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Raid closes The HavenOwners charged with animal abuse

Sampson teenager murdered here

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Woman fi ndsintruder, kills him

Turn from NC 211puts car in truck’s pathInjured driver fl own to hospital

Deputies catch 2 afterhomeowner shoots at them

A woman in Lumber Bridge shot and killed a would-be robber last week when she arrived home to fi nd him inside her house, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Offi ce.

The woman, who has not been identifi ed, shot and killed an intruder who has been identifi ed through fi ngerprints as Brian Keith Ratley of Camden Road in Fayetteville.

Ratley had been con-victed in Hoke County Superior Court on at least two previous occasions, according to News-Journal records. In 2007, he was

convicted of felony breaking and enter-ing and sentenced to 11 months in

prison with orders to pay $9,000 resti-tution if work release were to be granted. In 2010, he was convicted of felony fl eeing to elude arrest by motor vehicle and sen-tenced to 15 to 18 months in prison.

In Friday’s incident, au-thorities received an alarm (See INTRUDER, page 5)

A driver who turned in front of a tractor-trailer on Highway 211 Monday sustained serious injuries and had to be airlifted to UNC-Chapel Hill Hospi-tals, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

The wreck happened around 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of Army Road and blocked traffi c for some time afterward while rescuers responded

to the scene. Marquis Baker, 21, of

Hoke County apparently failed to yield to oncoming traffi c while turning off of 211, according to Trooper Nelson of the Highway Patrol.

“He was attempting to turn left onto Army Road off of 211, and when he turned left, he turned right in front of the tractor-

(See WRECK, page 9)

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

A 17-year-old from Sampson County was found dead of a gun-shot wound last week, according to the Hoke County Sheriff’s

Offi ce. Investigators are seeking suspects in the apparent murder of Bryan Stuart Requena, 17, of Bobwhite Lane in Sampson County. Offi cers dispatched to the area of North Old Wire Road and

(See MURDER, page 4)

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

A meeting of the Rock-fi sh community board that invited local candidates for political offi ce to speak to the public saw one of the largest turnouts since the volunteer organization started meeting last year.

About 90 showed for the meeting, hosted by county commission candidate William “Brownie” Brown

at Brownie’s Towing on Lindsay Road. Candidates including District Attorney incumbent Kristy Newton, commission incumbent Bobby Wright, state Senate candidate Dan Travieso and House of Representatives candidate Jim Duncan were among those who spoke. Sheriff Hubert Peterkin, who is not up for election this year, spoke in favor of Newton and commission candidate Joe Allston.

After the candidates spoke, the community board invited engineer Adam Kiker to discuss the plans to provide sewer access to parts of eastern Hoke County. Kiker brought maps and showed where the sewer lines will go and where they will stop south of the main Rockfi sh area, where a set of railroad tracks cross Bostic Road.

The county doesn’t have (See ROCKFISH, page 4)

A Hoke resident fi red gunshots at two suspects who fl ed from his house on Balfour Road during a home invasion last week.

Investigators with the Hoke County Sheriff’s Offi ce used tracking dogs to hunt down and arrest the two suspects a few hours later, according to authori-ties.

Deputies arrested Joshua Sanchez Winston, 27, of the 300 block of Branch

Road in Red Springs and Jamel Gates, 26, of the 300 block of Keith Avenue in Raeford. Both suspects were charged with one count each of breaking or entering and conspiracy to commit breaking or enter-ing.

Offi cers responded to a call at the home of Andre McPhaul on the 2500 block of Balfour Road around 2 p.m. January 28.

(See CAUGHT, page 4)

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

After more than a decade of license denials, failed inspections and warnings about inadequate conditions at The Haven no-kill animal shelter, last week the facil-ity was shut down and the owners arrested on animal cruelty charges.

Local authorities and the Ameri-can Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) seized more than 650 animals in-cluding dogs, cats and horses from

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Living conditions for humans and animals at The Haven. (ASPCA photo)

A sick dog. (ASPCA photo)

Preparing to move animals. (Ken MacDonald photo)

Mobile animal hospitals from the ASPCA line the grounds of The Haven last Wednesday. (Ken MacDonald photo)

the facility operated by Linden and Stephen Joseph Spear.

“The animals were kept in fi lthy kennels, cages, outdoor pens and pad-docks, many without protection from the elements. Many animals are suf-fering from untreated medical issues including open wounds, severe upper respiratory disease and emaciation,” according to the ASPCA.

The Spears were arrested and charged with four counts of cruelty to animals and three counts of felony possession of a controlled substance, with the latter charges related to

medication for the animals the Spears allegedly had in their possession. Ad-ditional charges may be pending after investigators found the remains of

(See THE HAVEN, page 9)

Stephen and Linden Spear

Ratley

This Nissan Versa Note was knocked across N.C. 211 Monday when it turned into the path of the truck behind it. (Ken MacDonald photo)

Requena

2 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. February 3, 2016

47 Years AgoFebruary 6, 1969

Charles Hottel is named “Man of the Year” Thursday by the Ra-eford Kiwanis Club at its annual Ladies Night. The award is made by Robert Gatlin. Hottel, loan of-ficer at Southern National Bank, is honored for being an “outstanding civic and church leader.” R.B. Lewis, the only active charter member of the club, is presented the Legion of Honor Award from Kiwanis International, district and local club, by Clyde Upchurch. Lewis has been in the club for 45 years and has held all offices including that of district lieuten-ant governor.

