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Indian Business Leaders
Across The State To
Meet. At The Upcoming
I ndian Unity Conference
A meeting of indian business
leaders of North Carolina will be held
March M> at the Bordeau Inn and
Convention Center, Fayetleville,
according to Ben Jacobs of the North
Carolna Commission ol Indian
Affaire which is coordinating the
event. The meeting will focus on
resources for developing Indian
businesses in the slate. The seminar
will include a workshop on business
planning as well as meetings with
other business leaders in the state,
Jacobs said.
He staled that the seminar will
also give business leaders and
opportunity to meet representatives
of over 10 agencies in the slate who
provide assistance for developing
businesses.
Jacobs said, "The seminar will
provide information on the status of
Indian owned businesses in the
state." He noted that, according to
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information compiled by the Com
mission of Indian Affairs, there are
over 1000 Indian owned business in
the state. "We hope to get 100
Indian business persons to attend the
meeting," he said.
The seminar will address major
business development efforts in
Indian communities and the need to
increase networking and communi
cation among Indian business lead
ers of the state. At the meeting four
Indian business leaders who are in
key positions in the state's business
community, will give remarks about
Indian businesses.
Jacobs said, "There is a registra
tion fee of $5 per person to attend the
seminar. The meeting will be held
from 7-9 p.m. Contact the Commis
sion of Indian Affairs at 919
733-5998 or the Indian organization
in your area for further information."
Trlt>al Radio Station
Seek 1 ng_To Expand
Winn An EM Division
Lumbee Regional Development
Association in 1987 purchased and
began operating WYRURadio Station
* in Red Springs. WYRU is the
strongest AM radio in the county
with 5,000 watts of power, operating
at 1160 on the radio dial.
In July 1988 LRDA applied for a
FM license to operate in Robeson
County with the center of the radial
contours of the FM signal being
located in St. Pauls, NC.
LHDA filed an application and has
currently cleared the "public com
ment" phase of the Federal Com
munications Commission's review
process.
IRDA expects by mid year to have
final plans in place to expand into an
FM operation in its telecommunica
tions venture.
An idea that will be strongly
studied will be the conversion of
either the AM or FMdi vision becom
, ing an all gospel format, targeted to
serve the more than 100 Indian
churches in the station's service
area.
A component that will continue is
the Media Training Center that
LRDA began July, 1988 under its
job training and economic develop
ment programs which is geared to
training enrollees in all the facets of
employment in the radio media field.
Cunently LRDA has 15 students
&n rolled in its center at WYRU >n
Red Springs, lhe 24 radio stations
in the immediate area, through the
Media Training Center, will have
enhanced recruitment opportunities
to fill available jobs.
Since purchasing WYRU, LRDA
has upgraded the entire station with
modern studio equipment that allows
students U> be exposed to the type of
equipment that they would encounter
in a large urban employment market.
LRDA has secured an option on
land in the St. Pauls area to construct
any necessary tower transmission
base, eventhough programming of
the FM station might be done inRed
Springs and "bounced" off the tower
antenna m SL Pauls.
This would eliminate budding a
station and the cost associated with
such construction. At the present
time this is only an option being
studied. Eventually a fully opera
tional studio may be built in St. Pauls.
In expanding into the telecom
munications field LRDA is presented
opportunities to expand its areas of
expertise, to create training and job'
employment opportunities and to
establish a business venture that
might generate revenue and monies
for the tribe to pursue other
economic development interests.
LRDA is proud and thankful
for those businesses in Robeson,
Hoke. Scotland and Cumberland
counties who have advertised
for the past year and a half.
The agency hopes to have available
by the end of 1989, FCC permitting,
a quality new FM station program
ming to a specially identified audien
ce who will continue to patronize the
businesses with renewed vigor and
support.
Submitted by LRDA Staffer
TRAIWIA/<3 SBSSTON T>LANNBX?
FOR PROSPECT! t/E t/C?LUA/TEERS
The Robeson County Youtu
Services will hold a training session'
of prospective volunteers on Wed
nesday. March 15. and Thursday,
March 16. Hie training sessions will
be held at the Mental Health Center.
For more information, please contact
Christy Strickland at 738 1431.
Anyone interested in being a one
on-one volunteer with a young
person should consider attending the
training sessions.
Chancellor and Mr* Ami Oiven* u*U
be honored with an ' Appreciation
Dinner" for their ten yean of
tetvice to Pembroke State Univenity
on May It. (See accompanying
article on Page 3: "Pembroke State
Umvenity" by Gene Warren, public
information director.
Nine year old Kent Porter aims for
a strike in the bouiinq lanes at PSITs
James B. Chains Ibiiimrsity Center.
