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Wednesday, December 16, 2015No. 41 Vol. 110

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Students attackedafter game

Former News-Journal editor Wilson dies

Smith named Family Physician of Year

Local veteran advocate fi nds pattern of health problemsNumerous military bases exposed vets to hazardous chemicals, her investigation shows

2 commissioners kick off fi ling for 2016

BY KEN MACDONALD

When I fi rst began working at The News-Journal, I knew nothing about newspapers except how to read one and how to develop fi lm. Mercifully, Louis Fogleman, the publisher, brought Pat Wilson over from the Spring Lake offi ce to give me a crash course in the fi ner community newspaper arts, such as counting headline characters and measuring in picas. I say mercifully because Pat was unbelievably kind, patient and unfl appable. As it turned out, years later, Pat returned to The News-Journal offi ce as editor, and those traits — along with compassion and integrity — characterized her until the day she died last week.

(See OTHER STUFF, page 6)

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The primary election date for North Carolina voters will be in March next year, and due to the early date, the fi ling for local and state offi ces is now open.

Hoke County Commission Chairman James Leach and Commissioner Bobby Wright, whose seats are up for election

this year, have both fi led to run for another term.

Register of Deeds incumbent Camille Hearst fi led to run for another term in that position. State Sen. Ben Clark III also an-nounced he will seek election to another term in offi ce. Clark represents District 21, which includes Hoke and Cumberland counties.

The presidential preference primary and

Democrat and Republican primaries will be held Tuesday, March 15. This is the earliest that Hoke residents have been called to the polls in well over 20 years. The last time Hoke voters had an election this early in the year was 1988, Caroline Shook said.

If necessary due to close races, second primaries for county, district or state offi ces would be held Tuesday, May 3 or – if a sec-ond primary for federal offi ces is required

– Tuesday, May 24.The General Election will be held

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 with canvass scheduled for Friday, November 18, 2016.

Offi cials expect a full ballot, with Hoke voters getting the chance to choose their candidates in the following contests set for the coming year: U.S. President and Vice President; U.S. Senate; U.S. House of

(See FILING, page 6)

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BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

The veterans gathered at the table were all from different back-grounds, hometowns and military branches. They were different ages, discharged at various ranks and served in a variety of roles.

However, they had three things in common: All had reason to believe

that they were exposed to toxic substances during their service. All suffer from serious health issues, including problems like thyroid can-cer, diabetes and heart trouble. And all of them have had diffi culty get-ting their benefi ts claims approved.

It was while volunteer veterans’ advocate Harper, herself a military veteran, started helping Hoke and Cumberland County vets with their

paperwork that she discovered a pattern. Many local veterans with health problems served on military bases later declared to be Superfund sites because they were danger-ously contaminated with chemicals known to cause harm to human life.

“I had a client who passed…52 years old, had just gotten (a claim) approved, who was in a similar situ-ation. I started researching the toxic

sites,” Harper said.When Harper started doing

research into the history of military members’ exposure to dangerous chemicals at military bases, what she found surprised her.

Harper and the other veterans asked that their full names not be used for fear of backlash against them. The News-Journal agreed to

(See VETERANS, page 10)

Former News-Journal editor, freelance writer and community advocate Patricia Allen Wilson died last week at the age of 76.

Wilson was born May 19, 1939 in DeRoche Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas to the late Arvilee and Margie Sand-

ers Allen. She attended Bismark High School and Henderson State Teacher’s College, and earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Fairbanks in Alaska.

Wilson moved to Hoke (See WILSON, page 9)

Raeford physician Karen L. Smith has been named North Carolina’s 2015 Family Physician of the Year by the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP). The honor is the most prestigious award from the NCAFP, the state’s largest special-

ty medical association comprised of more than 3,700 members.

Smith is the founder of Karen L. Smith, MD, PA, Family Medicine in Raeford. She accepted the award in Asheville in front of

(See SMITH, page 9)

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

Some Hoke High School students were reportedly attacked by a group of people after an away basketball game at E.E. Smith High School last week.

Hoke High students James Gal-breth, Darin Wilson, Sean Smaugh, Anthony Neal, Joseph Chavis and Chase Jackson, all 17 or 18 years old, were listed as assault victims on a report taken by Cumberland County authorities. Several students also had items including a cell phone and shoes stolen from them.

“Apparently, they were leaving the school as the game was end-ing and there were a number of students in the parking lot and they had an altercation and the suspects assaulted them,” Sgt. Swain of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Offi ce said.

The case has been assigned to a major crimes detective and is under investigation, he said.

Hoke County Commissioner Al-len Thomas witnessed the incident while walking to his car after the game and wrote about what he saw on his public Facebook page.

“I noticed a large commotion as (See FIGHT, page 6)

Not the fi rst fi ghtwith E.E. Smith students

Christmas spiritSanta showed up at the Hoke Schools Exceptional Children “Winter Wonderland” party Friday (top left) and made a big impression on one student. Above right, and below, SandHoke Early College High School students “paid it forward” to pre-K students at Don Steed Elementary, providing gingerbread, gifts and clothes and reading books to them. Each child also received a personalized scarf made by a SandHoke parent.

2 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. December 16, 2015

47 Years AgoDecember 19, 1968

A collision on N.C. 211 near the old Ashemont School kills three people Tuesday afternoon. Two Southern Pines men and another from Robbins die in the fiery crash that happens when one runs a stop sign at “Chicken Road.” Their deaths make 14 on Hoke roads this year.

Raeford will have to return its Christmas decorations if money doesn’t come in, says Chamber of Commerce project chairman Frank Teal. Renting them isn’t as good a deal as purchasing them, he says.

