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Pembroke Kiwanis Report M Program Chairman AnoM M LocHiarpwwuilDr Dahon Brooks. |.M. newlv elected Chairman of the LumbeeTnbe The meeting was held 4 Tuesday evening at the Town and , a.-Countrv Restaurant X . 'Your heritage is just like mine. we come hum a hard working people > They wanted to produce own their K. .own homes, their arms. I had some of Cj- the best teachers in school-doctors. .? I* professors, some of the most ; unforgettable people in my life The j- -21st century will bring great progression for us. Ideas are our ?^ greatest power and we have "^?-accomplished great things including ;.v..our university, our Cultural Center V ' our school system Creativity is our power, the Lumbee Bank is an 'u - accomplishment, shares were sold for $10 00 a share. The golf course, the Dial out door theaaer for Strike at the Wind, the recreation area, the College Glveas Performance Center, the tie* of oar future creative ability ! tuples of going ahead into the 21st entury Physical labor has been our heritage, we are now going into the knowledge area The tribal council does nor lell us where we are logo We cannot go back, we have the foundation and we will build on it We have a new t ribal look tor our children Problems are opportunities Our churches give us hope tor unity and working together LRDA did a good work and we can work together. We can improve oor schools, our university, expand our bank, our Cultural Center and we can do better all along the way Presiding BuiddyBell. Invocation. Garth Locklear: Song Leader. Ed Teets. Reporter. Ren Johnson ATTENTION LADIES!!! " Single Lumbee Indian male. 31, Small business owner, handsome, fun loving, looking for single Lumbee Indian Female 18 35 years old for friendship Interested'' Write to. ? M P.O. Mux 60S, G?ry\bmry, \C. 27831. ,t Rev. Blue to % be Guest on WSTS Radio WSTS Gospel Radio from Fairmont is beamed into your area f -No doubt many of your readers listen J>to gospel music over that station ' '*"? 1 have a program on WSTS on ! Saturday nights at 11:00 p.m On Saturday evening. September 17. I ; will have a special guest. Reverend ?T Jeffery Blue. Rev. Jeffery Blue of the ? White Oak Community in North 1 Robeson County will be a guest P 'Saturday evening on "Sex & 1 Religion" over WSTS Radio with a.Rev. Edmond Locklear, Jr. The I program isairedat II p.m. on Saturday f nights. Rev Blue is the son of Mrs. Shirley Blue Rev Locklear says. "Rev. Blue is an up and running young minister At 11. he can speak to young people from his own special perspective ." Rev ' Blue has mimttered at a number of churches across the northern part of '?'Robeson County. "The Spirit is ?"-'opening many doors for him and he is ? ? well received wherever he goes '' WSTS Radio is located in ?o 'Fairmont It is believed to be the only full time. 24 hour gospel radio station ?'"? inthe Robeson County area. Its signal is received on FM as for north as Aberdeen. Fayetteville and Clinton. f. r and into South Carolina as far South --??as Marion. Mullins. Hartsvilie and Conway. "Se*&Religton" has been on the station on^Satiaday nighu al 11 pm j*il main 'goal with the piogiam is-to I encourage young people to not get involved with pre-martial sea. "Many .? ,? , pastors have a problem trying to handle ' "'sex from the pulpit to an 'all-age' "? congregation. I think we are helping " to fill the gap in getting across some of God's rules concerning sexual '-.."behavior and pre-martial sex. 1 ' appreciate WSTS and its management ' for being boandminded enough to air ? 'Sex & Religion.' The 11 00 p m time was selected ' . because many young people are ' " coming home about that hour on ' Satwday night and major TV program have aired by that time. '1 ?- ? ? ? ? ?? - ?. Rev. Locuear win question kbv. "" Blue on sex and religion on his program. One question Rev. Blue will ? be asked is: "A lot of temptation for - young people come from video, TV and magazines. Can a young person <xstty clean if he really wants to?" > "We know "Sex & Religion" > may notinterestektertypeoplc," says > Rev. Loddear. "But, since sex isone 5 of the most powerful drives young > people have and since it to one of the > most restricted activities by the laws ? ofGod, we are hoping parents will get v interested and gather the teenagers bv 5 the radio on Saturday nights. All ^ parents who have unmarried teenagers n IS and up and young aduhs unmarried > -'should get involved with them 5 studying God's Ward as it spphes to ^ personal relationships. We really hope > parents will listen, nave the children listening, and will give us input as to topics they want discussed on the 5 program." $ NOTICE TO BIDDERS J 7 Town of Pembroke, NC s - Rehebiiitano* of Priveteiy >?? Owned DweUing L'niu ST FY 93 Home Single Family *? ' Prfaibilhatipn JVkmpmun ^ ? siafssspswwswwws a w ?p|| w nws J The Town of Pembroke. North V Carolina, is requesting bids for the S ?rehabilitation of privately-owned ? ."dwelling units for itt FY 93 HOME K.Single Family Rehabilitation ~ 'Program. Bid specifications will be distributed at a contractor s meeting ; to be held Thursday. September 22. ?