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Pembroke, NC Robeson County
"Building communicative bridges in a tri-racial setting"
Pembroke Redevelopment
Gets New Chairman and Executive
D1 rector
After receicing a five year appointment to the
Pembroke Redevelopment Commission, Samuel Kerns
was elected chairman of the Commission at the November
meeting. Kerns replaces Mr*. Jane lie Oxendine has led
the Commission for the past year during a difficult
transition period. Elected vice chairman was Hardy Bell.
Other members of the Commissions re Carol Paul, Janelle
Oxendine and Lae Ruth Make.
The Commission set goals for the new year, b
compliance with the reforms being promoted by HUD
Secretary Jack Kemp, the Commission adopted a mission
statement This statement emphasises the goals of HUD
whicha re accountability on the part of HUD employees,
residents in public housing. Public Housing Management
and boards of commission. The Commission commited to
the implementing of resident initiatives and youth/ sports
cultural programs; improved management reporting and
stewardship; improved community and housing resident
interaction; and more objectivity in operating public
housing in the Pembroke area.
The Mission for 1901 as adopted by the Commission*"
states:
"As we continue the transition in public housing in
Pembroke which was begun November 1, 1989, we
commit ourselves to the mission of establishing an
accountable, credible, objective, and professional housing
adminhtration.
"We also commit ourselves to improving our public
relations effort; the overall image of public housing in
Pembroke; Secretary Jack Kemp's program of RaaMant
Initiatives and Youth Sports/ Cultural HRogram (which
includes resdient councils, home owneiahip, resident
management, and resdient business ownership among
other efforts).*
"We also commit to providing drug free, safe, haaaed
free bousing for the resdients. To improve communication
between the Board of Commissioners, the Administration
and the residents. We commit to providing an opportunity
for the chair person of the overs! resident councils to
address the Board at each regular monthly meeting.
"We further encourage press, resident, and commun
ity attendance at our regularly scheduled meetings which
are held on thel ast Monday night of each month at 7 p.m.
at the Locklear Court Administration Building."
A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Commission also hired Darlene Roberta of
Pembroke as the new executive director of Pembroke
Housing.
Roberts was serving previously as assistant director of
the Housing Commission. She has a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Business Management with a concentration in
Management Sciences from Pembroke State University
and attended Campbell University. She has experience in
bookkeeping and management as well as military
experience.
Roberta served in the North Carolina National Guard
and attended Military Police School in Port MeCleDan,
Alabama. She was discharged as a First lieutenant
vista Program Looking Tor
Volunteers
VISTA as Volunteers in Service to America is a
volunteer program that has provided thousands of
volunteers to communities and neighborhood organiza
tions. Wherever there is malnutrition, illiteracy, drug
abuse and limited opportunities, VISTA volunteers are
there to help make changes. The Tuscarora Tribe of North
Carolina * vi>TA program it currently recruiting reading
tutor*, retired school teacher*, and Individuals interested
in counseling substance abusing youths. For more
information please contact Ginger Bluemke at 208 N.
Main Street in Pembroke or call 521-3231. Please give the
gift of time.
Convention of N.C. Farm Bureau
Federation Held
Delegates to the 55th annual convention of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau Federation completed policy
decisions on Wednesday coverning a die range of farm
interests.
Approved resolutions become official Farm Bureau
policies for 1991. Resolutions dealing with national and
international issues are forwarded to the American Farm
Bureau convention for consideration.
W.B. Jenkins was unanimously re-elected president of
the state farm organization. Re-elected to serve with him
for another one-year term were vice presidents J.M.
Wright. Jr.. Reidsville; S.E. Johnston. Fletecher and
Atlas Wooten, Greenville.
In his annual report to the delegate body, Jenkins
reported a membership gain of over 11,000 in 1990.
Among the resolutions approved, voting delegates:
- Recommended that the federal government be
required by constitutional amendment to operate a
balanced budget except in time of war or national
emergency.
