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1^ PUBLISHED EACH THURSDA^ ^ ^ ^ I ^iCTtE (C2&HDCX3S&K IfraW&f 13?>X< : I m 5- ?':'3 I "Building Communicative Bridges v \ ; f I J Pembroke, n.c. In A Cri-Bacial getting" < robeson count 1 ? ? Zi J i 25t ^J 1 LUMBEE RIVER LEGAL SERVICES OBSERVES TEMTH ANNIVERSARY Federal Judge W. EarlBrittis shown Unth mnivertaru of Zitm6ec Kver gtvtng the keynote speech at the Services, banquet held in observance, of the Pembroke attorney Dexter Brooks is shown as he unveiled, the portrait of by Barbara Bmve boy-Locklear ..."but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." Borrowing the line from one of poet Robert Frost's works, Lumbee River Legal Services executive director Kathleen McKee reaffirmed her staff's commitment to lend legal servies to indigent people in Robe son, Scotland, Cumberland and Hoke counties. McKee was among those who spoke at the organi2ation's tenth anniversary banquet FYiday night at Ramada Inn in Lumberton. Two hundred twenty-five people attend ..A "The wonderful thing I can tell about legal services is that some times out jobs are grinding, but our people are not ground down," the newly-appointed executive director remarked. McKee replaces the late Julian Pierce who served in that capacity until early this year when he resigned to run for the office of Superior Court judge. Pierce was later murdered in March at his home in Wakulla. McKee directs a team ot seven attorneys, three paralegals and sup port staffs who provide free .or reduced legal assistance in the area ? of civil law to 104,000 low-income people in a four county service area. Baaed in Pembroke,-the organisation has a branch office in Fayetteville and satellite offices in Laurinburg and ltaaford. "Whan on* person ia denied access to ths courthouse, it dim in iebee the quality of the justice we receive." McKee said. "When laws become guaranteed for some and Julian T. Pierce. [Tiara Loivery, arUtty denied to others, we become a nation of the lawless; not the lawful." Keynote speaker for the program was Judge W. Earl Britt who serves the U.S. District Court in the Eastern Division. A native of McDonald, Britt was the first representative horn the Robeson County Bar to serve as a board member to LRLS. "Our society has an obligation to provide legal representation to those charged with crimes, even though the accused is indigent and unable to afford counsel," he said. According to the federal judge, for years the obligation was met by society for the accused by the private bar, first without compensation and later with some < ompensation through the federal and state treasu ries. More recently the obligation has been met through the public defend er program with full-time counsel from the federal treasury. Lumbee River Legal Services, he. is one of 15 legal services agencies affiliated with the state agency. Though primarily funded by mon ies allocated by Congress to the Legal Service Corporation, the tax exempt organisation solicits support hom contributions by the general public and governmental units. Since its inception in 1978, the organisation has grown from one office and three employees to 21 employees and four offices. "Even though the program was resisted from its Inception, and even now from the organised bar, the public defender programs in the state have proved their value," Britt commented. "Our goal must ever he that equal access to the courts is net e \ a dream, but a reality to everyone in our society regardless of station in life, or ability to pay." A segment of the program was donated to the recognition of indivi duals, organizations and agencies rendering support to the ten-year old program based in Pembroke. Musical entertainment was ren dered by Christopher Kemp and Donald Leach. Pembroke attorney Dexter Brooks presided over the three-hour program which concluded with the unveiling of a portrait of the late Julian T. Pierce. Of Pierce, Brooks said, "He was a man of great intellect and great energy. He was not a man of racism even though he dealt with racism and poverty on a daily basis. He was the most kind-hearted of souls....he had a kind word to say of all people...he left this place a better place than he found it. He was a good man." Hie portrait, painted by artist Tara Lowery, will hang in the law library of the Julian T. Pierce Law Building located at the office of LRLS in Pembroke. Cen t e r F"ojt C ommu. m 1 ty Act loin Holds Ainmu.sL 1 Bstnc[XJi&t Hie Annual Banque of the Center for Community Action will be held on Saturday, November 12, at 6 p.m. at the Southern Kitchen Restaurant off Interstate 1-95 and Carthage Road Exit Keynote speaker for the event will be Mr. William Sanjour, Policy Analyst Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. The banquet will be a tribute to the late John Godwin, who was once vice chairman of the Center's Board of Directors, and at the time of his death a community organizer for the Indian community. Godwin died March 22, 1988 at Southeastern General Hospital in Lumberton from injuries suffered in a March 10th car accident Bu the work he started continues. "He roamed the county listening to the heartbeat of thepeople, he heard it was ailing," said his son, Tony Godwin. "But he got it started again and now it's up to the people here to keep it beating." "His life stands as an example that individuals can make a difference in our democracy, when they become involved and work with others for the common good," said the Rev. Mac Legerton, executive director of the Center for Community Action. Friends say Godwin believed that truth and time were on the side of the oppressed. All that was needed was someone to organise them. He carried the torch of nonviolent resistance, arranging marches that drew huge crowds, but followed the letter of the law. Violence threatened his cause when two Indians took hostages at gunpoint, but he helped negotiate a peaceful solution. It is significant that Godwin counted the successes not as his own but as those of the people he sought to motivate. Die greatest achieve ment, he said, was that people had begun to vote. That makes more change possible. The board of directors of the Center feel that there is no better way than this tribute to show appreciation for the.strength, fore sight, integrity and, most of all, the concern of John Godwin for the lives of others. The banquet