Investigators with the Hoke County Sheriff’s Offi ce ar-rested a man Sunday for allegedly hitting his neighbor on the head with a wooden 2x4, according to a report.

Authorities called to the 4200 block of Old Maxton Highway arrived to fi nd Garrett Locklear lying on the ground with a laceration to the head. Suspect Charles Junior Rowsey, 50, of the 4200 block of Old Maxton Highway was reportedly waiting for authorities to arrive. Rowsey confessed at the scene that he hit Locklear on the head with the wooden plank while the two were arguing, offi cials said.

Deputies charged Rowsey with assault with a deadly weapon infl ict-ing serious injury. He was held under a $15,000 unsecured bond. Locklear was treated for his injuries at an area hospital.

Investigators with the Hoke County Sheriff’s Offi ce ar-rested a woman last week for allegedly breaking into a home and assaulting the homeowner.

Offi cers arrested Dejhi Blackmon, 26, of the 4700 block of Star Rite Lane in Parkton on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping, felony breaking or entering, felony larceny after breaking or entering and felony possession of stolen goods.

(See ASSAULT, page 6A)

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Trench collapse kills Raeford manBY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

The Department of Occupation-al Health and Safety (OSHA) is investigating a trench collapse on Fort Bragg that killed a man from Raeford last week.

Although authorities did not of-

fi cially release the victim’s name, Hoke County friends and family reported that Hoke High graduate Clyde Thomas Nettles Jr. died in the accident. They shared the news on their Facebook pages, posting photos of “CJ” and outpourings of sympathy.

Nettles was 22 years old and

engaged to be married. He played football for the Hoke High Bucks during his time in high school. In messages posted online, loved ones remembered him for his contagious laugh, bright smile and big heart.

The construction worker was (See ACCIDENT, page 4A)

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

Buying a farm-fresh watermelon at Home Food was worth the drive all the way from Moore County for P.J. McNeill.

Shopping for locally grown fruits and vegetables and fresh-caught fi sh is something she and her husband Lamont McNeill can’t do in Moore, she said.

“Some of this stuff we have (See HOME FOOD, page 6A)

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

Military veteran and longtime Hoke resident Gil-bert Walker announced this week that he plans to run for a seat on the Hoke County Board of Education.

Walker said he decided to run for a four-year term on

the board because he tries to be active in the commu-nity and wants to help make sure Hoke schools produce graduates who are able to compete in the workplace.

“I hear sometimes of students graduating and not being able to read, write in cursive or be able to write

(See WALKER, page 6A)

No tax-free weekend this year in this state

Walker fi les for school board

After nearly a century,Home Food charts changes

Neighbor hitwith 2x4

Woman assaultedin home invasion

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We started a company on our most recent youth group outing—Rude Awakenings LLC. You need that limited liability part for the kind of company we formed, which is one that, for a fee, offers a wake-up service for hard-to-awaken teenagers.

The Methodists, whose conference we crashed, wanted each group in attendance to fi nd a way to raise a little money for a hunger abatement program, and our service was an answer to those sissy ideas other groups came up with like selling cupcakes and glow sticks. Pa-lease.(See OTHER STUFF, page 4A)

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Shoppers used to buying school supplies tax-free shortly before students return to class will have to go out of state this year if they want to fi nd bargains.

From 2002 to 2013, the state held a special weekend when consumers could buy computers, clothing and other back-to-school supplies with-out paying sales tax. However, citing the need to

cut costs, the state stopped the tax-free weekend program last year. Offi cials also ended a similar weekend in November that offered shoppers a chance to buy some appliances without paying sales tax. The state lost millions in sales tax rev-enue every year because of the events, offi cials said.

However, if shoppers are willing and able to pay for gas to drive out of state this weekend, they can still fi nd tax-free deals. South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia continue offer-

ing tax-free weekends. The tax-free weekend for South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia is set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday while Georgia will hold its sales tax holiday Friday and Saturday.

As of Tuesday, the average price of gasoline in North Carolina stood at $3.44 a gallon for regular, while the average price of gas in South Carolina was $3.27, according to gasbuddy.com. Gas prices in Virginia and Georgia stood at an average of $3.34 and $3.42, respectively. The

(See TAX-FREE, page 6A)

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Blackmon

Walker

Adjusting for the futureHome Food, a Raeford fi xture for 96 years, is changing its emphasis from grocer-ies to produce. Clockwise from above: P.J. McNeill drove from Moore County to shop; Kim Hollingsworth helps customer Jodi Onachila; a rooster is free-range or at least free to roam the feed and seed store; the oldest McNeill still has his own seat to supervise. (Catharin Shepard photos)

Rescuers at work. (Fort Bragg photo) Nettles, at graduation

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In a previous column, I dis-cussed what things really cost and left energy for this column. I have just read about the latest findings on climate change. Even hard deniers are softening their positions in view of overwhelm-ing evidence. I was watching the HBO show VICE the other night. This is a very informative show, although I’m not quite sure why it is called VICE. It investigates situ-ations around the world including climate change, but it is not a cop show. There was a recent piece on the severe drought in Texas, which may be linked to man-induced climate change. On the other hand, maybe it isn’t, but can we afford to deny the possibility? Several groups of Christians were shown openly praying for rain. I have no problem with praying, but if praying changed the weather, there would be no droughts, no floods and no natural disasters. Perhaps these folks would be better off to pray for a better understanding of the world we live in. There was an-other scene in which several young men standing beside a dried-up reservoir were questioned about the possible cause and the need to address climate change. One guy stated that he wasn’t going to worry about it as long as he had water to drink. He laughed and the group seemed to agree. I suppose this guy would be happy playing in traffic blindfolded until a car hit him.

Our appetite for energy is natural as man seeks to improve his life by whatever methods are at his disposal. But what does it really cost, and at what point

are we shooting ourselves in the foot? The burning of fossil fuels has been the most convenient way for humans to keep warm, cook food, produce light, produce electricity and transport them-selves. What harm does a little smoke do? Actually, a little smoke from a small number of humans spread over a big planet wasn’t very threatening. An industrial chimney bellowing smoke was a visual sign of progress for many years. As our population and our appetite for energy grew, it wasn’t long before we in the United States were looking beyond our shores for sources of energy, primarily petroleum. Some surely argued that this would eventually get us into trouble without even foresee-ing the possible effects on climate. We continued to consume more and more until addicted. At that point, we had crawled into bed with these foreign suppliers and our national priority shifted from being a moral leader for good, to being as immoral as necessary to keep the supply lines open. Does anyone really doubt that our poli-cies in the Middle East have been driven by this need?

Now let’s revisit the cost is-sue. We complain about the cost of gasoline and it has increased dramatically over the past decade. What we pay is the cost of explo-ration, extraction, transportation

and refining; and let’s not forget profiteering. That is not the total cost. I don’t get paid enough to do a lot of research for this column, but if we spent a trillion dollars in wars waged over the last 10 years to protect the supply of ap-proximately five billion barrels of crude oil from the Middle East, what did this oil really cost? Just add $200 to the cost of each barrel, or four dollars to the cost of each gallon of that oil. Now figure in the lost and shattered lives and the damage done to the environment by the burning of this fuel. Don’t forget the World Trade Center and the other acts of terror that stem from the hatred that is spawned by our foreign policies. And don’t forget the huge bureaucracy of Homeland Security constructed to counter these terrorists.

How about nuclear energy? It might just be the way to go, except for the problem of the radioac-tive waste that it generates and accidents like Chernobyl and the recent Japanese debacle.

I agree that energy inde-pendence for our country is a worthwhile and achievable goal, but is the answer the shortsighted development of more and more petroleum sources with their resultant environmental dam-age? Would we not be better off recognizing that we are already paying much more for the use of fossil fuels than we think we are? Couldn’t those same resources be directed toward conservation and the development of renewable sources of power and the jobs that this would create?

