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Pubi ! j | r chThursday by First American Publications, Pembrokejfi&^^^SSSU
VOLUME 22 NUMBER 26 _ C ? THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1995
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NorthCaroli s g rsf International Baccalaureate
senior class i 's Indian scholar
Ryan Eugene Emanuel of Char
lotte was among the fifH-three
high school seniors recently hon
ored by Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools and School Superinten
dent John Murphy at a reception
held at Charlotte's First Union
Center As parents and teachers
looked on Dr Murphy and mem
bers of the school sy stems leader
ship team recogm/ed the first class
of seniors to complete the aca
demic requirements of the Inter
national Baccalaureate (IB) High
School Diploma Program. The
academically gifted scholars are
1995 graduates of Myers Park and
Independence High Schools and
were the first to participate in and
complete the world class IB cur
riculum in the Public Schools of
North Carolina One hundred ten
Charlotte-Mecklenburg pioneer
scholars embarked upon the pur
suit of the IB diploma three years
ago, fifty-three have finished, lead
ing the way for the more than
twenty-five hundred undergradu
ates currently enrolled in what is
now viewed as the system's most
ambitious academic endeavor ever
undertaken
In his remarks. Dr Murphy
stated that the International Bac
calaureate program is widely re
garded as the most rigorous col
lege-preparatory plan in the world
Based on the pattern of no single
country, the IB program provides
?tudents of different linguistic,
social, and critical perspectives
necessary to be active as world
citizens in the twenty-first cen
tury
A 1995 graduate of Charlotte
Mecklenburg's Independence
High School. Ryan graduated with
a number of academic honors and
was ranked academically among
the top ten seniors in a class of 466
students. A nominee for the Duke
Power Scholastic Excellence
Awards. Ryan will receive one of
only six Duke Power Minority
Scholarships to be aw arded in the
Carolinas Crediting, in part his
participation in the IB. Rvan has
received college admission and
scholarship offers to Appalachian.
Duke. Harvard, and Johns Hopkins
Universities in addition to an ap
pointment to The United Stales
Air Force Academy Recognized
asa 1995 regional All-Star Scholar
by the Charlotte Observer. Rvan
has served as President of the Na
tive American Student Organiza
tion at Independence and a student
representative to the Indian Edu
cation Parent Committee of Char
lotte-Mecklenburg Schools. In
addition to his many scholastic
achievements. Ryan is an Eagle
Scout, an Order of the Arrow Vigil
Honor Member, and President of
his Church Youth Group After
participating in a church spon
sored mission trip to South Florida,
Ryan will return to a job with the
United States Geological Survey.
Water Resources Div ision Ryan
plans to attend Duke University' in
the fall where he will study biol
ogy
With many of his relatives re
siding in Robeson County. Ryan
wishes to thank each of them for
their support and prayers, espe
cially his grandmothers, Mrs
Vernice Emanuel Hughes. Rennert
Road, and Mrs Martha Demery
Odom of the Sandy Plains Com
munity Ryan's parents are Laney
and Pam Emanuel
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Grand Marshals Chosen for
Homecoming Parade
The Lumbcc Homecoming
Committee has chosen the Rever
end Isaiah Locklcar and Miss
Natasha Wagoner to serve as the
1995 Grand Marshals for the Lum
bcc Homecoming Parade
Rev Isaiah locklcar who is a
young 95 years of age is known
throughout Robeson and other
counties for his pastoral work, al
ways as an adv ocalc for Lumbcc
people He is the LRDA recipient
of the prestigious Henry Berry
Lowrie Award this year
Miss Natasha Teresa Wagoner
was crowned Miss Indian USA on
May 4. 1995 She was Miss Lum
bce in 1993 and is currently en
rolled at Wingatc College She has
served as a positive role model Tor
Indian youth and has worked to
preserve the traditional ways of
Indian culture
These two individuals epito
mize the true essence of the Nat ive
American as they strive to main
tain the tie between the commu
nity and Indian culture
The LRDA Board and slafT
applaud the efforts of these two
deserving individuals and wish
them the best in their endeavors
Ashley Brooke Cox
Helton A Shmri Brooks
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Junior Miss Lumbee Pageant to be held July 5
The Junior Miss Lumbee Pagcnat will be hdd July Sat 7 pm. at the PSUPerfonnign Arts Center The reigning Junior Miss Lumbee. Rebckah
Chantay Revels, will relinquish her crown to one of the following contestants: (Parents are named also)
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John A Janice Locklear
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Shelly Denyale Scott
Randy A Sandra Scott
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Little Miss
Pageant to be held
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The reigning Little Mia Lumbee Meredith Leuuie Hunt will
relinquish her crown on July 3 M 7 p m. in the PSU Performing Arts
Center One of the following oontesmus will be the new Link Miss
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