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Cel 'ating Our S3T.Ii Jtear 1 Tli CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC VOLUME 25 NUMBER 9 THURSDAY, FEIiRUAR) 26, 1998 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Ronnie Hunt, General Manager of LREMC, left, is shown presenting a S750,000.00 cheek to Henry Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of Parker Manufacturing, Congressman Mike McFntyre is shown to the right. LREMC Board Members Roger Oxen dine (vice president of the board) and Madie Rae Lock/ear (secretary of the board) are shown above with Congressman Mike Mclntrye at the recent check presentation ceremony at LREMC. Parker Manufacturing Receives $750,000 Economic Development Loan Red Springs - Congressman Mike Mcinis re had the pleasure of presenting a check for $750,000 to Parker Manufacturing at special ceremonies held at Lunibcc River EMC corporate headquarters in Red Springs on February 2.V The check presentation was a highlight ofthc co-op's annual Legislative/Media Day. Thc/.cro-inlcrcst. passthrough loan is the result of a Lumbcc Riser EMC loan application presented to The US Agriculture Deparlntcnl'sRural Utilities Scrs ice (RUS) ott bchalfofParkcr Manufacturing and the citizens of Robeson and surrounding counties The loan, the largest ofilskind granted this year, will prosidc some initial funding forthc I.untbcrion-bascd company to construct a state of the art manufacturing facilils to build maim- . faclurcd homes (Mobile Homes) I he proposed 145.000 square fool facilils is citrrcntls under construction on Deep Branch Road near Pembroke Randall Jones. Director of Commercial & Industrial Retention Tor the co-op. is excited about the jobs the project will bring to Robeson Counts "We lost more than 1.100 jobs in the county laslycarnnd this project, which is expected to generate 250 jobs, will help quite a bit We're glad that i .urnbee Riser EMC could be part of this exciting economic boom to Robeson and surrounding counties " Native Artists And Cultural Workers Workshops To Be Held urccnsboro -- Allan hit . the Guilford Native American Associalion and (lie United Tribes of NC announces Native Artists and Cultural Workers Workshop Series 1998. to be held March 11. 1998 otic day prior to the 23rd Annual North Carolina Indian Units Conference at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux. FaycUcville. North Carolina. Thiswill be a gathering of artists', cultural workers, curators. and other people interested or engaged in the field of Native American arts The focus of the workshops includes topics such as Marketing Indian Arts. Grant Writing and Fundraising for Native Cultural Programs, and A Dialogue Tor Artists and Cultural Workers. wfiich ispart ofa larger national discussion of how Native American Artists and C'ulturalWork crs can work logcincr to bring Nativ e Arts into the 21st Century on their own terms. One of the highlights of this year's workshop is Building Relationships for Success: A Framework for Marketing Indian Arts, which is an outline of the seven principlcsof marketing Indian arts This interactive session 011 developing marketing strategies for personal or professional success Carla Roberts. Executive Director of Atlatl and Palsy Phillips Program Coordinator for Atlatl. arc nationally known as workshop facilitators anil technical assistance providers for groups of Native Artists and Cultural Workers. For more information and reservations. please Call Palsy Phillips, at Atlatl Inc ..by March T IWX Annouces the Second Annual Native American Quit Show and Contest tsoliou. NC - I lie United Tribes or Norlli Carolina is proud Id iinhoiincc thai the 2nd Annual Quilt Show and Contest \sill be held during the 23rd Annual NC Indian Units Conference at the llolidax Inn Bordeaux Hotel in Favcltcville. NC March 12-14. 19*28. Some of NC's most talented Native American quilt makers compete for the Best of Show in this premiere competition All entries will be on displav Thursday March 12. 1998 11 00 a.m - 8:00 p.in and on Fridav March 13. 1998 10 00a m -5:<H)p ni Quilts will be judged in three categories I) Pieced and Stitched. 