesday, Novem-ber 4, 2015.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Thursday, November 12 in Mt Zion AME Zion Church.
Gilbert McGregorGilbert McGregor Jr., 87, of
Raeford passed on Monday, No-vember 9, 2015 at FirstHealth Moore Regional.
A family hour was held at noon Saturday, November 14 followed by the funeral at 1 p.m. at Conference B Headquarters in Raeford.
Augusta Douglas
Ester L. Patterson Joyce L. DeVane
pharmacy & gifts415 Harris Ave. • Raeford, NC • (910) 875-6111
Register at www.barbeepharmacy.com
Win $20 CashNew Drawing Weekly
Like ourFacebook
page
Pastor Francis Leggett & The St. Matthew Church Family
cordially invite you to
A giFT BAg wiLL Be given To everyone
ATTending ThiS ServiCe.
FeLLowShiP
Happy
Holidays
to
all of yo
u
from all
of us!
The Sunday before Christmas, December 20 • 11 a.m.
E-mail: [email protected]
2190 US Highway 401 Bus.P.O. Box 1675Raeford, NC 28376
Bus. (910) 878-1598Fax (910) 8781599Mobile (910) 818-1060
tom purser, lutcf
life • health • auto • home business • bonds
An Authorized Agency for
*North Carolina Farm Bureau ® Mutual Insurance Co. *Farm Bureau ® Insurance of North Carolina, Inc.*Southern Farm Bureau ® Life Insurance Co., Jackson, MS *An independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
We’re seriousabout Auto Insurance.
NCAU
NP42
103
Byron JonesAgent
Cindy KilpatrickAgent
Ricky L. Sandy, LUTCFAgency Manager
Brandon HuntAgent
910-875-4091www.ncfbins.com
Hoke County Farm Bureau520 Harris Ave.Raeford, North Carolina 28376
Kathy BrewerAgent
The SMART Choice
(910) 904-7355 • www.exitraeford.com4545 Fayetteville Rd. Raeford, NC 28376
Make the SMART Choice and let EXIT Realty Preferred handle all your real estate needs.
Help us X out hunger for the holidays. We will be filling the EXIT Smart
car with non parishables to help supply our local food banks for those in
need. November 20-22 Raeford Walmart
Friday 9-7 • Saturday 9-6 • Sunday 12-6
EXIT Realty Preferred
Hwy 55 Raeford • 380 Laurinburg Rd. • (910) 875-1133
Limited Time Only!Participating Locations
November 18, 2015 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C 3
The News-Journal welcomes letters to the editor and encourages readers to express their opinions.
Letters must be signed and include an address and phone number. The street address and phone number will not be pub-lished, but are required so we may verify authenticity. The name of
the writer and, in some cases, the town the writer is from will be published at the end of the letter.
We are not able to publish letters that are essentially thank-you cards.
We reserve the right to edit let-ters for grammar, as well as those that exceed 300 words. We will not
publish letters that we consider to be in poor taste or libelous. In some cases we may add an editor’s note as a postscript when we believe a correction, explanation or amplifi-cation is warranted. We may also, at our discretion, limit the number of times an individual writer may submit a letter for publication.
We welcome your letters
Viewpoints
We Get Letters
By Scott MooneyhaM
Capital Press Association
Published every Wednesday by Dickson Press, Inc. Robert A. Dickson, President • Anne Dickson Fogleman, Secretary/Treasurer
119 W. Elwood Avenue, Raeford, NC 28376 • (910) 875-2121
Home Page: www.thenews-journal.com
email ads to:[email protected]
email classifieds to:[email protected]
email legals to: [email protected]
Periodical ClassPostage at Raeford, N.C.
(USPS 388-260)
Postmaster:Send address changes to:
P.O. Box 550Raeford, N.C. 28376
Ken MacDonald ([email protected]) ......................... Publisher
Catharin Shepard ([email protected]) ..................Reporter
Hal Nunn ([email protected]) .............................. Sports Writer
Hal Nunn ([email protected]) .................. Sales Representative
Wendy Tredway ([email protected]) ..... Sales Representative
Sheila Black ([email protected]) .................. Office Manager
Robin Huffman ([email protected]) ......Composition Design/Legal Advertising
Frog HollerPhilosopher
Ron Huff
One on OnePatrick Gannon,
Capitol Press Association
Submit letters to the editor online:Look for heading “Send Us Stuff” at
www.thenews-journal.com
One of the great pleasures of life that costs nothing and brings me joy is the Indian Summer that we enjoy from time to time. I prefer warm weather, so when winter is just around the corner with its promise of cold, it is always a pleasant surprise when Mother Nature gets confused and gives us the gift of unseasonable warmth. As I write this, we have just enjoyed several warm days and nights that have left our coats a little confused.
Along with the warmth, we have also had rain which, although a bit disruptive of outdoor activi-ties, is almost always welcome at Frog Holler as the pond begins to slowly fill up from its low sum-mer levels. This year has been no exception on that count and as I gaze out toward the pond, I see that another one of those stumps that rears its ugly head when the level is down has succumbed to the rising water, sending the turtles that love to sun on it to seek other opportunities.
Whenever these late warm spells visit, the term Indian Sum-mer comes to mind, but the defini-tion, if there is a good one, refers to dry warm weather. I’ll take the rain with the warmth and you can call it whatever you wish.
