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Hoke County’s newspaper since 1905
RAEFORD & HOKE COUNTY N.C.
No. 30 Vol. 109
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Peterkin to lead state’s sheriffs
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Hoke County Sheriff Hubert
Peterkin will step into a new leadership role next year as president of the
North Carolina Sheriff’s’ Association.
The association is made up of
sheriffs from nearly all of the state’s
100 counties and focuses on a variety
of issues relating to law enforcement.
The association trains newly-elected
sheriffs to help them more quickly
acclimate to their jobs, encourages cooperation between sheriffs of
different counties and also lobbies
lawmakers to support the association’s goals.
“Once you become the president of
the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association, you are the face and the voice
of the sheriffs in the state,” Peterkin
said.
Peterkin joined the association as
a member when he was first elected.
The idea of being able to work with
other sheriffs through the association
was appealing, he said.
“You want to get involved, because
that’s when you learn stuff,” he said.
The sheriffs themselves elect
officers for the organization. Only
members elected to a vice presidential
position are considered for the position of president. Peterkin has served
as one of the group’s vice presidents –
as third, then second and finally first
vice president – over the last three
years. Members vote on each of the
positions every year.
As president of the association, Peterkin will be stepping up to oversee
the organization’s many endeavors
(See PETERKIN, page 3A)
Peterkin
Woman on
phone for help
when shot
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
A woman remains
in critical condition
after her estranged
husband reportedly
shot her multiple times
at her home in RaWilliams
eford, according to the
Hoke County Sheriff’s Office.
Detectives with the sheriff’s office arrested Owen Phillip Williams, 47, of the
1200 block of Cornelia Street in Laurinburg on a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill or inflicting
serious injury. Williams is accused of
shooting Regina Ann Williams, 48, at
her home on the 100 block of Dolores
Court in Raeford.
Deputies were called to Dolores Court
(See SHOOTING, page 4A)
Man dies in accident
Top: Amberlyn Bullock, 2, is mesmerized by the Turkey Festival Parade Thursday. Above,
McLauchlin Park gets crowded on Saturday; left, a young rider tries out pony rides.
Say you’re upset about your taxes. As Taylor Manuel, the social media expert for Smash Happy House demonstrates, you can take it out
on something breakable at the newest Hoke business (Ken MacDonald photo)
Take it out on Bob, glassware or whatever
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Your spouse left you. Your boss is a
jerk. A driver cut you off in traffic.
At the Smash Happy House, the solution for a hard day is simple: a bat, some-
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thing to break with it, and 15 minutes
alone in a room where anything goes.
It’s much better than taking your frustration out on your own dishes at home,
Smash Happy House co-owner Tonya
Manuel said.
“You don’t have to worry about break-
ing your own stuff, patching up holes in
the walls, because usually if you throw
something, you’re going to put a hole
somewhere,” she said.
The Smash Happy House, a new business that opened this month in Hoke
(See THROW SOMETHING, page 6A)
An accident near Laurinburg killed a
Raeford man Saturday, according to reports.
Sandy Lafabian Sturdivant, 44, of United
Road was killed when his car crossed the
center line of N.C. 144, ran off the road to
the left, overturned, and hit a tree.
The accident was reported around 5 a.m.
Early voting dates set
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
Early voting for local, state and national races will open later this month.
Registered voters can cast an early,
one-stop ballot beginning Thursday, October 23. One-stop voting will be held at
the Hoke County Board of Elections
(See VOTING, page 4A)
Who gets hospital beds still tied up in court
BY CATHARIN SHEPARD
Staff writer
The fate of the 28 acute care
hospital beds the state granted to
FirstHealth of the Carolinas almost
two years ago remains tied up in
court, but officials hope to have a
decision in the matter by the end of
the year.
More than two years ago,
FirstHealth and Cape Fear Valley
filed competing applications for 28
acute care beds granted to the Hoke
and Cumberland healthcare service
district. In North Carolina, a state
that has Certificate of Need (CON)
laws, a state division must approve
major additions to healthcare facilities. Both hospital systems filed to
receive the beds, with Cape Fear
Valley hoping to add the beds to a
facility in Cumberland County and
FirstHealth hoping to add the beds
to its eight-bed hospital in Hoke
County.
The state Division of Health
Service Regulation announced in
December 2012 that the agency had
conditionally approved FirstHealth
of the Carolinas’ Certificate of
Need (CON) request to bring 28
more hospital beds to its Hoke
Community Hospital, bringing the
total number of available beds at
the facility to 36. Cape Fear Valley
Health appealed the state’s decision, and the matter has been in
the hands of the court system ever
since.
However, the North Carolina
State Court of Appeals could rule in
the case within the next few
(See HOSPITALS, page 4A)
‘TeamVictor’ rallies with fundraising concert
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Staff writer
Victor Murray
When 17-year-old Victor
Murray came home to his
family’s house in Eastover
a few weeks ago, it was the
first time in nine months that
the high school student had
been outside of a hospital.
Murray was diagnosed
last December with a can-
cerous tumor in a delicate
area – his brain stem – and
underwent surgery to remove the tumor. But after
the operation, the teen never
quite woke up properly. It
took months of additional
treatment and monitoring
by doctors at Duke Medical Center before Murray,
formerly a wrestler at Cape
Fear High School, was re-
covered enough to leave the
hospital.
Now, friends of the teen’s
family are preparing to put
on a benefit concert to help
raise money to cover the
medical bills from his treatment. After months in the
hospital, medical bills have
piled up. Besides the cost of
Murray’s medical care,
(See CONCERT, page 4A)
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Raeford, N.C.
Viewpoints
October 1, 2014
Education debate not just about numbers
By Chris Fitzsimon
N.C. Policy Watch
The propaganda outfits on the
right are doing all they can this election season to distort the numbers
about the recent cuts to education
made by the folks currently in charge
in Raleigh.
It seems like every day brings
another report or column or chart
from a think tank or advocacy group
claiming the General Assembly has
actually increased education spending in the last few years and given
all teachers one of the biggest raises
in history.
Neither claim is true of course.
Education funding has been cut.
Classes are larger as teaching positions have been slashed. There
are fewer teacher assistants in the
classrooms in the early grades.
There are not enough textbooks to go around and, not only
are teachers having to pay for
supplies out of their own pockets
because of funding cuts, last year
the General Assembly abolished a
tax deduction for teachers forced
to spend their own money to buy
things that students need.
As for the teacher raise, the
confusing plan eventually passed by
the House and Senate and signed by
Governor Pat McCrory gave newer
teachers a significant raise but left
many veteran teachers with barely
an increase at all.
An analysis by the N.C. Budget
Tax Center shows that teachers with
14 years experience are getting a
$272 raise, or an increase of 0.7
percent. A 30-year teacher with a
master’s degree will be getting $666
dollars more this year, a bump of
1.2 percent.