Josephine Hall, Hoke Home Agent, resigns at the Hoke Com-missioners’ regular meeting. She may be the only agent in the state who has served 30 years, says commissioner J.A. Webb. W.S. Young, Hoke extension chairman, says she’ll be hard to replace.

A Columbia, S.C. firm gets the largest contract for an extensive expansion program at the Raeford Sewage Disposal Plant. The award of $709,000 is $85,000 less than any other bid and will pay for sewer lines, water lines, and electrical work totaling $1.067 million.

Sally Austin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Austin, is in Raleigh this week serving as a pagette in the House of Representatives. She is in 8th grade at Upchurch School and was selected by Rep. Neill McFadyen of Raeford.

25 Years AgoFebruary 6, 1991

A planned “801 housing” project gets final approval and will bring 250 apartments for soldiers and their families in Hoke County.

Raeford City Council be-gins eyeing Thomasfield and Shawtown for annexation. The annexation would bring Tarheel Hatchery, along with Click’s

Nursery, Beasley’s Body Shop, Parrish Sign Company, Andy Anderson Mobile Homes and a number of convenience stores, into the city. The exploration follows numbers from the 1990 Census. Raeford needs the num-bers to attract “important sources of money,” including Powell Bill funds, which provide money for street improvements.

Carol Birckhead, Hoke’s Home Economics Extension agent, is selected to head the service. She replaces Willie Featherstone who left in October for Union County.

Someone shoots out a window at the home of local principal Mitch Tyler. The same night, someone damages the car of another principal, Mike Sutton. Raeford Police Captain Dick McNeill says officers have a list of suspects.

Josephine Hall

Boys at Hoke High are planting the first of 2,000 pine trees for the grounds of the school. Seedlings were contributed by South Carolina Industries, which operates a pulpwood yard near here. Joe Womble (left), area forester for the company, helps Walter McNair set his first one while H.W. Villines, vo-ag teacher, assists Oral Singletary. Others are Jerry Butler, Dennis Floyd, Robert Lee and Mike McNeill.

This wooden bass instrument is about to be put in place at Raeford Presbyterian Church by Roland Bonneay, master of the art of installing a pipe organ. The nearly 2,000 pipes range from one and one-half inches in length to 16 feet. Installation is expected to be complete in a few days.

Sally Austin

The Biogen Foundation has awarded a grant to Turl-ington Alternative School for a Science, Technology and Math project called BrainPOP Initiative Project.

According to its website, BrainPOP is used in 20 percent of U.S. schools as a creative way to explain dif-ficult subjects. It uses movies, games, quizzes and activities.

The foundation announced $125,000 in grants to support science education programs and projects in public schools

across North Carolina. In its second year, the Foundation’s “Ignite the Power of STEM” program awards teachers, schools and nonprofit STEM education programs that serve K-12 students. Teachers were eligible to apply for grants up to $2,000. Schools and non-profits could apply for grants up to $5,000. There were 35 schools selected from a wide range of applications. The program was administered by the North Carolina Com-munity Foundation (NCCF).

“We want to spark a pas-sion for science among North Carolina students of all ages,” said Joydeep Ganguly, Biogen Foundation board member. “This program is designed to help students experience the fun and power of hands-on science learning and to know that science careers are within their reach.”

Biogen Foundation puts an emphasis on innovative ways to promote science literacy and encourage young people to consider science careers.

Turlington School gets grantThis Friday at midnight is the last

day to apply for admission to Sand-Hoke Early College High School.

The school provides students an opportunity to earn a high school diploma and a two-year associate degree within five years. All rising 9th grade Hoke County students are encouraged to apply; however, there is limited enrollment for each freshman class. Therefore, the applica-tion process is used to identify interested students. The process includes reviewing students’

academic history, completing an online application, participating in an interview and submitting a writing sample.

The online application can be completed by visiting the Sand-Hoke Early College High School website. Applications will not be accepted after the closing date.

If you need any assistance in applying for SHECHS, please contact Lisa Davis, SHECHS Community Development Coor-dinator, at ldavis@hcs.k12.nc.us or 910-878-5806.

SandHoke app deadline is Friday

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“I do not believe that just because you are opposed to abortion that makes you pro-life. In fact I think in many cases your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born, but not a child fed, not a child edu-cated, not a child housed. And why do I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there.” — Catholic Sister Joan Chittister

“There is simple lack of political will. The situation in education is analogous to the status of gun control. Last June, @DPJHodges tweeted, ‘In retro-spect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.’ Unless dozens of members of Congress are themselves directly impacted by gun violence, there is no major gun legislation coming anytime soon. We have retreated to our camps; there is no turning back. It is the same with school funding and school segregation.” — Nathan Gibbs-Bowling, Washington State Teacher of the Year

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At last, after a wonderful season by the Carolina Panthers, they have made it to the Super Bowl. It has been quite a ride as they won sev-eral close games on the way to 15 regular season victories and then won two unexpectedly easy playoff games. They are now poised, and will be favored, to win the fiftieth Super Bowl.