More later.

Gas costs us more than we admit

This column won’t answer any questions, just pose them.

As you might have heard, the state budget debate going on in Raleigh this summer pits the live-lihoods of thousands of teacher assistants in early grades and the Medicaid coverage of thousands of “elderly, blind and disabled” – a description that House Republi-cans like to repeat – against raises for the state’s teachers, who make less money than their counterparts in most other states.

Deciding between such im-portant priorities creates a very difficult situation, an almost im-possible choice for any legislator with a heart to make, which is why this debate has stretched almost until August. Yes, Medicaid and education make up a huge percent-age of state spending. And yes, when money needs to be found, those areas are obvious places to look, especially when raising taxes probably isn’t an option for a Republican-led legislature. Sometime this week, the public is expected to find out exactly how lawmakers decided to spend their tax dollars for the fiscal year that

began back on July 1. Over the weekend, the House and Senate agreed on a budget framework, and details are expected to be released this week.

But aren’t there other alterna-tives, aside from removing teacher assistants from classrooms or yanking medical coverage from the most desperate people in the state? Aren’t there any areas of a $21 billion budget that, with a little creativity, can be trimmed to help save some of the teacher assistants, elderly, blind and dis-abled, while still giving teachers reasonable raises to put them in line with others across the country? Isn’t there any more tax money that can be found in a state supposedly making a comeback?

This whole situation reminds me of my days covering city government, when the much less consequential budget debates

went something like this: “Either we have to raise taxes or we have to fire 20 cops and close two libraries.”

Come on. Everyone loves cops and libraries. There was never an option to lay off 10 under-performing garbage collectors and 10 slack codes enforcers. Nope, just 20 cops, leaving the criminals to take over the city. Guess what? The police officers never lost their jobs and the librar-ies still loan books.

Which is why it’s looking more and more like, when this protracted budget discussion is over, most teacher assistants will keep their jobs and most of the “elderly, blind and disabled” will keep their medical benefits. Somehow, fuzzy math will come to the rescue and legislators will go home heroes, having saved the state’s education system and its neediest residents from the brink of disaster and death, just a few months before Election Day.

But then there’s next year. Late last week, the state’s financial experts told lawmakers that the

Don’t really need to make proposed cutsOne on OnePatrick Gannon,

Capitol Press Association

To the Editor:I am writing you this letter to

find out why do I always see Cape Fear EMS with Hoke County on the side in Fayetteville. I under-stand that they are the primary EMS we have for the county but why do they transfer the patients to Cape Fear Hospital in Cumber-land County, at least a 30 min drive from Hoke County? I understand Cape Fear ER in the county is not completed yet. However, we still have an ER in the county.

As a taxpayer, I feel like this is a waste of time and money for the residents of Hoke County.

Jason SullivanRaeford

Editor’s note: Our reporter Catharin Shepard put the question to Brian Pierce, EMS director for Cape Fear Valley:

“We will transport patients,” he said, “to the most appropriate

facility, the closest appropriate facility or, within reason, the hospital of their choice if there’s not one more appropriate than the other.”

Since Cape Fear Valley’s am-bulance service started providing emergency transport for Hoke residents, the service has provided the following transports:

266 transports or 28 percent to FirstHealth Hoke Hospital

204 transports or 22 percent to Cape Fear Valley Hospital

157 transports or 17 percent to FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital

25 or 3 percent to Southeastern Medical Center

8 or 1 percent to Scotland County Hospital

6 or 1 percent to Womack Army Hospital

2 to the Veterans Administra-tion Hospital in Fayetteville

The remaining 273 or 29

percent of calls for ambulance service did not transport a patient to any hospital, either because the call was canceled, with no one needing to go to the hospital, or because the patient refused to go to the hospital.

Hoke residents might see more than four Cape Fear Valley ambulances in the county at one time. Although the company was contracted to provide four staffed ambulances, if a call takes one ambulance out of the county for a long time, the service can bring in an additional ambulance to cover for that crew’s absence. That way, four ambulances are always avail-able in the county.

“We’re running four, we’ve got some that are backed up,” Pierce said. “Occasionally, if there’s a long-term call or we’re taking somebody to a doctor’s appoint-ment, then we will bring in an extra crew to do it.”

Why so many Hoke ambulances in Fayetteville?

To the Editor:Here are 10 truisms that North

Carolinians better face fast, and act upon before it is too late.

1) Want a vision of the quality of care that will come with the Affordable Care Act? Look no farther than the VA scandal and its quality of care! Repeal it. Pass workable health legislation, and clean up the VA. Our veterans deserve quality care.

2) Illegal immigration’s im-pact will be depressed wages, increased crime rates, complex health and education problems with skyrocketing costs attached, increased welfare giveaways, larger unemployment rolls and benefit outputs, and the subver-sion of America the Beautiful. Send all illegal immigrants back home. All!

3) State Attorney General Roy Cooper’s refusal to defend the

N.C. Marriage Amendment ban against same-sex marriage (over-whelmingly passed by the people) in N.C. courts is a violation of state’s rights and the N.C. Con-stitution he is sworn to uphold. Marriage laws do not come under federal authority—constitution-ally. Retire him at the ballot box.

4) Legislators who will not end tenure for N.C. public-school teachers doom that system, ensur-ing that its 15 percent of marginal teachers can never be fired.

5) The “Moral Monday” crowd is fighting for reinstatement of welfare subsidies for mostly non-working North Carolinians, not for equal rights and the eradication of poverty. Don’t support them. The real Moral Monday people are “at work” on Mondays.

6) We must pass a Balanced Budget Amendment on the federal level or our indebtedness will sell

America. “He that hath the gold makes the rules.”

7) Hoke County is sinking in the mire of uncontrolled litter, and illegal burnings and dumpings. Clean it up, or lose economic development opportunities to cleaner counties.

8) The Cold War has been reborn. Russia is a dangerous aggressor, practicing Hitler-type foreign policies. Israel is right to defend herself. Nations who support terrorism and start wars can expect their citizens to suffer. Their fault! Not Israel’s fault!

9) All citizens, you must per-sonally embrace technology or get left behind in the global dust!

10) We must end tax-funded slaughter of the unborn and the elderly. A nation that kills its own bankrupts its future.

Barbara Richie PondRaeford

Here’s my opinion on 10 current issues

The public is surprised that race has played such an important part in many decisions that are made today. In almost every elec-tion today, race or the opinions of minorities have become a major factor. Not only in politics, but it seems that in every phase of our lives race has been a major factor.

Twenty years ago, no one would have predicted that the most powerful country on earth would have a minority president. South Africa, which had the most oppressive governments against blacks, now has a black leader. This shows that people of ALL races have more in common than we thought and are able to work together. In most instances, we grow stronger and advance faster with all races and groups working together.

Most will not admit it, but one of the reasons that this country was so segregated was because segre-gation is profitable and driven by greed. As long as minorities were kept in substandard housing, sold substandard food and kept in low paying jobs, it was profitable to

those in power. When these acts were ruled illegal, many of these actions were eliminated.

Years ago, all minorities were considered inferior. The armed services were segregated. The sports and entertainment fields did not admit minorities. There were very few minority politicians. The few were only in small poor black areas. This was the status quo in those days and was accepted as the normal. The majority felt this was right until other countries began to move forward and surpass us in many activities by utilizing the assets of minorities of their country.

Once we recognized the as-sets of many of our minorities and began to utilize them, we not only improved our world status but surpassed other countries in many areas. In our armed services,

a minority rose to the rank of Joint Chief of Staff. The Navy`s second highest ranking officer is now a female minority. In all fields that minorities were once not accepted, they now excel.

