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Warrant issued for student’s arrestKelli EasterlingRichmond County Daily Journal

Police are still searching for 17-year-old Christopher Wayne Schoonover, who allegedly assaulted a teacher at Richmond Senior High School on Monday.

The teacher, 37-year-old Chad Hinson, was treated for injuries and released from FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital.

Hinson returned to school Tuesday morning, according to school district spokesperson Ashley Simmons.

Simmons reported that Schoonover fled the campus after striking Hinson, and remained at large as of late Tuesday after-noon.

“Approximately 15 students were interviewed with regard to the events that took place in the classroom,” said Simmons. “Because the case involves stu-dent records protected under FERPA (the Family Educational Right to Privacy Act), Richmond County Schools is not releas-ing information directly related to the altercation. An additional unidentified witness provided tes-timony that Schoonover was seen running toward East Washington Street after fleeing the campus.”

According to reports received by Simmons, he ran through a densely-wooded area near the school. School police officers pursued him into the wooded area but never had him in sight, she said.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Canine Unit was deployed at that point, but was unable to track him. The area around the school was patrolled for several hours by the Richmond County Schools Special Police Department.

A sheriff’s deputy was pres-ent at the school on Tuesday, a reaction to Monday’s incident. Two uniformed Richmond County Schools Special Police are pres-ent on campus every day.

Student attendance was not effected in the day following the incident.

The RCS Special Police

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Jada Smith, Zyion Baldwin and Zyier Baldwin get ready for spooky fun at Trunk or Treat on Monday night.

Trunk or Treat a family favoriteKelli EasterlingRichmond County Daily Journal

Six years and going strong, Richmond County’s Trunk or Treat organizers estimated 1,800 plus kids would traffic through the 21 stations set up around Browder Park on Halloween night.

“People started calling me in August to make sure we were going to do Trunk or Treat again this year,” said Kim Williams, event coordinator for the City of Rockingham. “We opened up the gates at 6:30

p.m., but people started lining up at 5 o’clock.”

Businesses, churches and community organizations set up tents, booths and haunted houses around the park on Monday for the streams of gob-lins, fairies and parents to walk through and collect candy.

“We start stocking up on candy early in the year to make sure we have enough for this night,” said Gweenda Capps, who was handing out candy at

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Chloe Nunn, Zoey Robson and Miranda Thompson are eager to collect their candy at Trunk or Treat.

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Helen Goodman looks at the Vic and Helen Goodman 4-H Century Family plaque at the new Hudson 4-H Courtyard and Gardens.

4-H Courtyard and Gardens dedicatedSpecial to the Daily Journal

The North Carolina 4-H Development Fund Board of Directors recently announced the dedication of the Juanita Ogburn Hudson and Mack Reid Hudson 4-H Courtyard and Gardens at Millstone 4-H Center, near Ellerbe.

In addition, guests were provided a “Sneak Preview of the House that 4-H Peanuts Built.”

The Hudson 4-H Courtyard and Gardens and the “House that 4-H Peanuts Built” are two components of the planned 4-H History and Learning Center that is being con-

structed as a statewide museum and futuristic learning laboratory. Aimed at making North Carolina, world and U.S. history come alive, the SECU 4-H Learning Center will provide North Carolina youth with a state-of-the-art laboratory and outdoor learn-ing stations to provide interactive experiences that will engage 4th and 8th grade social studies stu-dents year after year. In addition, the facility will offer 4-H history camps, 4-H traditional camps, school enrich-

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Feeding hungry children, one week at a timeKelli EasterlingRichmond County Daily Jour-nal

When Steve Crews, pas-tor of Hamlet’s Church of God of Prophecy, heard about the Backpack Pals organization while volun-teering at a food bank, he knew this was something he wanted to bring to Richmond County kids.

“It all started in February, 2007, with 38 students,” said Crews.

“It” is Backpack Pals of Richmond County, a non-profit group with a 100 per-cent volunteer staff that has grown into a well-oiled machine that packs food

for 469 elementary school students every week dur-ing the school year.

Practically everyone has heard about the group, but not many know how it works.

Today, the group operates out of a ware-house loaned to them by McLaurin Center and vol-unteers run every step of the process.

“Roman Chavis is our dedicated volunteer for the past five years, and he comes in every week to set up the assembly line for the volunteers who put the packs together,” said Kim Lindsey, spokesperson for

the group.The group lines up to

make bags containing: three dinner items, like soup or ravioli; two break-fast items, like granola bars or Pop Tarts; two juice items; and two snack items, like popcorn or crackers.

This week, volunteers from Big Rock Sports, in Hamlet, showed up at the warehouse during their time off work to make bags.

“We took a survey at work to find out which community organiza-tion we would support, KELLI EASTERLING/DAILY JOURNAL

Backpack Pals RC volunteer, Roman Chavis, preps the food assembly line each week before volunteer packers arrive.

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