I know that many of you could care less about this, but for a lifelong, die-hard football fan like myself, this is an opportunity that some teams and their fans never get. Professional careers are marked by Super Bowl wins and there have been many great players who never got to play in the big game. There have also been many teams who played in one or more but just could not get the win. Fans will remember the frustration of the Buffalo Bills who had great teams that went to many Super Bowls but just could not win one. John Elway, the great quarterback of the Denver Broncos, was widely considered to be the best quarterback in the game, but his failure to win the big one threated to taint his great career until he finally won, not one but two, and cemented his legacy of greatness.

Last year, my second favorite team, the Seattle Seahawks, was on the goal line with time running out, all but assured of a second straight Super Bowl win, when they called a play which has gone down in infamy, and resulted in a pass interception and a loss. Convinced that they would make it back this year, they had an uneven

season and lost to the Panthers in the playoffs. This just illustrates that opportunities to get to the big game are rare, and the pressure to win, once there, is tremendous.

This year’s game will feature a fantastic quarterback matchup between 39-year-old Peyton Man-ning of the Denver Broncos and the young gun, Cam Newton, of the Panthers. Earlier in the year, I was upset with Cam’s antics on the field as he openly flaunted his successes, but he has since been a little more discreet, though just as enthusiastic, in his celebrations. His maturity has now almost caught up with his immense talent, creating a true superstar.

Peyton Manning, one of the most successful and admired players in the NFL for almost two decades, has battled injuries, weathered a trade from Indianapo-lis to Denver and outdueled his nemesis Tom Brady to reach the Super Bowl in what could be his last NFL game. As great as he has been, he has only won one Super Bowl, indicating how difficult it is. As much as I like Peyton, I’ll be pulling against him.

The Broncos are coached by two cast-offs whose careers could have been over but who now find themselves on the biggest stage of all. Gary Kubiak, the head coach,

was fired from his last coaching job, as was Wade Phillips, the defensive coordinator. This is noth-ing new in coaching, but getting to the Super Bowl is no fluke. They outcoached the great Bill Belichick of the Patriots to get there.

The Panthers head coach Ron Rivera has taken his time and built a great team, drafting both Luke Kuechly, perhaps the best defensive player in the game, and Cam Newton, perhaps the best of-fensive player in the game. Rivera knows a little about the Super Bowl as he played linebacker for the Super Bowl winning Bears in 1985, one of the greatest and most entertaining teams ever. He has also been to a Super Bowl as an assistant coach, so he knows what it’s all about.

There will be a million story-lines leading up to the game. My own line is that Charlotte and I will be in Cozumel with Steve and Krista Duncan when the game is played. This was, of course, a coincidence, but I am looking forward to watching the game in a foreign country and seeing how it plays with the local population.

Perhaps the greatest thing about the game is its finality. The win-ners are on top of the world and the losers have just lost, perhaps, the opportunity of a lifetime. The stakes are tremendous. Only in this game does every score have the potential of being historic and every mistake carries the possibil-ity of infamy. Man, we better be able to get the game in Cozumel!

More later.

It’s been quite a ride to the Super Bowl

One on OnePatrick Gannon,

Capitol Press Association

”Teacher pay” undoubtedly will be one of the most frequently uttered phrases around the Gen-eral Assembly complex during this year’s legislative session, which begins in late April.

The teacher compensation debate, already raging for years, was the main focus of two days of committee meetings recently at the General Assembly.

This is an election year, when politicians want to make as many voters as happy as possible. So the question isn’t whether some teachers will get raises this year. It’s which teachers will get them, how much they will get and how the raises or bonuses will be structured.

Here’s where we’re at.According to rankings from the

National Education Association, North Carolina stood at 47th in the nation for average teacher salaries in 2013-14, the latest data avail-able. In that year, teachers earned just under $45,000 a year on average, a 5 percent decline since 2007-08. That data, importantly, doesn’t include pay raises and bonuses approved by lawmakers during the past two years.

In 2014-15, the state created a new step system for teachers that increased pay at all levels above 2008-09 levels. It also in-creased starting pay from $30,800

to $33,000. During last year’s legislative session, the General Assembly increased starting pay to $35,000 and provided a $750 bonus to educators.

According to State Depart-ment of Public Instruction, the average salary in 2014-15 was nearly $47,800, a 6.2 percent increase over 2013-14. According to a legislative staffer, if no other states changed teacher salaries in the past two years, which she acknowledged wasn’t a good as-sumption, North Carolina would now rank 39th in the country. (In other words, the rank likely won’t be that good when the next rank-ings come out.)

Each 1 percent, across-the-board teacher raise costs the state nearly $54 million, according to 2014 estimates, which should be updated soon. If North Carolina wanted to get to Georgia’s aver-age salary from two years ago, it would cost $567 million a year and still only put the state in the middle of the pack nationally on average salaries. And while the state is looking like it might have

some surplus revenue to work with later this year, that’s a lot of money.

Rep. Hugh Blackwell, a Burke County Republican and leader on education issues in the House, prefaced a discussion last week by stating that there was “almost unanimous agreement that all con-cerned” would like to see North Carolina’s teachers paid more.

The ultimate goals, of course, are to help students succeed and keep the best teachers in class-rooms for as long as possible.

But as you’ll find out in my next column, this is a very com-plex topic, and many ideas are floating around for how best to deal with the teacher pay problem. Should all teachers get raises, even those who aren’t very good? Or should only the best teachers be rewarded? And how do school districts or the state separate the good teachers from the not so good?