Sports and entertainment, two areas where minorities were banned or segregated, are now dominated by minorities. The highest paid entertainers and athletes are minorities. This is not to say that minorities are better than others but that, once given the opportunity, they are able to show that they are as capable as others. Fifty years ago, no one would have foreseen that many of our large cities’ economy would depend on the success of sports and entertainment events that are now dominated by minorities.

This shows that by all groups working together, everyone ben-efits. This is proof that our system of government can and will work when ALL people are looked on as equal and given an opportunity.

Paul Burnley can be reached at plburnley@aol.com.

Minorities now excel in once-forbidden areas

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(See GANNON, page 3A)

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personal income tax cuts enacted last year would lead to much less revenue for the state than was initially projected – roughly $880 million less over five years.

I can already envision the 2015 budget debate, when highway

patrolmen and state museums, aquariums and historic sites will all be on the chopping block – pawns in the next, strange budget game. Because there’s nothing less important in state govern-ment.

Deputies with the Hoke Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office interrupted a breaking and entering in progress last week and arrested the teenage suspect found hiding in the home.

Investigators arrested Deshon Justice Dante Riley, 17, of the 500 block of Dunrobin Drive in Raeford on charges of second-degree burglary and resisting,

delaying or obstructing a law enforcement officer.

Authorities called to the 100 block of McDougal Drive just be-fore 11 p.m. Friday searched the scene and reportedly found Riley hiding in the bathroom closet in the house’s master bedroom. The officers arrested Riley at the scene. The home belonged to

victim Sta-cey Dial, ac-cording to the Sheriff’s Office.

R i l e y was he ld u n d e r a $7,500 se-cured bond.

Teen arrested for burglary

Riley

Officers with the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man from Raeford on multiple drug charges.

Investigators with the sher-iff’s office Special Operations conducting a search warrant at a home on the 500 block of Alex Baker Road in Raeford report-edly located drugs and non-taxed liquor on the premises.

Deputies arrested Willie Clif-

ton Kershaw, 53, of the 500 block of Alex Baker Road on charges of possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine, possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana, simple possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, maintaining a drug dwelling, pos-session of drug paraphernalia and possession of non-taxed liquor.

Kershaw was found in pos-session of seven grams of

suspected cocaine, 14 baggies of marijuana, drug para-phe rna l i a and non-t a xe d l i -q u o r. H e was he ld u n d e r a $25,000 secured bond.

Willie Kershaw

Man arrested for drugs

A committee is seeking com-munity input and support to help the local Veterans Day program recognize and honor veterans.

The group will hold an open meeting Thursday, August 7 at 6 p.m. at the Hoke County Public Library. All veterans and civilian

community members who want to take part in supporting the effort are invited to attend. For more information, call 919-394-4695.

Committee seeking input for Veterans Day

Patrons will be able to use the Hoke County Public Library’s services an hour earlier than before beginning this Friday.

The Hoke County Board of Com-missioners voted last month to have the library staff open at 8 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. to better serve the public.

“They’ll have a chance to stop in and use the Wi-Fi or computer or pick up a book before they go to work,” library director Sheila

Evans said. The new hours go into effect

Friday, August 1. The library will remain closed on Sunday. The change will not affect the library’s closing time. Reported statistics show the last few hours of the day are the library’s busiest time, Evans said.

The director said the library staff will try bringing in half the staff for opening and half for closing to adjust

to the change in hours. The change will add six hours of library time per week for the community.

The commissioners did not vote to provide additional funding to the library.

The library hours will be 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Satur-day. For more information, call the library at 875-2505.

Library starts opening at 8 a.m. this week

Therapy riding farm Hope-Thru-Horses will host an “open farm/house” day Saturday, August 9 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

The open day will offer a chance to check out the farm, enjoy drinks and food for sale, a yard sale and more. The proceeds from the day will go to support

local nonprofit group Called Into Action, Inc., which supports youth in Raeford and Hoke County with a summer camp, volunteer opportunities and other activities.

For more information, contact Called Into Action, Inc. at 476-8070 or Hope-Thru-Horses at 494-5888.

Open farm day set at Hope-Thru-Horses

Deborah MillerDeborah Ann Locklear Miller,

54, died Monday, July 28, 2014 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh.

She was born February 19, 1960. She was preceded in death by her father Sherman Locklear Sr. and her brother Sherman Locklear Jr. She was the manager of H&R Block in Raeford. She was the recipient of “Outstanding Women of Hoke County” in 2014.

Survivors include her husband, Michael R. Miller of Red Springs; a son, Nicomma Locklear of Red Springs; two daughters, Nicolette Locklear of Red Springs, and Crysti Nicole Miller of Raleigh; her mother, Susie Mae Locklear of Red Springs; a brother, Ricky Locklear and wife Wanda of Kempner, Texas; two sisters, Carolyn Locklear of St. Pauls, and Samantha Locklear of Pembroke; three grandchildren, Alexis Lock-lear of Raeford, Nykale Locklear of Red Springs, and James Mykah Kennedy of Raleigh.

Visitation will be held from 7-9

p.m. Friday, August 1 at Crumpler Funeral Home.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 2 at Crum-pler Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in the Raeford Cemetery.

Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneral-home.com.

Clyde T. Nettles Jr.Clyde Thomas Nettles Jr., 22,

of Raeford died Thursday, July 24, 2014.

Survivors include his parents, Clyde Sr. and Anita Nettles; fiancée, Amanda Jean Miller; sisters, Aisha Nettles and Tracie Nettles; brothers, Thomas Nettles and Gary Nettles; aunt, Cynthia Ingram; and uncles, David Butler and Tahir Chase.

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 2 in Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters in Ra-eford. Burial will be in the McLauch-lin Chapel Church Cemetery.

Public viewing will be held Friday, August 1 in Buie Funeral Home chapel.

Lacy J. McGeeLacy J. McGee Jr., 65, of

Raeford died Wednesday, July 23, 2014.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 in Buie Funeral Home chapel in Raeford.

Teceia RoperTeceia Roper of San Diego,

California, formerly of Fayette-ville, died Sunday, July 13, 2014 at the age of 29.

She is survived by her mother, Notra McLaurin Roper; her father, Earl Roper; sister, Trina;

grandmother, Mae Roper; un-cles, Champ McLaurin, Jimmy McLaurin, Tonny McLaurin, Ronnie Roper and Ressalle Mc-Callister; and aunts Annie Mc-Callister, Ellen McLaurin and Bertha Davis.

The funeral was held at 1 p.m. Monday, July 28 at Lewis Cha-pel Missionary Baptist Church, Fayetteville.

Memorials may be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 LBJ Freeway Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244.

Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneral-home.com.

Gloria GloverGloria Glover, 59, of 145

Colorado Drive died Saturday, July 26, 2014.

Survivors include her daughter, Sherita; sisters, Mildred Knight, Mamie Little, Nancy Monroe and Mable Edens; brothers, Welton Jr. and James McPhaul; and three grandchildren.

The funeral was held at noon Tuesday, July 29 in Laurel Hill MBC. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Hattie McLaughlinHattie McLaughlin, 73, of 324

Birch Street died Monday, July 21, 2014.

Survivors include her sisters, Hazel Jones, Mary Virgil, Carolyn Easterling, Clara Graham and Sheffie Turner; and brothers, Jasper, Terry, Yancey and Milton.

The funeral was held at 3 p.m. Friday, July 25 in McLauchlin Chapel AME Zion Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Deborah Miller

1952 – 1968 — Hawk Eye High School Classes 1952-1968 are having a reunion on September 5 from 6 p.m. – until at Hawk Eye Elementary School. Fore more info contact Mary Maness (910) 369-5988, Darlene Locklear (910) 369-2816, Toney Lowery (910) 875-3030 or Bonnie Goins (910) 875-5040.