A Hoke County man is one of four Marines credited with averting a disaster in Grafenwohr, Germany recently. S. Sgt. James P. Knott, husband of Deloris McKenzie Knott of Dundarrach, is among the four who brave flames at an ammunition dump to remove powder containers and projectiles after an ammunition carrier catches fire. “I was in two ammo fires before when I was in Vietnam,” says Knott. “I knew the projectiles would give a warning before they blew. The TNT starts to melt from

the heat and the shell casing cracks before it ever explodes. But if we had missed one, the entire ammo dump could’ve gone.”

Beginning January 2, school lunchroom prices at J.W. McLauch-lin and Raeford Elementary schools will go up from 25 to 30 cents. The price at Hoke High, already 30 cents, will remain the same.

Looking for a “conversation piece” for a Christmas gift? How about a color telephone from Caro-lina Telephone?

H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen is re-elected president of the Sandhills Community College board of trust-ees, which includes Paul Dickson of Raeford.

Bill Upchurch is back at work (sans an 18-foot motor boat) follow-ing a sportsman’s accident Friday. Upchurch, Richard Conover and Lloyd McKenzie, returning from a day of duck hunting at Hoboken, strike a piling 100 yards from the dock near Aurora, sinking the boat. Upchurch is treated at Craven County Memorial Hospital at New Bern for face, head and foot injuries and is released. Conover receives minor bruises.

25 Years AgoDecember 19, 1990

The Hoke Social Services board names Bob Mercer head of the department to replace Rick Travis who resigned to take a job elsewhere. Mercer is supervisor of adult ser-vices in Richmond County.

Mary Archie McNeill comes out of retirement to direct the Hoke campus of Sandhills Community College. The veteran music teacher says she wants Sandhills to become “a vital part of this community and to show leadership…in our economic growth.”

A $1 million lawsuit charging excessive force is filed against Hoke County, the Sheriff’s Department and former detective Jim Curtis. Curtis shot Louis “L.C.” Cunning-ham in July, a shooting that led to a riot in which some 200 people pelted patrol cars with bricks and sticks. Curtis shot Cunningham four times after he allegedly fired a shotgun first. D.A. Jean Powell decides not to file charges, based on an S.B.I. investigation. Cunningham isn’t charged either, the D.A. saying he probably didn’t realize Curtis was an officer when he fired the gun over his head.

Directed by Mary Archie McNeill, this is the Upchurch School Eighth Grade Chorus. They are (first row) Jane Sellars, Jenny Faircloth, Debbie Sanders, Pam Peoples, Gail Conoly, Debbie In-man, Judy Faulk, Sherwood Tomlin, Billy Turner, Dong Lee, Randy Huff, James Rockholt, Becky Pope, Debbie Altman, Lynn Ivey, Donna Clifton, Linda Teal; (second row) Melinda Leggett, Betsy Postel, Joy Lent, Carol McDuffie, Allen Inman, Alexander McMillian, Joe Cothran, Ronald Wilson, Lewis Dockery, Eddie Strother, Mary Margaret Sawyer, Robin Blackburn, Linda McGuin, Betty Dees, Janet McMillian, Debbie Vanhoy; (third row) Rita Wilson, Dawn Parks, Laura Richards, Deloris Griffin, Julia Barnwell, Roy Avery, Joe McGougan, Chuck Davis, William Windley, Gary McMillian, John Hopkins, Patricia McKay, Debra Fay McArn, Veronica Willis, Faye Quick, Jane Bledsoe; (fourth row) Debbie Caulder, Becky Plummer, Sally Austin, Carolyn Niven, Linda Har-rell, Brad Holley, Lee Gillis, Timothy Pierce, Eddie Caddell, Edison Glover, Warren Hall, Jeffrey Cole, Machelle McIntyre, Gail Pierce, Virginia Teal and Karen Soles. Accompanists are Kim Jordan and Cynthia McNeill.

Special friends at a testimonial dinner honoring J.H. Chalmers included (left to right) Floyd Caldwell, Scurlock School principal; M.B. Hayes, West Hoke principal; Chalmers; and Dr. F.B. Weaver, speaker. Chalmers, former principal at Burlington School, is retiring after a third of a century in education.

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 ongoing item has been discontinued or needs to be changed, you are asked to contact the editor as soon as possible.

December 17FAMILIES 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 each time and a special book each 5th visit. A drawing is held for a special book for children and another drawing for parents during each program. 6:30 p.m. - ‘TIS THE SEASON (Surprise guest!)

December 17BLUE SPRINGS CDC’S 14TH ANNUAL COMMUNI-

TY CONVERSATIONS will be held from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Sandhills Community College Hoke Center, 1110 E. Central Ave. A reception will follow. During this past year, Blue Springs CDC has been celebrating a 20-year ‘Legacy of Service’ aimed at ‘Launching a Beacon for the Future’. Join your voice with allies, colleagues, and friends as we discuss the future of our rural communities.

The HOKE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY will hold their annual CHRISTMAS PARTY on at PK’s Grill at Raeford Airport at 7 p.m. Anyone can attend the Christmas Party and learn more about what the Hoke County GOP is doing in the local area. Fore more information go to www.hokegop.com.

December 18A FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIAL will be held in the LE

McLaughlin senior room from 6 – 9 p.m. There will be card and board games, bean bag toss, and pool. Seniors are welcome. Please bring a cover dish as we celebrate the coming Christmas Holiday season. Call Hoke County Parks & Recreation at 910-875-4035 for more information.