And how can good teachers be enticed to teach the high-demand subjects and in hard-to-staff, rural or poorer schools?

As with many problems in need of a solution, the devil’s in the details.

Patrick Gannon is editor of the Insider State Government News Service in Raleigh. Reach him at pgannon@ncinsider.com.

Teacher pay a hot topic this year

By thoMaS MillS

Politics North Carolina

Charter schools have been making a lot of news lately. It started when Lieutenant Gover-nor Dan Forest decided to bury a report on the schools that was less than favorable. He didn’t like the results so he was going to fish for data that validated his point of view–much like the climate change deniers have done. The report showed that the schools are disproportionally white and wealthy, not what Forest wants the public to hear, though his base probably doesn’t mind.

Now, the legislature is push-ing a plan to turn over control of failing charters to for-profit school operators. That’s a bad idea on a

lot of levels. It just pushes another square peg into the round hole of privatization.

Republicans would argue that the market is equipped to run schools more efficiently and effectively. That’s the same argu-ment they used for privatization of prisons. Instead, we’ve created a prison industry where powerful interests spend millions of dollars fighting criminal justice reform and we lock up more people than almost any country in the world. It’s also the system that’s led to shady politics like the prison scam that’s plaguing the McCrory administration right now.

The market may be a powerful force to create wealth, drive the economy and improve standards of living, but it shouldn’t be ap-

plied everywhere. In the case of schools, privatization is just creat-ing another corrupting influence to our political system. Anybody who believes that private charters won’t be setting up lobbying and government relations operations is naive. Within years, their campaign contributions will be clouding the judgment of elected officials, and their armies of well-heeled lobbyists will be lounging outside the offices of their favorite legislators.

Our schools need constant attention and more money. We should never stop looking for ways to provide better education and better outcomes. However, we don’t need to make schools just another corporate enterprise.

Don’t need to make schools corporate enterprises

From nearly its beginning in 1996, The Haven has taken in more animals than it could care for. And nearly from the beginning, the no-kill shelter has had its passionate detractors who criticize conditions there, and equally passionate defenders who say at least the animals aren’t killed.

Sparing the lives of animals is a wor-thy endeavor, but it’s certainly not good to have the saved animals lying around all day in their own filth, subject to dis-ease.

How could this happen?Most times the state inspected The

Haven and found it wanting in many ar-eas, and owner Linden Spear reacted by appealing to the public to provide more money and to volunteer. She took issue with state regulations, such as a require-ment to get dogs out of dirt and onto con-

crete. And she refused to work with any other animal group that either practiced euthanasia or was located out-of-state. And she continued taking animals, those left at her doorstep, 5,000 in six years from Moore County’s animal shelter (according to The Haven’s website), and sometimes from as far away as hurricane-struck states.

The public suddenly seems horrified by developments at The Haven, but it’s been an ongoing problem (and frequently reported on). And yet the horror is prob-ably not enough to change anything. Those who would own pets simply need to be more responsible. That means keep-ing them healthy, of course, but it also means having them spayed and neutered.

Conditions at The Haven are a prob-lem, but animal owners contribute to it by being irresponsible.

The Haven: how could this happen?

4 THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. February 3, 2016

Obituaries

Items 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.

February 4, 11, 13 & 18FAMILIES 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. February 4, 6:30 p.m. - Moving Along!; February 11, 6:30 p.m. - Fam-ily Literacy Workshop - Hands On Fun With Words; February 13, 2 p.m. - Hearts and Flowers; February 18, 6:30 p.m. - A Great Day For Dinosaurs!

February 8 SEARCh FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM parent support group meeting

will be held at the Department of Juvenile Justice in Raeford, from 12 – 1 p.m. This meet and eat session will give caregivers a chance to learn about the full range of services available to them throughout their com-munity and surrounding areas. Lunch and material are free. To register, contact Shirlyn Smith at 919-906-7103 or toll free 877-776-6599 or by email at search.family.suppor.program@gmail.com.

February 14MAGGIE’S OUTREACH COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOP-

MENT CENTER (MOCEDC) will be sponsoring a Valentine’s Day event at the Rockfish Community Resource Building off of Lindsay Road. The event is from 3 – 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person. There will be live entertainment, catered food and prizes to win. To purchase tickets, call 910-875-6623.

February 17The JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL MEETING will be

held in the Hoke DJJ Conference Room at 1 p.m.

March 11, April 8, May 13 & June 10AMERICAN 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.

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Word of Life Temple, Inc.Super Bowl FellowshipFebruary 7, 6 p.m.Youth Nigh/Bible ExplosionFebruary 10 & 24, 6 p.m.Youth Valentine Dance

February 13, 5-9 p.m.Choir DayFebruary 21, 3 p.m.Black History programFebruary 28, 3 p.m.

Emma HardinEmma Rhodes Hardin of

Raeford died Monday, February 1, 2016 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital at the age of 87.

She was born May 4, 1928 in Robeson County to the late Jetter Osborne Rhodes and Mary Wal-ters Rhodes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Odell Hardin; and two sisters, Geneva Ivey and Omega Hardin. She served as a faithful member of Raeford United Methodist Church for 50 years, where she was very active. She was involved with her Bible Circle Group, and a member of the Pearl S. Cole Sunday School Class. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother.