-Recommended that )self-employed) persons paying
their hospital and medical insurance be able to deduct this
as an expense from their federal taxes.
-Recommended that the Social Security Trust Fund,
the Highway Trust Fund and similar federal funds not be
commingled with the annual federal budget
-Supported changes in the Legal Services Corporation
Act to restrict its activities and to provide guidelines to
eliminate harassment of business industry.
- Encouraged the use of ethanol blended fuels in all
government and private vehicles in North Carolina.
-Recommended that federal and state highway fuel
taxes be used for construction and maintenance of
interstate highways, primary roads, secondary roads, and
bridges and for no other purpose.
- Supported the law protecting established farm,
poultry and livestock operations from nuisance suits when
such operations were not nuisances at the time of their
establishment.
-Recommended a law to prohibit the sale of seed
contaminated with Johnson grass. Bah is grass, and other
noxious weeds.
-Recommended adequate federal and state funding for
agricultural marketing and production research.
-Recommended that farmers be compensated for or
allowed tax credits for unrecoverable costs Incurred due
to encironmental regulations.
-Recommended that a fire ant and Africanized bee
eradication and or control program be initiated in North
Carolina.
-Recommended that landowners be relieved of liability
if injury or damage occurs to a trespasser.
-Recommended that the Commodity Futures Exehan
ges more stiringently regulate trading to prevent sharp
price fluctuations of a commodity resulting from the
cornering of the market by any investor.
-Recommended that the current Class 1 price
differentials for Federal Milk Marketing Orders, based on
milage, be maintained at the present or higher levels.
-Recommended that the Secretary of Agriculture not
use discretionary authority to set the 1991-92 nstional flue
cured tobacco marketing quota.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Todd Stroup of Route 6, Mocksville
were selected as Farm Bureau's "Young Fanner and
Rancer Family of the Year" during the three day
convention.
Another honor went to William Shawn Harding of
Beaufort County, who was declared the winner of the
organisation's Young Farmer and Rancher "Discussion
Meet."
Coach's Corner
By Ken Johnson
Cknstmas Itanium Sports
There is a big difference between
what kids in the South and in the
North do during their Christinas
vacations. This difference of course
is due to snow and ice up North and
nice sunny weather hers in the
South. Every Christmas vacation we
had plenty to do with eliding, aiding,
ice skating, bob sledding, etc. So
what are Idds to do down here with
no snow sports? Oh yes, they can go
bowling. They do this, too, up North.
They can play outdoor baaketball, go
golfing or play tennis. Around the
ocean and streams they can go
fishing and boating. Up North they
can go ice boating. Down here they
can go surfing and of course they can
really get their golf games in shape
e
the year round and they can't do that
up North. They snowmobile up there
though. Down here a few do cross
country motor biking and dunn carls
a bit dangerously, but so is ice
skating with the breakthroughs in the
ice. Down here kids are in danger on
the thin ice. Up North Idds fall
through too many times, as my
brother did one time. He was lucky.
Both North and South kids play
basketball tournaments during their
Christmas vacations and this is
certainly the American way. They
play ice hockey up in Canada more
than basketball. When I was coach
ing bak set ball at UNC Maine in
Presque Isle we were playing the
University of New Brunswick and a
hockey game was going on at the
same lime next door. 20 people at our
game and hundreds at the hockey
game. So you see winter sports ate
really attractive more than indoor
sports in winter. Wrestling and
gymnastics are very good indoor
sports during the winter and there
are many Christmas vacation tourn
aments in these sports along .with
volleyball. And we shouldn't forget
indoor swimming meets in both the
North and South. But our Christmas
vacations can be very (rood in many
other recreational activities, thus
meeting the normal need for activity.
BY KEN JOHNSON
A Nature's
Chr1stmas
Celebration at
Cultural Center
A Nature's Christmas Celebration will be held Friday,
December 14th, beginning at 6 p.m. at the North Carolina
Indian Cultural Center.
