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VOLUME 23 NUMBER li' ?' THURSDAY. MAY 2, 1996 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
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Rose % trie Lowry-Townsendjdakes History
in Seventh Congressional District Race S I
Making history Cor the Seventh
Congressional District. Rose Marie
Lowiy-Townscnd out-polled seven
other Democratic candidates to
capture the lead in the
Congressional House Race. LowrvTownsend
easily out distanced
the closest compctitior Mike
Mclntvrc. with II percent olMhc
\olc to Mclnlyrc's 23 percent.
These arc unofficial totals
L
Mclni>rc received more voles in
Ihc cdunty lhan Lovvry-Tovvnsend
but she oul polled him in the
district.
Lovvry-Tovvnsend. is an
cducnlor and has served as
President or the North Carolina
Association of Educators.
Mclnlyrc is an attorney from
nearby L.umbcrton. , Lovvry
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Townscnd is a resident of
Pembroke
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Glenn Jcrnigan ofFaycttcvillc
came in third place with nineteen
percentoflhcvole GEbrgcBrcccc.
alsoofFa\etlc\ ille and Tim Dunn
finished fourth and firth place
while Wilmington attorney.
Marcus Williams was sixth.
Howard Greenbauin ofKurc Beach
received one percent of the vole
During primary elections if a
candidate docs not receive 40
percent of the vote, the next highest
vole getter may call for a run-off
election. At press lime there was
no announcement from Mclntyrc
relative to his decision. Political
observers say that the possibillv is
high that Lowry-Townsend could
be in a run-off on June 4
Cummings Beats
Locklear in District 5
Commissioner race
Newcomer Kavmona
( iimmingscasilv defeated Ki-vcar
( mmnissioncr Bobbv Dean
Locklear in (he District 5 race
I Inofficial voles show thai
<. iiiiiit>iit{JLN overcame Locklear
will) nil ovcrw'licli)ii?;:<>4 percent
pf (he vole
Cuniniings. \ iee chancellor of
smdeni affairs at Pembroke Stale
Unjvcrsilv thanked the voters or
District 5 Tor electing him and
stated Ural lie Tell that the people in _
the District just wanted a change '
Vickie Locklear, high vote
getter in Register of Deeds
Vickie Locklciir. a sin year
employee or Ihc Register of Deeds
office outpollcd four other
candidates Unofficial tallies show
that Locklciir received the highest
number of voles cns< in that
election Locklciir. an Indian
received (>. I *>H; while second place
finisher Billic Brill, a while.
received 5.115 voles; and Tom
Jones, a Black, who is cmploxcd
with Ihc Robeson Counlx tax
Department came in third place
xvith 4.16') votes Gene Jones, also
Black xx-ns low vote getter in that
race A run ofTisalso likclx in that
race
Say You Read It In
Carolina indian Voice
Jeff Moore overcomes Daniels
to become District Court Judge
Assistant Dislricl Attorney
William Jcflrcv Moore, an Indian *
and Assislanl Dislricl Attorney
Judith Daniels, a Black, run a close
race for District Court Judge
Moore won handily in thai race
rcciving more than 9 .<>00 votcss to
Daniels' more than 7.000.
Women of
Excellence
Conference
Planned
All Christian women, who
desire a deeper, fuller, more
personal relationship with their
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, arc
invited lonttcnd the second annual
"Women of Excellence"
Conference This event is
sponsored by Burnt Swamp
Association Women on Mission
and will be held at Harpers Fern
Baptist Church in Pembroke.
