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VOLUME 25 NUMBER 14 THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1999 ? TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
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Public Hearings on Housjng
Funds considered successful
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i. uio.ii Housing Hearings
began in Robeson Counts March 2^
and ended on March 10
Hearings were held at Lumbcrton
Senior High School. South Robeson
and Purncll Swell Several hundred
people attended the hearings
Hearings begin this week in Cumberland
and Scotland counts The
I lokecounts hearing will be April 12
at South Hoke F.lemcnlarv School
The hearings arc being sponsored
b> I .limbec Regional Development
Association to receive input from
tribal members foi the development
of the Housing and Urban Development
Grant for Indian housing due
Jul> 1. 1999.
The plan will include goals and
activities for housing sen ices to enrolled
tribal members over the next
four yc?.rs T he trite is c\pcclcd to
rccei\c annual 1> over $8 million for
housingandconmiunii) development
At the hearings those in attendance
learned how to apph for
children's free health insurance and
tribal enrollment All LRDA sen ices
were featured and information was
pro\ided
LRDA thanks the school svstems
lot the use of school facilities and all
those w ho attended the hearings in all
the counties
Attendee's seek information on services at the HUD Indian housing
hearing at l.mnherton Senior Hif-h School.
Red SprtngsArts Council to
Present Annual Street Festival
Red Springs ? The Red Springs Arts Council will present its annual Street
Festival on Sunday. April 18,1999 The activities will begin at 1:00p.m. and
end at 5 p.m. in dow ntown Red Springs. According to festival organizer Ralph
Steeds. "This year's festival promises to be real exciting with two bands
performing, roaming street entertainers, and a storyteller. There will be lots
of activities for the entire family, especially the kids "
The two featured bands this year include Carolina Crew and the Latino
band Grupo Arct Additional acts at this year's Festival will include "World
Champion" juggler and comedian Bill Fry. storyteller Daria Barbicri and
student dancers of the Gibson School of Dance There will also be clow ns and
other forms of street entertainment. And as usual, there will bcexhibitsof arts
and crafts, lots of food vendors, train rides, the "Moonwalkcr." pony rides,
miniature golf, football toss, and many other games and acti\ itics for the
whole family
According to Arts Council President. John Bowman. " A special feature of
this year's Festival will be a "health fair." Nurses and health educators from
the Robeson County Health Department and Southeastern Regional Medical
Center will be on hand to provide free cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood
pressure screenings as well as distribute information on a variety of health
topics, including diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, diet and exercise."
The annual Red Springs Street Festival is supported by a grant from the
North Carolina Arts Council Admission is free-to the festival For more
information, call (910) 847-2427 or 847-2559
Bye Bye Birdie to be presented
at Carolina Civic Center
Screaming fans, fainting girls,
swivclinghipsand pure 60's rock'n'roll
will be on stage at the Carolina Civic
C enter i n downtown Lumbcrton when
America's favorite pop idol. Birdie,
gives his farewell concert before going
into the Army
Grab your leal her jacket, your hair
spray and saddle shoes and relive
early days of rock and pop. when
everyone's family was the Cleavers,
the lids were all Annette and Frank,
the teen heartthrobs were Elvis and
Fabian, and life was "Happy Day" and
"Beach Blanket Bingo "Plcasantville"
takes over Liirnbcrton for one weekend
only. April 22-25. for "Bye Bye
Birdie." the best rock 'n' roll musical
comedy created
"Birdie" is this year's All-County
Musical, the season finale of The Studio
One Lab Series of the Public
Schools of Robeson County. Each year
the musical highlights the best singing.
acting and dancing talent of high
school students from throughout the
county
Performances will be 8 p m April
22. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 24. and 2
p in April 25 Tickctsarc $8 for adults.
$6 for seniors "and $3 for
students Tickets will be on sale each
evening at the door or can be purchased
from members of the company
(look for people wearing a red "Birdie"
button). For reservations or information
call Rcgina Valcntaat(910)67l6015.
