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MATCHER S JACOBS
TRIAL DELATED
UNTIL SERTEMBER 19
by Cormee Bmyboy
Hie trial of two Tuscarora Indians
charged with hostage-taking was
delayed on Monday by U.S. District
/ Court Judge Terrence Boyle. On
Friday afternoon Judge Boyle had
denied a motion by William Kunts
ier, attorney for Eddie Hatcher, for a
continuance. Kuntsler had asked for
a continuance because he was in
-?ourt in New York. On Monday,
Judge Boyle granted a continuance
because Hatcher's local attorneys
Horace Lock)ear and Barry Nakell
said they could not go to trial without
Kuntsler. They stated that Kuntsler
was the lead attorney and they were
there to assist only.
On Friday afternoon. Hatcher fired
Horace Locklear, the Indian attorney
from Lumberton, who has served as a
V,member of the defense team from
the beginning. During court on
(Monday, Hatcher told the judge that
he dismissed Locklear because "Mr.
Locklear is a Lumbee and I am a
Tuscarora. There is a conflict of
interest. I do not wish to be tried
under the Lumbee Bill." Boyle
granted Locklear's motion to be
withdrawn from the case.
Hie trial, acconling to Boyle, will
not be held before September 19,
that is the expected date for the end
of the trial Kuntsler's involved in
New York. Barry Nakell, a law
professor at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill was making a
limited appearance on Monday for
Hatcher. He said that he was not
prepared to go to trial without
Kuntsler. Boyle was very insistent
that the case will be tried at the new
date whether Kuntsler is available or
not
Hatcher is facing trial along with
Timothy Jacobs. Jacobs is represen
ted by the Christie Institute South,
Carboiro, NC. Hie two are charged
with holding as many as 20 people
hostage for up to 10 hours while
armed with sawed-off shotguns.
They have stated that their'act was
an act of necessity and they felt their
lives were in danger because of
information they had on drug traffic
king in Robeson County. The Febru
ary 1 incident called national atten
tion to allegations of drug trafficking
and corrpution among elected offici
als in Robeson County.
Both Hatcher and Jacobs were
happy about the delay. Jacobs stated
that he felt that the Indian people of
Robeson County are depending on
He and Hatcher to bring about some
changes in Robeson County.
Hatcher, in explaining his dis
missal of Locklear stated that it had
nothing to with Locklear personally.
"I just cannot be tried under the
Lumbee Act," he said. Hie Lumbee
Bill is a state bill that recognizes the
Indians of Robeson County as
Lumbees, but specifically denies
them the benefits granted to other
Indian tribes.
TjTJM.T3EE BTT^JL. ZA/5T/?OZ3t/CACC
TIV TO U.S. SENATE
Senator Terry Sanford, D-NC, has
introduced* bill to extend federal
recognition to the Lumbee Indians of
North Carolina. The bill is similar to
the one sponsored by Rep. Chariie
Rose in the House.
Sen. Sanford said that Indians
leaders first asked Congress for
federal recognition 100 years ago. He
said he felt that it was necessay to
circumvent the usual road to federal
recognition with the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. He said that BIA approval
could take 10 years and cost
$150,000. His bill would be faster
and less expensive. The bill autho
rizes Congress to make financial
appropriations for the Lumbee Indi
ans, but it does not establish a
reservation for them.
Smithsonian Institute
Photograph I dentif led :
A.S. Lock I ear
Hie Indian man whose photograph
was found in the Smithsonian
Institute, Washington, D.C. He was
identified by his son, Rev. A. A.
Lockee of Fort Worth, Texas. Re
portedly, when Rev. Lockee picked
up the Carolina Indian Voice, he
said, "Lord, there's Pa." His father
is Aaren Spencer Locklear, also
known as A.S. Locklear and Am
Locklear. Much information is avail
able about the work of A.S. Locklear
relative to helping his Indian people
in Robeson County. Any information
that you may have about his early
work would be appreciated. It is
expected that the Carolina Indian
Voice will feature A.S. Locklear's
contributions to his people in an
upcoming issue later this month.
Pe tz J. tz on tsfjzr is Fail To Appear
Atz rown Coulj-xc J. JL mg&tz J^ncf
Although the presentation of a
petition seeking the removal of J.C.
