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1 E CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
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^ THURSDAY, SEP! EM HER 3, 19911 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
Timothy itrickland seeks re-election to
EMC Board of Directors October 6
Timothy Strickland, life long
farmer, has announced his bid for reelection
to the Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corporation's Board of
Directors. Strickland has served as
the District IV representative on that
board for 21 years. In addition to his
farming interests, Strickland is also
retired from the State of North Carolina
where he served as Head of the
Motor Pool at the University of North
Carolina at Pembroke for more than
thirty years. Strickland and his wife.
Ruthie Jane Strickland, reside in the
Harper's Ferry area In making his
announcement for re-election. Strickland
released the following statement
"It has been a privilege for me to
serve the rural EMC. As a life long
farmer, I understand and appreciate
the significance of the establishment
of the rural electric cooperative. It
was originally begun to provide electrical
services to the rural areas. Of
course, since its organization the EMC
has extended its services as the needs
of the consumer have changed. We
now provide electric service to more
than 30,000 consumers and have been
instrumental in the recruitment of industry
into the service area. In my
twenty-one years as a member of the
LREMC Board, I have had the opportunity
to be a part of progressive
change and to provide expertise in the
operation of a multi-million dollar
business which is what the cooperative
is about these days.
"During my years of service 1 have
served as Secretary to the Board for
nine years. This experience has been
used as a means of expanding my
personal knowledge of the cooperative
program in order that I might
make wiser decisions for the consumers.
After all, efficient and adequate
service to the consumers is the priority
of the cooperative.
"Many programs have been developed
and expanded during my tenure
with the EMC. 1 am proud of those
programs and feel honored to have
played a part in their establishment. I
am especially proud of the 'Help a
Needy Friend Program.' This is a
program whereby consumers donate
.50 a month to help other consumers.
The program is optional but 1 have
participated in giving since its inception.
This fund is set aside to help
consumers who have financial emergencies
and hardships. The coop has
established this program to meet the
needs of consumers. It is not unusual
or anything to be ashamed of to find
yourself in need of assistance. The
Help A Needy Friend Program is just
one way we have of meeting the financial
needs of the less fortunate
and/or economically disadvantaged.
This is only one of the reasons that 1
have considered running again for the
EMC Board.
"At the August meeting the board
voted to send Capital Credits to the
consumers. Capital Credits are the
monies that are left over at the pnd of
the operational years. These monies
are returned to the consumers. In
August we decided to pay over SI
million to the consumers for the year
1978 and 1997. 1 am delighted to be
a part of the successful and progressive
LREMC Board. The more efficient
the cooperative operates, the
more Capital Credits earned for the
consumers. After all, it is the consum-""*ers
who own the not-for profit corporation.
"There are many other decisions
that I have been part of that are
beneficial to the consumers. 1 wish to
remain on the EMC board because I
feel that 1 have the experience and the
expertise to continue to make wise
decisions for the consumers.
"The election for four members of
the EMC Board will be held on Tuesday,
October 6 at the UNCP Performing
Arts Center. Registration begins
at 6 p.m. and the meeting will begin as
soon as there is a quorum of members.
It is important for consumers to remember
that they must vote for four
people in order for their vote to count.
I humbly ask that you make Timothy
Strickland one of your four votes on
October 6."
Small farms and
small businesses get
exemption
RALEIGH- Small businesses and
family farms would be exempted from
any inheritance tax under a proposal
pushed Wednesday by Senate Democrats
in an effort to move state budget
negotiations forward
For two months. House and Senate
budget writers have been at a stalemate.
House Republican negotiatorshave
insisted on a repeal of the inheritance
tax, a cut that would benefit
only about 5,300 estatcsinNorth Carolina
this year At the same time, the
House budget fails to expand Smart
Start statewide or provide badly needed
juvenile detention centers
Senate Democrats have insisted on
expanding Smart Start, providing
more state resources to education, including
community colleges and slate
universities, and more detention centers
for juvenile criminals.
The disagreement has delayed
school technology funding, pay raises
for teachers, nonprofit agency funding
and hundreds of other stale programs.
"This compromise offers an exemption
to those who need it most,
while allowing the state to provide for
educating our children and protecting
public safety." said state Sen David
Weinstcin. D-Robeson "But holding
the education of our children hostage
for the sake of a tax cut that would
benefit only a few is irresponsible."
