Robesonian (Newspaper) - January 21, 1998, Lumberton, North Carolina Wednesday January 211998 Lady Pirates knock off SEC foe Pinecrest IB THE ROBESONIAN Serving Robeson County Since 1870 Volume No 325 Pages 34 1998 Newspaper Holdings inc All Rights Reserved 35 Cents Daily 75 Cents Sunday Consultant to study school salaries Staff writer LUMBERTON The Robeson County school board approved a motion Tuesday night to hire a con to assess how to transfer the systems payroll duties from payroll administration to the Personnel De Robert Boyd a retired director of the Division of Personnel for the state Board of Education will look at central office salary schedules and all procedures and policies re lated to personnel The system will pay Boyd His work should be completed by March 1 The decision to move the payroll duties was one of nine tions by S Preston Douglas Asso in order to avoid problems that were discovered in an audit last year All the recommendations were approved Tuesday night We feel this is a good plan and gets to the heart of what we needed to address said interim dent Barry Harding who suggested that the plan was a starting point for improving system policies includ ing overtime guidelines The following changes will be made The finance officer will pre audit all contracts agreements and purchase orders before obligating We feel this is a good plan and gets to the heart of what we needed to ad dress Interim superintendent Barry Harding money and the board will properly amend any budget resolutions if it intends to spend money that is not appropriated All positions will be evaluated to determine which are exempt from overtime pay and employees and su will be informed of this Approval and documentation of overtime pay will be strictly en forced All overtime will be properly documented and approved by the salary administrator within the Per Department It will also be approved by the superintendent and the finance officer before payments are made Any payments to the superin tendent in excess of the employment contract will be approved by the board before payments are made and the superintendent will not au payment of an obligation without being certain the money has been properly appropriated The salary administrator will scrutinize requests for salary pay Calling for volunteers Mclntyre possible presidential candidates to speak at summit From staff and wire reports GREENSBORO US Rep Mike Mclntyre of Lumberton along with two possible presidential con tenders will be in Greensboro today as part of a sum mit to foster volunteerism Former New Jersey Sen Bradley was sched uled to give the keynote address at this mornings opening session of the Governors Summit on Amer icas Promise and Volunteerism Elizabeth Dole president of the American Red Cross was set to address an expected 1000 dele gates at lunch Bradley has been mentioned as a possible Demo cratic presidential candidate while Mrs Doles name has been floated in Republican circles Mclntyre will lead a work shop on children and The tation begins at today A longtime volunteer teacher in the public schools Mclntyre was one of 10 congressman chosen last April to par in the Presidents Summit for Americas Fu ture held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia I applaud Gov Hunt for organizing this important event and I am honored that he asked me to partici Mclntyre said One of the most important as citizens can positively impact the lives of our children is through volunteering A Robeson County delegation is ex to attend the conference Each of the states 100 counties will be represented at the work shops A panel of national leaders in the volunteer move ment will speak Thursday The panel includes Bob Goodwin director of the Points of Light Foundation William Milliken president of Communities in Schools and Harris Wofford head of the Corporation for National Service Wake Forest University author and professor Maya Angelou will join Hunt for the closing session of the summit Thursday The summit is an opportunity to celebrate the spirit and power of volunteerism in our state and lay the groundwork for ongoing volunteer and communi ty service initiatives in local communities Hunt said Its a handson opportunity for us to build a better future for North Carolina MCINTYRE The love they show I never had that love til I came here Jeanette an Odum Home resident Center keeps dream alive An addition to Odum Home will ac commodate 12 new residents Staff photo by Undis A portrait of Winifred Lindsay greets visitors as they enter the newest building on the Odum Home campus She contributed to the project Staff writer PEMBROKE Three years after arriving at Odum Home as an emotionally troubled teenager with little selfesteem Jeanette sees a future that includes college and medical school The is a graduate of Odum Home a residential home in Pembroke where 28 children live away from their families because of school social or emotional problems The campus which is across Odum Road from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is one of 12 that comprise the Bap tist Childrens Homes of North Carolina system On Tuesday afternoon Jeanette and several other resi dent children spoke before about 200 people who had gathered for the ceremony for The Winifred Lindsay Educa Center on the campus of Odum Home The build ing is named in honor of North Carolina philanthropist Winifred Lindsay who donated Please see CENTER Page Cubans await historic visit from Pope John Paul II Church officials fan out to spread word of the popes im pending arrival HAVANA AP The faithful paused in prayer and welcomed exile pilgrims from throughout the world as Cubans from bar tenders to schoolgirls to bishops anticipat ed the historic visit today of Pope John Paul II Church officials fanned out