|_jgLVME20SVMBER 47 THUKSDA K. NOVEMBER 25, 1993 Dana Lowery follows In mother's footsteps as Miss Pembroke State University Dana Lowery. Pembroke State Uatvmky sophomore from Charlotte mooring in business management. was selected as "Miss PSU" over nine other contestants here Thursday night and thereby follows in her mother's footsteps as the winner of the coveted crown. Dana's mother, the former Judy I oo (clear originally from Pembroke captured the title in 1963 when this institution was still named Pembroke State College. I "My mother and father were here for this year' s 40th annual' Miss PSU' Scholarship pageant as were my older sister and younger brother," smiled theSft. 71/2,115-pound Dana. "They said afterwards, "We now have two queens in the family " Dana said her mother helped her to prepare for the pageant. "She told me to be myself and relax. She also helped me with my walking." said Dana. Both Mrs. Lowery and her husband. Dennis Lowery. graduated from Pembroke State University in '64. Dennis Lowery went on to become the chief executive officer of Continental Industrial Chemicals. Inc of Charlotte, one of the nation s largest Native American owned companies He has also served as chairman of the PSU Board of Trustees In 1979 in was selected as North Carolina's "Small Businessman of the Year "in 1982 he was awarded PSU's '' Distinguished Alumnus Award"; and last June he was selected as the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce's "Entrepreneur of the Year." From the happiness be showed after his daughter won "Miss PSU" Thursday, this is one of Dennis Lowery's most joyful moments. "All of my family rushed onto the stage to congratulate me and to take pictures after I was named the winner." smiled Dana. "They later brought me a cake to my apartment " For winning the title. Dana not only was presented a crown, trophy and bouquet ofroses, she was awaided a 5700 scholarship. She was sponsored by the Ambassador Club. Her talent in the pageant was singing a song entitled "Nothing" from the Broadway Hit, "A Chorus Line", and also doing a monologue. For the evening gown competition, she wore an iridescent gown; for the swim suit competition, she wore a teal colored swimsuit. When her name was announced as the winner Dana said. "I couldn't believe it. I was shocked. I didn't expect it. There was a lot of COWIPBIIIKMI. She Hid this was the first time ihe had ev?r been selected ? queen of any kind although die was firsi runner up last summer in the "Miss Lumbee ' pageant at Pembroke where the photographers chose her "Most Photopenic**. A graduate of Charlotte's Independence High School. Dana attended Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, working toward a marketing degree, before transferring to PSU where she is a second semesfer sophomre. "I took akxofbusiness courses at Central Piedmont." said Dana. "I want to work for my dad and keep the family business, but I also want to own a woman's spa." Dana said she wanted to transfer to PSU because her parents were PSU ahimni " and we have a lot of family here. My grandparents, Barney and Stella Locuear. live here, and I'm real close to my cousins here. I like Charlotte beduise it's a big city, but I like Pembroke for its people - the closeness of its people. Dana's older sister. Shelley, 24. was a '91 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and is ait-account executive for her father's plant in Greenville. S.C. Her younger brother, Brandon, 16. also works at this father's business during the summers. A member of the Native American Student Organization both in high school and at PSU. Dana's bobbies are reading, writing, drawing, traveling, and indoor skydiving She isamember of Hickory Grove Baptist Church of Charlotte. First runner-up in the " Miss PSU" pageant was Jodie Brown, graduate student from Fayette vi lie Second runner-up wa Constance McCallum, junior from Rockingham. Tieing for Miss Congeniality" were Joy Alison Jacobs of Bolton and Christie Teague . of Hickory. Native American Bone Marrow Transplant Fund Assists With Marrow Transplant ^NCkrorjic Myelogenuous The three- word medical diagnosis becomes a death sentence for thousands of victims each year. Four years too the painftil words of the fceadftii diagnosis resounded in the nind of one Robeson County man rhev continue to resonate H B Bullard is a victim of the Mood disease, and after hearing the liagnosis from his physician, the 42 year-old Lumbee Indian set out. not in Jespair. but in hope of educating inn self about the life-threatening lisease He turned to the National Marrow Oonor Program, a network of ransplant. donor, collection centers ind recruitment groups established in 1987 Bullard learned that the program natntains a computerized data bank >f tissue-typed volunteers who are willing to donate if matched with a specific patient Its coordinating .enter and Registry are located in Minneapolis. MN The Center is rongressionally authorized and has a :ontractual relationship with the National Heart. Lung and Blood Institute la bis quest. Bullard learned eariv jo the odds of his finding a marched lonor could be as high as one in one million. And because tissue type is inherited just like eye. hair an skin roior. the best chance of matching was with