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:;Head Start Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Twenty five years ago President Lyndon B. Johnson as
Mrt of his "War on Poverty Program," signed the bill
that would provide funds to begin a program of pre school
learning centers for under privileged children. This
program was entitled Head Start, a name which
expressed what the program hoped to do: give
underprivileged children a head start in learning. Since
that day the Head Start program has grown and expanded
tora point where it serves the fifty states as well as Puerto
Rico, the Vigin Islands, the Pacific Territories, and is a
part of governmental American Indian Programs and
Migrant Programs.. Head Start is unique because,
although it is not a solution to the poverty problem this
nation faces, it offers an alternative to many people,
pdrenta as well as children, other than staying in the
welfare system. Ibday, Head Start is one of the social
welfare programs that President Bush is supporting. He
has proposed that Congress $600 million to the program's
national budget. This is a generous, well deserved
gesture during the time of celebration of the program's
25th anniversary. Head Start is a success story that is still
being written, not only by the young children it serves
today, but by those who were served by that eight-week
summer program experiment that became a vital part of
the education of many children, and an asset to the United
States as a whole.
Head Start has been called the most successful social
program since 8ocial Security. The program has
consistently demonstrated success in preparing disad
vantaged preschool children for school and for life.
President Bush, Senator San ford, as well as many other
national and state leaders have recognised the
tremendous savings to society by providing children with
a positive preschool experience. As a result, they have
recommended full funding for Head Start This would
mean that every eligible child would have an opportunity
to attend Head Start according to Betsy T. Thigpen,
President of the North Carolina Head Start Association.
"Head Start is not just a child oriented program,"
stated Patricia B. Loddear, LRDA Head Start Director
and 25th Anniversary Committee Chairperson for Head
, Start of North Carolina. "IT is a program designed to
benefit the entire family* We see the parentis) as the
primary educated*} of the children and encourage
parental participation in our program. If you educate
the parents, you educate the children and form a positive
cycle which will continue into future generations."
The performance standards of the Head Start programs
are very high and are not confined to merely educating
children. The program includes dental, medical,
emotional and "special" services to the Head Stat child.
In January 1990, more than 18 percent of the Head Start
students were handicapped. These children have
difficulties which are physical, emotional and or mental.
TVe Head Start program fills a need for these children
prhieh might otherwise remain unfulfilled. A program
such as Head hurt, geared to the whole family, is of vital
importance since the children, in $4 percent of the cases,
come from single parent homes and 51 percent of these
homes have an annual income of leas than $6,000.
Hie staff and personnel who work in the program are
well educated, with over 78 percent of the class room
teachers having their degrees in early childhood
education or a Child Development Associate degree.
Thirty-five percent of the seventy nine plus thousand paid
work force are parents of current, or past, students. A
large volunteer staff of over six hundred and fifteen
thousand also work in the centers, assuring a sufficient
work force for the large number of children served.
Parents also participate in the Parents Rights and
Training Program, a program which lets the parents be a
part of what happens to their children on all levels, from
the class room to the Policy Council. This program lets
parents have a voice not only in local matters but also at
the national level and is considered a vital part of the
Head Start project.
Parents are involved in many of the activities enjoyed
by the children, such as field trips, and are a vital part of
the program as a whole. Many of the parents of Head
Start children contimA to be an active part erf the
organisation long after their children are in public
schools. Parents who entered the organization s clients
have continued on to become employees of the
organization, and many have continued their education to
become college graduates with a bright future. By
providing an educational life changing opportunity for the
children. Head Start also offers a change in thinldng and
learning, motivation, for the parenta.
Statistics show that there are more high school
graduates among the under privileged who participate in
Head Start than those who do not The levels of teen
pregnancies and arrests for juvenile offenders is lower
among students who were a part of the Had Start program
than those who did not have the program. More Head
9tart alumni expressed job satisfaction and were self
supporting than those from the same socio economic
backgrounds who were not in the Head Start Program.
The people who will aalebrmle this year include the 11
raiBfrm, tJuw^MMnw nineU four thousand, eQfht
hundred children who have ttash served* during the past
25 years, as well as the parents, teachers, and relatives of
the students. With a projected enrollment of almost one
and a half million students nation wide for 1990, Head
Start is continuing to grow and challenge the United
States to provide the educational and social help that the
under privileged children must have in order to grow and
become productive members of the American society.
Head Start is giving this nation's number one resource,
the children, a firm foundation to build on and showing,
as it has for 25 years, that children are this nation's
future, and that in helping the children grow, so does it
help the nation grow and prosper.
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LRDA HEAD START
RECEIVES AWARDS
by Wanda Ladd?or
On Much 24. 1990 the Heed Stert
Program tponeored by LItDA, re
ceived four award* from the North
Careiiaa Head Stert AaaodatJon.
Parent of the Yew we* preaented to
Ma. Tunmy Jump, a parent and
wether from the Rex Kennert Head
Start Center.
