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"People who have certain experiences m the sckoolt
would be considered for tkete positions. Normally, they
Iappointee*] are recommended if they have tome
specialization from tome area of of school business."
Rep. Fete Hatty
Rep. Daniel DeVane has introduced a bill which would
eliminate appointments to the school board in Robeson
County. The original merger bill, March 8,1988, included
a provision to permit the legislative delegation to
recommend the appointment of (4) individuals to the
school board under the guise of insuring racial and/ o
geographic balance. Rep. DeVane's bill returns the
responsibility for selecting school board members to the
people of Robeson County. This is as it should be.
DeVane's bill has the support of Rep. Adolph Dial and is
opposed by Rep. Hasty and Sen. David Parnell.
In defense of appointments. Hasty's statement above
stands in marked contrast to what he actually did. We've
learned you make judgements baaed on one's actions and
not their words. When Hasty had the opportunity to
offer a name for appointment, he selected Millard
Singletary, an unknown copier salesman from Marlon
This points out one of the main dangers of appointments
to the school board. Hasty might say one thing, but he
does another as demonstrated by his recommendation of
Mr. Singletary.
What prompted Haaty to offer Singletary for
appointment has more to do with friendship and personal
relationships rather than concern for the education of
children at Robeson County. When Hasty had the
opportunity to offer the board of education an individual
with experience and outstanding qualifications, he
violated his own stated rationale for appointments by
recommending his unqualified friend. To our knowledge,
Suigletary's only qualification was that he graduated
from Maxton High School, sold copying machines, was a
personal friend of F^te Hasty, and was a white male with
children in school.
Contrast Hasty's appointment with the choice of the
people when Singletary had to stand for election. The
people overwhelmingly chose Mr. Rufus Graham, a
former school board member, who had a great deal of
experience in working with schools to solve their
problems. R is also interesting to note Hasty1 s (he is a
white male) recommendation was a white male with no
other outstanding qualifications or experience to entitle
him to such an appointment Given Hasty* s vehement
opposition to the holiday for Dr. Martin L King Jr. it is no
wonder he failed to consider recommending Mr. Rufus
Graham who happens to be a qualified, Black male with
school board experience.
The politics of f?te Hasty represents what is wrong
with the school system in Robeson County. We have
enough problems already and by trying to "whitewash"
the quota for appointments as being in the interest of
education is just plain hogwash. Hasty stands on moral
quick sand and his deceit only serves to illustrate the work
that must be done in Robeson County. Pete Hasty, by his
own actions, has plainly demonstrated the need to rid the
school board appointments and return the choice to the
people of Robeson County. For a better school system in
Robeson County, voice your concern and support the
' elimination of appointments to the school board. Call your
representatives and urge them to support Rep. DeVane's
bill.
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A Public Hearing will be held on the Bill to Eliminate
Appointments to the Board of Education for The Public
Schools of Robeson County April 25 st 8 p.m.
in the Robeson County Courthouse in Lumberton. This
is the perfect opportunity for those who favor the
elimination of these appointments to attend and express
themselves, ft is also the opportunity for people who
agree with Rep. Hasty to justify and explain their
rationale. See you at the public hearing.
Several tunes we have taken great pains to point oat
the obvious as it relates to the activities of our so-called
"attacks on drugs" in Robeoon County. Ike Robeson
County Sheriffs Department and the Hoke/ Robeson
Drug Task Force both share responsibility ? in our view,
duplicity, in the continuing lackluster efforts to combat
drugs in our county. Both seem content to arrest
the minor, insignificant drug dealer and user rather than
concentrate and attack the major dealers in our county,
r We have suggested two possible explanations for this
failure to go after major dealers. One has to do with
leadership and ability. The other has to do with desire.
We have pointed out that both the sheriffs department
and the task force go into great detail in describing the
types and amounts of drugs found, but they consistently
describe the money found at the scene as "a large amount
of money." It has also come to our attention that some
times all drugs discovered are not reported to the public
We have objected to this practice citing the public's right
to know and the potential temptation for some individuals
. in either the sheriff's department or on the task force to
take advantage of the opportunity, ft is common
knowledge that law enforcement officers often "libers
ted" a few jugs of moonshine when they busted a liquor
stallin the 'olden days.' There is every reason to believe
this practice continues today when drug raids take place.
Since the amount of money is not common knowledge to
the public, anyone could report less than they happened
to confiscate and pocket the difference.
Last week It happened. lite Robeson County Sheriff's
Department finally acted, it seems, because they needed
a good story to counter past practices and lapses in
accountability and to strive to restore public confidence.
Don't forget the missing drugs from the sheriff's
deportment evidence locker. The only keys to the locker
belonged to Kevin Stone (the son of Sheriff Hubert Stone)
and Burnis Wilkins (the struggling hopeful who desires to
replace Stone). Drugs were removed from the sheriff's
evidence locker, but no one was ever convicted. The case
remains unsolved even today. This remains as a serious
indictment against the integrity of the Robeson County
Sheriff's Department
The official report concerning the recent arrest was that
an investigation resulted from reports of missing money
from residents whose homes were searched during drug
investigations. We doubt that is why the sheriff's
department finally took action. The heat was apparently
on. A convenient scapegoat was needed so as to give the
appearance that the sheriff" s department was
vigilant in protecting the drugs and monies seised.