Porter is the son of Bonnie Porter of
the Prospect community and was at
Pembroke State with a group of
Prospect Boy Scouts recently. \David
Malcolm photo]
PEMBROKE
K I WAN IS
REPORT
BY KEN JOHNSON
The monthly business meeting was
held at the Town and Country
Restaurant with President elect
Ronnie Sutton presiding. Members
voted $1,000 for the Boy Scouts and
Cub Scouts. Ed Teets presented.
the Scout budget report from
Committeemen Henry Smith, Ken
Locklear, Francis Piunchback and Ed
Teets. The scouts will augment their
budget with fund raising projects.
Budy Bell reported that the.
highway clean up campaign will be
conducted four times a year on the
portion fo 711 from Rose Marie's
Restaurant to Harpers Ferry Church.
Hie clean up the highway depart
ment reports is state wide and will
save the state millions of dollars.
Trash bags will be furnished as will
the pickup of the trash.
Sec. Mitchell Lowry reported
March 8th is the dale for the
International Kiwanis Convention to
be held in Columbia. SC.
Marshall Locklear was granted a
leave of absence because of illness
and Marshall has invited members to
visit him.
An interelub visit will he this
Thursday at the Laurinburg Kiwanis
Club. Their meeting place is the
cafeteria of the Hospital. Members
attending are Jeff Maynor, Ray
Lowry, Ron Sutton, Bill Oxendine,
Pete Jacobs, Arnold Locklear and
Mitchell Lowry.
larry Chavis and Frank Daughtry
are co-chairmen for the Boy Scout
Fund campaign for the area.
Presiding Ron Sutton; Invocation
Clay Maynor; Song leader- Ray
Lowry; Reporter- Ken Johnson.
POLITICAL
SPIRITUAL
CONFERENCE
PLANNED
TV International Indian Treaty
Council and the American Indian
Movement will be hosting a political
and spiritual conference beginning
on Friday. May 26, 1989 thru
Monday. May 29, 1989 (Memorial
Day weekend!. The conference will
be held on Chief Billy Redwing
Tayac's family land in Port Tobacco,
Maryland. Since time immemorial,
American Indians have held gather
ings in Southern Maryland alongside
the Potomac River.
The theme of the conference is
"Beyond the Row Wow." A vision
for the 21st century focusing on the
political and spiritual struggle of
Indian people, it will be a new
beginning of unity without govern
ment and non-Indian paternalism.
All concerned native people of the
Western Hemisphere and non
Indian supporters are urged to attend
this historical event.
For furhter information contact the
East Coast Regional Office or the
Main Office in Minneapolis, MN.
((612! 872 7812.
AUDITIONS
PLANNED FOR
OUTDOOR DRAMA
Auditions for the 14 th season of the
outdoor drama, "Strike at the
Wind!" will be held on Saturday,
March 25, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
and on Sunday. March 26 from 1
p.m. to 5 p.pi. at the Adoiph Dial
Amphitheater. All acting parts are
available. David Oxendine returns as
Director. For more information call
521 3112.
Art Contest.
To Be Part Of
Unity Conference
An art contest to recognize the
talents of American Indian artists
North Carolina will be one of the
features of the annual North Carolina
Indian Unity Conference. The confe
rence, which is sponsored by the
United Tribes of North Carolina, will
be held March 16-18 in Fayetteville.
"The competition is intended to
encourage the state's American
Indian artists of all ages, giving them
a vehicle of recognition," according
to N.C. Administration Secretary
James S. Lofton. "Over the
years, this annual art con st has
proved to be popular and einertain-l
ing." |
Persons who wish to enter the
contest must be American Indians
who are currently residing in the
state. Entries may be submitted in
five categories: original drawings,
paintings, basketwork, wood carv
ings and beadwork. March 10 is the
entry deadline.
Contest entries will be displayed
during the conference. Judging will
be held March 16, and awards will be
presented during the conference
banquet March 17.
The North Carolina Commission of
Indian Affairs, a member organiza
tion of United Tribes of North
Carolina, is helping to coordiante the
contest. For more information on
contest rules and regulations, contact
Wanda Bums Ramsey at the com
mission. P.O. BOx 27228, Raleigh,
NC 27611 or call 919 733 5998.
Entries must be submitted in one
of the following Indian
organizations: Ooharie Intra Tribal
Council. Rt. 3 Box 340 E, Clinton,
NC 28328; Cumberland County
Association for Indian People. 102
Indian Drive, Fayetteville. NC
28301; Eastern Band of Cherokees.
P.O. Box 455. Cherokee. NC 28719;
Haliwa Saponi Tribe. P.O. Box 99.
llollister, NC 27844; Meherrin Indian
Tribe. P.O. Box 508, Winlon. NC
27986; Lumbee Regional Develop
ment Association, Pembroke. NC
28372; Metrolina Native American
Association. 6407 Idlewild Road,
Suite 103, Charlotte. NC 28212; N.C.
