' I PUBLISHED EXCH THURSDAY jW HjTHE CAROLINA INDIAN ^! 1 ? ^SSSSS^^ or* "Building Communicative Bridges DORFSOM mil ^ ? J PEMBROKE. N.C 7n A Tn-racial Setting." RUPCjUW \AJV ?? * Named new PSU Assistant Director of Student Activities Raymond Camming s... new assistant director of student activities at PSU. Pembroke- Raymond Cum mings, a 1980 graduate oi PSU, has been named assis tant director of student activi ties at PSU. Additional staff in this area has become necessary with the opening this semester oi the new James B. Chavis University Center, which will be the prime student activities building on campus. ^Cummings, 29, will assist Judy Sarvis, PSU director of student activities since 1983. A former "Upward Bound" student at PSU, Cummings earned his B.S. in elementary education in 1980. He return ed to PSU in 1981 -83 to earn a minor in computer sicnece I and is only 12 hours short < completing a B.S. in Business Administration. He also gra duated from the PSIT s Army ROTC program, being com missioned as a second lieute nant in the Army Reserves. In 1980-81 he was employed as an admissions counselor at PSU. During the past year he was operations manager (or Colonial Motor Freight Lines, based in Laurinburg. A native of Pembroke, he is married to the former Brigitte Brayboy, "Miss Lumbee" of 1980-81. Cummings describes his new responsibilities as "exci ting and challenging." ? "Having been a student at Pembroke State, I feel I am in touch with the way students today feel," said Cummings. He is especially looking forward to the opening of the University Center, which is equipped with a bowling center, game rooms,, student lounges, etc. "I feel this building will be a tremendous asset to the campus. It will provide new activities for students. Prior to this, stu dents have had to travel 10 miles off campus for many of their activities. Now they will have the activities here." Named Associate Executive Director Of the NCAE Frances McArthur Cum mings, a former president of the North Carolina Associa tion of Educators, has been named Associate Executive Director of the 45,000 mem ber organization. The post is the second most powerful administrative post in NCAE. Cummings. who was presi dent of NCAE in 1983-84 and who is just completing seven years on the NCAE Board ol Directors as an NEA Director, is expected to be on staff by September 1, Gladys Graves, NCAE president, announced. Cummings will also serve with Executive Director Tom Husted as an ex-officio mem ber of the NCAE Board of Directors. An office occupations tea cher at Lumberton Senior High School, Cummings won the NCAE post in a national search. She was one of six persons chosen to particiapte I in a assessment center where participants did role playing involving duties the NCAE Associate Executive Directoi could be expected to perform. Cummings, one of 14 chil dren, eight of whom are still living, grew up on a Robeson County farm, did her under graduate work at Livingstone College and earned a Mas ter's Degree at the North Carolina Central University at Durham and Vocational Cer tification at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She began her first year of teaching in an all-black school in Robeson County, then joined the faculty of Lumber ton Senior High School in 1965. She was active in her professie idl organizations from the beginning and was president of the North Caroli na Association of Classroom Teachers in 1978. Henry J Berry t Band I Reunites \ August 16 , Rob?on Historical Dntma proudly pr?ontt tkt Horny Bony Band Musical Fsstival, tksir first major eomoback m oooon your*, including Xcsls mte. LIVE at tks Iako Sido Amphithsatro on Sunday, August IS. Qatos opon at 5 p.m. Boa offics ticksts an $10. Good for two shows. Tks FsoUvd and out door drama "Striks at tks nr.'?? ?? it ma. Shown lojI to right ars Lambsrt Looklsar, Charts s Hawk, Rodnoy Oxsndins, Rabbis Vankoy, Mieksy 0? endine and net pictured: David "Dee-bo" Dombeowtod Grand opening ceremonies were held recently for LRDA's newest service: the Commun ity Pool re-opening at the N.C. Indian Cultural Center. Cutting the ribbon above is Ms. Kimberly Clark, Miss Lumbee 1988, Little Miss Lumbee Carmen Deese, and also pictured left to right is Rod Lockiear, vice-chairman of LRDA, Ms. Celia Ham monds! LRDA Board, Leroy Scott, LRDA Board, Miss Angelia Mat/nor, Princess for Cumberland County Associa tion for Indian People in Fayetteville, Mr. Adolph Blue, LRDA Board, Ms. Em ma Locklear, LRDA Board Secretary, Mr. Grady Hunt, LRDA Board. Gregg Cam ming s, manager of pool, and Dr. Adolph Dial, LRDA Board member. The public is invited to visit and use the new pool facility. The phone number is 521-077J,. COUNTY BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE HONORS COUNTY RESIDENTS AUGUST 16 Residents of Lumberton and Pembroke will be honored by the Robeson County Bicentennial Showcase Committee at a reception at the Bicentennial Museum at 101 S. Elm Street in Lumberton on Sunday, August 16, from 2 to 4 p.m. The City of Lumberton and the Town of Pembroke are featured in the museum during August and September with exhibits prepared by groups from the two communities. There will be brief recognition ceremonies at 2 p.m. of the public officials and the committees responsible for the