But here’s something the spin
doctors on the right don’t un-
derstand. It is not just about the
numbers, no matter how hard they
massage them to make it appear that
legislative leaders and Governor Pat
McCrory have increased funding for
public schools.
It’s about the barrage of antipublic school and anti-teacher
rhetoric from the Right for the past
several years. That’s why the think
tanks trying to play with the numbers
are having such a hard time breaking through.
Parents across North Carolina
have heard legislative leaders and
Governor Pat McCrory bash public
education for years, only to claim this
election year that they care deeply
about public schools and the people
who work in them.
McCrory ran for office less than
two years ago bellowing repeatedly
that our public schools were “broken” even as high school graduation
rates were reaching all-time highs
and the state was making gains on
national tests.
His campaign website still says it
with the claim, “We cannot achieve
excellence by simply spending more
money on a broken system; we must
make major reforms.” There have
been no real major reforms since
McCrory took office, only budget
cuts and now false claims that more
money was spent.
House Speaker Thom Tillis said
that members of the N.C. Association of Educators, the leading teacher
organization in the state, “don’t care
about kids. They don’t care about
classrooms. They only care about
their jobs and their pensions.”
Play all the tricks you want with
the numbers. Teachers and parents
remember those kinds of attacks.
Senate President Pro Tem Phil
Berger has constantly tried to remove career status protections for
teachers charging that the current
system “rewards mediocrity,” an
implication that mediocre teachers
fill many classrooms.
The rhetoric from groups that
support the current legislative leadership has been even more strident,
referring to public schools as failing
government monopoly schools that
somehow indoctrinate students.
Then there is the creation by the
GeneralAssembly and Governor Pat
McCrory of the almost completely
unaccountable voucher scheme that
diverts funding to private schools
and religious academies with no
regulation or oversight of what they
teach or how they teach it or how
they spend the money.
Polls show that people overwhelmingly oppose voucher
schemes. They correctly see them
as attempts to dismantle the current
system of public education.
Political leaders who claim to
value public education and the
teachers and other professionals
who dedicate their lives to making
it work are now funneling taxpayer
money to religious schools that
teach students that the earth is only
a few thousand years old and that
dinosaurs co-existed with humans.
Don’t expect the desperate
attempts to distort the education
record of the General Assembly
and Governor Pat McCrory to slow
down in the next few weeks. Too
much is at stake.
But no matter how many reports
and op-ed columns the propaganda
outfits produce that fiddle with the
numbers, most people in North
Carolina understand the way the
folks currently in charge in Raleigh
feel about public education.
Their animosity and disdain
have been loud and clear for the last
four years.
Today’s homework (Notes on education)
So shame on you
mister rich politician man
Filling our classes
with as many people as you can
We have no more desks
we got kids on the floor
Man you don’t see our problem
sending teachers through the door
You say you don’t have the funds
I don’t understand
How did you find the money
for all your rich friends?
— Middletown High School (New York) students in YouTube rap “No Mo
Cuomo”
“Do you think I want my kids to be college- and career-ready? No, I’m
not setting my sights that low.
I want them to be free, just, ethical, brave, persistent, tolerant, responsible, civil, loving, merciful, kind, creative, curious, funny, engaging, polite,
confident, smart, and visionary. Among other things.”
— Superintendent John Kuhn
Infamous day has bright side for family
September 11 is a day of mixed
emotions. It always calls for reflection on the events surrounding the
terrorist attack in 2001. On a brighter
note, it is my mom’s birthday. I must
admit that before that infamous day,
I had a hard time remembering her
birthday, but no more. For a few
years, Charlotte and I have hosted
a family gathering at our house to
celebrate. This involves entertaining
and feeding a large group. This year,
with our family plus my Uncle Jack
Huff, part of his family, and myAunt
Mildred Maxwell, we had 29.
Many would put up some picnic
tables, cook some burgers on the
grill and use disposable plates and
utensils to minimize the fuss. Not
Charlotte. She was raised to entertain
in a higher fashion and takes pride
in creating an event. Our house is
not huge but is large enough that
we got all 29 seated in the great
room complete with china, real
silverware, cloth napkins, special
tablecloths, crystal and candles. It
was a beautiful setting.
Uncle Jack arrived first with his
grandchildren. The kids headed
straight for the pool while Jack
settled into a rocker on the front
porch within sight and talking
distance of me. I was cooking the
six pork tenderloins that had been
marinated in Charlotte’s fabulous
ginger concoction, which produces
my favorite pork. I love good old
barbecue as much as anyone, but this
pork is in another league. I had timed
my cooking to finish up before the
party got going strong. I threw the
loins in a cooler where they happily
Frog Holler
Philosopher
Ron Huff
soaked up more marinade over the
next two hours.
Having dispensed with that chore
and showered off the smoke, I was
ready for the partyers to arrive in
force. Unlike on many occasions
when guests come late, on this day
they were eager to get started. Charlotte and I struggled to get everyone
settled in but the confusion soon
subsided to a steady hum of activity.
The kids frolicked in the pool as the
adults sat on the back deck. It was a
hot day and we needed a fan to keep
the air moving. Luckily someone
had brought a nice one, a detail I
had not foreseen. Others brought
their contributions of snacks. The
beer was cold and the bar was open.
The kids were rounded up for the
opening of presents. Mom, deservedly, was the center of attention,
but we all had fun passing around
the presents, particularly the cards
made by the grandkids and some
old photos that had us guessing the
year they were made, and had me
fondly remembering hair.
At this point, dinner hour was
approaching and Charlotte and I
were scrambling to time everything
perfectly. This is always a comedy of
errors as my engineering mind meets
her way of doing things. Somehow
it always seems to work out, but it’s
a miracle.
After wearing blisters on my
hands carving up all that pork, dinner was served. Everyone enjoyed
the meal, or was well mannered
enough to compliment the cook. The
cutting of the cake and the singing of
“Happy Birthday” were, for the first
time, dominated by the grandkids,
who are now old enough to exert
themselves in such a situation. They
are also now old enough to appreciate Mom more and seeing them all
crowded around her as she blew out
the candles was the highlight of the
party for me.
As things wound down, the partyers began saying their goodbyes. Before long, we were left with brother
Rusty, sister Barbara and a kitchen
that looked like Hiroshima after the
bomb in spite ofAunt Mildred’s help
in getting the cleanup started earlier.
Charlotte finally relaxed after days
of preparation and hours of playing
hostess. I still had major work ahead
but was now off the clock.
After a couple of hours, Rusty
and Barbara left and I had no further
excuse to procrastinate. Although
everyone had offered to help clean
up, this task was too complicated
to delegate. I plunged in. Every
surface was covered with layers of
dirty dishes and utensils requiring
that everything be washed twice
and handled multiple times just to
make a place to put the clean stuff.
