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Early voting strong, precinct addedSay hello to Philippi precinct, split from Puppy Creek

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

Callie Buie had to lean on a walker as she went into the county one-stop voting site Monday, but the 101-year-old woman was determined to cast her ballot in the election.

“I always do that,” Buie said, as her grandson Jackie Galbreath helped her back to the car.

Voter turnout in the one-stop early voting has been about the same as usual, or just a little above the typical numbers, according to Hoke County Board of Elections Director Caroline Shook.

Early voting opened last week and runs through November 1. The voting sites for one-stop vot-ing are the county building on Main Street in downtown Raeford and in the Rockfi sh Community Center at 2749 Lindsay Road. Early voting is open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. until this Friday, October 31,

and will also be open from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. this Saturday, November 1. Election Day is Tuesday, Novem-ber 4.

As of Monday afternoon, 1,541 people had cast absentee bal-lots in the election, according to Hoke County Board of Elections fi gures.

No identifi cation is necessary to vote in this election, but vot-ers will be asked if they have identifi cation as part of a process to make sure voters are prepared for the 2016 elections. Under state law, starting in 2016 voters in North Carolina must present I.D.

(See VOTING, page 4A)

Trick-or-treaters will be out 5:30-8:30 Friday

BY KEN MACDONALD

As a frequent user of Google Maps, I am dis-mayed at times to fi nd er-rors, but hey, the company provides a means to report problems so I decided to help out.

Problem number one: If

you trace U.S. 401 south from Raeford, the road is labeled correctly until you reach Hilltop Road. There it becomes “Woodberry Drive” and then “Raeford Road” and also Woodberry Drive and U.S. 401. I can understand Raeford Road,

(See STUFF, page 4A)

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Halloween is Friday and besides the typical trick-or-treat hours, several churches and other organizations plan to hold activities for chil-dren.

Trick-or-treatingThe hours for trick-or-

treating in Raeford and Hoke County are from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, October 31.

Light the NightArea churches will host

a “Light the Night” celebra-tion Friday at Pittman Grove Baptist Church from 5:30-8:30 p.m. The event will feature trunk-or-treating, a bounce house, hayrides and more.

Trunk-or-TreatRaeford First Baptist,

Raeford United Methodist, Hillcrest Baptist and Hoke County Parks and Recre-ation are joining together to host a trunk-or-treat at Armory Park on Central Avenue in Raeford. The Sheriff’s Offi ce is also sup-porting the event. The trunk-or-treat will offer candy and activities from 6-8 p.m. at the park.(See HALLOWEEN, page 3A)

Regional council awards LeachChildren of fallen soldiersto converge on wind tunnel

Sheriff awarded for ‘outstanding’ work

Alleged robberscaught fl eeing

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Local actressplays in

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Deputies seizecocaine worthover $90,000

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

Investigators with the Hoke County Sheriff’s Of-fi ce arrested three people last week on charges of traffi cking in cocaine.

Offi cers arrested Vernez Martel McGregor, 31, of the 400 block of Blue Springs Road in Red Springs; Bryant James Locklear, 28, of the 2800 block of North Duffi e Road in Red Springs; and Anthony Louis Oxendine, 30, of the 3600 block of Old Maxton Road in Red Springs. McGregor was

charged with traffi cking cocaine, conspiracy, pos-session with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule II substance and possession with intent to sell or de-liver marijuana. Locklear was charged with traffi ck-ing cocaine, conspiracy, possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance, possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana and carrying a weapon. Oxendine was charged with traffi cking cocaine and conspiracy.

Deputies with the Hoke (See DRUGS, page 4A)

Hoke County Sheriff Hubert Peterkin received an award this month after offi cers within the department nominated him for the honor.

The sheriff received the 8th Annual Enrique S. Camarena Law Enforcement Award for “outstanding work in your com-munity,” according to the Alco-hol and Drug Service division.

The award is named after the late Enrique Camarena, a United States Drug and Alcohol En-forcement agent who was kid-napped, tortured and murdered by a Mexican drug cartel.

The Prevention and Early Intervention Department of Drug and Alcohol Services presents the award each year for

(See PETERKIN, page 3A)

BY CATHARIN SHEPARD

Staff writer

Hoke County commission chairman James Leach has received two awards from the Lumber River Council of Gov-ernments.

Leach received the L.E.

McLaughlin and Bob Gentry Regional Leadership Award and the Calvin Haggins Award for Outstanding LRCOG Board Member of the Year. Leach has served as chairman of the LR-COG board and also served in other capacities. The awards

(See LEACH, page 4A)

More than 35 Children of the Fallen Project mem-bers are expected to attend an indoor skydiving event at Paraclete XP in Raeford this Saturday, where they will receive basic training on the fundamentals of hu-man fl ight and experience soaring in the world’s

(See CHILDREN, page 4A)

This West Central Ave. home was a popular site last year.

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HalloweenCreativity

Cooper Calloway (clockwise from top right) won the grand prize in our annual Halloween Costume Contest. If we’d had a “Happiest” category, Harper Long, 1, surely would have won. Prestin Cooper won “Cutest” with his preacher’s outfi t. Grace Herron, 11, was a near-winner.

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Paul Burnley

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The public has been shocked by the actions of a few NFL play-ers. But much of the violence that we witness in sports today is what the public has encouraged. The highest paid players in most sports are the ones that have the reputation of winning by destroy-ing their opponents by any means. The more violent the player, the more popular they become.

These actions now have been introduced to young children that are involved in sports. There have been stories in the media of how children in Little League sports are taught to win at all costs, even if it means injuring their opponents to a point where they are unable to compete.

In many phases of our lives, we are taught that violence is the answer to many situations. I remember in my training in ser-vice that the Marine drill sergeant that was teaching hand-to-hand combat was showing us how to kill a person with our bare hands. He then said, “You learn this, and when you get back home, no one will mess with you if get into a fight at a bar.” It was said as a joke, but there are those who will remember this action long after they return to civilian life.

This is not something that can be turned on and off at will. Once you learn it and have used it in certain situations, it is difficult to know what will trigger this action. So if you have been taught that violence can solve your problem on the sports field, you may begin to think violence is the answer to all problems. This is how violence carries over into our everyday life.

Violence is a cancer that grows and spreads. Today it seems all problems and situations are settled through violence. If someone cuts you off in traffic, the response is violence. Children playing on a playground, one bumps or hits another, the answer is to respond with violence. In many cases, this is taught to children by their parents. This is the reason we now have so much violence in our schools. There is a difference between standing up for yourself and resorting to violence.