The Conference will.be held
Friday evening. May I7lh. from
6:30p.m.- 9:30 and ?nlurdnv May
18 from 9:00-1:00. There is no
charge forthc conference andthcrc
will be something for everyone
Reflections
A Different Kind of Mother's
Day
For the first time in my 68-plus
years. I am not giving my mother
agifi or even sending her a card. It
was the day before Mother's Da>
Inst vear that she had a stroke She
died exactly one month later, the
day before rlag Day and Donny's
birthday But I do have a new
mother in the family, my daughter
Wanda Hunt. Five months after
letting my 98-year-old mother go
(discovered the joy of becoming a
new Grandma, with our six month
old Byron. We have so much to be
thankful for on thisMothcr'sDay'
Black Elk Speaks at Carolina Civic Center
by Tom Squier
No. Black Elk isn't really going
lo speak in Lumbcrton. but his
spirit will probably be there as
llobcson County's Premier
Historic center for the Performing
Arts presents this cmolionallv
charged, intense \ ision. Black Elk
was a warrior and a medicine man
of thcOglala Sioux who witnessed
the Baltic of the Little Big Horn as
a teenage boy Black Elk watched
the massacre of the Indians at
Wounded Knee. Black Elk Speaks
is his vision of the meaning of life
on this planet for all peopleBlack
Elk died believing he
had failed (he Great Spirit and his
people Hey -a-a-hcy! Hey -a-ahcy'
Hey-a-a-hcy I Hey-a-a-hcy!
Grandfather Great Spirit, once
more behold me on earth and lean
lo hear my feeble voice. You lived
lirst. and you are older than all
prayer All things belong lo youIhe
two-Ieggcds. the four-lcggcds
the wings of the air and till green
things that live. You have set (he
povv ers ofthc four quarters to eross
each other, the place is his holy
Day in and day out. forcvcryouarc
the life of things.' lie prayed.
Again, and maybe the last time
on this earth. I recall the great
vision you sent me. it may be that
some liltlc rool or the sacred tree
still lives. Nourisl) it then, that it
may leaf and bloom and fill with
singing birds. Hear me. not for
myself, but for my people: I am
old. Hear me that they may once
more go back into the sacred hoop
and find the good the road, the
shielding tree' "
Black Elk s words and his
dream were written down and
published in 1932 by John G.
Ncihardl. poet-laureate. Since then
the book Black Elk Speaks has
been translated into many
languages and converted into a
play, a testimony to the Native
American peoples and their
struggle with the settlers and the
expanding frontier This living
history lesson will be presented at
the Carolina Civ ie Center at 315
N. Chestnut Street, in downtown
Lumbcrton. across from the county
courthouse from May 15-IXth ai
8 (H) p.m. and on May 19th at 2 30
p m.
Tickets arc Adults $8 Seniors
40. Students 43 and Children S3
Ticket sure now on stile at the CCC
office. To make reservations, order
?-group rale tickets or request more
information, call 910-738-4339
Thisprojcct is sponsored in par\by
Jerry Johnson Oldsmobile and
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supported by a grant of the N.C
Arts Council.
Black Elk Speaks has been
hailed as one of the most accurate
depictions of the Native American
struggle in the west and all who
have read the book or seen the
performance has been profoundly
moved Neihardt refers to is as
"the book that would not die "He
(ells: It was my function to translate
the old man's story, not only in the
factual scnsc-for it was not the
facts thai mattered most-but rather
to re-create in English the mood
and manner of the Old man's
narrative This was often a grueling
and difficult task, requiring much
palicill effort and careful
questioning of the
interpreter Perhaps with his
message spreading across the
world he has not failed "
Iftluswcrca movie. Ibclicvcil
would be referred to as a chick
flick." the name given to films
which touch the heart and acliv ate
the tear ducts, so. ladies, be sure to
ttick a pack of klccnes in your
purse or pocket Grown men do
not look each other in the eye too
Igng when they silently leave the
production forfcara tear will betray
their emotion. t_ .
Black Elk Speaks 'Once we
were happy in our own country
and we were seldom hungry. for
then the Iwo-lcggeds and the fourlcggcds
lived together like
relatives, and there was plenty Tor
(hem and Tor us. But the Wasichus
came, and they made little islands
Tor us and other little islands for
the four leggeds. and alw ays these
islands arc becoming smaller.lbr
around them surges the growing
food of the Wasichu. and it is dirty
with lies and greed."
The publicists at Washington
Square Press in 1959allied Black
Elk Speaks "a book of legend, a
book of personal vision that makes
the LSD trip scent pale by
comparison, this is also the story
of a people now almost totally
dest roved, of their li fc on this planet
and their harmony with the forces
of nature and of Black Flkhimsclf-warrior
and medicine man?born
at the end of an era...and destined
to watch it fade
This play is performed mostly
by Native Americans and its
production is itself a healing
process One access told me she is
not starring on a stage in a theatre
she was once kept out of because
she is an Indian. You know the
play has to be filled with emotion.