After pots, pans, sixty dishes, 150
pieces of silverware, eighty glasses
and more, it was done!
The bed sure felt good but it had
all been worth it! We love you Mom!
More later.
We Get Letters
They’re determined to create an oligarchy
To the Editor:
Immediately following the election of President Obama in 2008,
the Republicans met in Washington.
They vowed to vote against, block
and obstruct everything the President
put forth in order to make his administration look as bad as possible.
In 2010 Mitch McConnell stood
in the Senate and said, “Our main
goal over the next two years is to
deny this President a second term.”
President Obama’s re-election only
increased the Republican bitterness
and resolve to obstruct his every goal.
Over the past six years, this GOP
congress has been responsible for
the following: They shut down the
government costing taxpayers 24
billion dollars or the equivalent of
3 aircraft carriers. They refused
to extend unemployment benefits
to over 1.3 million workers who
desperately needed it. They refused
to pass a work bill that would have
created over a million jobs and
repaired infrastructure. They have
refused to increase the minimum
wage leaving millions who work full
time below the poverty level. They
blocked a vote to lower interest rates
on student loans. They refused to act
on an immigration bill. They voted
for billions in additional tax cuts
for corporations, Wall St., and the
wealthy while cutting numerous social programs benefiting the middle
and lower class. They voted more
than 50 times to repeal the ACA,
wasting weeks of congressional time
money. Many Republican governors
refused to extend the ACA to their
citizens. They have constantly tried
to restrict the voting rights of millions
they consider a threat to their party.
They refused to pass an equal pay
for equal work for women. They
have opposed gay rights, increasing
veterans benefits, and a women’s
right to control reproduction. They
have constantly searched, in vain, for
non-existent scandals while ignoring
needed legislation.
This President has certainly made
mistakes; however, it is a fact that the
stock market has tripled over the past
six years. There has been more than
50 straight months of moderate job
growth. He saved the auto industry
and millions of jobs. He has been
tough on terrorists and eliminated
many of their most notorious leaders. He has been slow, cautious and
deliberate in making every effort to
avoid getting the nation into major
international conflicts. He was able
to get the ACA passed, which now
insures over 8 million who had no
coverage.
This President has been disrespected, slandered, and insulted
more than any other in the history
of this nation. They have spread lies
about his birth, religious beliefs, his
patriotism, and many are just plain
angry because he is black.
Democracy should be for the
good of the greater majority of all
citizens.At present we have the most
unequal income distribution in our
history. The GOP makes certain the
top 1 percent does very well and is
adamant in making sure the vast
wealth they have is protected. Billionaires are able to give hundreds
of millions to ensure the election
of legislators who will protect their
interest and accumulation of even
greater wealth.Yes, the government
is for sale.
Finally, the GOP harms millions
of its own party and not just Democrats. Frankly, I don’t give a damn
about the 1 percent as they have, and
always will, amassed wealth and live
in luxury. At present this group has
in reality been able to destroy the
concept of a progressive taxation
system. They are determined to
create an oligarchy. So, they must
insist the lower classes do with less
and less to continue to sustain the
government. The value system of
this 1 percent is medieval.
I would like to think every voter
would consider his, or her, best interest before casting a vote in November. If you are wealthy, you are totally
correct to vote Republican. If you
are economically middle or lower
class, you harm yourself and your
family by voting a Republican ticket.
Roy E. Young
Calabash
Editor’s note: Young was a
teacher in Raeford from 1962-68.
How many times were you searched each month?
To the Editor:
First I want to go back to the
statement made in Paul Burnley’s
first column on Ferguson, Missouri—that it seems every few years
we have a racial incident that grabs
the attention of the entire nation
and the incident in Ferguson is an
example.
Your first statement on your
second column was that your column on double standards brought
a number of replies, some of which
you agreed with and others you
did not. The thing that you found
interesting is that many times you
are able to understand a person’s
attitude or their opinion by their
response to a situation. That was
one of the reasons I responded to
your first column, sir. The first thing
mentioned was it seems we have a
racial incident every few years and
Ferguson, Missouri was an example
of this type incident.
This was when the unarmed
young black man was shot by a white
policeman. I asked if you had heard
of Dillon Taylor. I heard about him
on Fox Nation, Fox News, not any
other station. He was the unarmed
20-year-old white man shot at a
convenience store in Utah by a black
policeman because he looked like
a suspect. The statement that you
made in the second column that
was the most ridiculous thing that
had been said. It is not a ridiculous
thing when a person is shot dead
doesn’t matter what color they are.
President Obama and Eric Holder
went to Ferguson, Missouri and did
their little speeches. No one was sent
to Utah to represent Dillon Taylor. In
my opinion they must have thought
his life was not important. I am sorta
confused on one other item. In your
first column the statement was made
that you were stopped at least a dozen
times a month, told to get out of your
car and were searched. The second
column your statement was made
that the police stopped you at least
six times per month. Just wondering
how many times you were actually
stopped, because your first column
and your second column numbers
don’t match up.
The main item here is we have
two dead unarmed men for whatever
reason, and it is not right. We will
have to wait for the evidence to come
in on both cases. Both cases are similar but we don’t really know what
happened because we weren’t there.
May God bless America again.
Butch Posey
Raeford
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Obituaries
Shelby M. Norris
Shelby Mason Norris, 77, of
Raeford died Thursday, September
25, 2014.
Survivors include a stepdaughter,
Deborah Hooker; a sister, Linda
Autry; a brother, Eddie Mason; and
two grandchildren.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, September 30 in Rogers
and Breece Funeral Home chapel in
Fayetteville. Burial was in Lafayette
Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society.
Carra Lindsay
Carra Lillie Lindsay of Raeford
died Friday, September 26, 2014
at FirstHealth Hoke Campus in
Raeford at the age of 93.
She was born in Bladen County
on October 1, 1920 to the late Eddie Gaston Brisson and Amanda
Reta Monroe Brisson. She was
preceded in death by her husband,
David Fairley Lindsay; her daughter, Barbara Ann Lindsay; and her
grandson, Richard Lindsay. She was
a lifetime member of Galatia Presbyterian Church. She spent her life
loving her family as a wife, mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother,
and great-great-grandmother. She
retired from the Cumberland County
School System.
She is survived by two sons,
Donald C. Lindsay and wife Connie
of Raeford, and Alex Lindsay and
wife Heidi of Raeford; her daughter,
Susan Lindsay Slocum of Greensboro; eight grandchildren, Tommy,
Michael, Barbara, Matthew, Jennifer, Julie, Pam, and Amanda; 13
great-grandchildren, Davey, Jessica,
Amy, Jared, Sarah, Natalie, Colin,
Caitlin, Lindsay, James, Brooke,
Sawyer, and Charley; and one greatgreat-granddaughter, Payton.