will include a cele bration of the peat year's accom plishments and work of the Center. Speaking will be individuals who has participated within the various dus ters of the organisation. The duster groups are: Eastaide Park (Fair mont); Greenville (between Fairmont and Lumberton); IVmbroke; little field; Aid Lumberton. The banquet will alao be a kick off for the 1909 recruitment drive for the Center's revised membership plan and publi cation at the Center's first quartmly newaiettsr due to rol off the press in Early 1MB. Membership wHUbe IS and automatically entitles one to. receive the Center's sseatallst. % GENE IjOCK.1L,EAR PAINTING OE PEMBROKE DEPOT DNX^E I BED by Barbara Brave boy-Locklear Charles Alton Maynor, director of the Gene Locklear Art Gallery, last week announced the recent comple tion of a Gene Locklear painting of the Pembroke Depot The 30 x 36-inch work was unveiled last week at the gallery by Miss Lumbee Angelina Moore. In making the announcement, Maynor said a limited number of prints of the original work has been produced. "In doing the prints, the artist and I felt it would allow area collectors to own a piece of local history." The decades-old depot once located at the corner of Railroad and Main Streets in Pembroke, was destroyed by fire last year. "Hie art project will serve two fold. It will offer some memory of the landmark in a print while raising money for the Gene Locklear Art Scholarship at Pembroke State Uni versity," he says. While Locklear, a Lumbee Indian, has produced several paintings of hte the landmark, Maynorsays there will be no further works on the subject by the artist for promotion purposes. According to the gallery director, further works of the depot may be handled solely by private commis sions. Plans are incomplete on the method of selling the original painting of the depot. Maynor says an Open House is planned at the gallery for the Christmas holidays when Locklear, a San Diego-based artist, visits his native Pembroke. Until then, the limited edition prints, measuring 17 x 21 inches, may be purchased at the gallery located on Union Chapel Road. Miss Lumbee Angelina Moore un? the Pembroke Depot veiled Gene Locklear's painting of Hie Center for Community Action, formerly Robeson County Clergy and Laity Concerned, is a community organization which formed in 1980 in order to organize citizens and build an effective organization! with the power to improve the political, social, and economic conditions in Robeson. Hie Center also seeks to balance creative ideas and new approaches in protecting and promoting grassroots, community interests as a social change organization. Two of its most visible and successful endeavors have been a hazardous waste organi zing project and a leadership devel opment project. The former pro motes environmentally sound and appropriately-scaled facilities for hazardous waste treatment and disposal. The latter organizes and trains local citizens to become leaders for social change. For reservations call the Center office at 739-7851 or 739-7854 as soon as possible. Tickets are $8 per person. SAY YOU READ IT IIS THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE AUi tat-0 Inturanc* Company maJmt ? St 000 gift to Pombroho . rt-j ? son - -it??_ tVL_ ocas#' UWViffWJf ? twwrfuor f ocjm? Ian fond. Tho funds cam* from prueuodo oftko MUtuto Junior Ooif Ciatoic, an annual tvont from wkick PSU uxU contmuo to bonofit oaek |MT i>. Ckavit ft/ll PSU p i? Afiw<"g///ir int' fttikfi-Pytt nwiwi At gift an bokoif of PSU I /rm Oram* Jftwr (cwUrr) tf AM ?S flkjiL^wSTlW THE OPTIMIST I C CYN I CS By Karen Coronado & Wm. Richard ^lathis WE WOULDN'T WISH JTON OUR WORST ENEMY "Georye Bush," our five year old son replied on election day when we asked his presidential preference. Surely there was some mistake. He had heard extended dialogues about Bush's role in the Iran-Contra and Noriega scandals; not to mention numerous jokes and snide remarks. "Why would you vote for George Bush, son?" "Because his name is shorter." Huh? What does that matter?" > "Because it's easier to write." Our son is on the way to becoming a precocious pundit. If he had mentioned that Bush is taller, does not have heavy eyebrows, does not speak in choppy sentences, shows emotion and has a good smile we'd be trying to hustle him as appearance Nightline. He would be on Nightline as the short sage if he had added that a lot of people voted against Dukakis because he is a -gasp-liberal. Folks have told us they voted* against Dukakis because he's for abortion or he gives weekend passes to incarce rated murders so they can rape and plunder at will. It's all part of the liberal conspiracy to make secular humanism and the national religion: first they got rid of prayer in the schools, now it's the pledge of fllUmAnoA o? These same people who voted against Dukakis don't seem to be disturbed by Bush having run against Reagan in 1980 on a platform which supported abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment. Nor do they appear to mind Bush now championing the economic policies he once characterized as "voodoo." apparently, they believe Dukakis made more of a mistake with the Massachutes furlough program than Bush did in seHing missies to the Ayatollah or dealing with Panamian strongman Manuel Noriega. ? But we're neither bitter nor upset by Bush's victory. In fact, we are rather glad he is going to be president Dring the next four years, we would much rather see a "conservative" than a "liberal" take the heat of coping with the astro nomical national deficit our deeping foreign debt and the strong likeli hood or raising taxes. The next president will have to cover all the rubber checks extravagantly written during the past eight years or else wait for our credity/s to seek repossession. It would certainly be a switch to see a Republican get the rap for raising taxes. But that wouldn't be the first switch of roles in this nasty campaign. At times we have been so confused about who is the Republi can and the Democrat that we have termed it the "Bushkakis" cam paign. Bushkakis is usually shorten ed to Bushkaka. The Republicans were once the leftist radicals. During the Civil War and reconstruction, they advocated civil rights and sought to dismantle the economic system of the south. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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