Yoii will feel it yourself j
The Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce recently held a ribbon
cutting ceremony for several ne>v
businesses re-locating in the Totvn
of Pembroke. They are located at
the College Plata across from
PSl1 and Include Service Oil
Company andSebret Ice Cream.
These tivo businessJoin Mctiirt's
Framing in the College Plata
Shpping Center, next door to
College Sun-Do.
Shown left to riff hi are
Me Duffle Cumminps, Town
Manager; Larry T. Brooks,
Pembroke Town t 'ouncllman anil
Mayor Pro Tent: Donna
Cumminf>s who supervises
Service Oil: Special f>uest Miss
Robeson (-aunty April l.ockleur;
Hervle Evans of Service Oil,
l.aurinburfi: (irep ( umminps.
Pembroke Town '< ouncilman;
Mike Sebriet. President of the
Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce; Carolyn llullard
Peese, owner of Sebrez; and Rev.
James L. I ocklear who offered
the benediction and is employed
by Service Oil.
Refreshments were enjoyed
unddoorprizes were/riven. (Photo
by Francine C 'havis)
Workshop planned
for children
Summer Theater Workshop For
Children The Carolina Civic
Center in downtown l.umbcrton
extends registration for SUMMER
STAGE I. a 4-week intensive
theatrical training workshop for
allyonngpooplcagcs7-l2. running
from June I7-Jul> 14th Classes
will run Mon -W'cd from I2:(K)
5:30 p m. with the program
- culminating in the production of a
musical open lothcpublic. Classes
will be offered in Creative
Dramatics. Acting. Stage Dance.
Stage Voice and basic Technical
Theater all structured to student
skill Jcvcls Registration Tee is
$05 00 with multi-Tamily
discounts offered Financial Aid
Scholarships arc also availablc
For more information, or to rccch c
a registration form, please come
b\ the CCC office at 315 N
C^hest nut St or call 910-7 38-4 3 V)
Registration will close Max tntli
so please do noldclav applications
vv;
David Weinstein becomes
N. C.Senatorfor District 30
David Wcinstcin. former Mayor
of l.umbcrton and Ciiairntan of
the PSII Board of Trustees easily
defeated challenger Jean Hodges
of neighboring Hoke Conntv to
become the NC Senator for Ovslricl
10- There is no Republican
opposition in that race
Wcinstcin a Litmbcrlon
businessman, was making ho
second attempt to be elected to the
District Id scat being vacated by
long lime Senator Dn\ id Parneil
of Lumber Bridge Sen Parneil
chose not to seek re-election.
Both Hodges and Wcinstcin
easily outdistanced a challenge bv
John Rnnberg. PSU professor
Mitchell "Bosco"
Locklear
lead candidate
at- large
Mitchell "Bosco" Locklear Will
become one of the al-largc
members on (he Board of
Education. Locklear Icadlhe ticket
in that nine candidate race
Locklcarwill rcplaccGloria Lowr>
who chose not to seek rc-elcctioii.
Other winners were John
Campbell, a Black, arid incumbent
Beth Williamson, a white.
Workshop
plannedfor
Young Adults
Advanced Theater Workshop
For Young Adults: The Carolina
Civic Center in downtown
Lumbcrlon announces open
registration forSUMMER STAGE
II. a highlv intensive theatrical
workshop for young adults ages
13-20. running from Julv 16August
18. Classes will run Mon -
Wed from 12:00 - 6:00 p.m..
culminating with the production
of a major musical open to the
public in August. Classes will be
offered in Acting Stage
Voice.Stage Dance Set
Construction. Lighting and all
Backstage Technical Areas New
Tor SUMMER STAGE II this year ~.
will be an Orchestral Section with
classes in Ensemble Playing. Music
SPRING
REVIVAL
ST. ANNA FREEWILL
BAPTIST CHURCH
MAY 12 - MAY 18
Speakers arc Rev GaryChavis
and Rev Michcal Cumniings
y Service starts at 6:00 p.m. on
Sunday and 7:30 Monday thru
Friday
Pastor Anthony (Tony)
Oxendinc welcomes everyone