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|| Oxendine Announces For
Re-Election To
LREMC Board
BRADFORD OXENDINE
. Bradford Oxendine, a 12
year veteran board member of
Lumbee River Hectric Mem
bership Corporation announ
ces his candidacy for re-elec
tion to that t>oard. Oxendine
cites many accomplishments
as his reasons for asking
voters to re elect him on
October 6.
Oxendine says he served
JItEMC during some of its
most significant growth.
When he started in 1975, the
corporation had around
17,000 members. It has over
25,000 now. And best of all,
he says, the LRKMC has been
able to absorb several rate
increases made by its electri
city supplier, CP&U without
having to pass those rates on
to the members. '
In addition. Oxendine says
LREMC has not had to borrow
money for operation in the
past three years. He credits
that to more efficient man
agement. There are fewer
employees now which means
lower overhead which helps to
keep electricity rates down.
Another service Oxendine
has helped bring to LREMC is
for senior citizens. They can
pay their bills any time of the
month without a late charge.
Oxendine says over the
years he has been as respon
sive to consumer requests and
demands as possible. He says
many times people do not
come to him with complaints.
He wishes they would. He
says he is ready to assist in
whatever way he can.
Oxendine says he hopes
voters will consider experi
ence when they make their
decision on October 6. He
says new candidates for the
board make many promises,
most of which they will be
unable to keep. He has
learned through experience
on the board to be there and
hold the interests of the
member! in his district fore
most and speak up for them in
every issue.
Oxendine serves District 3
which includes the townships
of Back Swamp, Britts, Smyr
na, Wisharts and Raft
Swamp.
Mr. Curt Locklear of Pern
broke Hardware \$ shown
presenting bike to Christie
Buckeleiu. Christie was the
winner of the July 9th
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drawing sponsored by The
Pembroke Chamber of Com
merce. Greg Cummmge it
President of the Pembroke
Chamber of Commerce. |BiU
Hunt photo|
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The Torch Run from bum
berton to Red Springs u?s
coordinated through the
bumberton and Pembroke
Chambers of Commerce.
Greg Cummings, president of
the Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce, served as chair
person for the Torch Run
through Pembroke.
Jeff Cushing, a 1975 grad
uate ofPSU, and the track and
crots country coach at bum
berton High School, organ
ized the Lumberton runners.
Betiueen toums each runner
carried the torch one mile,
then relayed the torch to the
next runner on the list,
fn June the Olympic Festi
0
vol Torch was carried by jet
from Colorado to Wilmington.
It was carried in zig-zag
fushion across N.C. and
reached the Triangle Area in
time for opening ceremonies
of the U.S. Olympic Festival
'87. The Olympic Festival
develops future Olympic
stars.
Television
Show Looks
For Talent
From
Pembrolce
Discovery, a televised tal
ent search program, will
begin auditions for this area
to select talent for the televi
sed special broadcast to be
aired on WLEL-TV, channel
<&&. ihe Discovery talent
producers will be in Raleigh
on August 23. 1987 to begin
the task of selecting perform
ing artists who will be video
taped for the show. Twelve
finalists will be selected for
the show within two age
divisions. Six wUI be selected
in the Junior Division (ages 14
and under) and si* will be
selected in the Senior Division
(ages 15 and over). The Grand
Talent Winner in each age
division will be announced on
the show and they will be ^
awarded $1,000 each.
Talent presentations may
include a wide variety such as
singing, dancing, acting, ma
gic, lip-syncing, comedy, or
any variety of talent that has
entertainment value and ex
hibits the participant's ability
and skill. Discovery Talent
Search is a performing arts
development program desig
ned to encourage talent de
velopment through participa
ti?n and reward of excellence.
Market winners will partici
pate in the National Finals for
a $5,000 national award.
Everyone has an eqtial
opportunity to participate in
the program regardless of age
and is invited to call for an
audition appointment at 1
800-227-6319 or write to Dis
covery, P.O. Box 124, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. 70821. The
audition is free and open to
the public; however, prospec
tive talent must schedule an
audition by telephone.
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Hardee's of Pembroke
Contributes to International
Summer Special Olympics
Raicigh-The local Hardee's of
Robeson County are proud to
be contributors to this year's
International Summer Special
Olympics Games so that
Wayne Swett and Fernie
Bullard of Pembroke, can
participate. These athletes
are already in competition.
Special Olympics is a world
wide program of athletic
competition and physical train
ing created in 1968. Each
year, one million athletes
demonstrate their strength of
character and athletic abilities
in 20,000 communities around
the world. The competition
culminates every four years at
the International Special
Olympics Games.
Hardee's Food Systems Inc
is a Platinum sponsor and will
be contributing more than
1500,000 cash and support to
the 1987 ISSOG being held in
South Bend, Indiana, July 31
August 8. Hardee's is the
largest corporate sponsor of
the event.
Most of the support will
come from purchasing 32
ounce commemorative plastic
MOOSE cups For every
moose cup purchased, liar
dee's will make a donation to
the 1987 International Sum
mer Special Olympics Games.
