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"CAROLINA INDIAN
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VOL VME 28 NUMBER 14 THURSDA Y, APRIL 5, 2001 25c A
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Local student Named I
National Award Winner I
The United States Achievement
Academy announced today that
Zora Natasha Stewart from Rowland,
NC has been named a United
States National Award Winner in
Honor Roll.
This award is a prestigious honor
very few students can ever hope to
attain. In fact, the Academy recognizes
fewer than 10% of all American
high school students.
Zora Natasha Stewart, who attends
Pembroke Middle, was nominated
for this national award by
Gwen Clark, a Guidance Counselor
at the school.
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Zora Natasha Stewart, will ap-B
pear in the United States Achieve- a|
m?nt Academy Official Yearbook,!
which is published nationally.
> "Recognizing and supporting!
j our youth is more important than
ever before in America's history. _
Certainly, United States Achieve-!
ment Academy winners should be I
congratulated and appreciated for!
their dedication to excellence and I
achievement," said Dr. George!
Stevens, Executive Director of the I
United States Achievement Acad-1
emy.
The Academy selects USAA
winners upon the exclusive recommendation
of teachers, coaches,
counselors, and other qualified
sponsors and upon the Standards
of Selection set forth by the Academy.
The criteria for selection are
a student's academic performance,
interest and aptitude, leadership
qualities, responsibility, enthusiasm,
motivation to leam and improve,
citizenship, attitude and cooperative
spirit, dependability, and
recommendation from a teacher or
director.
Zora Natasha Stewart is the
daughter of Mr.& Mrs. Jimmy
Strickland (guardian), from Rowland,
NC. The grandparents are the
late Mr.& Mrs. Herbert Jones of
Rowland, NC, and Mr.& Mrs.
Harvey Jacobs of Pembroke, NC.
Purnell Swett High School students partlclapted In a poetry reading
and art show at the Indian Education REsource Center March 8.
Crazy for You
The New Gershwin Musical Comedy
The Givens Performing Arts
Center will present the national tour
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of the Tony Award-winning musical
Crazy for You on Tuesday, May
J at8:00 pm. Crazyforyouisanonstop
musical extravaganza featuring
such hits as "Embraceable
You," "1 Got Rhythm," and "Some- '
one to Watch Over Me." Tickets are
S26, S24 and $8 for children and
students. For reservations or more
information, call the GPAC box
office at (910( 521-6361 or (800)
367-0778. Crazy for You is sponsored
in-part by WFLB Oldies 96.5
FM. Broadway razzle-dazzle at its
finest!
YOUTH IN CHRIST
of Shannon, NC
7th Annual Anniversary
singing
April 27 & 28, 2001,
7 pm Nightly
@ Truth & Love Worship
Center
HWY211 N. Toward
Raeford, NC
Willingness to Learn Nets Robeson County
Farmers Award for Blanks Family
Greensboro, NC: Bumice and ~
Bbrttile BlankTValue the rural lifestyle
they lead on their Robeson
.County farm, but they don't isolate
themselves from their commuv
nity or the programs available to
them, and this has made them successful
small-scale farmers.
Recognizing this success, the
Cooperative Extension Program at
North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University honored
them with the 2001 Gilmer
L. and Clara Y. Dudley Small
Farmer of the Year Award, on
Small Farms Day, Wednesday,
March 28.
The award and cash prize was
presented during the Small Farmers
Recognition Luncheon, held on
the A&T campus, during Small
Farms Week, the 15th annual statewide
celebration of small-scale agriculture.
"Bumice and Bonnie are innovators
on the small-scale agriculture
scene," said Nelson
Brownlee, and area farm management
agent with Robeson County
Cooperative Extension. Brownlee
has worked with the Blanks for the
past eight years, introducing them
to a number of programs designed
for small-scale farmers. "Whin a
new opportunity arises, they are
quick to assess it for their needs and
enthusiastic to accept new and better
ways of doing things."
Recently, the Blanks became part
of the Farmers Adopting Computer
Training project coordinated by the
NC A&T cooperative Extension
Program. Through this program,
they have access to a computer and
software tailored to their needs, and
have been trained on how to integrate
this technology into their farm
management practices.
