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& n O H z r ? ? ui ts .fiSarl ? * *3k J >' irn ' ? I inSf a h- e? -1 >? ?? '-r IBB 18 | rs ? c 5 ? ? _____ . .. -?. - ,? J ?;. .-? P PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY -| s W WTHE CAROLINA INDIAN VOX % j "Building Communicative Bridges , PEMBROKE- NX InATn^racmlSening.'- ROBESON COON - J I VOLUME 14 NUMBER 18 ?e PGR COPY THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1986 Reprinted from Carohma Blue Magazine ^ Heavy Hitter ?> 3kk3 - ;V . \' 1 WWCttlS Bell Walks On' To Become Carolina Star By SCOTT SMITH Carolina Blue Staff Writer On first impression, Devy Bell does not strike fear into opposing pitchers. The $-0, 190-pound junuft- first baseman-outfielder for tjie Carolina baseball team is not an impos ing figure off the diamond. He looks like anything but a power hitter. But first impressions are sometimes wrong. The easy-going Pembroke, N.C. resident possesses a bat that has long ball written all over it. His statistics for the year-a .341 bat ting average, a team-leading 17 home runs and 50 RBI-suggest that But when you sit across a table from him, you ask yourself, 'How does this guy generate so much power? He doesn't look that strong.' "I'm told that an awful lot," Bell says with his always prominent smile. "I'm not really that big. I guess it's just something God given. I've got good wrists. And it really doesn't take a strong person to hit the ball a long way. I try to use good mechanics, to get my wrists and hips into it. Timing is especial ly key. If you unload at the right time, anybody can drive the ball. You don't really have to be all that big. "I don't consider myself a power hitter, but I do have a home run swing. So I really can't help it. I'm not going to fight it. I'd like to be thought of as someone who likes to make good, hard contact, whether it's on the ground or in the air. I know I can tut lb* ball out of the park, bat raw to consider inynjfdtffll man. That Always means you're really help ing your team." Bell has had to help more than usual this year since the Tar Heels lost offensive sparkplugs B.J. Surhoff and Walt Weiss to* professional baseball last summer. More than ever. Bell was counted on to provide run pro duction this year, and he responded. There's been pressure, but Bell knew it was coming. "When I played with Walt and B.J. I could almost put my burdens on them." Bell says. "It did pressure me a whole lot at the begin ning of the year, knowing they were gone. It doesn't as much now, but I do get concerned about it because I know it's my job now to pro duce runs. I didn't want to accept it-I don't know that's my best fWe-but it is my job." But it's not a job Veil accepted without previous experience. He hit 11 homers and drove in 45 runs last season as a sophomore. And as a freshman, he had five home runs and 27 RBI. And all of this from a guy who says he wasn't heavily recruited as a senior in high school because of his "weak hitting." The on ly major school that recruited him was Eastern Kentucky, and that was because it liked his attitude, according to Bell. Bell was a walk-on at Carolina, a player who worked hard in college to make himself the hitter he is today. He says the Devy Bell who played in high school four years ago is in no way, shape or form the same one who plays for the Tar Heels today. Bell transformed himself through the science of weightlifting. He felt he was just an average hitter and needed an edge to become a good one. He found that edge in the weight room, where he spared no effort. "I'm not Lance Parrish (the Detroit Tigers' catcher who lifts extensively), but I do lift, and think it's really helped me a lot," Bell says. "That's exactly where I get my strength. In high school I could hit the long 1 ball, but I had to take a long swing to do it. Now I've worked it down to the wrists. If I can get the bat on the ball with good speed, I can sometimes 'wrist' it out. "When I came as a freshman we had just started a weight program I lifted with Walt i and (former Tar Heel second baseman) Jeft ' Hubbard. Walt was a fine example of what it | (weightlifting) could do for you. He went from 165 pounds to 185 and it helped his game a lot. That, to me, was a lot of inspiration. And from then on, that's all I did during every summer I wouldn't play that much baseball; I'd just lift. "It really helps you generate a lot of power All you have to do is look at Carlton Fisk (Chicago White Sox) last year. He