VOLUME It NUMBER 34 2SC Pgj COPY THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1982 wR3^^>Ajfc?.T>i?MT?t?.?y??^?.TWTWTI?T?>ft>TM^TwTA?Ti*TuTwTw.T??TA?T^??" "w.TMTi?yAiT*?Ti f^ W.- . ? - _ - _ . _ _ _ N . J ? ALFRED COOK VS. PEMBROKE r ? <&.. I; MOVES TO FEDERAL COURT > w FAYETTEVULE?The long running le gal dispute between Alfred Cook, a property owner, and the Town of Pembroke has moved to federal court in Fayetteville. After the charges were thrown out in state court, Osborne "Obbie" Lee, Jr., Cook's attorney, brought charges in federal court charging that Cook's civil rights were abridged. The case began this week. An irony is that Federal Judge Earl Britt, one of the federal judges assigned to the eastern district, was once Alfred Cook's counsel. Cook had origi nally asked for 1.5 million in damages; and the Town counter-sued for SI 10,000. Originally, Alfred Cook, now a proper ty owner in Pembroke, sued the Town of Pembroke and town officials McDuffie Cummings, town manager; Vernon Oxendine, chief of police; and Harvey Builard, then a policeman but now retired. Cook filed his suit on July 20, 1979, a year after the, dispute Ojat .BWMPPted the writ eecnred on May 20, 1978. Cook claimed in state courts that he was plowing up land on his property (located across from Cliff's Package Store) and was told by the Pembroke officials to stop plowing up what they indicated was public land, a throughfare that had been I used by the town for years. Cook refused and was subsequently arrested. Cook was forcibly removed from the tractor and charged with damage to town property and resisting arrest. The lawyer who came to Pembroke, according to sources, and secured Cook's release was Earl Britt, now one of the judges in the eastern district federal court. Britt remained counsel, along with Lee, until April 28, just before former President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the bench. Cook, in turn, charged Pembroke and the officials with false arrest, trespassing malicious prosecution and assault and battery. Judge Henry A. McKinnon, Jr. later threw out all the charges in superior court. The Town of Pembroke is represented by Dexter Brooks; the town officials are represented by Dickson McLean, a Lumberton attorney In the federal action. Lee, on behalf of Cook, asks for $1.56 million claiming his client's civil rights have been abridged; not under the 1964 Civil Rights Act but the 1871 Civil Rights Act. WARRIOR[S] OF THE WEEK ?y Steve Tyaer Wanton of the Week an ikwi above. Standing la Max Lowry and Eric 111 ? al _ an? ? t. ? .< and Beany Dimery. nimor n me wees nonors tor the Orrum game is shared by the five players who make up the interior offensive line: . Eric "Bull" Lock]ear, Thomas Maynor, Benny Dimery, Max Lowry, and Derwin < Strickland. In both of the Warriors' wins < these players have played a large pad in 1 enabling the running backs to get free. In | the second half of the South Robeson i game, it was the plat of these five which I allowed the backs to gain over 200 yards. in the Orrum game they were responsi ble for the holes which allowed a total of a 333 yards rushing and 98 yards passing, f In addition, all five players are often I ailed on to play both offense and r lefense-a defense which has held their first two opponents to a total of six c points. To the average fan, these players f may be unsung, but to their teammates these five serve as the example of what a r Warrior really is on the football field, a Horace ^ Locklear 4 Tun in the Sun" Golf Tournament and Social Former legislator Horace Locklear is planning the first annual "Fun in the Sun" Golf Tournament and Social. September 18. 1982, from 10 a.m. until.7 p.m. at Riverside Country Gub in Pembroke, North Carolina. Tee-off will begin ft 10:30 a.m. for the - men. At 10:45 a.m., the ladies will toar Pembroke State University, the Native American Resource Center. At 17~no<ltr lunch will be held at the Golden China Restaurant (Chinese Cuisine) in Lunta berton, N.C At 12:45 p.m. there' will be a Shopping Spree at the Outlet Plaza hi Lumberton, N.C. At 3:30 p.m. there will be a Pig-picking at Riverside Country Gub. Then there will be the announcement of the winners of prizes and gifts. Then at 5 p.m., entertainment will be provided by "The Legends" at Riverside Country Club. There will be free admission. Activities will "Wrap up" at 7 p.m. For mote information, write "Fun in the Sun," P.O. Box 1273, Lmberton. N.C. 28358. Telephone 919 - 739 4071. OPEN HOUSE 7 The Board of Directors y 7 and Staff of Lumbee Medical ? \ Center cordially invite you to ? 