TTiomas from the Pembroke Town
Council was on the agenda, no one
appeared to speak to the issue.
Hiomas is charged with over 100
counts of insurance fraud. While the
charge ia a felony, there is no way for
the town council to force Thomas'
resignation from his position, unless
he is convicted of a felony. While no
one was there to speak to the issue,
the petition seeking Thomas' remo
val continues to circulate in the
community.
L/ndorgrz-aduata Aogrlstratlon
Set August 2-3 ?* t JP SU
room 222 of the Educational Center.
Freahmen who attend the second
P8U Freshman Orientation August
21-23 will register from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. August 23 in the Jones Physical
Education Center.
Last fall a record 2,845 students
attended PSU. Of those, 2,281 were
undergraduate studenta and 414
were graduate studenta. That waa a
6.8 percent incieaae lit enrollment
over the previous year.
PSU has approximately 40 percent
more freshmen than last year
applying to attend school, according
to the PSU Admissions Office.
? Undergraduate registration for the
tall semester at IVmbroke Stato
University will be held Wednesday.
August 24, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the Jones Hiysical Education Center
for all sophomores, juniors and
seniors. Undergraduate classes be
gin August 26.
Registration for both evening
classes and the PSU graduate
program will be at 6 p.m. on
Thursday, August 25, followed by
the first class meetings that same
day. The evening classes will register
b Sampson Hall,' while the graduate
program students will register in
LOCKLEAR FAMILY REUNION PLANNED
On Saturday, August 13, the Loddear family rsunion
wflbsMd. Hm Preston Loddear family reunion will bs
held at Preston Gospel Chapel beginning at 11:30 a.a. All
descendants of Zaehariah, father at Preston Leddoar, are
invited to attend. Participants are asked to bring a y
covered dish. For mom information, call 331 MM or Ml
4107.
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A REVI EW OE
??STRIKE AT THE WIND!"
BY STANLEY KNICK
Every year for a brief period,
shorter actually than summer itself,
the drama of history comes alive in
Robeson County. The lights come up,
the music plays, the players appear
on stage to give their lines and
songs. And again this year the drama
unfolds.
Within the play there are many
historical truths, much laughter, and
not a few tears. The players act their
parts extremely well. They send their
feelings through the audience in such
a way that few escape the inevitable
conclusions of the -tale: that all men
are equal; that all men want to be
free; that all men have both love and
hate inside them.
But mostly there is the power of
the story. That power comes from the
burning flame within the play, the
players, and us all. It is the flame of
Henry Berry Lowrie and Rhoda
Strong, of course. But it is also the
flame of Shoemaker John and George
Applewhite. It is the flame of Hector
McCoid and Dolly King; but it is also
the flame of Allen and William
Lowrie. That flame has always
burned.
It is the flame of the Indian people
who lived on this very land 10,000
years before Columbus. But it is also
the flame of English settlers who
came with John White to the New
World 400 years ago. It is also the
flame of African men and women
who survived slave ships and sla
very. It is the flame of every person
who ever dreamed of freedom, every
person who ever loved another, every
person who ever saw wrong and
wanted to right it
But it is also the flame of today. It
is the flame of all people of good
will-all who champion Equality and
Justice. This is an enormous task-an
enormous flame made of many
flames-which comes forth in the
hands of just a few. The cast and
crew of "Strike at the Wind" move,
sing, speak, dance as one, holding
high the flame. They deserve our
support and praise.
STmKEaUbewmm
COMMU M I TY CALENDA R
Die N.C. Indian Cultural Center,
along with "Strike at the Wind,"
announces a summer calendar of
events. Each Community Night will
be preceded by a mini pow wow. Die
pow wows will begin at 6:30 p.m.
and end at 7:45 p.m. In addition to
the mini pow wows, there will hr a
series of one-act plays presented by
the Pembroke Youth Dieatre Group.
Die winner of each Community Night
will be announced the following week
in The Carolina Indian Voice. Every
one is invited to join in these
activities.
Hi is week's Community Night will
be Saturday, August 6. Hiis has been
designated "Church Night." All area
cUurehes are urged to participate and
help support "Strike at the Wind."