North Carolina ranks second in the
nation in tax cuts over the past five
years, according to the National Conference
of State Legislatures The
General Assembly already has guaranteed
Substantial tax relief this year
by agreeing to repeal the food lax. to
offer tax credits for long-term care
-mswancc for-thc elderly and credits
for parents who provide private health
insurance to their children, and to
repeal the tax on public retirees" pensions
But further tax culs-cspccially the
inheritance tax. which would benefit
only 20 estates in Bladen County . 105
in Cumberland county. 9 in Hoke
County, 53 in Robeson County and 40
in Sampson County- would come at a
high cost to public schools, law enforcement
and Smart Start. Wcinstcin
noted
North Carolina already allows a
$600,000 exemption on all estates
and spouses inherit property tax-free.
The Senate Democrats" proposal
Wednesday would allow farms and
small businesses with values above
the $600,000 threshold to pass to the
next generation tax free:
"It's a reasonable solution to an
unreasonable impasse." Wcinstcin
said "Educating our children should
be the state's top priority. not blowing
a hole in the state budget for a tax cut
that would only benefit a handful of
people."'
Reading for
Success
Workshop
The Robeson County Church and
Community Center offers (at no
charge) a three session workshop to
train volunteer tutors. These certified
tutors arc prepared to tutor school
children in reading at the county elementary
schools. The workshops arc
held at Resource Room #2 in the
Planetarium of the Public Schools of
Robeson County.
Workshop #4 Mondays Sept 14.
21.28- 6-9 PM
Workshop #5 Thursdays Sept 17,
24. and Oct. 1 - 6-9 PM
FOR MORE INFORMATION
AND/OR TO REGISTER FOR THE
THREE WORKSHOP SESSIONS:
CALL Polly or Dan Cunningham
(Trainers) - 521-4230 or Robeson
C'ountv Church and Community Center
-738-5204
Golf Tournament
The 6th Annual Johnny Strickland
Memorial Captain's Choice Golf
Tournament will be held on September
12.1998beginningat8:30a m at
the Eastwood Golf Course The course
is located at 4400 The Plaza, in Charlotte.
NC.
Entry fee for the tournament is
$65.00 and the entry deadline is September
8. 1998. There will be a drawing
on September 10th at 7:30 pm at
the 19th Hole Grill There will be
food, cash prizes, beer, lots of merchandise
and much more. Everyone is
invited.
For additional information please
contact Bobby Berry at 704-545-7711
or contact the Mctrolina Native American
Association at 2601-A East Seventh
Street. Charlotte. 704-331-4818
zzna Annual Native American Cultural
Festival/Pow Wow to be held
Greensboro?The Guilford Native
American Association is pleased to
announce that they will be celebrating
their annual Cultural Festival and Pow
Wow on September 18-20.1998. The
Cultural Fcstival/Pow-Wow is cosponsored
by Guilford Native American
Association and Greensboro
Country Park, adivisionoflhcGrccnsboro
Parks and Recreation Department.
The three day event will be held
at Greensboro Country Park. Greensboro.
N.C.
A Cultural Festival for K-6th graders
will kickoff the event on Friday.
September 18. The Cultural Festival
will begin at 9:00 a.m. andconcludcat
1:30 p.m. School children from
throughout Guilford and surrounding
counties arc invited to attend the festival.
Admission is $1.00 during the
festival only.
Activities to take place during the
festival include Native American
story-telling .traditional tools and
weapons demonstration . traditional
dancing and sign language and a La
crosjc game demonstration Featured
performers for the festival will include
the Ximalli A/tee Dancers of
Mexico and the Eastern Cherokee
Championship Hoop Dancer.
