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PEMBROKE'S 'MISSING FUNDS'
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
According to unconfirmed reports, S.
Preston Douglas and Associates have
uncovered further discrepencies in the
books of the Town of Pembroke.
The Town Council has hired S.
Preston Douglas to audit their book
keeping records. The town council, at
theconclusionof Tuesday night’s coun
cil meeting, went into executive session
with officials of S. Preston Douglas and
discussed the audit of 1975-76. Accord
ing to Mayor Reggie Strickland, no
action was taken in executive session.
The State Bureau of Investigation is
continuing their investigation of dis
crepencies found in the books of
Pembroke. They are expected, accord
ing to Mayor Strickland, "to report soon
on their findings.”
Lindy Martin Chairs
‘National Prayer For
The President Day’
Sunday, January 16
people
and places
and things
citizen Imput Planned
In Affirmative Action
There have been reports, unconfirm
ed by town officials, that more than
$20,000 has been found unaccounted for
in auditings to date. The SB! is
examining the last three years of
bookeeping records of Pembroke.
The County Commissioners have
decided to form a citizens task force to
evaluate and make recommendations
for possibly revising or upgrading the
county’s recently enacted Affirmative
Action Policy ana Plan.
The action was taken at Monday’s
meeting and was partly in response to
the veiled criticisms of Indian Commis
sioners Herman Dial, Bobby Dean
Locklear and J. W, hunt.
The Indian Commissioners, although
eventually voting in favor of the
measure, voiced displeasure at being
asked to vote for an affirmative
action plan that they had never seen or
studied. The Affirmative Action Plan,
recently adopted, was seemingly writ
ten by County Manager Paul Graham
and personnel manager Y. H. Hester.
The county officials urged the board to
adopt the plan, unseen and unstudied,
so that they could submit it with a
proposal to the federal government for a
possible $2.5 million EDA Grant. It
seems that the federal government
looks more favorably on a grant request
when said request is submitted with an
affirmative action plan, Said an erudite
wag, ■‘Affirmative action plans, even if
they are rift through and through with
inadequacies, assuage beauracratic
consciences.” Anyway, county officials
asked for the affirmative plan adoption
so that they could make a deadline set
by the federal government.
At Lumbee River EMC
Bobby Dean Locklear, the Red
Springs Commissioner, said, “I hate to
see us adopt a plan for this reason but if
it will satisfy EDA, I’ll agree to it with
the right to change it or modify it in the
future.”
The commissioners plan to form a
13 member citizens task force with each
county commissioner appointing one
member and three members to be
appointed by Chairman SamNoble. The
13 member commission also will include
the county manager, the personnel
manager and the county attorney.
Monday’s action followed a recom
mendation by Rev. Bob Mangum,
Director of the Robeson County Church
and Community Center, who said that
the plan as it now stands “is somewhat
general in its language.”
The task force will be commissioned
at the Jan. 17 meeting of the board.
FEDERAL COORDINATOR SOUGHT
Bobby Dean Locklear also request
ed the county advertise for the positions
of the newly created federal coordinator
and director of industrial and agricultu
ral development. Applications, accord
ing to the mood of the board, will be
screened according to the guidelines of
the recently adopted affirmative action
plan.
Dr. L. H. {Lindy] Martin
Birmingham, Aia.-Dr. H. L. (Lindy)
Martin, a ’52 graduate of Pembroke
State University who in 1968 was
presented the PSU Alumni Associa
tion’s “Outstanding Alumnus Award,”
is national chairman of the "National
Prayer for the President Day” Sunday,
January 16.
Martin, who now serves as dean of
student services at Samford University
in Birmingham, Ala., is also interim
pastor of South Avondale Baptist
Church in Birmingham, which origina
ted the idea of the special prayer day.
Members of the 7S0-member church
have stuffed envelopes with information
and paid the postage bill to encourage
churches across the country to join them
in prayer Jan. 16 for the President- elect
Carter and his administration. They
have mailed out 10,000 letters and cards
promoting the observance.