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 instructor, holiday and inclement weather. To register or for more information call the Hoke County Health Department 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 announce-ments. If you would like the event to continue in our calendar after the expiration date, please call (875-2121), fax (875-7256) or email (robin@thenews-journal.com) 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 johnfharry@yahoo.com 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 information, call Adjutant George Balch at 910-875-4410 or e-mail: gbalch@nc.rr.com. (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 Special Forces soldiers are invited to attend. For additional information, contact Chapter 62 President, Rusty Gaeta at broncogator45@gmail.com. (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)

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 2015)

Hoke County Health Department offers a variety of healthcare services available by appointment Mondays - Fridays from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. which includes primary care, child health, family planning, maternal health, and much more. To schedule your appointment or request information, call (910) 875-3717 or visit www.hokecounty.net. (expires December 2015)

CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSES — The Hoke County Health Department offers childbirth education classes. Four-week sessions start on the first Thursday of every month from 6 - 8 p.m. You do not have to be a Hoke County resident to participate. There is a $35 pre-registration fee. Medicaid will be accepted. For more information, contact Mrs. Murchison at 910-875-3717 ext. 2104. (expires December 2015)

ADOLESCENT HEALTH CLINIC for adolescents ages 11-19 is held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month from 4:30 - 7 p.m. This clinic offers a full range of teen-friendly health services and health education programs at a convenient time. To make your appoint-ment, contact the Hoke County Health Department at 910-875-3717. (expires December 2015)

AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID/CPR/AED Class — Classes include adult, child and infant lifesaving techniques. For more information or to register for a class, contact Ulva Little at 910-875-3717 ext. 2106. (expires December 2015)

WEIGHT WATCHERS MEETINGS will be held each Tuesday at Raeford First Baptist Church, 333 N. Main Street. Weigh-in is at 4:30 p.m. and meetings start at 5 p.m. The public is invited. (expires March 2016)

MAGGIE’S RTS COMPUTER CLASS — Basic inter-mediate and social media classes. You do not have to know anything about the computer. We are located at 7350 Turnpike Road. Call today for more information at 910-875-6623 or visit www.mocedc.com. (expires December 2015)

MOCEDC Youth & Family Center, 7350 Turnpike Road, presents “After-school & Tutoring Program” – Enroll Now for 2014-2015 School Year. Tutoring 3 days (scheduled session only) – After School 5 days 3 - 6 p.m. Includes snacks, recreational activities, and peer to peer team building. 910-875-6623 www.mocedc.com; email: mbdevelcenter@mocedc.org (expires December 2015)

HOKE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES is open to all seniors 50 and older. Free use of exercise equipment, table games and other games are available everyday from 12 – 4 p.m. (expires February 2016)

CAPE FEAR VALLEY HOSPICE is seeking volunteers to support our patients, families, and administrative staff in the areas in and around Raeford/Hoke County. Training is provided. Contact Kaitlyn Collins at 910-609-6710 for more information. (expires December 2015)

RAEFORD-HOKE CHRISTIAN MINISTERIAL ALLI-ANCE monthly meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. at Edinborough Restaurant. All pastors and ministers are invited. Contact Tom Lee at RaefordFBC@Gmail.com (expires March 2016)

The TIA HART COMMUNITY RECOVERY PRO-GRAM, Inc. meets Mondays 7 p.m. & 8 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays 7 p.m. at 116 E. Elwood Ave. The 2nd & 4th Friday we have a food give-away. For more information, call 910-565-3063. (expires December 2015)

RECEIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS — Apply today at MOCEDC, 7350 Turnpike Road or call 910-875-6623. (expires December 2015)

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets every Monday night at 7 p.m. at the Raeford United Methodist Church, 308 N. Main St. For more information, call 910-479-1781. (expires December 2015)

The HOKE COUNTY HEALTH CENTER, 683 East Palmer Road, has health services available by ap-pointment Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. for men, pregnant and non-pregnant women, children and teens. For an appointment or more information, call 910-875-3717 or visit us online at www.hokecounty.net. (expires December 2015)

PROGRAMS for CHILDREN held at the Hoke County Public Library. Call 875-2502 for more information. Mondays - Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m. HOME-WORK CENTRAL – FREE homework help and sup-port for elementary and middle school-aged students. Volunteer tutor applications are being accepted. Select Saturdays: STORY SATURDAY for children and their families at 3 p.m., Tuesdays at 10 a.m. (expires February 2016)

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Remember those days when you were all hyped up for Christ-mas around Thanksgiving. I don’t mean a little hyped and I don’t mean stressed out! I mean dreaming, calendar marking and having the sense that Santa really was watching you. Our parents played that to the hilt, but needed some form of bribery to keep us from exploding with anticipation. The Sears Christmas catalogue arrived and we wore holes in the pages displaying our personal favorite toys.

When I was that age, we lived in a small house in Ashley Heights. We were forced to go through mom and dad’s room to get to Santa’s gifts. On Christmas Eve, we were sequestered in our rooms and given strict orders that we could not see what Santa had left until the Grinch (Mom) said so. She could hear a feather drop as we tried to sneak by her. We never broke through.

I vividly remember being so excited that sleep was impossible. We tossed and turned in our beds, imagining what was waiting for us, so near but so far away!

Well, that was then, and this is now. The commercialization of Christmas and the absence of youth have removed much of the magic of the holiday. Sometimes I wonder if I am going to get in the spirit at all. I always do, but the intensity of the spirit is several orders of magnitude lower than it was tossing in that bed as a kid.

Charlotte is a wonderful homemaker and she never fails to pull out a mountain of Christmas décor and do the do! She does the

inside, the outside, the chicken house and the mailbox. Dude, the small black dog, drags Christmas decorations and leaves them all over the property.

