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Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, I]C ? 11 irn
VOLUME 22 NUMBER 20 THURSDAY. MAY IS, 1995
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by Don Gersk and Jeffery
Alejandro, University Ht lotions
? Kelvin Sampson, Associated
Press College Basketball Condi of
the Year, was the commencement
speaker at Pembroke State
University's graduation on Satur
day, May 13.
Sampson, a 1978 PSU graduate
and son of John W. (Ned) and Eva
Sampson of Pembroke, is the head
coach of the University of
Oklahoma's men's basketball
team.
Chancellor Joseph B
Oxendine's announcement that
Kelvin Sampson would address his
alma matter was well received at
Pembroke State University and in
the region.
"We asked Kelvin to speak
because he ft an energetic and
charismatic person." said Dr
Oxendine "I feel that he will be
stimulating to the graduating se
niors."
More that 300 PSU seniors and
graduate students received their
diplomas during the ceremony in
the Jones Health and Physical Edu
cation Center Commencement
began at 2 p.m.
Former Gov. Jame* E.
Holshouser. Jr.', member emeritus
of The University of North Caro
lina Board of Governors, David G.
Martin, Vice President for Public
Affairs at UNC, and Terrencc
Brewton, President of PSU's Stu
dent Government Association,
presented greetings to the gradu
ates, their families and friends
Dr Snellen Cabe chair of the
PSU Faculty Senate, presented
the Adolph L Dial Endowed Fac
ulty Awards
David F. Weinstein, chair of
the PSU Board of Trustees, also
took part in the ceremony
Graduates of the Army and Air
Force Reserve Officers Training
Corps were commissioned during
commencement
Dr Bonnie A. Kelley, recipient
of the UNC Board of Governors
Award for Excellence in Teach
ing, was the Grand Marshal
Sampson graduated from PSU
with two Bachelor of Science de
grees, ooe ia Health and Physical
Education and the other ia Pohu
cal Science. He wwoa the Dean's
List and was named "Who's Who
Among American College and
Universities. Sampson was
awarded the Gregory Lowe Me
morial Award for being the top
basketball and three in baseball'
He coached basketball at Moo
tana Tech and later became its
director t?in them
moved to Washington State Uni
versity and spent two years as as
sistant coach ami seven years as
head basketball oonch He took the
Soonerstothe 1993 NCAA Men's
Basketball TournameaL
Sampson's other coaching
achievements include the 1995 US
World Junior National basketball
team, the 1993 US Olympic festi
val basketball team, and he was the
assistant ooechlbr the USA Good
will Games beskrtbell.
Ketvim Sampson, PSft commencement wpemluT
[ Local News Briefs)
Golf Tournament
Scheduled
Kelsey Sampson "Swing For ?
Life" Golf Tournament is sched
uled for 10:00 am Saturday June
3.1995 at Cliffwood Golf flub in
Lumberton. North Carolina
Format will beCaptain s Choice
(Superball). four man teams
Women are encouraged to partici
pate Coat of 35 00 per player
includes cart, green Gee food and
beverages Hole and cart sponsor
ship are available All proceeds
will be donated to the Kelsey
Sampson Cancer Fund
For more information call
(910)738-8829 after 6 00 p m
Advisory
Council
Election
Purnell Swett High School
Board Elections for 1995-1996 will
be held Tuesday. May 23.1995 in
the Media Center at 7:00 p.m.
Local students
among East
Carolina graduates
East Carolina University con
ferred degrees and certificates of
advanced study on approximately
2.100 graduates at the spring com
mencement May 6. Nearly 2,000
graduates received degrees at the
ull commencement in December
Students receiving degrees Sat
urday completed requirements
during the spring semester The
graduates were from 87 of the 100
counties in North Carolina, from
27 other states and from four for
eign countries
Those receiving degrees from
Robeson Comity, included Charles
Dewey Hammonds of Fairmont
who received a Bachelor of Arts
Degree Stacic Jane Jackson of
Rowland. Bachelor of Science
Degree; Mary Elaine Jackson of
Rowland. Master of Science De
gree; Kevin Patrick Hones ofLum
berton. Bachelor of Science In
Physical Therapy; and Crystal
Michelle LockJear of Max ton.