hit 37 home runs and attributed it mostly to his lifting. "It really gave me the edge I needed, The bat just feels so feathery to me now A hitter feels confident when he has bat speed You realize you don't have to deas much on a fastball by taking a big stride. You don't think home run as much. If you make good contact and you're strong, the bail will rise, jump off your bat. I didn't realize that when I was young, but if you just get your bat there it will take off." But not all baseball people think weightlif ting is a good thing. Many think it's detrimen tal, that it takes away flexibility. Is that a con cern to Bell? - , f - jfe "Some don't afire* wttk it and same have made the majors toitbout it. I guess*, they can say that," Bell says. "Some people have that natural ability and natural strength. B.J. didn't lift that much because he thought it would hinder him. But he-just had natural bat speed. Some people don't need weightlifting, but some have to compensate like I do. I was really average coming out of high school. But I started working on the weights, especially with my hips, and it really paid off." A lot of other things have paid off for Bell in his baseball career-like faith, patience and hard work. He wasn't recruited by UNC coach Mike Roberts coming out of high school, but decided to come to Chapel Hill anyway and try out since he liked the school so much. "I took a chance," Bell remembers. "I was just going to come here because it was a great school. I was going to try out, and if I didn't make it I'd still have a quality education. I wasn't really that eye-catching out of high school. I really thought my career was over after my senior year." Bell made the Carolina JV team, and Roberts liked so much of what he saw that he promoted him to varsity after only two days of practice with the JVs. "I guess I had a lot of hustle, attitude and desire and he liked that in me," says Bell. "I never gave Coach Roberts any problem and I never will. I think that's mostly what he liked." Suddenly, Bell was playing major college baseball with the likes of Surhoff and Weiss a year after he thought he had no future in competitive baseball. He wondered if it was a dream. ".../ know it's my job now to pro duce runs. I didn't want to accept it-t don't know that's my best role-but it is my job " -Devy Bell "To tell you the truth, everything just fell into place and the Lord was watching out for mfc," he says. "It was like nothing I'd ever felt before. Here I was playing on a top ranked team with BJ., Jeff Hubbard and (pit cher) Scott Bankhead. I was on Cloud Nine. The real shocker came when my dad came to pick me up for Christmas vacation that year, and when we got home he told me that Coach said I had made the team. "My jersey had already been ordered. I was reallyt?ycbed. That first game was the moat enjoyable of my career. 1 suited up and looked at myself in the mirror and saw that I had 'Carolina' written across my uniform. I just hadn't really thought about it. It was just a pleasure to play on that team during my freshman year." Bell says it took him a while to realize that he belonged. He still remembered all the col leges that didn't think he was good enough coming out of high school. "I felt like I was a good player, but I also knew I was in the lower echelon. And I didn't know how in the world I was going to get up there. I honestly got to feeling like I wasn't that good, since nobody was recruiting me. It was a tough thing to overcome mentally: I felt like there really wasn't that much to me. It bothered me for a while, but then I told myself. 'What do I have to lose?' After that I began to work and things really fell into place." Bell is no longer the unwanted baseball player. Nowadays, he's the most wanted man in Chapel Hill with men on base. NtiW BUSINESS IN TOWN! Pembroke CUnic of Chiropractic Dr. Sabella, and receptionist Hose Revels [left) point out a problem via x-my to a Pat*rnt \Br*ce Barton photoJ frntmuet-nom open in Pembroke is the Pwafaroke Clinic of Chiropractk, locat ed in the TfcS Office Bull ding. Suite 6. fronting High way 711. . Open since April 1, the Chiropractic clinic la opera ted by Dr. A.J. Sabella. ' Hours are Tueeday, Wed nesday and Friday-Z P-m. ? i p.m and Saturdays,. 10-12 boon. Receptionist is Roae Revets, who aloe doubles as > a fall time junior at Pembro State University. 3T L>? ?