This attitude is soon carried into our family life. We soon come to the conclusion that if violence

solves problems in the outside world, why not in our family. This is how violence enters our homes to affect our families. In most in-stances, the intent is not to inflict harm on a family member, but once you have been accustomed to dealing with unwanted situations with violence, it is difficult to curb these emotions when dealing with a member of your family.

Violence is not limited to this country. Governments have been overthrown; political un-rest, religious wars, and racial problems have grown through violence throughout the world. A multitude of lives have been lost. And through it all, nothing has been solved. You would think that the public would understand that violence is not the answer.

Much can be done by making an effort to see situations from the other person`s point of view. You do not have to agree, or feel that one position is right or wrong, but try to understand WHY another person feels and thinks the way he/she does. If this approach were followed, it would eliminate much of the violence.

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

Violence isn’t the answer to our problems

“The logic of democracy begins with public education, proceeds to in-formed citizenship, and comes to fruition in the securing of rights and liberties. We have been nominally democratic for so long that we pre-sume it is our natural condition rather than the product of persistent effort and tenacious responsibility. We have decoupled rights from civic responsibilities and severed citizenship from education on the false as-sumption that citizens just happen.. We have forgotten that the ‘public’ in public schools means not just paid for by the public but procreative of the very idea of a public. Public schools are how a public—a citizen-ry—is forged and how young, selfish individuals turn into conscientious, community-minded citizens. — Benjamin Barber, “America Skips School” (1993)

“Teacher, bus driver, coach, lunch lady, custodian, maintenance man, busi-ness manager, aide, secretary, principal, and, yes, even you superinten-dents out there trying to hold it all together—you serve your state with skill and honor and dignity, and I’m sorry that no one in power has the guts to say that these days. History will recognize that the epithets they applied to your schools said more about leaders who refused to confront child poverty than the teachers who tried valiantly to over-come it. History will recognize that teachers in these bleak years stood in desperate need of public policy help that never came.” — John Kuhn, 2013 Save Texas Schools Rally

Today’s homework (Notes on education)

As I sit here, I am sighing in relief, having just finished the long dreaded job of repainting our kitchen cabinets. These were custom built by our good friend Carl Strother during our first renovation of the main house at Frog Holler. The unique cabinets were designed by Charlotte. With their storage areas and work areas, they could not be duplicated by normal means. Besides that fact, they are a classic design with picture framed, beaded tongue and groove doors. If you don’t see these readily available today, just wait a year and they will be back in style. If I live long enough to need this again, I may spend my last dime to have someone else handle this gruesome chore.

We have been systematically redecorating the rooms in the house and have just about made the cycle. The project before this one was the room that our son Riley grew up in, and it had us waxing nostalgic. Not only did we discover things that had been out of sight for years, it seemed that each stroke of the paintbrush cov-ered another reminder of Riley’s adventures and misadventures. Each time I would paint over one of the pieces of clear tape that he had left on the walls, I would grumble at having to pull it off under fresh paint, but smile thinking of his method of decorat-ing that followed the “anything goes” theory. He had vinyl records and posters attached to the walls by any means available—nails, tacks, tape, string – you name it. I couldn’t very well complain

about records on the wall, could I? There was also evidence of

those sometimes dark teenage years when having to live within a hundred miles of us was highly conflicting for him. A few minor dents in the walls were left as reminders, but none too big to spackle. There were stains from spills and rings on furniture, reminders of glasses that left the kitchen, returning only after months or years of hiding. There were small toys, past treasures that had passed their usefulness and found their way into safe hiding from vacuum cleaners.

The discovery of old remnants reminded me of the secrecy of children and adolescents. We al-ways told Riley that it was no use to hide things from us because we would eventually find out anyway, only making retribution worse. This, of course, fell on deaf ears but for the most part was true. It is not that we wanted to know ev-erything, but the facts would even-tually present themselves, long after the time when amends could be easily made. Many of these occurrences were predictable. Riley still does not appreciate my ability to see the future, in which I predict things that will happen given a proposed course of action. This is not clairvoyance, only the application of known tendencies

over time. Charlotte hates this as well, because I am always raining on her parade by predicting that her brand new purchase will fall apart soon because of the poor design or workmanship.

As I washed down, sanded and painted the kitchen cabinets, this too presented clues from the past. There was the cracked tile where a heavy pot was dropped, and the stains that had mysteriously pen-etrated beneath the epoxy coating of one area of countertop, leaving undeniable evidence of the wine boxes that had perched there.

Pulling the refrigerator and small freezer from the walls to work behind them presented articles too old and disgusting to mention.

I was in the short rows of the project, on a ladder washing down the inside of a high cabinet door, when I discovered a small animal sticker that had been placed there. I once again got nostalgic think-ing about how Riley had loved stickers off all kinds when he was small. Now, I know I didn’t put that sticker there and I’m pretty sure Charlotte would not have done that. At the ”age of stickers,” Riley would have had to crawl up on the counter, a strictly forbidden act, and then reach above his head, probably standing on something else, to open the door to place the sticker. I have no idea why he did this but he is now busted! This offers further proof that parents eventually find out about the misdeeds of their children. I am calling him right now to make him stand in the corner for 10 minutes.

More later.

All your sins eventually find you out

To the Editor: Thank you for publishing my

recent Letter to the Editor on education funding. The following editor’s note was included: “We’re told by the school system that Hoke has 13 additional teaching positions allotted because there are 118 more students this year. Overall funding is down $ 1.2 million in Hoke due to teaching assistant cuts and low-wealth funding cuts.”

I have provided information to the editor from the North Carolina Department of Public

Instruction that shows that Hoke County Schools is receiving $1.9 million in additional fund-ing in 2014-15 than the previous year. They did receive addition-al funding for approximately 15 teachers, 1 assistant principal, 1 instructional support position, and approximately 1.5 career and technical education teach-ers. Funding for the additional teaching positions was due to both an increase in the number of students and reduced class sizes at the lower grades.

Funding by category increases

and decreases from year-to-year but the bottom line is that Hoke County will receive $1.9 million more funding this year than last year. The North Carolina Gen-eral Assembly has also provided school districts with the flexibility to use money in different areas based upon local needs.

I am always amazed at how school districts share select information. Here is the rest of the story.

Rep. Paul Stam Apex

No, Hoke received more money for schools from state

Over the years we have been blessed with influential and thoughtful people whose wise commentaries about the state’s concerns often moved public opinion.