Bachelor afSciencc (Professional)
Public Hearing to
be held at Rex
Rennert School
A public hearing will be held
Mav 27 at 7 p.m. at Rex Rennert
School. The purpose of the public
hearing is to receive input from the
community on the Intensive Live
stock Ordinances being proposed
in the area The public is urged to
attend and participate in the very
important public hearing
South Robeson to
hold Advisory
Council elections
There will bea special meeting
of all parents of South Robeson
High School in the School Media
Center at 7:00 n m. on May 31
The meeting is being held for the
purpose of electing Advisory Coun
cil members for the upcoming
1995-96 school year
All parents of si udc n i s ^ u rre n l K
enrolled at the school and who will
be enrolled in the coming year arc
strongly urged to attend the meet
ing
New Life Tabernacle
Congregation
Returns to the 50's
On Saturday, May 20, NawLifc
Tabernacle will ochorate Old Fadh
ioaed Day On this day they will
return to the fifties. There will be a
Wiffap If Wf
TT1T
con ami outer rooat mhm sor
25c The event begin, at l6 a. aa nod
the public is encouraged to attad am)
participate by the pastor. Rev. AJ
Lpwery and the congregation.
Raffle tickets will also be
avaiMe for S2.00 A 1977 Ford
Granada will be given away Labor
Day Prceeds from these events
will be need for renovation and -
building projects for New Lifc 1
Tabernacle
McMillan named
PSU employee of
the month
Joanne McMillan has been an
nounced as Pembroke State
University's employee of the
month
McMillan is an accounting tech
nician for the University
McMillan and her husband.
Jeffery, reside in Maxton
McMillan is the mother Of a 21
year-old daughter Jodella
She is an active tnemberafWest
Robeson United Methodist Church.
She is the adult and youth choir
director as well as the bead coach
of the men's Softball team
Her other interests include fund
raising and swimming
McMillan has been am ember
of the PSU staff since 1988
Local Troopers
graduate from
Highway Patrol
Basic School
Fifty-three new Troopers were
graduated Friday. May 12, 1995.
from the 94th Basic School of the
North Carolina State Highway
Patrol. They were sworn in during
ceremonies at the Patrol's Train
ing Center in Garner and will re
pott for duty on Monday, May 22.
Ronald Devon Jacobs of Lum
berton is a member of the class and
has been assigned to Troop C-1I1.
Raleigh. Randy Lamont Cum
mings of Pembroke is a member of
the class and has been assigned to
Troop A-V, Williamston
"The 94th Basic School gradu
ates are now Dart of the nation's
finest law enforcement organiza
tion," said ThurmanB Hampton,
Secretary of Crime Control and
Public Safety, of which the High
way Patrol is a division "They
have shown they have what it takes
to wear the black and grey and arc
ready to put their newlv-acquired
skills to the test "
New Troopers mastered 1.114
hours of instruction in 71 law en
forcement mbjrrtr. including ac
cident investigation and criminal
and constitutional law. firearms
training, and precision driving
The daas had an academic av
stage of 94.23 percent in class
room subjects But their education
is never over On-the^ob training
and annual in-service schools boost
a Trooper's expertise throughout
his career
Shorni left to right ore: KeMm Somtgaom, Cemmmemcemmtt Sgemker; PSV ChmmceUoe Joseph B
(Jxenuhtef end Dennis l.owery who received his honorory dec$orote?
?- - ?' on
Dennis Lowery receives honorary
doctorate during PSV comencement
Dennis Lowerv, chief executive
officer of Charlotte-based The
Continental Group, received an
honorary doctorate of humanities
degree from Pembroke Slate Uni
versity during commencement held
May 13, 1995
Lowcry was founder and chief
executive officer of Continental
Industrial Chemicals, Inc., Char
lotte, and currently holds interest
in Ketmar Industries, a textile for
mulating company, Spartanburg.
