j HE CAROLINA INDIAN VOM??~
" Is | I Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, ? L^W> /
VOLU ? EH 38 THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1995 ??
I. Strickland annouces
re-election bid to LREMC Board | |
Timothy Strickland, farmer and
businessman of Pembroke, has
announced his re-election bid to
the Board of Directors of Lumbcc
River Electric Membership Cor
poration He has served eighteen
years. In making his announce
ment. Mr Strickland released the
following statement
"I am proud of my record as a
member of the LRF.MC Board of
Directors It has not always been
1 an easy task, but I have served
faithfully and hav e made decisions
based on what I felt was in the best
interests of the cooperative The
EMC is a business, and it must be
mnncd as such We arc fortunate
J to have a good administrator at the
helm and his leadership ability
| coupled with the Board of Dircc
i ha* rpqillfft in mif Intyl
? crativc becoming one 6T the most
progressive in the country
"We have recruited new indus
1 try into our sen ice area We have
prov ided information to our con
sumers and tried to keep them
informed aboul our cooperative
We have provided energy saving
tips that help consumers keep elec
tric bills within reason It is unre
alistic to think lluil electric bills
will overcome down Electricity is
a necessity and the goat of the
EMC is to pro\ ide this sen ice to
those in the area without undue
expense The local EMC has been
extremely successful in the past
few years providing sen ice to new
industry, houses, churches, farms,
and businesses Tlic staled goal of
EMC is to provide affordable, cost
conscious electricity to rural areas
During my tenure on the Board of
Directors I am proud of how well
we have done our job
"It is true that we as members
of the Board of Directors must
safeguard ik. UKciMMtt ef otu
consumers, which is the coopera
tive Therefore. I have been very
conscn aliv e in making decisions
aboul how our money is spent I
have tried to make decisions rela
tive to spending cooperative mon
?cs with the same conscrxalive
thought that I apply to my own
finances Our cooperative. aflcrall.
is no better that we the consumers
make it As member consumers,
we all progress together or we all
Tail together I am happy lo say thai
at EMC we arc progressing very
well and our cooperative is a viable
business
' 'Our present board of directors
work very well together We go j
into the board room and discuss U
issues, and agree on a solution to a |
problem and conic out of the board |
room, irrcgardlcss of the discus- H
sion inside, united in ourclTorls to I
pro\ ide t he best possible sen ice to
our consumers We ha\ c a general 1
manager w ho works well w ilh the 1
board aud we are happy with the |
othercmployccsofthcco-op Over- I
all. xvc haxc a good staiT and they
arc dedicated to our consumers
' During my eighteen years as a
member of the board ordircclors. I I II
haxc dedicated myself to scning
|Ik best interests of the total coop
cratixc I believe that I haxc per
formed my duties xxell And if lam
re-elected as your rcprcscmalix c. I
commit my self to continuing to
operate with the consumers in
mind ."
The Annual Meeting of the I
LREMC xxill be held on Tuesday
October 1 at the PSU Performing II
Arts Center Consumers ai this
time xx ill elect four rcprcsenlatix cs
to the Board of Directors Regis
tration begins at six o'clock p.m
Mr Strickland concluded "In1
order for your xote to count you
must xote for four I humbly ask
that you make Timothy Strickland
oik of your four *'
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cral positions of authority He and
his wife Ruthic reside on their
farm just outside the Pembroke
City Limits, near Harper's Ferry
Baptist Church
LRDA designated as entity
to receive federal funds on
behalf of tribe for 1996
by Conner Bray boy
Lumbee Regional Development
Association has been designated as the
agency to receive funds on behalf of the
Lumbee Tribe This designation was
made in a recent letter to Gov ernor Jim
Hunt from the Department of Health
and Human Services. Washington.