Three purposes for the prayer day
expressed by the 90-year-old South
Avondale Baptist Church are: (1) to
encourage all places of worship to pray
for Jimmy Carter and his administration
on Jan. 16 ; (2) to pray privately for
Carter and (3) to make long-range
commitment to daily pray for the
nation’s leaders.
“We want the new administration to
go into office tuned into God’s
leadership,” said Martin. “We believe
that the good things in our nation’s
heritage have come from dependence
on God. We need this kind of trust
today.”
Samford University, where Martin is ,
dean, is a Baptist-supported institution.
Martin, an American Indian from
Person County, is a graduate of
Pembroke High School. After gradua
ting from PSU, he earned his Master’s
in Psychology at Auburn University and
his Ph. D in Theology at Union
Theological Seminary in Birmingham,
Ala.
The son of Mrs. R. M. Martin and the
late Mr. Martin, Dr. Martin is married
to the former Amma Sue Ellard of
Birmingham. They have six children:
John, 17; Sue, 16; Lue, 14; Leigh, 12;
David, 5; and Daniel. 2.
Martin had been recommended by
Carter’s Citizens Advisory Committee
for a position in the cabinet and believes
he will serve in some capacity in the
Carter Administration, probably in
Indian Affairs.
PSU Droves Vin Penbroke Invirorionol
Radio Controls To
Cut Peak Power Use
Reprinted from Carolina Country December 1976
Lumbee River Electric Member
ship Corporation is gearing up to
aunch North Carolina’s first peak
shaving project involving the use of
radio-controlled switches on electric
water heaters and air conditioners.
The project will save the EMC an
estimated $300,000 a year.
It will link the cooperative’s
headquarters with the homes of
about 8,000 consumer-members,
permitting 6,0(X) water heaters and
2,000 centra! air conditioners to be
lurned off for a short time during
periods of peak power demand.
“Our plans call for putting this
program into effect by next June, in
time to reduce our summer peak,”
said Deri J. Hinson, general manager
of Lumbee River EMC.
The cooperative will purchase the
radio control switches and install
them in the homes of member-
owners who volunteer to participate
in the peak-shaving effort. The
devices will be installed without cost
to the volunteers, since the EMC is
footing the entire cost for the
project.
When power demand reaches a
pre-determined peak, these switches
will be activated by radio signal,
shutting off power to the compressor
of the air conditioners while
permitting the fans to continue
operating. Each unit would be off for
seven-minute intervals each half
hour.
The controlled water heaters
would be turned off for the duration
of the peak period, which could
range from thirty minutes to two
hours.
“We’re spending about $600,CKX)
on this project but we feel it’s well
worth the investment because it can
sharply reduce our wholesale power
costs, which are based in part on our
yearly peak demand,” Hinson said.
Lumbee River EMC, like the 27
other rural electric cooperatives in
North Carolina, owns no generating
facilities and must buy all its power
from commercial power companies
at wholesale rates. In Lumbee
River’s case, most of the power is
purchased from Carolina Power and
Light Company. However, a smcill
block of power is obtained from the
Kerr Dam Project through - the
Southeastern Power Administra
tion.
The CP&L wholesale rat^
includes a special “demand charge”
which is computed on the system’s
annual summer peak demand.
Charges for 95 per cent of this
summer peak are levied against the
EMC following 12 months even
though actual demand may be lower.
Since January, 1974, this “demand
charge” has risen from $1.90 per KW
to $4.90 per KW, an increase of 2i4
times.
“By reducing the peak, then, we
can reduce these heavy demand
charges,” Hinson pointed out. “A
conservative estimate of our
potential savings here is $300,000 a
"A conservative estimate
of our potential savings here
is $300,000 a year, using
current rates."
year, using current rates. This would
recover the cost of the project within
two years.”
This peak-shaving technique has
been used successfully in other
states, but no Tar Heel power
system has made use of it up to now.
