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Pembroke Re-Elects Mayor
Hunt and Elects New Council
MAYOR MILTON BUNT
JLAKKY MtNEHL
GREGORY CUM MINGS
Alow voter turn oat in the town of Pembroke re-elected
Milton Hunt u mayor and defeated incumbent
councilman Vernon Oxen dine and councflwoman Essie
Jones. Incumbent Mayor Hunt overcame a challenge by
newcomer Mary Sanderson, 404 to 175. Jon M. Sanderson
received 31 votes.
Newcomers Larry McNeill and Gregory Cummin gs
replaced Oxen dine and Jones on the town council.
McNeill, top vote getter received 401 votes. Cummings
waa second with 801 votes. Jones received 221 and
Oxendine 114. William Loddear received 77 votes and
Jeffrey Brooks received 21.
Pemberton Place Nursing Home to Provide
Needed Services and Employment
Any of hop* for am employment eaaoe to Pembroke
.in lastweek's announcement that DaajeljJIome Bakery,
Inc. wfll locate one of its plans fa the small Robeson
County town. The company announced that the new
bakery wfll initially employ 88.
Added hope for the county's unemployed is right
around the comer as Femberton Place Nursing Home
prepares to open its doors to residents the first week in
January 1992.
The privately-owned 80-bed facility wfll be managed by
Femberton Place, Inc., a Pembroke-baaed corporation
made up of a three-family partnership.
Charles Alton Maynor, local businessman and partner
in the corporation, says the idea of building a facility came
about three years ago after careful consideration was
given to a nursing home needs assessment in the
Pembroke and surrounding area.
According to Maynor all existing < nursing home
facilities are located inside the city of Lumberton. These
conast of more than 400 beds.
The managing corporate partners successfully enlisted
community endorsement from citizens mid government in
??Wnj apfl)"st'"n to the state for s Commission Of Need
award in obtaining official authorisation to build and
operate the fadhy situated on a four and a half acre tract
of ?an<i off north Union Chapel Road in Pembroke.
Maynor says local reaction to the nursing home facility
has been positive.
Buih at s cost of 1.5 million dollars, the facility wfll
employ betwene 80 and 90 skilled people. Maynor adds.
The corporation announced last week that it is currently
accepting applications for employment Positions will
include registered and licensed practical nurses; certified
nursing assistants; cooks and kitchen personnel; licensed
activity director, social worker; ward clerk and medical
records clerk; bookkeepers and housekeepers.
Frances Butoer, corpora** partner and licensed nursing
home administrator, will overate day-to-day operations of'
Pemberton Place Nursing Home. Maynor says Mrs.
Butnar brings 20 years of administrative experiences to
the position.
Of the new building Maynor says no costs have been
spared in design and construction.
"Anyone who has visited or knows nursing homes and
visits Pemberton Place will recognise it as the
state-of-the-art facility in Robeson County," he com
ments.
"No expense has been spared in making it aesthetically
superior. We are bending backwards to create as homey
an environment as possible for our residents. The
building's design has several living/ social areas for
residents and visitors," he continues.
. Hie facility also boasts of amenities such as statued
courtyards; water fountains, library, chapel and store for
its residents.
"Our objective at Pemberton Place is to offer
professional nursing care and aesthetic value comparable
to any facility of its kind in the state," Maynor comments.
"So often when people think of nursing homes they
think of them in terms of being places where they
?o...never to return to their homes again.
"Hie managementof Pemberton Place is committed to
providing an environment for residents to get better than
they initially were when they arrived.
"I envision the facility as being a place where they don't
go to die; but one where they go to live," Maynor say*.
The nursing home facility will open Dec 1 for a
roonthkmn personnel orientation. Maynor seys then it will
begin accepting applications for residents who will be
admitted after January 1.
Thoee interested in employment or residency at
Pemberton Place Nursing Home may contact the
administrative office weekdays at 919/ 521-1273.
NAP AC to Sponsor Forum for Board
of Education
All Native Americana who are interested in seeking
?lection to the county wide seat on the Board of Education
of the Public Schools of Robeson County are encouraged
to contact Cliff Sampson, chairman of the Native
American Ratitical Action Committee. Flans are under
way for a forum for candidates for the county wide teat on
the board of education. Hlia forum will be aponaoiud by
NAPAC and an endamement will be made by the
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Dr. Nancy Sampson, Chief of the State's
Day Care Section, talks about her
responsibilities
Dr. Nancy Sampson, a former
PSU professor of eduction for
over a year has been chief of the
Child Day Care Section of the
Division of Facility Services for
the N.C. Depatment of Human
Resources, was recently a guest
on the WPSU-TV program,
"Forum."
Interviewed by Dr. Oscar Pat
terson, PSU director of telecom
munications, she explained the;
work of her office. Dir. Sampson
has a staff of 90, of whom 60 per
cent are in the field, attending to
the regulatory functions of her
office or their duties as licensing
consultants.
Dr. Sampson said there are ap
proximately 6,500 day care
facilities in North Carolina with a
capacity of 255,000.
"Our function includes the
regulating of the facilities that
private individuals in the public
sector are offering," she said.
"It is mandated thai we do a
minimum of one annual renewal
visit plus one unannounced visit
during the year. We are trying to
do more than that," she said.
$bc said the cost of day care
ranges from $170 a month in the
lower income counties to $400
per month in the more affluent
oounties.