The mini pow wow will be conduc
ted by the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe and
the Kau-Ta-Nah Dance Society.
DR . BRUCE IV . MAJDDOX NAMED
DIRECTOR OE RSU
ECONOMIC DE \SEI OEM EN T OEEICE
Dr. Bruce W. Mattox, who has
served since 1986 as professor and
chairman of the Division of Business
and Economics at Carson-Newman
College in Jefferson City, Tenn., has
been named the director df Pem
broke State University's Economic
Development Office.
He wfll also be a professor in the
PSU Department of Business Ad
ministration and Economics.
Chancellor Paul Givens of PSU,
who is also president of the Robeson
County Committee of 100 which is
seeking to recruit new industry for
the county, said of the addition of
Mattox: ' "Die Economic Develop
ment Office is tremendously import
ant to our area,* and we are vary
pleased to have Dr. Mattox Join us.
He is exceptionally well qualified to
direct a program of this stature."
Mattox, 40, fills the director's
position that Dr. Joseph Sandlin has
been assigned In an acting capacity
since last October. Sandlin is distin
guished executive in residence at
PSU and co-chairman with John
Nicholson, general manager of Beflt
in Lumberton, of PSU's $2 million
"New Horiaons Giving Campaign"
through 1990.
Sandlin has been responsible since
the inception of the office of
organising it and hiring staff people.
He also oversaw the renovation and
furnishing of the suite for the
loo?ic Development Office in
PSU's historic OM Main hnfldtog. 1
was also through Ssndlin's loader
ship that Mattox waa hired.
Commenting ao Mattox'a appoint,
moot. SandUn said: "Of all the
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resumes we checked, Dr. Mattox's
resume was by far the best We
called seven or eight people in
reference to Dr. Mattox, and every
one praised him highly. We are
extremely pleased that he is taking
the job.
"Dr. Mattox has had a wide range
of working experience, has headed
the Business and Economics Division
of Carson-Newman College, has a
Ph.D. in agricultural economics, and
did a great job with the Sea Grant
Consortium in Mississippi. He is
comfortable with industry, mixes
well, and is ideally suited for the
southeastern North Carolina eco
nomy.
"He will hire the remainder of the
staff of the Economic Development
Office and will also do some
teaching.
"I will devote my efforts now to
helping to raise the remainder of the
$2 million goal in PSlTs three-year
'New Horisons Giving Campaign', "
said Sandlin," and will continue
working with oar University's Chan
cellors Scholars."
Mattox says he is greatly antici
pating his "future service to Pem
broke State University and the
people in its development area."
Mattox earned his B.8. from the
University of Tennessee in the area
of business administration with a
major in transportation. He received
his Ph.D. from Oregon State Unfver
sity fn the area of agricultural
economics, majoring in resource
economics.
Prior to going to Canon-Newman
College, he was at foreum College In
FWrrom, Va? from 1977-86, serving
in such positions as assistant to the
president, assistant to the vice
president for development, chairman
of the Division of Business and
Public Services, coordinator of the
Small Business Enterprise Program
and associate professor of economics
and business.
IBs other positions were with the j
Mississippi Alabama Boa Grant Con
sortium at Ocean Springs, Miss.,
from 1974-7?, the Virginia Institute
el Marfan Science at Gloucester
Mat, Vs., fauna 1971-78, and the
University of Rhode bland from
1979-71.
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tatioo management with the Ford
Motor Co. la Mamphia. Tean., public
(?tadoM and advertising with Jamee
FWter and Associate! of Vancouver,
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foe children.
AREA HIGH SCHOOI ATHIETES
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HARTICIHATE IN STUDENT
ATHIETIC SUMMER INSTITUTE
AT PEMBROKE STATE
Twenty-two junior and senior
athletes in seven of the counties
suirounding Pembroke 9tate Univer
sity recently took part in a week-long
Student Athletic Summer Institute at
PSU in which they sought to be
better role models.
The athletes particularly focused
on dealing with drug and alcohol
abuse.
Various speakers were brought in
to address them as they concentrated
on ways to develop student leader
ship at the high school level.
Coordinating the program was
Alphonzo McRae, a '74 PSU grad
uate who is a supervisor for Robeson
County Schools, which submitted a
grant for the project
"We sought to develop strategies
that can be implemented at the
various high schools," said McRae.
