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Make and Keep New Year's Resolutions Hospital hosts health-fair January 24 Most people make at least one Sew Year's resolution Some start the sear with a long list of resolutions- to lose weight, stop smoking, eat healthier, or exercise more L nfonunatels. mans of these resolutions tall by the was side shortly after they are made. If sou are one of those indisiduals ssho find it difficult to keep sour Ness Year's resolutions, or esen get around to making any. there's help for sou Scotland Memorial Hospital's annual "Healths Resolutions I air", sponsored bs Scotland Memorial foundation, oilers assistance through professionals from local businesses and agencies wIksknoss how to help son make and keep those resolutions "January is a good time for starting aness. particular!) atter the esents of September 11." said kalhic Cox. Scotland Memorial Hospital's community Health Lducator "We ssant to encourage people to make healths decisions, to learn to take control of their health and their lives., We see so mans people stan the sear off w ith great expectations and hopes of sticking to their resolutions and then quickly lose momentum due to inappropriate expectations, poor planning, or just not knoss ing hoss to accomplish their goal. Healths Resolutions ss ill help pros ide the tools and information needed to keep those resolutions all sear long. Mans times people don't knoss sshere to gel the help the) need. That's sshat Healths resolutions is all about. We are bringine together approximate!) 30 agencies and hospital departments to provide information, samples, and most of all. assistance ss ith making and meeting their personal goals." Among the exhibitors ss ill be hospital departments- Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. Scotland Diabetes Center. Amethsst (chemical dependency i. rehabilitation Services, the Women's Center at Scotland Memorial and Scotland Memorial foundation The Scotland counts chapter of the American Red Cross xsill provide information on donating blood and learning CPR Participants to their exhibit will be eligible to win a free CPR class. The American Cancer Society and Scotland Cancer Treatment Center will provide education on cancer prevention, families can learn more about helping those with a chemical addiction at the Amethsst at Scotland Memorial exhibit. The Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Center of Scotland counts and Carolina Psychiatric Services svill provide information about mental and physical abuse within relationships. Several local physicians will be at the fair to provide answers to medical questions. "We expect the "Ask the Doctor" exhibit to be vers buss." commented Ms. Cox. "folks lose it when they have an opportunity to ask a physician questions in an informal atmosphere. Dr. Deborah Greimel. internal medi cine phy sician. and Dr Rich Wolonick. family practice physician. will he avail* able to talk with participants about their health concerns ." "L.xercising more and losing weight are probably the two biggest New Year's resolutions. continued Ms. cov "\ke plan to offer several exhibitors with information about exercise options and ways to safely lose those unwanted pounds Participants can learn how to begin an exercise plan and stick with it all sear long Scotland Counts Parks and Rec will provide information about activities for seniors." Quitting smoking also heads the list of resolutions for maris people each sear Jill Brown of the hospital's Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation department can help answer questions about smoking, its effects and how to quit As a member of the Scotland Counts Asthma Task force, she can also talk to parents about the effects of and treatment for asthma. Maybe this is the sear folks want to start continuing education classes or perhaps there's a family member who needs to increase literacy skills Representatives from the I inversus of North Carolina at Pembroke. St. Andrews College, and Richmond Community College, as well as the Scotland County l iteracy Council, will be available to answer questions and pros ide information to make this resolution a reality. Perhaps sou are considering volunteering sour time to a worthy cause or organization tisyear. You can learn how rewarding this is by visiting the Scotland Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and Habitat for Humanity exhibits. Opportunities abound lor those who want to give back to the community. Dr. Bear Hughes of Scotland Family Dentistry will provide free oral cancer screenings. "Good dental hygiene is important to good health." stated Ms. Cox. "We're excited that Dr. Hughes can join us and will prov ide these free screenings and information for better dental care." Fnd ot life care and issues confront many of us. Preparation helps make it easier for you and your loved ones. Lileen Seder of the Scotland Fnd of Life coalition and Bunny Lancaster of Hospice of Scotland County encourage