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A J =! brating Our 25th Year of Publication * ? ? ^ ^ ^ *??<??<??*??<??<?? m m m m m m T:? 5 CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE i Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC VOLUME 25 NUMBER 41 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1998 twenty-fivf pfnttc ?? Waccamaw Siouan Tribe to host Pow Wow Waccamaw Siouan Tribe w ill host their 28th Annual Pow-Wow on October 16 & 17 . 1998 at the Tribal Grounds in Buckhcad. N C , near Bolton. N C on State Road 1740 The event is sponsored b> the Waccamaw Siouan Development Associatio For more information call (910) 655-8778 The Waccamaw Siouan Development Association. Inc is a non-profit communitv development organization "Making Progress for the Indian People" is the motto Class of 1958 Pembroke High to reunite Pembroke High School Class of 1958 Reunion is being planned Infornialion is being sought for students of this class from 1954-58 Reunion is planned for December 26. 1998. For information call Rev LindburghChavis. 521-4955. Vcrdxs Chavis. 521-2861 Dcloris Sampson Clark. 844-9496 Arnold Locklcar. 521-2918 Annual plate sale planned at White Hill " The Annual Chickcn-Biirboqiie" plate sale will be held ai While Hill Freewill Baptist Church oil kligliwav 74 beginning Thursdax. October 15. 1998 through Saturday October 18. 1998, On Saturday night, a gospel singingwill begin at 7pm Someofthc groups singing will be the White Hill , Choir, (he D&l.'s. and the Oxcndinc 1 Quartet All singing groups arc in- : i itcd to attend 1 a m. mm - "wneeiing for Residents" planned at Pemberton "Wheelin for Residents," a fund raising event for the residents' of Pemberton Place Nursing Center will be held Saturday, October 24,9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Pemberton Place Nursing Center at 310 East Wardel I Drive, Pembroke, NC. The event will be an Annual Car-Truck and Antique Tractor Show. It will feature antique and classic cars and trucks, street machines, street rods, antique tractors and farm equipment. Sixty-six trophies, 100 dash plaques, quilt drawings, tee shirts, door prizes, food 50/50 drawings, antiques and more will be part of the festivities. Registration will be from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. Pre-registration is $12.50. Exhibitors and vendors welcome. (No food vendors please). Space is $10. For further information contact Annett O. Lowery, Activity Director, at 910-521-1273 or (910) 521-3909. Heritage Pow Wow Planned at Winnabow The Second Annual North Carolina Indian Heritage Pow Wow will be held at Brunswick Town State Historic Site, Highway 133 (between Wilmington and Southport) in Winnabow, North. Carolina, November 6-8, 1998. The pow wow openseachdayat 9:30 a.m. Admission is $3 for children; $5 for adults. November 6 is "School Day." The public is invited to come and enjoy a North Carolina Cultural Celebratioin. For more information, call Pamela B Lineberger ** at 910-278-3768 or Bobby D. ' Brayboy at 910-278-6171. * ' "k ? ' . Eddie Hatcher and Angela Davis together at a large three day conference at the University of California at Rerkeley. The conference entitled " The Prison Industrial Complex". The Celling of America, was three days of panels and workshops dealing with the huge prison expansion in the U.S. Eddie and Angela Davis were featured guests and several panels were carried throughout the Ray Area via television and radio. . Angela Davis has committed herselfto appear with actor Danny Clover in Pembroke next year for a benefit to support several projects Hatcher is involved with. Fayetteville VA Medical Center addresses homelessness r-ayetievtHc VA Medical Center and the community arc addressing the problem of homclcssncss. The VA. community agencies and businesses have come together to provide basic necessities for homclcssncss men. w omen andchildrcn in the Faycttcvillc area Destitute people who havc.no one to turn to and no place to-call home arc finding caring people willing to help and assist in many ways. The sland down will be held at the VFW. 116 Chance Street. Favcllcvillc. N C October 22.1998 from 7:00 AM 10 5:30 PM Each participant will be screened to determine his/her individual needs and escorted to the v arious service booths On site serv ices win include medical and dental care, social scrviccsand referrals, job