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i SEEIT by ? ? Bruce Barton J \ w ' ? DONT FORGET TO BECOME A BRAVES BOOSTER BUT... Consider PSU Basketball Coach Billy Lee and the PSU Senior High Basketball Camp now underway with some 100 youngsters on hand. That's wonderful... really I But consider the staff: Larry Lindsay, head coach at Wake-Forest Rolesville; Mel Kenode, Douglas Byrd High School; Bill Draper, a special scout in Philadelphia; Mike Wallace, a senior off last year's PSU basketball team; Leon Brock)Cape Fear High School; Tony McNair, PSU Student Assistant for the Basketball program; Jeff Capel, Pine crest High School; Bill Stonerock, Dunn High School; Steve Drigger, Terry Sanford High School; and of course PSU Head Coach Billy Lee and Assistant Coach Scott Cole lough. Not a local basketball coach in the lot. James Howard Locklear, formerly the bas ketball coach at Prospect, Pembroke and now West Robeson Senior High, was on the basketball camp staff for a number of years, especially when Joe Gallagher was coach. I'd say that Lee and Com pany have flunked public relations again. Nevertheless we ought to support the PSU Athletic Pro gram by becoming a member of the PSU Braves Club, the athletic booster club at Pem broke State. Memberships for the Pem broke State University Braves Club for 1983-84 are now on sale on the PSU campus. Many benefits are given to members with costs being $20 for a booster, $35 for an individual, $50 for a family, and $100 for a business. For more information or to be sent a free brochure call 521-3522 daily or write: Braves Club, Pembroke State University, Pembroke, N.C. 28372. After we join, let's ask Coach Lee why Coach Lock lear and other local coaches are never part of the basket ball camps and why attend ance is so poor at basketball games. These are legitimate questions deserving reason able answers. REPORT FROM U.S. Senator JESSE ?? HELMS WASHINGTON?Just befpre Congress adjourned for the Independence Day holiday, a multi-billion dollar ap propriations bill came up in the Senate which was so wasteful that no prudent Senator could support it. President Reagan is almost obliged to veto it?and then the question will be whether Congress will override the veto and force the Presi dent to spend the money anyhow. To illustrate the way the bill was written, let me describe just one item?the food stamp program's appro priation for the fiscal year beginning October 1. At the outset, I should mention that I am the target of a number of special interest groups who purport to repre sent the "poor"?lobbyists who have vowed to defeat me in the next election?if I run?because they claim that I have been so "hard-hearted" about various welfare pro grams, including food stamps. The truth is. I have merely done my best to cut out st the corruption and waste in such programs. The taxpayers c* have been ripped off to the tune of untold billions of dollars 01 'by people who make a business of abusing such programs ^ as food stamps. I don't know how long I'll be in the Senate, yo but I will never knuckle under to those who deliberately ro cheat the taxpayers. dc m FOOD STAMPS?The Administration had requested t0 $11.6 billion for the food stamp program for fiscal year {h 1984. This enormous amount of money was intended to cover the cost of the program from October 1, 1983, through September 30, 1984?that is, for the entire 12 months of the fiscal year. But when the appropriations bill hit the Senate Floor, I noted that the $11.6 billion was specified to cover only glevon months of the fiscal year. In other words, in August 1984, the bill had been written so that it would be necessary for Congress to appropriate another Si billion or so to cover the cost of the food stamp program for one month?Sep tember 1984. Do you see? It was a clever way to increase the total cost of food stamps for the 12 month period. I felt that the Senate should vote on the question, so I offered an amendment to make the appropriation cover the entire 12 months. Not surprisingly, I lost?the welfare lobby had done its work well. Only 23 Senators voted with me?but many who voted against my amendment acknowl edged that is was too politically risky for them to try to tighten up the cost of welfare programs. MENCKEN?While all of this was going on, I thought of the. late H. L. Mencken, a Baltimore editor who was always skeptical of politics and politicians. Mr. Mencken once re marked that soma people work for a living, and some people vote for a living. The incredible increase in the ootrof welfare programs confirms Mr. Mencken's observation. As was the case with the food stamp vote. Members of Congress are so often fear ful that they will lose votes if they try to cut down the cost of government.1 q I enjoy my work in the Sengta, but if the price of staying in the Senate is that I must compromise on such matters?then the price is too high. ate-. ' " ;i