participants to visit their exhibit to learnwhat to do to now to be prepared. "We encourage the entire community to visit the Healthy Resolutions Fair between 5 and 7 p.m. on January 24th." continued Ms. Cox. "Preregistration is not necessary. The Fair will be interactive and educational so participants will have fun and learn at the same time. Refreshments, samples and giveaways vvill be available." Those who participated in the cholesterol screenings. held earlier in January, can get their results and have them explained by a health care professional. Nutrition experts vvill be available to provide information about lowering cholesterol and eating healthy . For more information. contact K.athie Cox at 910-291-7552. Graduate of Texas Law School Raymond M. Ivey graduated from Texas Tech. School of Law in Lubbock, Texas with a degree of Doctor of Juris-Prudencc. He participated in a Hooding Ceremony at Maedgen Theatre on the campus of Texas Tech. Dec. IS, 20(11. He Is married to the former Michelle Holcomh of Clayton, M.C. They have one child, Erin Elizabeth. He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. H ilton T. Ivey of El Paso, Texas, and the grandson of the late Letiy and Maggie Revels Ivey of Rowland, y.c. Ten Star All Star Basketball Camp Applications are now being evaluated for t he Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The Camp is by Invitation Only. Boys and Girls ages 10-19 are eligible to apply. Past participants include: Michael Jordan. Tim Duncan. Vince Carter. Jerry Stackhouse. Grant Hill and Antavvn Jamison. Players form 48 Sates and 7 Foreign Countries attended the 2001 camp. College Basketball Scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-Anterican Team. Camp Locations Include: Thousand Oaks. CA. Babson Park. FL. Gainesville. GA. Champaign. IL. Greencastle. IN, Dubuque. IA. Hillsdale. Ml. Saint Paul. MN. Rochester. NY. Boiling Springs. NC, North Canton, OH. Lock Haven, PA. Bristol. Rl. Athens. TN, Commerce. TX. Blacksburg. VA. Olympia. WA. There is also a Team All Star Camp for School and A. A.U. Teams. Team Camp Locations Include: Thousand Oaks. CA. Babson Park. FL. Greencastle. IN. Hillsdale. ML Boiling Springs. NC. Lock Haven. PA: Blacksburg. VA. For a free Brochure, call (704) 568-6801 ANYTIME. PROGRESSIVE SAVINGS & LOAN, LTD. if MlNimJM BASntpI " 'CeChar9? for Checking 'This $100 Minimum Balance Checking Account Allows You To Write Checks WITHOUT A SERVICE CHARGE As Long As The Balance Does Not Fall Below $100.00. If the Balance Does Fall Below $100.00, A $6.00 Monthly I Charge And 30 Cents Per Check Is Necessary. This Account Does Not Pay Interest. DEPOSITS FEDERALLY INSURED TO $100,000.00. Substantial Penalty For Early Withdrawal Rate Subject To Change Without Notice PROGRESSIVE SAVINGS & LOAN, LTD. 308 N. Chestnut 4400 Fayetteville Rd. 720 Harris Avenue 410 E. 3rd Street Lumber ton, N.C. Lumberton, N.C. Paeford, N.C. Pembroke, N.C. 738-U78 738-1415 876-2488 521-4206 You are invited to our RE-SCHEDULED STORYTELLING WORKSHOP sponsored by the Lumbee River Fund Saturday, January 19, 2002 10:30 am-12:30 pm Indian Education Resource Center, Pembroke, NC Our last workshop was cancelled because of the snow, but we hope you'll join us for this one! Please come and share your stories and family photographs with others who are interested in the history and culture of Robeson County's Indian communities. Your participation will contribute to a historical photo exhibit that will take place next summer, and to an archive that is being developed for local Indian people. Please invite a friend or family member who has a story to tell. Bring your old photographs and we will record your story using our audio equipment and reproduce your photos with our copy stand. You won't need to give away your pictures?the copy stand makes a photo negative of your picture, then you can take the photo back home and we can make another copy of it for you if you wish. Be prepared to talk about one of your pictures, or tell a related story. The Lumbee River Fund has equipment and financial resources for you to use in telling your own story; this workshop will demonstrate those resources and give you the opportunity to get involved in talking about history in your own family and community. We will also discuss how these materials should be stored and used for our community's benefit. The workshop is free of charge and all materials will he provided. We only ask you to bring one or more photographs and story that you would be willing to share with the group. The workshop will be led by Bruce Barton (Curator. Indian Education Resource Center). Waltz Maynor (Retired E.ducator), and Malinda Maynor (Graduate Student in Native American History. UNC-Chapel Hill). PLEASE RSVP by phone or email to: Hatty Miller. Assistant Coordinator. Lumbee River Fund phone: 910-521 -1511 email: ieiinn?