D C and dated September 13. 1905
The designation was for receiving
the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the
Community Services Block Grant
(CSBG) funding for the Lumbee
Indians
The letter say s in part... "The issues
concerning this funded arise from a
question as to w hich of two entities, the
Lumbee Regional Development
Association (LRDA) or the Lumbee
Che raw Tribal Government, is the
official entity to represent the Lumbee
people and receive grants on their
behalf. We share your concern that this
controversy not stand in the way of
providing LIHEAP or CSBG serv ices
to the Lumbee people
"Your letter indicated that you do
not have the authority to recognize a
tribal government for the tribe The
accompanying advisory opinion from
the North Carolina Attorney General's
office states that the Commission on
Indian Affairs also lacks this authority,
and. thus, the resolutions are of no
legal effect You asked that the funds
that normally would go to the Lumbee
Tribe be held in escrow separateh
from the Stale s L1HEAP and CSBG
funds until the matter is resolved locally
'Both the State and Lumbee
LIHEAP programs traditionally begin
in October Accordingly, prompt
resolution is necessary in order to avoid
si ice disruption We have an
obligation to take timely action on
these applications
"The attorney general's advisory
?union states that the Lumbee Cheraw
ribal Government has not been
extended official recognition by the State,
and that it has not sought such
recognition through the State's
established procedures We. therefore,
know of know action by the State or any
Federal agency that would suggest the
Lumbee Cheiaw Tribal Government has
status as of this date to receive Federal
grants on behalf of the Tribe
" in the aosence 01 instructions iu
the contrary. we plan to rel) on the
precedent established in prior years to
provide funds for FY 1996 to the Lumbee
people through LRDA. Thisacuon would
not be intended in any way to prejudice
or influence the ultimate decision on
which entity is the legal representative
of the Lumbee people. We would expect
that matter to be resolved in a permanent
fashion before the beginning of the FY
1997 grant cycle "
The issue of tribal government vs
LRDA is in litigation at this time The
Tribal Council has filed suit in Robeson
County asking a Superior Court Judge
to declare that the Constitution of the
Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians is the
duly adopted organic document of the
Lumbee Tribe and the oflicers elected
thereunder re the duly authorized
representatives of the Lumbee Tribe,
with the exclusive right and
responsibility of representing the
Lumbee Tribe
The suit also asks the court to stop
LRDA from holding itself out as the
Lumbee Tribe, the governing body of
the Lumbee Tribe, or the authorized
representative of the Lumbee Tribe
The suit further asks that assets at
LRDA be transferred to the tnbal
council
Celebration To Hold
Downtown Street
Festival Sept 23
The Town of Pembroke will hold a
Downtown Street Festival on Septem
ber 23. 1993 from6:30 until 9p m. as
part of its ongoing Centennial Celebra
tion The Festival will include enter
tainment. refreshments, and a fireworks
display The "Great DARE Band",
sponsored by the Lumberton Police
Department, is the featured entertain
ment
The event will be held on Main
Street in front of the Pembroke Court
house The fireworks display will begin
at 9:15 pm The event wtll have lim
ited arts and crafts and food vendors
The public is cordially invited to come
out and emoy the evening of festivities
For additional information call Gre
gory Cummings at (910) 32I-S602 or
Harry Oxendine at (910) 321-9424
Hardin Named
Teacher of the
Year for Deep
Branch School
Mr. James Ray Hardin was
named the 1995-96 Teacher oj
the Year for Deep Branch El
ementary Mimtessori School. Mr.
Hardin tvas chosen by his co
workers for hLs dedication and
child centered approach in teach
ing. He Is a fourth grade teacher
who is pursuing certification as
an elementary Montessori
teacher.
Mr. Hardin has been teaching
for seven years.
McNeill Joins
Interim
HealthCare
Timothy L McNeill has been
named Branch Manager and Di
rector or Corporate Development
of the Laurtnburg office of Interim
HealthCare A native of Robe ion
Count> McNeill holds a Masters
degree in Health Policy and Ad
ministration from UNC-CH
McNeill's expertise lies in strate
gic planning, managed care con
tracting and community health
do clopmcnt
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Cliff Sampson seeks seat on
EMC Board of Directors
Clifton Sampson Jr .ownerand
operator of Sampsons Rest Homes
is seeking election to the LREMC
Board of Directors In making his
annonnccmcni. Sampson released
the following statement
"lam a long lime businessman
in the counts 1 have operated sev
eral successful businesses, among
them was Cliff s Package Store in
Pembroke I now own and operate
four rest homes in the Philadcl
phus conimumtv I know what it is
to make sound business decisions
I have had business experience
and rccogni/e that the LREMC is
s
a big business and believe that
business-nunded people should
comprise the board of directors
There is no other wav lor the coop
erative to work efficiently and ef
fectively except through sound
business practices.
"lam aware also that the busi
ness of the cooperative is owned by
the members it serves I believe
that the members of our coopera
tive want representatives who know
how to operate a business They
deserve no less The most effec
tive. cost efficient way to operate a
business is to look at an issue.
make dee i none basod on what
works best for the overall coopcra
live I am able to do litis 1 am I
capable of making busiactf* I
minded decisions that will result
in ike most efficient operation of
our cooperative.