“Apparently, ours will be the first
system in the state to try this
technique, but I expect others—
particularly other cooperatives—will
be following our results very closely.
“We will, of course, be sharing the
results of our experiences in this
project with the other EMCs.”
Lumbee River EMC serves about
16,000 consumer-members in Hoke,
Cumberland, Robeson and Scotland
Counties.
For the second straight year Pembroke
State University’s basketball Braves
won the Pembroke Invitational Tourn
ament Monday and Tnesday. PSU
defeated UNC-AsbevUle 74-70 in the
first round and downed Coastal Carolina
of Conway, SC, 75-73 for the title. Tom
Gardner [kneeling at left] was chosen
the ’‘Most ValnaUe Player” in the
tourney and made the all-toomey team
along with Lenwood Graham [kneeling
at right]. The Braves play their next
home game Monday, Jan. 10, against
Catawba in a Caroiinas Conference
encoonter. Gardner, team captain and
6-foot-7 center, went over the 1,000-
point mark for his career with 24 points
in the tourney finals. He now has 1,003,
placing him eighth among all- time PSU
scorers.
PSU Spring Regisrrahon
Continues through Monday
Through Wednesday morning 1,949
students had registered for the spring
semester at PSU. Registration will
continue through Monday, Jan. 10, for
both daytime and evening classes.
ROVING FOOD STAMP OFFIQALS
AUTHORIZED BY COMMISSIONERS
In response to a request by the
Inter- Agency Council on Hunger, the
Robeson County Board of Commission
ers . voted Monday to authorize the
hiring of two roving food stamp
eligibility workers, under the county
Department of Social Services, for a
period of six months. At the end of that
time an evaluation will be made to
determine whether or not the workers
will be continued.
Presenting the recommendation was
Joseph McCutchen who said that of the
county’s approximately 90,000 citizens,
some 40,000 are below the povery level.
Of that figure only about 17,500 persons
are listed on the food stamp rolls;, he
said.
The Inter-Agency Council on Hunger
consists of the Robeson County Church
and Community Center, Hunger Task
Force, Lumbee Regional Development
Association and Four-County Commun
ity Services.
PEMBROKE VFW TO MEET
The Pembroke Veterans of Foreign
Wars will meet on Monday, Jan. 10,
1977 at the Post Home at 7:00 p.m. All
members are urged to attend by Post
Commander Monroe Lowry. Supper will
be served.
HOWARD LEE TO ADDRESS
ROBESON DEMOCRATS
The Honorable Howard Lee, Sec
retary of the North Carolina Department
of Natural and Economic Resources will
address a breakfast meeting of Robeson
County Democrats on Saturday,
January 15th, at 7:30 a.m. at Holiday
Inn North in Lumberton.
“Because this Department has so
much Robeson County needs, 1 am
urging your presence to meet the new
Secretary,” said Rev. E. B. Turner,
Chairman of the Robeson County
Democratic Party.
The breakfast will be $5.00.
INDIANS UNDER ATTACK
IN FISH WAR
Washington State senators threa
tened to deny state services and
benefits to Indians who violate state
services. and benefits to Indians who
violate state services and benefits to
Indians who violate state fisheries
regulations and continue to claim
immunity from state taxation on reser
vations. Senator August Mardesich,
who is an attorney and a gillnet
fisherman, introduced this idea on how
the legislators should respond to the
“fish war” on Puget Sound. An Indian
spokesman noted that “the illegal
fishing was by non- Indian gillnetters.”
PARTING WORDS FROM SENATE
STAFFER
Forrest Gerard, a Blackfeet Indian
who headed the Senate staff on Indian
affairs the past six years, says Indians
are entering “the most critical era
we’ve ever been in.” with “incredibly
high" stakes for Indians and non-
Indians alike. Gerard, who has started
his own consulting firm, said Indians
are now asserting claims to valuable
mineral, water, land, hunting and
fishing rights--with opposition from
non- Indians growing rapidly.