Commission of Indian Affairs, 227 E.
Edenton St.. P.O. Box 27228,
Raleigh, NC 27611; Waccamaw
Siouan Development Association,
P.O. Box 221, Bolton. NC 28423.
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The Annual Rockingham District Lay Rally
of the United Methodist Church will take
place on Sunday, March 5. This year it is
being held in two sections to accomnodate
what is expected to be an overflow crowd.
The program will begin at 3 p.m. at Chestnut
Street United Methodist Church in Lumberton,
and the program will begin at 6 p.m. at First
United Methodist Church in Rockingham.
Featured speaker at both gatherings will
be Dr. Robert C. Frazier, Conference Lay
Leader of th eNorth Carolina Conference of
the United Methodist Church. He is a former
Rocky Mount District Law Leader, a position
he held for eight years. Dr. Frazier was
a 1988 delegate to the General and
Jurisdictional Conference of the United
Methodist Church, which is the highest honor
as well as responsibility a lay person in
the United Methodist Church can have bestowed
upon him. The speaker is in much deman as
a seminar/retreat leader and as a speaker.
A mass Choir composed of choir members from
the churches in Robeson County will be
featured at the rally in LUnberton, and the
choir members from the United Methodist^
Churches in the Richmond County area wHi^"
compose the mass choir that will sing at the
rally in Rockingham.
A District Lay Person of the Year is being
selected from the Robeson County area, which
has 25 charges and 42 United Methodist
Churches. This person will be recognized at
the Lumberton rally. A District Lay Person
of the Year will also be selected from the
Richmond and Scotland County area, which has
28 charges and 37 churches. This person will
be recognized at the rally in Rockingham.
The youth selected as Outstanding High
School Seniors will be recognized at the rally
that is held nearest to where they live.
The small, medium and large membership
church with the best attendance will be
recognized at each rally.
Child care will be providd at the host
churches.
Dr. Dotsy J. Reynolds is the Rockingham
District Lay Leader and the Reverend William
W. Sherman, Jr. is the District
Superintendent.
MARCH PROCLAIMED AS
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Jim Martin has pro
claimed March as Women's History
Month in North Carolina, a time "to
encourage recognition of con tempo
rary women for their marked and
varied achievements."
"North Carolina women have
made significant contributions to
improving the quality of life for all
our citizens," Governor Martin said
in the proclamation. "From rocking
the cradel to rocketing into space,
women have held great influence in
many walks of life."
On March 29 in Raleigh, the 1969
Distinguished Women of North Car
olina Awards will be presented to
individuals who have made signifi
cant contributions to the state or
nation.
"This is the sixth year that these
awards have been presented to
outstanding North Carolina women,""
said Administration Secretary Jim
Lofton.
The Distinguished Women of
North Carolina Awards are sponsor
ed each year by the N.C. Council on
the Status of Women in the N.C.
Department of Administration.
The council identifies and assesses
the needs of women in North
Carolina and makes recommenda
tions to the Governor, the General
Assembly and other policy-making
groups on ways k> improve the status
of women. The council also collects
and distributes information on wo
men's issues and identifies and
encourages development of pro
grams designed to serve the needs of
women.
Local Government: Art:
Funding May Be Doubled
Through Grants
Hie N.C Arts Council will match
up to $5,000 in "new money"
allocated by cities, towns,
and counties to their local arts
agencies. The Ix>eal Government
Challenge grant program's applica
tion deadline is April 1, and all funds
awarded must be sent between July
1, 1989 and June 30. 1990.
This grant program is intended to
encourage funding for local arts
programs, public support for the arts
and recognition of the positive
impact of the arts within communi
ties. The challenge grant funds must
be matched dollar for dollar by local
public monies appropriated above
the highest previous support levels.
In addition, the N.C. Arts Council
requires that where one exists, a
local arts council or commission must
receive the local government match
ing funds. Administrative, operating
and programming expenses may be
supplemented with these funds.
The Local Government Challenge
grant program's principal evaluation
criteria are the possible incentive
value of the funding and the
applicant's local government's com
mitment k> provide a qualifying local
match.
For mote information on the Local
Government Challenge grant pro
gram, contact the Community Devel
opment Section, N.C. Arts Council,
Department of Cultural Resources.
Raleigh, NC 27611 or call 919
733 7897.
The N.C. Arts Council is a division
of the Department of Cultural
Resources.
OUR MEN
I N UN I FORM
VICTOR L BULLARD
Navy Seaman Recruit Victor L
Rullard. son of Lynn E. and Vii<gie R
Bullard of Maxtnn, NC recently
reported for duty aboard the guided
missile destroyer USS Mahan. home
ported in Charleston, SC.
A 1988 graduate of West Robeson
Senior High School, he joined the
Navy in June 1988.
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