On my walk to the mailbox the other morning, a decent hike at Frog Holler, I had put on a sweat-shirt over my tee shirt and it had lived up to its name by the time I was halfway there. Over the next few days, there was no time, day or night, when any kind of outer
garment was needed. Wearing a short-sleeved shirt outdoors on a November night is wonderful.
My musical gigs are experienc-ing a lull right now and we found ourselves free on both nights of the weekend. On Friday, we had dinner with a group of friends at Theo’s restaurant in Pinehurst and looked longingly at the outside patio as we ate inside. Heading home fairly early, brother Rusty and I played pool until around midnight with the windows open, soaking in the air. As usual, he won around 90 percent of the games, but we listened to some great vinyl records in the process.
Saturday was great with just enough light rain to give me an excuse to put off yard work in favor of working in my music studio. I am forever working on recordings and have been on a bit of a tear lately. The studio does not have central heat and when the weather gets cold, it gets harder to work out there with the need to fire up the space heater in advance of the session. The warm weather eliminated this normal November need.
We were invited back to Pine-hurst Saturday afternoon to visit the Duncans and our relatively new friends Mardy and Tom Bell. I was in full football mode and
was happy to see that the Clem-son – Florida State game was on, muted, with Mardy’s music playing throughout the house. We were to walk to the village to the Drum and Quill to have dinner and visit our favorite bartender Lucy, who lights the whole place up with her thousand-watt smile. I was once again without anything but a light shirt and, as we entered the Bell’s, Steve Duncan had done me one better and was in shorts! In November!
We got lucky at the small restaurant and found some pa-trons leaving just as we arrived, bequeathing their table to us. As we settled in, the duo Luther Vaudeville struck up the music. These two guys were great and played a good variety of music. When the guitar player lit into Blackbird, the beautiful and complicated Beatles song, I was impressed with his guitar playing ability. We had a fun time there.
Sunday saw the return of cooler, though not cold, weather and the rain continued to spit. We have not covered up the pool yet because of the late warmth but it has entered its fall identity as leaf catcher. I spent close to an hour in the drizzle cleaning it up to get at least one more fading glimpse of that beautiful blue water that shouts summer. It can shout, but the falling leaves, the browning grass and retreating sun leave no doubt that winter will be here soon. Even so, I have no doubt that some warm days will sneak in.
More later.
Ignoring leaves, holding on to summer
As I drove my 5-year-old daughter to kindergarten on a recent morning, I reminded her that we were going out of town for a few days at Thanksgiving to visit family in Ohio.
Her first response: “I don’t want to miss a day of school.”
I told her she wouldn’t – that school is closed those days for the holiday – and asked her why she didn’t want to miss a day.
Her unnerving response: “I don’t want to miss another lock-down drill.”
Apparently, when she recently missed a day of kindergarten so we could attend a family member’s wedding out of state, she missed a lockdown drill, the required exercises to help schools prepare in case of the unimaginable.
When I asked her why she didn’t want to miss a drill, she replied: “Because they’re fun.”
Needless to say, I was heart-broken.
When I asked her if she knew what a lockdown drill was for, she said: “I have no idea.”
Then, a few moments later, she said: “It’s in case a bad guy comes in our classroom.”
A “code red,” she explained,
is when everyone has to find a place to hide.
Even more heartbreaking, especially in light of everything going on in the world today.
Growing up in Ohio in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember fire drills and tornado drills – when we put hardcover books over our heads and necks to protect us from flying objects or glass.
I don’t remember lockdown drills, and I’m almost positive we didn’t have them or anything like them.
While lockdown drills have been conducted for years in North Carolina schools, they are now required at every school in every district at least once a year. Lan-guage in the state budget approved this year requires drills to include a “practice school lockdown due to an intruder on school grounds.”
The N.C. Center for Safer Schools, part of the Department of Public Safety, sends out train-
ing and guidance to schools so principals, teachers and others know what procedures to follow in certain situations and can teach students the same.
“It is a requirement that school districts take this very seriously,” said Ben Matthews, deputy CFO for operations at the Department of Public Instruction.
The state doesn’t keep statistics on the number of actual lockdowns taking place at schools, Matthews said. But the majority of them oc-cur when a crime takes place near a school and a suspect is on loose in the vicinity of a school. Lockdowns have also been implemented in certain emergency situations, such as train derailments with chemical spills.
These drills are a no-brainer in today’s times. I applaud all those who work hard to keep children safe in classrooms.
My guess is that my daughter and other young students across the state don’t fully grasp the need for these drills.
But then again, maybe I’m underestimating how smart and observant kids are these days. Perhaps they do understand.
And that is truly heartbreaking.
Heartbreak in the classroom
To the Editor:Thespians have a saying prior
to an opening—“Break a Leg.” Now somewhere back in my cobweb memory bank, I may have had knowledge of this elo-quent exchange send-off. It has been years since I had to recite a line or two in front of a receptive audience. I remember where I had to recite a 322-word line. Let me tell you, I wished I did break a leg and not have to be out there under the hot lights center stage. Today it is just fond memories. Enough!
As I type today, it is the end of another November 11th where America tries to show remem-brances to its past and present mil-itary veterans. Hoke County is no different. Across America, small
groups of citizens gather together in various activities showing their gratitude to the pillar of our nation, the American service member. Hoke County, the home of over 5,200 veterans, witnessed a gath-ering of its citizens for viewing of its Veterans Day Celebration. It was a program surpassing any with a great cast and supporting stage crew, composed of several veterans’ organizations, members of the Hoke County Army Junior ROTC cadets, an all-ladies cast, oops, we did have one male added at the last minute, but a good ad-dition, to say the least.