placement service. veteran's benefits counseling. social security assistance, substance abuse and PTSD screening and counseling, hot meals, clothing and haircuts Participants will be encouraged to take advantage of all the services available. Our goal is to provide homeless men. w omen, and children w ith assistance in finding shelters, social service benefits, medical care or referrals. employment opportunities and assurance thai the Fayctlcv illc community have not forgotten them and want to help in any way possible w ith available resources Croatan Nation was reactivated in Legal Exile Submitted bytheCroatan Nation On 10-01-98 ihc Croatan Nation was reactivated as a sovereign, private, non-member entity, that will operate in legal exile, under the mandate and jurisdiction of the Ancient Croatan symbol, insignia and seal known as the LOVEKNOT 56 year old artist, philosopher and writer. Shaman Yellow Owl. studied and experimented, physically and mcta-physically with (he ' LOVEKNOT for 50 years to decode, unseal, test and confirm that it is w hat his grandfather. Mr.Elisha Dial, said it was. The LOVEKNOT confirms that the Croatans primary mission was completed in 1997 with glorious success. Assimilation of the Croatan people probably saved the primary mission The Croatan Foundation for , / artifacts and archives will be the liai son for public access to and from the Croatan Nation in legal exile. Dr Plummcr Locklcar, Jr. Ph D of studio arts is CEO. President and curator. _ The first public information from the Croatan Nation in legal exile is in reference to the LOVEKNOT. 1 - Can you draw a LOVEKNOT' If so draw one 2- What is it? J- Where is it from? 4- Why is it here? 5- Who is it for? 6- How is it used? Mail your answers to the Carolina Indian Voice The Croatan Nation in legal exile will print the answers in the near future. "Prepare to be shocked" Joint Revival Planned Oct. 25-28 A joint revival will be held at Ashpole United Methodist Church along with Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church during the week of October 25-28. Service begins at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Guest speakers are the Rev. George McDougald and Rev Larry Chandler. Special music will be provided each night The church is located directly across from South Robeson High School The public is encouraged to attend Carolina Indian Voice is published every Thursday by First American Publications . 304 Normal St. - College Plaza Post Office Box 1075 Pembroke, North Carolina 28372 Phone (910) 521-2826 Fax (910) 521-1975 Connee Brayboy, Editor Subscriptions One year in NC, $20.00 Out of State, $25.00 ' Second Class Postage Paid at Pembroke, NC i t EMC Election returns incumbent board members Rdtl Springs, AC?The 58lh Annual meeting for Lumbcc River EMC was held Tuesday night, October 6 at the GivensPerforming Arts Center at theUNC-Pcnibrokc More than 1.100 people attended Eight candidates ran to fill the four scats up for election on the board of directors In District 2 incumbent Roger CKcndinc was unopposed He received 704 votes District 2 includes the townships of Gaddys. Fairmont. Orrum. Sterling and Whitchousc In District 4 which includes the townships of Smiths. Red Springs. Shannon. Rcnncrt. Burnt Swamp. Philadelphia, and Pembroke incumbent Timothv Strickland was rc elected with 351 votes. He out polled the Broughton Oxcndinc who receiv ed 234 votes and Rev Cluster Locklcar who received 17X voles. In District X which includes all of Cumberland Count) incumbent James Hardin who is also executive director of LRDA received 521 votes over challenger Thomas Furmagc who received 245 votes In thcat-largc position Madic Rac Locklcar received C>22 voles, easily overcoming a challenge by Collie Drown who received 142 votes During the question and answer period of the annual meeting, former board member Bill James Brcuington questioned a recent policy by the board that forbids a former employee from seeking a seal on the board for five years Brew ington called it a "human rights issue " He protested the policy stating that a consumer should not be penalized for hav ing worked at EMC The attorney. Arlic Jacobs, of the law firm Locklcur Jacobs and Hum of Pembroke, chaired the meeting He informed Brcwington that the annual meeting was not the proper forunt to address board policy He recommended that Brewinglon stive his