The Word on Washington
Congressman
Mike Mclntyre
L?id >on know tliat for every dollar
the Stale of North Carolina sent to
the federal Highway Trust Fund last
year. only 82 cents came back for
ntuch-nccdcd road construetion and
improvement in our area'' Did you
also know that three major highway
projects vital to our area arc now
pending before Congress''
Almost one-fifth of even dollar
North Carolina contributes to the
federal highwav trust fund through
gasoline excise taxes, user fees, and
heavy truck and lire taxes paid by
North Carolina citi/cns goes to fund
highwav construetion in other states''
I find the scenario completely unacceptable.
and I am y orkingvery hard
to correct it through legislation and
mv position on the Democratic Coalition
Transportation Task Force
The reason behind the inequity
is an unfair funding method in
the Intcrntodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act. also known as
ISTEA Enacted in 1991. ISTEA has
set the standard for surface transportation
funding for the past six years.
Unfortunately while ISTEA originally
promised a 90% return to the
states on (heir contributions to the
federal Highwav Trust Fund the end
result has been far less for stales like
North Carolina which arc now classified
as "donor states" With ISTEA
set to expire in the fall, however, the
time is right locorrccl the donor state
problem during the upcoming
reauthorization process
I am co-sponsor of two bills
which would guarantee a return of at
least 95% of the money each state
sends to the federal Highwav Trust
Fund This would translate at minimum
into an additional $.10 to $40
million annually for North Carolina
highways, and it would especially
benefit our area due to the presence of
1-95 and 1-40 Added funding would
also pro\ ide extra money needed for
the new 1-74 which will cut right
through the heart of the 7th District
from the western edge to the coastal
areas
Along w ith fighting to increase
the federal highway dollars sent to
North Carolina I have also pushed
for the consideration of several important
highway constniction projects
planncdfor SouthcaslcmNorth Carolina
Our region of the state has
grown at a tremendous rate over the
past few years, and last month I
testified before the U S House of
Representatives Subcommittee on
Surface Transportation on behalf of
three projects that I feel will help
meet the economic demands of that
growth
One of the projects I have
pushed for is a proposal (o construct
a 5.6 mile stretch of U S 74 front
Maxton Bypass in Robeson County
to just west of NC 710 The 1-74
Corridor, when completed, will be a
crucial link culling right through the
heart of the 7th district connecting
Charlotte and the western half of the
state to the Wilmington area and the
beaches
1 also testified in behalf of a
project that would facilitate better
traffic in and out of Fort Bragg and
create another crossing of the Cape
Fear River in Cumberland County
One of the projects would construct a
new X.6 mile segment of freeway
from NC 24 which is part of the
Strategic .Highway Network
(STRAHNET) to 1-95 This project
would include a new bridge over the
Cape Fear River and create a direct
route from Fort Bragg to 1-95 so that
military vehicles could access the
interstate from the base without the
time-consuming traffic-congesting
process ol liavcling through t.ivcltcv
illc
Finally I ha\c testified tor the
proposed construction of a Jacksonville
Bvpass ol L'S 1" in Onslow
Counts L'S I" represents the pnmarv
nortli to south road was for
eastern North Carolina .uid it is therefore
\ ual lolheecononiic growth and
development foi iIn-, region ol the
state fhe proposed bvpass will help
a I lev late traffic congestion alongthe
IS I "corridor stretching front South
Carolina to Yitgiiua. as well as facilitate
belter access to the I S Marine
Corp base ai Camp l.cjcunc
These projects are not onlv \ilallv
iniporiani loSoutlieastern North
Carolina, but iliev will also benelti
ihe niid-Allaiiuc and eastern region
of the l imed States as well I. will
continue lowork with ntv colleagues
on that panel to ensure that thev are
given cverv consideration possible,
while at the same tune pushing legislation
thai will increase the amount
of nioiiev the State of North Carolina
receives from federal government 10
address our transportation needs 1
am slronglv con111111led to establishing
cquilv and fairness to the federal
funding process and bring back more
of our tax dollars needed to fund state
highwav projects that benefit all of
our citi/cns and businesses
The
Sunday
chool
Lesson ...
by John R Brayhoy
Sai.km Missionary
Baptist Church
/. You Have An Opportunity:
Take it ( Rev. 3:7-H)
The message to the church at
Philadelphia was good news. Philadelphia
meaning brolhcrlv love
Christ identifies himself as holv
without sin The sinless one who
look the sins of the world upon himself
He is also genuine, not a deceiver.