Dr. Sampson had several sug
gestions for parents planning to
put their children in day care.
"Don't look only at the center
that's closest to you, but visit
several centers. As you go in,
look tQ see what kind of environ
ment is set up. Look to see
whether staff is warm and
caring and nurturing-and if they
are the kind of people you would
like to see taking care of your
children.
"Look to see if it is a safe en
vironment and a healthy, clean
environment. Check to see if
there is litter lying around or
trash cans uncovered or diapers
laying exposed.
"See if activity centers have
been set up. There should be any
number of activity centers set up
based on the age of the child.
There should be planned, guided
activities by the staff."
Dr. Sampson said parents in
terested in putting their child in a
center should ask for a copy of
the guidelines of the center per
taining to discipline or behavior
management techniques. "I sug
gest they talk to the director
about these policies," added Dr.
Sampson.
If problems later arise. Dr.
Sampson said the parents should
talk to the director about the pro
blem and, if necessary.c all her
Child Day Care Section office.
If a day care facility is proving
unsuitable, it may receive from
the Child Day Care Section office
a written reprimand. If this
doesn't solve the problem, a
more severe written warning may
follow, specifying what needs to
be changed. The next step, if
matters are unresolved, would be
that the facility would be placed
on provisional status, which is
usually for at least three months.
The ultimate step would be a civil
penalty, meaning possible court
action.
Dr. Sampson said there is more
and more need lor day care
around the dock. "We see an in
creased need by parents working
on second and third shifts.
However, we have only one or
two 24-hour programs," she
noted.
To set up a day care facility is
very expensive, Dr. Sampson
said, pointing out that there must
be 25 squate feat per child of in
dividual indoor apace plus the
liability Insurance requirementi.
nutrition needs, etc. .
Minimum requirements are a
day care operator be 21 years old
and have at least a high school
eduation. They should contact
the Child Day Care Section office
in Raleigh about a pre-licensing
workshop. One of that office's
licensing consultants will also go
over the requirements with in
terested party and ask that they
check with local building, fire
and sanitation inspectors to see if
Dr. Sgmpson.
Dr. Sampson earned her B.S.
in elementary education at PSU,
her M.Ed. in elementary educa
tion with a minor in child
development at the University of
Arkansas, and her Ph.D. in early
childhood development at New
York University.
She is the wife of Dr. Gilbert
Sampson, chairman of the PSU
Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science.
Tuscarora Classes
Date Changed
by Eastern Carolina Tuscarora Nation ?
The November class of the Tuscarora Cultural Survival School
will be moved up one week because of the Thanksgiving Holidays.
The dass will be held on November 23 instead of November 30.
The dass will begin at 11 a.m. with social dancing and singing,
lunch break, Tuscarora language dass, and crafts and cultural
classes.
Presently there are 31 students enrolled in the school. The pre
school and kindergarten age group will have a separate dass begin
ning with the November dass.
The Tuscarora Nation is accepting donations to (defray the ex
penses of the school. For further information on tWaoool call
919-321-4953 pr 321-8978 or write to the Tuscarora Cultural Sur
vival School, Route 3 Box 226, Maxton, NC 28364.
5T NANCY SAMPSON
New Industry Comes
to Pembroke
PEMBROKE-Danid's Home Bakery, Inc. of North Carolina will
locate a facility in Pembroke. County and town officials gathered at
the site in Pembroke on November I.
The company expects to create 83 new jobs when production begins
in January or February 1992. The company's total investment in the
project is approximately SI million.
Esteil C. Lee of the North Carolina Department of Economic and
Community Development stated: "On behalf of Governor Martin and
all the people of North Carolina we welcome Daniel's Home Bakery
to North Carolina. We're glad the company selected Robeson County
as the home of its new facility, and we think they made the right deci
sion.
Daniel's Home Bakery will purchase a 30,000 square foot building
to be constructed on eight acres on South Jones Street on the east
boundary of PEmbroke. It is scheduled for completion early next
year.
Chairman Billic Britt of the Robeson County Commissioners said,
"We're excited to welcome Daniel's Bakery to a part of our county
that's experienced strong population growth and that'smost eager for
economic growth. Daniel's brings new investment, new jobs and an
ticipates possible expansion of the facility and employment within two
years. It will also create new opportunities for suppliers and servies
and attract new businesses to expand our industrial base here."
Officials of Daniel's Home Bakery, Inc. selected North Carolina as
the site of its new
of its new location because oftts proximiaty to existing markets and its
local incentive package. Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia were
also considered.
Pembroke Mayor Milton Hunt said, "It's a great day for Robeson
County and an even greater day for Pembroke. We're committed to
helping Daniel's Home Bakery to be very very successful."
Interested citizens can submit applications for employment as
bakers and cake decorators to the Lumberton Employment Security
Commission office. The state's free skills training program for new
employees will be administered by Robeson Community College.
Don Moss and Jim Hauscr, developers with the business and in
dustry Development Division of the N.C. Department of Economic
and Community Development worked with the company in siting the
bakery. Also assisting were: Hunter Poole, Director of the Robeson
County Industrial and Agricultrual Development Commission and
local developer Dotlie Meacher
Other agencies active in the recruitment are: the Robeaon County
Commissioners, Robeaon County's Committee of 100, the Town of
Pembroke, The Economic Development Board of Pembroke, and the
N.C Depenmcnt of Agriculture
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