THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC
VOLUME 2J NVMttER 24 - - IHURSDA >. .// TV.E I I. IMf, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
PSU student
in Panama
While many college students
will work on their tans or an part
time jobs this summer. Pembroke
State University student Michael
Morales w ill be working with w asps
Thejuniorfrom Aulryvillc. was
awarded an internship to study
parasitic wasps in the Central
American tropics to help add to the
Smithsonian Inslitulcs's insect
collection. Morales will be living
and working at the Smithsonian
Research Station in Panama for 10
weeks starting June 3rd
"I received the internship w ith
the Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships
and Grants." Morales
said. "I applied to work with the
National Museum of Natural History
in the Entomology Department.
They arc the ones w ho decided
to send me to Panama." he
added. Morales is majoring in biology
with fi /oology concentration
and ii geology minor at Pembroke
Stale University Before
heading to Central America, the
PSU student had to receiv e vaccinations
forTyphoid. Yellow Fever
and Malaria
The internship provides a
$25,000 stipend and prov ides approximately
$501) for his travel to
and from Panama. T w ill be vv ork ing
with a rccogni/cd scientist in
the field of entomology.'' Morales
said. Morales iscxpcctcd to return
to North Carolina in mid-August.
Miss (iennie l.ocklear displays the l.umhee Home Beverages
Standard Service which is the Service recommended for disabled and
elderly persons. i ..
4 It contains -17-1 items of beverages ranging from Tang to tea.
The concept is to have amble beverages for entertaining persons
of any age and any taste.
I umbee restocks the Service once each month and can deliver
beverages to restock to the home saving persons trouble in leaving the
home and drugging in bottles.
The Service's complement of beverages can be modified to suit the
needs of the individual.
New Service Let 's Disabled
Start "Living Again!"
Disabled & Elderly persons who
have had their lives suddenly
changed and feel they r arc ' out of
it for good can start "living
again
Thanks to a Pembroke business
called Luinbee Home Beverage
Scrv ices. Beverages arc the center
of entertaining and persons partly
confined, who can not get out to a
store good anymore, and have decided
it can be no more for them
can take heart now.
Lumbcc Home Bev erage Services
places a cabinet in a home
and stocks it with 474 items of
dclicous beverages from Tang to
Tea. A disabled oe elderly person
docs not hav e to go out to stores
and drag in bottles, yet they can
entertain friends family and guests
vvilh full confidence and aaurance
Best of all says Edmond
Locklear Jr. manager at Lumbcc
Home Bev crage Scrv ices, a person
can be hcrsclforhimsclffully again
and hav c the pleasure of entertaining
friends, family and guests properly
from a bcauli ful Scrv ice where
all the bcccragcs needed is at the
fingertips. A person partly confined
or totally confined can make
his or her home a gathefuigjjlacc
orfriends instead of a lonclyplacc- ?
That may be a good way for a
person to cope with his or her
disabilities, says Locklcar
Lumbccscndsan inventory form
to the home each month The person
returns the form listing what
bc\crages arc needed to restock
the cabinet or Sen ice. Lumbcc can
dcli\ cr those beverages to the home
Locklcar says inspiration for
his offering of his Service to disabled
and elderly persons came
from an AK amputee in Faycltcvillc
After her accident, she
went through a terrible period of
depression and drug addiction
Now she has lifted hcrsclfoul She
is turning her talents to helping
other disabled persons Locklcar
says her praising the Lumbcc Home
Bexcragc Service and saying how
wonderful it w ould be to help people
w ho can not gel out to go to stores
and who love ha\ ing people come
in and entertaining as she docs.
opened his eyes to the needs of
disabled and elderly persons
Loeklenr is now try ing to get the
word out to disabled and clderlv
persons and to persons in charge of
those persons He is sending
announcements to pastors Tor their
church butlcniin boards He says
he will be covering (he Cape Fear
Area w hich includes Cumberland
Rladcn. Columbus. Harnct. Hoke.
Lee Moore. Robeson Sampson
and Scotland Counties Two counties
in South Carolina w ill also be
covered They arc Marlboro and V
Dillon.