Jonathan Feather Native American
traders will also be selling traditional
arts and crafts
The Pow Wow will officially begin
Friday. September 20 with various
activities including inter-tribal dancing
.dancing competition, drum competition
.arts and crafts competition,
honoring ceremonies and' a gospel
singing The Pow Wow will feature
dancers representing tribes from
throughout the United States and
Canada. These dancers, ranging in
age from 18 months to 75. will compete
for prize money in several different
dance categories. Food vendors
will boon hand selling various foods,
including traditional Indian Frybread
and Tacos. General admission is$5.00/
day. senior citizens $ 1.00. children 612
$1.00. children 5 and under free
This year a three (3) day pass for
general admission will be offered for
$10.00
Returning to GNAA's Row Wow
from past years will be Ray Littlclurtlc.
serving as Master of Ceremonies Ray
is Luntbcc-Chcra'w Indian and is a
traditional historian and presenter for
Turtle Vision. Inc. He has worked as
Master of Ceremonies at powwow's
across the East Coast including
GNAA's for the past twenty (20)ycars
Our host Drum w ill be A-WO-H AL1
from Cherokee. N.C Our Head
Dancer will be Darrcl Brushbreakcr
of the Sioux Tribc and Susan Silver of
the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe
We arc celebrating twenty three
(21) years of Guilford Native American
Associations^ existence-September
1975 was when we incorporated
Please Note: Our theme for this year's
Cultural Fcstival/Pow Wow is Honoring
Our Mothers and Mother Earth
The Givers of Life.
For more information about the
Cultural Festival & PowWow. call
(.1.16)27.1-8686. Sccschcdulccncloscd
for details. Pictures and/or video and
live appearances available upon request
Sgt. Bryant completes 13-week law
enforcement leadership program
Pembroke ? Like many students,
Campus Police Sgt Travis
Bry ant took the summer olTfrom UNC
Pembroke The only difference is he
went back to school
Sgt Bry ant , a four year veteran of
the UNCP Campus Police Department.
completed a 13-week Administrative
Officers Management Program
at North Carolina Slate Uni\crsUy
The course is designed to pro\ idc law
enforcement personnel with management
and leadership skills
UNCP Campus Police Chief Dav id
Melton said the skills learned at the
program will enhance the department
"The knowledge and skills which
Sgt.Bryant gained will surely help us
become a more professional agency ."
Chief Helton said "Having an officer
accepted into such an elite program as
AOMP was a great honor for out
department, and I would like to thank
the Chancellor Oxcndinc for allowing
Sgt Bryant to participate
The program gives participants
15 college credits and is a national 1>
accredited public administration
course. Sgt Bryant's tuition was paid
for with a $2,400 slate grant set aside
for small police agencies
I Ic said the program is a good one
"1 feel like this will be beneficial
for nty career and for the university."
Sgt Bryant said
"This is high quality management
instruction."
"Law enforcement gets more complex
all the time, and programs like
this teach the interpersonal skills that
the job demands, "he said " Wclcancd
about budgets, community policing
and we shared a lot of ideas and
concerns with faculty and other law
enforcement personnel"
A 1001 graduate ofUNCP. majoring
in criminal justice. Sgt Bryant is
thcsoiibfMi and Mrs. Alfred Bryant.
Since his graduation from AOMP.
Sgt Bry ant has been asked to serve on
an assessment panel for hiring lieutenants
for the UNC'-Chapcl Hill campus
police
Native Americans
Choose Life
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Eighth quarter student Victor Locklear (with children Ethan and Kaylyn)
is one of several native Americans from the same community in North
Carolina who are enrolled at Life University.
Whether it's coincidence or
whether its fate, eight Native Americans
from Pembroke. North Carolina
area, have found themselves together
at Life.
This group of acquaintances,
friends and in some eases cousins- all
of Native American descent- lived
within one or two nlilcs of each other
near Pembroke All of them arc now
studying to be chiropractors
I i's really amazing that we all ended
up here." said Victor Locklcar. an Xtli
quarter student "We had no idea of
each other's plan's it just w orked out
this way.
The students. Brian Floriata (I lilt
quarter) Victor Locklcar (8th). Chastity
Oxcndinc (7th). Angic Moore
(5th). John Deese (5th). Jason
l.ocklcar(4th). and Rcgina Freeman
(Prc-Reqs) arc descendants of the
Lumbcc Tribe. These Native Americans
arc thought to have blended with
the Lost Colon>. a group of colonist
who disappeared from Roanoke Island.
North Carolina in 1586. "That
explains our surnames, and why sonic
of us have red hair, or green eyes. "
said Victor l.ocklcar.