Think about the late William Friday, who reminded us at every turn of the consequences of failing to address the basic needs of the state’s poorer citizens. Time after time he warned about the increas-ing influence of television money on college athletics and the spe-cial treatment accorded to some athletes enrolled in universities.

Last week, you could hear his voice from the grave.

Sometimes editorial writers at the state’s major newspapers have served as public intellectu-als. As broadly educated people with economical and persuasive writing styles, their journalism backgrounds gave them a wide variety of contacts. Surrounded by armies of hard-charging, smart, irreverent reporters and the research resources of their newspapers, their opinions were informed by a broad range of relevant facts. Some of them were fearless, never afraid to engage those who disagreed, and would, in fact, welcome other opinions as helpful and important.

One such influential public intellectual is Ed Williams, who retired in 2008 as editor of The Charlotte Observer’s editorial pages after a 30-year career with the paper.

Williams’ recent book, “Liber-ating Dixie: An Editor’s Life, from Ole Miss to Obama,” a collection of his writing over a long career, is

a reminder of the challenges and problems our state and region have confronted. It is also a demonstra-tion of the value of informed and reasoned comment.

In a 1990 column, he attacked members of the Charlotte elite who belonged to segregated social clubs. “They may argue in their own defense that they are not bigots, it’s just that someone else makes club policies…Apparently, pleading that they are tolerant of bigotry, rather than practitioners of it, makes them feel better. It shouldn’t.

“You may be fooling yourself about where your priorities lie. You are not fooling anyone else.”

His strong words prompted influential club members to resign or threaten to do so, which led to the end of segregation in most of the important Charlotte clubs.

Williams cautioned about initiating a war in Iraq and when that war began, he wrote on March 23, 2003, “The mission now is simple. Defeat Saddam. There’ll be nothing simple about creating post-war Iraq. Yet the ultimate test of the success of the allies’ mission is not what happens to Saddam, but what happens to Iraq.”

After a court ruled in 2000 that vestiges of legally mandated segregation in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools had been erased, the system abandoned its

diversity emphasis. The result was a move back towards re-segregation.

In 2006, Williams wrote, “I don’t think many parents oppose diversity. They just value neigh-borhood schools more. That’s understandable. But a community that values diversity can’t ignore its importance in public educa-tion. Coercion is unacceptable. So is neglect.”

In 1994, when tobacco in-terests were still powerful in North Carolina, executives of the large cigarette companies were treated roughly by a congressional committee when they denied that cigarette smok-ing was addictive or harmful. Williams rose to their defense before making his main point against them. “The behavior of the anti-smoking zealots was so contrived, so ill-mannered, so arrogant that it was easy to forget the essential fact: On the big questions, they are right.”

He took on religious leaders like Franklin Graham who called Islam “a very evil and wicked religion” and the state Baptist convention when it kicked out Williams’ church for welcoming gays.

Williams also shares his cor-respondence with Senator Jesse Helms, who wrote jokingly that he would recommend Williams for a job writing for Johnny Carson.

Williams has a quiet sense of humor and seems always willing to laugh at himself. But don’t read his book for amusement. What he wrote was, and still is, serious business.

Able—and willing—to move public opinion

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Obituaries

District Court

Halloween(Continued from page 1A)

Peterkin(Continued from page 1A)

PoliceBlotter

Recent cases heard in Hoke County District Criminal Court:Oct. 23

Judge Michael A. Stone pre-siding

• Deshadia Shatease Allen, 23, 205 Oregon St., Lumberton, driving while license revoked, failure to yield left turn, $100 fine and court costs, judgments consolidated; speeding 71 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, driving while license revoked, $150 fine, judgments consolidated

• Termaine Billinger, 40, 117 Whaley Road, Raeford, improper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs

• Aiofini Martin Black, 40, 125 Franklin Road, Raeford, improper equipment—speedometer, $15 fine and court costs

• Tyddre O’Keith Daniels, 19, 312 Louisiana Drive, Raeford, driving left of center, $50 fine and court costs; exceeding posted speed, voluntary dismissal

• Mitchell Devante Darcus, 21, 1622 Fortsun Circle, Elber-ton, Ga., open container after consuming alcohol first, 10 days suspended, six months unsuper-vised probation, $50 fine and court costs

• William Connell Davis, 44, 239 Fountain Grove Drive, Raeford, speeding 70 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, $150 fine and court costs; reckless driving to endanger, voluntary dismissal

• Farrah Eden Emanuel, 27, 2925 Pinelog Road, Lumberton, providing fictitious information to an officer, 30 days suspended, 12 months probation, $150 fine, attorney and court-appointment fees, transfer probation to Durham County, may be transferred to unsupervised probation upon pay-ment of all fines, costs and fees; unsafe tires, voluntary dismissal

• Catherine Marie Fink, 28, 105 Thornhill Way, Aberdeen, im-proper equipment—speedometer, $50 fine and court costs

• Jerry Glover, 46, 257 Wen-tworth Drive, Raeford, improper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs

• Sakara Deshawn Hall, 37, 140 Kemp Lane, Raeford, driv-

Raeford Police reported the following recent incidents:

October 20Damage to property, South

Main Street/East Palmer Avenue, victim Enterprise

October 21Possession of open container,

driving while impaired, 1900 block of Fayetteville Road, victim State of North Carolina. Police charged Charles Michael Smith, 35, of the 5200 block of Buckskin Drive in Fayetteville.

Dog bite, backyard of 100 block of Maynor Court, no vic-tim listed

October 22Trespassing agreement, 500

block of West Prospect Avenue

October 23Assault on a female, commu-

nicating threats, injury to personal property, breaking or entering, injury to real property, 300 block of East 6th Avenue, victim Dianna Shontae Decosta

October 24Larceny from buildings, 500

block of North Fulton Street, victim Jeff McNeill

Trespassing agreement, 600 block of Health Drive

October 25Larceny, 300 block of South

Main Street, victim James Mc-Bryde

Francis “Frank” S. Attebery

Raymond E. Hawkins

Deputies with the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men last week in connec-tion with an armed robbery at a Dollar General store.

Officers arrested Benjamin James McLean, 28, of the 1140 block of Patrick Drive in Fayetteville and Brahim Khalid Brown, 27, of the 2600 block of Oglesby Drive in Raeford. Both were charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of second-degree kidnapping, conspiracy to commit robbery

Two arrested in armed robbery

A mobile food pantry will come to Hoke High School No-vember 8. Some 8,000 pounds of food will be given away.