Hoke, those students stole the day with their performance. We tend to measure our students with academic achievement but char-
acter is the key to an individual. They have both. Veterans, you could not have had better as their performance of the “Missing Man Ceremony” did great honor to veterans. Parents of these cadets, thank you. Citizens of Hoke, I am thanking all of those who play a supporting role behind scene, those from the audio visual de-partment, Hoke Schools, Chief Crumpler, the County Manager Office, Hoke Co. Maintenance Office, The News-Journal and Raeford City Hall. From all the veterans of Hoke, we thank you for your support.
John F. HarryCommander VFW Post 10
Raeford
Cadets honored veterans in ceremony
“Please buy my child a teacher. A child whisperer. A trained, energetic, enthusiastic, loving, educated, invested adult to grow a relationship with my child in the pursuit of learning. {snip} Buying my child a new curricu-lum will not improve her relationship with learning. Buying my child a new test will not improve his relationship with learning. Buying my child a new computer program will not improve her relationship with learning. Buying my child all these things reduces funding for what my child really needs: a relationship.” — Wendy Birket in open letter to Florida Gov. Rick Scott
“We will embrace real-time functionalities with a laser-like focus. We will agendize efficient instruction across content areas. We will deploy meaning-centered solutions within professional learning communities. We will recontextualize brain-compatible experiences through the collaborative process. We will transform objective aesthetics across the curricular areas. We will evolve visionary efficacies within the core curriculum. We will drive dynamic guiding coalitions for our 21st Century learners.” — Computer-generate education jargon from sciencegeek.net
Today’s homework (Notes on education)
By thoMaS MillS
Politics N.C.
The terrorist attacks in Paris have shown how divided we are as a country. President Obama said in a speech that sending in ground troops to defeat Daesh is not the answer. He also said that the United States would not turn its back on Syrian refugees.
Democrats applauded. Republi-cans pounced. Throughout the day, GOP governors announced that they would not accept Syrian refugees into their states. Conservative pun-dits blasted Obama for being weak and hinted that he bears some of the blame for the Paris attacks.
Republicans sense an emotion that they can harness and ride to victory in 2016: Fear. It worked in the wake of 9/11. George Bush may have won in 2004 anyway,
but his ads portraying John Kerry as weak sealed the deal for a lot of scared Americans.
Governor Pat McCrory joined the crowd by saying North Carolina doesn’t want any Syrian refugees. Lieutenant Governor Dan Forrest tweeted his support. The party that likes to wear its Christianity on its sleeve turned its back on the teachings of Christ for political gain.
For anybody familiar with the racial politics of the South, the language of the GOP is just too familiar. Make the refugees scary and make rejecting them protecting our way of life. Like the old Southern demagogues who warned us of black men lusting after white women, the Republican politicians warn us of terrorists hiding among the families fleeing terror and war.
And like the old demagogues, they justify their fear by making the refugees inferior. The rac-ist politicians used to portray all African-Americans as having less intellect and lower morals. As one Republican operative said on Twit-ter, “They should be barred because of ideology. They have a world view inconsistent with western civilization.” When pushed he said, “Without a conscience that values the sanctity of life, their world view is inconsistent with the tolerance of the West.” In classic double-speak, he uses lack of tolerance to justify his intolerance.
Politicizing the Paris attacks was inevitable. Republicans prob-ably have a good political issue even if it runs counter to Christian and American values. Particularly in the South, we fear people who are different.
Politicians are tapping our fear
By tazra Mitchell
As many of us plan and prepare for family gatherings and celebra-tory meals in the upcoming holi-day season, here’s a startling and disturbing fact to consider: Only a handful of U.S. states have higher hunger rates than North Carolina. The weak and uneven economic recovery hasn’t reduced hunger in our communities: the share of North Carolinians who don’t have a consistent supply of food has actually not budged since 2009, evidence of the state’s large job shortage and boom in low-wage jobs that make it difficult to buy food.
Next year, this harsh reality will get even worse for many North Carolinians who are very poor and struggle to find work in communities where job oppor-tunities are scarce. That’s when, thanks to the recent action of the General Assembly and Governor McCrory, a three-month time limit for food assistance returns for childless, non-disabled adults.
As a point of reference, the average income of the people who will lose their food assistance is just $2,236…per year.
In the federally-funded Sup-plemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), there is a gen-eral three-month limit on benefits for childless adults aged 18-50 who don’t have a disability or aren’t raising children. And while those who work, volunteer, or par-ticipate in a qualified job training program for 20 hours a week or more are also exempt from the three month limit, meeting such a requirement is extremely difficult right now—especially in areas that have faced persistently high unemployment levels.
Given the poor economic cli-mate, states can waive the work requirement for areas in which jobs are scarce. Unfortunately, with the recent passage into law of House Bill 318, North Carolina will unnecessarily restrict food aid for up to 105,000 childless adults who live in jobs-deprived areas—regardless of how hard these individuals are looking for work.
For 23 of the state’s 100 coun-ties lucky enough to have improv-ing labor markets, the time-limit will go into place next January. The remaining 77 counties qualified for a year-long waiver but the governor and legislature permanently banned state waiv-ers after next summer. Now, the
three-month time limit will return by July 2016 for those 77 counties.