someone from his own racial md ethnic background. His best :hance of finding a perfect match was with another Native American He also learned that the ippottunities for Native American >atients afflicted with the life hreatening blood disease and catching for unrelated marrow donors were severely limited As of March 1993.only 8.982 of the 821.680 donor volunteers in the National Marrow Donor Program were Native American Seveoty-etghi percent are Caucasian And of more than the 1.600 NM DP transplant, only seven Native Americans have been transplanted Once educated on the benefits of the National Marrow Donor Program. Bui lard began a campaign to educate others He has coordinated every bone marrow drive in the Robeson County area He speaks wherever people will listen Subsequently, people have been moved to add their names to the National Registry in hopes of someday being able to give the gift of life to another Builard found still another source of support in Indian Solidarity. Inc . a Pembroke based organization which addresses and supports issues affecting Native American people Eariv this year, the non-profit organization established the Native American Bone Marrow Transplant Fund to help defray medical expenses not covered by medical insurance in the transplant procedure. Carolyn Coronado. chairwoman of the organization's Health C ommittee, savt Indian Solidarity is trying So meet a need in establishing thefimd Last spring, the organization sponsored a fund raising plate sale to help in building the fund The Health Committee, along with organization members, continues to be involved in coordinating screening tests campaigns to recruit others to become bone marrow donors. "Many people are willing to be volunteer donors once they've learned of the need and have a simple Wood test to determine if they match a patient looking for a donor." Coronado says. "Donating bone marrow does not mean that one donatesa bone. It means one donates marrow in a simple surgical procedure involving anesthesia Donated marrow com pictely replaces itself in a matter of weeks. " she explains. Hie costs of a bote marrow transplant range from $150,000-S300.00 This S5.000 award will be given annually to a college junior or senior who plans to teach m the public schools Chavis is a long time Association activist. During the IW NEA Representative Assembly. NEA's American Indian and Alaska Native Caucus recognized her by presenting her with an eagle feather, a symbol of leadership When" I first started teaching first grade in 1951 in Rowland. North Carolina. I was fortunate to have a very nice building to teach in. But working conditions were primitive The 324 students who attended the Ash pole Center School (grades 1-8) were mostly children of Indian tenant farmers. For starters, we eight teachers ? didn't have money for basic expenditures I remember bringing in a record player from home ami huving. out of my own pocket, construction paper and newsprint tor the children to write on. A lot of things that would be considered throwaways in some households like magazines and new spapers proved to be great sources of If S9WB fot U5. My own home library had more resources than did the entire school library' Students and teachers were forced to do fundraising. We'd have bake sales and go to merchants asking for donations so that we could buy expensive "extras" like 16mm movie projectors One of the biggest obstacles to school attendance w as clothing Many V children didn't have appropriate clothes to wear. So we sponsored I weekly sewing night and invited parents to help alter clothing donated by a local church for the youngsters Teachers brought in their sewing machines and put them in the teacher 'i lounge Students were fitted 011 Fridays, and we worked three to fout hours on Tuesday nights making the alterations The parents were only too glad to help They viewed education a something important Another area that lacked funding was sports. I coached the basketball team in the afternoon Because the kids who practiced after school missed their buses. I was responsible for driving them home We made a night of it I w ould have them come over for dinner all 12 to 15 of them and we'd tav^^odtin^^^ live kiiwi u?> Miwuicu iv ! )K> from 8 a.m. to .Vpm .but I'd put in much longer hour* Lesson planning. 1 in particular, was time consuming because we didn't hate copying ; machine* We had a hectagraph 1 machine a precursor to the ! mimeograph that operated by hand. It would take about 30 minute* to pet 30 copies made So preparing material* for my classroom of VI students took up a lot of time I pot a lot of satisfaction hi working in a small school system where we were close knit During theexemngs when I wasn't coaching. I'd teach adult education course* at Robeson Community College to some parents of my students It was heartening to are that as the parents progressed, so the student* progressed Lumber Mirer Electric Membership Corporation General Manager Rimmr Hunt pretent* u check ftw S fx ft to bin. bladie Rue Lock!ear. member of the LREMC board of director*. The money no ruined by the LREMC Women'? Committee through o guilt ruffle for the co-op i member omittance progrum. "Help A Seedy Friend", of which bin. Lot klear term at chairperum. ??rafieraw