Charlotte has taken on the task of gift buying and, if you don’t get one from her, I’m sure it was an oversight. She loves to shop and give gifts. I love to “not shop” and receive gifts, so this works out great!

It usually takes some type of event to click the spirit switch for me. Large parties and displays of decorations don’t do it. It has to be something more personal. As a musician, I love good Christmas music but cringe when they start playing it on Thanksgiving Day. I don’t have to suffer through much of that with all my “non-shopping!” I have a collection of great Christmas music at home and that is always satisfying. It is sometimes the right music at the right time that triggers the spirit for me.

Last year, the trigger was the wonderful Christmas concert in Durham where Nina Freelon per-formed with a big band. This year, there was no concert planned.

I got a call from my good friend Janet Kenworthy who runs the Rooster’s Wife, the great concert series in Aberdeen. Our mutual friend and musician Joe Craven was in town from California to

do a few Christmas shows with her and we met at La Poblanita, my favorite Mexican restaurant, for lunch.

Joe is one of three Joes who perform as the Joe Show. They all sing and perform on acoustic instruments and are great musi-cians. They were scheduled to play at a club called Plan B in Durham and Joe asked me to come up and sit in with the Joes. Not wanting to intrude, I was re-luctant, but he was surprisingly insistent, so I agreed.

While rushing out of the house to head to Durham, I dropped an email to John and Betsy Morris who live in Durham. To my de-light, they showed up at the club and we had a nice visit.

The Joes are old and intimate friends and I knew my presence would be a little awkward, so I was to play on only a few songs. I led the gang on ”Linus and Lucy,” the Peanuts Christmas theme, and also laid down the foundation for a nice rendition of “The Christmas Song.” Much of the time, I was off stage listening.

At one point, Joe Newell performed a song written by a friend called “Christmas in the Trenches.” This beautiful song depicted the spontaneous, friendly Christmas interaction between German and American troops during World War I. The troops called a truce during which they sang together and forgot the war for a few hours. I was deeply touched by the song and the spirit switch was flipped!

More later and Merry Christ-mas.

Christmas spirit switch: thrown

To the Editor:The African-American com-

munity is at a crossroads. The worst mistake they can make is to embrace the leadership of Black Lives Matter, seeking a Blackspring, as Arabs sought an Arabspring. The leadership of black pastors and dedicated black community leaders has produced great strides in the fight for civil rights and racial equality -- more than any other method in Ameri-can history, including the Civil War itself. Civil disobedience and peaceful demonstration, along with the economic upward mobil-

ity produced by a more educated minority community, have won more allies to the cause of civil rights than any other attempt. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Racial violence and reverse racism only set back the quest for equality. Martin Luther King’s dream is not dead unless we kill it.

As Black Lives Matter’s clout increases, good racial relations de-crease. Return to the fold of godly pastors for leadership – pastors of the Martin Luther King Jr. persua-sion. Respect them; listen to them; follow them. They are your shep-herds and your wisest advisors.

Stand with your law enforcement officials, not against them.

Americans of every stripe and color must sidestep extremism and stay the course. Whites must reject the KKK and any form of supremacist extremism fueled by racial hatred. Blacks must not get swept up in reverse racism and black extremism. The “Dream” is still real and reachable! “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” “Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.” (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Barbara Richie PondRaeford

Resist extremism in quest for equality

To the Editor:An old saying, time don’t wait!

Again, the time has come to elect county commissioners, and folks it’s your time to take control of your future here in Hoke County. To the citizens of Hoke County, it’s our time to make a choice in this next primary election in March 2016. Don’t allow the ongoing division within our community to continue. We must rise above and start reaching out to our military men and women that have chosen to invest in a home and careers in the Hoke/Raeford area and we wel-come you and thank you for your service. We also need your help in

our election process, you matter, and it’s time we come together and make that change. We urge you to get involved by locating your precinct for your community or call the election board for information. We must stop the ongoing waste of our taxpayers’ tax dollars as we know it. We must find ways to stop backdoor hiring and stop hand-picking folks with questionable backgrounds and qualification. We must maintain a workforce in our retail industry which provides one and four jobs in our community, and we welcome those efforts. We must find ways to partner with our community colleges and our cor-

porate community in developing a program model for training for future job needs in Hoke County. This upcoming primary election in March 2016 is vital and we need your help, Hoke County. We must decide today, citizens of Hoke/Raeford. We must decide today! No more of the unjust, toward our children and grandchildren. We must choose to treat all children with the same level of respect and dignity. Commissioners, you have a duty to do what’s right about all citizens of Hoke County. Your voice and vote matters!

Lonnie BaldwinRaeford

Get ready to vote in next year’s election

To the Editor:We are seeing the effects of

climate change in North Carolina, especially in the Sandhills region, with increased emergency room visits due to heat exposure, a longer pollen season and more extreme weather events. As a public health educator, I care deeply about pro-tecting the health of our children and grandchildren. The EPA Clean Power Plan, the first nationwide effort to reduce carbon emissions

implicated in climate change, as-signs our state a highly-achievable carbon-reduction target of 36 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. This plan can improve public health, maintain our leadership in renewable energy and save us money through energy efficiency. Instead, Governor Mc-Crory has chosen to sue the EPA. We deserve to live in a healthy en-vironment and have access to green economic opportunities. Join me in demanding that our state develops a

plan that meets or exceeds the EPA target by attending a public hearing on this plan, and submitting a com-ment to Joelle.Burleson@ncdenr.gov. The 6 p.m. hearings are on Dec. 16 at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center in Charlotte, Dec. 17 at the Archdale Building in Raleigh, and Jan. 5 at Roland-Grise Middle School in Wilmington.