Also he describes himself as
the kev of Dav id, meaning that he
holds ihc treasure for all those that
arc of the household of faith
Elk And-Eowry to Wed
I lie engagement of Krislcn
Ronellc Elk lo Ma\ Elliot Lowr\.
both* of Peiubioke. was announced
Saturdav April IV Willi a dinner
purl) held al Ml oh\e penlecoslal
Holiness Church in pcnibrokc
Ronnie and Ma>belle l-IIk. parents of
llic bride-clccl hosted ihc escnl
Miss Elk is the granddaughter ol'
Mrs Launa Jacobs Elk and the late
Mr Ra> Hol> Elk of Pembroke, also
Mrs Msrtlc Hardin Jacobs and the
late Mr James CaKinChavisofPembrokc
She is a IW graduate of Purncll
Swell Senior High School She is
sclf-cniplo\cd and is a junior attending
the Uimctstls of North Carolina
al Pembroke
The groom-elect is the son of the
late Mr Richard Sca\ic I own. Sr
and the late mrs Nettie Brooks Low r\
of Pembroke He is the grandson of
the late Mr William Hciiia l.owrs
and the late Mrs Crossie Mauior
Low r\ of Pembroke, also the late M r
Peter Brooks and the late Mrs Attic
MaeCunimingsBrooksorPenibrokc
He is a HJX4 graduate of West
Robeson Senior High School and is
self-cmplo>cd
The w cddi ng is scheduled for April
I1). I'J'JX in Berea Baptist Church in
Pembroke Imitations will be sent
Christ reminds them that he
knows their works that thc> arc good
He had gi\en to them an opportunist
that God neither can anyone open .
up a door, that God has closed The
cliurchal Philadclplntswasnol strong
in it's own self will but was relying on
God's strength Because They trusted
God and declared his name in hostile
environment Because they rccogni/cd
their weakness God could use
tlicni for his works.
//. You Have the Power: Claim
It (Rev. 3 9-10)
There were Jews in Philadelphia
who were causing trouble for the
church Unlike some of the other
churches they were having trouble
from within. Today the major problem
Today the major problem most
churches face are from w ithin Those
that claim to be of the household of
faith but arc deceivers arc creating
problems in the church
Many of the Jews in Philadelphia
were not Christians but were in the
church causing problems. Jesus
called them " the church of Satan".
They claimed to be " Jews" but. they"
haled Christ, because they were not
in covenant w ith God Because of the
saints faithfulness and stand for
Christ God promised that some of
these troublemakers would have a
"change of Heart".
Because of the churches faithfulness
God told thent that they would
be protected from falling into temptation
Keeping God's word and seeing
things that Christ has endured
for us can encourage us to follow his
example. *
God promised his sainlsilo keep
them Iroiujhc hour of temptation
Many Bible scholars believe this to
mean that the church will be delivered
(raptured out) before the tribulation
conies upon the earth Keep in
mind that the church of Philadelphia
is the true church of the end of the
grace age
///. You Are Lukewarm:
Change (Rev. 3:14-16)'
Jesus now turns to the Laodicean
Church which was luke warm He
indefinites himself as the amen from
the old testament, meaning valid and
binding The faithful and the witness
contrasting Christ with the unfaithful
mcmbcrsoflhc Laodicean church
The beginning of the creation of God
meaning that all things were created
in. through and for Him
Jesus had somewhat against the
church at Laodicea because they were
neither hot or cold ( lie fire of the
gospel had gone out in their hearts
They were hav ing church, but there
was no /.enI about them. They were
like a fire where all the wood had
burned up and the coals were warm
but no fire was bla/ing forth to bring
forth heal
Luke warm means lepid. a poini
halfway between hoi an cold There
was no /.cal for God. no fire or fervor
for the things of God. Because they
were lukc warm they were not having
any effect upon a lost and dy ing world
that sounds like much of the church
today. God wants us to be hot or cold
not lukc warm God said he would
spew them out because they were
neither hot or cold Their actions
were very distasteful to the Lord God
would not eternally reject those that
were saved, but the door of opportunity
would be closed for them
IV. You Are Deceived: Wake
Up (Rev. 3:17-1H)
The Laodiccans thought they were
rich and needed nothing. Jesus reminded
them that they were far from
being rich He described them as
wretched Idislrcsscd). miserable (to
be pitied), poor, (as a beggar groveling
on the ground) blind (they did
not see spiritually), and naked (their
garmcntsof rightcousncsswerc imaginary)