A full color brochure will be
sent without obligation by Lumbcc
Home Beverage Services if a per- i
son w ill call them at 910-521-1270 j
or write to PO Box 3187. Pembroke.
NC 28372
Persons who w ould like to sec
the Lumbcc Beverage Service for
the disabled and elderly may see it
on display at 614 Union Chapel
Road in Pembroke
3<gd Cloud
'Prayer
'O gXEWrSPWr r, J pray you
to took upon its. We are your
children and you p laced us
Jlrst in this (and.
"We pray you to Coot (fawn upon
us, so that nothing but truth
shall be spoken in this council.
We do not ask for anything
but what is right ana just.
"When you madieyour red
children, 0 Qreat .Spirit, you
made them to have mercy on
them. Jigw we are bc/ore you
today, praying you to Coor
down on us, and have pity on
your poor red childmu
'"you are the protector of those
who use the bow and arrow,
as well as those people who
wear hats, 0 hope we do not
pray to you in vain. We are
poor arm, ignorant, but our
fathers have told us that we
wouhf not be in distress if we
asked you for assistance.
"O Qreat .Spirit, Coot down on
your children and take pity or
them." ?
Public Housing Workshop held with
Congresswoman Eva Clayton as keynote speaker
by John /.. Marshall
On Max 10 20 and 21 I'Wo.
the Carolmas Council of Housing
Redevelopment and Codes Officials
(CC'HRCO) met in
Wilmington for (hcirnnmial Spring
Wprkshop/( 'onfcrcncc
Attendees consisted of officials
representing Public Mousing Authorities
(PHA) from South Carolina
and North Carolina. Keynote
speaker was Congrcsiswomnn. Ev a
Clayton. U S HouseorRoprcscntnlivcs.
First District North Carolina
Other Dignitaries participating
in the workshop were James
Blackmon North Carolina HIJD
Slate Coordinator Rod Solomon.
Senior Advisor To Assistant Secretary
For Public and Indian Housing.
Washington. DC
Mary Bear Stale Director Senator
i Fairclojh's Office of Raleigh.
North Carolina: Francesco
T Ficrru Legislative Assistant
( ongrcsswoman io Eva Clayton:
Lav ton Woodcock. Dircclorol Operations
Div ision. Office of Public
Housing North Carolina HUD
Stale Office and Gene Ralniba
General Engineer North Caroliifit
HIJD Stale Office
Presiding over Ihc workshop
was James Reed President.
CCHRCO and Executive Director
orSmillificId Housing Authorits
Congrcsswoman Eva Clayton
slated (hat out oP I million people
living in Public and Indian Hons
ing in America. I >4 ono of these
households were located in North
Carolina. Congrcsswonunt ('lav ton
staled.' Change is good w hen it is
necessary*" She emphasized that
it was important to know who
will be helped and who would be
hurt
With the re-invention ot HUD
downsi/ingofHI iDpcrsonncl. deregulations.
rccissions in funding
and elimination of manv grant programs.
Congrcsswoinnn Clayton
suited thiit the changes would cause
' great adjustment in the rulurc by
the Loeai Housing Management
Agencies (L.HM At'
Congrcsswoinnn ( lav ton went
on to snv that HUD s current svs
tent was being modified to allow
local management while provid
inglhc L.HMA with nunc decision
making power
Fltc funding process ol submit
ting grant applications will be eventiiallycliminated
By IdV IHMAs
will receive an equally lived lump
sum referred toas t apilnl F unds
Manv national standards will be
eliminated as newly developed
Stale and Local Standards will
apply
Coifgrcssvvontnn Clay ton slated
that she was in fitv or of raising the
minimum wage rate It 'sail about
being able to afford heal in the
winter medical needs, food and
clothing' * She concluded by slat
ing lluii Our n;ition is strong and
compassionate and it is the responsibility
of all to see that it
remains that wa\
From HUD' OffietajS. we
learned iluii some 4000 HUD Personnel
will lose their jobs by the
year 2000 '
In nclwbrking Willi other Hons
ing Authorities' Management Personnel
we learn a great deal about
w hill ol her iinlhori I ics arc doing as
well as I lie success of their acli\ i
lies
Manx L.HMAs arc pursuing innovative
acliv ilies in order to obtiiin
a placenieni of funds, lost as a
result of HUD s budget cuts and
recessions Soine L.HMAs arc
building new homes to sell to the
low to moderate income Other
Authorit ics are selling their Public
Housing I nils Some Authorities
arc also nITcniig training ami
consilium son ices
Willi Federal budget cuts ev
ceeding I In hi"n factor w ithin the
p:isi two years it is clear that
L FIMA.s must pursue new and addilioital
avenues ol funding in or.