4 attend an Open House on 4 4 Sunday, September 12, 1982 I I from3 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the 7 X new location on Highway 711 ? East, Pembroke. The public is ? invited to attend. y Marcus & Elizabeth Dial Family Reunion Planned Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. The descendants of the late Marcus ad Elizabeth Dial are planning their amily reunion for September 18, at ?respect United Methodist Church <di ectly in front of Prospect School). ] Descendants are encouraged to bring overed dishes. A special program is ; fanned. All direct descendants and those elated by marriage are encouraged to it end. RUTH DIAL WOODS NAMED ft ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Rath Dial Woods Ruth Dial Woods has become the first female in the Robeson County School System to be named Assistant Superintendent. She will be responsible for overall administration and supervi sion of approximately $3.5 million budgets in Title IV Indian Education, ] Chapter 1 Compensatory Education and Migrant Education. Ms. Woods will fill j the position vacated by Albert C. Hunt \*fco retired last year. Ms. Woods holds an A.B. Degree from . College lUfilgh. ir spulttth , and English and a M.A. Ed. degree in Educational Administration and Super- | vision from Pembroke State University. She has had additional study at Wayne ? State University, Detroit, Mich.; the | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ( Mich.; East Carolina University; the j University of North Carolina at Chapel | Hill; and North Carolina Central Univer- j sity. ' { c Ms. Woods has served as Director of Indian Education for the Robeson County Schools since 1977. As Director she has provided all administrative, supervisory and fiscal responsibilities for this com pensatory education program beginning with a an annual budget of $770,000 to the $1.2 million dollar budget for the current fiscal year. She has been responsible for supervising a staff of 43 paraprofessional and professional em ployees, coordinating subcontract and contractual services with individual consultants and agencies and organi zations. Other experience includes ten years in the field of education as a teacher of Spanish, English and School Educational Media Services. She has served seven years in administrative positions with the North Carolina Fund, a state private non profit organization developed to combat poverty in the State of North Carolina in the areas of rural manpower develop ment and training programs funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and with Southeastern Area Community Action Programs, Inc. and Tri- County Com munity Action. Ms. Woods has participated in train ing for consultants in the areas of Headstart, Model Cities, and Rural Program Planning and Development and tt*s served as a consultant to numerous federal programs. Ms. Woods has been recognized for ler service on numerous occasions. In 1979 she was awarded the Woman of the fear Award by Pembroke Business and Professional Women's Club and the Community Leadership Award by the S.C. Human Relations Commisson. In 1980 she received the Henry Berry Lowry Award for community leadership ind service by Lumbee Regional Devel- i >pment Associaton. She has served as a member of the 1 tate Coordinating Committee for Inter- ' lational Women's Year; vice chair of j forth Carolina State delegation to the * National Women's Conference and in | 978 was appointed by President Carter | 0 the National Women's Committee of i he Conference. Ms. Woods has held offices and 1 nemberships in local, state and national i Tganizations. She has served as Nation- i 1 Chair of the Native American ] Vomen's Caucus of the United Metho list Church, Division of Global Minis- i ries, and as a member of the planning i ommittee for the National Women's ? assembly sponsored by the Women's I Kvision of the United Methodist Church. I She was appointed by Governor Jim Hunt to the Advisory Council of the Robeson County Prison Unit and after public election, to the North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs. She is a past president of the Pembroke Business and Professional Women's Club and Past Southern Area vice President of the North Carolina Federa tion of Business and Professional Wo men's Gubs. She has chaired the Fall Forum of the North Carolina Council of Women's Organzations, the Robeson County Governor's Leadership Confe rence for Women, and is past Secretary of the North Carolinians United for the Equal Rights Amendment. Ms. Woods is a member of the North Carolina Women's Political Caucus and served as a member of the steering committee for the organization of this caucus. She is also a member of the North