She is survived by two daughters, Karen H. Wilson and husband Ronald of Raeford, and Kimberly H. Shepard and hus-band Barclay of Poquoson, Vir-ginia; two grandchildren, Lorie Garrison and Gaston Shepard; and one great-granddaughter, Chloe Garrison.

Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, February 3 at Crumpler Funeral Home, 131 Harris Avenue, Raeford.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 4 at Raeford United Methodist Church with the Rev. Brian Wingo of-ficiating. Burial will be in the Raeford Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Raeford United Methodist Church, Elevator Fund, 308 North Main Street, Raeford, NC 28376.

Aaron L. HollingsworthAaron Lee Hollingsworth of

Raeford died Saturday, January 30, 2016 in the FirstHealth Hos-pice House at the age of 63.

He was born on July 14, 1952 in Sampson County. He was preceded in death by his father, Marion “Red” Hollingsworth; and his sister, Patricia Lynn Maynard. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church where he taught and was superinten-dent of the Sunday school. He also taught the discipleship class and was a deacon, chair-man, and trustee. He was also owner and operator of Holling-sworth Auto Sales.

Survivors include his wife, Linda R. Hollingsworth of Ra-eford; his sons, Andrew “Drew” Hollingsworth of Raeford, and Adrian Rollins of Vass; his daugh-ter, Tonya Hinson of Raeford; his mother, Laura D. Hollingsworth of Raeford; his sisters, Wanda Brock of Raeford, and Judy Va-

nAllen (Billy) of Raeford; two grandchildren, Tristan Rollins and Alaina “Bean” Stewart; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held Wednes-day, February 3 from 4 - 5 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church.

A memorial service will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 3 at Hillcrest Baptist Church with the Rev. Toby Neal officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hillcrest Baptist Church, PO Box 1533, Raeford, NC 28376 or FirstHealth Hospice House, PO Box 5889, Pinehurst, NC 28374.

Timothy McQueenTimothy McQueen of Raeford

died Saturday, January 30, 2016.Survivors include his wife,

LeShenda McQueen; children, Tite-Ana, Lezah and Trebor; par-ents, Larry and Sylvia McQueen; sisters, Chiquita Alexander (T.K.) and Sharonda McQueen; and brothers, Larry McQueen (Court-ney) and Tremain McQueen (Tiffanie).

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 6 at J.W. Turlington School. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Christian Pentecostal Church Cemetery in Red Springs.

Viewing will be held Friday, February 5 in Buie’s Funeral Home Chapel from 1 - 6 p.m.

Larosa JonesLarosa Jones, 52, of Raeford

died Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

Survivors include her hus-band, Mitchell Jones; daughter, Larlet Henly; sons, Marcus Jones (Camella) and Mitchell Jones Jr.(Kimberly); 12 grand-children; mother, Evangelist Mary Della Brunson; broth-ers, Minister Rodney Brunson (Barbara) and Bill Brunson (Tammy); sisters, Shirley Mc-Natt, Mary McLeod, Eldress Della Smith, and Lisa Fields; nephew, Kunte Bethea; and sister-in-law, Elizabeth Jones.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 3 in Laurel Hill MB Church. Burial will be in church cemetery.

Madeline CampbellMadeline Campbell of Raeford

died Saturday, January 23, 2016.Survivors include her sons,

William Latif Harris and Paul Edward Worsley Jr.; six grand-children; one great-grandchild; and sister, Helen Way.

A memorial service was held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, January 31 in Buie’s Funeral Home Chapel.

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Investigators with the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office arrested a couple from Raeford last week on multiple drug charges after discovering opiates, cocaine and marijuana in their possession, according to officials.

Deputies arrested Rebecca Bryant, 36, and Michael Bry-ant, 48, both of the 100 block of Woodland Heights in Raeford, on charges including trafficking opiates, possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine, pos-session with intent to sell or

deliver a Schedule II substance, possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule III substance, possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule IV substance, possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Rebecca Bryant was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon and Michael Bryant was also charged with covering a vehicle registra-tion plate.

The Bryants were arrested January 29. Rebecca Bryant was held under a $250,000 secured bond and Michael Bryant was held under a $10,000 secured bond.

Detectives with the sheriff’s office Special Operations Unit arrested the couple after report-edly observing their vehicle on Shannon Road. The vehicle was not properly displaying the North Carolina registration plate, according to officers. During a

traffic stop, detectives found a trafficking amount of opiates, 10 grams of suspected cocaine, 13 dosage units of Suboxone, 23 dosage units of Kolazopan/Alprazolam and 61 grams of marijuana, and one loaded semi-automatic handgun, the sheriff’s office reported.

Both suspects were placed in the Hoke County Jail.

Michael Bryant was the victim of a home invasion in September 2015 in which two people broke into the home where he and the couple’s teenage son were sleeping while his wife was at work, according to previous reports. Bryant reportedly wrestled the gun away from one of the suspects in the home invasion and shot the suspect, and was then shot in the hand himself, according to the sheriff’s office statement from last year. Two people were arrested and charged in connection with that break-in.

Couple charged with drug trafficking

A kerosene heater left burn-ing unattended in an outbuilding caused a fire Friday at a home off of Vass Road in Raeford.