dcr to maintain their current pace
In my opinion, the CCHRCO
workshop was most informative
and the bcsl planned that I have
had the opportunity of attending.
Congr;. ulations io all the Officers.
Board of Directors and Com
niittcc for an outstanding work
shop
June 14 proclaimed Drug i
Awareness Day in Pembroke ? fi;
IN.THE- MATTER OF PROCL
AIMING ) TOWN OF PEM
broke:
June 14 l'J%. as
"DRUG AWARENESS DAY"
In Ihc Town of Pembroke
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WHEREAS the Pembroke
Housing Autbonis adopted ;> RosoluiiononMarch
25 request
int* Dial ihc Honorable Milton R
Hum Ma* or of Pembroke prochum
Jane II I'Wo as Drug
Awareness Da* for I lie Tow n of
Pembroke: and
" WHEREAS I lie Tow u or Pembroke
realizes the ad* else social
and economic cITecis that illegal
drugs cause in loda* s socict*: and
WHEREAS the Tow n ol*Pern
broke further realizes the impor
lance or educating the residents of
the Town of Pembroke about the
dangers of drugs and drug usage .
NOW. THEREFORE. I. Milton
R Hunt. Minor of the Town of
Pembroke do hereby PROCLAIM \
the day of June 14 PJ%. to be
"Drug Awareness Day" in the
Town of Pembroke and urge ;?ll of i .
our citizens to join twe in the support
of this Proclamation i
IN WITNESS WHEREUI I
hat e hereunto set my hand ;ind
caused the corporate seal ol the '
Town of Pembroke to be affixed
this the 6lh dav ofMav l*W<>
Sl(iNEi)
THE HONORARLh
Mil TON R. HUNT
MAYOR, TOWN Oh
PEMBROKE
Rowland Norment Elementary School's recent Cirricutum hair
was the largest ever held with 167 en I erise representing all areas ofth e
cirriculum. Shown above are student winners Paige Edwards, Asia
Carter, Jessica McNeall, Ryan Humphrey, Corey Taylor, Hriltany
Wilkinx, Emmarld Jackson, Ryan Hunt, ('harles Flowers, Hrandi
Biggs, Can dice liruce, Matt Thomas, l.auren Parker, ('hris Edwards
ana Corey Simmons. Not shown are Ryan (luidroz and lirennsn
Anderson. Jo red Powers, center front with trophy, won Rest in Show
for his project, "Let's Recycle", which featured u lifesize creature
made completely of household discards.
Submitted by Olivia ttarnes for Rowland Norment ? 671-60.10.
Sandra C. /. ocklear con^radulates Desmond Sampson who attends
Piney drove Elementary School. Desmond has keen chosen to participate
in the 1996 Summer Veterinary Workshop and North ( arolina
State I University.
This letter and photograph him shared with us by Dr. I.inda
Oxen dine, the Chair of Native American Studies over at PSlt.
Dear Linda,
I hope that you remember me, / worked with you on the Celebration!
Festival years apo when I was with the Folklife Section of the Arts
( ouncil. At any rate, I am enclosing two photos that / took in Italy last
October that I thoupht you would enjoy. My husband and /
were in the train station in Milan and I looked up and saw a poster ad
for sunglasses with a picture of someone named I loyd Oxen dine of the
l.umbee Nation. It is a small world, isn 7 it? / took a photo and swore
that / would send it to you, since you are probably kin to him?or know
him at the very least. It has taken seven months, but here ary the
photos.
I hope that all is well with you and that your propram is thrivinp.