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at* | Ci |lj rating Our 25th Year of Publication TH fl CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE w led each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC \ ' ^p??^?? r _ w -qr?S- 2*? .* Congressman Mike Mclntyre and Governor Jim Hunt listen to the speakers at the Democratic Rally held Thursday, October IS, 1998 at the Lumberton Fairgrounds. Madie Rae Lock/ear receives congratulations on her recent re-election to the LREMC Board of Directors by Pembroke Town Councilman Larry T. Brooks. Brooks also serves as Principal of West Lumberton Elementary. They were among many other elected officials at the Democratic Rally Thursday night. ?.?i i ? * Newly named Superintendent of the Public Schools of Robeson County, Dr. Barry Harding and Connee Brayboy, Editor of the Carolina Indian Voice enlov the dignataries and festivities of the Democratic Rally. wmwrnmBrnammmmmmammmmmiamI Senator David Weinstein is shown at the podium. Senator Weinstein gets the lion's share of credit for brining the dignitaries, including Sen. Marc Basnlght.Sen. Tony Rand,Sen. R.C.Soles, Jr. Sen. Larry Shaw,Sen. Frank Ballance. and others. c \ BB&T Promotes Lucas to Vice President Greenville, 5C-BB&T has promoted Jack Lucas to vice president. He joined the bank in 1988 and is financial center manager for the branch at 701 Haywood Road. Lucas, a native of Pembroke, NC, earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Brigham Young University, where he received a Native American Academic Scholarship. He is president of the Canebrake Swim Association and a committee member ofBoy Scout TroopNo. 747. Lucas is a member and youth leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Lucas and his wife. Susan Lowery, have four daughters. Becky, 10, Whitney, 8, Kelsi, 5, and Haley, 2. He is the son of Geneva I ,w a i of Pembroke and the late James Lucas. Winston-Salem,. NC- based BB&T Corporation, a multi-bank holding company with S33.6 billion in assets, operates 540 banking offices in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC. BB&T is a full-service commercial and retail bank that offers additional financial services, such as insurance, investments, leasing " and trust. Most information is available at the bank's web site, www.BB&T.com. " ' V " - ' > Sheriff Glenn Maynor, left, Is shown with long time supporters John Allen of Pembroke. m -mm rr . '' " ? - Governor Jim Hunt tells the crowd how much he admires and respects Pembroke Mayor Milton Hunt who Is also Chairman of the Robeson County Democratic Party. Military Service Gerald Brooks has been promoted in rank to Staff Sergeant with the Armed Services of the United States. He is currently in Frankfurt . Germany in the branch of Military Police Force He is the grandson of Rev. lames Dial and Ina/ Dial To Subscribe To The Carolina Indian Voice Call (910) 521-2826. netirea school Personnel to meet The Fall Conference of District Ten Retired School Personnel will be held at the Pine Crest Country Club in Lumbcrton on November 18, 1998 at 11 :()0 a.m. District Ten is comprised of Robeson and Cumberland counties. Luncheon reservations must be made bv November II, 1998. The cost of the luncheon is $12.00. Make the check payable to Robeson County Retired School Personnel (RCRSP) and send it toS H Stockton.P.O. Box 888. Lumbcrton. N C. 28359. Pauline Locklear of Prospect Is shown with James E. Thomas of Saddletree, left, and Jimmy Coins of the Philadelphus Precinct, who is President of the North Carolian United Federation of American Indians. Pauline Locklear awarded 1998 Lawrence O'Brien Achievement Award Approximately 60 people met at Prospect School on Friday night to help recognize and honor Pauline Locklear of the Prospect community for her faithful and dedicated years of service to the North Carolina Democratic Party. She was awarded the Lawrence O'Brien Democratic Achievement Award for North Carolina. The announcement was made at the meeting ofthe Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. in September. At this time state and national award Winners were announced. Locklear is the only recipient from North Carolina. Locklear was nominated for the award by members of the North Carolina United Federation of American Indians. This is the only registered statewide , Indian political.action committee. Locklear is well known in political circles and never foils to mention that she is from Prospect and that the predominately Indian precinct will always vote Indian. In addition to her many years of working in politics, Locklear has also served for 30 years as a public school teacher. "You know me," she said when discussing the prestigious award, "lama., behind-the-scenes kind of person. I just get out there and work. I believe Indian . people especially ought to exercise their right to vote. So I encourage them, bring them to the polls, and try to keep them abreast of who is running and what they stand for. I just enjoy people and that is what politics is....people working with people;" The O'Brien Award was created in 1992 to honor the memory of Lawrence O'Brien, a life long Democrat who directed the campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson for President. Locklear also received S150 .When she is not campaigning for her favorite candidate, Locklear enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren: Dexter, Sierra and Tyler. She has one son who , Dexter earl Locklear, who also resides in their Native community of prospect. Collins to oversee construction of power plant in Mexico Robert Mitchell Collins began working is a project Engineer in September, 1998attheAESMerida III power plant at Merida, Yucatan Mexico. The AES Corporation was founded inJ981 and is the world's largest global power company. It is dedicated to supplying safe, clean, reliable electricity to meet global energy , neeas. Ats owns or nas an interest in ninety plants totaling over 27,000 megawatts in 13 countries. In addition to having assets in excess of $8 billion, the Company has numerous projects in construction or late stages of development. Prior to his promotion to Mexico, Collins was working with AES in Hawaii. He had been in Hawaii since 1991. He began his employment with AES as a certified welder. He was later promoted into a position where he was over all AES boiler outages and was required to do all major repair on all the boilers. During his tenure with the company he has trav eled to other plants as a trouble shooter. In June of 1998 Collins travelled to Ekibastuz, Russia to help solve a problem they were having at the plantthere. While there he taught the Russian people how to run a 4000 MW power plant and how to do the repair work with less people. Whenhearrivedthere, 1500 sub contractors were on the site. Collins eliminated the need for over 700 of them and taught the people to perform the same amount of work with half the people. Because of his success in Russia, Collins was sent to Mexico to oversee and supervise the Merida 111 project. In August he was promoted to General Project Engineer over a 484 MW power plant. It is a 450 million dollar project.' Coll ins is the son of Robert Collins of Route 2, Maxton and Pandora Burnette of Maxton. He is a graduate of Maxton High School and Richmond Technical College where he earned a business degree. He is married to the former Victoria Hunt, daughter of William and Cattie . Carter. They have two sons and two daughters ranging in ages from 8 to 22 years. Community Meeting Everyone interested in the status of the building addition to Prospect School is invited to attend a community meeting in the school gym on Tuesday. Octol>cr 27. at 7:30 P.M Local members of the Board of Education will be available to provide information and answers to 1 " questions that parents have concerning the building project Anyone with questions or concerns arc encouraged to attend and get first hand information. This is an opportunity for the community to be heard. Please come and share your answers
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