Proponents of the waiver ban claim that the return of the three-month time limit will encourage people to work. But, of course, the SNAP time limit is not a test of one’s willingness to work. It ap-plies regardless of whether these individuals are actually able to find employment or training op-portunities. No matter how hard they’re looking for a job, if they don’t find one in three months, their food assistance is gone. Even if they are working for 19 hours a week, they would lose the help in putting food on the table as well.
Let’s put perspective on how difficult it truly is to find work in North Carolina. Right now, 80 of the state’s 100 counties have more jobless workers than job openings.
The folks who lawmakers cut off from benefits in high unem-ployment areas include veterans, people who are homeless, and underemployed workers who simply can’t find a full 20 hours of work each week. Very few qualify for any other help besides food assistance.
Tazra Mitchell is a Policy Ana-lyst at the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center.
Hunger problem about to get worse
4 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. November 18, 2015
LIST YOUR BUSINESSIN THESERVICE
DIRECTORYONLY $1000
PER WEEK!
Butterball(Continued from page 1)
Gas(Continued from page 1)
Wreck(Continued from page 1)
Plant(Continued from page 1)
do there, so there will be more investment which means more jobs and more partnering with the community as we go forward here,” Nally said.
The Raeford facility is proving to be a success for Butterball, opera-tions vice president Mike Bliss said.
“The growth has just been phe-nomenal and the success here at this plant has been just something that doesn’t happen very often in our industry,” Bliss said. “There’s a lot of challenges we face in getting a plant up and going.”
The House of Raeford built the further processing plant in 1996. It shut down at the end of 2014 when the company pulled out of the turkey business, and opened back up under Butterball’s banner on May 4 of this year. Since reopening seven months ago, the facility is on track to produce about 27 million pounds of turkey every year.
The company was on a very ag-
gressive schedule to get the renova-tions complete so people could get back to work at the plant, Bliss said.
“The entire Butterball team corporate wide, company wide, did an outstanding job, and this plant started on the day it said it would start, which was May 4, and hasn’t missed any of its deadlines to date, which is just amazing and something – I’ve been in the business since 1977 and I’ve been involved in a lot of processing and a lot of startups— and this by far has been one of the best if not the best startup that I’ve seen in a facility,” Bliss said.
The poultry giant, based in Gar-ner, sells about one billion pounds of turkey every year. It operates plants in North Carolina and other states. Its plant in Mount Olive processes about 60,000 turkeys a day and is the largest such facility in the world.
Coming to Raeford was the right decision, Bliss said.
“We’re thrilled to be here in
the community of Raeford and we certainly thank everyone for the support that we’ve been shown in the time that we’ve been here. There’s no doubt in our mind that we made the right choice in deciding to come to Raeford, North Carolina to create or to start our next turkey processing plant,” he said.
Hoke County Commission Chairman James Leach thanked economic developer Don Porter and the county development board for their work on the project. Raeford Mayor John K. McNeill and other elected officials were also present for the ribbon cutting.
Sharon Burney, member of the board of directors for the Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce, thanked the company for locating to Raeford.
“I pass the road and see that sign— I smile—it looks so good to me to know that we have another business,” she said.
Some of those lines include the natural gas pipes that used to be part of North Carolina Natural Gas, formerly a part of Progress Energy, which Piedmont Natural Gas acquired in 2003.
Duke Energy bought Piedmont Natural Gas earlier this month for $4.9 billion in cash.
“We look forward to welcoming Piedmont’s employees and one mil-lion customers in the Carolinas and Tennessee to Duke Energy,” Duke Energy president Lynn Good said. “This combination provides us with a growing natural gas platform, benefitting our customers, com-
munities and investors.”The company will continue to
operate under its own name after the purchase is final in late 2016.
Trusty could not provide a map of specific locations where Piedmont Natural Gas has line access in Hoke County due to security concerns and a need to protect the company’s in-frastructure, he said. However, anyone interested in checking to see if a line is nearby can call 800-752-7504 to inquire.
It’s sometimes possible to change homes over to operate on natural gas after they’ve been using another type of fuel, Trusty said.
“A lot of times people who are propane users are geared toward a gas fuel of some sort, and in some cases you can make simple conversions over to natural gas,” he said.
The company is in talks with Butterball about supplying service to the company’s processing plant located on East Central Avenue in Raeford, Trusty said.
“I do believe they are going to be natural gas customers. We have worked with them to make those arrangements,” he said.
For more information, contact the company or visit its website at http://www.piedmontng.com.
fund to cover the remaining costs of adding a belt press and dewater-ing system to the plant. The county added the systems to the plant to use up grant funding dedicated to the project that otherwise would have been returned to the United States Department of Agriculture, officials said.
In the long term, the additional systems will save the county six figures a year, engineer Adam Kiker reported.
County residents who were already on sewer won’t notice a change on their bills from the switch.
In other action, the commis-sioners approved a seven-item consent agenda including change orders for the Sandy Grove Pump Station, bids for advertisement for properties on Arabia Road and Loop Road and signed off on a National Hunger and Homeless-ness Awareness proclamation.