All proceeds from All-County
Musical go to support theater programmingand
productions forall students
throughout the year. This production
is sponsored by Fairmont
Optomclric Clinic, the Lumbcrlon
Children's Clinic. Triangle Bank of
Lumbcrlon. Coca-Cola Boltlinganda
Grassroots Grant of the N C Arts
Council
I tern: The Studio One Lab Series of
The PublicSchoolsofRobcson County
presents "Bye Bye Birdie"
Dates: 8 p.m. Thursday. April 22
2 p m. and 8 p m Saturday.
April 24
2 p.m. Sunday. April 25
Location Carolina Civic Center.
115 N Chestnut St downtown Lumbcrlon
Prices Adults SX. Seniors $6.
Students: $5.
Contact: Mrs Jeanne Kooncc.
<9 10) 424-8871
Mrs Rcgina Valcnla.
(910)671-6015
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A view from the /uihlii hearing on Indian housing held al I nniherton Senior lli/{li School March 2A.
American Indian License Plates
will be on sale as soon as 300
applications are received
The North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles (DM V) will place the
American Indian Insignia License
Plate 011 sale as soon as 300 applications
arc processed The NC Commission
of Indian Affairs is administrating
the American Indian Insignia License
Plate Program during the dc\ clopincnt
of the license plate The Indian
commission began to distribute
the applieal ion forms to tribal offices.
Indian Associations and to individn-'
als in 1 cbruars The commission also
distributed the applications at the Indian
Units Conference which was held
in Fn\cllc\ illc March 11-13. I W>
l hc N.C General Assemble authorized
the license plate during the
1WS session of the General Assenibh.
The commission' is authorized to
collect the applications and theS 10 <M)
fee during the development phase of
the Indian Insignia License Plate G
Ricliai Jsoii. l:\cciili\cDiiccloi ol'tlie
Indian Commission, reported that the
project is well on the way and that the
commission has already received over
150 applications.
The commission membership support
legislation for the license plate
during the last session of the General
Assembly Representative Sutton introduced
the legislation and the bill
was adopted by an overwhelming
majority of the members of the General
Assembly. Paul Brooks. Chairman
of the N C Commission of Indian
Affairs staled that "The legislation
and the license plate is historically
significant because it is a first for
North Carolina. That the license plate
is a symbolic form of recognition for
the American Indian population in
North Carolina "
For mord information about the
American Indian Insignia License
plate or to obtain an applicat ion form..
please contact the N C Commission
of Indian Affairs ai (OlOy-W.I-SWH AilTeiicUii
Indian license Plate Program
Miss Lumbee Applications
now beina accented
The Lumbce Regional Development
Association (LRDA) iscurrcnth
accepting applications for the 1999
Miss Lumbce Pageant
To qualify as a pageant contestant,
the applicant must be a Lumbce female.
between 17 1/2 and 26 years of
age, a high school graduate and be
single, never married or co-habited
and assessable to Pembroke as a home
base
IF you meet the criteria and are
interested in competing as a contestant
please contact James Monroe
Chavis at (910) 521-2462 You can
pick up applications at the Lumbce
Tribal Enrollment Office located on
Union Chapel Road in Pembroke
Applications, must be completed
and returned by May 13. 1999
The Miss Lunibcc Pageant, sponsored
by Lunibcc Regional Development
Association (L.RDA) is one of
the main events of the Lunibcc Homecoming.
This year the pageant will be held
on the campus at the University of
North Carolina at Pembroke. Givens
Performing Arts Center. July 2.1999
at 8:1)0 P.M Admission will be $9
per person Tickets will be sold in
advance because of the large attendance
i n the past So w ateli the papers
and get your tickets early in ad\ancc
For additional information call (910)
521-2462
Lisa Lastowski, M.D., certified
as Family Practice Specialist
Have you ever noticed the words
"board certified" following a
physician's name? Family physicians
earn the esteemed status by
passing a certification exam, an
intensive written test of a physician's
knowledge in pediatrics, internal
medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology,
psychiatry, prevention
and other aspects of family practice.
Lisa Lastowski, M.D. of the
FirstHealth Family Care CenterRaeford,
was recently certified as a
Diplomate of the American Board
of Family Practice (ABFP).