-A - ITie clinic'? specialties are back and joint pains, with emphasis on sinus, nerves, scoliosis, whiplash, slipped disc, tail bone pain, sciatica pain, lower beck pain, wrist and elbow pains, hip, leg and knee pains, migraine headaches, arm and shoul der pains, nutrition analysis sad more. They also promise to be courteous and solicit ous Of your needs. And they do honor insurance claims. Dr. Sabella. who lives in chiropractic dtokta^urin"* j? ? 1 burg where many of hia patients were Indians from the Pembroke area. He decided that it was time they had their own clinic, and the convenience of visiting a chiropractic elinic without - having to travel so far. Dr. Sabella said. "Pern brake's a nice place to live... and work. I am looking forward to the challenge of establishing a clink here in the heart of Indian country. People have bean very nice tome and I hope to be jest as nice and helpful in return. " Magnolia's Social Studies Fair Held Magnolia School held its third annual Social Studies Fair on Thursday, April 17, 1986 in the school gymnasi um. Hie competition featur ed four different divisions based upon grade levels and projects were submitted on a basis of individual, group and class participation. In Division I (K-3), the first place project was en titled "What Do You Get From Your Tax Dollar" and it was prepared by Mrs, Regenie Brayboy's entire class. Hi at same group of students also won third place with a class project entitled "What Is ? Community?" Second place in this division was garnered by Mm. An rile T. Hunt's class project enti tled "We Live In A neigh borhood." In Division II (4-6), Rod ney MajmoFs project entitl ed "Hie First Successful Flight" was judged to he best and received first prize. Rodney is the in Mts. Annette Howell's class. Sec ond place went to Crystal Locklear's project entitled "North Carolina: The tar Heel State." Crystal is in, Mrs. Esrnestiot Locklear's class. Tracy MeNeOl from Mrs. Peggy Charts' diss won third place with her project entitled "BeojaroS FYsnldin." In Division m (7-9), Bret / - ? ir ' "1,1 entitled '4 Han s portatio n Hi rough Hie Ages" by Hna Martin. She is in Ms. Ruth Locklear's seventh grade class. Second and third prizes went to ninth grade students from classes taught by Mr. David Evans. Cissy Toner's model of a "Pioneer Cabin" won second place and Toni Burnette's project entitled "Presidents of the U.S." won third place. In Division IV (10-12) a model of "Hie Parthenon" by Jeremy Hammonds and Curtis Wilcox was judged to be the best and was awarded the first'place designation. Both of these students are taught by Mr. Kermit Cha vis. Second prize was won by Mark Simmons and Anthony Smith whose project was a model of a " Pioneer Covered Wagon." Mark is in Mr. Chavis' class and Anthony is in Ms. Jackie Herring's class. A model of the '^May flower" by Debbie Chavis and Lisa Loddear won third prise. Both of these students are in Mrs. Herring's class. Hie Magnolia School Stu dies Fair was a competition based upon projects and research by Magnolia stu dents of all ages and grades. The projects were a natural outgrowth of the social stu dies curriculum of the vari ous grade levels. All stu dents were required to do projects as a part of their normal course work but entry into the competition was voluntary. Over 100 projects were submitted. Hie projects were judged by Mr. Sam Kems, a probation-parole officer from Pembroke. NC and Mr. Robert Synder, an intern at Magnolia School in the Dept. of Social Studies. All project winners were given ribbons on the day of the -fair and medallions will be presented to all first place.. winners during Magnolia School's annual awards pro gram in May. Winner* in this fair compete in the County-wide competition at O.P. Owens Auditorium on Thursday, April 24,1986. 'TIS WISE TO I ADVEETISE B Cafl 521-2836 | JL - rti, 1 AWARDS BANQUET APartof Lumbee Homecoming Lumbee Regional Devel opment Association, Inc. will sponsor Lumbee Home coming 1986. Numerous fes tivities and activities will be held during June 28, 1986 July 6, 1986 in the Town of Pembroke. A very important activity of Lumbee Homecoming will be the Awards Banquet to be held on the night of July 3, 1986. This year four awards will be presented: (1) Henry Berry Lowry Memorial Award; (2) Business Person of the Year Award: (3) Distinguished Service Award; (4) Advancement of Education Award. These four awards are sponsored by IitDA. For the sixteenth time in history, the Lumbee com munity is paying homage to this "Robinhood of the Lumbee Indians." As a part of Lumbee Homecoming Festival Activities