The board heard tax collection and assessment updates from Daphne Dudley and Jennie Gib-son, reappointed Brian Daniels and Chris Pusey to the Board of Adjustment and viewed a brief video from the North Carolina Association of County Commis-sioners before adjourning.
coMMunity calendarItems should be submitted for the Community Calendar by noon Friday before the publication date. You are asked to keep in mind that paste-up of the calendar page is done on Monday before publication. Also, if an ongo-ing item has been discontinued or needs to be changed, you are asked to contact the editor as soon as possible.
thru November 23OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOE BOX GIFTS
can be dropped off at Raeford Presbyterian Church, 128 W Edinborough Avenue, during National Collection week. The collection center will be open Monday – Sunday from 12 - 6 p.m. and Monday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Visit www.samaritanspurse.org for more information on packing a box or to find your closest drop-off location. Be sure to use a standard size shoe box.
November 19FAMILIES ALL READ (F.A.R.) is a Smart Start program
designed to encourage parents to go FAR with reading with their children. Children 0-5, when accompanied by a parent, will receive a free book and a book buck they can use to “buy” a book once they receive five. November 19, 6:30 p.m. - WE ARE THANKFUL! For more information, call the Hoke County Public Library at 910-875-2502.
November 20The FRIENDS OF THE HOKE COUNTY PUBLIC LI-
BRARY will be at the Wing Company on Main Street in Raeford from 4-7 p.m., and 15 percent of the profits from sales will go toward helping the Friends support the library. For more information, call 910-875-5876.
December 3Raeford/Hoke’s First Annual HOMETOWN CHRIST-
MAS will be held from 6 – 8 p.m. Santa will arrive at 6:15 p.m. at the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue. There will be free goodies, selfies with Santa, carriage rides, Christmas choirs, kids’ arts & crafts corner and much more. For more information, call the Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce at 910-875-5929.
December 5A HOLIDAY DESSERT WORKSHOP FOR DIABETICS
will be held at the NC Cooperative Extension-Hoke Center, 116 West Prospect Avenue from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Hoke County Health Dept. and NC Cooperative Extension-Hoke Center. Registration is required by November 25. Space is limited to 20 participants. For more information or to register, call the NC Cooperative Extension Office at 910-875-2162 or 875-3461.
January 8, February 12, March 11, April 8, May 13 & June 10
AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID/CPR/AED CLASS SCHEDULE (Adult/Child/Infant)
Classes are held from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Classes may be changed/cancelled depending on availability of instruc-tor, holiday and inclement weather. To register or for more information call the Hoke County Health Depart-ment at 910-875-3717 ext. 2106.
NOTICE: In order to keep our Calendar up-to-date, we are adding an expiration date to the following announcements. If you would like the event to continue in our calendar after the expiration date, please call (875-2121), fax (875-7256) or email ([email protected]) requesting this at least a week before its expiration.
Military service-connected meetings
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS RALPH A. PAN-DURE VFW POST #10 meets the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at its Post Home, 14 Hanger Lane, Raeford Airport, Raeford. For information contact Commander John F. Harry at 910-987-9821, email [email protected] or visit vfw.org. (expires May 2016)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS- Hoke County Chapter 17 meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the National Guard Armory, Teal Street. For in-formation, call Adjutant George Balch at 910-875-4410 or e-mail: [email protected]. (expires May 2015)
Calling all ACTIVE AND RETIRED NAVY, MARINE AND COAST GUARD to join Fleet Reserve Branch 259 located in Fayetteville. The Branch and Unit meet the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Retired Military Association building off Gillespie Street. (expires
December 2015)
AMERICAN LEGION POST 20 meets on the 2nd Tues-day of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the National Guard Armory on Teal Drive. All members and those inter-ested are encouraged to attend. For information, call James McKee, 910-277-0597 or Tommy Strickland, Vice-Commander, 910-850-7007. (expires December 2015)
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION CHAPTER 62, the “Sandhills” Chapter for Raeford, Aberdeen, Southern Pines and Pinehurst, meets the 1st Saturday of each month, 1800 hrs at the Southern Pines VFW Post 7318 Clubhouse in Southern Pines. All present and past Spe-cial Forces soldiers are invited to attend. For additional information, contact Chapter 62 President, Rusty Gaeta at [email protected]. (expires December 2015)
OthersHOKE COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION LINE
DANCE, SWING AND SHAG FEES for classes has changed. The new fee will be $25 per month per person (no refund) to be paid the 1st of each month. The fee is to be paid in the Parks & Recreation office by cash, check or money order. The classes will still be Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 – 8 p.m. in the LE McLaughlin senior room. There will be two make-up classes per month for class cancellations. If you have questions or concerns call 910-875-4035 for more information. (expires February
2016)
HOKE DEMOCRATS MEET every 2nd Thursday of each month at the Hoke County Public Library from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. (expires November 2015)
HOPE FOR HOKE is starting a Single Moms Support Group with location and date to be determined. Call Lynn Baum at 910-691-4142 for information. Young adults struggling with drug or alcohol addiction, and former offenders, can also call for support. (expires December
Special WorShip eventS
Raeford Presbyterian ChurchChristmas CantataDecember 6, 7 p.m.NOTICE: In order to keep our Special Worship up-to-date we are adding an expiration date to the following announcements. If you would like the event to continue in our listings after the expira-tion date, please call (875-2121), fax (875-7256) or email ([email protected]) request-ing this at least a week before its expiration.Community Bible Study, study-ing Mark, will be held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. and Friday at 6 p.m. starting September 9 at Raeford United Methodist Church. Call Nancy Tapp at (910) 633-4115 or (910) 853-2656. (expires December 2015)
Hoke County Schools Prayer Circle. Continue to pray for your schools. Churches, contact schools to see what you can do to help. (expires January 2016)
Now Generation Inc. & Now Generation Radio - a youth men-torship & development outreach inspirational & informational radio. Times every 4th Saturday
from 9 - 9:30 a.m. on WMFA 1400 AM. Join us on facebook at NowGen Radio or website http://www.nowgenmedia.com/ (expires January 2016)
Word of Life Temple — Cub/Boy
Scout meeting, ages 6-18, every other Tuesday from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Contact Bro. Jamie Cunningham (910) 824-6296 for more informa-tion. (expires December 2015)
ClassReunions
1967 — The Upchurch High School Class of 1967 is planning its 50th Class Reunion Celebra-tion. For more information, con-tact Walter Blue, 910-875-3318, Delorise Lide, 910-875-2480 or Annie Little, 910-695-5519.
