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| 113 . l*r 7. CO W r- 1 r ?? w S1 Published Each Thursday Since January 18, 1973 Caiilina Indian Voice ibroke, NC / <%. ^obeson County is; a i. \ "Building communicative bridges in a tri-racial setting" , % y Dexter McGirt is New Pembroke State Engineer j Dexter McGiit, a native of Pem broke, is the new campus engineer at Pembroke State University, replac ing Billy Dees who retired several months ago. McGiit earned his Bach elor of Science in Engineering de gree from UNC-Charlotte in '78. Prior to joining PSU, he was as sistant chief engineer for seven years with the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Charleston, S.C. Before that, he was with the Veter ans Administration in Alexandria, La., for four and a half years. McGiit, 38, is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Energy Engineers. He is a 1972 graduate of Pembroke Senior High School. McGirt is married to the former Theresa Lemmoods of Concord. The McGirts have three children: Eric, 13; Amanda, 12; and Whitney, 6. Want to do something Special for Christmas? Would you like to do something special for Christinas? How about "adopting" a child by donating $10 for Pembroke State University's Tri County Very Special Aits Festival? The event will be the first of its kind to be held in this area of North Caro lina. The festival, which is expected t$> attract some2,000 disabled children from Robeson, Scotland and Bladen counties, will not be held at PSU - until March 17, but the planning oan mittee is busy soliciting financial support for it now. All area clubs and/or organizations are especially being asked to help. The S10 tax deductible gifts will go toward obtaining "badly needed materials lor each child," said Dr. Bob Button, PSU professor of com municative arts who, along with his wife Anne, is coordinating the event. "The concept of this festival," con tinued Britton, "is to showcase the achievements in the arts by adults and children with disabilities. They will be exposed to new ex periences in the visual and perform ing arts--and, more importantly, it will give them the opportunity to see the unique and valuable contribu tions which they can make as they are mainstream into society." A special feature of the day will be performances in PSLTs Givens Performing Arts Center by the "Fa mous People Players", who are head quartered in Canada and have per formed ill over the world. These are huge, puppet-like figurers (with per formers with various disabilities in side) who portray famous people. Plans are to exhibit the are work by the very special poople in both the lobby of the Givens PAC and the Jones Physical Education Center. "We feel that this Very Special Arts Festival will unite people as nothing has ever done before," says an enthusiastic Britton. Britton is asking persons to do the following: (1) Adopt a handicapped child for that day for a S10 donation ^ so tfttfttlttchild will be able to par " ticipate in the festival: and (2) attend the evening performance of the "Fa mous People Players" for a ticket pnce ofS4 for everyone. This ticket amount will also help to defray the cost of the festival for the children. The check for the $10 adopt-a chikj program should be made out to: PSU Very Special Arte. It should be mailed to: PSU Very Special Arts, Development and University Relations, Pembroke State Univer sity, Pembroke, NO 28372. Accord ing to Britton, the Very Special Arts Festival concept was started by Jean Kennedy Smith with the Kennedy Center in the nations capital being the site of an initial program. Principles of die festival are: (1) to provide opportunities for disabled individuals to display their accom plishments in the arts; (2) to provide opportunities for disabled individu als to participate in meaningful are experiences; (3) to provide training for teachers, parents and other inter ested persons conducted by special arte educators; and (4) to increase public awareness of the beautiful accomplishments and needs of the Aim*M~t For more information about this program, telephone Hope Sheppaid, secretary for the festival, at (919) 521-6252 LREMC To Pass Savings To Consumers The more than 30,000 members of Lumbee River EMC will find a special credit in their December elec tric bills as the co-op returns ap proximately $380,000 in wholesale power cost savings. According to Ronnie Hunt, gen eral manager of the coop, the aver age member using 1,000 kilowatt hours will find a $10.00 Wholesale Power Coat Adjustment (WPCA) credit on his electric bill. Mr. Hunt attributes the savings of three pri mary reasons; first, the intensive management efforts of the Board of Directors and staff; second, the co op's ongoing efforts to upgrade its system, including substations and distribution lines, and finally, the participation of almost 10,000 mem bers in the utility's load management program, which allows the co-op to control peak periods of demand. Lumbee River EMC isa member owned electric cooperative that serves more than 30,000 accounts in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke and Scotland counties. fOU fl?4D If fr, C4ROUM4 UVKOiCE New Addition to Clark Family Dennis and Linda Clark of Fort Washington, MD proudly announce the birth of their grand-daughter Kellie Anne Clark on November 6th, 1992. She weighed in at 91bs. 5oz. and 20 inches long. The proud parents are Denny and Tracy Clark of Alexandria, VA. Kellie Ann* is the Great Grand-daughter of Raymond L. Clark of Pembroke and Bamie and Stella Locklear of the Union Chapel Community. | Pembroke I Kiwanis Report SAFETY EDUCATION The six main causes of accidents are: 1. Inadequate knowledge; 2. Im proper attitudes and habits; 3. Unsafe behavior; 4. Insufficient skills; S. Environmental hazards; 6. The vari ety of possible causes. Ex.