The event is sponsored by TIGAPA Village Foundation, Paraclete XP, Sun Path, Solid Rock Church, Kingdom Living Worship Center and Second Harvest Food Bank.

The event will begin at 10 a.m.

The food will be given to anyone in need, organizers say. Everyone is asked to bring their own carrying container. No qualifying is necessary.

Food distribution is November 8

High school candyTrick-or-treaters are also wel-

come to attend a trunk-or-treat in the parking lot near Raz Autry Stadium on the Hoke High campus just before the Friday night football game.

Halloween safetyThe Hoke County Sheriff’s

Office has issued the following safety tips:

Drivers should watch out for children who might dart out from between parked cars. Costumed kids will be walking on roadways, medians and curbs along roads. Be especially careful when enter-ing and exiting driveways and alleys. At twilight and later in the evening, watch out for children who might be wearing harder-

to-see dark clothing.Parents should always make

sure that an adult or older re-sponsible youth is supervising the trick-or-treating for children under age 12. Before heading out to neighborhoods, parents can check the sex offender registry online at www.ncdoj.gov when planning a trick-or-treat route.

It’s best to plan the route ahead and know where kids plan to go for the evening, and know the names of older children’s friends. Make sure older children trick-or-treat in a group, not alone, and tell them to stay in familiar areas on an established route.

Teach children to stop only at houses or apartments that are well lit and never to enter a stranger’s house. Establish a return time and

tell them not to eat their candy until they come home.

Review pedestrian/traffic safety rules before heading out, and make sure all children know their home telephone number and how to call 911 in the event of an emergency. Pin a slip of paper with the child’s name, address and telephone number to an inside pocket in case a younger child gets separated from a group.

Costumes should be made of fire-retardant materials, loose enough that kids can wear warm clothing underneath if the evening is chilly. Costumes should not be long enough to present a tripping hazard, and strips of reflective tape on the costume are a good safety measure if the child will be out after dark.

excellence in law enforcement. Peterkin did not know his officers

nominated him for the award until the notification letter arrived saying he had won.

“It’s something that I didn’t expect. My staff, they put my name in for the award and I was very, very humbled by the fact they thought that much of me to do this,” the sheriff said.

The sheriff received the award

at a ceremony October 21 at First United Methodist Church in Rock-ingham. The awarding organization additionally presented Peterkin with another medal because of the number of supporting letters from the community sent in supporting him, the sheriff said.

Peterkin said the award was just one more motivation to continue working to keep the community safe.

“I’m just very humbled by it,” he said.

ing while license revoked, $100 fine and court costs; expired registration card or tag, voluntary dismissal

• Minh Hong Hua, 40, 830 Fresno Drive, Fayetteville, driv-ing while impaired, Level 3, 180 days suspended, 12 months unsu-pervised probation, $100 fine and court costs, transfer community service to Cumberland County and pay fee, not to operate a mo-tor vehicle until properly licensed

• Terry Demetrius Ingram, 40, 426 Alpha St., Laurinburg, im-proper equipment—speedometer, $100 fine and court costs; unsafe passing in yellow lane, voluntary dismissal

• Fairley Mitchell Long, 57, 28861 N. Turnpike Road, Wagram, improper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs; expired or canceled regis-tration, voluntary dismissal

• George Michael Lopez, 23, 1429 Furnish Drive, Fayetteville, failure to wear seat belt by driver, $25.50 fine and court costs; ex-pired/no inspection sticker, vol-untary dismissal

• Ronnie McKoy, 55, 108 Purple Marten Place, Fayetteville, improper equipment—speedom-eter, $15 fine and court costs

• Terrell Lashawn Moore, 32, 595 Rockfish Road, Raeford, no operator’s license, $50 fine and court costs

• Wade Hunter Morris, 30, 6201 Williamsburg Drive, Co-lumbus, Ga., speeding 44 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone, $50 fine and court costs; failure to wear seat belt by driver, voluntary dismissal

• Tammie Everette Nealy, 48, 604 N. Howard St., Chadbourn, improper equipment—speedom-eter, $25 fine and court costs

• Brittney Kinlaw Norton, 24, 601 Martin Road, St. Pauls, im-proper equipment—speedometer, $50 fine and court costs; reckless driving to endanger, voluntary dismissal

• Connie Faye Oxendine, 45, 149 Blue Road, Red Springs, driving while license revoked, failure to stop for school bus, 30 days suspended, 12 months pro-

bation, $600 fine and court costs, attorney and court-appointment fees, may be transferred to un-supervised probation upon pay-ment of all moneys; judgments consolidated

• Humberto Filomeno Patricio, 26, 340 Martin Drive, Raeford, driving while license revoked, $100 fine and court costs; speed-ing 68 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, voluntary dismissal

• Adrienne V. Plummer, 27, 248 Crestwood Lane, Raeford, improper equipment—speedom-eter, $25 fine and court costs

• William McBride Ray, 49, 2544 Wagon Wheel Road, Shan-non, driving while impaired, Level 3, 180 days suspended, 18 months probation, $100 fine and court costs, split jail term, may be transferred to unsu-pervised probation after nine months providing jail sentence complete and all moneys paid; must be tested for alcohol per his probation officer

• Nathan Alan Reaume, 23, 762 Ranch Road, Raeford, speeding 64 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, $25 fine and court costs

• Leah Danielle Rivers, 29, 310 Colorado Drive, Burrton, Kansas, using boat access area for other purpose, $50 fine and court costs

• Jody Smith Simpson, 52, 584 N. Third St., St. Pauls, improper equipment—speedometer, $25 fine and court costs

• Donald Trey Thompson, 21, 102 Carolina Wren Ave., Ladson, S.C., speeding 64 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, $75 fine and court costs; reckless driving to endanger, voluntary dismissal

• Shaqaundra Maunee Wil-liams, 26, 225 Americus Drive, Fayetteville, driving while license revoked, failure to wear seat belt by driver, $75 fine and court costs, judgments consolidated

• Jason Earl Willis, 33, 23081 Snead’s Grover Road, Laurel Hill, improper equipment—speedom-eter, $50 fine and court costs

• Mary Elizabeth Wright, 32, 370 Shaw Ave., Southern Pines, no operator’s license, $50 fine and court costs.

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Francis “Frank” S. AtteberyRetired Special

Forces Command Sgt. Maj. Francis S. “Frank” Attebery, of Raeford, passed

away peacefully at Womack Army Medical Center on Fort Bragg on Saturday, October 25, 2014.

