Maxton Christmas
Parade has many
special features
Mr hrwin Jacobs and the Maxton
1 own Christmas Parade Committee
lor the year 2001 invites everyone to
the yearly Christmas Parade to he held
on December Sth 2<K)[ Please mark
your ealendais Parade begins at 10
am that Saturdav Ms Tosha Oxendine
and Mr Sheann will be with us
again as out announcers Thev are our
local Charuiel It reporters from l.umberton
1 liglt Shentl tilenn Movnor will be
our Parade Marshal There will beother
dignitaries as well The theme
this year is "(iod Bless America. Mem
Christinas " I here Santa
CTaus We will honor oursmffh?citi/ens
of Maxton with a breakfast and
l.tmo nde to the viewing stand We
are limited on our limousines, so please
make your reservations before No%
ember 15th To participate in this
honor call me at 844-9697 to reserve
your seat and information about the
breakfast Confirmation will be needed
by November 50th if you plan to participate
and reserve your seat We
regret to say due to a safety factor of
our children and all attending this
parade, all horses will not be permitted
in parade. However, we look
forward to making this an enjoyable
day for everyone in attendance Please
come join us for a great celebration.
Cralts and food will be av ailable for
purchase. Maxton Police Chief
McDowell will be in charge of security.
by Erwin Jacobs and the
Maxton Christmas Parade Committee,
Ms. Rona Leach,
Chairperson.
St. Pauls
Christmas
Parade set
The 46th consecutive St. Pauls
Chamber of Commerce Christmas
Parade will be held in downtown St.
Paula Saturday December 8 . 2001
beginning at 9 a.m.
Entries are now being accepted for
the parade, which has its theme 'An
American Christmas. * Registration
fees are $25 for all commercial entries
and beauty queens; there is no
fee for non-profit organizations.
Street vendors wishing to sell from
8 a.m. to 11 a.m.. the day of the
Parade, must purchase a $5 permit
from the Town Office by Friday,
December 7. Only permitted vendors
wiD be allowed to sell during the
parade.
To enter, please contact Bill Millar
at 865-5106 or Paul Terry at 8654179
during business hours.
Pembroke Twilight
Christmas Parade
Pembroke Twilight Christmas Parade
sponsored by the Town of
Pembroke, the Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce, and the Pembroke Civic
Club is planned for Thursday, December
13,2001. Line uptimeat3:30
p.m. and the parade will begin at 4:30
p.m. The parade line up area will be
at the UNCP Pembroke Performing
Arts Center and end at the Pembroke
Elementary School. Criteria for the
parade includes Marching Units,
Bands, Queens, Floats, and the special
attraction will be the Robeson
County Sudan Tomcats Funny Cars
and the main attraction will be Santa
f5 From the Desk of the *
Superintendent
by Dr. Barry Harding, Public Schools of Robeson County
A visit to certain of our schools these days could expose you to the sound
of a baby crying Needless to say. it's not something you would normally hear
In a school building and yet it's' a sound that indicates that learning is going
on. Granted, it may not be the kind of learning that is normally associated
with school. Still it involves teaching students an extremely important lesson
about life. What that baby 's cry has to do with lesson is what I'd like to tell
you about.
Let me. first of all. set your mind at ease about that baby's cry that I mentioned.
It was not coming from a real live baby but. rather, from a very realistic
doll and it's part of the "Baby. Think it Over" program in effect in several
of our schools. Thanks to the way that the doll is constructed, a computer
built into it gives it some of the characteristics of a real live baby. When it
needs attention, it cries and continues to cry until its problem is addressed
and the time that it takes to be addressed is recorded. It's accomplished by
connecting that doll to a student by a tamper-proof wristband making certain
that the student stays connected the "child".
The purpose of the doll and the program it represents is to address a problem
w hich, unfortunately, is one we have to deal with- the problem of teenage
pregnancy. By making the doll a part of the every day life of a student helps,
to impress upon the students the responsibility that came with parenthood.
For about four days, such a doll becomes a part of the every day activities of
a student who, w ith the approval of parents, takes on the "parenthood" of a
child.
Bv being a part of the student's life, the doll is able to show what becoming
a parent involves. In the three years that the program has been in effect, hundreds
of students have taken part in it receiving the kind of insight in parental
responsibilities that, very probably, could not be obtained from regular
classwork or even by speakers on the subject or the like. While it's difficult to
judge the program's'success through numbers, comments from many students
indicate that the program has resulted in students giving premarital sex a second
thought . The "Baby. Think it Over" Program appears to have contributed.
Besides this program, the Public Schools of Robeson County also adheres
to the state stature that sets guidelines regarding instruction about abstinence
until matTiage and sexually transmitted diseases. Among the areas that are
covered are factually accurate biological and pathological information related
to the human reproductive system; benefits of abstinence until marriage and
the risks of premarital sex: establish abstinence outside of marriage as the
expected standard for school-age children; assure that students are aware of
the difference between risk reduction through use of contraceptives and/or
condoms and risk elimination through abstinence; for instruction concerning
contraceptives or prophylactics, provide accurate statistical information on
their effectiveness and failure rates for preventing pregnancy and sexually
transmitted diseases.
Trying to contribute to the well being of all our students calls for us to make
every effort to incorporate any program that we possibly can to reach those
students in a meaningful way. If any program we have or any courses which
we can include in our curriculum to help our students from making a mistake
which will impact on their lives adversely, we have the obligation to try to do
it. We believe we have.