Carolina Women's Forum, a group of selected women leaders, including state legislators and government offici als, from across North Carolina. Ms. Woods is completing a two- year appointment to the North Carolina State Evaluation Committee on Teacher Edu cation by appointment of Dr. A. Craig Phillips and serves as a member of the Board of the North Carolina Center on Public Policy and Research. She is a member of the Advisory Board of National Women's Program Develop ment, Inc. funded by th"e Wotftfr'-. Educational Equity Act. She has alsp served as a member of the Committee on Minority Presence for Girl Scouts, USA, New York City. Ms. Woods has published articles including "Native American Women's Issues," in Response, a magazine of the United Methodist Women; a paper entitled "Cross Cultural Networking," recently published by the OHOYO Resource Center as a collectionof papers by Native American women in Words of Today's American Indian Women: Ohe e Makachi. Excerpts from free lance vriiting and personal speeches and papers by Ms. Woods are to be published in Southern Magazine later this year.* Ms. Woods is married to Noah Woods, Principal of Magnolia School. She is mother to Constance, Stephanie, OUin and Reuben. The family resides in Pembroke" In announcing Ms. Woods' appoint ment as assistant superintendent, Pur Dell Swett, Superintendent of the Robe son County School System, referred to tier as "very competent." He expressed iis pleasure to have her fill the positions. Lumbee * Medical Clinic ! Zoning ! Approved r By Connie Cleave a a The September meeting of the Town of \ Pembroke was held on Tuesday Septem- d ber 7, at 7:00 p.m. t In addition to the regular agenda, was c the public hearing of Mr. Charles / Maynor's ordinance change request to [ permit the building planned to house the - Lumbee Medical Clinic. The original Q public hearing on the matter brought up f questions of the council about the C wording, "Conditional and/or Permitted * use." So the council, with all members , present, took up this matter first. After * discussion, the matter was approved and ? the motion for the change was made and * seconded. * New business included changes of < speed limits on several roads. The town i * council approved of a change of the < speed limit on the Philadelphus Road * from 35 to 25. But there was a few < objections to the changing of the speed ,< limit on the road bordering the Seaboard C Railroad on Union Chapel Road, from < Welling St. to the city limits from 45 to 55 \ MPH. The town officials feel that no road < vkhin the city limits should exceed 45. * rhe board accepted the first/part of the < proposal but rejected the latter part. The meeting came to a close with an ? approval of some tax releases and the < Board adjourned to an executive session 1, concerning the Cook case. . J WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMOOOOOOOOf | Appreciation Banquet planned | o for Herman Dial => <cx g 1 ^ The residents of the Pem => broke-Smiths-Maxton Com ^ missioners District, and 3 other, have united to show a => token of their appreciation to out-going Commissioner Her => man Dial. ' ^ There will be an Appreda => tion Dinner in Dial's honor, ? September 25, 1962 at fcJO d ;p m. at the Old Feendry Restaurant. Lumherton. ?, Tickets for the occasion era av.n.ble for S8.00 stogie, and o $15.00 per couple, g Serving as chairman of the ? Arringemeuts Committee is => Barbara MeMn of Shannon. q Dehon Oxendhw of Pembroke is chairman of the Public Itj ? Committee and L.H. Moore is => serving as chairman of Jbp g Program Committee, o Tickets ere available now o c> The following persons also ? have tickets for stte:Usfo B. o Lnhlsas,* Panl Hants, Jndy ^ Ch*vh, Pntih la UtHw, o ^LTcZ- g GMy Mllm, MkaOsn g ?m, Cants MaM Jnn, 3 J?M A. Jeaos, Nism g wi lk Hhn. S Said om member of the g Dial haa ma dated Id years of service to the area...We ap prove Ms sacrifice. soo' g ?Hah to sap thank yon la onr o own small way...So many ^ g JLftW^tdie^tt < v CT-*! 11 ' I ?????? I INDIAN HERITAGE WEEK IN NORTH CAfOJNA u * Indian Heritage Week in North Carolina has been proclaimed for 2 I Sept. 19-25,1982. Activities have been planned to call w ' attention to the more than 10,000-year history of North U ; Carolina Indians, who today comprise the largest Native American U ! population of any state east of the Mississippi The NX. Commission U of Indian Affairs, the only state government agency whose specific responsibility is to meet die needs of the state's Indians, is coordinating the varied activities of Indian Heritage Week in North < uroiina. U C

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