I have had formdl schooling ?
in our local schools and taken busi
ness courses at various colleges
is a wondcrffei commodny. good
common sense also plays a nuyor
role in the running ofanv business
To have a successful cooperative I
the members of Ihc board of three- i
lore must be sble to relate to the
consumers They must take action
that demonstrates that they arc a
pan of the cooperative For indeed
the board is We arc all a pan of the
cooperative and our cooperative is I
no better than wt make h
"I have a desire to aerve I am
willing to serve I am business I
mi i><Jcd enough to help make sound
decisions. I have enough common
sense to stay with the Macs of the
cooperative and not got caught up I
in personalities or personal agen
das. I sincerely seek your vole and I
support** October 3.1995. A vote I
for me ia a vote for a business man
to represent you on the EMC
board.
Sampaon and his wife. Madotyn.
live near their real homes in the H
Philadelphus community
Sampson is the son of the late I
Clifton Sampson. Sr and the late
Bertha Gotna Sampson.
St. Pauls Sailor Makds~Kare Visit to Russia
bv J Hum C'hud)
On Board The USS Fifc--Thc
Navy offers young men and women
a chance lo see I he world For Na\ y
Seaman Larry V Osendine. (he
world got a lillle smaller as he
made a rare visit to Vladivostok
Russia aboard the desirover USS
Fife (DD Wl) in July
During the five-day visit
Oscndinc. the 19-vcar-old son of
Betty Oscndinc of St Pauls, had
the chance to lour the historic city
and Russia's most important Pa
cific port
Hundreds of smiling faces
greeted Oxcndinc a 1994 gradu
ate of St Pauls High School and
oilier Fife Sailors, wherever they
went The cil) of 7IMMNN) ic nol
used lo many visitors - especially
visitors from the US Navy
Vhdivoslok was closed to both
foreigners and non-residents alike
from I<>V> through II Ovcndinc
is only oik of a lew hundred Navy
personnel to visit I he city since the
fall of the Sov iet Union
While in Vladivostok. Ovcndine
celebrated Iwo holidays the city's
IHih anniversary and Indepen
dence Dav for the United States
File a Spruiinoe-el ass destroyer
made I Ik visit to Vladivostok from
her ImiiKportofYokosuka. Japan
Oxendinc and the rest ofthe 35<?
man crew on the Fife arc an impor
tant pari of Carrier Group Fi\e
which includes the aircraft earner
USS Independence (CV 62). As
En of the Independence Batik
oup. the H.OMWon warship pro
\ ides anti-submarine surface and
air defense
Living in Japan and traveling
all around Asia is one mgior ben
efit of being in the Navy for
Oxendinc
"I joined the Navy to see the
world and get money for college
tuition." said Oxendinc. a one
year Navy veteran
Oxendinc is a dock seaman of
Fife and performs maintenance on
all the ship's surfaces and operates
the small auxiliary boats earned
on the ship He finds the job both
challenging and professionally re
warding
' The most rewarding aspect of
my job is knowing that my ship
mates arc counting on me to per
form my duties professionally and
correctly." said Oxendinc
In August the Fife departed Ja
pan again with the Independence
Battle Group for a routine deploy -
mem to the Arabian Gulf, where
they will piirticipato in Operation
Southern Watch The time at sea
will give Oxendinc a chance to
focus on some of his goals
"I am looking forward to the
adventure of gelling familiar with
places that other people may not
have the opportunity to see.' said
Oxendinc
After a trip to Vladivostok, it is
easy to understand why Oxendinc
thinks the Navy is a good starting
point in life
The Navy is a good choice for
anyone that warns the satisfaction
of being independent and to de
velop the skills to lake charge
said Oxendinc
Local realtors to
conduct meetings
Want (o buy a house but afraid
xou'll getburned' Attend an infor
malional meeting conducted b\
local relators on Thursdas Octo
ber 26 at Robeson Count) Library
Auditonum. Second Street, l.uin
berton. NC at 7 p m to learn more
about prc-homc ownership educa
tion course soon lobe available To
be conducted by local realtors
A meeting willbe held on Thurs
day. Sept 28 at Pembroke Housing
Oltice Lock (ear Court Pembroke
at 7p m
Lumbee Warriors
Campaign begins
The Lubmcc Warn on Campaign
begins tomorrow. Friday. September 22.
IV95 with a Fundraising Kickoff RaJh.
The all da> event will be held at Rivcndtc
Independent Baptist Church, located
four miles West of 1-95 on Hw> 74
There will be barbecue and c hi Wen
plates for sale for $4 or a combination
for S3
A drawing for a special prize will be
held that day Also a gospel sing and
fellowship will be held While there will
be no charge tot the waging, an offering
will be received
The (hade ratted will be Heed to
support the Tnbal government
the lembee W amort Campaign it
an effort io rcattc S30.000 within ua
months to financially aaetat the tribal
government Tribal government it
comprised of 21 members of the tribal
council and the Chairman of the Tribe.
Or Daiioa Brooks
The public is cordially invtied to
attend this rally