Hardee's is one of the
largest restaurant chains in
the world, operating about
2,800 restaurants throughout
the U.S. and in 12 foreign
countries. The chain is head
quartered in Rocky Mount.
North Carolina.
Volunteers Help Robesonians
Improve Home Safety
Ethel Jones called her three children into the living room as
Volunteers Ann Marie and David Rice explained about making
a fire escape plan. Two years before, fire had destroyed hi r
trailer. She and the kids had been lucky to escape with their
lives. Ms. Jones didn't want to depend on luck again. She and
her children- and the two neighbor kids--listened attentively
as Ann Marie told them how you have to crawl low to escape
the poisonous, deadly smoke.
Ms. Jones was receiving a Safehome Checks new service
being offered by the Health Department, with the help of
community volunteers. Besides receiving instructions about
fire safety, Ms. Jones let David install a fire extinguisher,
smoke detector, and safety latches on the kitchen cabinet
where she stores cleaning supplies. Ms. Jones and the
volunteers together rearranged her cosmetics up high on a
bathroom shelf and tested her hot water, finding that it was
120 degrees--already in the safe range.
Because of the generosity of Ann Marie and David and
twenty other volunteers from the community, over three
hundred families have received safety assessments and
counseling at the Health Department since April, and over two
hundred have been offered Safehome Checks. Those involved
in the CHIP Project (Childhood Injury Prevention) are hoping
to reduce the rate of disabling injuries and deaths that occur to
the children of Robeson County each year because of
drownings, house fires, poisonings, and car crashes. 1985
statistics showed that more than half of all deaths to children '
from age one to twenty resulted from accidental injuries, not
disease.
Participants in the CHIP project gathered recently at the
hoipe of Rev. and Mrs. John A. Robinson, Jr. in Pembroke
to celebrate the progress they have- made in the first three '
months of the program's operation and to honor the
volunteers who made the safety project possible. Those
receiving awards were: Gladys Bullock, Mary Cole, Maria
Deal, Saluda Gaddy, Dorothy Nichols, Janet Nichols, and
Roxie Waters from Fairmont; Ann Marie Rice, David Rice,
Melody Rogers, and Joanne Wiberg from Lumberton; In grid
Powell and Mary Powell from Marietta; Susan Deese. Louise
Loddear and Henry Smith from Pembroke; Debmphd Glenn '
Be as ley from Maxton; Rachel Welter from Red Springs; and
Benjamin and Carrie Currence from Rowland.
For more information about home safety or how you might
help with the Child Injury Prevention Project, call Melody
Totrsy at 788-7281 at the Health Department.
Working with the Health Department and the volunteers is
the Coalition on Minority Health, a aew organisation created
to promote improved safety of children in Robeeon County.
According to Cherry Beaaley, Chairperson of the Coalition's
Steering Committee, the group is hoping to enlist the help of
churches sad other community groups in the neat year so that
the Safehome Cheeks can be offered more widely throughout
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Darrell Strickland To Beceive
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Johnston Scholarship to UNG
Chapel Hill-Forty eight recent
North Carolina high school
graduates have been awarded
James M. Johnston Scholar
ships to study at the L'niver
sity of North Carolina at
Chapel Mill this fall.
The Johnston program is
among the largest in North
Carolina in amount of money
and number of students en
rolled. It provides $700,000
annually for UNC students.
The scholarships were
established with funds pn>
vided by the late James M.
Johnston, a Washington,
D.C. investment banker wht
was born and bred on a farm
north of Chapel Hill.
The program, now in its
18th year, allows the state's
brightest students to study in
Chapel Hill, said Kleanor S.
Morris, ITNC director of stu
dent aid and program direc
tor. The awards are based on
academic excellence and
need. The scholarships range
from $500 to $5,000 annually,
depending on financial need.
More than 2,000 students
have received Johnston scho
larships, with about 300
scholars enrolled during the
coming academic year.
Darrell Horace Strickland,
son of Horace and Geanie
Strickland of RL 1, Maxton,
and a graduate of West
Robeson High School, was the
> only student from Robeson
County to receive the presti
gious Johnston Scholarship to
UNC Chapel Hill.
Darrell is also a graduate of
PSU's Upward Bound Pro
gram and a member of the
National Honor Society.
Financial Aid Available For
Graduate Studies In
Public Health
The University of Califor
nia, Berkeley, has announced
the opportunity of financial
aid to qualifying American
Indian students in the gradu
ate field of Public Health.
According to program dir
ector. Dr. Rick St. Germaine.
"Today, more than ever, a
solid foundation of financial
assistance is vital to American
Indians in graduate studies."
The University of Califor
nia, Berkeley has one of the
more dependable financial
support programs of any
graduate university, utilizing
a Graduate Minority IVogram
fellowship and other financial
aids to encourage ethnic
minority student enrollment,
both in-state and out-of-state.