"We foucused on these problems of
drug and alcohol abuse plus other
problems relating to academics and
building better skills."
McRae said the high school
athletes were invited because "ath
letes are good role models with
whom students can identify."
Tb help in their campaign against
drug and alcohol abuse, the student
leaders were videotaped by WPCT
TV in Lumber Bridge for public
service announcements. Working
with the students on this project was
Beth Yow, news commentator of
WPCT-TV.
The students also participated in
some fitness tests at PSU, Including:
?ha -QOtVysrd we, y>-yyrd dash,
standing long jump, jitups, shuttle
run, pullups and a "flex arm hang"
for the girls. They each received a
fitness report card.
High school students participating
and their schools were: Maranda
Bool ware, E. EL Smith of Fayette
ville; Shawn Bridges. West Robesoo;
Terry Brown, Bed' Springs; Line
Butler, Pine Forest of Fayetteville;
Karen Carlyle, Red Springs; Kelly
Clarice, Lee High of Sanford; Brad
Currie, St. Pauls; Willie Douglas,
South Robeson; Mario Hlerbe, West
Montgomery; Maurice George, Or
rum; Tashennia Gerald. Orrum;
Edward Gerard, St. Pauls; Tonya
Glover, Westover of Fayetteville; Joe
Gonzales, EL E. Smith of Fayette
ville; Jeremy Hall, Union Pines of
Southern Pines; Dedie Johnson,
Richmond High of Rockingham;
Derrick Joy, Hoke County High of
Raeford; David Kightlinger, lee
High of Sanford; Natalie Maffisi^
Pine Forest of Fayetteville; Delanoi1"
McKinnon, St. Pauls; Catherine J
Rogers, Union Pines of Southern
Pines; and Nikki Tedder, West
Montgomery.
Brought in to speak to the students
were: Herbert Richardson, district
court judge of Lumberton; John
Wawrzyniak, sports medicine coordi
nator at the lifestyle Fitness Center
in Lumberton; Gary Porter, Fayette
ville Police Department; Gilbert
McGregor, academic counselor,
Wake Forest University; Susan Bartz
Cumberland Hospital, Fayetteville;
Dr. Michael Early, Pembroke Medi
cal Clinic, Pembroke; Dr. George
Krolick, Cumberland Hospital, Fa
yetteville; Jerry Miller, Robeson
Professional Counseling. Lumberton;
/am Baaiwa .Bwmi fix-' ??-?
Public Instruction, Raleigh; James
Rochelle, Youth Advocacy and In
volvement Office, Raleigh; and Dr.
Lee Monroe, Office of the Governor,
Raleigh.
OUTDOOR GOSPEL SINGING PLANNED
An outdoor gospel singing will be held at Pinelake
Park, Pembroke on Saturday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m.
There will be no admission. 1
Participating groups will be the original D & L's,
Willard's Chapel Singers, Antioch Youlh Choir, Sister Ida
Rae and the l)ial Sisters.
For more Information call Kenneth Chnvis at 521 2282.
LRDA TO CONDUCT
ELECTION FOR
N.C. COMMISSION
OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Lumbee Regional Development
Association, Inc. will condur an
OPEN ELECTION on September 1,
1988 to nominate a member to serve
on the N.C. Commission of Indian
Affairs Board of Directors for a three
(3) year term. Mr. Clinton TTmtnas.
Jr., a resident of Pembroke, N.C.
currently serves in that capacity.
The following election sites have
been established and will open from
8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
1) Pembroke Junior High School
at Pembroke I & II precincts. 2)
Oxendine Elementary School at
Maxton precincts. 81 Prospect Junior
High School at Smith, Philadefphus
precincts.
Hie following CriUria For Voting
has been established concerning
Voter Registration:
1. Must be Indian
2. Most be 18 years or older
8. Must reside in the above
districts.
Anyone Interested in running as a
Candidate should declare their can
didacy no later than August 22, 1988
at the Executive Director's Otficv
with Lumbee Regional Development
Association, Inc. (919) 821 8802.
JOIN US AT
"STRIKE AT
THE WIND!"
THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY
NIGHTS UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 3
Harvey Godwin
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