Ulva Little, health educator Member, Medical Advocates

for Healthy Air

Climate change is affecting our health

One on OnePatrick Gannon,

Capitol Press Association

In the following paragraphs, I’m going to give you many reasons why state Rep. Cecil Brockman of High Point should resign from the General Assembly, or at the very least be shown the door after the 2016 election.

Then, at the end, I’m going to tell you one reason that the first-term Democrat likely will keep his seat in the 120-member House if he doesn’t resign (he has said he won’t).

Brockman wasn’t wearing a seat belt, which is why state troopers said they stopped him recently as he was driving down Main Street in Archdale. Statistics show seat belt use reduces the risk of serious injury and death in crashes by half.

Brockman claimed he was just driving a short distance between two banks and that’s why he wasn’t wear-ing a seat belt. So the troopers just happened to catch him during that “simple mind lapse” – Brockman’s words – when he wasn’t buckled up? Hard to believe.

Strike one, Rep. Brockman.According to the trooper’s dash-

board camera video of the incident, it took Brockman a full minute to pull over as the trooper followed him with blue lights and sirens. No fewer than eight other cars on the same side of the road pulled over or slowed con-siderably. Brockman kept going with the trooper behind him, appearing to speed up on a couple of occasions.

He even changed lanes to get around cars that were slowing down in front of him. Brockman said he didn’t see the trooper behind him until he pulled over. Very hard to believe.

“I don’t know why he was run-ning,” one trooper says to the other.

“I don’t either,” the other re-sponded.

Strike two, Rep. Brockman.Brockman almost immediately

told the trooper that he was a state representative, as if that made him different from any other person who gets stopped for a seat belt viola-tion. He repeated the fact that he is a House member a few more times as he talked – at times belligerently – to troopers.

“This is silly for a state represen-tative to literally get a ticket when he’s only traveling a few feet,” Brockman told troopers at the scene.

Strike three, Rep. Brockman.Brockman said he didn’t have his

vehicle registration in the car. Strike four, Rep. Brockman.Brockman asked the troopers

for “everybody’s information right here,” which was pretty much a threat. They will pay for writing a ticket to a state representative.

Strike five, Rep. Brockman.Brockman suggested that the

troopers were giving him a ticket because he is African-American. “I think if I was a white representative, that you guys would have been like, ‘Ok, I’m sorry, sir.’”

A big swing and a miss, Rep. Brockman. It’s people like you who make it more difficult for those with legitimate complaints about police to be taken seriously.

Just what we need, another poli-tician who wants special treatment and is willing to threaten to throw his weight around if he doesn’t get his way. Maybe what we really need is more General Assembly candidates. Not only is Brockman ignoring calls to resign, but he doesn’t – at least as of the time of this writing – have a primary or general election opponent in 2016. With a week left in the candidate filing period, Brockman is the only candidate for that seat.

On top of that, House District 60 is considered a “safe Democratic” seat because of the way the district lines are drawn. That means it would be almost impossible for a Repub-lican to win there in 2016. Brock-man won a Democratic primary in 2014, but wasn’t challenged that November.

Someone – anyone – please sign up to challenge him. The potential attack ads are never served up on a platter quite like this.

This state representative has to go

“Stated simply: born free in theory, but free in reality only when we be-come citizens. We are not born citizens but acquire the rights and respon-sibilities that comprise citizenship only through Tocqueville’s long and ardu-ous apprenticeship for which public education is the chief instrument.” — Benjamin Barber, “Taking the Public Out of Education”

Play is the primary engine of human growth; it’s universal – as much as walking and talking. Play is the way children build ideas and how they make sense of their experience and feel safe. Just look at all the math concepts at work in the intricate buildings of kindergartners. Or watch a 4-year-old put on a cape and pretend to be a superhero after witnessing some scary event. But play is disappearing from classrooms. Even though we know play is learning for young kids, we are seeing it shoved aside to make room for academic instruction and “rigor.”– Valerie Strauss, “How ‘twisted’ early childhood education has become — from a child development expert”

“I think that for the real one percent, the big political challenge is ‘how do we pursue a policy agenda that makes the country ever more unequal and that makes life harder for the vast majority of people without provoking a populist backlash?’ One of the ways of doing that is by lowering people’s expectations, and one of the key places to do that is in the school system.” — Gordon Lafer

Today’s homework (Notes on education)

4 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. December 16, 2015

Obituaries

BirthsReal Estate TransfersTransfers of property recorded with

the Hoke County Register of Deeds:Nov. 25

• Deed restrictions on real property in Raeford, from Gilbert E. Hoffman of Raeford to Gilbert L. Hoffman as successor trustee of the Marilyn L. Hoffman Family Trust

• Real property in Raeford, from Gilbert E. Hoffman of Raeford to Gil-bert L. Hoffman as successor trustee of the Marilyn L. Hoffman Family Trust

• Lot 3 Pleasant Woods Section B, from Gilbert E. Hoffman of Raeford, as widower and as successor trustee of the Marilyn L. Hoffman Family Trust, to Brian Wayne and Julia George Wilhelm of Fayetteville

• Lot 14 Sunset Hills, from William E. Fields Jr., acting as commissioner of the estate of Vivian McMillan, to Alan and Cristian Abellanosa of Raeford

• Lot 11 East Oaks, from Sean T. and Judith Gleffe of Niceville, Fla. to Elizabeth A. Lee of Hope Mills

• Lots 1 and 2 in the Quewhiffle township, from Anthony Murchison,

Robert Shaw and Sharonda Stevens to Pearlie Mae Shaw of East Orange, N.J.