1953, 1954 & 1955 — Hoke High School Classes of 1953, 1954 and 1955 are having a joint class reunion on September 13. Class of 1953 contact Edith McNeill Newton, (910) 875-3985; class of 1954 contact Bobby Conoly, (910) 875-2676; class of 1955 contact Kermit Wood (910) 875-2689. All members and guest are invited.

1956 — The Upchurch High Class of 1956 committee will meet soon. Contact Marjorie G. Hendrix at 867-8555.

1961 — If you are interested in attending a reunion for the 1961 Upchurch High School class, con-tact myrticemyrt@aol.com or call Myrtice Pollard (910) 843-5952

or Martha McNair Brown (910) 875-6119.

1962 — Information on the class of 1962 may be obtained by calling Annie Gilchrist McLain, 487-4195; McKinnon McKeller, 864-0772; or Ellen Clark McNeill, 875-3237; or email emcneill1005@aol.com.

1964 — Upchurch High School class of 1964 is planning for its 50th reunion in 2014. Any classmates that would like to attend meetings or make any suggestions should contact president Rebecca McNeill (910) 875-1469 or vice-president John McLean (910) 843-4047.

1965 — Upchurch High Class of 1965 meets monthly at the home of Mr. Bobby and Jennie Allen. All in-terested parties are invited to attend. Contact Rev. Jennie Allen at (910) 875-5026; Pastor Cora Murphy (910) 684-0417; Mr. Paul Purcell (910) 904-1622; Janice McDougal (910) 423-6271; email jlmac65@nc.net; snail mail 3649 Marcliff Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348.

1968 — Hawk Eye High School Class of 1968 will be holding its

reunion September 5 at Hawk Eye Elementary School from 6 p.m. until. For more information con-tact Mary Maness (910 369-5988, Darlene Locklear (910) 369-2816, Toney Lowery (910) 875-3030 or Bonnie Goins (910) 875-5040.

1969 — Hoke High Class of 1969’s 45th reunion will be held October 10-12 at the Ocean Reef Resort, 7100 N. Ocean Blvd, Myrtle Beach, SC. Classmates need to call the hotel for reservations. There is a registration fee of $70 per person with an August 8 deadline and can be sent to Vincent Parker, 330 Hodgin Rd, Red Springs, NC 28377. Make check or money order payable to HH Class of 1969. For more information contact Pat Graham (910) 878-1255, (910) 848-5142; Shirley Rush (910) 875-4357; Myrtle Quick 843-4922; Ron Huff (910) 237-7873; Vincent Parker (910) 224-3565.

1977 — Hoke County High School Class of 1977 will meet every Monday at 7 p.m. at Virgil’s Drive-In. Any interested classmate may call James Quick at (910)

273-1863.1969 — Hoke High Class of

1969 committee will host their 45th reunion October 10-12 at the Ocean Reef Resort, 7100 N. Ocean Bvd., Myrtle Beach, SC. Contact Pat Graham at (910) 878-1255, Alfonso Parker at (910) 224-3565, Myrtle Quick at (910) 843-4922 or Shirley Rush at (910) 875-4357 for more information.

1974 - The Class of 1974 Re-union Committee is in the planning stages for its 40th year reunion to be held October 3-5. More infor-mation will be forthcoming. If you are a member of the Hoke County High School Class of 1974, contact Mary McCollum at (910) 875-4823, benz4keeps@aol.com or Barbara Smith at (910) 875-4912, bxsmith@embarqmail.com with your contact information.

1985—The Hoke High Class of 1985 will have a reunion meeting Saturday, August 2 at 10 a.m. at the Hoke Library conference room. Contact Harry Southerland at 910-978-9118 with questions.

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Marriage LicensesMarriages recorded in Hoke

County, by date of event, from the Hoke County Register of Deeds:June 3

•Carlos Gutierrez and Yaseny Olibet Gonzalez, both of St. Pauls, married in Robeson CountyJune 7

•Thomas Ray Davis and Patri-cia Novembre, both of Raeford, married in Hoke CountyJune 10

•Osvaldo Hernandez of Fort Campbell, Ky. and Kristen Nicole Holmgren of Raeford, married in Hoke CountyJune 12

•Joshua Lloyd English and Stacey Juliendia Gaillard, both of Raeford, married in Durham CountyJune 14

•David Lionel Beamon and Pa-tricia Ann Davis, both of Raeford, married in Hoke CountyJune 24

•Michael Maurice Monroe and Carolene Bullard, both of Raeford, married in Hoke CountyJune 29

•Gary Segal Hutchinson and Jasmine Nasha Hemry, both of Fayetteville, married in Hoke CountyJuly 2

•Leroy Smith Jr. and Alicia Shonte McPhatter of Raeford, married in Hoke CountyJuly 6

•Kevin Shameek Valdes and Danyle Renise Williams, both of Raeford, married in Hoke CountyJuly 7

•Douglas B. Dewitt-Dick of Manvel, Texas and Alice I. Van Dyke of Raeford, married in Hoke County

•Taylor Robert Hohstadt of Niceville, Fla. and Brandalyn Nicole Wolfe of Jeannette, Penn.,

Real Estate TransfersRecent transfers of property

in Hoke County, listed by prop-erty and grantor(s) to grantee(s), by date recorded with the Hoke County Register of Deeds:

July 10•Rockfish Grove Lot 15, from

the Estate of Thomas Richard Barnes, administered by Jared G. and Jeffrey B. Barnes, to Jared G. Barnes, Jeffrey B. Barnes, Jennifer S. Barnes and Richard L. Barnes

•Summerfield East Section 4, Lot 253, from Jeremy C. and Shanna T. Parrish to Colin S. and Shawnee R. O’Connell

•Towns End Lot 12 in Pem-broke, from Enrique and Rosa Cervantes to Enrique and Rosa Cervantes

•Red Dog Properties Lot 2, from Tammy and William Gessler to Melinda Rogers

•The Pines at Westgate Section 3, Lot 471, from Caviness & Cates Building and Development Co. of Fayetteville to Lydia Michelle Berrios-Lewis of Raeford

•Turnberry Section 1, Part 2, Lots 120 and 121, from Floyd Properties and Development Inc. of Fayetteville to Caviness & Cates Building and Development Co. of Fayetteville

•The Maples of Westgate Section 1, Part 1, Lot 66, from Katherine Elizabeth and Matthew Douglas Davis to Michelle L. and Moises E. Bure Jr.

July 11•Woodland Phase 5, Lot 52,

from Bank of America, N.A. of Plano, Texas to Brookwood LLC of Fayetteville

•1.623 Acres on Loop Road, Raeford, from E.H. Pooled 512 LP of Austin, Texas to Richard Earl Cummings of Fayetteville

•Turning Leaf South Lot 17, from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Luis Angle Santana of Fort Bragg

•Turning Leaf South Lot 17,

from Amanda Ayala and Luis Angle Santana to Amanda Ayala and Luis Angle Santana

•Bridgeport Section 2, Lot 138, from Christy Adams and Merritt Thompas to Lucas and Raquel Cammuse

July 14•Wedgefield Phase 1B, Lot

215, from Caviness Land Devel-opment of Fayetteville to Brent R. and Noah K. Christiansen of Raeford

•Carolina Place Lot 1 in lieu of foreclosure, from Reynaldo Ortiz-Maldonado of Raeford to Wells Fargo Bank, N.C. of Des Moines, Iowa

•Carolina Place Lot 1, from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. of Des Moines, Iowa to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Decatur, Ga.