ADA DEER LEAVING
MENOMINEE POST
Ada Deer, who led the Menomi-
nees’ restoration fight and for the past
two years has been chairperson of the
interim governing body of the tribe, is
planning “to leave and let others carry
on.” According to a Shawano, Wiscon
sin newspaper report, she said that the
basic goals of the restoration effort have
been accomplished and she planned to
move to Madison and become involved
int he academic community. Speaking
on the tribe’s successful restoration
efforts she said, “We've showed the
Indian world that the government can
be responsive and that gives others
hope."
PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE
TO INDIAN BOY
A Mohave Indian boy from Parker
Valley, Arizona, received congratula
tions from President Ford for taking
control of a runaway school bus and
saving 20 children from injury. A
telegram from the President to six-year-
old Galen Howard said: “I welcome the
chance to commend your quick thinking
and unselfish concern for others. I hope
the same qualities you displayed on that
occasion will continue to guide you
throughout life.” Galen took control and
steered the bus to a safe stop after the
driver had suffered a seizure and was
unable to function.
SIOUX AUTHOR DIES
Chief Lame Deer, 81, died Dec. 14.
He was the author of “Lame Deer,
Seeker of Visions,” a book which
described attempts to adjust traditional
Indian beliefs with the modem world.
The book, according to a friend, had
been translated into nine or ten
languages. Funeral services were to
consist of traditional Sioux ceremonies
conducted by leaders of the Oglala
Tribe.
STATE COMMITTEE
REORGANIZATION
A “Red Alert” warning on the effects
of a proposed Senate Committee
reorganization, which would split Indian
Affairs between two committees, was
issued by the American Indian Law
Center at the University of New Mexico
together with Americans for Indian
Opportunity, now situated in Albuquer
que. the alert urged Indians to act
quickly to let their Senators know their
opposition to this proposal, scheduled
for consideration in early January.
Indian land management and trust
responsibility would be placed under
Energy and Natural Resources Indian
health, education, welfare and social
services would be under Human
Resources in the proposed reorganiza
tion.
WESCO GIVES NAVAJOS
ULTIMATUM
Western Gasification Company has
announced that plans to build two coal
gasification plants on the Navajo
Reservation will be dropped unless
tribal approval is given in January,
Further delays would make the plants
too expensive to build, a WESCO
spokesman said. Since 1972 the
estimated building cost has risen from
$500 million to more than $I billion.
Revenues to the tribe, according to
WESCO. would exceed $5 million
annually.
INDIAN BIBLIOGRAHIES
PUBLISHED
The Newberry Library Center for the
History of the American Indian and the
Indiana University Press have launched
a series of bibliographies on American
Indians. One aim of the series is to
assist scholars in identifying reliable
sources of information about Indians.
Each volume has two main parts, an
esssay and an alphabetical list of all
works cited. The first five volumes,
published December 6, were Native
American Historical Demography the
Navajos The Ojibwas Indians of the
Subarctic and Indians of California.
A CLARIFYING
STATEMENT
Errors! Ah, Ugh, Ummmmm! We
despise the little journalistic bugs. But
we make them like everyone else...like
last week.
Bruce Barton’s article. As 1 See It.
according to him, was as interesting and
thought provoking as ever BUT....
The header should have read “Rev.
Bob Mangum is not a sacred cow.”
Alas, and our proofreader is shame
faced about it, the head line came our
“Rev. Bob Mangum is hot a scared
cow...”
As we tried to explain to that little old
lady who called us angrily, "We didn’t
mean to infer or say or hollar that Rev.
Bob Mangum is a scared cow.” We
screamed, “honest to heavens” as she
slammed down the phone in our ear.
Honestly, we promise to be more
careful in the future and we apologize to
Rev. Bob Mangum for our proof reading
nightmare. There is considerable diff
erence in a “scared cow” and a “sacred
cow.” They are definitely two different
animals.
THE STAFF