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11 i CAROLINA INDU? VOWr-1 9-3 J ^ || | H n N fished each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC VOLUME! THURSDAY, JULY 20, 199S 23 CENTS EMC J. ^ v, .rs .memory of deceased director ?i????g?????? ?????? The Board ofDirectors ofLumbee River Electric Membership Corporation honored the memory of deceased director Mr. J.W. Hunt at their July board meeting. Board President Lacy Cummings presided over a reception and ceremony attended by members of Mr. Hunt's family, board members and members ofthe co-op's staff. During the ceremony Mr. cummings recognized Mr. Hunt's 2-4 years of dedication and commitment to both LREMC the community. Mr. Cummings presented a plaque to Mr. Hunt's widow, Mrs. Dorothy Hunt, and other family members. Mr. J. W. Hunt represented co-op members from the District 2 area. He wasfirst elected to the board in 1971 and held that seat until his death on June 11, 1995. Lumber River EMC Board President Lacy Cummings presents a plaque to Dorothy Hunt, the widow of Mr. J. W. Hunt, in recognition of her late husband's trventy-four years of dedicated service to the co-op. Mr. Roger Oxendine, who resides in the township of daddy*, was officially sworn in as a director of Lumber River EMC at the co-op's July board meeting. At its June meeting, the Board of Directors of LREMC appointed Mr. Oxendine tofill the unexpired term of Mr. J. W. Hunt who recently passed away. In order to retain this seat Mr. Oxendine will be required to seek election from District 2 in October along with three other incumbents: Timothy Strickland, District J; James Hardin, District S, and Madie Rae Locklear, At-large. Mr. Oxendine is self employed and serves on the Board of Trustees at Pembroke State University, the Board of Directors of DBA T, is a director on the Com Growers Association and Chairman of the Advisory Board to the North Carolina Department of Labor. He is married and has four children. Lumbee River EMC Board President, Lacy Cummings, swears in new board member Mr. Roger Oxendine. Do you recognize these people? Can you name everyone in the above photo? I) you can, write the names on a pott card and send it to Joe Red Buff aloe, P.O. Box 1179. Pemroke, NC28372. All correct entries will he eligiblefar a drawing and camU }vin 1200.00. Please include return address. Post cards will be accepted only. Piney Grove Cafeteria Manager earns award Pintry Grove Cafeteria Manager Earn* Awards at N.C. School Food Service Annual Conference The 1995 N.C. School Food Service Association Annual Conference wa* held in Greensboro, N.C. in June More than 1,009 member* from across N.C. attended the Food Service Frontiers Food Show as well as the Education Sessions. Members of the Robeson County Chapter attended the three day conference On Wednesday, the 9th annual Culinary Arts and Seasonal Decorations Show was held. There were 453 entries in all The biggest Culinary Arts Show the Conference has ever had. Linda Baldwin, the Cafeteria Manager at Piney Grove Elementary School, won third place in Miscellaneous Breads, third place In Miscellaneous Desserts, and third place in Complete Breakf ast Tray. Pictured is the Complete Breakfast Tray that won third place. It consist of orange juice, lowfat milk. Honey Nut Cheerio*, and a slice of toast with a strawberry for garnish. i I See Scenes from Lumbee Homecoming Parade Page 3 Mayor Milton Hunt files for another turn at Pembroke's helm Pembroke - 1b Pembroke Mayor Milton Hunt has decided to file for another term. He joins current commissioners Gregory Cummings and Larry McNeill as the only people from Pembroke who have Hied for re election, as of Wednesday. July 19. 1995 Brooks to Chair Board of Education Paul Brooks of Pembroke was elected as Chairman of the Board of Education for the Public Schools of Robeson County on Tuesday night Brooks, an Indian, replaces Angus Thompson, a Black. Brooks was nominated by Board member Terry Smith and the vote was unanimous Brooks sisomrves as Chairman of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Aflhirs Patriortic Service planned at New Prospect New Prospect Holiness Methodist Church will hold a mrtrfouc; service Sunday. July 30.1995 at 11 00 AM The public is invited with a special invitation 10 the Vetctan s and members of the Armed Forces For more information call Mary Roberts 521-0918 :'M ? * Mrs. Here* (iraham Dial b shown above carrying tome of the basket); mode by the Iota Cleveland Jacobs, I.amber craftsman Some of these baskets Mil be sold as part af am upcoming auction. More information Mil be forthcoming on this event. Science enrichment program challenges future health-care professionals CHAPEL HILI - There s more than one way for a prc-nicd student to gain hands-on experi ence in the health field Ask 20 year-old Ncdra Lewis of M.idisorl Heights. Va A junior biology major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lew is was first on the , scene to assist a roommate w ho unexpectedly ga\c birth to a baby boy in a residence hall bathroom in March In response to her roommate's cries for help. Lewis quickly dialed Oil calmed her roommate cleaned the newborn I and lied ofTlhc umbilical cord with her shoelace "I've wanted to nc a pediatri cian *ncc I wash yearsoid ' said .e' recalling the seemingly end. s minutes that passed as she and her roommate waited for para medics "It s ama/ing the kinds of unexpected opportunities that arise when you really believe in whalvou'rctningtoaccomphsh " Lewis and 26 other prc-hcalth student from nine North Carolina collcgcsand universities are spend ing most of their summer at UNC CH getting a taste of what lies ahead n a health career Sponsored b> lite N C Health Careers Access Program, an inter institutional program of the Uni versity of North Carolina based at UNC^CH. the Science Enrichment Preparation (SEP) Program helps prepare minority and economically disadv antaged students for the rig ors of advanced health professions training programs The program isn't easy Dur ing eight weeks at UNC-?"H. stu dents receive more than 15<> con tact hours of intense classroom instruction in physics, organic chemistry anatomy and physiol ogy. and quantitative skills To help students learn how to absorb the large volumes of infor mation required by health profes sions programs, and to ready them for standardized testing, (lie cur riculum includes classes in read ing speed and comprehension and preparation for admission to vari ous health professions schools Enrichment program alumni now enroll in health training pro grams are the first to explain that the process of getting intoa health professions school involves a lot more than grades and admission lest scores So. beyond academics, program participants receive help honing (heir interview skillsthrough mock sessions and panel discussions Field trips to Duke University Medical Center in Durhiini and Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh expose students to a variety of fas cination career options and pro vide an opportunity for students lo discuss thci r career decisions vv u h health professions role models And during recruitment confer ence. studcntstalkonc-on-oncMiih health professions school repre sentatives from arou nd! he con ni ry ? a tremendous adv anlagc for mi nority students who might not oth erwise be exposed to such an op portunity Besides their studies students volunteer for Durham Countv s Community Health Project bv col lecting population data on Durham community's perception of the benefits of child immunization Volunteering for the project is a unique opportunity for students to serve the Triangle community said Charles N Collier SEP Program coordinator The need to serve one's com munity is a belief strongly held by both Michael King andfracs Bull ard A junior al NX' Slate Univer sity. King's study of medical tech nology is a prelude to a career in pharmacy As a teen-ager grow - ing up in a poor neighborhood in Ijiurinburg. King said that most people in his community didn't think he would finish high school let alone make it to college "Most of the kids in my town drop out of school or fall to drugs -- either by using them selling I hem or falling to the violence they create ' he said "Isaw somami negative things growing up that I knew I had to do something better with my life so that one dav I could return to mu community to educate the younger kids about drugs and hopefully prevent them from gel ling involvod. and also try to help those who arc alrcadv caught up in the drug scene " Thcrc s no mistaking Billiard s enthusiasm for establishing a pri vate medical practice in her native Indian community of Pembroke "I have a deep respect and love for the elders of my community." said Bollard, a junior biology ma jor at Duke and one of four Native Americans in the program "Ass physician 1 will definitely cater to the elders' needs and I will make f * certain thai thc> ha\c the besi medical care possible "Thereis noqueition thai I will become a physician." she added "Thai's what I want to do " Although si inilar programs help minority and disadvantaged stu dents prepare for health careers SEP is unique because it isn't re stricted to students interested in oik career Program gradualcsarecnrotled in or ha\c completed degrees in schools of allied health chiropractic, dentistry, medicine nursing optometry, osteopathy pharmacy, physicians assistant podiatry public health and veteri nary medicine Since 1979. 45t students have completed the SEP Program Fifty - six percent arc practKing health care professionals who represent more than J0 major health areas Another 16 percent arc enrolled in health training programs, while II percent arc finishing under vr kIiliic pre-hcallh requirements The SEP Program has made a significant impact on the lives of many up -and -comma minority health profesaiowats. CoUtet said Tom Gore, a former participant and practicing public health auln tionist in Raleigh. isnocsccption "The SEP Program helped me to gain confidence in my abilities, pros ided networking opportunities (or my Interenrollment in live t INC School of Public llealih mid gave me exposure to material tliat was cover in the ORE (Chadiiate Record Examination). ' she Mid "Idon t know if I could have made it through a health training program without it .* A component ol the Itealth Pro fcMiont Preparation Program, the SEP Program if funded b\ a grant . from the Health Careers Opportu nity Program nun of the US De partment of Health and Human Scrxiccs The federal agency has funded the SEP Program since pm The N C. Health Careers Ac cess Program, established in 1971 leeks to interest racial and ethnic minority and economically disad vantaged students in health ca reers and lo enhance their opportu nities to successfully complete health training programs For information, contact the N.C Health Careers Access Pro gram. UNC-Ch. CB MKIIU. Chapel Hill. NC. telephone <9|0) 96h 2264
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