•McDougald Downs Section 3, Lot 132, from Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., aka Bankers Trust Co. of California, Simi Valley, Calif., trustees for the holders of the Vendee Mortgage Trust 2001-3, Simi Valley, Calif., to Enrique Cervantes of Raeford

•McDougald Downs Section 3, Lot 132, from Enrique and Rose Cervantes to Enrique and Rosa Cervantes of Raeford

•Colonial Charters Section 4, Lot 115, from Deana M. and Kirk M. Havers of Raeford to Adam and Christine Hoffman of Raeford

•Oakview Estates Phase 1, Lot 31, from Corey J. and Kimberly Jill Dougherty of Fountain, Colo. to Sharon D. Lawson Smith of Raeford

July 15•Summerfield Landing Section

1, Part 2, Lot 57, from Melissa and Timothy A. Bostian II to Anna Hope and Steven McMillan, all of Raeford

July 16•Planter’s Walk Section 1, from

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. to Casey B.

Cannan of Raeford•Mayfield Section 1, Lot 15,

from Brian J. and Jillian Bourque of Alexandria, Va. to Thomas F. Lewin of Raeford

•Robbins Heights Lot 22, from Paula Perez Rivera and Jesus Jose Rivera of Aberdeen to Columba Hernandez Bernabe and Joel Monter Guzman of Raeford

•288 Lover’s Lane, Raeford, from Sharlene Jackson to Kevin and Sharlene Jackson of Raeford

•4.54 acres near Phillipi Church Road, Raeford, from Edwin, Larry and Pamela Best James and Charles and Melissa Best Staley to Courtney Scott Williams of Raeford

•Heartland Lot 14, from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Washington D.C. to Zak Moore of Fayetteville

•Lots 3 and 4 on Fairway Lane, Raeford, Slide 4-40, Map 003, from Upland Partners LLC of Shannon to Kidd Construction Co., Inc. of Fayetteville

•Eagles Ridge Phase 1, Lot 16, from K&O Investments LLC of Fayetteville to Kidd Construction Co., Inc. of Fayetteville

•121 Dudley St., Raeford, from Donald L. and Ruby Burrow to Michael Raymond Burrow

July 17•The Maples of Westgate

Section 2, Part 1, Lot 432, from Westgate of Hoke LLC of Fay-etteville to H&H Constructors Inc. of Fayetteville

•The Maples of Westgate Sec-tion 4, Lot 931, from Westgate of Hoke LLC of Fayetteville to Caviness & Cates Building and Development Co. of Fayetteville

•Wedgefield Phase 1B, Lot 32, from H&H Constructors Inc. of Fayetteville to Brigida Amos-Long and David L. Long of Raeford

•Lot 68 Somerset Section 5, from Aaron and Breeann Kyle of Morrison, Ga. to Amanda T. Mokhaizeem and Salem Mokhaizeem of Raeford.

Police BlotterRaeford Police reported the

following recent incidents:

July 23Larceny of a motor vehicle,

assault, 300 block of East 5th Avenue, victim Senovio Mejia

Larceny, breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, 500 block of Woodcreek Village, victim Mary Helen Roper

Larceny of a motor vehicle, 100 block of Chilton Drive, victim Liddie Kimbrough Hand

July 24Damage to real property,

breaking and entering, 100 block of South Highland Drive, victim Corrie Toffoli

Larceny, breaking and enter-

ing, 600 block of Forrest Street, victim Shareia Ross

July 25Possession of drug parapher-

nalia, possession of marijuana, no operator’s license, fleeing to elude with motor vehicle, Turnpike Road/Alex Baker Road, victim State of North Carolina. Police charged Zachary Wyatt Lopez, 18, of the 400 block of Bama Lane in Raeford.

July 26Breaking and entering, injury

to real property, 300 block of East 5th Street, victim Tracy Dianne Long

Communicating threats, dam-age to real property, 500 block

of East Prospect Avenue, victim Lakisha Hope

July 27Failing to stop at a stop sign,

driving left of center, possessing an open container, driving while intoxicated (alcohol), Aberdeen Road/Turnpike Road, victim State of North Carolina. Police charged William James Person Jr., 45, of the 200 block of Americana Drive in Raeford.

Larceny, 700 block of South Bethel Road, victim Lisa Freeman

Larceny, 300 block of South Main Street, victim Linda Mc-Neill

Larceny, assault on a female, 600 block of Saunders Road, victim Bertha Mae Hope

married in Hoke CountyJuly 12

•Eric Godwin of Raeford and Shauna Willette Arnold of Hope Mills, married in Bladen County

•David Ramirez Solorzano and Marbely Mendoza Brion, both of Hoffman, married in Moore County

•Thurman Franklin Carroll and Pauline Sterling, both of Raeford, married in Hoke County

•Ezz Hassan Abdelfattah and Carla Jeanine Jackson, both of Charlotte, married in Cumberland CountyJuly 14

•Nicolas Mark Fowler and Kayleigh Marie Berounsky, both of Raeford, married in Cumber-land County

•William Edward Patterson Jr. and Stephanie Nicole Vincent, both of Red Springs, married in Hoke County

•John Robert McPitee and Jennifer Louise Blanton, both of Raeford, married in Hoke CountyJuly 15

•Francisco Olan Sesa and Flor Hernandez Perez, both of Raeford, married in Hoke CountyJuly 18

•Mario Catalan and Carolina Hernandez, both of Bladenboro, married in Hoke County

•Russell Seratelli of Fort Bragg

and Yenoy Lopez of Miami, Fla., married in Cumberland County

•Eddie Ray Bullard and Erlin-da Maricela Dominguez, both of Parkton, married in Hoke County.

connecting drainage pipes in a trench on Fort Bragg around 11 a.m. Thursday when the accident happened, according to Fort Bragg spokesman Adam Luther.

“What they thought happened was a large rock or a clump of dirt made the walls break loose, and subsequently fell in and buried him,” Luther said.

Although rescuers arrived within minutes, the trench was unstable and crews could not use heavy equip-ment to dig Nettles out in case they made the situation worse.

The rescue efforts turned into a recovery mission at 1 p.m. Thurs-day. Emergency officials believed that Nettles could not have survived beyond that point due to the length of time he had been buried and the amount of weight pressing down on him.

Rescuers recovered Nettles’ body from the 15-foot-deep trench shortly before 6 p.m. Friday af-ternoon after a day-and-a-half of working to uncover him. Rain and the dangerous environment made

the process take longer, Luther said. The rescuers were forced to use buckets and hand shovels to move the dirt.

“The walls were very unstable, so for their safety, they needed to shore up the walls, actually get in there and remove the dirt,” Luther said. “The trench was only about the bucket-of-an-excavator wide; it’s only a couple of feet wide.“

Trench rescue is considered such a dangerous task that fire departments have teams specially trained and prepared to respond to those situations.

OSHA spokesman Lindsay Wil-liams said that his office is looking into what happened on the base.

“I can confirm that OSHA has opened an investigation into the situation,” he said.

Nettles was working for civilian construction company Tekton Con-struction at the time of the accident, Williams said.

OSHA is a federal agency and has jurisdiction over incidents that happened on federal property. North Carolina has its own ver-

sion of OSHA that handles most occupational safety investigations in the state, except for those taking place on government property and maritime accidents.

Fort Bragg officials are also conducting their own investigation into what happened, according to authorities.

Records show Tekton Construc-tion had previously won several contracts to do various projects on Fort Bragg.

An obituary reported that the family will hold a public viewing Friday, August 1 in the Buie Funeral Home chapel. A funeral for Nettles will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Au-gust 2 in the Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters in Raeford. Burial will be in the McLauchlin Chapel Church cemetery.