The funeral was held at 4 p.m.
Sunday, September 28 at Galatia
Presbyterian Church with the Rev.
Shuford White officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Barium Springs Home for Children,
156 Frazier Loop, Statesville, NC
28677 and/or Galatia Presbyterian
Church, 8800 Galatia Church Road,
Fayetteville, NC 28304.
Online condolences may be
made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com.
Kay C. Barnhill
Kay Carson Barnhill of Wilmington, formerly of Raeford, died
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at New
Hanover Hospital at the age of 76.
She is survived by her son, James
A. Cashwell of Grays Creek; two
daughters, Debbie C. Jackson of
Wilmington and Michelle R. Kelley of St. Pauls; two grandchildren,
Dennis L. Jackson III (Stephanie)
and Megan K. Jackson, all of Wilmington; two great-grandchildren,
Hailey and Alyssa Jackson, both of
Wilmington; and a brother, James Q.
Carson (Shirley) of Raeford.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to NORD, 55 Kenosia
Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810.
Online condolences may be
made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com.
Lendward Simpson
Lendward Simpson, 89, of 209 North
Bethel Road died Friday, September 19,
2014.
He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife,
Jacqueline; a son, Lendward Jr.;
a daughter, Helena Rowell; five
grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held at 2
p.m. Thursday, September 25 in
Word of Life Temple. Burial was
in McLauchlin Chapel Church
cemetery.
Neill B. Sinclair Jr.
Neill Blue Sinclair
Jr. died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - one
day before his 84th
birthday - at The Oaks
of Mayview in Raleigh.
He was born in Fayetteville on
September 24, 1930 to Neill Blue
Sinclair and Jessie Currie McPhaul
Sinclair. Raised in Raeford, he
graduated from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After serving in the U.S. Army, he
embarked on a long career with the
North Carolina Milk Commission.
In 1959, he married the former
Mary Alice Melvin in Raleigh,
where they made their home and
raised their family. She preceded
him in death in 2000.
He and his wife were charter
members of Trinity Presbyterian Church, where he served as
a deacon, elder and long-standing
treasurer.
He is survived by two daughters,
Karen and husband Steve Davis and
their son Neill Blue, and Maryneil
and husband Jim Catlin, all of
Raleigh. He is also survived by his
brothers, James Archibald Sinclair
and John Thomas Sinclair; a sister,
Jane Sinclair Grimm; and many
loving nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m.
Friday, September 26 at Trinity
Presbyterian Church. A graveside
service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 27 at the Raeford
Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to Trinity Presbyterian
Church, 3120 New Hope Road,
Raleigh, NC 27604.
Police Blotter
Raeford Police reported the
following recent incidents:
September 15
Larceny, 100 block of Fayetteville Road, victim Dollar General
Fraud, 700 block of Saunders
Street, victim Lester Monroe
Fraud (impersonation), 300
block of West Central Avenue,
victim William Michael Cook
September 16
Trespassing agreement, 100
block of Lantern Lane apartments
Identity theft, 1200 block of
North Main Street, victim Loretta
Cooper
September 18
Larceny, 200 block of South
Main Street, victim Family Dollar
Common law forgery, 100
block of Faberge Boulevard,
victim Unilever
September 20
Maintaining a vehicle for
a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia,
possession with intent to sell or
deliver, West Prospect Avenue/
Mockingbird Hill Road, victim
State of North Carolina. Police
charged Maurice Manago, 29,
of the 100 block of Eulon Loop;
Corey Winston Carter, 28, of the
100 block of Eulon Loop; and
Eustace Raymond Charles, 47,
of the 4100 block of Frontier
Avenue in Fayetteville.
September 21
Possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana
up to one-half ounce, order for
arrest (child support), 100 block
of Meadow Lane, victim State of
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Main Street, victim DPW at Fort
Bragg
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David Ronald Gibson
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both in and outside of North
Carolina.
“We do a lot with the General
Assembly; the president has to
appoint other sheriffs to various
boards and committees…he has
to meet with national presidents
all over the United States. I will
be in Washington some, dealing
with that up there. There’s a
little bit of traveling involved,
but you’re dealing with other
sheriffs all over the world,” he
said. “Believe it or not, there are
issues on a national level that
affect even the local sheriffs,
so I will be the voice of our association as we unify across the
United States to try to deal with
those things.”
Taking on the new leadership
role means Peterkin will be out
of the office more often during
his year-long term. Staff members are ready and able to step
up and handle things when he
has to be in Washington, D.C. or
Raleigh on association business,
the sheriff said.
“I had to have my own house
in order, to have an organization
today here who I don’t have to sit
around and tell them everything
to do, I don’t have to micromanage. Once my office found out I
was interested in this, they got
me ready. Knowing that I’m going to be out of the office going
around the state and traveling out
of the state, dealing with sheriff
issues that affect everybody, I
can walk out the door knowing
that the sheriff’s office is going
to be intact,” he said.
One of the biggest benefits
from the association is how hard
the group works to train newlyelected officers, the sheriff said.
The week after the election, new
sheriffs are invited to join the
association and attend classes
that help educate them in various
issues related to leading a law
enforcement agency.
“Any new sheriffs going in
go to a leadership school…they
teach you how to be a sheriff,
so I encourage new sheriffs so
they’ll know what to do, don’t
go out there and guess at it,”
Peterkin said.
The training for more experienced officers involves
“everything to make sure we
are staying in compliance and
doing what we need to be doing
as sheriffs,” he said.
Part of Peterkin’s new responsibilities will involve working with many other elected
officials including state and
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federal lawmakers. The association addresses senators
and representatives about laws
related to criminal justice and
law enforcement matters.
“We fight for that every year,
so we call our sheriffs together,
presidents and leaders, and we
fight to get the General Assembly to oppose or support certain
things,” Peterkin said.
For example, one recent
legislative matter that the association is watching is House
Bill 366, the N.C. Farm Act of
2014, which proposed to allow
the agriculture commissioner to
appoint Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services law
enforcement officers to investigate and enforce illegal activity
that falls under the authority of
Department of Agriculture or
that happens on Department
of Agriculture property. The
bill also intended to make firstdegree trespassing punishable as
a Class A1 misdemeanor if a person enters a building or climbs
over a fence to reach a facility
used or operated for agricultural
activities, such as the raising of
livestock or crops, according to
a recent North Carolina Sheriffs’
Association legal briefing.
The group also shares information about the newest
developments and trends in
current law enforcement issues.
For instance, the sheriff’s office
decided earlier this year to start
equipping some deputies with
body cameras, and more agencies in the state are looking to
potentially do the same, Peterkin
said. The association looked into
research about the effectiveness
of body cameras and passed that
information along to the sheriffs.