LOCKLEAR AND
LOCKLEAR TO
WED
Ronnie A. Locklear and Una G.
Locklear announce their engagement.
Ronnie is the son of Ronald and
Teresa Locklear of the Prospect community.
Una is the daughter of Harold
and Laura Locklear of Pembroke.
The wedding will be held at Berea
Baptist Church in Pembroke on December
1st at 6:00 P.M.. The reception
will follow at Island Grove Baptist
Church in Pembroke.
ACall for Spiritual
Poems from
Pembroke Poets
A $1000.00 grand prize is being
offered in a special religious contest
sponsored by the New Jersey Rainbow
Poets, free to anyone who has
ever written a poem. There are 50
prizes in all totaling over $3,000.00. s
The deadline for entering is December
15, 2001.
To enter, send one poem only of 21
liens or less: Free Poetry Contest. 103
N. Wood Ave., PMB 70, Linden, NJ
07036. Or enter on-line
' www.rainbowpoets.com
"We think great religious poems
can inspire achievement," says
Fredrick Young, the organization's I
Contest Director "Our desire is to
inspire amateur poets and we think .
this competition will accomplish that.
North Carolina has produced many
wonderful poets over the years and
we'd like to discover new ones from
the Pembroke area."
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Along the Robeson Trail
By Dr. Stan Knick, Director-UNCP Native American Resource Center
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vr><oic: i nis segment was co-autnored
by Dr. Linda E.Oxendine. Along with
the last seven segments, it will soon be
published as a chapter in Native
American Studies in Higher
Education: Models for Collaboration
between Universities and Indigenous
Nations, edited by Duanc Champagne
and Jay Stauss.)
Seven weeks ago we began a
series which Ipoks at the history of
American Indian Studies at the
University of North Carolina at
Pembroke. This is the eighth and final
part of the series.
In the fall of 1995, American
Indian Studies began a new initiative
by offering a select number of
American Indian Studies courses to
other University of North Carolina
campuses through distance learning.
The expansion of the curriculum into
this electronic medium was a new
challenge for American Indian
Studies. The decision to lake
American Indian Studies on the
information highway was seen as a
means not only to maximize resources
but also to strengthen the University of
North Carolina at Pembroke program
in a number of areas. Distance
learning was viewed as a vehicle for
program promotion and recruitment
of new students into American Indian
Studies; as a way to expand program
curriculum by receiving courses from
other campuses; and as a means for
providing students from other
institutions the opportunity to
participate in courses to which they
otherwise would not have access.
For example, the course entitled
"History and Culture of the Lumbee"
is not offered on any other campus in
the University of North Carolina
system.
In 1997, the American Indian
Studies Department and the Native
American Resource Center launched
the Adolph Dial Lecture Series in
American Indian Studies. This is an
annual event funded by an endowment
established by the late Adolph L. Dial,
the founder and first chairperson of the
American Indian Studies Department.
The focus of the lecture series is to
bring noted scholars in the area of
American Indian Studies to the
University of North Carolina at
Pembroke campus as a means of
broadening the experietfee of our
majors and that of all students at the
University.
Although the University of North
Carolina Pembroke is the only college
or university in North Carolina
offering a degree in American Indian
Studies, there are a number of other
institutions which teach at least one
course in American Indian Studies
through other disciplines (i.e.,
anthropology, history, literature, etc.).
Given the limited resources available
in the state for American Indian
Studies, both in terms of programs and
individual courses, several faculty
and staff members from North
Carolina higher education institutions
have formed the Carolina's
Consortium on American Indian
Studies. The Consortium is a way to
provide information, share resources
and establish a network among
researchers and scholars interested in
the field. The Consortium meets two
or three times a year on different
campuses throughout the state. The
American Indian Studies Department
of the University of North Carolina at
Pembroke plans to continue active
participation in this Consortium.
Through the many aspects of their
complementary missions, the
American Indian Studies Department
and the Native American Resource
Center celebrate the beauty, wisdom
anddiversityofNative America. They
keep alive that spirit of Old Main
which would not disappear even
in the ashes of burned memories,
hopes and dreams. They search for a
better understanding of the
traditional ways and contemporary
issues of America's original
inhabitants. They stand in the gap
between Native past and Native
future, connecting in a vigorous
continuum the best traditions and
aspirations of the Native American
community with those of academia.
For more information, visit the
Native American Resource Center in
historic Old Main Building, on the
campus of The University of North
Carolina at Pembroke (our Internet
address is www.uncp.edu/
nativemuseum).
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LUMBEE TRIBAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Closing Date to Apply for Housing: December 14, 2001
i The Lumbee Tribal Government will be accepting applications through December 14.
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November 30. 2001
December 3, 2001
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Department. Scotland
County Next to John Station
NC Indian Housing
; Authority. Fayetteville. NC
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| New Beginning Baptist
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Wc will bo taking applications November 26 through December 14 from 12:00 PM to
4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, at the Lumbee Tribal Office located at 707 Union
Chapel Road, Pembroke,. NC. Applicants will need to bring a copy of the following;
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I v Birth Certificate of the person applying for housing assistance
j Picture l.D. (Driver's license, passport, other)
I > Tribal Enrollment Card on all lamilv members
I > Social Security Card or. all family members
j Property Tax Statement tmosi recent) or copy of Deed to property
j Income verification on all family members
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All supporting document* must be available for complete application.
For further information, call 521-1341