According to Dr. Helen Scheirbeck, Development
Director, the Celebration will feature community wide
Christmas singing, involving churches from various areas
of Robeson County. The program will include a
"singing-living Christmas tree," a "living nativity
scene," arts and crafts and free refreshments. Admission
is free.
A special program of entertainment will be directed by
Sheila Lowry and will include performances by youth
choirs of the churchs. The youth will decorate the trees
with ornaments that they have made. There will be a
andlelight ceremony and a bonfire.
"The public is cordially invited and encouraged to
attend this event," said Dr. Scheirbeck. She explained
that the program will focus on Indian traditions related to
ChristmasT Christianity, and nature. "As you know
INdian people in North Carolina have been Christians for
many generations," she said. "We have combined our
respect for God, nature, sun, earth, sky and the land, as
well as living things into our present day lives."
The Center will hold an open house at its office
beginning at 4 p.m. the public is cordially invited to come
by, meet the staff, and share in the Spirit of Christmas.
For additional information about the Celebration,
contact the Indian Cultural Center at 919-521-2433.
LEzlie Woods,
MISS NASO.
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Lube Wood*, sophomore art major from Maxton, is
Pembroke State University's new "Mi** Native American
Student Organization." She is the daughter of Mr. and
M*. Donald Wood*. A* first runner up in the Mitt NASO
last September, the moved up to queen after Euttacia
Dowry [tAe former queen] won Mis* Pembroke State
University in November. Leztie it the titter of Kristy
Wood*, who was formerly Mi** Pembroke State
Untvarssty,
Say you read it in
Hm CaraKm Indton V?lea
Dr. Jasnes Wand, hypnotist from Chicago, is shoum in
sscond of his performances at Pembroke State'
University, using students from the audience in
demonstrating hsi hypnotic shUs. Here a student is
hissing a microphone, which Wand had told him in his
trance was a beautiful girt Wand kypnpotued as mdnya
as 25 students at once, having them do a variety of things
of which they knew nothing afterwards. He took polaroid
pictures of their actions to show them later to their
disbelief.
PSU Closer t;o Nursing Program
FVmbrokr Slate University is moving closer toward
having a joing Bachelor of Science Degree program in
nursing in collaboration with Fayetteville State Univer
sity.
The UNC Board of Governors' Subcommittee on
Nursing has approved a report recommending that UNC
President C.D. Spangler Jr. "be asked to develop a plan,
with estimated costs, for a joing program or for some
other arrangement to establish the 'UNC BSN (Bachelor
of Science in Nursing) presence' in that region (central
southeastern North Carolina) and submit the plan by
Mareh 1991 to the subcommittee for its review and
consideration."
The subcommittee also called for providing N.C.
Ce'itral University with two additional years to carry out is
revved B.S. in Nursing program. This is a change from
Spangier's rscomendation in April that the N.C. Central
University nursing program be closed with a new one
begun that would be jointly operated by PSU and FSC.
Since Spangler'a April recommendation, N.C. Central
officials and supporters have fought hard to keep the
program there.
Spangier's recommendation came after two years of
debate over how to cope with declining enrollments and
poor passing rates by NCCU graduates on the state
licesing exam for nurses.
In the Subcommittee on Nursing's report, it stated.
"The subcommittee was impressed by the prompt and
positive responses of the chancellor of Fiyetteville State
Univeiaity and Pembroke State University to the idea of a
joint program at their institutions for RN (registered
nurse) transfer students."
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Thomas Burns
Complets Bdslc
T ra1n1ng
PFC Ihomat Bums, son of Cregg and Katie Jones has
recently completed basic tracwng at Ihtnis Island, South
Carolina. He is presently stationed at Camp Johnson rn
Jacksonville, North Carolina. He uill begin School rn
business administration January 3.
He is a 1989 graduate of Douglas Byrd Senior High
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