Frank was born November 28, 1940 in Carmi, Illinois. He gradu-ated from Francis Joseph Reitz High School in Evansville, Indiana June 5, 1958, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in August, 1958. His travels carried him to South Korea, Okinawa, Viet-nam, Bad Tolz, West Germany and Heidelberg, West Germany, as well as posts at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Fort Bragg, and Fort Bliss, Texas. His many military awards include the Soliders Medal, five Bronze Stars with V device, Meritorious Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgie and Russell Peer-man; a grandson, Matthew Betts; two sisters, Mary Attebery Bishop and Linda Peerman Baker; and two brothers, Harold Attebery and Dennis Peerman, all of Evansville.

Survivors are his wife of 51 years, Loretta D Attebery of the home; son, Russell Attebery and wife Lynn of Lexington; daughter Pamela Betts of Candler; three grandchildren, Shan-non Kosch and husband Matthew, Michael Betts, and Joseph Attebery; a great-grandson, Konner Kosch; a brother, James Robert (Bobby) Attebery and wife Loretta of Peters-burg, Indiana; a sister, Sue Peerman Jackson and husband Howard of Topeka, Kansas; aunt, Mary Ann Victorn of Olney Illinois; and many nieces and nephews.

There will be a graveside service in Sandhills State Veterans Cem-etery in Spring Lake on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, at noon.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association or Disabled American Veterans.

Vicki BeckVicki Alesia Brahin Beck, 52, of

Lexington died Monday October 20, 2014 at her home.

She was born May 10, 1962 in Washington, D.C.

She is preceded in death by her father Robert Edward Brahin and grandson Kullin Beck.

She is survived by her husband Kenneth Michael Beck; three sons, James Robert Beck, Michael Bran-don Beck, Tristan Eric Beck; three brothers, Chris Edward Brahin, Tom Brahin, David Brahin; two sisters, Bonnie Brahin and Tracy Riley; five grandchildren, Cody Beck, Aaron Beck, Noah Beck, Brooklyn Beck,

Josh Beck; and her parents, Shelva and James Riley of Raeford.

A graveside service was held at 1 p.m. Thursday, October 23, 2014 at the Raeford Cemetery.

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

Raymond E. HawkinsRaymond Eugene

Hawkins, 84, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 28, 2014.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Frances Althenia Hawkins; children, Linda English (Butch), Raymond Eugene “Gene” Hawkins Jr. (Donna), Kathy Schmidt (John), and Kim McGirt (John); grandchil-dren, Jack English (Courtney), Han-nah English, Jeff Schmidt (Caroline), Mallory Wojciechowski (Timothy), Jessie Hawkins, and Mollie McGirt; and great-granddaughters, Caroline English, Charlotte English, Morgan Schmidt and Madeline Schmidt.

He served in the U.S. Army and was a decorated veteran who proudly served his country during the Korean War and the Vietnam War and was honored with a Bronze Star. He retired from the U.S. Army after 20 years of service and was then employed 40 years by The House of Raeford. He was an active member of the Hillcrest Baptist Church and the Hillcrest Volunteer Fire Department in Raeford, as well as an active Shriner and Mason. He was also instrumental in helping to start and organize the Hillcrest Community Water System.

He will be remembered by those who knew him as a loving, devoted family man who was full of life and enjoyed making people smile. Noth-ing made him happier than sharing a good meal and laugh with family and friends. He was a hard worker and a generous spirit who gave money, time and attention whenever a need arose.

He spent the last four years of his life surrounded by the love and care of staff and friends at Scotia Village in Laurinburg.

Visitation will be held Wednes-day, October 29 from 7-9 p.m. at Crumpler Funeral Home in Raeford.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 30 at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Raeford with burial to follow.

Flowers are welcome or dona-tions may be made to Hillcrest Baptist Church, 2699 US Hwy 401 Business, Raeford, NC 28376 or Scotland County Hospice, 610 Launchwood Drive, Laurinburg, NC 28352.

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Investigators responded Oc-tober 23 to a report of an armed robbery in progress at the Dollar General store located at 7360 Rockfish Road. The call came in around 9:43 p.m. On arrival, law enforcement officers found

there were two men still inside the store. Deputies surrounded the business, but the two men fled out of the store’s back door.

McLean allegedly fought with the arresting officer but was taken into custody. Brown allegedly fled the scene in a vehicle but was arrested shortly after when he wrecked his car

in a nearby ditch.Authorities reported that one

of the men was armed with a handgun and the other with a stun gun. They’re accused of taking an undisclosed amount of cash from the store, along with a backpack.

Both were he ld under $50,000 secured bonds.

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biggest wind tunnel. Event attend-ees will also receive a complimen-tary lunch provided by longtime Army’s Army partner Fazoli’s.

“We are so thankful to have partners like Paraclete XP Sky-Venture and Fazoli’s, who are willing to provide these fun, engaging opportunities for our Children of the Fallen Project youth and mentors to bond with one another,” said Janine West, executive director of The Army’s Army. “These special events give surviving military families some-thing to look forward to and we are thrilled to provide them with these opportunities.”

The Children of the Fallen Project is a mentoring program established by The Army’s Army to help children who have lost a parent or guardian in the war. Through partnerships with local businesses and Army Community

Service Fort Bragg Survivor Out-reach Services, the program pairs children with supportive mentors and offers regular events and activities for surviving military families to try to build lasting relationships and learn valuable life skills.

“Here at Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving, we strive to show our full support for organizations such as The Army’s Army, Children of the Fallen Project,” said Para-clete’s Kelly Martin. “We hope to provide a fun-filled, special day for the children participating and their families and mentors!”

The event will be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Anyone who would like to make a donation to The Army’s Army to help support initiatives like the Children of the Fallen Project should contact Janine West at (910)709-9671 or jlwest@armysarmy.com.

to vote.

Precinct split in Puppy CreekThe population boom in

eastern Hoke County forced the elections board to split the Puppy Creek precinct this year, with some voters now going to Don Steed Elementary on November 4 to cast their vote in the election.

Parker Church Road is the dividing line, with people on the western side of the line now a part of the newly created Philippi voting precinct and people on the eastern side of the line a part of the Puppy Creek voting precinct.

However, the split meant find-ing a new polling place. Elections officials had a choice between setting up voting at Don Steed Elementary or at a nearby church, and chose the school for people in the new Philippi precinct.