- The lady who caught her hair in the washing machine wringer, died of head inju ries, etc. lack of supervision of chil dren. So the challenge then is "safety edu cation," of the interests, needs and a comprehension, including psycho logical considerations of the predis position to accidents-the learning law of effect tis strengthened by pleasure and weakened by pain. The law of meaningfolness, something person ally valuable. Primacy learning Law start early/ Motivating forces are- self reservation, self enhancement. We have so many inconsistent social val ues but society and the individual should not be in conflict, responsibil ity and self government go hand in hand. We have some legal terms: Toil damage to person of property; as sumption of risk- voluntary involve ment in a hazardous situation; attrac tive nuisance, unguarded dangerous situation, contributory negliance, fail ure to use necessary prudence in pre venting injury. Foresee ability pre vention by prudent action in loco par entage. One who is acting in place of a parent. Last clear chance a final opportunity to prevent injury. Liabil ity a legal responsibility enforceable by court action. Negligence failure to act as a reasonably prudent person would act and via m^jor an act of God, an inevitable accident. We all are prone to accident there fore this brief paper. The family of Jim Paul expressed thanki of thought fulness in the recent passing of Fel low Kiwanian and Chartered member Jim Paul. The annual Fall spaghetti dinner will be this Friday at S .00 P. M.. at the Elementary School and Sat. Morning Pan Cake Breakfast will be served at 6;00 to 9:30 AM. Funds raised will be for the many youth prqjecta. Next Tuesday's meeting will be at the Odom Home Families are invited. Presiding; Clay Maynor, Invocation; Reggie Strickland, Pro gram; Ken Johnson. Here are the 38 new membersof Alphi Chi, Pembroke State University's highest academic society who were recently inducted in a ceremony at Lnmberton's Pine Crest Country Club. Pembroke Teacher Attends Seminar CULLOWHEE- Annie M. Hicks of Ma*ton, a fifth grade teacher at Pem broke Elementary School, recently attended a seminar at the North Caro lina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Hicks was ooeof24 North Carolina teachers participating in "Young, Black, and Male in America." November 11^0, 1992 conducted by NCCAT Senior Fel low Jerry Franson. Hicks has a bachelor's degree form V* inston-Salem University and a master's degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. NCCAT, a unit of The University ofNorth Carolina system, conducts a year-round program ofrenewal semi nars for the state's public school teachers. Approximately 4,500 teachers from every county and ev ery school district in the state have participated in center programs since full-time operations were initiated in > the fall of 1986. ----- - ..jagk .... Reflections by Alta Nye Oxendine I hope each of you had a good Thanksgiving no matter bow many problems you may be facing Last time I should have -aid: "Let's see how Psalms 46 applies to our 1992 world." 1 wanted to mphasizethelst put of verse 10: "Be still, and know that I am God". Next time I plan to talk more about the Psalms. How about looking them over in the mean time? Reception Honoring Billie Britt There will be a reception honoring out-going Robeson County Commis sioner Billie Britt on Sunday, De cember 6, 1992 at The Robeson i I County Public Library Auditorium inLumbertonfrom3:00P.M.- 3:00 P.M. The Public is invited to honor Robeson County's "First Lady". I VFW to Meet Lockkar - Lowry VFW Post 2843 of Pembroke, NC will hold their regu lar moothly meeting at the post home on the Union Chapel Rd. Supper will be served at 7:00 P.M. and the joint business session will follow. A spe cial guest will be in attendance for our meeting. The special guest is the voice of Democracy winner; and, she will deliver her winning essay. All members who have paid their dues are asked to bring or mail them to Ardell Jacobs, Post QM Pine Street Pembroke, NC 28372. VFW is still open for new members. Remarkable Reading Program! Anyone can teach read ing! OUR FAMILY CAN READ- READING SE RIES-helps teach a child oradult to read in only six hours. This remarkable reading pro gram is available for S19.95 plus $2.0e (hipping and handling. Simply send name and address and S21.9S to First American Publications, P.O. Box 1P75, Pembroke, NC 2S372 to order yoru Reading Series. ANYONE CAN LEARN TO READ! Money-back guarantee SayyoufMdlTln Tl? CUBI H MM Vdt? '?* <To Subscribe 1 Call ' ? Genealogical Glimpses by Elisha Locklear V . THE TREK / But after so long u^ney under such conditions, hope may be but a fleeting treasure. Aaron had never fought hungry wolves before, sure, he had faced wild dogs snakes, and even men but somehow this seemed to be different. At other times when he had to defend himself he was not looking into the frees of his family with one eye and at the enemy with the other. Many men would quickly give their lives in defense of their families, Aaron was no different. He watched his mother as she al ways kept herself between the "ever nearer " blood chilling sound and the children, here would be help, he could be sure. The grass began to smoke as he feverishly worked to nurse a spark to life in his cupped hands. Why were they attacking us. he wondered, when there's not even snow on the ground yet? Rhode's heart leaped as the spark came to life and began to glow Her eyed began to brighten, as hope quickly returned to them all. Slowly the fire grew in the wet night on the hillside until a large area was vis ible. The wolves would yip a while as if chasing a prey then they would howl, but the weapons of the young Indian were by the minute begin ning to look more impressive Short V dry limbs laid across the fire were beginning to blaze up. Aaron knew that even Sabra Ann and the chil dren could hold one of them and jab the fire at the animal. There was no thought about whre the old lady stood, she. to her son was like the sun rise, he al ways knew where she would be, he knew she also would give a great deal to protect her family, never mind that they were Aaron's chil dren, they were still her family She knew that they at any time were worth her blood. The fire by now is blazing and crackling, can be seen and heard by the animals, but they are hungry and look with a gnawing in their stomach at the young children. Knowing that if they can but for a moment throw the human beings off guard, they will have supper. The young man settled into the circle with his hand an a fire brand lying in the blaze. He motions with his head toward the animals, by now visible with salvia and foam flying from their snouts. A pack of seven or eight begin to rush the little group, closing, quickly looking for an opening into the small code that is a haven for all that is precious to the young man. Reach ing toward the fire for a torch, the young loses his balance gnd begins total! forward
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