1975 — The Hoke County High Class of 1975 is planning its 40th year reunion. We are search-ing for our members and contact information. Please respond with contact information to: [email protected], [email protected], 910-213-7110, 910-977-9076 or 910-978-4455.
1976—The Hoke High Class of 1976 will hold a 40th reunion. All Class of ‘76 classmates are welcome to attend. The reunion will be held the weekend of June 3-5 at The Holiday Inn Cedar Creek, Fayetteville. Classmates are urged to join Facebook private group ‘The Alumni Class of 1976 at Hoke County High School’ for reunion updates. Address changes may be sent to: [email protected]. Contact info: HHS Class of ‘76, PO Box 872, Raeford, NC 28376. Anyone willing to send a donation for the reunion. gofundme.com/zdas9hs
1977 — Hoke County High School Class of 1977 will meet every Monday at 7 p.m. at Vir-gil’s Drive-In. Any interested classmate may call James Quick at 910-273-1863.
1998 — Planning for the class of 1998 reunion has been completed. Please contact April Bratcher at (336) 841-5388 or (336) 338-2286 cell or Damon Williams at 910-690-6707 ASAP so we can get an information packet to you via mail or email.
hospital.John Carol, 68, of the 1700 block
of John Russell Road was driving a 2006 Hummer south on 401 when he came up to a red light at the intersec-tion just east of Raeford. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Carol failed to stop at the stoplight and ran into Daniel Lego, 33, of the 4300 block of Edgedale Drive in Fayetteville as Lego was turning left from Turnpike Road onto Highway 401 Business. Carol’s vehicle struck Lego’s 2008 Ford van, causing the van to spin around in the middle of the intersection.
Carol’s vehicle continued on and struck a 2011 GMC SUV driven by Karen Cook, 55, of the 3900 block of Huntington Path Drive in Hope Mills, who was stopped at the red
light facing north on Highway 401. Cook’s SUV then spun around and hit a 1997 Honda Accord driven by Annie Marsh, 59, of Doc Brown Road, who was also stopped at the red light.
The Hummer, SUV and Honda came to rest crunched together in the northbound lane of Highway 401 Business, blocking traffic com-pletely on that side, although traffic continued to flow normally through the southbound lane.
Carol, Cook and Marsh were taken to FirstHealth Hospital Hoke campus for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Carol was charged with failing to stop at a red light, and although Lego was not charged as being at fault in the wreck, he was charged for driving on a suspended license.
Subscription Form❑ New subscription❑ Renewal ❑ Active Military $15❑ Gift (We’ll notify recipient)
Clip, mail with payment to: The News-Journal P.O. Box 550 Raeford, N.C. 28376 (910)875-2121 for more information
Rates (including N.C. tax)
IN HOke:Print edition ........ $29(eligible for free PDF)
Senior Citizen ...... $23Active Military ...... $23OuTSIDe HOke:One year ............. $42(eligible for free PDF)
PDF only ............. $29
A-1 Gas & Food Mart ............. E. Central Ave.Andy’s ............................................... US 401Arabia Food Mart ..........................Arabia Rd.Barbee Pharmacy .........................Harris Ave.Bo’s ..............................................S. Main St.Citgo Mart ..................................Red SpringsCVS Pharmacy ............................401 BypassDaniels’ Exxon ........................ E. Central Ave.Edinborough Restaurant. ..............S. Main St. Fast Shop ...........................W. Prospect. Ave.Five Star #2 ..................................... Hwy 211Food Lion...............................Laurinburg Rd.Food Lion.............................. Fayetteville Rd.Food Mart #4 ............................. Hwy. 211 S.Food Stop ...........................W. Prospect Ave.401 Lucky Stop ...............E. Central & 401 N.401 Shop-N-Save #1 .............Harris and 401Hardin’s ......................Rockfish Rd., RockfishHardin’s Express Stop ............... Rockfish Rd.Highway 55 .......401 Bypass & 401 BusinessHome Food Supermarket..................Main St.Howell Drug ...................................... Teal Dr.Jay’s Food Mart ........ Hwy 211. at county line
J&L Grocery & Meats ............... Rockfish Rd.Lucky Stop .................Hwy. 401 & Palmer St.Lucky Stop 2196 .......Rockfish Rd.&401 Bus.Mi Casita...................... 4534 Fayetteville Rd.MP Mart ............................... Hwy. 211 SouthMcNeill’s Grocery ....................... Hwy. 211 S.McPhatter’s Grocery ..... Hwy. 401 & Vass Rd.Muncheez Express ................ Fayetteville Rd.Murphy Express ................ Walmart Hwy 401The News-Journal ..................119 W. ElwoodQuality Foods ....................................McCainPoco Shop #4 ........................ E. Central Ave.Short Stop #54 ....................Davis Bridge Rd.Short Stop #64 .......................Hwy. 211 WestShort Stop #68 .......................... N. Fulton St.Something’s Brewing Coffee Shop ....7104 Fayetteville Rd.Tobacco World ...................... Fayetteville Rd.211 Food Mart ................................ Hwy 211Waffle House ....................... 401 Hwy BypassWilcoHess ................................ Aberdeen Rd.Yogi Mart ................................... Hwy. 211 S.Zip N Mart ............................. Fayetteville Rd.