SpeciaJ recognition went to Coo
^aree he. and Mr. Larry Lee, Plant
-. Beat Memberahip Award for a
?mall program went to LRDA Head
Start for over 200 percent member
?hip. For thia achievement, the
program received 1600 end e plaque.
Thoee attending the conference
included Me. Vivien Locklear,
Health Handicapped Coordinator.
Ma. Hasel Perei, Socil Service
Parent Involvement Coordinator, Ma
Tammy Jump from FUrgrove Head
Start Center, Ma. Alice Gayle
Oxen dine bom Rex Rennert Head
Start Cetner, Ma. Marilyn Dial,
member of the LADA Board of
Director, and Ma. Patricia E Lock
lear. Head Start Director.
Applications
Avallabla #for
? Lumbea
?nd Little
Miss LUmbaa
Lumbee Regional Development
Association, he. (LRDA) ia now
accepting application* for thf Little
Misa Lumbee Pageant Deadline for
turning in applications ia April 30.
1990. Fbr more information call Mr*.
Helen Hunt Pageant Director at
521-3666 from 8;30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Monday thru Friday.
LRDA ia now accepting applica
tiona for the Mia* Lumbee Pageant.
Deadline for turning in applications
ia April 90, 1990. For mote informs
tion call Ms. Patricia Loddear or
Belinda Harris, co-director, at 521
8009 from 8:90 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Monday thru Friday.
Paynes to Perform at PSU's
Gospel Music Festival
THE PAYNES OF OHfO
[Editor's Not*: Thit it the fourth in a tenet of arhclet
about thoie performing tn the fint annual Gotpel Mutic
FesUval sponsored by PSU on Saturday, April 38, at 7
p.m. at PSWt Performing Arts Center],
pembrohe-The Paynes, who include five family members
from Ohio, will bring the talent they have displayed on
video and through exciting albums to fSU"s first annual
Goepel MusjftjatfiKaLSatoirday, April 28.
r The lestivhhrm buglu at 7 p.m. that evanjeg to PSUV
Performing Arts Center. Admission i# SS for Everyone.
PSU Chancellor Joseph Oxe^dine says PSU is
sponsoring this festival "because gospel singing is part of
the culture of this region, ft is traditional and a good art
form. Having this festival is another way of carrying on a
community tradition, ft is also a way of building a
stronger relationship between the university and the
community."
Since their official debut in 1081, The Paynes have been
described as one of the most creative forces in southern
gospel music. That year they recorded their first album on
the Windchime label. The title cut from that album.
"Ready or Not," went to No. 5 on national southern
gospel charts, and their next single, "Out of This
Pm~M," stayed No. 1 for four months.
1982 tly Paynes' pioneering efforts entered another
video. The video of their smash hit, "I'm a Jesus
was the first concept video done in the southern
I music arena, giving this group exposure to a
completely new audience. More chart-topping singles
rolled in, including the No. 1 "Angels Step Back" and the
No. 2 "Just in Case of Rapture."
The Paynes' roots go back to 1973 when Mike Payne
and his wife. Loreen, began singing together at their
church in Grafton, 0. Soon Payne's brothers joined them
on stage. Marking playing drums and Keith playing bass
guitar. Beior long, cousin Bill Size mo re also joined the
Paynes, supplying both vocal and guitar accompaniment.
In 1968, Reggie Crimmett became part of the group,
playing the fiddle, mandolin and harmonica.
A new chapter in the Paynes' history also began in 1988
when the group signed a recording contract with the
Benson Company's RiverSong Records and Mike Payne
signed an exclusive song writer's agreement with Benson
Publishing Co. The Paynes' RiverSong debut sone was
"This is War," featuring top 10 hits"Stire Up The Fire"
and "This ia War." RiverSong also released an
accompanying full length video on this project
The Paynes' latest release. "God Wants You," is
beginning yet an even more exciting chapter for the
group. Produced by veteran musician Vic Clay, this
release is punctuated with musical innovations rarely
heard in the southern gospel arena, according to reports.
The material ranges from the bluesy, "Don't Get Caught
Dead," and "Make a Joyful Noise" to the moving "The
Good Shepherd" and the jouyful "Til Just Start To Live
(When I Die)." The group also recently completed filming
an exciting enw concept video of "God Wants You."
The Paynes' abundant creativity stems largely from
the award winning pen of the group founder, Mike Payne.
Considered to be one of gospel music's finest writers,
Mike co-wrote with Ronny Hinson "When He Was On
The Cross (I Was On His Mind)" which was named
"Song of the Year" at the Singing News Fan Awards in
both 1985 and 'M.
Mike Payne says: ' 'People try to categorize the Paynes
as one style or another. We are southern gospel, but
the same time we love most styles of music, and this is
evident in both our concert appearances and our
recording projects."