"The computer helps us keep organized,"
said Mr. Blanks. "We
appreciate the opportunity to learn
something new and to improve our
farming operation by having a better
sense of crop and financial management."
Prior to enrolling in the computer
project, the Blanks participated
in several other programs
coordinated by the NC A&T Cooperative
Extension Program, including
the Small Farmer Outreach
and Technical Assistance Project.
Through this project, the Blanks
participated in several workshops
designed to introduce them to farm
record-keeping and management.?
Reflecting the lessons they
learned through this project, the
Blanks now produce over 35 kinds
of fruits and vegetables orfTBeiF29? acre
farm. Among their produce
offerings are cabbage, okra, watermelons,
turnips and tomatoes. Markets
for the produce include the
local farmers market, area restaurants,
consumers of their produce
gift package, and residents of the
Robeson County area, where Mr.
Blanks is known to deliver produce
to elderly people unable to travel.
The Blanks also used another
A&T program, Ways to Grow, to
enhance their farming operations,
Through This W.K. Kellogg program,
die Blanks received training
on small farms management and a
grant to add an irrigation system
to their farm, which they estimate
has increased their yields 100 percent
on the irrigated land.
The Blanks have also become
involved with the North Carolina
Coalition of Farm and Rural Families,
and through this organization,
they lead efforts, both locally and
statewide, to promote small-scale
agriculture. Recently, through their
work with this organization, they
were integral in initiating-discussion
with Glory Foods to establish
production and marketing contracts
forleafy greens and sweet potatoes.
' :Small-scale fanners have to
knpw where their markets are, and
they have to figure out a way to
meet the market demand while not
ignoring their bottom lime," said
Mr. Blanks. "If you want tomake
money, you have to save money
where you cam."
The Gilmer L. and Clara Y.
Dudley Small Farmer of the Year
Award is presented annually by the
NC A&T Cooperative Extension
Program to a small-scale farmer
who exemplifies prudent stewardship
of the land while optimizing
resources and enhancing farm operations
through Cooperative Extension
programs.
Joseph L Dudley, president of.
Dudley Products, Inc., established
the award, as a tribute to his parents'
commitment to higher education
and appreciation of farming.
For more information, please
contact Nelson Brownlee, Robeson
County Cooperative Extension.
(910) 671-3276
Scotland Memorial's Edwin Morgan Center
Among Seven to Reveice "Eden" Grant
The Edwin Morgan Center is
among seven nursing care providers
that will receive grants of
$25,000 each this spring from the
Vlorth Carolina Division of Facility
Services to help improve patient
interaction and to help create a
more homelike environment for
patients.
The grants support the tenets of
the Eden Alternative. Eden Alternative
homes focus on two major
changes that dramatically alter the
lives of those who live and work in
long-term care settings. First, the
Eden philosophy stresses the need
to place decision-making close to
the residents by empowering those
directly involved in care giving and
care-receiving. Second, Eden
homes are built around human
habitats, which are created when
plants, pets, and children become
a part of the fay-to-day life of these
facilities.
"The Edwir Morgan Center staff
consistently offers quality care for
the residents" said Jean Opsut,
Scotland Men orial Hospital's Vice
President of P ofessional Services.
"Yet, our res dents deserve more
than quality iare; they deserve a
higher qualir/ of life. The Eden
Alternative ccncept is very simple.
We must see nursing homes as
habitats for luman beings rather
than institutkns for the frail and
elderly. We want to eliminate at the
Edwin Morgan Center the three
plagues of long-term care- loneliness","helplessness
arid boredom.
Incoiporating activities, processes
and features of a home environment
children, companion animals,
the opportunity to care for
other living things, and the variety
and spontaneity that mark an enlivened
environment can succeed
where pills and therapies fail."