• Lot 325 The Oaks at Westgate Section 2, from Ralph Huff Family Limited Partnership of Fayetteville to Kevin S. and Diane J. Deibel of Raeford

• Lot 14 Copper Creek, from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Washing-ton, D.C. to Precision Custom Homes LLC of Raeford

• Lot 33 Spring Valley, from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of Washington, D.C. to Emilie Yenze Berges

• Lot 108 Woods Edge Phase 2, from Cindy Petithomme and Der-rick Sonnier to Cindy Petithomme of Raeford

• Lot 164 Wedgefield Phase 3A, from Kidd Construction Co. Inc. of Fayetteville to Willie David Jr. and Surbrenia Gammage of Raeford

• Lot 23 Fair Hill Phase 1, from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of Washington, D.C. to Casandra and Dustin Boyer of Red Springs

• 0.6-acre tract in Raeford, from

Larry Dean Locklear of Pembroke to Coastal Properties of Wilmington LLCNov. 30

• Lot 21 Walta Place Manor Section 1, from Christiana Trust, a division of the Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, as trustee for Normandy Mort-gage Loan Fund Series 2013-14 of Houston, Texas, to Tanya Phillips of Fayetteville

• Lot 112 Liberty Point Section 3, from Ian Davin and Denise Mains of Grovetown, Ga. to Elijah Z. and Andrea Sajia of Raeford

• Lot 61 Steeplechase Section 3, from Nicholas Petite of Raeford to Shereme D. and Jermaine E. Scott of Raeford

• Lot 9 Ashmount Pines, from An-drew and Rachel Golden of Portage, Pa. to Tara J. Nelson of AberdeenDec. 1

• Lot 225 Summerfield East Sec-tion 4, from Papier Properties Inc. of Parkton to Luis Samuel and Lizette Sainz of Raeford

• Lot 143 Northwoods Estate Sec-

tion 3B, from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of Washington, D.C. to The Life House Partnership LLC of Sanford

• Lot 178 McDougald Downs Sec-tion 3, from Sonrida Jaro of Durham to Jose Vicente and Carment D. Ortiz-Cesario of Raeford

• Lot 9 Anderson Place Section 1, from Alton M. Anderson of Fayette-ville to Paul T. and Elizabeth J. Fox of Raeford

• Lot 20 Quail Hollow East, from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of Washington, D.C. to Daymond Tyrone Moultrie and Patricia Ann Shander of RaefordDec. 2

• Lot 1 The Midlands at Bedford Phase 1, from H&H Constructors Inc. of Fayetteville to Lester Auston Jr. and Robin Lennox-Auston of Raeford

• Lot 163 Wedgefield Phase 3A, from G&G Land Development Inc. to Marcia Mae Stewart

• Lot 440 Riverbrooke Section 4, from H&H Onsite Homes LLC of Fayetteville to Sergio Rosas of Raeford.

Former Hoke County student Jessica Hanson, daughter of Mat and Kerstin Hanson of Raeford, has been named a 2016 Skadden Fellow. The aim of the Skadden Foundation is to give fellows the freedom to pursue their interests in public interest work.

Hanson will graduate in May 2016 from UCLA Law and, as a

Skadden Fellow, then will work at the National Immigration Law Center in Los Angeles, California.

Hanson attended Hoke County schools, moving to the North Carolina School of Science and Math her junior year of high school, and then completed her undergraduate studies at UNC Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain

Scholar. Following her graduation from

UNC Chapel Hill, her work as a legal assistant both in San Diego at Casa Cornelia and in San Fran-cisco at Immigration Center for Women and Children fueled her passion for pursuing an education at UCLA Law, focusing on public interest and immigration law.

Hanson named Skadden Fellow

Heads library groupTommy McNeill, formerly of Raeford, has been appointed president of Friends of North Carolina Public Libraries by the board of directors. The organization promotes and develops library service throughout North Carolina. Before joining the group, McNeill was the presi-dent of Friends of Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough. He holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing from North Carolina Central University School of Business in Durham. He served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve for 20 years where he earned two associate degrees — one in Logistics and the other in Human Resources.

Indoor skydiving facility manager John D’Annunzio was named an honorary Golden Knight recently.

In a program December 6, D’Annunzio, manager of Paraclete XP SkyVenture, was presented a plaque “for his dedi-cation, for his contributions to the team and for his unwavering friendship” to the U.S. Army Parachute Team. “He provides a world class facility for our team members to train. As drop zone manager, he has brought sky-diving to new heights in North Carolina and, as a competitor, John has fought both against and side-by-side with the Golden Knights to bring home multiple national championships,” an announcer for the team said at the ceremony.

“John’s fierce dedication to the team and in turn growing the sport of skydiving as a lo-cal business owner has earned the respect, admiration and gratitude of countless members of the military and skydiving communities.”

D’Annunzio

D’Annunzio named honorary Golden Knight

Agents awardedNorth Carolina Farm Bureau President Larry Wooten awarded Hoke County Farm Bureau President Earl Hendrix and agents Byron Jones, Kathy Brewer, and Rick Sandy for superior pro-duction last year. The presentation was made at the N.C. Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting December 6-8 in Greensboro.

Hayes InfantMichaela Cullen-Hayes, infant

daughter of Jimmie M. Hayes and Jennifer Cullen-Hayes of Raeford, died Saturday, Decem-ber 12, 2015.