All attended public schools in the
Robeson School District, and several
had seen chiropractors, but there was
no agreement to come here together,
according . to Victor
I knew Melinda Cooke (not a Native
American but a life student from
Robeson Counts) and Brian were here
aftcr'lst quarter, and I foundout Jason
and Angic when I went back home for
(he Christmas holidays." he recalled
" We occasionally run into each other
at home, but we.seldom see each Other
on campus."
Victor can't spoak for the others,
but he say s the school's close proxim1'
its and ilscmployccs were a big factor.
"Once I decided to go to chiropratic
school I drove down and everybody
was so friendly and nice I knew it had
to be life
More than eight l.nmhee are currently enrolled at Life University which
sits on Cherokee ancestrial homeland. The university specializes in the
training of Chiropractic Doctors.
Some ofthe Lumhee are related and some are justfriends hut they all have
found each other. "It's really amazing that we all ended up here, "said Victor
l.ocklear, an 8th quarter student. " We hod no idea of each other's plans...it
just worked out this way.
The other Lumhee students include, Itrian IToriata (I Ith quarter), Matt
Chavis (8th), Chasity Oxendine (7th), Angle Moore (5th), John Deese (5th),
Jason l.ocklear (Jth), and Region freeman (Pre-Regsf
'New Hours for
County Museum
The Robeson Count) Museum
Associates announce new hours of
operation for the Robeson Count)
Museum: Tuesdays. Wednesdays, and
Thursdays 9am - 2pm; 1st and 3rd
Saturdays from 9ain - 2pm The caretaker
is Mr James McRac
The current exhibit fodcuscs on the
Lumber River: History and Habitats
Group visits may be arranged in advance
by phoning 738-7979 during
museum hours.
The Museum Associates arc currently
undertaking a membership
drive Informative pamphlets may be
found at the following locations: Robeson
County Museum, Robeson County '
Public Library, Lumberton Chamber
of Commerce office and the office of
Travel and tourism
Democratic
Women to meet
The Robeson County Democratic
Women will hold a meeting on Monday,
September 14,1998at7:00pmat
Ryan's Steak House in Lumberton.
NC. For information please call Ms
Earlena C. Lowry at 521-9092 or call
628-6642.
Crepe Myrtle
Celebration
planned
ANGIER-The Crepe Myrtles are in
full bloom and the village of Angier,
NC is full of excitement in preparation
for the 16th Annual Crepe Myrtle
Celebration.
-The celebration w ill begin on September
12 with a parade leading into the
village by Ronald McDonald The
special attraction this year is the Seventh
Generation Society youth Council
Dancers and the Red Snake Drum
Group of native Americans under the
leadership uf Kail Avffnnr This spcE
cial attraction is sponsored by Olde
Mill Motors members of the Angier
Chamber of Commerce. Jay Locklear
and Brent Barrett ofOldc Mill Motors
in a recent interview statcd,"we are
very pleased to be a small part of this
years celebration and we sincerely
hope our citizens and friends will
enjoy this special feature."
Other entertainment for the day will
include a 'street rod' show:, dunking
booths, music, food, pony rides, arts,
and crafts, puppet shows, dancingand
a special booth by the Chamber of
Commerce selling Crepe Myrtles at
bargain prices.
Pembroke
Kiwanis
Report
by Ken Johnson
The weekly meeting was held
Tuesday evening at the Chinese Jade
Garden Restaurant with President
Brian Brooks presiding.
Program chairman Buddy Bell presentedhisson
Dr.Joey Bellas speaker
of the evening! Dr. Bell's topic was
the opportunities in the medical professions
for gifted Indian students.
There are opportunities at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Also the University of Oklahoma offers
degrees in the medical sciences,
especially for Indian students, plus
Stanford University in Palo Alta, California.
We have had many Luir.bee
students come out of these pro-trains
successfully and get jobs in the health
care professions. Dr. Bell encouraged
interested Indian student to contact
him at his Pembroke office. The telephone
number is 521-0201. These
programs are in all he health care
professions, including pediatrics,
nursing, dentistry, x-ray doctors, anesthesiologists,
internal medicine,
physical therapy, heart specialists,
cancer specialists. The desire to serve,
to be dedicated to the professional
care of patients is truly evident in Dr.
Joey Bell.
Opening song leader -Ed Teets.
Invocation-Garth Locklear. ReporterKen
Johnson.
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