Nettles is survived by his par-ents, Clyde Sr. and Anita Nettles; fiancée, Amanda Jean Miller; sisters, Aisha Nettles and Tracie Nettles; brothers, Thomas Nettles and Gary Nettles; aunt, Cynthia Ingram; and uncles, David Butler and Tahir Chase.

The way this worked was that for $15 we’d come to the room of your choice any time after 6:15 a.m. and get a sleepy teenager up, money-back-guaranteed. For $20 we’d add a guitar to the service; and for $25 we’d throw in water, figuratively and literally.

We got exactly one customer, a 14-year-old-ish boy who wanted us to arrive as early as possible and get his buddy out of bed, and he wanted the whole package. We got his cell number, his adult ad-visor’s permission, nay, blessing, and all but the GPS coordinates of his room.

After several days of sleeping on the floor and enduring noise until the wee hours, getting up early enough to carry out our mission was a sacrifice for me, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

I first had a cup of coffee, then woke my two teenage suitemates—

Will and Ramon—at 6:12 (don’t want to get there too early) and we trudged off into the early dawn light in search of Room 16. We found our customer, but he told us he was counting on an accomplice to open the victim’s door so we could get in, and this accomplice seemed to be asleep. He wasn’t answering texts. “I’ll just give you the $25 for your trouble,” he said.

“No way,” we said. “Knock on the victim’s door. He’ll have to get up to answer the knock, and then he’s getting the full treatment.”

The full treatment was actually devised 40 years ago by Raeford’s own Stephen Poole on one of our youth group outings to Montreat. We all gathered guitars one morn-ing and went room-to-room yelling and strumming roughly in the key of E, “Wake up, wake up, wash your ugly face!” Even all these years later, words have never been added, because we’d always get

attacked with pillows and the song would be cut short. I have added my own variation to the routine, which involves pulling the victim, sheets or sleeping bags and all, off the bed and onto the floor—and sometimes out the door. Never has the complete package failed to awaken the teen-ager. Or the neighbors.

So with me holding the guitar, Ramon a cup of water, and the 14-year-old a camera, Will knocked on the door.

Never expected the teenager who cracked the door to be bigger than the four of us put together, but he wasn’t expecting us at all, so with my foot I pushed the door wide open, we began strumming and yelling, and Ramon poured water down his back.

All in the name of alleviating hunger.

Then we had to get a couple of our own teenagers up, but we did that for free.v

Sheriff BlotterThe Hoke Sheriff’s Department reported

the following recent incidents:July 18

Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, larceny, 200 block of Wilshire Lane

Phone harassment, 300 block of Allegiance Street

Malicious conduct by prisoner, 100 block of East Edinborough Avenue

Breaking and entering, larceny, 1100 block of Chason Road

Assault on a female, 200 block of Timber Ridge Lane

Domestic dispute, 1000 block of South Parker Church Road

Assault on a female, simple assault, 9300 block of Rockfish Road

Larceny, 9300 block of Rockfish RoadIllegal dumping, 200 block of Antigua DriveTrespassing, 500 block of Indian LaneArrests: Ronnie Locklear, 400 block of

Murph McLaughlin Road, order for arrest; Donald Collins, 2300 block of North Hilltop Road, order for arrest; Patrick Owen Clyde Geagan, 9300 block of Rockfish Road, assault on a female; Heather Kristina Rivera, 9300 block of Rockfish Road, simple assault; Juanita Locklear, 300 block of Branch Road, assault with a deadly weapon/communicating threatsJuly 19

Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, injury to personal property, larceny, 300 block of Purvis Court

Breaking and entering, larceny from a mo-tor vehicle, 2000 block of McNeil Farm Road

Communicating threats, breaking and entering, injury to real property, 5300 block of Stonegate Drive

Assault on a female, 100 block of Celena

CourtBreaking and entering, larceny, 7300 block

of Laurinburg RoadBreaking and entering, larceny, 3400 block

of Reservation RoadLarceny, 100 block of Van Buren DriveAssault on a female, 200 block of Springer

DriveAssault on a handicapped person, 600 block

of McGilvery LaneArrest: Robert Major, 300 block of Purvis

Court, assault on a female, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, larceny July 20

Assault on a female, 200 block of Springer Drive

Breaking and entering, larceny, 4800 block of Arabia Road

Breaking and entering, 200 block of Springer Drive

Simple assault, 200 block of Windlock Drive

Injury to personal property, 300 block of Cockman Hill Road

Second-degree trespassing, illegal dump-ing, 100 block of Sorrell Court

Communicating threats, 100 block of Bow Lane

Assault on a female, 100 block of Bahia Lane

Arrests: Dominque Tyler, 100 block of Pepper Tree Lane, assault inflicting serious injury; Jerod McNeil, 100 block of Gardenias Drive, assault inflicting serious injury; Kevin Washington, 1600 block of Lombardy Village

Road, assault inflicting serious injuryJuly 21

Larceny, 2700 block of Highway 401 Business

Communicating threats, 100 block of Young Lane

Breaking and entering, larceny from a motor vehicle, 100 block of Bent Oak Court

Breaking and entering, 1800 block of Highway 401 Business

Communicating threats, 100 block of Himalaya Court

Communicating threats, 6300 block of Arabia Road

Simple assault, 400 block of Fletch McPhaul Road

Injury to real property, 200 block of Covington Road

Larceny, 7300 block of Rockfish RoadBreaking and entering, larceny, 4000 block

of Turnpike RoadBreaking and entering, larceny of a motor

vehicle, 400 block of Bristol Oaks DriveInjury to real property, 100 block of Lark

CourtAssault on a female, 100 block of Mill

Park DriveBreaking and entering of a motor vehicle,

larceny, 100 block of Jefferson DriveDomestic violence order violation, harass-

ment, 100 block of Spencer DriveBreaking and entering, domestic criminal

trespassing, 200 block of South Hoke StreetFelonious larceny, 200 block of Bent

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July 30, 2014 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C 5A

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Raeford Racing Round-Up

By hal nunn

Sports writer

The American Red Cross - Highlands Chapter, which includes Hoke County, will hold its 8th Annual Run for the Red 10K, 5K and 1 mile walk

this Saturday, August 2 begin-ning at 7 a.m. in downtown Fayetteville at Festival Park. The Red Cross - Highlands Chapter provides emergency services to our neighbors down the street, across the nation and around the world.

The Highlands Chapter Red Cross provides disaster relief for more than 1,000 families and military support for nearly 25,000 service members each year. Sponsorship and partici-pant information is available at www.redcross.org/highlands.

Red Cross Run for the Red this weekend

By hal nunn

Sports writer

The Hoke County Dixie Ma-jors All-Star team made it back from Dunn and the state cham-pionship this weekend; however, they didn’t bring home the title.

In the first game against West Robeson Saturday, the boys from Hoke fell behind early and went on to lose 9-0. Head Coach Keith Bryant said, “They jumped on

us early and that might have put us back on our heels a bit.” In the second game of the double elimination tournament, they played the Kannapolis All-Stars and ended up losing 4-3 in extra innings. “We had a couple of er-rors in the game; however, I will always stand behind that group of boys and in my opinion, it’s the best Dixie Majors team I have seen come out of Hoke County and I wish them luck in the future,”

Bryant said. Dixie Youth baseball has been

a fixture in Hoke County for a while. Recently other counties have changed over to what is called O-Zone baseball. O-Zone baseball is a part of Dixie Youth baseball; however, it allows run-ners to lead off instead of waiting for the pitch to cross the plate. It also allows for different style bats and longer baselines more similar to middle school baseball.

Dixie Majors state championship run ends

Head Football Coach Tom Paris has called a mandatory par-ents’ meeting for any parent who is expected to have a child play

football this season. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association requires this meet-ing. It will be held this Thursday,

July 31 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Media Center on the campus of Hoke High. For more information, call the school at 910-875-2156.