Survivors include maternal grandparents, Veronica and Johnny Cecil of Raeford; maternal great-grandmothers, Virginia Hancock of Statesville and Jean Currie of Ra-eford; maternal great-grandfather, Fred Cullen of Tucson, Arizona; paternal grandparents, Sharon and Daniel Hayes Sr. of Fayetteville; paternal great-grandmother, Lillian Hayes of Fayetteville; one sister, Rileigh Cullen; and one brother, Hayden Finch.

A visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, December 17 at Crumpler Funeral Home, 131 Harris Avenue, Raeford.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 18 at Raeford Evangelical Methodist Church with the Rev. Roger Burns officiating.

Burial will be in the Currie Fam-ily Cemetery in Red Springs.

Pat A. WilsonPatricia “Pat” Allen Wilson of

Five Points passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at the age of 76.

She was born May 19, 1939 in DeRoche Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas to the late Arvilee and Margie Sanders Allen.

For many years, she was editor of The News-Journal and, before that, the Spring Lake News. She

continued working as a freelance journalist until her death. She was well-respected in Hoke County for her integrity.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and four siblings, Kenneth Allen, Shelba Tankersley, Barbara Allen and Steve Allen.

Married to the late Carroll R. Wil-son for 36 years, they are survived by a daughter, Jeanne E. Dees (Dale) of Fayetteville; and three sons, Thomas C. Wilson (Cathy) of Lithia, Florida, Cary A. Wilson of Raeford, and James A. Wilson (Lynn Paluga) of Raeford; three grandchildren, Eric, Carly and Macey Wilson; a step-granddaughter, Adrian Burdette; two step-great-granddaughters, Bella and Piper Burdette; and a brother, Stan Allen.

A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 13 at Crumpler Funeral Home Chapel, Raeford with Pastor Vernon Liv-ingston officiating.

In lieu of flowers, she has re-quested donations be made to the Arthritis Foundation or Alley Cat Allies.

Edward W. StrotherEdward W. Strother, 60, of

Greenville, South Carolina passed away Friday, December 11, 2015.

He was born in Scotland County, North Carolina to the late Ralph Lee Strother and Emma Lois Autry. He was a graduate of Hoke High School and the University of South Carolina, and enjoyed USC and UNC sports, especially basketball. He was an accomplished financial planner with Edward Jones Invest-ments and a dedicated member of Brookwood Community Church where he was active in local mis-sion ministry. His life was devoted to his family, friends, church, and clients. He was always quick with a witty remark, and went out with the God-given, amazing smirk with which he was graced.

Surviving are Alison and Jean

Strother of Royal Palm Beach, Florida; sister, Catherine Brock (Jessie) and brother, Dennis Strother (Cindy), all of Raeford.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 17 in the chapel of Brookwood Com-munity Church, Simpsonville, South Carolina. The family will greet friends immediately following the service. A committal service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 19 in Ashley Heights Baptist Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Missions Ministry of Brookwood Community Church, 580 Brook-wood Point Place, Simpsonville, SC 29681.

Condolences may be expressed at www.MackeyMortuary.com.

Sebastian DugasSebastian Dugas, 20, of Raeford

died Monday, December 7, 2015.Survivors include his parents,

Ralph and Joyce Dugas; a brother, Yohan Dugas; grandparents; and a host of relatives.

The funeral was held at noon Monday, December 14 in Rivers of Living Water Church of God in Fayetteville. Burial was in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery.

Harvey A. ChavisHarvey Allen Chavis, 60, of

Raeford died Wednesday, December 9, 2015.

Survivors include his wife, Rosa Chavis; son, Norman Chavis; and daughter Katina Chavis.

The funeral was held at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, December 13 in Faith Anointed Temple in Red Springs. Burial was in Freedom Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery.

Shaylan LoweryShaylan Lowery, 19, of 155

Windlock Drive died Monday, December 7, 2015.

The funeral was held at 3 p.m. Friday, December 11 in White Oak Christian Fellowship Center in Maxton. Burial was in White Oak Christian Fellowship Cemetery.

Francine MonroeFrancine Monroe, 75, of Ra-

eford died Saturday, December 5, 2015.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 11 at Center Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Burial was in Center Grove Mis-sionary Baptist Church Cemetery.

Hayes Infant

Pat A. Wilson

Edward W. Strother

The following children were born at FirstHealth Moore Re-gional Hospital:

August 23, 2015Leonna Lovell and Gary An-

dree Baldwin Jr., Raeford, a son, Zuri Malia Baldwin

August 29, 2015Jennifer and Jorge Campu-

zano, Raeford, a son, Samuel Liam Campuzano

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Fighting Bucks Sports Schedule

Just Putting Around

December 16Girls JV Basketball at E.E. Smith

5 p.m.Girls V Basketball Home vs. E.E.

Smith 6 p.m.Girls B Team Basketball at Pinecrest

4:30 p.m.Boys JV Basketball at E.E. Smith

6:30 p.m.Boys V Basketball Home vs. E.E.

Smith 7:30 p.m.Boys B Team Basketball at Pinecrest

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Forest 6 p.m.Boys JV Basketball Home vs. Pine

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December 19Boys Wrestling Away Mark Adams

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December 21Girls V Basketball at Southern Lee

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December 22Girls V Basketball at Pinecrest 2 p.m.Boys V Basketball at West Bladen

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December 23Boys V Basketball at West Bladen

High TBA

By hal nunn

Sports writer

The Hoke County High School Athletic Hall of Fame committee has announced the 2016 induction class. This year, a new award, the Legacy Award, which is given to three individuals, one from each of the schools that merged into Hoke County High School, was added. Along with the Hall of Fame class, this year there is also a Roll of Honor recipient. The 2016 Hall of Fame class is Walter Barnhill, 1980-2001 coach; Marseill McKenzie, 1991 track; Bruce Morrison, 1972 football, basketball and track; Marco Pickett, 1985 football, basketball and track; and Don Woods, 1986 cross county, wrestling and track. The 2016 Legacy Award will go to Bill Cameron, 1961 at Raeford-Hoke High School in football

and coaching; Artis Gay, 1963 at Upchurch High School in football, basketball, baseball and track; and Muriell Jacobs, 1968 at Hawk Eye High School in basketball and baseball. The 2016 Roll of Honor award will go to Clayton Singletary.