Because the school will be in session on Election Day, the elections board asked the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office to have

officers on the site to direct traffic. They are not there to influence voters, only to keep traffic moving safely, especially during the morn-ing and afternoon hours when school buses will enter and exit the school parking lot, Shook said.

“We are trying to ward off traffic problems,” she said.

Due to the school’s layout, there were worries that some voters might have trouble figur-ing out how to get into the voting site, she said.

“They’re going to be inclined to go in the front door,” Shook said. However, the school does not want voters going in from the front and instead voters should follow the instructions of the deputies directing traffic, she added.

Voters are asked to be aware that classes are in session during the day and that there is typically heavy traffic during the early morning and afternoon hours when students are arriving and leaving the school. Only park in designated areas, Shook said.

if you take the perspective of someone living in Wagram or Scotland County, but Woodberry Drive? That’s just plain wrong.

And then there’s Philippi Church Road. Google labels it the commonly misspelled Phil-lipi Church Road, which even Microsoft Word flags as I type it.

A couple of weeks ago, I took a few minutes and filed a report with Google and sat back to see what would happen.

Last week I received an email essentially telling me the com-pany had failed to see any problem with the Philippi Church Road report and it was closing the case.

I wrote back: “Wrong: PhillipiRight: PhilippiNamed for the Greek city of

Philippi… Google it!”I’m probably going to get

banned from Google Maps for being a smart aleck.

But while admittedly these aren’t big deals, you’re going to come up empty if you try to get directions to an address on Philippi Church Road. And we Presbyterians have enough trou-

ble without potential congregants getting lost on the way to Philippi Presbyterian Church.

Besides, sometimes bad Google Map information can lead to seriously crazy things. Just ask Laurie Gneiding. She lives next door to a state park in New Jersey, and Google Maps has her driveway listed as the entrance. Dozens of people hauling boats and such have taken the long windy road Google sent them down only to be deposited at her doorstep. It finally took an eight-foot-long barricade and signs to keep them out.

And then there’s the case of Eden Pastora. (No need to check this on Snopes. It’s verified in Time Magazine.) Pastora is a Nicaraguan commander who crossed into Costa Rica because a Google map showed he was still in his country. He report-edly ordered his troops to take down a Costa Rica flag and replace it with Nicaragua’s.

At least we avoided a poten-tial similar invasion in Raeford. For awhile, the State Employees Credit Union on Fulton Street was labeled Fort Bragg. But that’s apparently been fixed.v

were announced at the LRCOG’s recent meeting. Hoke County Man-ager Tim Johnson reported on the awards at the county commission’s regularly scheduled meeting last week. Johnson, Leach, Commis-sioner Jean Powell and county clerk Linda Revels attended the award presentation.

This was the first time that any person won both of the awards, according to Commissioner Ellen McNeill. The awards are named in memory of the late Calvin Haggins, a member of the Fairmont Town Council and devoted member of the LRCOG Board of Directors; and L.E. McLaughlin Jr. and Bob Gentry, both former members of the LRCOG Board of Directors.

The Calvin Haggins Award for Outstanding LRCOG Board Mem-ber of the Year honors a member of the board who has demonstrated out-standing leadership and dedication to the LRCOG during the past year.

When Leach became chairman of the LRCOG board, he “never missed a step, leading the business of the Board in a much appreciated direct and effective manner,” accord-ing to the LRCOG.

Leach is also the pastor of Rock-fish Grove Freewill Baptist Church and the presiding elder of 17 regional churches. He and his wife Valerie P. Leach have two children who serve in the United States Air Force.

Board businessThe commissioners held a public

hearing on a grant application from the Hoke Area Transit Service re-quest funding from the Rural Operat-ing Assistance Program. The ROAP grant will provide $53,599 for pro-viding assistance for the transporta-tion of elderly and disabled citizens; $15,755 for providing transportation to persons with employment related transportation needs; and $63,113 for providing transportation for people who do not have human service agency assistance to pay for their transportation and live in non-urbanized areas.

The grant represents a reduction of over $27,000 compared to last year’s funding, according to HATS Director Nancy Thornton. The board unanimously approved the grant application.

In other business, the board ap-proved a seven-item consent agenda including a Christmas bonus for county employees, contracts for the Vass Road and Rockfish area water improvements and a Department of Transportation petition for road names in the Brookside subdivi-sion. Commissioner Ellen McNeill requested to remove a budget amendment for the Sheriff’s Office to request additional information.

The board adjourned and did not hold a scheduled closed session. Commissioner Tony Hunt was absent from the meeting.County Sheriff’s Office Special

Operations Unit executed a search warrant at a home located at 280 Dockery Road in Raeford. The officers seized two kilograms of cocaine, valued at $93,000, among other drugs.

The investigation shows the suspects intended to use the cocaine to make crack cocaine, according to Hoke County Sheriff Hubert Peter-kin. The cocaine would have had a street value of over $400,000 after it was processed into crack cocaine, he said. The investigators also found 155 grams of marijuana, Schedule II pills and a handgun.

The three suspects were each held under $1 million secured bonds. The arrests took place around 2 p.m. October 24.

Drug officers believe that the suspects were part of a larger drug network that possibly extends throughout the state and beyond it.

“The investigation is ongoing and it appears that our drug officers were able to uncover a pipeline that’s lead-

ing outside of our county, outside of the state,” Peterkin said. “I think this is just a small echo of what’s going on. We’re really taking it seriously because this is a significant amount of drugs.”

It’s been a while since local authorities have seen such a large amount of drugs in one bust, the sheriff said. In recent months, it appeared things have been “real quiet,” with marijuana the drug officers have most commonly seen in the community. However, these arrests suggest there is still a problem with cocaine in Hoke, Peterkin said.

“To uncover this significant amount of cocaine tells us that it’s still going on but it’s underground,” he said.

The county’s biggest drug busts in the last year and a half included 27 pounds of marijuana seized in April of this year, and an undisclosed amount of cocaine seized in April 2013 that the sheriff reported as the biggest drug bust in Hoke County history.