Tickets to the Gospel Music Festival are available at the
Performing Arts Center box office and also its usual
outlets: The Dancer at Cross Pointe Center in Fayettevill,
Quik Copy in Laurinbutg, Dee's Hallmark Shop in
Lumberton, and McNeill's Jewelry in Lumberton and Red
Springs.
Among the other places where tickets are being placed
are Merrimae Music Co., the Christian Book Store,
the Robeaon Baptist Association and Comic Bock Shop,
all in Lumberton; and the Burnt Swamp Baptist
Association in Pembroke.
CHURCH
NEWS
1990 WMU ANNUAL MEETING AT
BLAND GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
The Island Grove Baptist Church
on Highway 710 will host the 1990
Women Missionary Union Annual
Meeting of Saturday, April 21 at 10
a.m. in th* sanctuary. The theme is
"In His Name...Reach, Teach and
Touch." Hie featured speaker will be
Ms. Sutheil Walker. Baptist State
Connection special worker WMU
Spedatiaed Worker, Church Growth
MuMphier for church training; Sun
day School and Woman's Missionary
Unian Church Extension Consultant;
Christian Service Corps Volunteer for
Home Mission Board.
Tlie annual program includes a
business session and special music
by Rev. and Mn. Mike Cummings,
burnt Swamp Director and Secre
tary. A Officers Commitment service
and charge wBl be given by Rev.
Charles P. Loddear of the First
Baptist Church in Ikmbroke, NC.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT
CHEROKEE CHAPEL
Vacation Bible School will be
held at Cherokee Chapel Methodist
Church April 16-20. Classes will
be held from 6:30-8:80 p.m. nightly.
Rev. Julian Ransom invites every
one to come out, bring a Bible, a
friend, and a t shirt for crafts to enjoy
the services. Cherokee Chapel is
located just off Hwy. 71 between Red
Springs and Maxton across from
0 sen dine Elementary School.
SPECIAL PROGRAM AT
SADDLETREE CHURCH OFGOD
Hie Saddletree Church of God
invitee the public to attend services
Sunday night, April 15th at 7:00 as
they present "The Curse and the
Crown."
PEMBROKE KIWANIS
BY KEN JOHNSON
General of the U.& Army, Paul &
Oliver, Retired, waa the speaker at
the weekly meeting held at the Town
and Country Restaurant. The Gene
ral waa preaented by program
chairman Mitchell Lowry, President
EJect for next year.
General Oliver is now Commander
of the National Guard in Lumberton..
He has served in General Patton'a
Army in Europe and many more,
including the Reserves Army Corp.
made up of all the different military
branches. He began his military
service in 1942 at Fort Bragg. Heavy
weapons training and commanding
was in the Rangers Battalion, joined
the 89th Division, th e71st Mountain
Division, also the Mountain Tanks,
went overseas in Dec. '44 with
Patton's 3rd Army, was in Luxem
berg, crossed the Rhine, waa in
charge of General Clark's Tranapor
tation Battalion as Commander,
rebuilt roads, moving people in eight
different countries and after the war
in 1940 for 12 years commanded the
Battalions in Lumberton and Char
lottc and the Southeastern States. He
is now President and Chairman of the
7th District Reserves. He paid tribute
to the fine ROTC unit at PSU as a
unit of quality. "The key to quality
units is education." The 106th unit in
Lumberton is rated No. 1 in the
country. "No longer does the mili
tary take misfits they must have good
credentials and a high school educa
tion. Several scholarships are avail
able for qualified people." Tribute
was paid to Strom Thurmond far
getting four new armories including
the Lumberton armory. The Army
Reserves has the highest payroll and
as the main forces are cut down the
Reserves are built up. The conditions
in Europe are very unsettled and we
are keeping our forces strong.
President Ron Sutton announced
the West Robeson Kiwanis Gub has
room for one more person to attend
the International Convention to be
held in St. Louis this summer.
FYeaiding, Ronnie Sutton; Invocation
Clay Maynor, Reporter Ken John
son.
Indian Health Scholarships
Lumbee Regkxfl Development
Aasoeiation an noting that the In
dian Health SchoU^hipe are now
available. Application deadline is
May 7. 1990. For more information,
contact Ms. Belinda & Harris at
(919)621-8602.
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Hans Convention
Mr. Lawrence Davis m, N.C.
Democratic Party Chairperaon. will ?
ba the keynote speaker at the
Robeson County Convention on
Saturday, April 11, at 1 p.m. Lee
Helen Thompeon announced recent
ly. Hie convention will be held at
Robeson County Courthouse in Court
room #1 in Lumberton.
Heading the convention's agenda
wui uw un mcuon 01 OflfgUN to
the district and state conventions.
"Hie County Convention is an
important link in the series of
Democratic conventions leading from
the precinct up to the state conven
tion," Chairperson Thompson noted.
"We hope to elect strong represents
Lives for Robeson County at the
district and state conventions and to
debate hay issues facing the county,
ttate and nation."