TAXING^ and IfrtFI SPENDING by LEWIS K UMU'R m:\-: f , i "The rich ge|t! |richer...7 may be a tilled old cliche, but in the oase of the federal government's revenue sharing program, it unfortunately is tdo often true. i' I Revenue sharing was created in the early 197(J)'s as a Wcy to funnel federal money to state and lotaf governments. The funds are used to pay for li braries, road improvements and other public works projects. States have since been dropped from the pro- ? gram, but cities and counties, including many of the most affluent communities in the nation, continue to receive revenue sharing funds. Among the examples of this incredible giveaway are the millionaire's paradise of/ Palm Springs, which annually gets a revenue sharing check for nearly $700,000; oil-rich Houston and Dallas, which receive $24 million and $15 million, respectively; and Ridgefield, Conn.,, a well-healed New England com munity which receives more than $250,000 annually in revenue sharing money. And subsidies to .the rich do not begin or end with revenue sharing. Student loans, by-and-large, go to the offspring of middle and upper-income families; farm subsidies flow to large agri-business combines, as well as to the family farmer; international loan guarantees assure repayment to American banks, as well as their high-powered officers and share holders; and economic development grants often result in lucrative contracts for major construction com panies. Recipients of such largesse bften justify it as merely "getting my share of the fe4eral pie," or "the return of some of the taxes I pay." What folly and shortsightedness. The only beneficiaries are the bureaucrats and politicians who live off the administrative "fees" and political "income" they derive from ^>eing able to de cide who gets what piece of the action. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves for having allowed this "let's take in each others laundry" g?me to continue. And in today's deficit-laden world, revenue - sharing is a misnomer. We are sharing deficits, not revenues, and subsidizing with borrowed funds - adding enormously to the annual cost of the permanent debt service. It may seem that thanks to some of these programs, the rich are getting richer. In reality however, we are all getting poorer^ V Lewis K. Uhler is founder and president of the National Tax Limitation Committee, the 600,000 member national bipartisan grassroots lobby group that is a, principal proponent of the Balanced Budget/Tax Limitation Amendment. ^ THE NATIONAL TAX LIMITATION COMMITTEE 1523 L Street, NW Suite 600 ? Washington, DC 20005 In Loving Memory.... Ml. JOSEPH LOWHY ON HIS BIRTHDAY JULY 25 Daddy, there is that empty tace at home. Your favorite lair is empty. We don't turn i the T.V. to watch all the torts games you enjoyed etching. The newspapers u enjoyed reading remain lied up. Your bedroom lamp lesn't burn all night any ore. You're not there to talk when I have a problem. The pain you suffered all ose years have gone awav. I Daddy, you were my heart. I miss you and love you so much. My heart aches but I just think of the good times we had and how proud and glad I was to have a daddy like you. Daddy, you are gone to a better place but you are not forgotten by the people who loved you so much. But one day we'll meet up yonder. This is something 1 look forward to doing one day. With leva, Yoar Daughter, JO ANN LOCKLEAB . ? ? ? HPHP The modal of tho propoood North Carolina Viet nam Veterans Memorial wee recently approved by the North Carolina Historical Commission. Ms. Abbe Godwin, a Greeneboro, North Carolina, sculptroee designed the memorial after months of interviewing Vietnam veterans and reading about the war. Vietnam veterans hope the memorial will be placed on the Bicentennial Plaza in Raleigh. Donations can be mailed to the North Carolina Vietham Veterans Memorial Committee. P.O. Box 3104S, Raleigh, N.C. 27622. n M ! I I a s < i i i a 5 < (A WTeditoria l. Wand opl f page Wo Cannot Know Whore Wo Are Qolng If Wo Don't Know Whore WiVo Boon... 4. - k So fittingly we honor our Pioneer Mers THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE -A Weekly Newspaper ? Published every Thursday by The Carolina Indian Voice, Inc. P.O. Box 1075-Highway711 E., Pembroke, N.C. 28372 BRUCE BARTON, Editor CONNEE BRAYBOY: Assist. Editor ASSOCIATES: Garry L. Barton, Connie Gleave -An Editorial Expression COUNCILMAN SAM DIAL'S PORTRAIT STILL IN THE CLOSET It's getting Interesting. Clinton Thomas, Jr. has quit returning calls to this editorialist, closing down, seemh&g ly, a cordial relationship of many years standing. And why? This newspaper has asked Thomas and his Housing Board to pnt Pembroke Councilman Sam Dial's portrait bock where It belongs--op! Thomas [administratively he says] had a portrait of Dial done by Assistant D.A. Wood berry Bow en at a cost of wnot more than S350.00" and hong pnbUcly at a