Published Each Thursday Since January 18,1973 I
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Carolina Inrian Vrice
Pembroke, JVC Robeson County
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"Building communicative bridges in a tri-racial setting"
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VOLUME 2*NUMBE*
On Sunday, March IS, at 7 p.m. Prospect United
Methodist Church will hold its Bi-monthly Gospel Sing.
Shown above is the Youth Choir of the church who will be
one of the groups to sing the gospel in song.
The public it invited to participate by singing or by
listening to others. In any event, the public is welcome to
worship at Prospect United Methodist Church.
Lumberton native runs for governor
Marcus W. WUUamt
A Lumberton native. Marcus W. Williams is running
for Governor of the State of North Carolina. His platform
ia "A New Vision. He visulaises the governor's office as a
place to stimulate and foster a job-producing economy,
assure access to Comprehensive health Care; enhance
and equalise base funding for primary and secondary
educational opportunities; to safeguard and preserve the
environment; reduce government spending and promote
efficient and effective use of tax dollars; encourage family
planning and maintain a Woman's Right to Freedom of
Choice; assure uniformity of sentences and certainty of
punishment in the state prisons; enforce pay equity in the
public sector, reform the welfare system to facilitate full
implemtnation of workforce and job training.
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One local window retailer. Pates Supply Company,
Pembroke has joined the Andersen (R) Window Center
- Program for 1992. Hiis specialised resource center will
orovide comprehensive assistance to area residents
pUnninga nd implementing remodeling, new construction
or replacement projects involving windows and patio
doom.
Andersen Window Center facilities are designed to be
one-stop locations for consumers to gather information
regarding windows, from design ideas to what type of
window is right for their project and how to install them.
In addition to providing expert assistance, Andersen
Window Centers are now offering a 112-page book filled
with inspirations for making your home a brighter, more
beautiful place to live. A $6.96 value, It's available for
4L96 through May 81. 1992. In addition, during this
special period, Andersen Window Center stores an
offering disc minis on Graber (R) Window Fhshions,
including blinds and pleated shades, with the purchase of
Andersen products.
Andersen Corporation is the nation's largest manufac
turar at low-maintenance wood windows and patio doors.
They have a network of Andersen Window Center
retailers nationwide.
Andersen Window Center stores offer a complete line
ef Andersen windows and patio doors and are stocked
with Andersen literature for helpful reference. The area
Andersen (R) Window Center retailer is: Pates Supply
Company, E. Main St., Pembroke.
LOCAL NEWS BRIEF
very special people supporters to meet
Hm Very Special People Supporters of Robeson
County will meet Sunday, March 15, 1998- 8 p.m. at
the Baptist House across from Pembroke State
Uuiiwsky, fan broke, NC.
Williams, was bom in Lumberton in 1953 to Russell and
Sadie Williams. He is married to Assistant District
AttorneyAJthea Williams and they reside in Wlimington.
His education back ground includes St. Madelines
Catholic School; South Lumberton High and Lumberton
Senior High; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
and the University of Minnesota Schoolof law.
He has practioedTormore than l^years as a licensed
attorney in Minnesota and North Carolina; was selected
to Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship
Program; served as Executive Director of LEgal Services
of tthe Coastal Plains in Ahoskie; and Exeucutive Director
of Legal Services of the Lower Cape Fear in Wilmington.
Williams' poltical activities include serving as Student
Body President of Lumberton Senior High; student
Body Presdient of UNC in Chapel Hill; Student Body
President at the University of Minnesota Law School; two
term Democratic chair of Precinct 16 in Wilmington; third
vice chair of NEw Hanover County Democratic Party.
He is n appointed member of the Federal Court
Advisory Committee for the Eastern District; Board of
Directors of the New Hanover County Bar Association;
NC State Bar; NC Bar Association; MN Stat Bar; Federal
District Courr U.S. Fourth Circuit Court and the U.S.