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The Hoke County Commu-nity Foundation held its 14th An-nual Golf Tournament October 3 at Bayonet at Puppy Creek Golf Club in Hoke County. Sixty-four golfers participated in the event and the team of Alan Hendrix, Pat Gibney, Sean McDaniel and Steve Tarr won first place gross. The team of Dooie Leach, Mike Wood, Leah Leach

and Cricket Gentry won first place net. Second place net was the team of Gene Johnson, Dale Woodruff, Kennedy Frierson and David Chest-nut. Third place net was the team of Jared Litty, Tyler Cook, Tony Grello and Brian Basham. There was a contest for a free one-year mem-bership at Bayonet and the winner was Steve Tarr. John Jordan, Hoke

County Community Foundation president, said, “All of the golfers enjoyed a beautiful day to support a great charitable effort.” The Hoke County Community Foundation is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Hoke County Unrestricted Fund, a permanent endowment that an-

nually awards grants to worthy causes in the area. This year’s recipients include American Red Cross-Highlands Chapter, Called Into Action, Children’s Develop-mental Center, Hoke County 4-H, Hoke County Special Olympics and Prevent Blindness NC. More information can be found at www.nccommunityfoundation.org.

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The Hoke County High School Bucks knew going into the game against Scotland County they had to play mistake-free football in order to be competitive, similar to the game against Richmond County. On the kickoff, the Bucks kicked to Scotland who faked a reverse and got decent field posi-tion. Six plays later, they scored. On the extra point, Scotland faked it and threw for the two-point con-version and led 8-0. The Bucks took the next kickoff and started on the 20. After a three and out,

the Bucks went to punt and a Scot-land defender went untouched to the kicker Johnathan Pickler and blocked it, picked it up and ran in for a touchdown. This time, they went for the extra point and the score was 15-0 with 8:35 left in the first quarter. Scotland County went on to score two more times in the first half, making it a 29-0 halftime lead.

The Bucks couldn’t get much offense going on the stingy Scots’ defense and Hoke’s defense could not stop their offense, giving up 14 more points in the third quarter. Hoke did get on the scoreboard late in the fourth quarter when

Antonio Peterkin connected with Casey Grobarcik for a three-yard touchdown pass with about eight minutes left. The Scots put in their back-up quarterback who bobbled the ball three straight times and then, punting from their own end zone, the long snapper soared the ball over the punter’s head to give Hoke the safety and two more points. The game ended 43-9 with Hoke falling to 4-5 overall and 2-3 in the South-eastern Conference. Brandon Smith had 88 yards rushing, 49 yards receiving and 100 yards on kick returns. He totaled 237 all-purpose yards in the game.

Justin Baldwin led the team in tackles with 10.

This Friday, the Bucks will host the 3-6 overall and 0-3 in the conference Purnell Swett Rams for Senior Night and Parks and Recreation Youth Night. There will also be trunk-or-treating before the game and the athletics director has said kids can come dressed in their Halloween cos-tumes. This will be the last home game of the season and a win could make the Bucks playoff eligible. Next week, the Bucks will travel to Pinecrest to take on the 8-1 overall and 2-1 Pinecrest Patriots.

Hoke County High School Bucks Head Coach Tom Paris (left) and Scotland County Head Coach Richard Bailey (right) share a moment together before the game last Friday night.

Scots hunt down Bucks in 43-9 loss

Munroe competes at state championship

Megan Munroe, a junior Hoke County High School Lady Bucks golfer who finished in the top 10 in the state last year, is competing this week in the NCHSAA 4A

Megan Munroe, a junior on the Hoke County High School Lady Bucks golf team, is competing in the 2014 NCHSAA 4A State Championship at Pinehurst #1 this week and is three shots behind the leader. She shot a 77 at Pinehurst #6 during the regional last week to qualify for the state championship.

State Championship in Southern Pines on Pinehurst #1. Monday, she shot a 77 to remain three shots back of the leader, Ellis Hunter of Greensboro Page who shot a 74 Monday. Munroe finished in third place in the regional last week at Pinehurst #6 with a 77 also. She is a #2 seed in the state tournament

Chris Johnson MemorialThe Raeford Presbyterian

Chris Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament was held last week-end at Bayonet at Puppy Creek. The first place team consisted of John McNeill, Ivan Street, Jeff McNeill and Case McNeill. Second place went to Joe Poole Sr., Joe Poole Jr., Anna Poole and Pete Lineberger. Third place went to Gene Carter, Eloise Carter, Wil-liam Carter and Leigh Carter. The closest to the pin winners were Toba Smith, Matthew Mitchell, Ivan Street and Mitchell Sports. The men’s long drive winner was Matthew Mitchell and the women’s long drive winner was Sybil Sandoval.

NASCARDale Earnhardt Jr. got his first

career win at Martinsville Speed-way this past weekend in the Goody’s Headache 500 just ahead of his teammate Jeff Gordon. The winner of the Martinsville race gets a grandfather clock as the trophy. In the winner’s circle, Earnhardt Jr. said, “I’ve wanted that grand-father clock since I was a little boy and I got it today.” Earnhardt Jr. was eliminated from the Chase Championship the previous week in Talladega, Alabama.

RockfishRockfish Motorsports Speed-

way held its Fall Brawl last week at the dirt track off Lindsay Road in Hoke County. In the Mini Pro Go Kart division, ten-year-old Levi Brown got his first career win at Rockfish Speedway. Dale Trogden came in second, Tyler

Colton Beasley got his first career win in the 270 Micro Sprint division at Rockfish Motorsports Speedway last weekend. Pictured are Colton (right), father Rick Beasley (kneeling left), mother Karla Beasley (behind Rick) and sister Madison Beasley (back left) and cousin Amber Hogue (back right) in the winner’s circle.

Kussman came in third, Jeffrey Ellenberger came in fourth and Julian Jackson came in fifth. In the 270 Micros division, Colton Beasley of Raeford got his first career win at Rockfish Speedway. Mike Mason came in second, Fred Prosperi came in third, Clifton Privgen came in fourth and Allen Dees came in fifth. In the Pro Go Kart division, Josh Gomez took home his fifth win of the season. William “Brownie” Brown came in second, Justin Cole came in third, Ricky Butler came in fourth and Chester Beaman came in fifth. In the Legends division, Robert Knowles got his second win of the season while Jonathan Croom came in second. Billy Gomez Jr. came in third, Mike McDonald came in fourth and Hunter Han-son from Cleveland, N.C. came in fifth.

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6A THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. October 29, 2014

By catharin Shepard

Staff writer

Teachers, coaches and men-tors helped Ebony Peterkin, also known as Ladysticks, develop her talents and become an internation-ally known percussionist, and now she plans to return to Raeford and help young students pursue their own dreams.

Peterkin is opening a per-forming arts academy in Ra-eford, with the support of Abundant Life Ministries. This is the second time the profes-sional musician has organized a performing arts school, with the first premiering in Cumberland County.