Pansy Herring, RN, Director of
Edwin Morgan Center for 20 years,
believes this grant for the Eden
Alternative will continue to enhance
the lives of the residents at
the Center. "Last year we added
some "feathery" residents. A beautiful,
glass-enclosed bird habitat in
our lobby allows both residents and
visitors to enjoy seeing the birds
up close. Called Birds-I-View, that
project was funded by Scotland
Memorial Foundation and the
Scotland Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Residents who rarely left
their rooms now watch the birds for
extended periods. For some residents,
blood pressure went down
and their health has improved."
Educating staff properly and effectively
is the key to implementing
the Eden Alternative concept
at the Edwin Morgan Center. "Telling
people you are going to bring
in dogs, cats and birds sets the stage
for imaginations to run wild," said
Ms. Herring. "We've made site visits
to Lden Facilities and found
them clean and well organized."'
Along with educating staff, patients
and their family members physical
improvements must be made to the
Morgan Center. For example, a
fenced area for the animals to be
let out, kennels for the dogs and
cats, and an area for patients to use
for plants and gardening. "We have
a wonderful area to enclose for a
patio and recreation area which will
be an ideal setting for bedding
plants," continued Ms. Herring.
"We look forward to seeing the
benefits these grants will help bring
to the well being of the patients,"
said Lynda McDaniel, director of
the Division of Facility Services.
"Through this effort facilities are
making headway in becoming
more homelike and patient
friendly. That can be a very important
change for folks who rely on
nursing homes for care."
The grants were made from accumulated
federal fines paid by
nursing homes cited for care-related
deficiencies. Federal regulations
require that fine money be
used to enhance patient care, it is
the second round of such grants. In
1998, the last time such grants were
made, the Division of Facility Services
awarded SI5,000 to each of
13 nursing care providers in North
Carolina to assure a more homelike
environment for patients.
The Eden Alternative was begun
by Dr. William Thomas as a reform
movement to combat the problems
of loneliness, helplessness, and
boredom often found in nursing
homes. The idea has spread successfully
to facilities across the
country and in some foreign countries.
The 10 principles of the Eden
Alternative are:
1- The three plagues of loneliness,
helplessness, and boredom
account for the bulk of suffering in
a human community.
2- Life in a truly human community
revolves around close and continuing
contact with children,
plants, and animals. These ancient
relationships provide young and
old alike with a pathway to a life
worth living.
3- Loving companionship is the
antidote to loneliness. In a human
community, we must provide easy
access to human and animal companionship.
4- To give care to another makes
us stronger. To receive care gracefully
is a pleasure and seeking always
to balance one with the other.
5- Trust in each other allows us
the pleasure of answering the needs
of the moment. When we fill our
lives with variety and spontaneity.
we honor the world and our place
in it.
S^Meanifig is the food and water
that nourishes the human spirit.
It strengthens us. The counterfeits
of meaning tempt us with hollow
promises. In the end, they always
leave us empty and aline.
7- Medical treatment should be
the servant of genuine human caring,
never its master.
8- In a human community, the
wisdom of the elders grows in direct
proportion to the honor and respect
accorded to them.
9- Human growth must never be
separated from human life.
10- Wise leadership is the lifeblood
of any struggle against the
three plagues. For it, there can be
no substitute.
The concept of Eden Alternative
has been endorsed by the Edwin
Morgan Center Advisory |Board of
Trustees, as well as the Executive
Staff of Scotland Health Care System.
This philosophy will be supported
after the grant funding is
gone.
For more information about The
Edwin Morgan Center, contact
Pansy Herring, RN, Director at
(910) 276-0016. Information about
The Eden Alternative can be accessed
through their websitewww.edenalt.com.
Poetry Reading
Successful
The second annual poetry reading
was held at the Indian Resource
Center, March 8.
The Arts department also contributed
this year with various arts
in different mediums from art studentsTDeidra
Henderson did sign
language to the "Colors of the
Wind" and Beth Lowry sang "The
Rose".
Students who read poems included
Beth Lowry, Terica Brooke
Lowry, Tiffany Locklear, Dedra
Hunt, Heather Jacobs, Candace
Lowry, Marlina Locklear, Crystal
McCormick, Joshua Minner,
S'Anataeus Stephens, Atelia
Jacobs, Veronica Joe Chavis,
Megan Lamb. Brandon Maynor,
and Amy Dial.