The News-Journal is sold at these locations:
Subscriber information:
Name
Address
City State Zip
Phone
Your name, address (if different from above)
Name
Address
City State Zip
Phone
save online at www.thenews-journal.com
CommunityThanksgiving ServiceSun., November 22 • 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Wingo, Speaker, Raeford United Methodist Church
333 N. Main Street • Raeford, NC875-3508
WEDNESDAYSFamily Dinner 5:50
Youth & Children’s Missions 6:30 Bible Study 6:30
Adult Choir Practice 7:30
First Baptist Church
SUNDAYSSunday School 9:45 am
Worship 11:00 amYouth 6:00 pm
Evening Worship 6:00 pm
Sunday, December 611 a.m. Service
Hand Bell ConcertALL AREWELCOME!
Check us out on
Find us on Google Business
feed & grocerygrillAll Stock Pellet
$795 bag
Stock & Stable12% Horse Feed
$999 bag
Sports BlendDog Food
$1499 40 lb. bag
Home food117 N. Main St. • 875-3375
HomemadeBreakfast
7 a.m. - until
Daily Lunch SpecialsHomemade Chili
Turkey Club SandwichCatfish Po-Boy
Call Ahead910-848-2660
community meetingRockfish Community
Meeting
Uhaul Building • 2950 Lindsay Rd • Raeford, NC•Topic: Community Related Topics
•Guest speaker: Jim Duncan
Public InvitedThursday, November 19
6:30 p.m
For more info call 910-224-2352.HHH
H
Tonya SueSullivan
Happy Birthday!Love Mama, Eddie, Tawana & kids
November 18, 2015 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C 5
The Lady Bucks basketball team roster is set. The 2015-16 Lady Bucks in numeric order are #4 Jaque Bradshaw, #5 D’Nayia Watkins, #10 Nadia Stabler, #11 Kamaaria Mackins, #14 Makia Davis, #15 Janiyah Harrington, #20 Mikal Montgomery, #21 Mahogany Matthews, #22 Alexus Jones, #25 Daisha Little, #31 Iyana Jones and #40 Shalaya Maynor.
Sports
Fighting Bucks Sports Schedule
Sports Briefs
Raeford Racing Round-Up
Some 60 golfers took part in the 15th annual Hoke Com-munity Foundation Golf Tour-nament October 9 at Puppy Creek. This year’s tournament netted approximately $6,000.
The proceeds will be added to the community grant-mak-ing fund, which awards grants annually to Hoke County nonprofit organizations.
“We are deeply grateful
to the sponsors and to those who came out to support this important cause for Hoke County,” said foundation president John Jordan. “The profits from this tournament ensure local dollars support local nonprofit organizations in Hoke County.”
The foundation is an af-filiate of the North Carolina Community Foundation.
Hoke Community Foundation hosts 15th golf tournament
November 18Boys Wrestling Home Hoke Quad
5:30 p.m.Bowling at Lumberton 4 p.m.
November 19Bowling at Lumberton 4 p.m.Girls JV Basketball Home vs.
71st 5 p.m.Girls V Basketball at 71st 6 p.m.Boys JV Basketball Home vs.
71st 6:30 p.m.Boys V Basketball at 71st 7:30
p.m.
November 20Girls V Basketball at Pine Forest
6 p.m.Boys JV Basketball at Pine Forest
4:30 p.m.Boys V Basketball at Pine Forest
7:30 p.m.
November 21Boys V Wrestling Away Feud in
the Forest 9 a.m.Boys Middle School Wrestling at
East Hoke 10 a.m.
November 23Coed West Hoke Middle Basket-
ball Home vs. Rockingham Jr. High 4:15 p.m.
November 24Girls JV Basketball at South View
5 p.m.Girls V Basketball Home vs.
South View 6 p.m.Boys JV Basketball at South View
6:30 p.m.Boys V Basketball Home vs.
South View 7:30 p.m.
By hal nunn
Sports writer
Rockfish Motorsports Speedway may have had its final points race last weekend but the “Big One”, the Grand Finale 2nd Annual Winter Classic, will be held this Saturday
night at the track off Lindsay Road in Rockfish. With a $1,000 to win feature in the Micro 600 race, driv-ers all the way from Florida to New York will be in Hoke County and some from as far away as Ohio will descend upon The Rock of Hoke
Last year’s Winter Classic winner was Justin Lineman of Salis-bury. In this photo, Lineman (right) is standing with car owner Johnny Bright (left). The 2nd Annual Winter Classic should see over 30 cars trying to qualify for 24 spots in the Micro 600s feature race.