“I think we opened up Pandora’s box because all the sheriffs
in the state are looking at them,”
Peterkin said.
Having a local sheriff become
president of the association is a
first for Hoke County. It’s not
something that happens overnight, Peterkin said.
“First, you have to be committed to your own community.
They have to see that leadership
in you from where you stand as a
sheriff in your own community,
that’s number one,” he said. “I
had to make a lot of commitment
to the association. I’ve been a
voice, I’m always speaking.
“My first couple of years I
kind of sat back and listened
and learned, but after a while,
when I felt like I had something
to offer, I started speaking up,
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speaking out, offering my volunteer time, sitting in meetings
observing even when I wasn’t
on the executive board, and after
a while they began to have a
lot of confidence in me when I
would say something and they
knew I wasn’t just talking. I had
to earn the trust of all the sheriffs.” Peterkin’s upcoming role
as president of the association
may also bring new benefits for
Hoke County. He will be building new connections at state and
national levels that will also help
other county leaders, such as the
commissioners and economic
developer, network with people
who can support Hoke County’s
future endeavors, he said.
“I see a lot of times our
elected officials are trying to
get in the door with a lot of key
people to help Hoke County,
to help Raeford. Our chamber’s been very aggressive, our
commissioners have been very
aggressive, our city council. So
now, as a leader of the sheriffs’
association, having that voice,
I’ll go to Washington, I’ll be
right there with these people
and when you’re in that position, a lot of times they come
looking for you,” Peterkin said.
“They’re already getting the
word that I’m coming there
because I’m getting letters from
them and calls. So when I get
there, I want to know what our
county needs. Not just all the
surrounding counties, but what
Hoke needs, because as I travel
in that position, I want to be able
to make those connections for
our citizens with those people.”
Cumberland County Sheriff
Moose Butler was influential in
convincing Peterkin to run for
office with the association, the
sheriff said.
“Sheriff Butler was very instrumental in me getting there.
He was the one that told me one
day, he said, look, I need you to
consider running for vice president, you’re ready.” Butler was
the one who nominated Peterkin
to the third vice president position, he said.
After serving a one-year term
as president, Peterkin will step
down to serve as the director
of the organization’s executive
board of directors. After that
role, he will continue to serve
on the board as a member.
Peterkin, a Democrat, is running unopposed for reelection to
a fourth term. He has served as
sheriff since first being elected
in 2002.
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Baldwin running for soil and water board Concert
By Catharin Shepard
Staff writer
Hoke County native Leonard
Baldwin is seeking election to
a four-year term on the Hoke
County Soil and Water Conservation Board.
Baldwin and candidate Neil
McKenzie are the only two people
running for the two available
positions.
Baldwin, who graduated from
Hoke High with the Class of
1970, went on to earn degrees
from Sandhills Community College and Federal City College in
Washington, D.C. His degrees
are in management/marketing
and conservation studies under
the umbrella of environmental
studies. Baldwin retired in 2006
after 30 years of doing marketing
work for Interstate Brand Corp,
and began doing charity work with
local churches.
Then he began working parttime with Hoke County’s solid
waste department, which ultimately led him to become interested in running for the soil and
water conservation board.
“I learned a lot about that
during my understudies of soil
and water conservation. I was
going to different surrounding
Hospitals
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months, according to FirstHealth
of the Carolinas representative
Emily Sloan.
“We’re still waiting on a ruling
from the Court of Appeals. We
expect to hear something later this
fall,” she said.
According to documents filed
with the state Department of Health
and Human Services Division of
Health Service Regulation, which
oversees CON requests for medical
facilities, in September 2013 an
administrative law judge upheld
the state’s decision to give the beds
to FirstHealth. Cape Fear Valley
Health appealed the judge’s decision in October 2013.
In documents filed with the
state opposing the decision to give
FirstHealth the 28 beds, Cape Fear
Valley Health officials stated that
Cape Fear Valley “has maintained
all along that FirstHealth never
demonstrated a need for the acute
care beds.”
Earlier this year, FirstHealth
asked the state’s permission to use
its acute care bed patient rooms as
emergency department treatment
rooms at the Hoke hospital campus.
The emergency room has seen
much more activity than the hospital system predicted, according
to the documents, and FirstHealth
officials hoped to reduce wait
times by using the inpatient rooms
for emergency rooms when the
inpatient rooms were not already
occupied.
Cape Fear Valley’s statement
regarding the matter, filed with the
Department of Health and Human
Services, argued that the request
proved FirstHealth did not need the
additional 28 beds or even the eight
beds it already received and put
into operation at the Hoke campus.
“This ED Treatment Room Request is an admission by FirstHealth
that FirstHealth does not need the
8 acute care beds it was awarded”
… “FirstHealth certainly does not
need the 28 additional acute care
beds it was awarded by the agency
… which is now being defended by
FirstHealth and the Agency at the
North Carolina Court of Appeals,”
Cape Fear Valley officials stated in
counties learning. I took online
courses and sort of watched
the department for three years,
how it really operates,” he said.
“Then I decided I think I can be
an asset to the county. I think
I can help educate people who
are not educated about soil and
water conservation, as much as
I’ve ever learned.”
District soil and water commissioners are tasked with administering state-funded cost share programs through the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture and
Land Stewardship Division of Soil
Conservation. The soil and water
commissioners are responsible for
carrying out state laws and programs within the district and must
work closely with other state and
federal agencies, like the United
States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation
Service, the Farm Service Agency
and the North Carolina Extension
Service.
As part of those responsibilities, the soil and water officials
work on water quality protection
projects, sediment control laws,
conservation plans and assist in
carrying out federal conservation
programs.
Baldwin said that he hopes
to work on educating the public
about the importance of environmental conservation.
“Make our county, it’s the
number one in growth county, but
I’d also like to make it number
one in soil and water conservation. Educate the landowners,
the farmers, more than what they
know,” he said. “Try to implement
programs that they’re entitled to,
like the easement program, the
Share program.”
All of that is available to the
county, he added.
Education about soil and water
conservation issues is important
because there are many things
people don’t know about them,
the candidate said.
“There’s a lot of people that
don’t understand that if you have
an artesian well, it should be tested
because due to the fact that all
the farmers are spraying these
chemicals in these fields. They’re
going in the ground and the water
is coming from the ground that
people drink,” Baldwin said.
Right now, one of the biggest
issues with soil and water conservation in Hoke is that there’s very
little information out there to teach
residents about environmental
conservation, he said.
“There’s no brochures available for the public, there’s no
workshops, there’s no awareness
that these things could be a fear
factor to everyday lives as far
as EPA is concerned,” Baldwin
said. “Water is the number one
commodity factor that we all must
have, so why not be educated
about it?”