2) Printed <ind Stitched, and 1) Quills 20 Ycitrs or older All entries must be delivered to Ms Brenda Moore or Carol Brewinglon b\ 0.00 a hi on March 12. I09X at the Holida\ Inn Bordeaux You can also call Ms Moore at (910) 655-4689 to make other arrangements. Interested individuals should contact Ms Brenda Moore at the Waccamnw Tribal Office for Quilt Show and Contest Rules Top honors will be presented for "Best of Show " Awards will also go to three first Place Winners and three Honorable Mentions . i Indian Unity Conference to be in Fayetteville Mar. 12-14 t The United Tribes of North Carolina ha^announccd that the 1998 North Ca roli na Indian U ni ty Confc rcncc \vi 11 be held in Faycttcvillc. North Carolina. March 12th - 14th. 1998 The site of this year's event will be the Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fa>cttcvillc. North Carolina The 1998 Unity Conference theme will be "Sovereignty and Sclf-Dctcrminalion. Claiming Our Inherent Rights - NOW". It will feature seminars and general assemblies on Indian Education. Economic Development Strategies for Indian Communities. Cultural and Health Care issues affecting Indian communities in N.C Congressional leaders and state elected officials have been invited to attend Governor Jim Hunt has been invited to speak at one of the General Sessions. Count) and City leaders in Indian communities arc expected to participate The conference will also feature an Awards and Scholarship Banquet at which outstanding Indian leaders statcw idc will be recognized in education, business and special communit) service. ; Scholarships will be presented to several outstanding Indian youth to help with college expenses. Another major highlight of the conference will be an exposition of American Indian talent, focusing on traditional Indian art forms Also mm planned is a Stalcwidc Miss Indian North Carolina Pageant The event will feature a Pow-Wow and will make available to the public through Indian traders authentic American Indian crafts for sale. The registration fee to attend the conference is $80.00. Banquet tickets w ill be on sale to the public (for those who will be attending the banquet only) for $40.00 per person Separate breakfast tickets are $30.00 per per- J son. No additional tickets will be sold after 12:00 pnt Frida\ March 13. J 1998 Separate adult and youth dances will be held after the banquet Friday night Additional tickets can be purchased at the door Adult DanccTickcls?$10 oo Youth Dance Tickets? $8.00. The 1998 North Carolina Indian Unity Conference is opened to the public but attendees must register to attend the seminars and general assemblies The $80.00 registration fee for the conference includes the cost for the banquet. Saturday morning breakfast and dance Senior citizens and youth will be charged $55.00 for registration. For more information about the conference, contact the nearest local Tribal Office or Urban Indian Center To avoid paying late registration fees, register by the deadline which is February 27. 1998 collection in Cyberspace Pembroke ? The Native American Resource Center at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has a new address --hltp://w\sA\.uncp cdu/ nativcmuscum Some of the museum's colldctiiSh of Indian artifacts and history hangs in the comprehensive, multimedia website. Created with the help of a North Carolina Humanities Council grant, the Internet site contains photographs of exhibits, history apd audio recordings oflocal native American music and Lumbcc Tribal elders Museum Director Dr. Stanley Knick said the Internet project is another avenue to realize the museum's mission "We're in the information business. and this isanothcr way of getting information out about Native American history and culture." Dr Knick said "I t appears to be having an effect already We've had some responses from people near and far either asking questions about the museum or commenting on their visit." The Internet site is organized to simulate a walking tour of the museum. said Dr. Oscar Patterson, director of UNCP telecommunications and supervisor of construction for the site. "If you went through the museum right now. this is what you'd see." Dr Patterson said. "We attempted to be as faithful as the medium allocs to the physical plan of the museum." While a cyberspace museum has some limitations, it has many advantages besides worldwide accessibility. "We plan to update the site frequently and cxpandit in several directions," Dr. Knick said. "There arc some costs associated with its creation. but now it is part of what we do every day."Thc museum's quarterly newsletter. traveling exhibits, scholarly articles and videos arc all possibilities for the future Internet "chat rooms" with lectures and discussionsand live video arc also possibilities for the museum "My hope is (hat we can