After seeing the success of that program, it was time to bring it back home, Peterkin said.

“It’s a program that was in-spired because of the opportuni-ties I’ve gotten as a professional musician,” she said.

The academy will hold an open house Saturday, November 1 at 11 a.m. at Abundant Life Ministries on West 6th Avenue in Raeford. The open house will allow parents and youth to meet the instructors, enjoy a hands-on workshop and refreshments, and meet students from the Fayetteville academy to talk about their experiences.

Peterkin first got the idea for a performing arts academy just after returning from a tour in Malaysia last year. With help from a retired business professor who operates the New Life Christian Academy, Peterkin and other performing arts instructors taught keyboard, drums, bass guitar, dance and theater lessons for youth at a site in Fayetteville. The classes wrapped up with a Gospel and Motown-inspired recital earlier this year.

Peterkin went on tour again and recently returned home to visit with her grandparents. She met Na-Jean Parker of Abundant Life Ministries and the two began talking about the possibility of an academy in Raeford. Peterkin had already planned to start one, and when she met Parker, the pieces came together.

Parker is “ready to invest in the youth,” and the church is already very active with young people in the community, Peterkin said. She hopes that local youth and

their families will be interested in becoming part of the first class.

“This is the first time we’re bringing a full-on, full-time pro-gram here and I hope they treat it like a wonderful opportunity to work with someone who’s actu-ally in the business,” she said.

Ladysticks’ backgroundPeterkin grew up in a musical

family and, with support from her family and teachers, began working toward a career in the arts from the time she was young. Well-known local percussionist Jimmy James coached her in drums, and when she joined the high school’s marching band, Peterkin carved out her own piece of local history.

“I was the first female drum-mer on that drumline,” she said. Making a place for herself among a group of male, upperclassmen percussionists was hard at first, Peterkin said, but it was that ex-perience among others that helped her grow.

Besides learning percussion at Hoke High, Peterkin later at-tended a magnet high school for the performing arts. It wasn’t just music and theater that she learned – when she was just 16, her aunt taught her how to read performing contracts so she would be able to make wise decisions about her work.

Coming back to Raeford to work with young people is a testa-ment to the power of performing arts programs to help youth reach their goals and learn to express their artistic side, Peterkin said.

“I’m living evidence as a prod-uct of the performing arts and the product of having some extraor-dinary teachers who enabled me to work in anything from Disney to concerts to drama,” she said.

Performing arts are a way for people to express their creativity and to bring a smile to others’ faces, Peterkin said.

“We are going to make people happy with just our talent and what we do on that stage, even if it’s just at halftime on a football field,” she said. “It’s a place for people that have expression and that kid that makes you laugh in your home...there’s a place for that.”

The students at the Fayette-ville academy learned more than how to play an instrument; they

also learned about music history. One day the kids came in ask-ing whether Robin Thicke stole Marvin Gaye’s music for one of his hit songs, Peterkin said. She played some of Gaye’s music for them, and then decided to teach them more about the Motown era.

“That’s how we began. Be-fore they could play or touch the instruments, they had to write reports about the Supremes,” she said. “We made it a histori-cal moment.”

Ultimately, the goal is to help young performers hone their talents, learn about music history and the music industry, learn how to give a good audi-tion and hopefully find a career in the performing arts. That’s where Peterkin’s experience as a professional musician comes in handy, she said. Her connections can support young people as they try to break into the field.

“The ultimate program is that they’re working artists, that’s the ultimate objective with all my ties and contacts,” Peterkin said.

ClassesThe classes cost $40 a month

for the first class and then $10 a month for the second class. Each class meets one hour a week. Local teachers with connections or previous experience as arts performers will serve as instruc-tors. The classes offered include drums, keyboard, guitar and bass, and theater. The academy accepts students age four and up.

Ladysticks brings music academy to Raeford

International musician Ebony Peterkin, also known as Lady-sticks, is opening a performing arts academy in Raeford.

A local woman who got her start in mod-eling will be appearing as an extra in sev-eral upcoming episodes of the Fox TV show “Sleepy Hollow.”

Jasmine Southerland, 22, got started modeling because she enjoyed it and found it interesting.

“At first, it was just something I liked to do as far as the modeling part and I just went to different auditions to try them out,” she said.

Then she entered a competition at Cross Creek Mall. The prize was a one-year contract with a freelance agency, and Southerland won. She’s already filmed one appearance on the television show and is going back for another shoot. It’s her first time working on television.

“As of right now, everything is a slow but steady pace. I’m going to Wilmington this week and then going back later for a three-day shoot for ‘Sleepy Hollow’,” she said.

After that, she plans to work in local fashion and hair shows. Ultimately, she hopes to be a full-time professional model and actress.

Southerland will appear as an extra in the Monday, November 10 episode of “Sleepy Hollow” and other upcoming episodes.

Southerland grew up in Hoke County and graduated from SandHoke Early College High School in 2011. Her biggest inspiration is her young son Josiah, she said.

Southerland’s parents are Chrystal and David Fulton. Her grandparents are James and Car-ol ine McNeil l and her fiancé is Nicholas Mc-Gilvary.

Local actress appears on ‘Sleepy Hollow’

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HOKE EDUCATION SERIESTuesday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m.

An Update on Heart Disease: Prevention, Diagnosisand Treatment by William L. Harris, M.D.,cardiologist with FirstHealth Cardiology.

The Hoke Education Series is free and opento the public. For more information or toregister, call (800) 213-3284. The series willbe held in the MRH - Hoke CampusConference Room, Moore RegionalHospital-Hoke Campus, 6408 FayettevilleRoad, Raeford.

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PLAY CLASSSix week class on Wednesdays, startingNov. 5, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. The class will be heldin the MRH - Hoke Campus Conference Room,Moore Regional Hospital - Hoke Campus, 6408Fayetteville Road, Raeford.

Being fit can be fun! Learn how to play and how tostay motivated. PLAY mixes cardio, strength andflexibility activities. Each week you will learn astrategy to help you meet your fitness goals. Feeranges from $5 to $25 based on household income.

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Join us & our guest speakers George Reynolds andEd Squire for a campus walk in support of suicideawareness and those who have lost a loved one tosuicide. T-shirts are available for purchase.Supportive grief activities will be on site. Snack &water will be provided. Hosted by FirstHealthHospice & Palliative Care Grief Resource &Counseling Center with support from NAMI ofMoore County.

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