The awardee biographies and background information will be published in late Janu-ary prior to the awards banquet, which will be held February 5, 2016 at West Hoke Middle School. Tickets for the banquet will be $25 and include dinner and the basketball game fol-lowing the awards ceremony. This is the 5th class to be in-ducted into the Hoke County High School Athletic Hall of Fame. This year’s committee included Gary Brigman, Debo-rah Carpenter, Billy Colston, Cheryl Cunningham, Charles Jacobs, Vernon Morrison and Carl Purcell.

By hal nunn

Sports writer

The North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association awarded Mike Ray of Hoke County High School the 2015 Courage Award at its recent baseball clinic in Ra-leigh. Ricky Young, head baseball coach at Richmond County High,

nominated Coach Ray for the award. The award read, “For bat-tling ALS and showing unbeliev-able courage and bravery while continuing to work.” Coach Ray was also inducted into the Hoke County High School Athletic Hall of Fame last year. Hoke High Prin-cipal Roger Edwards said, “This is a great honor and a well-deserved

recognition of a great guy, coach, teacher and leader of young men and women. Mike is an inspiration across our campus and his service to the students at Hoke County High School in the classroom and on the baseball diamond is of the highest order.” Mike Ray was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, more commonly known

as ALS, in November 2011. In 2012, it progressed enough to make getting around in a wheel-chair a necessity for the Bucks baseball coach; however, it did not slow him down. He continued to coach until this past spring. He and his wife Deanna still live in Raeford and continue to serve the community and school system.

A large group of supporters accompanied Mike Ray to the N.C. Baseball Coaches Association clinic and awards ceremony last week in Raleigh. Coach Ray is a huge inspiration to many people in Hoke County and around the state.

Mike Ray received the 2015 Courage Award from the N.C. Baseball Coaches Association last week in Raleigh. Standing with Coach Ray is Richmond County baseball coach Ricky Young, who nominated Coach Ray.

Mike Ray wins Courage Award

2016 Hall of Fame class announced

By hal nunn

Sports writer

The Hoke County High School Bucks wrestling team competed re-cently against Gray’s Creek, Union Pines and at the Baddest Cat on the Mat at Jack Britt High School.

Score: Grays Creek 66 Hoke County 18. Winners from Hoke were Corbann Pannell, Harley Ellis and Donye Josey.

Score: Union Pines 67 Hoke County 12. Winners from Hoke were Noah Locklear and Harley Ellis.

Baddest Cat on the Mat

scores and winners from Hoke: Scotland 42 Hoke 21 - Donye Josey, Trequan Hall, Jahortli Douglas, Trey Paris, Corban Pannell, Harley Ellis, and Noah Locklear; Westover 48 Hoke 28 - Donye Josey, Michael Chieffo, Trent Lee, Trey Paris, and Logan

Locklear; Terry Sanford 66 Hoke 18 - Noah Locklear, Donye Josey, and Trey Paris; Grays Creek 66 Hoke County 18 - Corban Pannel, Harley Ellis and Donye Josey; Union Pines 67 Hoke 12 - Logan Locklear and Harley Ellis. The Bucks record is 5-10 overall.

Bayonet Twenty-two people partici-

pated in the Wednesday Shootout last week and the winners were J.D. Godwin, Chris Vlachos, Jose Vigil, John Hudson and Bob Persons with a 6-under. Second place went to Frank Debois, Joe

Westerlind, Wayne Scholle and Rich Burger with a 5-under. The Friday Shootout winners were Rick Evans, James Beasley, Grady Beasley and Flash Gordon with a 4-under. Second place went to Sean Burke, Clara Brown, John Hudson and Bob Persons with

an even par.

Upland Trace The Saturday morning group

winners were Steve Jumbelick, Kris Taylor and Glen Biggs. The Saturday “Pack” group winners were Ed Bailey, Mark Madden,

Greg Wyrick and Steven Jackson with a 17-under par. The Sunday morning group winners were Don Frykholm, Greg Wyrick, Ray McLemore and Jarvis Anderson. The Sunday afternoon group winners were Kris Taylor, Ken Bullock and Rodney Thompson.

Hoke High wrestling team competes

By hal nunn

Sports writer

The Hoke County High School Bucks boys’ and girls’ basketball teams played only one game last week and that was against E.E. Smith in Fayette-

ville. In the girls’ game, the Lady Bucks lost to the Golden Bulls 42-31. The girls are 4-5 overall and will play E.E. Smith again tonight at home and will play at home Thursday night against Pine Forest. The Lady Bucks will play in the Holiday in the

Pines Tournament in Southern Pines on December 21.

In boys’ action, the Bucks also lost to the Golden Bulls 72-66. They are now 5-2 overall and will play E.E. Smith again tonight at MacDonald Gym-nasium in Raeford. The boys

will play Pine Forest Thursday night at home before heading to West Bladen for the Wooden Life Christmas Tournament December 21-23. The next home game for both teams is against Richmond County on January 8 following the holidays.

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