across the country to spread word of the popes impend ing arrival to a population that in many cases is no longer familiar with the workings of the faith Prayer vigils were held in churches throughout the nation Tuesday From Havana to Santiago the communist government was racing to make final prepara tions Crews fresh asphalt over potholed roads as officials prepared for large crowds for papal Masses Everyone is crazy about seeing him said Francisco Gilmes a bartender in the neighborhood of He has been to church only once in his life but he plans to take a bus to central Havana to see the pontiff While most Cubans agree the popes five day visit will leave their country changed they are divided on how it will be affected Foes of Castro hope it will weaken his communist regime which came to power in 1959 The former leader hopes to gain stature for his government and support for an end to the more than three US economic embargo And the Cuban church hopes to expand its influence In one dramatic homecoming that perhaps offers a preview of the popes message an ex bishop invited by John Paul to Cuba re turned to his old church with an emotional ap peal for Cuban Catholics to look past old hurts to the future Please see POPE Page ments outside of regular monthly payments to determine if they are le gal All such requests will need to be approved by the superintendent and the finance officer The finance officer will review all payroll codes for each depart ment and each school and will re view monthly financial reports and payroll records to assure proper cod ing The internal auditor will con to audit schools on an individ ual basis according to the local school audit guide In unrelated business the board Please see BOARD Page Shooting results in death Missy Stoddard Staff writer LUMBERTON Police say a fight led to a shooting that killed a Lumberton man on Tuesday A sec ond man was injured Dead is William Maurice Smith 25 of 707 McDougal Drive Police Capt Benson Phillips said Smith was shot in a leg He died at South eastern Regional Medical Center according to Ann Stephens a spokesman there William Lorenzo Purdy 32 was arrested and charged with gree murder and assault with a dead ly weapon with intent to kill and in serious injury Phillips did not have Purdys address but said he is from Lumberton Purdy is also accused of shooting Albert Moore 44 of 1056 Snake Road in the chest Moore was in fair condition this morning at Southeast ern Regional Medical Center ac cording to Stephens According to Phillips the three Please see SHOOTING Page No ID on body found in ditch Scott Staff writer LUMBERTON Authorities say a womans body was found Tuesday morning in ditch off Regan Church Road about two miles from B laden County Sheriff Glenn Maynor said the woman appears to have been mur dered Maynor said authorities think they may know who the woman is but are waiting for the results of an autopsy to make a determination The results are expected to be released today Maynor said the body appears to have been in the ditch for at least 30 days He said it appears that the wom an was killed elsewhere and that her body was then dumped into the ditch Duck hunters found the body about Tuesday morning The body was taken to Chapel Hill that afternoon for the autopsy Maynor said authorities initially be that the body might be that of Janet Renee Jones who has been miss ing since October He says that appears unlikely now Jones 25 of Shannon was last seen on Oct 13 Jones the mother of four children under age 12 went to a store and never returned Thompson to make bid for seat on county board Scott Staff writer LUMBERTON Betty Thompson hopes to go from repre Row land residents to representing people across the county The Row land commis has filed for a seat on the Robe son Counly Board of Com missioners for District 2 Thompson 47 was he only candidate to file with THOMPSON the the Board of Elections on Tuesday Filing ends Feb 2 at noon The primary is in May Winners advance to the General Election in November Im running because I want to represent all the citizens in District 2 Thompson said More jobs will increase our countys tax base Please see THOMPSON Ina Springs lii Springs Thurman Springs Marie Today Mostly sunny with a high in the tipper 40s Tuesdays high low This morning at Lumber River Sunrise Sunset tomorrow 5 0 William Addie Mae Doris Canadian Sr Lumberton Please see POPE Page store and never returned Seeing red Town puts mark on late payers Mass AP Scarlet from Hawthornes The Scarlet Let letters have gotten a lot of mileage in tcr since 1992 In the story a woman Mass AP Scarlet loners have gotten a lot of mileage in New England since Nathaniel Hawthornes talc of shame and Red letters are now being used to embarrass people behind on paying their water bills Scofflaws get a scarlet X painted on the curb outside their home in the hopes of getting payment Not that theyre painting the town In the past three years only one X has cone on a curb Weve done it for a while and it works real well said Kathleen Ham the treasurer uid tax collector in this centra Massachusetts town The minute the see that X theyre up here to pay officials have taken a page from Hawthornes The Scarlet Let ter since 1992 In the story a woman is forced by villager to wear a red A for adultery because she refuses to disclose the name of her childs fa ther Customers get 45 days to pay then a couple of notices warning them that town crews are preparing the paint said Daniel Hammock the treasurers husband and the water commissioner The water goes off after that The couple said they believe the tactic is best suited to a small town where people know one another Se Edward Pete used to call to remind people but that wont happen this winter Its a moR professional way to di things said