<ui I. ' c* u-iti The l.umbee River Fund supports the study and preservation of Lumbee Indian history, culture, religion, education, and political life. We seek to preserve the past and improve the future lives of Indian people through interdisciplinary research and education at the university, community, state and regional levels. The Lumbee River Fund is a project of UNC Pembroke in collaboration with PSRC's Indian Education Resource Center, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and individuals in non-profit and educational institutions in Robeson County and the state of North Carolina. If From the Desk of the ^ Superintendent J by Dr. Hurry HurtlingPublic Schools oj Robeson County As eighth graders work on their I our Year Plan which sets up the courses thev will be taking during their high school career, one ol the things they might well keep in mind is how the courses they schedule might a fleet their college career and. lor that matter, the college thes attend Once upon a time, it wasn't very difficult to get into a college hile it might not be the college that was the student's first choice, there was usually a college that would accept them if their grades were good enough. lo get those tirades and to be accepted in a college required lor a particular career, scheduling should be done before the student enters high school As for the tirades, scheduling at this time goes the student lite opportunity to work honors and advanced"placement courses into the schedule where possible. Advantages are twofold, first, there is the opportunity to increase the student's grade"point average substantially, for example, an A in a course normally earns the student 4 points. In an honors course, it earns 5 points and. in an advanced placement course, it earns him 6 points. You can see the potential of positivelv affecting the student's overall CPA. I hat. in turn, makes the student much more attractive to a college going over its list ol prospective students It goes beyond that, though. With the cost of attending college increasing every year, it stands to reason that anv way that might exist to cut into those costs is worth looking at. 1 hat s where AP courses can help. Many colleges offer college credit tor AP courses taken in high school if the student receives a high enough score on special tests tiiven on those courses. Receiving high grades on those tests means that the student, upon entering college, is not required to take certain introductory courses which results in the student having already received credit lor them towards college graduation. Thus the student has the potential ol graduating earlv or. possibly, taking more courses without increased cost. How much can be saved depends, of course, on the college. Keep in mind, though, that the AP exam must be taken and passed. It s not enough to just take the course. It's interesting to note that, nationwide, only about 40?o of students who take AP courses take the AP exam. While that is hard to explain, it's important to note that, whether or not the AP exam is taken, the student's high school GPA is positively aflected by taking and passing an AP course. While AP courses are only oflered to juniors and seniors. taking them when they are offered is something that college-bound students should think about as they make decisions about schedules in their last two y ears. . Then, taking the AP exam given for those courses should also be seriously considered. It could be the financial icing on the cake. Reflections by Alta Nye Oxendine' 45 YEARS LATER In spile of disappointments, like not being able to afford the trip I had hoped to take to Montana, and the loss of a friend, lite year 201) 1 was special forme in several ways. In June members of the various United Methodist churches that arc now a part of the Rockingham Districi Native American Cooperative Ministry (usually referred to as the "Co-op') were honored for achiev ing a "first" in one category or another. It was impressive, and personally gratifying, lo see how many members of the Indian community from this area have made special contributions within the United Methodist church since my arrival in Robeson County four and a half decades ago to work with the leaders of children, youth and adults in six of the present area Indian churches. In addition toall of this, it was a wonderful honor tobc recognized for staying here to raise my family (and I might add, to help with my grandson) and for continuing to reach out to others in the community on a voluntary basis. (I am one ofthe fortunate ones. Toooftcn we wail toe.xprcss appreciation until the funeral eulogy, instead of presenting them w ith a "bouquet" w hile they can still smell the sweet aroma of the "flowers". I'm still enjoying that sw eet aroma, w hich has given my spirits an ongoing lift. NowT fee) that, in spite of mistakes, mylifc here has alsohad somcpositivc results. DECEMBER2J, 2001 I'm silling in the Huddle House, looking across the field toward the house that Leon built, with help from a professional brick mason and a lot of friends This is a day of reminiscing. Let's go back a few hours. I am