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VOLUME 2; g THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1996
Mai I Williams to run for
Sevi i Congressional Seat
Attorney Marcus W. Williams,
a native of Robeson County, has
filed for 7th Congressional seal.
He was born in Lumberton and is
the son of Russell and Sadie Williams.
He is married to former
Assistant District Attorney Althca
Johnson Williams. They reside in
Wilmington.
Williams' educational background
includes Lumberton Senior
High; the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill and the
University of Minnesota School of
Law. He is received numerous academic
awards, honors and scholarships.
Williams has been la licensed
attorney in North Carolina and
Minnesota for more than sixteen
years He served as Executive Director
of Legal Services of the
Coastal Plains in Ahoskic: Executive
Director of Legal Services of
the Lower Cape Fear (for seven
counties)) for the past nine years:
President of the Association of
North Carolina Legal Services
Project Directors.
Williams is also a member of
the Federal Court Advisory Committee
for the Eastern District:
Board of the New Hanover County
Bar Association: NC State Bar;
NC Bar Association. MN State'
Bar; Federal District Court; U.S.
Fourth Circuit Court and U.S. Supreme
Court.
Williams' political activities
date back to his high school days.
He served as Student Body President
of Lumberton Senior High
School; Student Body President at
the University of North Carolina
in Chapel Hill: SludentBody President
at the University of Minnesota
Law School; has served three
terms as chair of Precinct 16 in
Wilmington. Vice Chair of New
Hanover County Democratic Party ,
and he finished third out of five
(behind Hunt and Thornburg) in
the 1992 Democratic Primary in
the Race for Governor
Williams recently resigned his
position as the Executive Director
of Legal Services of the Lower
Cape Fear to seek election to the
Seventh congressional District
In announcing his bid for election.
Williams released the following
goals and aspirations for the
Seventh Congressional District.
."Createa more robust, job-producing
economy with an emphasis
on regional economic development
and raising the minimum wage
"Assure access to comprehensive
health care.
"Enhance primary and secondary
educational opportunities
"Safeguard and preserve our
precious environment
" Reduce government spending
and promote the efficient and ef- v
fective use of our tax dollars
"Encourage family planning
and promote polices that support
the family
" Assure uniformity of sentences
and certainty of punishment for
violent crimes
"Enforce pay equity in the public
sector
"Overhaul the welfare system
and maintain job training."
Edward Tyner Seeks
School board Seat
Edward E. Tyner filed for one of
the at-large seat on the Robeson
County Public Schools Board of
Education Tuesday.
Mr. Tyner released this statement
after filing. "As a concerned Advisory
Council member and an interested
parent, I have attended 85
to 90 percent of the Board meetings
voluntarily, with no obligation to
do so, over the past five years and
at my own expense.
"Having observed first hand, I
feel that we need to work more in
the direction of where we want our
schools and students to be in the
21st century. ?
"I feel that I can work for the betterment
of education for all the students
of Robeson County. I am
willing to accept the challenge to
work for the betterment of our children's
education by contributing
my time and talents to this
endeavor."
A 1971 graduate of St. Pauls
High School, Mr. Tyner received
his Associate of Applied Science
degree (Political Science) from
Robeson Community College before
earning a Bachelor's degree in
Applied Science (Sociology) from
Pembroke State University in 1979.
He then received the Masters degree
in Human Relations in 1984
from Golden Gate University in
San Francisco.
Upon ending his .military career,
in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr.
Tyner accepted employment as a
Transition Services Specialist at
Fort Bragg.
He is involved in this community
in many ways. Mr. Tyner is currently
President of the St. Pauls
Middle School PTA, and a member
of the school's Advisory Council.
He was formerly past VicePresident
. " of the St
Pauls Elementary School PTA and
Advisory Council Chairman there.
He is a Booster Club member, and
Second Vice-President of the Lions
Club. Mr. Tyner is Commander Of
Amerjcan Legion Post 5, and
serves on the War Memorial Committee.
In addition, he is a member
of St. Pauls CrimeStoppcrs Board
of Directors.
Mr. Tyner, his wife, Wanda, and
a daughter, Ashley, are members of
Great Marsh Baptist Church.
Elections for the three at-large
seats on the Board of Education
will be held May 7, 1996. District
seats for Districts 1, 4, 5, and 7 are
also to be voted on. St. Pauls,
which is in District 6, will not elect
a School Board member in the'district,
but voters can vote for the atlarge
scats.
Pembroke BPW
Club Activities
The Pembroke Business and
Professional Women's Club held
its monthly meeting February 5 in
the James B Chavis Center on the
.PSU campus *
Items that were discussed included
the annual Shamrock Ball
to be held March 15 at the Pembroke
Jayccc Hut: high school
scholarships: state and national
conferences: District V Winter
Planning Session: and contributions
the club has given to HOSPICE.
Family Violence Center, and
several ladies in the community
Representatives of the Pembroke
Business and Professional
Women's Club attended a winter
planning session on Saturday. February
17 in Sanford.
North Carolina BPW President.
