1 *H!#f UVOT'OSE II2*MY I Published Each Thursday Since January 18,1973 II ? "irolina Indian Voice I Pemb j| Robeson County I I | r "Building communicative bridges in a tri-racial setting" I ^ PI II M RECEPT] N PLANNED FOR NC.HOUSE CANDir ATE LARRY TOWNSEND Larry Tovnseru! A Fund-Raising Reception for Larry Townsend, 1992 at the Pembroke Jaycee Hul from 3 until 6 p.m. candidate for the N.C. House of Representatives, District Townsend, a Lumbee Indian, is a native of Robeson XV Wake County. The reception will beheld February 2, County. Under the Pome Candidate emerges from new district When legislators drew new boundaries for state House dis tricts in Wake County, they lured Larry M. Townsend into the spot light, so to speak. Mr. Townsend, 44, of Raleigh, said the new lines have con vinced him It is time to chase a lifelong dream ? winning a seat in tlx General Assembly. The district he wants to repre sent is a new one with no incum bent. Generally speaking, it takes in a portion of southeast Wake County. "I have thought about it since 1 was in Vietnam in 1960," Mr. Townsend said. Back then, "I said to myself 'Why am I here?' and 1 thought about various things and the common answer was politics, politics, politics." Mr. Townsend, a Lunibee Indi an, said he.pconusedJMnaeU.4hen he would do whatever he could to get involved in the political pro cess and to help shape govern ment policy. Since then, the Southern Bell technician has helped in the politi cal campaigns of Democrats run ning at virtually every level of government. He was a Michael S. Dukakis delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention and a fellow at the Institute of Political Lead ership in Wrightsville Beach in 1989. He is a member of the commit tee that has been working on legislation thqt would award offi cial government recognition of the Lumbees. The measure recently passed the U.S. House. He was president of the Trian gle Native American Society, a group formed in 1989 to promote and protect Native Americans. He intends to run, he said, as the jyorking roan s candidate. "We're looking at workplace fairness," he said. "We're looking at tax equity. We're looking at the dignity of the working class." 'We're looking at workplace fairness. We're looking at tax. equity. We're looking at the dignity of the working class.' - Larry W. Townsend, state House hopeful Reprinted from RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER Nov. 4, 1991 NC Commission on Archives & History Honored for book on Lumbee Methodists RALEIGH ? The North Ca rolina Conference Commiuion on Archives and History has received an award from the North Carolina Society of Historians for the book "The Lumber Methodista* Get ting to Know Them" by Stwfli and Smith. A "Special Merit Award" in the Religious Section of the Society's 1991 history book award), was presented to the commiuion Nov. Rep 2, during the annual meeting of the North Carolina Society of Historians, at the Brownstone Inn here. Mrs. CW. Twiford, Goldsboro, a member of the North Carolina Conference Commission on Ar chives and History, has been named "Historian of the Year in the East" by the NC Society of Historians. She was recognized at the Nov. 2 meeting. rintcd from NC Christian Those attending were Joseph and Jane Smith, Cliff Shoaf, Harry Gatton, Pat Bailey, Mrs. Twiford and Lawrence Lugar. The book can be purchased from the commission by sending S8.95 for softback books and $14.95 for hardback books to the NC Conference on Archives and History, P.O. Box 10953, Raleigh, NC 27605. Advocate DINNER MEETING SCHEDULED FOR DUCKS UNLIMITED CHAPTER The first chapter of Ducks Unlimited in this area will host a dinner January 31 at the Pembroke Jaycee Hut the Pembroke Chapter of Ducks Unlimited is the first minority chapter of the organization in this area. Ducks Unlimited is concerned with conservation efforts and strives to restore, conserve and create wet lands. January 31 meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will include door prizes. The president of the local chapter is David Brooks. More information on this organization is available by calling 521-3431. Local hunters are working toward conservation of wet lands and encouraging the increase of ducks in the area. Dues for Ducks Unlimited are $40 and memberships will be available at the door. I Pembroke Kiwanis Report 1 Attorney Ron Sutton was the Tuesday night speaker discussing "Redistricting." He was presented by Resident Clayton