Supreme Court
Community involvement includes serving as a former
member of the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Advisory
Committee; Founding Technical Advisor for the Wil
minton/ New Hanover Community Development Corpo
ration; Former Fundraising Chair of the Tlleston School
Restoration Project
He is a former parish council president of St Charles
Borromeo Catholic Church in Ahoskie; member of the St
Mary Catholic Church in Wilmington.
Pembroke Kiwanis
Report
Mrs. Polly Cunningsham, Director of the Robeson
County church and Community Center was the principal
speaker at the Tuesday evening meeting at the Town,
and Country Restaurant Her topic was the "Reading
Program at the Center." Mrs. Cunningham was
introduced by Buddy Bell, program chairman for the
evening.
"One in three adults are funtionally illiterate, not
meaning they are not smart Many are very bright But
they don't read. The diability reading program was
started by Rev. Robert Man gum in the 70s. Atone time, a
fifth grade level was thought to be adequate, now with an
increasing complex society, the U.S. government
'considers an 8th grade level is necessary for competency.
18,000 adults in Robeson County cannot read a menu, a
newspaper, a map, a telephone directory, the Bible or
anything else." Mrs. Cunningham said. "If you can read,
you can teach someone else. And learning t? read is not
Just for kids."
P8U will be putting in a reading c<Hirse next fall.There
are 21 new tutors in different Robeson County towns.
Some tutors work night times, some in the day time.
Instruction is one on one. Concentration is necessary and
the students want to be there. There is a lOVt hour
workshop, SVi hours a day with different progressive
levels. Older people can learn. It isn't as if you can't each
teach an old dog new tricks. The one on one method
eliminates this idea.
The program is funded by the Methodist Church,
Southern National Bank and the United Fund.
Hie illiteracy nation wide is 22.5 million adults cannot
dtennine their monthly account statements, 1 in 5 cannot
understand what they read, 28 million cannot address an
envelope, so you see the need is greet for our country to
lea* to reed. Questions and answers followed with many
interesting details of our nation's reading problem.
Lumbee student to study nutrition habits of
Lumbees for doctoral degree
Recent studies have shown that Lumbee Indians have
higher rates of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease than
other races in the state.
Research has also shown that these killer diseases are
related to the foods that Lumbees eat as well as lifestyle
factors. Positive changes in diet and lifestyle can go a long
way toward lowering the risk of these diseases in
American Indians.
Ronny Bell, a Lumbee, and native of Pembroke is u. (he
process of conducting a nutrition research project among
the Lumbee communities for his doctoral degree at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Bell is being funded to do this study by the National
Cancer Institute to document the typical eating habits of
adult lumbee Indian Women in Robeson County.
This is a voluntary participation project and Bell
expects to sample study about 150 LumOee participants.
Lumbee Regional Development Association's board has
endorsed Bell's efforts and. Chairman Adolph Blue stated
that "the knowledge gained through this study will
e in valuable to the tribe if we are federally recognized by
Congress and hdian Health Services becomes a reality."
The goal of the study is to examine how diet is related
to the high rates of cancer in the Indian communities and
identify ehanges needed to lower the risk of cancer.
LRDA encouraged community cooperation in this study
that could help improve Indian people's quality of life
through improved eating habits and lifestyle changes.
For more information or to volunteer to participate in
this study please contact LRDA's main office at 919-521
8602 from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. weekdays.
Area boy listed on honor roll
Fork Union, Virginia--A local boy. Cadet Noah Olin
Woods, son opf Mr. and Mrs. Noah Woods, of Pembroke,
has been listed on the Honor Roll for Term m at Fork
Union Military Academey at Fork Union, Virginia. This is
in recognition of high academic achievement
Fort Union Military Academy has used its highly
successful One-Subject Flan in grades nine through
twelve since 1950. In this system, a boy studies only one
subject at a time for a period of seven and a half weeks,
completing the year's work in the subject without
interruption.
More than 500 boys attend the high school section,
which includes one year of post secondary study.
