PUB^SHED EACH THURSDAY " OTHE CAROLWA INDIAN VOK1 v&iW'ig CortfHumcative Bridges f ? % | I PEMBROKE. N.C Setting." ROBESON COUNT ? VOLUME J4 NUMBER H 25? PER COPY THURSDAY. APf r- ~ ? - ? ^ .. ? \ s ^ BHHHH ? Kick-Off Campaign for the KayUi Leigh Smith Liver Transplant Fund 7b lack-off campaign for the Kayla Leigh Smith Liver Transplant Fund, Sheriff Hu bert Stone preienti contribu tion to family. Shown [i-r| Larry Smith, Betty fnman, Sheriff Hubert Stone. Sealed it Kim Smith until baby, Kayia Leigh Smith. Contribu tions may be mailed to Kayla uy Larry-a , id Kim Smith ? .v Dear Friends and Citizens of Robeson County: We are the parents of Kayla Leigh Smith, a baby girl who is three months old, very beautiful and precious to us. When Kayla was two weeks old we noticed she was jaundiced. We took her to our pediatrician who referred us to Southeastern General Hos pital for a liver scan. To our astonishment the tests were positive. We were then sent to Duke Hospital where Kayla was diagnosed as having "Biliary artesia, " a rare liver disease that prevents the body from eliminating bile. Leigh Simith Liver Transplant Fund., P.O. Bus 827, Dim berton, PLC or Antxoch Baptist Church, Rt. 9 Box 160, Dijnberton, PLC 28358. Trus tees are: Rev. C.J. Bordeau and Bruce Jobe, local attor ney. Committee Chairman is Job B. Freeman, Robeson County Register of Deeds. Bile ten bhvd waste ponhtct that is stored m the liver and used to digest food. The surgeons at Duke took a piece of Kayla's large intestine and attached it to her liver in hopes that this operation would alleviate her problem. The operation called "Kasui Porterenterectomy" is the only procedure available at the present time for babies with biliary artesia. The ope ration did not help our baby's condition. The only thing left now is a liver transplant. Kayla was hospitalized at Duke for seven weeks. We then took her to the Chil dren's Transplant Center in Dallas, Texas. A transplant team evaluated Kayla. They informed us uuu she was a good transplant candidate and could be ttransplanted upon gaining some weight She now weighs lbs. and can be transplanted when she gains up to 15 lbs. We desperately need to raise $200,000.00 as quickly as possible because time is of the essence for Kayla. She doesn't have much time to wait for this transplant be cause as her liver condition worsens, so does her heart, brain, kidneys and other major organs. Kayla is on the transplant list in Dallas, Tex as and Pittsburg, Pennsyl vania. We are now trying to get her on other transplant lists around the country. These Centers will not trans plant our baby unless we, the parents, have the money up front. We were virtually caught with our pants down, with no insurance on Kayla. Medicaid and other State agencies do not puy for transplants in North Carolina. In the United States, 33 stutes pay for transplant surgery, but unfoituruuely, for us and other families. North Carolina does not. We are having to rely on local fund raising from Robeson and surrounding counties. If you or your organization could help assist with a fund raising project or just a donation we would deeply appreciate it. We love little Kayla very much and would love to see her grow-up. So please give or assist us in this effort in any manner available to you. Thank you. Sincerely, Larry & Kim Smith 1205 Saxon Ave. Lumberton, NC Public Awareness committee to meet at PSU "Die Public Awareness Committee of the Mayor's Committee for the Handi capped has scheduled its third speaker at PSU in Moore Auditorium on April 10, 1986 at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Thomas A. Jones, who is presently employed with the "Willy M" program in Fayetteville will be the guest speaker. He holds a B.S. Degree from PSU with a concentration in Medical So ciology and is presently wor king on his Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling emphasizing Vocational Eval uation. "Hie presentation will inclu de,. among other topics, a handicapped abilities versus disabilities, attitudes of the able-bodied toward them which many times causes social and pyschological bar riers. He will encourage in teraction and audience parti cipation. Mr. Jones lives in Fayette ville with his wife, Patricia, of twenty-six years, and is a Guidance Counselor in the St. Paul's Middle School. Hie presentation will be informative and can be appli ed to those working with the mentally and/ or pnysically handicapped, or living with them. For those not familiar with PSU, Moore Auditorium is directly behind Old Main. The parking lot in the back of the building is directly across the street from the Be re a Baptist Church and can be used by both wheelchairs and able bodied individuals. Ihu picture woe mapped recently at the So*theattern North Carolina Junior High Band Conteit at Pembroke State Umvenity. A cap turn the photographer attempting to prompt the Undents to pose conocttg for a group picture. Some SO junior high bands took port (n the two-day event, held at*the Given* Performing Arte Center. - UJ.ejL, J Randy Atcheson, a Master at the Piano and Organ to Perform During Albert Long Happening by Gene Warren Watching Randy Atcheson perform at the piano is like seeing musical poetry come alive. His maestro's fingers dance across the keyboard, filling the auditorium with majestic music. Atcheson, the only double major in the history of the Julliard School of Music in New York in both piano and organ, will be part of the Albert Long evangelistic team when Long leads a "Happe ning" April 13-16 at Lum berton Senior High School Auditorium. Services are at 7:30 p.m. nightly. Everyone is invited to this event for the entire county. The event is free to the public. Atcheson, fronp Greenwich, Conn., has been with the team for 11 years. He has performed all over the U.S. and abroad. "Name it, and Randy will play it," said long. "He is unbelievable." Atcheson last performed in Lumherton in 1980 when long's team was there last for a "Happening." He drew tremendous response. He also played a special concert on the organ at Chestnut Street United Methodist Church? and it, too, was acclaimed. Prior to that, he visited Robeson County in 1975 when he was 23 years old, playing on the third night of an Albert long "Happening" at St. Pauls High School. People who attended still talk of how superbly he performed on an old, scratched-up piano in the high school auditorium. Although the piano was badly out of tune, Atcheson made it become an instrument ui i