Voters should consider casting
a ballot for Baldwin because he
can bring a broader perspective to
important soil and water conservation matters, the candidate said.
Additionally, he is a dedicated
worker, Baldwin added.
“I do put 100 percent into
everything I do,” he said.
the document.
FirstHealth of the Carolinas
officials said in the request that
it wanted to use the acute beds as
treatment rooms as a way to reduce
the number of people walking out
of the FirstHealth Hoke campus
emergency room without being
treated. The emergency department has “experienced an increase
in patients ‘leaving without being
seen’ because wait times can be
long due to only operating eight
treatment rooms and experiencing
Emergency Department visit volumes nearly four times higher than
originally projected,” according to
the documents.
Using the inpatient rooms as
treatment rooms would be temporary “while FirstHealth considers
other long-term actions to address
the dramatic increase in Emergency
Department visits,” the request
stated. The hospital expected to see
about 25 visits to the emergency
room daily and instead has typically
seen at least 30 a day, according to
the request.
FirstHealth officials knew that
the request should not require any
additional regulatory review but
filed the request with the state regardless. The state determined that
CON law does not govern the use of
inpatient rooms as emergency treatment rooms and that FirstHealth did
not need the state’s permission to
use the rooms in that manner.
Cape Fear Valley more recently
challenged FirstHealth over its application to receive 25 acute care
inpatient beds intended for another
facility. FirstHealth applied in July
for a CON to receive an additional
25 beds, not for the Hoke hospital
but for Moore Regional Hospital
in Pinehurst. The proposed $15.3
million project would be completed
in October 2016, according to the
public notice released when the
hospital system filed for the beds.
Cape Fear Valley filed documents arguing against allowing
FirstHealth to have the 25 beds
for Moore Regional Hospital.
FirstHealth incorrectly identified the population to be served,
overstated its projected growth
rate and did not take into account
the impact of the Hoke campus,
among other problems, Cape
Fear Valley officials argued in the
documents.
FirstHealth expects to see over
9,700 emergency department visits
in 2015. The Hoke campus will
celebrate its first birthday with a
party October 7 from 4-6 p.m. in
the lobby of the hospital, offering
free cake and punch.
FirstHealth officials have stated
the hospital system built the eightbed facility with room to expand
on the same site if the state does
confirm the additional 28 beds.
Cape Fear Valley officials have
said that its 41-bed, full-service
hospital, currently under construction at the Health Pavilion Hoke
site, is on schedule. Officials expect
that hospital will be completed by
the end of the year and will open
in early February of 2015.
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around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday,
September 24 for a possible
breaking and entering in progress.
While on the way, a caller reported
hearing shots fired in the same
area. The deputies arrived to find
Williams lying on her garage floor
suffering from multiple gunshot
wounds.
Williams was able to speak
to the officers and told them
that her estranged husband
forced his way into her house
and shot her, according to the
sheriff’s office.
“According to family and
friends of Regina Williams, a history of domestic disputes plagued
the couple’s marital relationship
over the past year or more,” officials said in a statement.
Paramedics performed lifesaving efforts while transporting
Williams to Cape Fear Valley
Medical Center, where she underwent surgery. Medical personnel
transferred her to Chapel Hill
Hospital where she remained in
critical condition.
Authorities put out the call to
area law enforcement agencies to
be on the lookout for the suspect.
A few hours into the investigation,
officers with the Raeford Police
Department spotted Owen Williams’ 2004 Cadillac Escalade
and stopped it in the Raeford city
limits. Police arrested Williams
without incident and turned him
over to the custody of the sheriff’s
office.
Hoke County Sheriff Hubert
Peterkin said that Williams was
hit four times out of the five shots
her estranged husband fired.
“Just based on the investigation, he had no intentions of just
wounding her. He really had all
intentions of making this a fatal
situation, and that’s sad,” he said.
The case is “a prime example
of how serious domestic violence
is,” the sheriff said.
“It seems like it’s increasing all over the world, not just
in our community but all over
the world, and there are women
who are afraid to come forth,”
he said.
Williams had a friend who
was trying to help her out of
the dangerous situation, Peterkin said.
“She was on the phone with
this lady when she actually got
shot and she was able to tell this
friend that it was her husband.
According to what we’re being
told, I think she was the one who
called the police,” he said.
Williams was placed in the
Hoke County Detention Center
and held without bond.
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Murray’s parents had to take
leave from their work as well
as pay for travel expenses while
they stayed by their son’s side.
Musician Steve Coughlin,
formerly of Raeford, and local band Joyful Noise will
perform at a benefit fundraising concert this month with
the proceeds going to help
Murray’s family. The benefit
concert is set for October 18
from 6-9 p.m. at the RaefordHoke Museum.
Jennifer Wolfe, a friend of
the family, explained how the
idea of the concert came to be.
“A friend and I, Steve
Coughlin, on Facebook were
talking about Victor’s journey
and how we wanted to help.
He’s a musician in Georgia and
a former classmate—he used to
live here—so he offered to do a
free concert. We bantered back
and forth and came up with the
idea,” she said.
Coughlin performs easy
listening, blues and folk music,
Wolfe said. Former Raeford
resident Tim Sessoms’s band,
Joyful Noise, will also perform
at the concert held on Murray’s
behalf.
Murray’s battle has inspired
many people who have been
praying and offering words of
support through a Facebook
page, #TeamVictor.
“A lot of people have followed Victor’s journey since
all of this started last year,”
Wolfe said.
Although the family now
lives in Eastover, Jay Hottel
attended Hoke High and was
one of Wolfe’s classmates.
“They have strong roots in
this community. They were
very active in the First Baptist
Church,” she said.
Hottel and his wife, Laura
Hottel, adopted Victor and his
twin brother, Martin, in December 2012 after the couple
met the brothers through their
church. The family had not even
been together for a year before
the health crisis happened,
shortly before Murray’s 17th
birthday.
Murray returned home
September 10 but still has a
long recovery ahead of him,
friends said.
“He still has a long road
to go but he is improving and
doing better and they’re all
getting used to being at home.
Everybody’s happy about that,”
Wolfe said.
The concert does not have a
set ticket price and instead accepts whatever amount donors
are able to give. The concert
will be outdoors on the museum
grounds and will offer food
and drinks.
“It’s just our way of letting
them know that we love them
and support them and want to
help them in any way we can,”
Wolfe said.
People who cannot attend
the concert but would like to
donate to help Murray can send
money in his name to P.O. Box
416, Raeford, NC 28376. Supporters can also donate directly
to the “Songs for Vic” account
at Fidelity Bank.
Voting
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office, located at 227 North Main
Street in Raeford; and at the Rockfish Community Center, located
at 2749 Lindsay Road. These
locations are only for one-stop
voting. The regular polling places
will open for the General Election
voting on November 4.