Dr. Arlene McKay, conducted the
training session with three major
themes focused upon which included
"Preparing for Tomorrow;'
''" Marketing Your LO:" and
' StrengtheningYourLO: Visibility.
Programming and Leadership"
A brain storming and sharing
session was conducted to try to
achieve waysof making local, state
and national BPWs stronger networks
ip prompting its vision as
being the leading advocate for
working women.
Those representatives who attended
the session were Pembroke
BPW President-elect, Yvonne
Barnes Dial and first Vice President
Annette Strickland
March of Dimes
Walk Set April 13
Robeson County's 1996 march
of Dimes Walk America for Someone
You Love is set for Saturday.
April 13, at Robeson Communis
College Registration is at 8 a ni:
the walk begins at 9 p.m
The March of Dimes' mission
is to improve the health of babies
by preventing birth defects and
infant mortality. Funds raised
through the Team Walk arc critical
for support of programs of research.
communitv services, education
and advocacy
Sponsors and walking teams
arc still needed Call Julie at 910/
843-3691 or Trudy at 910/6715450
for more inforrrtation.
Walk/Run to benefit
Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation
The Southeastern Lifcstvlc Fitness
Center will sponsor a $K (3 I
mile) Walk/Run for benefit the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on Saturday.
March 30, at the Center.
4895 Faycttcvillc Road Registration
will begin at 9 a.m.; event at
9:30 a.m. Free refreshments, trophies
and prizes The entry fee is
$5 per person For more information,
call Barb Bullard at 738543.3
Mrs. Mildred Maynor, rood .services Supervisor of PSRC. came
over to Rowland Norment and held a nutritional class with all 4th
grade students. Teachers are assisted by Margaret Stephens, Cafeteria
Manager of Rowland Norment Cafeteria. Cafeteria furnished snacks
of cherries with berry mix and whipped topping. February was also
known as National Cherry Month. Shown here Mrs. Maynor and Mrs.
Stephens are helping the students to notice the nutritional facts of fats
nd cholesterol on the snacks they buy.
f ' Tom
Jones seeks election as
Robeson County Register of Deeds
Thomas " Tom" Jones. Jr a
native Robesonian has rcccnlU
filed for the Register of Deeds
Office for Robeson County and
has released the following statement
After much encouragement
from friends and supporters 1
am offering myself as a candidate
for the office of Register of
Deeds for Robeson County As
^ a candidate, my intentions arc
' to continue to work for a progressive
Robeson County I
was a candidate in the last election
for this position, and I have
never stopped campaigning
1 bring much experience as a
record keeper by virtue of the fact
that the many organizations 1 am
affiliated with. I serve in the capacity
as the official record keeper
Further, lam fully aware of the fact
that once citizens file their documents.
it becomes the responsibility
of the Register of Deeds to
protect and keep their documents
safe It is a known fact there is
always room for improvement. I
envision developing a network with
other Register of Deeds across the
state to see how we might make
improvements or incorporate our
ideas to better serv e the public. As
an employer of the Robeson County
Tax Department in the position of
real estate tax appraiser, most of
my work is initiated from the Register
of Deeds Office.
I graduated from Rosenwald
High School. Sampson Technical
Institute. Essex College of Business
and attended Pembroke State
University I am presently presi
dent of the Robeson Cou nty B lack
Caucus. Chairman of the Board
of Trustccs for Robeson Community
College, a member of the
Board of Directors of First Baptist
Homes Incorporated In addition
I serve as Truslcc and Sunday
School teacher at First Baptist
Church West 2nd St. Lumbcrton.
a member of Golden Leaf
Lodge #124. Carpenter
Consistory #164. and Ouda
Temple #147. I have served in
the past as a boy scout master,
former PTA president of Magnolia
High School, as well as a
former member of the Magnolia
Advisory Council I am also
active in many other organizations.
I am a native Robesonian.
born and raised in Fairmont,
lived in the Saddletree community.
approximately twenty (20)
years, and continues to live in the
Lumbcrton community Lam
married to Ruby Rowc Jones,
and have five (5) children, and
eight (8) grandchildren
Juried Fine Art Exhibition Part
of NC Indian Unity Conference
A juried fine art exhibition will
be a part of the upcoming North
Carolina Indian Conference to be
held in Raleigh March 7-9 at the
North Raleigh Hilton This is the
sixth consecutive year a fine art
exhibition has been a part of the
conference sponsored by United
Tribes of North Carolina.
? Jane Jacobs, UTNC arts and
crafts coordinator, says there is no
entry fee and that the exhibition
offers an opportunity for established
and emerging Indian artists
to show and share their work with
the state and community. .
All artists submitting work must
be 18 years of age or older and be
a member of a North Carolina
Indian tribe or any other Native
American presently residing in the
state According to Jacobs all
mediums arc acceptable including
painting, pottery, beadwork, basketry,
etc All entries must be
original and completed within the
last three years, and not entered in
the conference-sponsored juried
fine art exhibitiqp in the last three
years. No kits, molds, or print
reproductions of original works
will be accepted. All work accepted
as part of this exhibition
will travel to the Guilford Native
American Art Gallery in Greensboro
for a show which will run
March 17-May 31, 1996
According to exhibition curator.