seated in an audience of600 in a darkened sanctuary This is Prospect United Methodist church, located a couple of miles away from my present mobile country home. Tears arc steaming down my cheeks, tears of joy and satisfaction It's the sanicoldChristmasmessage But if scomingacrossloudandclcar, ina manner new to this 74-year-old who has attended an incredible variety of Christmas programs in an assortment of churches from northern Montana to southern North Carolina. Some had to haveall their activities in only one room (including the little Twin Bridges church organized by 19"'century Methodist Episcopal circuit riders w hich I attended with my family durutg my high school years) and the rural Tennessee church where Ethel Ingram and I did our field work as students at Scarritt College for Christian Workers.) But now 1 am sitting with 600 other people in this huge "NEW" sanctuary. I can't help remembering thefirst time I entered the old sanctuary ofllic largest meinbcrshipcountiy church I had ever been inside (400 members then?more than Iwicc that many now ) That was 1956. I had arrived in the Pembroke community as a white-skinned outsider, a person who could have been viewed with great apprehension. Instead. I found love and acceptance, and I. in turn, fell in love with the Indian people here 1 soon discovered that, along with a multitude of already-developed abilities, these people (all ages) had tremendous UNDEVELOPED talent. Note it is 2001, 45 years later. Suddenly. I feel overwhelmed, as today's Christmas program begins with lovely young angels doing a graceful, artistic, liturgical dance of joy in the foreground, while a melodious choir sings quietly in the background The singing and acting in this performance ofthe most glorious, fascinating story in history arc SO professional that admission would surely have had lobe paid, in ANY PLACE other than a church or school' Once again. 1 find myself picturing music director (now also "Rev " Harold Jacobs) asa pre-schooler, the youngest ina family of boys at Sandy Plains, one ofthe other five churches I began working with back m 1956 As I watched those little boy sscarcliing for hidden cggsal an Eastcrcgghunt thcfollow ing spring. I never dreamed that this child would grow up to become such a master at bringing out the latent musical ability w ithin fanners, teachers." teenagers, and children in another country church just a few miles from Sandy Plains! And when I discover that David Oxcndinc is the narrator, a scene from a 1972 day flashes into my mind, as it hasdoncmany times before. I luidjust driven home from my job at Maxtoh s.R. B Dean School I knew my sixth grader. Donny. liked to go to the home of classmate. David, after school But. as I approached David'syard that day. I heard the sound of a rocket going off. Of course it was only a toy. But. worrier that I was. as soon as 1 got a chance. I asked his parents (both teachers) if they knew our boys were at their home shooting ofT rockets after school Never did I dream that the other young "rocket scientist" would choose drama as his vocation, eventually directing, and acting, in the local Indian outdoor drama. "Strike at the Wind" for a number of seasons, as well as directing community playsatthcoldCarolinaThcatcr building in Lumbcrton. (I suppose I could have been wondering what MY boys would be doing now if they were still with us But that thought has not crossed my mind today I am too engrossed in the majesty of the moment!) A number of v isitors arc present for the Christinas program, including previous pastor. Rev Bob Mangum (who has a part in the service) his wife. Ncila. and Mrs Maude Cummings. wife of long-time pastor. Rev Simeon Cummings For years I v c watched those two pastor couples, as well as Rev Harvey Lowiy and his wife. Myrtle, the present couple. Rev and Mrs. Bill James Locklcar. and other pastor couples here and elsewhere serving together in God's work, asa team It seems to inc that preacher's WIVES need a special tribute from the rest of us. from time lo lime! The program isovcr I decide I have tosay something Harold tel Is me to come to the microphone I try to explain the tears of joy and pride running down my checks I am SO proud of the group of people w ho have adopted me into their midst, who have been my friends for the past 45 years! Black Caucus to Observe Dr. King's Birthday The Robeson C ounty Black Caucus will sponsor their annul ibscrvancc of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Mondav, January 21. 12:00 noon at Jones Chapel baptist church. The speaker will be Dr. Jbscph Monroe. Dean of computer Science at North C.arolina A& I State University, Greensboro. N.C. Monroe, a native of Rowland, is a retired colonel from the United States Air force Academy and former vice chancellor of I ayettevillc State University [he church is located on 307 Phillips Avenue in Red Springs, of which Rev Chris Edmonds is pastor. The public is invited to attend.
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