Resident Lamont Willis ap-parently left the heater burning in a building behind his home on the 800 block of St. James Street around 3 p.m. January 29. The building caught fire and the flames quickly spread to another shed, then to a car that was parked in the yard and a nearby old and vacant house.

Firefighters from North Ra-eford, Hillcrest, West Hoke and Pine Hill and emergency respond-ers from the Hoke County Sher-iff’s Office, Hoke EMS and rescue service responded to the scene and were able to put the fire out. Wil-

Kerosene heater starts fire in shedlis’s home, which he shares with his sister, was not burned, but the heat from the fire did damage the

siding of the house, North Raeford Chief Johnny Baker reported.

No one was injured in the fire.

Tater Baker at scene of house fire Jan. 29 (Catharin Shepard photo)

Rebecca Bryant

Michael Bryant

Due to an unforeseen schedul-ing conflict, the political debate for local commission and District Attorney candidates has been moved to Tuesday, February 16.

The Raeford-Hoke County Chamber of Commerce and The News-Journal, which are sponsoring the debate, are seek-ing questions from the public to be used in the debate.

The professionally moderated debate was previously set for Tuesday, February 23, but, due to a scheduling conflict that day, it will be held instead on Tuesday, February 16 at 6 p.m. at the senior room in the Old Armory building on East Central Avenue in Raeford.

Candidates will be asked questions, given a chance to answer under a time limit, and then given a chance to make a rebuttal of the other candidates’ answers. Each candidate will also have two minutes to give a concluding statement at the end of the debate.

The public is welcome to submit questions regarding top-ics of local interest for both the commission candidates and the district attorney candidates.

All candidates of any party running for the contested county commission and district attorney races are being invited to partici-pate in the event.

Light refreshments will be served. The debate is free and open to the public.

To submit a question, email it to rae-hokchamber@embarq-mail.com, or send it by mail or in person to Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce, 101 North Main Street, Raeford, NC 28376. Please mark whether the questions are meant for the commission or the district at-torney candidates. A Chamber of Commerce committee will select which of the submitted questions will be used in the debate.

Debate rescheduled to Feb. 16

The deputies who responded to the call pursued the suspects on foot through woods and fields in the area, and were able to locate and arrest them.

McPhaul’s sister, Lois Jacobs, said she lives near her brother on Balfour Road and explained what

happened.“My brother came home from

work. He was sitting in his house and two men came in on him,” she said. Her brother shot at the suspects but apparently did not hit them. McPhaul was not injured, his sister reported.

Jacobs said she saw part of the

chase unfold.“I was out in my yard and one

of the guys came running out of the woods,” she said.

Jacobs praised the deputies who responded to the scene for quickly apprehending the suspects.

“They did a tremendous job,” she said.

McGougan Road just before 8 p.m. January 26 reportedly found Requena dead of an apparent gunshot wound. First responders found him lying face down on the ground, according to the sheriff’s office. Additional details have not been released.

Detectives are actively inves-tigating the case and following leads but have not yet made any arrests in the case. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office at (910) 875-5111.

Requena was the son of

Mauricio Requena and Claudia Gonzalez. Born and raised in Sampson County, he was a me-chanic assistant in the auto repair business, according to his obitu-ary. He is survived by his parents; a brother, Luis Requena; a sister, Allyson Aileen Requena; and a son, Cayden Requena.

A funeral was held Saturday, January 30 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Clinton with Father Joseph Donne officiating. Interment followed in the Clinton City Cemetery. Crumpler Honeycutt Funeral Home handled the ar-rangements.

money to build additional lines that would provide sewer service to homes in the Rockfish com-munity, Wright said. The process of seeking approval from the state and then getting funding for large infrastructure projects like extending the sewer lines takes a long time, he said.

“USDA will only give you money to build where you have enough customers,” Wright said. Hopefully, when more customers hook on to the existing lines to make use of the newly operational wastewater treatment plant, the USDA will consider funding additional sewer development in Rockfish, he added.

Brown said that, during early planning talks, county leaders should have considered extending the service further into Rockfish to provide sewer to homes in the fastest-growing part of the county.

“They didn’t do their home-work,” he said.

In other business, the board discussed the state Department of Transportation’s plan to address heavy traffic in the Rockfish area. The NCDOT will once again put out traffic counters in the com-munity this coming summer, but this time, officials will put them in a location suited to tracking the actual amount of traffic, board chairman E.C. Brock said.

The last time the state per-formed a traffic count in Rockfish, the counters were not put in the main problem areas, leading to inaccurate numbers, several community members have said.

Additionally, Brock reported he spoke with the owner of a dilapidated building located in Rockfish about locals’ safety concerns regarding the building. The owner now plans to tear off the façade of the building to make it safer, Brock said.

The next Rockfish community board meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, February 25.

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February 3Girls B Team Basketball Home

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By hal nunn

Sports writer

Kathy Bounds, a Raeford native, LPGA Teaching Profes-sional and co-owner of the Dona Lerner Golf Academy in Raleigh, was recognized this past weekend as a U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Kids Teacher at the 2016 PGA Show in Orlando, Florida. This presti-gious award is given to the top 50 U.S. Kids Golf instructors out of 900 applications from across the country and four countries outside the United States. “I am completely honored to be rec-ognized by my peers and look forward to 2016 and what this year brings,” Bounds said.