Barbara Braveboy-Locklear.
the 2-day exhibition, titled
SHARED BELIEFS AND SYMBOLS
- INTO A WINDOW WE
GLARE" will officially open to
the public Thursday. March 7. at
5:30 p.m. with an artists reception.
The exhibition will be open
the following day from 9 a.m -6
p.m. i
"Those artists planning to enter
work in the exhibition must
register no later than March 4
Registration can be made at the
North Carolina Indian Cultural
Center in Pembroke. Artists may
submit three pieces of work. No
slide entries will be accepted Two
dimensional work may not exceed
4 feet in height or 3 feet in w idlh.
including framing Works must
be framed, wired, and ready to
hang at the lime of entry No
framcclipswillbcallowcd Threedimensional
work may not exceed
4 feet in height or 3 feet in width
Works must be stable and accompanied
by any necessary supports
at the time of entry." says
Braveboy-Locklear
Entrants may deliver their w ork
to the North Carolina Indian Cultural
Center, One Recreation Road
Pembroke. NC no latcrthan March
4. Please have labels completed
prior to delivery. Each art object
must be properly packaged for
transportation to conference site
For further information aboul
the juried fine art exhibition.
"SHARED BELIEFS ANDSYMBOLS-1NTO
A WINDOW WF
GLARE" call Barbara Bravcbo\ Locklcar
at 910/739-0058. or
Ernestine Bullifant at the NC Indian
Cultural Center: 910/5212433
Activities at Pembroke
Housing Authority
On February 20, 19% Mr. Bill
Guin. Counselor at Palmer Drug
Abuse visited the Youth Center.
Mr. Guin gave a presentation on
staying off drugs. The youth really
enjoyed the visit and were excited
by the way Mr. Guin gave his
presentation. A special thanks goes
to Mr. Guin and the Palmer Drug
Abuse Program from the Pembroke
On February 26,1996 the youth
attended a Youth Rally at Prospect
United Methodist Church The
event was sponsored by the Prospect
United Methodist Church. The
event was sponsored by the Prospect
United Methodist Men. the
Young Christian Association of
Swett High and the Young Ladies
Fellowship of Prospect UMC.
There were lots of good singing by
the Prospect Youth Choir and Rc\
Steve Jones. Pastor ofHarpcrs Ferry
Baptist Church was the guest
speaker. The youth from Pembroke
Housing Authority along with other
6(H) youth and a terrific time "It
was amazing to sec so many youth
go up and give their life to the
Lord." said Mitchell "Bosco"
Locklcar. Pembroke Housing Drug
EliminationCoordinator Locklcar
would like to thank Prospect
Church and the many sponsors,
especially God for this wonderful
event
Pembroke Kiwanis Report
The monthly business meeting was held Tucsday evening at the Town
and Country Restaurant with President Bob Lowry presiding Lt
Governor David Lain and Mrs. Lain were in attendance, as were four
members or the Lillington Kiwanis Club Gov. Lain is from the
Faycttcvillc Kiwanis Club and he presented new members. Hampton
Bray boy and David Graham with their Kiwanis pins
"We build boys and girls, not houses." stated Gov Lain. "We have
youth groups, the Circle K Clubs in colleges and the Kc? Clubs in the
high schools doing many service projects " "Many Kiwanis principles
arc engaged world wide including the Golden Rule, high social standards.
physical fitness, high public awareness of justice and freedom,
basically. Kiwanis is a community service organization World wide it
has one in every thousand people in its membership
Treasurer Albert Hunt reported $3,608 14 in the treasury. Bob lowry
announced. "Career Day will be held at Hilly Branch School on the 27th
of March " Also. The Carolinas Convention will be held on the 16th of
March in Charlotte Kiwanians Garth Lxtcklcar Furnic lambcrt.
Hampton Brayboy and Clay May nor plan to attend, as docs Henry Ward
Oxcndinc There will be 12.000 Kiwanians in attendant, plus wives
Lt Gov Lain discussed the Hixon Award fund raiser as being world
w idc Its main objective is to raise funds to held combat iodine deficiency
of millions of people A true effort to help UNICEF in alleviating the
iodine deficiency disease
Program - Bob Lowry'. Invocation - Vardcll Sweet. Song Leader - Ld
Tccts. Reporter - Ken Johnson
CRecf Cloud's
'Prayer
"O g'KLATS'WWT, 0 pmy you
to took upon us. We arc your
children and you placed us
first in this (and.
'"We pray you to look down upon
US/ so tfiat nothing 6ut truth
shall be spoken in this council.
We donotaskfor anything
6ut wftat is right ana just.
"When you made your red
children, O great Sprit, you
made them to fiave merry on
them. CNgw we are 6ejoreyou
today, praying you to look
down on us, arui fiave pity on
your poor red children.
"you are tfie protector of those
who use the bow and arrow,
as well as those people who
wear fiats, 'J hope we do not
pray to you in vain. We are
poor and ignorant, 6ut our
fathers have told us tfrat we
would not be in distress if we
asked you for assistance.
"O great Spirit, fook down on
your children at id take pity on
tfiem."