The one-stop voting hours are
as follows: Thursday, October 23
and Friday, October 24 from 8
a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, October
25 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Monday,
October 27 to Friday, October
31 from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday,
November 1 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sample ballots are available
to view online through the Hoke
County Board of Elections website.
People who are registered to vote
can view what their ballot will look
like by going online to https://www.
ncsbe.gov/webapps/voter_search.
The general election is set for
Tuesday, November 4.
Most local and state races are
uncontested, with the exception of
the race for three seats on the Hoke
County Board of Commissioners
and the race for three seats on the
Hoke County Board of Education.
Five people are running for
election to the three available
seats on the commission board.
Democratic candidates are incumbent Tony Hunt, former county
attorney Harry Southerland and
Allen Thomas. Republican candidates running for election to the
commission are John F. Harry and
Angela Thomas. Commissioners
are elected to four-year terms.
There are seven candidates
vying for three seats on the Hoke
County Board of Education.
Incumbents Della Maynor, Irish
Pickett and Barbara Buie and
candidates Gilbert Walker, Betty
Perkins, John Wilson and Willie
McCaskill III are seeking election
to the board. Board of Education
members serve four-year terms.
The Board of Education race
is non-partisan.
The deadline to register to vote
in the November 4 General Election
is October 10. In North Carolina,
voters must register at least 25 days
in advance of the election.
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Scotland County Highland Games Saturday, Oct. 4th in Laurinburg Saturday, October 4th there’s only one place to be – the John Blue Complex in Laurinburg for the Scotland County Highland Games. Watch athletes compete in tradiJonal ScoKsh athleJc events and join in the piping, drumming, and Tartan glory. For the liPle pros out there we’ll have events for the kids to try. Kids games registraJon ends at 11:30 the day of the games. You can register the kids online -­‐-­‐ www.schgnc.org. And join us aWer the games at 5:00 pm for an “aWer hours” party/concert. Cost to enter the concert is $5 – free with your Games Jcket. $15 Adults -­‐ $5 Children -­‐ www.schgnc.org Sports
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Hoke County Nationals All-Stars
The Hoke County Nationals All-Stars team (7-8 year olds) played in the state tournament
in July. Pictured are Carson Hewitt (front row, left to right), Jayden Molina, Danali Douglas,
Dawson Spivey, Brayden Baker and Anthony Colucci; second row: X’zavier Stephens-McIntosh,
Sean Noell, Robert Reedy, Harvey Locklear, Elijah Stokes and Ayden Hagins; back row:Assistant Hoke Hustle finishes runner-up
Coach Shane Hewitt, Head Coach Jerry Sherman Jr., Assistant Coach Howard Reedy and As- The Hoke Hustle 12U Fastpitch softball team based in Hoke County finished in second place
sistant Coach Angela Colucci.
in Carthage last weekend. Pictured are A’Leah Graham (front row, lying down), Alex Sexton,
Breana Brewer and Dayona Bandy; second row: Kiya Locklear, Nailah Quick, Lilly Locklear,
Adrienne Tilley, BriAna Steele and Rebekah Hatchell; back row: Coaches Kevin Graham and
Rockfish Speedway to host
Vietnam Veterans’ Night
By Hal Nunn
Sports writer
Diamond Elite wins 5th tourney
The Diamond Elite 12U Fastpitch Softball team based out of Hoke County won its 5th tournament this summer in Carthage last weekend.The team is now preparing for the Winter World
Series, which takes place in Charlotte in November. Pictured are Abby Dover (left to right,
front row), Rayne Nolan, Alyssa Norton, August Smith and Haleigh Line; middle row: Taylor
Pasternak, Alicia Rodriguez, Ina Womack, Alissa Dial and Hailey Pait; back row: Coaches Jason
Line, David Pait and Jamie Dover.
Rockfish Motorsports Speedway is getting set to host a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans’
Night this Saturday at the speedway off Lindsay Road in Hoke
County. Track owner William
“Brownie” Brown said, “You
know, a lot of Vietnam Veterans
never got that welcome home they
deserved and we just want them to
know that they are not forgotten.”
Every Vietnam Veteran that
comes out Saturday with an
ID will get in FREE and will
be recognized during the open
ceremonies. “We are working on
doing something else special for
them but aren’t ready to announce
that yet,” Brownie said.
The gates will open at 2 p.m.
and all series will run including
Pro and Mini Pro Go Karts, 270
cc and 600 cc Micros and the
Legends Series.
Last weekend in the Pro Go
Karts series, Luke McPherson, the
defending points champion, got his
first win of the season edging out
Jake Layton, Billy Gomez, Josh
Gomez and Logan McPherson.
During the race, Billy Gomez
and William “Brownie” Brown
got “tangled up” and Brown’s car
flipped several times. When asked,
track announcer Larry Long said,
“They were battling pretty hard and
Brownie’s car got the worst end of
it; however, he is okay and will race
again this weekend.”
In the Mini Pro Go Karts, Ben
McCall got his seventh win of the
season and Tyler Kussman came
in second. Jeffrey Ellenberger
came in third and newcomer Jessica Denault (13 years old) came
in third. Levi Brown rounded out
the top five.
In the 270 cc Micros, Dale
“Rocket Man” Arnold got his
fourth win of the season ahead of
Mark Jones, Jody McCall, Matt
Jones and Brittany Trogden. In the
Legends series, Robert Knowles,
the defending points champion,
got his first win of the season
with Billy Gomez Jr. coming in
second. Jody McCall came in
third while Brad Foose came in
fourth. Mike McDonald rounded
out the top five.
For more information, visit
the website at www.rockfishspeedway.com.
Sports Briefs
Football homecoming this
Friday
The Hoke County High School
Bucks will host the Westover
Wolverines this Friday night at
Raz Autry Stadium for the annual
homecoming game. Pre-game
festivities will start at about 7 p.m.
and the homecoming parade will
begin about 7 p.m. Many classes
will be celebrating reunions and
will be recognized in the third
quarter. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
Tennis
The 5th Annual N.C. Turkey
Festival Tennis Tournament was
held September 13-14. The winner
in boys’ singles was David Murray.
Girls’ singles winner was Paige
Summer. Men’s single winner was
Chira Wilson. The men’s doubles
winner was Reginald Cooper and
Berry Bullock. The mixed doubles
winner was Michael Monk and
Winona Gee. The ladies’ singles
winner was Erika Harris.
Boyles hits
hole-in-one
Sunday
Johnny Boyles is shown with
his hole-in-one trophy that
he received for hitting the
shot this past Sunday on
hole #4 from 147 yards
with a 6-iron at Upland
Trace Golf Course in Hoke
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County, is all about offering its
clients relief from stress and anger
through a little harmless violence.