Kathy played golf at Hoke County High School when there was no girls’ golf team and she

played with the boys. In 1971, she played in the state cham-pionship with a caddy most people are familiar with - Raz Autry. Kathy graduated from N.C. State and entered into the corporate world and found herself with Nortel Networks Corporation. When Nortel started layoffs, Kathy was one of those who lost her job and she decided to do things a little different this time. “It was actu-ally kind of a blessing when I got laid off because I had always wanted to get back into golf in some way and this opportunity with Dona Lerner just sort of fell in my lap,” Bounds said.

Kathy Bounds received her Class A LPGA Teaching and Club Professional card in 2014 and was selected Top 150 U.S.

Kids Teacher in 2014. She can become a Master Kids Teacher if she is selected Top 50 for three years. She directed two U.S. Kids tours this past year and also competed in an LPGA tournament at Pine Needles last year. This year, she is slated to direct eight mini tours for kids similar to an LPGA or PGA event. Her philosophy is “Life is a gift and, to live it fully, we must embrace everyone and every opportunity with a smile.” She is the daughter of C.D. and Dot Bounds of Ra-eford/Wagram.

Kathy Bounds, a Raeford native, received the U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Teacher award in Orlando, Florida over the weekend at the PGA Show. She is an LPGA Class A Teacher/Club Professional and co-owner of the Dona Lerner Golf Academy in Raleigh.

Bounds recognized in Top 50 in country

By hal nunn

Sports writer

The Hoke County High School Bucks boys’ and girls’ basketball teams are heading down the home stretch of the regular season, both in decent positions for the confer-ence tournament. The boys are 14-5 overall and 4-2 in conference play while the girls are 10-8 overall and also 4-2 in conference play.

Last week, the boys split with

Richmond and Pinecrest but both games were standout games. In the first game, Hoke jumped out to a 20-12 first period lead and led 28-25 at the half. The second half was a back and forth mixture of outside shoot-ing and tough pressure defense. The game ended 49-49 and headed into the first overtime. Both teams could only hit seven points and the game went to double overtime. Pinecrest tightened up defensively and pulled away 70-61 in double overtime. In

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By hal nunn

Sports writer

The 2016 Hoke County High School Athletics Hall of Fame banquet and game will be held this Friday, February 5 beginning at 5 p.m. at the West Hoke Middle School cafeteria. Five individuals will be inducted in the schools 5th class. They are Walter Barnhill, Marseill McKenzie, Bruce Morrison, Marco Pickett and Don Woods. This year, the Hall of Fame committee added a new award - the Legacy Award. The Legacy Award is given to three indi-viduals, one from each of the schools that merged into Hoke County High School. This year’s Legacy Award

winners are William “Bill” Cam-eron, Artis Gay and Muriel Jacobs. The 2016 Roll of Honor recipient goes to an individual whose support of the athletics programs at Hoke County High School goes beyond the call of duty and has significantly helped shape the athletics at the school. This year’s Roll of Honor winner is Clayton Singletary.

Tickets for the banquet are $20 each and include the banquet and the game. The public induction ceremony will be between the girls’ and boys’ basketball games at Mac-Donald Gymnasium. Tickets can be purchased at the front office of Hoke High and at The News-Journal in downtown Raeford.

Hall of Fame banquet and game this Friday

District CourtRecent cases heard in Hoke

County Criminal District Court:Jan. 26

Judge Michael A. Stone presiding• Justis Cory Chavis, 31, 8301

Red Springs Road, Red Springs, possession of marijuana up to _ ounce, 15 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, $25 fine and court costs, contraband to be destroyed; driving while license revoked, voluntary dismissal

• Johnathan Mark Fennema, 36, 1906 W. Pearl St., Fayetteville, driving while license revoked (for impaired driving), prayer for judg-ment, court costs; altered, fictitious or expired registration card or tag, voluntary dismissal

• Nathaniel Shawn Hunt, 17, 1696 Cope Road, Red Springs, improper equipment—speedometer, $75 fine and court costs

• Brandon Phillip Jacobs, 32, 19380 Spring Valley Road, Lau-rinburg, misdemeanor child abuse,

BirthsThe following births to Hoke

County parents were reported by FirstHealth Moore Regional in Pinehurst:September 19, 2015

Monique McAllister and Donyae McRae, Raeford, a daughter, McK-enzie Kayleigh McAllisterSeptember 27, 2015

Kayla Harper, Raeford, a daugh-ter, Kaylee Grace Harper

Jackkari My’lee Miles, Raeford, a daughter, Anijah Ky’lee-Ann MilesOctober 7, 2015

Shaleese Jasmir Talbert, Raeford, a daughter, Saniyah Jasmine ShawOctober 9, 2015

Gregory Wells and Whit-ney Wells, Raeford, a daughter, Za’Niyah Amber WellsOctober 23, 2015

April Jacobs and Donald Wom-ack Jr., Red Springs, a son, Easton Blaise WomackOctober 25, 2015

Kyle Jackson Sr. and Brittany Staffelli, Raeford, a daughter, Ame-lia Rose-Marie Jackson

The News-Journal also accepts birth announcements directly from parents at www.thenews-journal.com.

