Democrats Meet Tonight

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The Moore County Democratic Party has called a meeting of all precinct officers, precinct committees, candidates and interested Democrats for tonight at 7 in Room 103, Van Dusen Hall, Sandhills Community College

Walker Morris, county party chair, said the agenda calls for discussion of the party’s get-out-the-vote plan for the November general election, plans for party headquarters, details on party, precinct and candidate events in the fall, and plans for candidate support.

Morris said voter registration lists would be available for those precinct chairs who have not picked theirs up.

DECISIONS — The Moore County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing tonight to consider the town of Carthage request to extend extraterritorial jurisdiction within the Urban Service Boundaries designated in the countywide zoning ordinance.

The hearing will be held during the board’s regular 6 p.m. meeting in the historic courthouse in downtown Carthage.

The commissioners will also consider adoption of resolutions authorizing development of a Welfare Reform standard plan for 2001-03 and selecting an architect to design an animal shelter.

The board is also expected to vote on acceptance of a new federal grant for the airport.

Dr. Patrick Russo, superintendent of schools, will present an update, and the Convention and Visitors Bureau will offer its annual report.

Also on the agenda is a hearing for close-out of the Micro-Enterprise Grant.

LONG DAY — This is a long day for the commissioners.

At 11 a.m., they met with emergency management public officials for a briefing at the Agriculture Center. At 3 p.m., they will meet jointly with the Planning Board for a session expected to last until 5:30, just in time to make their regular 6 p.m. meeting at the courthouse.

The agenda for the joint meeting with the Planning Board covers proposed amendments to watershed overlay district regulations, proposed amendments to highway corridor overlay district regulations, municipal extraterritorial jurisdictions, abandoned and unsafe buildings, urban service boundaries and a thoroughfare plan.

EDWARDS — U.S. Sen. John Edwards marked the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Floyd Friday with visits to Princeville and Tarboro in Eastern North Carolina.

The former Moore County resident toured the newly rebuilt Princeville Montessori School and visited the flood-impacted site of the Princeville Town Hall. He also met with senior citizens at the Senior Center. Both the center and Town Hall were destroyed by flood waters and are now housed temporarily in trailers.

Edwards held an informal town hall-type meeting at a restaurant in Tarboro later in the day.

POLITICS — In a fresh round of endorsements, the Conservation Council of North Carolina Political Action Committee has put its stamp of approval on Democrats Roy Cooper for attorney general, Ralph Campbell for auditor and Elaine Marshall for secretary of state.

Pinehurst Republican Harris Blake is challenging Marshall.

The Forest Landowners Association has endorsed U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes for reelection to the 8th District.