exhibits, and the museum will be open to citizens from the two towns and the public until 4 p.m. The reception is also in recognition of the fact that August 16 is the bicentennial anniversary of the Lumberton Lattery Drawing on August 16, 1787, by which the lots of the new Town of Lumberton were sold and the town came formally into being. Also open at the same time will be an exhibit in the Osterneck Auditorium of the Robeson County Public library, featuring early documents and maps relating to lumberton and Robeson County, and a portrait of William Tatham, one of the founders of Lumberton. painted in 1779, and now owned by the North Carolina Museum of History. This exhibit is running from August 10 through August 22. The Robeson County Showcase is a project of the Robeson County Bicentennial Commission, and it will be open through 1988 to display exhibits relating to the history of Robeson County and its communities and its people. Community exhibits are rotating on a two months schedule. Fairmont and Red Springs were exhbited in June and July. NCAE District 10 Meeting Planned The District 10 meeting will be held Friday, August 21, 1987 at 9 and last until 12:30 for members. Seventy-First High School, Fayetteville will be the location with the dynamic speaker Dale Robin son, NCAE specialist Faculty representatives and officers will be served cold cuts from 12:30 to 1 p.m. with the training session lasting until 2 p.m. Members, please for your benefit, plan to attend. Faculty representatives, if you can not attend make sure there is a person from your school to pick up necessary materials. by Kaihy D. Locklear Corresponding Secretary Crisis Intervention Program Accepting Applications Effective Juiy 1 the Robe son County Department of Social Services began accept ing applications for the Crisis Intervention Program. The Crisis Intervention Program is a public assistance program designed to assist low-income persons who are in a heating or cooling related crisis. At the beginning of each fiscal year. July 1, the county receives an allocation for this program. This year Robeson County received an allocation of $190,969.00 in Crisis Inter vention Funds. Currently the program is intended to assist households that are in a crisis due to the hot weather. The program regulations define a house hold to be in a heating or cooling crisis if it is experien cing or is in danger of experiencing a life-threaten ing or health-related emer gency and sufficient, timely and appropriate assistance is not available from any other source. The program places particular emphasis in reach ing elderly and disabled per sons and persons with health problems. These groups of persons are more likely to be affected by severely hot or extremely cold temperatures. To qualify for the Crisis Intervention Program a house hold must first be in a heating or cooling crisis which has been defined above. Next, an eligible household's count able net income must be at or below 110 percent of the current non-farm poverty le- _ vel. The allowable monthly income is ba^ed on the number of pers" Osterneck Auditorium from August 10 to August 22 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. each weekday and from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday. . Featured at the exhibit is a portrait of William Tatham, one of the founders of Lumberton. painted in 1779, which is on loan from the North Carolina Museum of History. You are invited to attend a special presentation on Sum*?. * August 16. The exhibit will be open from 2 p. m. until 4 p. St to - commemorate the 200th anniversary of the foundktf of Lumberton. Also on Sunday, August 16, the Robeson County S?fr?ese .' will be open from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. to recognise^ new exhibits from Lumberton and Pembroke. AIRSHOW PASSES GOING PUBLIC J The Robeson County Bicentennial Airshow Co*jlfee has begun distributing airshow passes for sale to ? j^blic. Initial efforts on parking pass sales began in Fk*"i#ry when local businesses and industries were contact /"h's first effort resulted in almost 2,400 passes beinfPu/h*s?i by employers for distribution to their employs'*' m follow-up mailing is going out this week. t "We are extremely grateful to those wir^f PUPebosed passes for their employees," said ^al?ownsend, co-chairman of the Airshow Commit!?' purchased are now available and may ? P'W^ up at the Airport Terminal," he said. M ' __ ^ Additionally, three governmental un& h> County have already purchased passes for their jd* Robeson County, Fairmont and PerahT* Mere H? in obtaining the group rates for empfy?' fou'd c*1' Price at the Lumberton Airport, Jo-' ? ?*' Businesses interested in selling tiekjh b ft Pu^ic *houki call the above numbers for consigfpont formation. BABE RUTH SEA?jfNE^f Robeson County Recreation aid Parklortinisaioo ended its Babe Ruth Season on Itamdv. ***? Magnolia won the North RobLefcf ? I*e0*' * 12-0. Maxton won the South Rafpon l*Wf *d*h a recoed ?? 12-0. %Q FE. ' ^ .van '? I On July 10. Maxton and MjfafMM 44 far Mr Mj"' County Babe Ruth rhaimtflihlp_1 Wf 1 Maxton. ' " W Maxton da Mated Magneto 0-4 on ttf pitching of Bgla | Z Emanuel who pitched a ^Rtter 2T> Subscribe to tto Canmn" Indian Voict Call 521-28i6''~ - ' -"S - el - f ' IK.: rift ; I