Approximately 100 boys attend the separate Junior
School, which encompasses grades six through eight *od
uses the traditional teaching plan. The boys studying at
Fork Union this year represent 35 states and 15 countries.
The Coach's Corner
By Ken Johnson
THE AMAZING RA Y FLOYD
He won $252,000 in winning the Doral Open on
Sunday, by beating his Ryder Cup teammate, Fred
Couples, by two strokes. Floyd's 17 under par tied himw
ith Sam Snead's record of winning over four decades.
Floyd at 49 yers is 18 years senior to Couples at 31 years
of age. And is on a roll this year having won last week's
Tuxson open. Yet Floyd won with a superlative attitude.
When skills, knowledge and attitudes are considered in
winning, attitude is the most important A good attitude
brings confidence, without it, tension and tightness
springs into your swing and you end up in the trash as did
Couples on 18. Trying to keep a good attitude is the hey to
success in any sport So many young athletes loose out
when they give up and quite. It is hard to "ride the
bench" when you think the coach is overlooking you. But
fight to keep a good attitude in spite of everything. All
things come to him who waits is a pretty gbod attitude to
have. It is said that maturity is defined as the
accumulation of a bunch of good attitudes. So patience is
a must in your development is most important, even over
skill and aptitude. Floyd and Couples are excellent role
models for all athletes. These golfers earn their money. I
It is not given to them as is happening in baseball. What
else can be said about Ray Floyd except he is amazing.
Yes, he is from Fayetteville.
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rLLFLY AWAY
When the new NBC program 'Til Fly Away"
disappeared from the Tuesday evening lineup, I was
shocked and disappointed. Now it is back on Friday
nights. And I'm glad!
STEREOTYPES
'Til Fly Away" reminds me of the situation in
northern North Carolina when I arrived to do church and
community work there jn 1953. In spite of having already
let go of my own childhood prejudice toward "Browns," I
was still prejudiced against southern whites because I just
knew they were all prejudiced against blacks.
However, during my three years in Caswell County. I
got to know black and white families who had a special
caring relationship with one another. Also some of my
white friends actually shared my deep desire for equality
for all people, including Indians and Blacks.
Wherever I have lived, especially at the Blackfeet
Reservation, I have had to revise many of my overly
simplistic stereotypes. Another example: before coming
to the southeast, I used to think all easterners and
southerns were totally different from "us" north western
ers. Now I feel really at home in both North Carolina and
Montana. I* m not even sure whether I'm a southerner, a
northerner, or a westerner. (I guess T m just an ordinary
American).
GREATER SENSITIVITY
To me 'TD Fly Away" shows a greater degree of
senstitivity toward the problems of both Black and white
families than most of the programs we see on tv. As i
watch, I find myself entering into the daily struggles of
Forrest (the whtie attorney whose wife is in a mental
institution) and his family, as well as the daily struggles of
Lillie (the intelligent, reflective Black housekeeper who
has become a substitute mother for his children) and her
family.
Because I wanted to follow these two families each
Tuesday night, I gave up a chance to study Spanish.
However, I hope Til have another chance to learn
Spanish. In spite of my childhood fear of Mexican migrant
workers, I now find myself automatically wanting to
communicate with Spanish speaking people. How I wish I
knew their languages.
Thank God, with His help, we can change. He can help
us to apprecial all people?His children-as precious
fellow human beings.
There Htm PSU employe etkave received plague* for
their year* o/ tervice to the umvertity and the State of
North Carolina. Left to right, they are Fat Laakford,
dormitory eapervitor; Bronda Jacob*, eetretary for the
Marie Department; Sheila Joknton, tocretary for the
Native American Retoarce Center; William Blue,
accomifif; Jo Am /Ween, diroctor of Computing amd
Information Sorvic**; Emma LocUomr, territory for the
Ptmtmg DtpartmtnL; and Ethal Ward, cUrb receptionut
fbrtkapkpiical plant. Jacob*, Paarton and LocUaar tat*
SO yrmi of torxico, wAde dke other* tat* 10 poor* of
umici.
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