Burnis Wilkins announced the arrest of a Robeson
County Jailer (he was also an auxiliary deputy) who has
been accused of stealing money that was planted by the
sheriff's department in a phony drug raid. A trap was set
to catch this suspect It worked.
If the suspect in this case is guilty, we hope he receives
the maximum sentence allowed by law. People who
represent law enforcement should be held to a higher
standard. They are supposed to set examples for the
public. They represent the public. The abuse of one's
duty and obligation to the public deserves swift and
severe punishment But one arrest will not placate the
public. Others have done the same and they too should be
arrested and tried. But because of political, economic and
social connections, qggw remain at large today under the
pretense of protecting the public: In our riser, these
individuals maintain law and order and are vigilant in
their duties only when it serves their personal interest
Further investigation and charges are merited and are
long overdue.
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cNallot cSfmtxican Jjttoo\ct C imlty.
One of the thing* which has happened to Native
American groups during the past five hundred yean is
that they have been put into categories by outsiders. Most
often these categories lump together a very diverse range
of people and culture*. A good example of this lumping
together into categories can be aeen in the word
"Eskimo" and the people we call by that name.
The word "Eskimo" comes from the Algonkian word
ethmantiic, which means "they eat raw meat" In the
minds of 17th century Algonkians it was probably a
derogatory term. As French fur traders expanded their
commerce in Canada, they evidently asked some
Algonkian-speaking people (probably Abnaki) just who
those people were who lived to the north of the
Algonkian- speakers, and thus picked up the word
eikimmtftic. By the time we see the word written in
French, it had become ttkbnaux, and later esgutnuncx. By
the IMG's we see the word written in English as Eskimo.
The people we call Eskimo actually represent a wide
range of folks. Although nowadays some of these people
do use the word Eskimo, a great many of them prefer
their own names for themselves, such as Inuit, Inupiak.
Igtulik, Kuakwogmiut, and many others. They traditional
ly occupied an enormous geographic range, extending
from the eastern end of Siberia through Alaska and
northern Canada to Greenland.
Some were well-adapted to coastal life, hunting sea
mammals such as the seal. Others were well-adapted to
inland life, hunting caribou, muskox, and polar bear.
Some had kayaks (a kind of canoe covered with sealskin)
and umiaks (a larger skin boat), while others had no boats
at all. Some in Greenland lived in stone houses; some in
Alaska lived in wooden housea; still others lived in the
more familiar igloos (made of blocks of packed snow). So
when we use the word "Eskimo" it is difficult to tell
exactly what is meant
One group of Central Canadian "Eskimos" which have
been studied in detail are the Netsilingmiut more often
called NetaQik. They traditionally lived in what is now the
Northwest Territories division of Canada, around Felly
Bay. Their name means "People of the Seal," and it
describes the virtual center of their traditional universe.
During all of the long arctic winter, Netailik men hunted
for seal on the snow-covered sea ice. Since seals must
come up out of the water to breathe every fifteen minutas,
they must in winter make breathing holes themselves in
the ice. By finding the seal's breathing holes, and
suspending a tiny bit of feather in the hole so they could
tell when the seal came to breathe (by the slight
movement of the feather), Netailik men were able to tabs
seals using bone-point harpoons, hi the short summers,
Netailik men hunted caribou and smaller game, and took
salmon from the rivers using stone weirs (a kind of
barricade to force fish into a narrow area) and a three
pronged fishing spear. Women and children collected
arctic berries to supplement the summer diet "iralalrin
tents replaced the winter igloos.
Traditionally the Netailik had no chiefs, nor any other
formal government Drey lived in small groups of one to
four extended families, and moved from place to place as
food resources became available. Group u?4ffnhfr eras
generally on the basis of which man was tire best hunter.
Their clothing eras made of animal skina, tuned
inside-out and usually held dosed at the wrists and
ankles by draw-string made of sinew.
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In their regular winter encampments, uie nraiui aiao
built a large ceremonial igloo or "dance house." Several
kinds of group activities were held in these ceremonial
snowhouses, including drum dances and rituals involving
the group's shaman, or medicine man. "Drum duels"
were also held in the dance house, during which two men
who had a difference of opinion about something would
resolve their differences by means of competitive singing
and drumming.
But every "Eskimo" group or region had its own
particular culture and lifestyle. Some researchers have
divided them into as many as seventeen distinct
groupings, each with its own cultural elements. Thus the
richness and diversity of these hunters of the far north are
hidden if we view them as "all one group of Eskimos."
And besides "Eskimo" is not even an "Eskimo" word!
For more information, visit the Native American
Resource Center in Old Main Building, on the campus of
Pembroke State University.
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The family of Christopher Scott wishes to express
words of appreciation to the many friends and relatives
who were so kind to them during the recent loss of their
loved one. Words are inadequate to say just how much it
meant to us to have so many thoughtful people respond to
our need. We ere thankful for the flowers, the food, all
other acts of kindness shown to us, and especially for the
many prayers that went up in our behalf. Continue to pray
for us and may God Mess each of you.
THE HUNT AND SCOTT FAMILIES
of Route t, Maxton, NC
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