public affair hi 1977 when Dial was honored as the "father of PabUc Hooshig In Pembroke," according to mhintes of the Pembroke Hooslng Authority and Redevelopment Commission of which Thomas is Executive Director. Attorney General Rnfns Edmieten was dedkatory speaker. Bat time* change, and politic* do too. Dial made a spirited bid for mayor in the last municipal elecdou in Pembroke, narrowly loeing to the present Mayor James A. "Pete" Jacobe. Dial and Thomas changed politically and now are fervent, pofitical foes. Dial haa among other things charged "corruption" In Pembroke circles. At a free wheeling presa conference recently Dial ralaed a number of interesting points, one befag the fact that his portrait had been taken down by Thomas and placed Is the doeet h his office. Dial's portrait should be put back where It wae~up! As we see it it Is a cheap political skp In the face to Dial, and net worthy of even legendary Pembroke poktics. We ask again-kindly but flnnly-Mr. Thomaa, wll you please put Mr. Dial's portrait back where It betongs-up! Cardinal Meeting Dates Set, ^ County Board Vacancies Listed LUMBERTON--The Cardi nal Health Agency Board of Directors will meet Wednes day, July 27th at 7:00 p.m. in the Agency's office. The Planning Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. the same day and report to the Board at its 7:00 p.m. meeting. September 16th has been set as the Agency's Annual Meeting date and nineteen vacancies on the Cardinal Health Agency Board of Dir ectors will be filled at that time. Anyone within the fif teen county area served by Cardinal who is interested in membership on the Cardinal Board is invited to have his or her name placed in nomina tion by organizations or groups they might represent. Forms for nomination are available at the Cardinal office, 401 East 11th St. Lumberton, NC 28358 and can be obtained by writing to that address or by calling Cardinal at (919) 738-9316. Nomination forms are required for all nominees and these complet ed forms must be received by 4 the Cardinal office no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 19, 1983. The Cardinal Board of Directors is composed of a majority, but not more than 60%, of health care consum ers. They must be residents of the Cardinal Health service area and broadly representa tive of the social, economic, linguistic, and racial popula tion. A minority of no less than 40% of the Board must be made up of health care providers. One-half of the vacant' positions for consumers and one-half of the vacant posi- < tions for providers are to be appointed by Boards of Coun ty Commissioners. The Car dinal Health Agency is asking ' the Board of County Commis sioners in Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Robeson, Har nett, Moore, Sampson, New Hanover and Montgomery Counties to make appoint ments to the Board. Anyone in these counties who is interested in providing input >r representing their county u-.ni. D~ a WII "IV VHUUHU ncwui DVUU are invited to contact their j local County Commissioner. In Robeson County, the County Commissioners have reappointed Joe Bracey Free man who filled an interim vacancy. Nominations from Robeson County are being sought for individuals who are providers of health care. This vacancy is due to the expiring term of Luckey Welsh who filled an interim vacancy. Mr. Welch is eligible for re-election. The Cardinal Board of Directors is charged with certain specific duties design ed to improve the health of residents of the area and to increase the quality and avail ability of health services. The Board also works to prevent the unnecessary duplication of health programs and to restrain the increase in the cost of health care. Members of the Cardinal Board are volunteers and receive reim bursement for expenses onlv. Ml members are elected to three year terms. ^Aaerican Viewpaints i 1 ^I^wrinkles must be written upon brows, let them not be written up on the heart. The spirit should not grow old. James A. Garfield Pharmacist Pembroke Drue Center ? - """"" Shellfish and cholesterol Question: Must I stop eating shellfish to reduce my level of cholesterol? Answer: No, says Dr. Howard Eler, professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Just to match the cholesterol in one egg, you'd have to eat more than one dozen oysters, or two small lobsters. Shrimp is also relatively low in choles terol. Some folks are still dishing out fishy advice because they don't know that shellfish data from the 1940s were . all wet! Shellfish have a clean bill of health. I. ? iaBT ' I ?:!?->?> "Tor Dm brood of God u ho ?hl<* o?Mh dowti trow hooton ood I dlooth lilt mo tho Mrid. TWo ukl thor mo Ma. lord, ovonaoto flto 00 Ullt brood. had lotto told mo thoti. I to tht brood o< Uti : ho that ooaoth to mm oboll torn bo tote, tad ho (hot hallo oath on mo tho II at tor I tllfll ' I ? I I J
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