have art exhibits like next month's 'Keeping lhcCirclc'hanginoursile."Dr. Knick said. The Native American Resource Center is one of the distinctive features of UNC Pembroke. and the new Internet exhibit highlights its collections. "It is something that not every university has. and the museum links the University to its." Dr. Knick said. "I think this a real good opportunity for us to show the world what we have to offer." Prayer Breakfast to be held March 7 Pembroke First Baptist. Ml Oli\e Pentecostal Holiness and Berca Baplist Churches arc sponsoring a prayer breakfast on Saturday. March 7 at 7 a m at Berca Baptist Church in Pembroke The purpose of the breakfast is to pray for their goal of "Rc\ i\ nig a Community Together" LREMC Sponsors Insurance Program Lumber Riser Electric -Membership Corp.. is sponsoring a seniors . Health Insurance Information Program! hursday. March 5. at ItHIp 111 until 2:30 pm The program will be held in the auditorium at the LREMC's Red Springs office and will be conducted by Stcfanic Wicks, a specialist trained by the NC Department of Insurance to help retired persons with their health insurance problems. The public is invited. No registration is required For additional information contact l.inda B Locklcar. Member Sen ice Rep 843-41.11 E.\l 251. Harris Promoted to Assistant Nurse Manager Maria Harris, a Robeson County native, has been promoted loan assistant nurse tnanagcrofa42-bcd medical unit of Pill County Memorial Hospital in Greenville Harris has worked for the hospital for fi\e >cars as a registered nurse She rccci\cd her bachelor's degree in nursing from East Carolina University in 1991. She is a graduate of West Robeson High School She is the daughter of Bcntlcy and Annie Harris of Maxton Revival to be held at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Coolidgc M Cumniings invites the public to Friendship Missionary Bapt ist Church for thci r spri ng Revival with Evangelist Rev Roger Adkins. beginning Sundav. March 16. 1998. Services will begin at 7:00 i" i * p.m. Sunday Might and at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is located on Pembroke-Prospect Road. Pembroke. North Carolina' : At the UNCP Foundation 30th annual celebration kick-off last week were from left: Chancellor Joseph II. Oxendine, Foundation Chair Ms. Dencie Page and celebration co-chairs Ms. Hrigette Cuntmings and U.S. Rep. Mike Mclntyre. Photo tty: Hobby Ayers UN CP Kicks Off Foundation s 30th Anniversity Celebration Pembroke ~ The UNCP Foundation. Inc. kicked ofTan 18-month celebration of tis 30th anniversary on Thursday. Feb 19. The Foundation is dedicated to development ofThc UNC -Pembroke through the raising of money in the private sector. Co-chair of the celebration, Ms. Brigitlc Cummings unveiled the theme. "Proud Traditions. New Direction" to a gathering of about 60 that included many past and present Foundation board members "1 am eminently proud to be an alumna of this University. Ms. Cummings said "This University made my career in business possible " Co-chairU.S Rep MikcMclntyrc challenged the group todcdicatcthcmsclvos to three principles, "commitment. contribution and conviction." "In my first speech on the floor of the House of Representative. I said then what I will say again: '"Education is the best investment we can make in our future We can indeed move forward to make this University a great institution.'" Foundation Chair Ms. Dcncic Page of Luntberton introduced former and current Foundatipn members including: Ms. Jean Hodges of Racford. Mr. Jesse OxcndincofCharlotte. Mr. Jack High of Charlotte (formerly of WhitcviPo). Mr Dan Strickland of Columbus County. Mr Larry Chavis of Pembroke. Slate Rep Ron Sutton of Pembroke. Mr. Thomas Jones of Whitcvillc. Ms. Linda Lee Allen of Faycttcvillc. Dr. Jose D'Aruda of Faycttcvillc. Mr. J.D. Longfellow of Moore County. Mr. J. A, Sharpc Jr. of Liimbcrlon. Mr. Joseph Sandlin of Lumbcrton. Mr H D. RccvcsofFaycttcvillc and Ms. Billic Britt ofLumbcrton. UNCP Chancellor Joseph B Oxcndinc said. "It'r going to be a great year and a half." The Foundation provides this University with the extra margin of character and personality that provides us with recognition as a distinguished institution." Chancellor Oxendinc said. "This is a milestone day, and it is appropriate that we are meeting in Old Main on the 75th anniversary of this building. "We appreciate and need our Foundation to solicit and manage the private money that gives our University distinction," he said. Ms. Page said the Foundation is the foundation of the University. "The work of the Foundation goes largely unnoticed by the faculty and students, and that isas shouldbc." Ms. Page said. "But we arc working hard to meet our goals, as the recently established Martha Beech Endowed Chair in Art demonstrates" History of the Foundation On March 22. 