Most of the 188 Indian and
Alaska Native students who
have obtained MP1I degrees
from Berkeley have had assis
tance from the Graduate
Minority Program to help
them through, according to
St. Germaine.
"Special grants are also
available to Indian students
working toward the Masters
in Social Welfare degree at
Berkeley, as well as, man>
other professional areas,"
stated St. Germaine.
The American Indian Gra
duate IVogram at Berkeley
provides specialized counsel
ing, advisement, housing,
and social support to Indian
students on campus. The
program has led to the
graduation of American In
dian and Alaska Native stu
dents with MPH degree from
seventy-one tribes and twenty
five states, noted the program
director.
Requirements for graduate
school are: a baccalaureate
degree from an accredited
college/university; an accep
table grade point average re
ceived as an undergraduate:
Graduate Record Examination
(GRE) taken. Applications
should be submitted by the
deadline date of February 5,
1988 for admission, and Jan
uary 5, 1988 for consideration
of fellowships and/or Gradu
ate Minority Scholarship fun
ding.
Information regarding the
different graduate programs
and financial assistance can
be obtained by telephoning
the American Indian Gradu
ate Program, (415)642-3228
(collect) or writing to: Ameri
can Indian Graduate Pro
graip, 140 Earl Warren Hall,
University of California, Ber
keley. California 94720.
WHA TS HAPPENING
Robeson Residents Attend
Scouting Seminar
Mrs. Joan Lowry, Mrs.
Maureen Regan, and Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Teets represen
ted the Pines of Carolina Girl
Scout Council and the Cape
Fear Council of Boy Scouta at
the 30th American Indian Boy
Scouting/ Girl Scouting Sem
inar at Western Carolina
University at Cullowhee July
19 23. 1987.
Dr. Lindy Martin of Bir
mingham. Alabama, formerly
of Pembroke and a former
acout of the late Walter
Pinchbeck, was keynote spea
ker for the seminar.
Hie late Walter Pinchbeck
-was saluted for his contribu
tion to Indian scouting and for
two buildings being named
for him posthumusly. In 1971 .
the same conference named
him the "Outstanding Indian
Scout Leader in the United
States."
Among the many work
shops held was one on
"Choices" for the youth in
attendance. This workshop
was led by Mary Alice Teets.
Betty Mangum of Raleigh
worked closely with Clnda
Rierson of Girl Scouts and
Conrad Fniehan of Boy Scouts
in planning the seminar.
Aerobics Classes Planned
Aerobics classes for men
and women will be held
Tuesday and Thursday even
ings at 6:30 p.m. at the
Pembroke Odum Home gym
beginning August 11. Regis
tration fee for a five week
session is $10. Rebecca Lowry
is the certified instructor.
Classes are sponsored by the
Robeson County Recreation
Department
Maxton I >?U Softball League
The Robi -on County Rec
reation and Park Commission
will hold a meeting for fall
softball in Maxton on Wed
nesday, August 12, 1987 at 7
p.m. at the Rob Henderson
Park. All teams who wish to
enter must have a represen
tative present
If you have any questions
concerning this league, please
cv...act Rudy Paul at 871
30P1.
Fairmont FbU Softball League
Thv. Robeson County Rec
reaticS and Park Commission
will hold a meeting for tall
softball in Ffcirmont on Mon
day, August 10. 1987 at 7
p.m. at the Calvin Haggins
softball field. AH teams who
wish to enter must have a
If you have any questions
tact Rudy* Paul at 671-iwT
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Charlotte
1EA
Receives
Grant
i
The Indian t ition Pro
gram of the Ch Mte Meek
lenburg Schools. Charlotte.
North Carolina has been
awarded a $10,00(1 grant by
the Z. Smith Reynolds Foun
dation. Inc. The grant funds
will be used to implement a
leadership education and de
velopment program for A
merican Indian youth in grad
es 7-11. Participants in the
program will be challenged to
undertake activities that re
quire self-discipline, effort,
initiative and leadership in
three areas:Voluntary public
services, personal develop
ment and physical fitness. In
addition, emphasis will be on
the importance of positive role
models for these youth. A
special opportunity will be
afforded for participants to
participate. in state and na
tional American Indian youth
conferences and activities.
The Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation was established in
1936 as a memorial to the
youngest son of the founder of
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany. The Foundation, as the
beneficiary of the income
from the Zachary Smith Rey
nolds Trust and the W.N.
Reynolds Trust, has now
made grants totaling more
than S132 million to recipients
in all of North Carolina's 100
counties. In recent years the
Foundation has focused its
attention on improving the
criminal justice system in
North Carolina, on strength
ening public elementary and
secondary education, oh pre
serving the environment and
on issues that impact on mi
norities and women.
This is the first program
that the Foundation has fund
ed in leadership for American
Indian youth. The program
activities should be completed
by June, 1988.
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Salisbury
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96. James Edward Thomas
Lumberton
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98. Will A Roberta Iocklear
Maxton
99. Monque Locklear Pem
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100. Mary R Hunt-Rowland
101. WOttam H. Pinchbeck"
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