Hoke football parents’ meeting Thursday

BayonetThe Wednesday Shootout at

Bayonet at Puppy Creek winners were Brian Altman, Carl Casey, Earnie Swann and Dave Wilson with a 10-under. Second place was Loren Beahm, Marcus Dudley, Jamar Staggers, John Copeland and Bob Persons with a 9-under.

DeercroftThe results from the Scotland

County Amateur held at Deercroft Golf Course and Scotch Meadows Country Club from July 19 are as follows: 2014 Championship

Flight Champion –William Carter of Raeford with a 68-75=143, 2nd place-Tanner Horne 72-79=151, 3rd place-Travis Jackson 71-84=155; First Flight: 1st place-Ryan Anderson 78-77=155, 2nd place-Sam Baker 78-78=156, 3rd place-Dean English 79-78=157; Second Flight: 1st place-Blake Bathie 84-73=157, 2nd place-David Ganus 84-74=158, 3rd place-Blake Caldwell 83-79=162; Third Flight: 1st place-Jay Mc-Millan 90-79=169, 2nd place-Joe Williams 89-81=170, 3rd place-Terry Graves 86-84=170.

Upland Trace Last Friday, Glenn Biggs shot

an eagle on hole #3 - a par 5. On Saturday, Wayne Beasley shot a round of 67 to tie the course record. The Saturday morning group win-ners were Don Frykholm, Al Smith and Art Dearing. The Saturday “Pack” group winners were Wayne Beasley, Greg Wyrick, Gary Cook and Johnny Boyles. The Sunday morning group winners were Tom Batchelor, Steve Jumbelick and Guy Wall. The Sunday afternoon group winners were Ken Bullock and Brian Stevenson.

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Rockfish Speedway resultsRockfish Motorsports Speed-

way completed its Summer Sizzle race last Saturday at the clay oval off of Lindsay Road in Hoke County. Collecting his third win of the season and beating out Billy “Go-Go” Gomez Jr. was Jonathan Crooms in the Legends division. Robert Knowles finished third. Kurt Crosbie finished fourth and Jody McCall finished fifth. In the 600cc Sprint division, Jason

Brown got his second win of the season edging out Buddy Trog-den. Matt Jones finished third and Dale Arnold finished fourth. In the 270cc Micro Sprints, Andy Cardinale of Pawley Island, South Carolina got the first win of his career, beating out Jody McCall. Matt Carr came in third, Brittany Trogden came in fourth and Matt Jones came in fifth. In the Pro Go Kart division, 72-year-old W.C. McCall got his second win of the season while Logan McPherson finished second, Josh Gomez finished third, Jake Layton fin-

ished fourth and Luke McPherson finished fifth. In the Mini Pro Go Karts, Dale Trogden got his fifth win of the season ahead of Ben McCall. Levi Brown finished third while Timothy Hogan finished fourth. Julian Jackson rounded out the top five.

Rockfish Motorsports Speed-way will be off this weekend but will open August 9 for the End of Summer Splash. Gates will open at 3 p.m. with practice starting at 4 p.m. and racing at 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.rockfish-speedway.com.

District CourtRecent cases disposed of in

Hoke County District Criminal Court, Judge Regina M. Joe presid-ing on both days listed:

July 22•Rodney Blue, 22, 141 Shady

Lane, Raeford, assault on a female, 30 days in jail, credit for two days served; injury to personal property, voluntary dismissal

•Daylen Jamar Brewington, 16, 984 Loop Road, Raeford, dis-orderly conduct at school, simple affray, seven days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, court costs, community service and pay fee, judgments consoli-dated; injury to personal property, voluntary dismissal; resisting a public officer, voluntary dismissal

•Glenn Cummings, 62, 602 Haire Road, Raeford, shoplifting by concealment of goods, seven days suspended, pay $37.50 res-titution jointly and severally with co-defendant, court costs, com-munity service and pay fee, not to go on or about the premises of the prosecuting business

•Darren Keith Day, 46, 155 Longleaf Drive, New Bern, driving while license revoked, 20 days in jail, credit for 20 days served

•Eshana Kanisha D. Malloy, 22, 5524 Brown St., Hope Mills, misdemeanor larceny, 10 days sus-pended, 12 months unsupervised probation, court costs, attorney and court-appointment fees, not to go on or about the premises of the prosecuting business

•Steven Morrell McBryde, 17, 3471 Old Maxton Road, Red Springs, disorderly conduct at school, simple affray, seven days suspended, 12 months un-supervised probation, court costs, community service and pay fee, judgments consolidated; injury to personal property, voluntary dismissal; resisting a public officer, voluntary dismissal

•Phillip Lee Oxendine, 43, 101 Barber Shop Road, Lumberton, misdemeanor larceny (two counts), 120 days in prison, active, per count, credit for 13 days served for one count; sentences to be served consecutively

•Jessica Lynn Ramsburg, 23, 602 Haire Road, Raeford, shoplift-ing by concealment of goods, seven days suspended, 12 months unsu-pervised probation, pay $37.50 restitution jointly and severally with co-defendant, court costs, community service and pay fee, not to go on or about the premises of the prosecuting business

•Nicholas Swarl, 20, 84 Cliff-dale St., Cameron, domestic crimi-nal trespass, 14 days in jail, credit for 14 days served; cyberstalking, voluntary dismissal

•Candice Nicole Vaimaona, 31, 5549 Old Lowery Road, Shannon, improper equipment—speedom-eter, court costs

•Takiya Adeen Williams, 38, 316 Beagle Drive, Raeford, com-municating threats, second-degree trespass, 30 days in jail, active, judgments consolidated; driving while license revoked, 30 days in jail, active, to be served at the expiration of above sentence

July 24•Thelma Davis Barbour, 64,

2367 U.S. 401 Business, Raeford, improper equipment—speedom-eter, $15 fine and court costs

•Dominic Andrew Basile Jr., 22, 2325 Cumberland Gap Drive, Fayetteville, improper equip-ment—speedometer, $15 fine and court costs

•Gilbert Adam Briceno, 26, 409 Buckeye Drive, Raeford, im-proper equipment—speedometer, court costs

•Lapia Nicole Campbell, 27, 126 Meadow Lane, Raeford, im-proper equipment—speedometer, $50 fine and court costs

•Patrick Henry Chance, 31, 106 Charlie Drive, Shannon, driving while license revoked, 20 days sus-pended, 12 months unsupervised probation, $100 fine and court costs

•Darrell Chavis, 40, 442 Mc-Queen Road, Shannon, failure to wear seat belt by driver, $25.50 fine and court costs; expired registration card or tag, voluntary dismissal

•David John Coates, 31, 909 Greenleaf Drive, Fayetteville, im-proper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs

•Milton Nahum Jimenez Flores, 36, 695 S. Old Wire Road, Red Springs, no operator’s license, prayer for judgment, court costs

•Michael Steven Gipson, 32, 131 Windsor Lane, Raeford, failure to wear seat belt by driver, $25.50 fine and court costs; no operator’s license, voluntary dismissal

•Camilo Gueta, 73, 198 Wallace Glenn Road, Raeford, failure to yield for private driveway, prayer for judgment, court costs; failure to report accident, voluntary dis-missal

•Eric Daquan Harrington, 20, 724 W. New York Ave., Southern Pines, unsealed wine or liquor in passenger area, court costs

•Angelica LeAnn Harris, 31,

126 Owl Court, Raeford, no opera-tor’s license, two days suspended, six months unsupervised proba-tion, $50 fine and court costs

•Michael Tyrone Ledford, 49, 116 Purple Marten Place, Fayette-ville, improper equipment—speed-ometer, $75 fine and court costs