75 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, $25 fine and court costs

• Michael Brandon Mendoza, 20, 196 Ivey Park Lane, Godwin, improper equipment—speedometer, $50 fine and court costs

• Austin J. Woodruff, 26, 8840 Kinkeade Court, Fayetteville, driv-ing while license revoked, 45 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, $100 fine and court costsJan. 27

Judge Regina M. Joe presiding• Travis Bratcher, 27, 604 Saun-

ders St., Raeford, driving while license revoked, 30 days in jail, active, credit for time in pretrial confinement, to be served concur-rently with sentence now serving; failure to wear seat belt by driver, voluntary dismissal

• Dennis Bernard Davis, 62, 187 McDiarmid Road, Raeford, misde-meanor larceny, 30 days suspended, 12 months probation, court costs, no alcohol during period of probation, not to go on or about the premises of the prosecuting business, upon compliance with six months proba-tion, defendant may be transferred to unsupervised probation

• Richard Earl Goins, 42, 327 Carr Lane, Raeford, violation of wildlife, boating or marine regulation, prayer for judgment, court costs

• Michael Robert May, 63, 294 Ivywood Lane, Raeford, viola-tion of wildlife, boating or marine regulation (two counts), pay $602 restitution, judgments consolidated

• Robert Lee Moody, 51, 198 Leslie Road, Raeford, failure to stop at a stop sign or flashing red light, prayer for judgment, court costs; driving while license revoked, voluntary dismissal

• Timothy Scott Talbert, 49, 3522 Underwood Road, Carthage, viola-tion of wildlife, boating or marine regulation (two counts), 14 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, pay $492 restitution, court costs, weapon to be turned over to the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office to be destroyed, judgments consolidated

• Zachary Shane Womack, 25, 198 Union Pines Drive, Carthage, violation of wildlife, boating or ma-rine regulation (two counts), 14 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, pay $250 restitution, court costs, weapon to be turned over to the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office to be destroyed.

Bayonet at Puppy Creek The Friday Shootout winners

were Rick Evans, James Beasley, Bo Hoffman and Rich Burger. They shot a 4-over to get the win. Sign up for the Wednesday Shootout is before noon every Wednesday.

Upland TraceThe Saturday morning group

winners were Tom Batchelor, Steve Jumbelick, Lee Harless and

Guy Wall. The Saturday “Pack” group winners were Chad Ham, Mark Faour and Greg Wyrick. The Sunday morning group winners were Don Frykholm, Guy Wall, Ray McLemore and Al Smith. The Sunday afternoon group winners were Wayne Beasley, Grady Beasley, Kris Taylor and Nick Sweisberger. Johnny Boyles shot an eagle on the par-5 hole #7 on Sunday.

the second game, the Bucks came from behind to beat the Richmond Raiders 104-91. Silas Love exploded for 33 points and 14 rebounds in the barnburner. Wesley Baldwin, Devin Norwood and Rovel Ray had 15 points each in the win.

For the Lady Bucks, they are on a three-game win streak, beating Purnell Swett 50-36, Pinecrest 67-54 and Richmond 45-37. Mahogany Matthews has been the leader along with Jaque Bradshaw, Iyanna Jones and Daisha Little. In the Purnell Swett game, Jaque Bradshaw had 13 points and Matthews had 11 to

lead the way. In the Pinecrest game, Matthews led all scorers with 20 points. Bradshaw added 18, Jones added 11 and Little added 10 to lead the Bucks. In the Richmond game, Daisha Little led all scorers with 12 points.

This week, the Bucks face Scot-land County Friday night at home for the Hall of Fame game. The 2016 Hoke High Athletics Hall of Fame class will be inducted between the girls’ and boys’ basketball games. The girls’ game starts at 6 p.m. with the boys’ game immediately following.

activation from a security system around 10:30 a.m. and responded to a home on the 6100 block of N.C. 20 West in Lumber Bridge. While depu-ties were on the way to the scene, investigators received a call from a woman saying she came home and saw a vehicle in her yard, got her gun and walked up to the front door to see it had been kicked in, according to Maj. Anthony Thompson of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman, who is the wife of a military serviceman, walked into the house and reportedly saw Ratley walking towards her with her iPad in his hand.

“She looks at him and he looks at her and she starts shooting him,” according to a statement from Thompson. The resident fired her gun multiple times, officials said.

Ratley died at the scene. Au-thorities later found that the Jeep Wrangler he was driving had been reported stolen from Hoke County.

No charges have been filed, though the case will be presented to the District Attorney’s office, Thompson said.

According to published reports, Ratley had also been convicted in 1994 of breaking and entering in Cumberland County and sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to receive substance abuse counsel-ing and vocational training while in prison.

According to the state offender database, Ratley was convicted over the years for numerous counts of larceny in Hoke and Cumberland counties. His first conviction came in 1988 when he was sentenced to probation for assault with a deadly weapon.

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OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

Before The ClerkCOUNTY OF HOKE IN THE MATTER OF

BETTIE ALLENE POPE16 E 21

All persons, firms and corpora-tions having claims against Bettie Allene Pope, deceased, are hereby notified to exhibit them to Priscilla Wright, Executrix, of the estate of the decedent at 214 Kirkwood Dr., Fayetteville, NC 28303, on or be-fore the 3rd day of May, 2016, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executrix.

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Before The ClerkCOUNTY OF HOKE IN THE MATTER OFTONY MCEACHRIN

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