SC In 1993 he was named Entre
preneur of the Year for North Caro
operations of the collective corpo
rations Of the 167 people cm
ployed by the corporations. 70 per
cent are women who hold 6.3 per
cent of the sales and manageria
positions Collective annual sale
of the Continental Group are $3i
million, and collective assets ex
ceed $14 million
Pembroke State University
Chancellor Joseph B Oxendini
described Lowery as not only dis
anguishing himself in business
but also through his extraordinar
service to the young people ofNorti
Carolina, particularly the Ameri
can Indian youth in the Chariot*
area.
"Mr Lowery has contributed
greatly to Ike
Program has been through his in
volvement with American Indian
youth," saidOxendinc He con
tinually reminds young peopie that
their ethnic heritage, coupled with
hard work, can beoosae a strength
in<i^ir?iiwi^ioiT|l|?4f'flayrS1'
barriers against them.
"Lowery gives both time and
funding to the Indian Education
Program
The Charlotte entrepreneur was
? bora in Pembroke and started his
business career in saha at the age
i soppon SSSiftom W?pB
through eoilege by washing cars.
Lowerv graduated from Pembroke
? State University ui 1964 and went
to Charlotte with $ 17 in his pocket
I He worked in the pharmeccuH
t cat industry for two years and in
? the chemical industry for nine. It
- wss during his years as a sales
representative and sales manager
I for two of his competitors that
: Lowery decided to start a distribu
- Iron company to ranch untapped
markets
1 Lowery aad Bob Elliot formed
i Industrial Chemicals, Inc., (now
Continental Industrial Chemicals
c Inc ) in 1975 with $15,000 of their
own and s loan from the Small
Business Administration. Lowery
had requested $100,000 from Ike
SBAbut received $43,000, enough
Ibr two end half-months of opera
tions After flm month tales of
$100,000, the SB A was willing to
provide more assistance to the sue
cessflil new business
Lowery'sbnoiaem accomplish
meats have MM gone en-noticed
In 197B he was named Small Bum- ?
neat Person of the Year by
Mctroiina Native Assericaa Asso
ciation A year later, he received
North Carolina's Small Business
Person of the Year awaid and was
named "Tar Heel <rfthe Week "by
Entrepreneur ofthe Yearftw North
Carolina '*
He currently serves on several
oorporate hoards and; hold mem
bership in a number of business
organizations Lowery was re
cently appointed a director of the
Charlotte office of the Federal Re
serve Bank in Richmond and was
men! of Indian People Award at
the 1994 North Carolina Indian
Lowery is asarried to the farmer
Judy Locklear of Pembroke, alao a
PSU graduate They have three
children. Shelly. Dana, a senior at
Pembroke Stale University today,
and Brandon.
Local men involved in indepth
course for tobacco producers
Craig Lovcttc and Gene Ran
som employees of Pale's Supply
Company of Pembroke, were re
cently involved in an indeplh
course for tobacco producers and
agribusincssmcn The Tobacco
Snort Course was sponsored by
Philip Morris. USA. and oonducted
by the North Carolina Cooperative
Extension Service
Most of the four day course
involved classroom instruction of
the campusofNorth Carolina Stale
University dealing with various
topics related to tobacco produc
tion. management, and market
ing Sessions were also contacted
with the Federal Tobacco Grading
Service as well as the NCDA Ag
ronomk Division Participants
wen shown the procedure* forpro
cesstng soil, nematode, tissue, and
water lefts The highlight of the
week was a day long Ms trip to the
J PTaytor Stenuneiy in Henderson
NC and the Philip Morris manu
facturing and research thdHtias tn
Richmond. VA.
According to Everett Davis,
county Extenion Director wtth the
Robcsoa County Center at the
North Carolina Cooperative Ex
tendon Service, the priman pur
pose at the Tohaoco Short caine
ftto prcvr^thetate^lechnoiogj,
r
mat Mai mug leaf qMltty' Employ
meal and pcoyam opportunities
ait offered to all people rcitardlcy*
of race, color, aattoaal on gin. aax
age. or tfiaabilHy
Mr. Dmlt Mill, Mgr. ?/
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