Maynor. This plan has District 16, the white; District 85, the Indian and District 87, the Black. And Robeson County haa three at large members. What is redistricting and why. The Legislature every ten years as a result of 1990 census report submits to the courth system for approval befor it is enacted. This year Robeson County picks up an additional number. The Voting Rights Act does not allow the deletion of a district Congress must stay away from gerrymandering, the impn>per districting. The speaker presented each Kiwanian with a drawn out maps of the proposed districting. Speaker Sutton presented Representative Adoiph Dial. "Constitutionally speaking-every ten years rediatricting takes place. Done through a mandate and the Justice Department approve it. Creating minority districts, but this does not mean it will help minorities. As both major parties are looking out for themselves." Dial is not running this year as his health will not permit it. Presiding-Clay Maynor; invocation- Albert Hunt; song leader Ed Teeta; program- Ron Sutton; reporter Ken Johnson. Pumell Swett High School nominated eleven seniors for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program. The program was designed in order to meet the increasig demand for top-guidili/ teachers for North Carolina's public schools, the General Assembly in 1986 established the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program. The most ambitions teacher recruitment in the nation, the Teaching Fellovs Prognmt provides $5,000 per gear for a maximum of four years of college to as many as 400 high school seniors nho agree to teach in North Carolina's ( public schools after graduating from college. The program is governed by the Ninth Carolina Teaching Fellows |Commission, ii grup of eleven individuals who njw ajgniinteil butke Govt mor. Ueuiemini'Qo've'rnor, uam Ffwohe r of Ike House. The program is administered by the hublic Sckooi rorum of S'orth Carolina. Students nominated from hi nu ll Swett High School were: ("aria Char-is, Shanhntia ("hart's, Emily Cram, Ixslie Epps, Aanrti I/wklear, hiwrence T. Ittddear, Stacey Ltcldear |rmt pictured], John K. Lowery, Dawn Ijowry, Lucy Mat/nor, and Jacqueline Strickland. The qualifications for becoming a Teaching Fellow are stringent. Applicants are screened and interviewed by committees nithin their schmd district and, then, by a regional screening committee. Hoth the local and regional committee examine a number of criteria, including high school grades, renting samples, class standing, SAT scores and extra-curricular activities. The Teaching FcUows Fntgram is succeeding in lUtraciiysi ,\orth Carolina's hrufktest ami best (biilrnlt into teaching. /n a middle school reading program, sponsored by the PSU men's basketball team, Robeson County school children were encouraged to read as many books as possible. Title of teh program was: "Athletes and iA-atlers Looking for Readers." PSI' basketball players and community leaders visited the various schools promoting the effort. There weie some 80 uitmers hi the program. and these seem uere recognized during halftime of the Jan. 11 PSl'basketball game uith Mt. Olive. Left to right, they are: front row-Cherry Ann Hunt, Omtm Middle; Tony Bridgett, Fairmont Middle; IjeTonya Jones, Farrgmve; Itack rmv-Kimberiy McNeill, Red Springs; Kevin Leach, Carroll Middle; Catherine Britt, Omtm Middle; and Amanda Reeves, Fairgrove. Fleetwood Hornet ?i Pembroke, a subsidiary of Fleetwood Enterprises,, rankt safety a top priority. Fleetwood pibducet 3,000 hornet annually, and shipg to 190 retail centers in the mid-Atlantic and Southeastern region and hat an annual rate of employment of HO associates. A plate associate administered safety program has steered the plant in a whole new nay of doing business where safety comet first. The concept uns instituted by an 8-member panel of production line associates uho worked in various areas of the plant. The plant sets and tracks goals, solicits safety suggestions, ononis prises and maintains an open line of communication. The safety committee stresses that a clean, safe work ?* ? f! ; * .' ' y ' I environment ainiti all associate* m producing a clean, quality product. According to Bobby Barnes, the Safety Committee Chairman, the last lost-time accident was in March of 1990. Jhey currently ahve 780,000 man-safe hours and are making plans for uhen they uill reach the plant's first million man-safe hours celebration. The safety attitude is t