Rockfish Grand Finale this Saturday Friday and Saturday. Friday night, teams will come in to practice and spectators can get a free chance to check them out around 4 p.m. Saturday, the gates open at 2 p.m. with practice and qualifying at 4 p.m. and racing action about 5:30 p.m. The Legends Class and Micro 270s will pay out $500 to win. The racetrack will be collecting canned goods for a local needy family in Rockfish and will also give away four free turkeys by drawing.
Last weekend, the final points race of the season was completed and “Fast Eddie” Daniels took home the series championship in the Legends division with his 15th win. In the Micro 600s, Matt Carr got the win Saturday but Mark Jones held onto his title. In the Micro 270s, Andy Yocco got his third win of the season but Matt Jones took home the series title with four total wins. In the Mod Lite division, Jamie Crutchfield of Georgia took home the win while Chris Logan of Ohio took second place. Third place went to Bob Bass of Georgia and David Brown of New York finished fourth. Local
racer Colton Beasley finished fifth. In the Pro Go Kart division, Chester Beaman got his third win of the season and locked up the title and young Levi Brown took home the title in the Mini Pro Go Karts. For more information on Rockfish Motorsports Speedway, visit www.rockfishmotorsports.com.
“Fast Eddie” Daniels captured his first track championship in the Legends division last weekend with his 15th win. (Photo by Glen Young of GPS Photo and Video of Raeford)
By hal nunn
Sports writer
The Hoke County High School Bucks boys’ and girls’ basketball teams kick off the 2015-16 season this week. The boys kick off the season at Seventy-First Thursday night and at Pine Forest Friday night. The girls had a game against Terry Sanford Tuesday night and
will play at Pine Forest Friday night. The first home game for the Bucks will be held Tuesday, November 24 when the South View Tigers come to town. The boys, un-der the direction of Quame Patter-son in his eighth year, finished the 2014-15 season 11-12 overall and 5-5 in the Southeastern Confer-ence. The Bucks tied Pinecrest for fourth place but did not make the
playoffs due to the overall record. The Lady Bucks finished the 2014-15 season 9-14 overall and 4-6 in the Southeastern Conference under the direction of Tiffany Parks. This year, the Bucks will be under the direction of Sakellie Daniels, the former Buck, Charlotte 49er and professional basketball player. Both teams will look to improve their performance from last season.
The Bucks boys’ varsity basketball team roster is set. The 2015-16 Bucks in numeric order are #10 Wesley Baldwin, #11 D’coda Cummings, #12 Darius Capers, #13 Elijah Harris, #14 Devin Norwood, #15 Jamens Ray, #22 Rovel Ray, #23 Micha Whitehurst, #24 Silas Love, #25 Andre Pegues, #32 Cameron Lide and #33 Daishawn George.
Bucks basketball starts this week
Wrestling team selling Christmas trees
The Hoke County High School Bucks wrestling team is selling Frazier Fir Christmas trees and will deliver them to your door if needed. The sale ends November 20 and pick up/delivery date is November 28. Trees are from Deep Gap and run from $32 to $100 with sizes from 4 ft. to 10 ft. If you do not need a tree, you can pay for one and have it donated to a needy family. You can order your tree by calling Coach Walworth
at 910-875-2156 ext. 6405 or by contacting any wrestler.
3 Hoke soccer players named to All Conference/Region
Three Hoke County High School Bucks soccer players - Darwyn Lopex-Garcia, Alex Patricio and Edwin Andoney - were named to the All Conference and All Region team this week.
Upland Trace Golf CourseGlen Biggs aced hole #2 at 92
yards last Saturday. The Satur-day morning winners were Tom Batchelor, Al Smith, Guy Wall and Lee Harless. The Saturday “Pack” group winners were Ed Bailey, Mark Faour, Johnny Boyles and Steven Jackson with a 2-under. Sunday morning group winners were Tom Batchelor, Ray McLemore, Gary Cook and Greg Wyrick. Sunday afternoon winners were Ken Bullock and Johnny Boyles.
Bayonet at Puppy CreekWednesday Shootout last week
had 25 golfers so the groups were five golfers with three balls per hole. The shootout winners were Roger Buss, Brian Basham, Richard Cook, Bo Hoffman and Wyatt Upchurch with a 1-over. The Friday Shootout winners were J.D. Godwin, Carl Casey, Bo Hoffman, Will Casey and Richard Burger with a 7-under. Second place went to Rick Evans, Elmer Capps, John Hudson and Dennis Brewer with a 4-under.
Field named after George McNeillLongtime teacher and coach George McNeill was honored recently at West Hoke Middle School by having the football field named after him and the scoreboard dedicated in his honor. Coach McNeill has been teaching since 1978 in Hoke County and coaching for 32 years. He recently retired but is still helping the assistant football coach at West Hoke Middle.
ALL YOU CAN EAT
Breakfast Buffet7:30 AM to 10:30 AM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY ONLY
$8.99
Hwy. 301 North, Rocky Mount • 446-3262Visit Us @ www.westernsizzlin.com
INCLUDING BEVERAGE
7735 S. Raeford Rd., Fayetteville, NC 910-867-3002
Come & visit our friendly staff today ...or you may also apply online @ www.nfcmoney.com
National Finance Company714 Harris Ave. • Raeford • 875-2136
L-R, Tammy Parker, Betty Turner and Elizabeth Smith.
Holiday Loans Available Now
$850 to $2,500