Jesus appeals to the Laodiccans as
a heart broken father would his child
who has brought disappointment to
him Christ offered them spiritual
riches that could be tested and stand
the most rigid test He offered ihcnt
white raiment being clothed in
Christ's righteousness The eye salve
would restore the spiritual vision of
the church The spi ritual vision of the
church today needs to be restored
V. You Are Sinn infRev.
3:19-21
% Christ reminds the Laodiccans
that He loves them and those that He
loves He will chascn when they arc
disobedient Therefore he encouraged
them to change and turn from
their wa\ if life and get on fire for
God
Christ gives the invitation to the
Laodiccans He stands at the heart's
door and knocks waiting for them to
open If they are willing to open their
hearts, then Christ could comcinand
fellowship with them and they with
HiTh/ Many evangelists have used
this scripture for a message to urge
lost sinners to coine to Christ Just as
the cluireh is urged to open their
hearts and experience Christ more
fully, the unsaved is urged to open
their heart's door and accept Jesus as
their personal sav ior Won't you repent
of your sins and come to Christ
now Let Him in your heart and fill
you with righteousness.
- God bless you all until ne\l week
I'ray for one another ,
Along The >
Robeson Trail
tty: Dr. Stan Knick
Once upon a dine in America
there was a place called "the Indian
territory." The term was not used to
refer to all llfedands which had truly
been occupied by Native Americans
? tha^ would have to include
everywhere in North and South
America. "The Indian territory" was
used to refer u^that place to which the
United States government removed
Indian people.
"The Indian territory" began as a
larger area, but eventually came to
cover almost all of what is now
Oklahoma (by the way, oklahortia
means "red people" in the Muskogean
Choctaw language). After the United
States purchased from the French what
was called "Louisiana" (in 1803),
including all the lands from the Gulf
of Mexico to Canada and from iht'
Mississippi River to the Rocky,'
Mountains, someone came up with,
the idea of moving the Indian people,
who remained in the eastern United'
States to these new lands (ultimately '
removals would happen not only'
from the east, but from other parts oN
the country as well). The very nexf
year the U. S. Congress enacted a law
which made it "legal" to remove
Indian people from their traditional '
homelands. By 1830 Congress felt
that it was necessary to act again
to speed the removal process, and--,
so it passed the "Indian Removal
Act."
The lands of the Louisiana'
Purchase lying west of what had
become Missouri and Arkansas came
to be known as "the Indian territory,"
and soon a hundred thousand Indians
were "resettled" there. The treaties
which accompanied the removal of
these people typically called for theselands
to belong to the Indians forever,.
The treaties often said that these lands
would never become part of, nor under
the jurisdiction of, any State without
the permission of the Native
Americans. Among those removed to
"the Indian territory" by 1889 were
members of the following nations:
Quapaw, Peoria, Modoc, Shawnee,
Ottawa, Wyandot, Seneca, Osagfef1
Kansa, Pawnee, Cheyenne, Arapahq,"
Oto, Caddo, Sauk and Fox?Potawatomi,
Wichita, Comanche;'
Kiowa, Apache, and the so-called "Five''
Civilized Tribes" (Chocta\y>'
Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole ax^d
Cherokee).
The largest parts of "the Indian
territory" were given to the largest of
the removed Indian nations, the
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and
Cherokee. As it turned out, the tribal
governments of these nations (plus the
Seminole) chose to support the
Confederacy in the Civil War, a
decision which would prove costly.
After the Civil War, the federal,
government proclaimed that the
- treaties it had with these Indian
nations were no longer valid because
these five nations had sided with the
South. New treaties were dcveloptjd
which took lands away from thcic
nations. '
With the passage of the "General
Indian Allotment Act" in 1887, most
of the removed Indian nations begai;
to lose further lands from "the Indi
territory." In 1889 the government s{5
up a federal court over the Indians
Muskogee, and opened the so-call<ft?
"unassigned" lands in the middle ifi
"Indian territory" to settlement by non
Indians. In 1890, the government* '
established Oklahoma Territory, and;
by 1893 the only lands still officially*
part of "the Indian territory" were those I
held onto by the "FlvcCivili/cd Tribes":
and the small reservations in the:
extreme northeast of what is now:
Oklahoma (Quapaw. Peoria. Modoc.:
Shawnee, Ottawa. Wyandot and:
Seneca). I
By 1898 allotment waif;
underway even in these lands, and.'
"the Indian territory" faded more :
rapidly. Despite the efforts of some :
leaders of the "Five Civilized Tribes" '
to set up a separate stale for;
themselves in 1905 (it would have ;
been called "Sequoyah"), the state of;
Oklahoma was established in 1907
and "the Indian territory" slipped into '
the history books.
l?or more information, visit the J
Native American Resource Center in '
historic Old Main Building, on the?
campus of 'The I Inivcrsity of North
Carolina at Pembroke.
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