For a fee, guests get to choose glass
breakables – picked up from local
thrift stores – and smash away.
Manuel got the idea for the
Smash Happy House based on
her own experiences as “an angry
kid” who once had a therapist let
her smash dinner plates for stress
relief. When her husband Jeremy,
a soldier with the United States
Army, was overseas for his most
recent deployment, she came up
with a plan to go into business with
partner Lelan Chapman.
“I said, when you get back, this
is what I want to do, because there
are so many that need this outlet,”
Manuel said. “The teenagers, the
kids, the single moms, everybody.”
When clients come in, first they
decide which package they want.
Some of the most popular are the
“Heartbreaker” and “Ex-Factor”
packages, geared toward people
getting over a breakup. Those
packages include a variety of romantic items such as heart-shaped
glass ornaments, flower vases, a
picture frame with a picture of
the ex inside or even a teddy bear.
Sometimes a teddy bear survives the session and sometimes
it doesn’t, Manuel said.
“Some of them just stomp the
teddy bear, just, yeah, I remember
when you gave me this. Others
have been like, the poor teddy bear
didn’t exist when we went back in
there,” she said.
Other packages include the
morning special, “Should Have
Ordered Decaf,” which gives clients six coffee mugs to break, and
a “mystery package” ranging from
$10-$30 depending on whether
the client is “PO’d,” “PTFO,” or
flat-out “FUBAR.”
After getting outfitted with
a protective suit, face mask and
goggles, clients get to settle into
a sound-reduced room with a section of wall covered in plywood
just waiting to break whatever is
thrown at it. The rooms have a jack
for putting a smartphone or iPod so
guests can crank up music of their
choice, and a fan to help keep them
cool even while they lose their cool.
Then the door shuts, a timer is set
and clients can throw things and
scream out their worries.
If a guest wants to get personal
about it, the business provides a
marker so clients can write whatever they want on the glassware
before breaking it.
“You can write on there, ‘work,
bills, boss, husband, kids,’ whatever,” Manuel said.
For the seriously ticked-off, the
Smash Happy House also offers
customized glasses with a person’s
name written on them.
If breaking glass doesn’t do the
trick, there’s always Bob.
“He is our professional target,”
co-owner Chapman said, showing
off the head-and-torso mannequin.
“You can put a nametag on him if
you want to … or if it’s a woman
that makes you mad, we’ll put a wig
on him if you want to. He doesn’t
make a very good-looking female.”
Clients can even pin a picture of
someone to Bob’s forehead before
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clobbering the mannequin with a
bat. It’s easy to wear yourself out in
sessions with Bob, Chapman said.
“I do the Spartacus thing
whenever I go after him, so after
about five minutes, I’m crawling
out of here looking for an oxygen
bottle,” he said.
The business caters to any
number of tastes. The cowboy
package offers whiskey bottles,
while the “man cave” package has
shot glasses with sports teams on
them. Those are good for fans of
losing teams and also for spouses
tired of their husband or wife’s
sports obsession, Manuel said.
One of the packages, “You’re
Effing Perfect,” is geared toward
self-esteem.
“They get mirrors, picture
frames and a scale, and we let
them go in, because you’re perfect.
Don’t let the scale tell you what
you’re supposed to be, don’t let
the mirror tell you what you’re
supposed to be,” Manuel said.
Prices range from $10 to $30
for some packages. The Smash
Happy House can arrange divorce
parties that give the ex-bride an
entire wedding dinner place setting to break. The business also
does custom parties for groups
as well.
Additionally, clients can
“BYOB” (bring your own breakables) and just pay to use the
room. The staff will clean up the
mess and dispose of it or, if sending the broken shards to someone
would help with the stress relief
process, box them up for a client
to take home.
After trashing the breakables,
clients spend 12 minutes in the
dimly lit Zen Room relaxing on
soft chairs, listening to a water
fountain and recovering from their
session. Guests can also pay extra
for a massage from Jessica MacDonald, the in-house masseuse.
Military connections
Although the business is lighthearted and meant to help people
blow off steam in a harmless way,
there’s a deeper purpose behind it.
The Smash Happy House especially caters to military families’needs.
Maybe it’s a military wife stressed
about her husband’s deployment,
or maybe it’s a returned veteran
struggling with anger, Manuel said.
“It’s entertainment for the most
part, neither of us are licensed
therapists, but we both have experience with the military spouse,
We would like to
thank each and every
one who came by, brought
gifts or just simply called.
Your friendship is greatly
appreciated. If you haven’t
received a thank you card
yet, it is because we did
not know how to get up
with you. We extend a
Thank You To All, now. May
God bless each one.
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dependent, going over, that was
one of the reasons why we started
it. So they would have an outlet to
come back and release,” she said.
“The spouse who’s left here and
her husband’s over there again and
she’s the only one again; she has
a place to come and just let it go.”
Chapman has a unique experience with the military. He served in
the infantry for 12 years and then
later married a woman who was
active duty in the Army.
“I know what it’s like to be
deployed on long deployments …
from 1999 to 2004, my wife was
with JSOC, so I got to be the one
left behind, the other side of it, “
he said. “I understand the mentality
of the soldier but also the mentality
of the spouse left behind.”
Besides offering a 15 percent
discount to all members of the
military, DOD community, first
responders and their families, the
Smash Happy House also takes
donations so that soldiers who
aren’t able to afford their services
can come in and enjoy a session
free of charge.
The business has a variety of
other charitable ventures too. For
an extra $2, clients can add a pink
ribbon item to their order, with the
proceeds going to help pay utility
bills for breast cancer patients. The
stress relief center also raffles off a
nice vase every month, and winners
can keep the vase or break it in one
of the rooms.
But best of all – and the entire
point to the Smash Happy House,
Manuel said – is that nobody
judges clients for yelling and
smashing things and, even more
importantly, no one gets hurt.
“You don’t have to worry about
your neighbors hearing you yell,
and best of all, you don’t have to
worry about your kids seeing that.
Because once you get your words
out, you can’t get them back,”
she said.
The Smash Happy House is
open Monday through Saturday
and can open by appointment
only on Sundays. The hours are
9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday
and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The business is located on
Highway 401 in the former Med1
station not far from Walmart.
Taylor Manuel prepares to take a swing at taxes.
Gold medal winners
U.S.Army Golden Knights teams, which train in Raeford, won multiple gold medals recently
at the 2014 U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships at Skydive Chicago.
In addition, the 8-way formation skydiving team won the World Championships in August in
the Czech Republic.The 4-way female team won silver at the World Championships. Both
the 8-way formation skydiving team and the 4-way vertical formation skydiving team won
gold at the Nationals, while the women’s team earned the bronze.The Golden Knights train
at the PK Airpark and the Paraclete XP indoor skydiving facility. (Photo by Daniel Angulo)
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