>- 1994. at 11 00 AM at the Pembroke - -Town HaU. Interested contractort or :* I'their representatives matt attend Ms T.meeting to receive specifications, bids J>,from contractort who do not attend 'the meeting will be injected. Bidt will *? ** opened and mad promptly at 11 00 >?AM. Thursday. October b. 1994 The HOME protect is funded m ? "part by the North Carolina Housing '^Finance Agency The total cost of the - Pembroke FY 93 HOME project is ^ ^301J00:90S is being fironced with J :HOME Funds ip the amount of JJ <4300.000 f r The Town of Pembroke is an equal < >ppurt un i f v <? m plov <? r slid c Dc c < bidding b\ small and minor its / linntmr ttttl ? 3 , 3 3 4^. Community Health Meeting j f?< ikm irffrin ifm ' tiiia A free cluuc for the waiting poor , a 24-bour health hotline a l here were just a few of the ideas presented at a meeting of the Partnership for Comnumity Health of Robeson Countv held oo Wednesday September 7. at the Lumber River Council of Governments Tim McNeill.director of strategic nlmnmg M Southeastern Regional Medical Center aod director ofthe Partnership, welcomed the 40 community leaders who attended and restated the mission of the Partnership "This is a voluntary organization of public and private agencies formed to study and recommend actions that will mhanrr the health status of the people of Robeson County." he said. "One of the Partnership's principles is that health care is a community affair Health ought to be designed by the community for the community." Based oo the results ofa community health status assessment released last spang, the Partnership has appointed three outreach committees to stud) problems critical to improving health in the county those committees reported their initial findings at the meeting Maxine Elliott, who chairs the Health Education and Wellness group reported that their mission is "to raise the level of awareness of catdiov ascular and diabetic risk factors and to increase access to related programs and services The> also recommended that a count v- wide health services directory be compiled and that a 24-hour health information and referral telephone services be established. In addition, they suggested conducting a major media campaign to raise the level of public awareness about risk factors of heart disease and diabetes and to inform people about programs that could meet their needs in this area. Cherrv Beasley chairs the group which is charged with the task of improving access ?o health care ^fMcee m the county.-Not ordyu also of many other health care ^Jnjuldttioa^to study tag the iOCUSlAS OD SUDDQTt fix SfTlUMBf and placement of family nurse pcactttkmenandphyeidanamiMmlB. Pt*a to. compile n listing of of this area and^MAai data tohelp solve health problems hem. Randall Jones, chairman of the group studying the socioeconomic the audience that over halfo^binfas ta Robeson County are to unwed mothers This factor is linked to the substantial poverty level in Robeson County. Teen pregnancy costs Robeson County nearly S9 nullum each year and is largely responsible for the significant growth in the number of Medicaid beneficiaries here, he added. "To decease the number of teen pregnancies by increasing awareness of the socioeconomic implications of adolescent sexuality and promoting educational programs and services to the community,T is the mission of this committee. This group plans to develop services for young people from 10 to 21 years and to promote haohteer lifestyles, empower personal responsibility, and promote more collaboration among agencies who serve teens inchsdins the county school system. "Eighty percent of health care is self cared, said J Luckey Welsh. Jr., senior vice president of SRMC. He closed the meeting by urging the Partnership members to continue their work on the pressing issues of health eve in Robeson Coupty by sharing, collaborating, and networking to make the best use of our resources here at home to solve local health problems. f* tu Health Cart worker aap. * tto HrtaanMp far ?MMHMBHllMnAlilMHtflHMMIMMMniSliMlii Adolescent Sexaalitv workgraap of the Partaanhip far DS?fl^Se\tichdk Pridgea M^ana'Kw?!^MdiMiiteft ta right) are: Rutaell Setaeau. Randall June*. Valerie Leach, aad Tim McNeill. Got A Minute? lake The Test. 1 11 you've got a minute, you've got enough time to take our Easy As UCB | Loan Test. 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