of 1986 The Henry Berry Lcrwry Memorial Award will be presented to an outstanding Lumbee Indian. Criteria To recognize an outstand ing Lumbee Indian who has demonstrated pride in his Indian heritage and culture; Lumbee Indian who has worked diligently against racial inyistices; Lumbee Indian who has Wen an advocate voice for Lumbee people under a dominant society; Lumbee Indian who has contributed in a worth while manner to the Lumbee Indians and Lumbee com munity. Henry Berry Lowiy sym bolized the hopes and aspi rations of all Lumbee Indians everywhere. He is a true and larger than life hero of all Lumbee Indians. The 1985 recipient was Rev. Simeon Cummings of Pembroke. Written nominations with justification are to be mailed to Kenneth R. Maynor. Executive Director, LRDA, P.O. Box 68, Pembroke, NC 28372-0068. This is the fifteenth year that Lumbee Homecoming will sponsor the Business Person of the Year Award, the most coveted award in the Indfan business com munity. Criteria Should be a Lumbee Indi an; have demonstrated mor al and civic responsibilities; exercised moral and ethical practices in their business affairs; a person who has helped distinguish Lumbees as competent business own era; must be profit motivated as exhibited in the economic growth of the business they are involved in; must have promoted the economic de velopment of Lumbee Indi ans by encouraging or moti vating other Indian persons to become mere involved in the economic and business mainstream. The 1986 recipient was Mr. James Ct Maynor of Lumberton. Written nominations with justification are to be mailed to: Gary Deese, Planner, LRDA Inc.. P.O. Box 68. " Pembroke, NC 28372. This is the thirteenth year that Lumbee Homecoming will sponsor the Distin guited Service Award. Criteria In recognition of a Lumbee Indian who has worked un selfishly towards the better ment and improvements of the Lumbee community; whose efforts and accom plishments have touched the lives of many Indian per sons; Lumbee Indian who has contributed in a signifi cant and worthwhile manner by depicting Indian brother hood and fellowship to the Lumbee community. Hie 1986 Co-Recipients were Rev. Julian Ransom of Pembroke. N.C. and Mr. James Mitchell of Rowland, N.C. Written nominations with justification are to be mailed to: Kenneth R. Maynor, Executive Director, LRDA, P.O. Box 68, Pembroke, NC 28372. This is the seventh year that Lumbee Homecoming will be sponsoring The Ad vancement of Education Award. This award bestows tribute to an (individual for their work which has brou ght about an Improvement in education. cncena Should be a Luqibee Indi an; Work in education has impacted the lives at 91 any people; has contributed to the education of many peo ple beyond the normal work day, or normal duties of paid position; demonstrated that education is the drive that carries one into every single opportunity that we are educated to handle; known to be an advocate for Indian Education; has exhibited con cern and involvement within education; served as a guid ing fdtce towards showing children the real meaning of Indianness and freedom; an individual that believes and has committed their work towards the educational growth and development of Indian children to take their rightful place in the free world. The 1988 recipient was Mr. Earlie B. Maynor of ^ Pembroke, N.C. Written nominations with justification are to be mailed to: Janie M. Locklear, Direc tor Center for the Arts, LRDA. P.O. Box 68, P?m broke, N.C. 28872. No one will be considered or reviewed unless a written nomination has been submit ted. All written nominations must be received on or before June 17, 1986. Your participation will be highly appreciated. The Carolina Indian Voice wants to serve you J by printing your news. However, in order to better serve you, the stuff of The Carolina Indian Voice 1 must impose a 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline for news that is to appear in the Thursday edition. Advertisers are asked to please adhere to the . same deadline (Tuesday at 5 p.m.). To subscribe to The Carolina Indian Voice, > please call (919) 521-2826. Or drop by the office ? located on High School Street In Pembroke, , across from Old Main in College Plata (we are f two doors down from the Pantry). I SUBSCRIPTION RA TES: I 1 Year (In N.C.). . $10.00 1 I / Year (Outside N.C.).... SI2.00 J I 'A 1 ZsA J ? tv Yi jp.- t- n ? ? ? V* MMHhmm - w.^nLU BaKum*iZ~"
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