That’s when the filing period opens for candidates for all offices, ranging from governor and legislature to county commissioner and school board.
It’s also the day that absentee ballots will be available to voters in the North West Moore Water District. Ballots may be picked up at the Moore County Board of Elections office in Carthage.
Under state law, absentee ballots were available today, but the elections office is closed on Sundays.
Registrants in the townships of Bensalem, Deep River, Ritter and Sheffield are eligible to vote in the $16 million bond referendum May 25. People who live in the town of Robbins are not eligible to vote in the referendum. Robbins, which has its own water system, will not be part of the North West Moore Water District.
Voters in the four townships will be asked to express support for the district by approving issuance of bonds. Approval will enable the county to apply to the Rural Development arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a grant and low-interest loan to pay for construction of the water system. The process is similar to the one followed in developing the East Moore Water District.
STITH — Thomas Stith, a candidate for lieutenant governor, made his second appearance in Moore County on April 17 when he addressed the 6th District Republican Convention in Carthage.
Stith, a Durham businessman and three-term member of the Durham City Council, is actively campaigning in this area, according to Lee Settle, his Moore County campaign manager.
Settle said Stith received some campaign contributions when he attended the GOP county convention in Carthage a few weeks earlier, although he was not actively seeking funds when he visited here.
Former Gov. Jim Martin and former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth have endorsed Stith.
The Pilot incorrectly reported that Stith sent a representative to speak on his behalf at the district convention. Settle was prepared to speak for Stith, but said the candidate “ arrived on time and spoke for himself.”
HIGHWAY — The N.C. Department of Transportation will host a dedication ceremony for the Bob Jordan Highway on Thursday, April 29, at 3:30 p.m. at the Swift Island Boating Wildlife Access near the town of Troy.
Gov. Mike Easley will join N.C. Board of Transportation member G.R. Kindley, state Transportation Secretary Lyndo Tippett and local officials in the ceremony naming that stretch of N.C. 24-27 the Bob Jordan Highway. The Jordan Highway extends from the Pee Dee River Bridge through Montgomery County to the Moore County line.
The ceremony will be held on N.C. 24-27 near the Montgomery/Stanly County Bridge over Lake Tillery, about 12 miles from Troy. If it rains, the event will be held in the West Montgomery High School auditorium.
SOIL STEWARDSHIP — April 25-May 2 is being observed as Soil Stewardship Week.
The Moore County Board of Commissioners adopted the proclamation at an April meeting. Commissioner Bob Ewing read the proclamation, and Glenn Bradley with the Moore Soil and Water Conservation Board of Supervisors accepted it.
The proclamation says, in part, that “we all depend on the fruits of healthy soil for our daily survival” and “living organisms in soil thrive under the nurturing hand of humankind.” It calls on Moore County residents to take heed of “lessons from the past (that) clearly show the need for conservation of the land” and calls on them to touch “the soil with respect to do their individual