1968. the Board of T ruslccs of then-Pembroke State College authorized the creation of a foundation. a non-profit corporation dedicated to the development of the school On May 7. the University filed articles of incorporation with North Carolina Secretary of State Thad Eurc. In its 30 years, the Foundation has steadily grown into its mission to assist in developing and increasing the facilities and programs of the university in order to broaden educational' opportunities for and services to its students and alumni and to the citizensof the Statcof North Carolina, by encouraging financial support from private donors. "The University realized that, no matter how generous the North Carolina General Assembly is to its institutions of higher education, raising money privately is the key to providing the excellence that gives a university a competitive advantage." said UNCP Foundation's Executive Director Dr. Prudence Prccourt The growth in support has reached a record level last year, Dr. Prccourt said. Gifts to the Foundation have grown 785 percent in the past five years, the and the Foundation's endowment, which started from nothing in 1993, is more than $250,000 today "It takes the commitment of many partners to continue the Foundation's success, " Dr. Prccourt said. "I am especially grateful to the volunteers and stafT members who have worked so hard to make us the organization we arc today on our 30th anniversary This celebration is a tribute to them, and an cxprcssionof our fondest hopes for the future success of the Foundation and the University it supports " Today, the UNCP Foundation Inc. board ofdircctorsconsistsof21 members. drawn from alumni., faculty, administration, trustees and the community al-largc The officers arc; Ms Page, chair. Ms Hodges, vice chair. State Rep. Sutton, counsel. Dr Prccourt. executive director. Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Mr R. Neil Hawk, treasurer and Chancellor Oxcndinc. who also serves as a director. The original Foundation board had three members: Dr. English F.. Jones, president of then-Pembroke State College. Mr. Zeb A. Lowry. vice chair ofthcboardoflruslccsand Mr PurncH Swell, president of the Alumni Association These individuals worked, as one board member said, "to provide a margin of excellence" for the University. Four additional members were added before the first meeting of the Foundation in October 1968 They were Mr. Terry Hutchins. Mr William S. Mason Jr.,Mr John F. McNair III and Mr. R. H Livcrmorc Sr. In 1974, the PSU Board of Trustees created the Office of Development and hired Mr Walter G. Oxcndinc to direct the Foundation as well as many other duties The Foundation also received its first contribution of $2,00 from the McNair family business of Laurinburg A fund raising campaign entitled "4 by 84" was launched with the goal of raising $4 million over 10 years. "The Future Is Now" was the rally cry of the Foundation Other campaigns followed in subsequent years. Fast-forwarding to the present and the 1996-97 year, the UNCP Foundation. Inc achieved a record level of support of $550,000. "We've come a long way., and this is something for the University and the community to celebrate.1' Dr Prccourt said On Saturday. March 20, a joint dinner will be held with the Chancellor's Club and the Foundation The next event in the celebration is planned for Saturday. April 25 and entitled "Explore! Land. Water and People in Southeastern North Carolina " This ex cm is open to the public and will be led by three distinguished faculty members: Dr Tom Ross, professor of geography, will conduct a tour and discussion of Carolina Bays. Dr Andy Ash. professor of biology, w ill tour the Lumber River State Park and Dr. Stan Knick. director of the Native American RcsourccsCcntcr. will give a hands-on workshop on archaeology in the land of the Lumbcc Registration for the tours arc $20 per person Early regis! ration (by April 17) is $ 15. For information and reservations call (910) 521-6252. Additional events ih the 30th anniversary celebration of the Foundation will be announced in the future
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