•Benjamin Chase Lewis, 29, 2109 Elvira St., Fayetteville, im-proper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs

•Roger Dean Lowery, 31, 1671 Hall Road, Shannon, speeding 64 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, $50 fine and court costs

•Jimmy Ray Maynor, 64, 519 S. 9th St., Lake Wales, Fla., improper equipment—speedometer, $50 fine and court costs

•Willie Mable McLean, 61, 213 Pilgrim Mobile Home Park, Raeford, failure to stop at a stop sign or flashing red light, court costs

•Vincent Maurice McRae, 43, 100 Chapel Greens Place, Aberdeen, improper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs

•Nathaniel Owens II, 43, 1217 Oak Ridge Plantation Road, Hep-hzibah, Ga., speeding 70 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, court costs; reckless driving to endanger, voluntary dismissal

•James Sterling Peterson, 46, 139 Prairie View Drive, Raeford, improper equipment—speedom-eter, court costs

•Phillip Tyrone Prince, 40, 21700 Airbase Road, Wagram, speeding 64 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, $25 fine and court costs

•Jeffeon Lashawn Purvis, 28, 628 McLeod St., Bennettsville, S.C., improper equipment—speed-ometer, $25 fine and court costs

•Rolland Otis Raymond, 56, 3805 Champs Court, Fayetteville, improper equipment—speedom-eter, $25 fine and court costs

•Kayla Bryant Shelvey, 51, 1124 Pinebluff Lake Road, Ab-erdeen, improper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs

•Dadrian Rashad Thomas, 27, 695 Pritchett Road, Fayetteville, speeding 64 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, $25 fine and court costs

•Darell Devon Tyler, 25, 186 Oval Loop Road, Raeford, im-proper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs

•Kyle Jonathan Vanderven, 19, 135 Ivy Stone Drive, Raeford, im-proper equipment—speedometer, $15 fine and court costs.

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professionally, composition. It alarms me that sometimes stu-dents graduate and they’re not able to compete with other counties or with other states,” he said. “I want to be proactive in things like that.”

As a teenager, Walker went to work to help support his family after his father died. He joined the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam before returning to school to finish his high school diploma. He attended Richmond Community College to learn technical skills and in 1995 started his own electrician business called Hoke Electric, which he operated until retiring in 2008. He has also served as a pastor for 36 years.

Walker and his wife Nancy moved to Hoke in 1973 and raised three children, who now have families of their own. Walker said he has been involved in volunteer-ing as a chaperone with the local schools, and one of his adult chil-dren teaches in the school system.

If elected, Walker said he would like to focus on a num-ber of different issues includ-ing employing highly qualified teachers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), supporting military families and getting the community more involved in the schools as “stakeholders.”

“We need more businesses to be a part of this school system,” Walker said.

Helping children and teens from military families transition into Hoke is another important priority for him, Walker said.

Supporting standards that can make sure students come out of high school “college and career ready” is a must to be able to help those students prosper after graduation, he said.

“Students graduate and they sort of get lost in the system. They work in jobs that are not high-paying jobs,” Walker said.

Supporting teachers, includ-ing financially, is also one of the candidate’s goals.

“My goodness, we’re still working to try to get our teach-ers a raise. Anything that I can do to support them … I’m really a person who believes teachers ought to get a decent salary,” he said. “And, of course, also the teacher’s assistant should be paid properly.”

Walker also said that, if elect-ed, he would support upgrading existing facilities and adding new buildings where necessary. He spoke favorably of the proposed plan to build a third campus to Hoke County High School.

“I want to be a part of things like that,” he said.

Walker said he wants to work within the board’s ethics and framework to get things done. He was president of the Native American Bible College in Shan-non for two years and knows

how boards work, he said. He would also seek to develop close relationships with the other board members and the superintendent.

“It’s going to take a team ef-fort and I like to work as a team individual,” he said.

The biggest challenge for the county schools remains getting adequate funding, Walker said. Hoke is one of the fastest-growing counties in the state and needs money to make important projects happen.

“I don’t believe it’s our county commissioners but just the lack of funds that I believe is going to be a challenge for us, but I believe we can make it,” he said.

If elected, Walker said, his first priority would be to look at the student population numbers at each school and focus on prepar-ing for continued growth.

“Our high school is running over capacity,” he said. “…We’re growing in leaps and bounds, and somehow things have to be stretched to make things com-fortable for those people who are coming in.”

The candidate said people should consider voting for him because he is familiar with the school system, is passionate about supporting students and teachers and is a team player.

”I’ve been in the system. I’m fresh, I’m new, I have a great zeal for it. I think I could make some things happen,” Walker said.

Deputies called to the 1100 block of Athens Road in Raeford just before 10 a.m. July 23 arrived to find the suspect had broken into the victim’s home while she was asleep, according to the sheriff’s office.

Blackmon allegedly held Shannon Durham at gunpoint and took her cell phone and then ordered her to go into the bath-room where Blackmon allegedly assaulted her, authorities said. The victim was told to go into the kitchen and then noticed the

door was open. She was able to run out of the door and escape to a neighbor’s residence, where she called 911.

Investigators were able to locate Blackmon and arrest her at her home in Parkton. She was held under a $100,000 bond.

average gas price for a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.29 in Tennessee.

The rules for what items are

considered tax-free this week-end depend on the state offering the weekend, but in general, consumers will be able to buy general school supplies, clothing

under $100 per item and tablets, computers and computer-related accessories that cost less than $1,000. Items such as cell phones and televisions are not included.

access to here, we don’t have access to in Moore County, so we come way down here to buy fish and some other stuff—peas,” she said. “We have to go, we have to get a bushel of peas, because we don’t have anybody up there who sells them.”

The fresh produce that’s a big enough draw to pull in customers from other counties is taking over as the biggest focus at the locally owned and operated grocery store, David McNeill said. The grocery items such as canned goods and meat will be going away to make room for more produce.

“We’re just going to kind of re-focus our ideas of what we’re going to be selling here and capitalize on our farm-fresh produce, because we grow a lot of our stuff and we sup-port a lot of our local farmers here as well,” McNeill said. “Hopefully, we can provide more of the produce aspect of the market and kind of more of a variety of what we’re going to have as well.”

The hometown grocery store has been around for almost a century, and includes a feed and seed section in the adjacent building. This year marks the 96th anniversary, and the change in focus to solely offering produce is a business move to make sure Home Food is around to see its 100th birthday. The grocery store market is “cutthroat” these days, McNeill said.

“I hate that it’s come to this, but this is what’s going to be the best for the future as well,” he said.

About 80 percent of the store’s fruit and vegetables are from local farmers. Everything from beans to honey comes from Hoke and sur-rounding counties. Fresh produce has always been the store’s bestseller, McNeill said.

“It’s the bread and butter,” he said.Home Food’s takeout window

will also continue to sell sandwiches, desserts and drinks to hungry cus-tomers who want something a little different than typical fast food. The store opened the grill when the How-

ell Drugstore lunch counter closed. The old drugstore’s chicken salad might be gone, but Home Food’s chicken salad sandwich is on the menu on Main Street.

That was customer Jodi Onachi-la’s pick for lunch Tuesday. She likes to come to the window for lunch after working out in an exercise class, she said.

“I just think it’s healthy eating and it’s convenient,” she said.

Kim Hollingsworth, who took Onachila’s order at the window, said the menu is fast to go but not fast food.

“Everything’s homemade—homemade desserts, fresh ground burgers daily,” she said.

The grill uses local ingredients from the grocery store in its cooking too, Hollingsworth said.

The feed store will continue op-erating as usual and Home Food is not in any danger of shutting down, McNeill said.

“We’re definitely not going anywhere,” he said.

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