policy questions for tlic monthly meeting of of the Board of Directors There was some discussion by consumcrs after the meeting to legally challenge the policy The board met for a brief business session following the meeting During this meeting they elected Herbert Chirk of Scotland County as Prcsi-" dent. Roger Oxendme as Vice President and Ruth Oxcndinc who is not an elected member but w as appointed to fulfill the unexpired term of her late husband. Conrad O.xcndinc. as secretary Robert Strickland was elected treasurer Pembroke Kiwanis Report The w ccklymcctmg w as held T uesday evening al the Jade Garden Restaurant This was the 3Xth annual "Presidents Night" Wives were invited and Retiring President Brian Brooks served as host He treated the large group to a delicious rib-eyed steak The delicious meal was served by Mrs Amy Wong, the regular hostess. President Brooks had a very successful year as chief executive officer and thanked the group fora fine year He also read a v cry nice thank v on note from Mrs Diana Lowfy. officer and thanked the group for a fine year He also read a very nice thank you note from Mrs. Diana Lovvry. Principal of the CIS Academy, reading "Thanks for your time, your energy. and your commitment to the children of the CIS Academy, signed Diana Lovvry " The beautiful card had a picture of a little boy pushing a little girl on a swing Next week is the 38th "Chartered night" Song leader-Ed Tccts; InvocationAlbert Hunt; Program- Brian Brooks Reporter- Ken Johnson Rep. Mclntyre Honored as Guardian of Small Business Washington, D.C,?The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) today named U.S. Rep. Mike Mclntyre, D-NC. a winner of its 1998 Guardian of Small Business Award NFIB presents the award every two years in recognition of outstanding legislative Ipadershiponbchalfofsmall business. NFIB President Jack Faris praised Mclntyre for 'Takinga stand" for small business, citing his 85 percent NFIB voting record. "The record shows that wh?n the roll is called. Rep. Mclntyre has been a true and consistent friend of small business, "Faris said NFIB's voting record tallies 13 key small-business votes in thcHousc taken during the 1997 and 1998 sessions Issues included range from legal reform measures, to regulatory relief, to . a variety of tax cuts. Among the latter supported by NFIB were bills to rein state the home office deduction, lessen the "death tax" levied on family -owned businesses. and allow the self-employed to deduct their health care costs. In all. NFIB will present Guardian awards to 229 representatives and 55 senators who voted favorably on key small-business issues at least 70 percent of the time during the 105th Congress "The 105th Congress was smallbusiness friendly." said Faris "We had some key legislative victories because these la wmakers understand the needs of smal 1-busi ncss owner's." The nation's leading small-business advocacy group. NFIB represents 600.000 small and independent businesses nationwide. The organization determines its position on all legislative issues through majority vote of its members i ' . ? .7 S . . . Troop 326 Boy Scouts of America', charted by Mt. Airy Baptist Church held its annual Court of Honor on September 19, 1998, at the church. The purpose of the Court of Honor is to recognize the scouts for their efforts in the past year. During the awards ceremony a total of 32 merit 1 badges were awarded to the scouts for their efforts at Camp Bowers the scouts attended during the summer. The merit badges were from archery to swimming to first aid, camping, emergency preparedness to citizenship in the Nation and World. Also receiving their different ranks were thefollowing scouts. Star Rank, Stephen Chavis, Matt Blue, KarlPaulk. First Class, John l.ocktear. Second Class were Paul Bullard, Zach Bui lard , Braggion Carter and Michael I. ocklear. Tenderfoot was Justin I.ocklear. A Iso two scouts were recognized for completing the mile swim with their names on a plaque at the scout hut was Stephen Chavis, and Zack Bullard. A special thanks to Mt. Airyfor their support and to the troop committee. The leaders present for Troop 326 were Anthony Chavis S.M. and Michael Bullard A. S. M. U.S. Rep. Mike Mcintyte, D-NC, on left, accepts NFIB's 1998 Guardian if Small Business Award from NFIB President Jack Faris.
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