The following students contributed
their art work: Shannon Dial
and Kahesha Ricard.
The event was sponsored by
Greg Sampson, Emily Grain,
Delora Cummings, and Yvonne
Dial. Mrs.. Dial organized and
planned the event to shoe the talent
and creativity to the public and
parents of the students of Purnell
Swctt High School.
VFW Plate Sale
Saturday
April 7. at 11:00 am till 6 pm
Post Home
Union Chapel Rd? Pembroke
BBQ & Chicken S5:00
Public Meetings planned
for Lumbee Constitution
Linda Hammonds, Chairperson of the Constitutional committee has
announced that the LumU'i. Tribal Government has scheduled public
meetings in Robeson County on a governing document (Constitution)
fnr the I nmhre Tribe. At these public meetings, the Lumbee people
will have the opportunity to express their opinions regarding the details
of a governing document before it is put before the people for adoption
in a referendum.
Public meetings are also being scheduled in other counties and areas
throughout where a large population of Lumbee people resides.
March 29 Pumell Swett High School
April 2 Lumberton Senior High School
April 5 St. Pauls High School
April 9 Fairmont High School
April 12 South Robeson High School
All pubic meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria, except Lumberton
Senior, which is to be held in the auditorium.
Mobility Program Offers Assistance
The "Seniors in Motion" program of North and South Carolina is
making motorized and manual wheelchairs, three & four wheel scooters
and other medical items available to Senior Citizens (65+) and physically
handicapped individuals. This equipment is available usually at no
cost to those who qualify.
The program features in-home assessments by trained local rehab specialists,
and program allows you to remain in your home and out of a
nursing facility.
Today, physical impairments do not have to equal loss of independence.
There is help. For more information or to see if you qualify, call
toll free I-300-594-1225.
Support Groups to meet
Compassionate Friends, a support group for families who have experienced
the death of a child, will meet Tuesday, May 1, at 7:30 pm in the
Cardinal Room at the Village Drive Education Center of Cape Fear Valley
Health System, located at 3418 Village Drive.
The group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at the same time
and location. For more information, please call Martha Lynch at 6094481.
.The Renal Support Group will meet Tuesday, May 1, at 6 pm in the
Observation Unit Waiting Room on the third floor of Cape Fear Valley
Medical Center.
Patients, family and friends of those with renal disorders as well as
those interested are welcome to attend.
The Renal Support Group meets on the first Tuesday of each month.
For more information, please contact Jeanne Canady at (910)609-6713.
RieTinf lant Support Group wjU meet on Thursday. Nay 10, at U-"30
am in Room D in the auditorium at Southeastern Regional Rehabilitation
Center, located directly behind Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
The group meets on the second Thursdays of each month at the same
time and location. For more information, please contact Jennifer Davis
at 609-6801.
The Cancer Support Group will meet Thursday, Nay 3, and Thursday,
Nay 17, from 7 to 8:30 pm in the Medical Oncology waiting room at
The Cancer Center of Cape Fear Valley Health System.
The Cancer Support Group, fbr cancer patients and their families,
meets on the first and third Thursday of each month. The support group
is facilitated by a licensed social worker and is open to the public.
Formore information, please call the Oncology Social Worker at (910)
609-6791.
The Fayetteville Stroke Club will meet Wednesday, Nay 16, at 4 pm
in Room E of the auditorium at Southeastern Regional Rehabilitation
Center of Cape Fear Valley Health System, located directly behind Cape
Fear Valley Medical Center. Stroke survivors and family members are
invited.
The group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at the same
time and location. For more information, please contact Karen Sykes at
(910)609-7187.
The Laryngectomee Support Group will meet of Thursday, May 17,
at 5 pm in the library of Southeastern Regional Rehabilitation Center of
Cape Fear Valley A Health System, located behind Cape Fear Valley
Medical Center.
The Laryngectomee Support Group meets on the third Thursday of
each month. Laryngectomees, family members, friends and interested
professionals are invited to attend. For more information, please call
609-6079.