Dr. Lastowski, who is a member
of the Lumbee tribe and originally
from Wilmington, received three
bachelor's degrees, including biochemistry, biology and chemistry, in
1987 from North Carolina State University. After working as a chemist
and laboratory technical specialist, she decided to earn her medical
degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of
Medicine, which she received in 1995,
Dr. Lastowski then completed a family practice i esidency at the Duke/
Southern Regional Area Health Education Center in Fayetteville in June,
1998. She is now accepting new patients in Raeford. To make an
appointment with Dr. Lastowski or another provider at this Family Care
Center, call (910) 904-2350.
The specialty of family practice combines the latest in medical
technologies with a long tradition of caring and service. Family physicians
are education and trained to care for the whole person, treating the
majority of medical problems.
The American Medical Association and the American Board of
Medical Specialities recognized family practice in 1969 as a medical
speciality. Family practice was the first speciality to require its diplo- %
mates to recertify by taking recertification exams every six years..
Reprinted from the Spring 1999 edition of the Untilealth of the
Carollnas Moore Regional Hospital-Montgomery Memorial Hospital
Magazine.
Selected UMC
Lay Leader for
the Rockingham
District
Yvonne Barnes Dial was selected
as the United Methodist
Churches Lay leader lor the
Rockingham district.
The criteria for this selection
included involvement at the church,
district, community, and other lev-..
els. Lay leaders devote much effort
towards study ing scripture, active
at the church level, and giving of
themselves in ministering to individuals.
Yvonne is a Sunday School
teacher, director of children and
youth ministries, member of the
Pembroke First United Methodist
* Women's organization, director of
Vacation Bible School, sings in the
Church Choir and serves on the
church's board. In the Summer of
1998 she served with a mission
team in Bolivia, South American in
helping to add additional rooms to
a Red Cross Center. She in actively
involved with the youth of her
church raising money for the needy
and visiting shut-ins and nurseries
and delivering gifts, and assisting
in providing scholarships for females
pursuing a college degree as
a member of the Pembroke Business
and professional woman's
organization. She isprcsently teaching
English and journalism at
Pumell Swen High School where
she has been selected as Teacher of
the Year and served as a
cheerleading and ninth grade girl's
basketball coach and on various
school committees.
Yvonne Barnes Dial
Ruth Dial Woods assists
in Diversity Training for
Teachers & administrators
Dr Ruth Dial Woods of Pembroke
was one of several presenters at a K.12
Confeichee on Celebrating and
Affirming Diversity -2000 And Beyond
on March 2.7 co-sponsored by
the Universitv Center for International
Studies at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
Favcllcv ille State University.
Dr Woods was co-presenter with
Dr Geraldinc Murin. Professor of
Fdtication at Faycllcvillc State University
on "Bi-Racial. Multiracial,
and tiie New Immigrants in Middle
and Secondary Schools" in a segment
entitled Teaching to Diversity. An
Internationa! Perspective The purpose
of the conference w as to build a
solid found 'iiou fu. the appreciation
of the div ei'sc ulnaes appropriately
inlluence.Naming instruction and
inqiiity lli> toiifcivuce was also designed
in usmsI K -1 ? teachers and
school adiwiiii.-naiois to move low
ardsa more mail: -cultural approach
to education by infusing and/or integrating
more multicultural content
into the North Carolina Standard
Course of Study lor Social Studies at'
all grade levels Finally, the conference
will be helpful to participants in
identification and creation of cdtica
tional climates to accommodate cultural
differences
Die conference u as funded bx the
Title VI program of the IJ.S Department
of Education and the Unixcrsilx
Center for International Studies at
UNC-Clvapcl Hill Tlie goal of the
center is to pro\ ide the best possible
information oil inulticiiltutral and
international topics to teachers and
school administrators The Center for
International Studies at the Unixcrsilx
OfNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill
in collaboration with the Center for
European Studies, Institute for Latin
American Studies and the Center for
Slax ic. Eurasian and East European
Studies, the Triangle Institute for
Sccurilx Stu<t(.> and the Triangle
South Asia Consortium offers access
to special programs and speakers lor
teachers and then students Presentations
are aimed at raising awareness
of the ethnic geographic and political
forces that shape a world The k12
International Out reach-program
has pros ided OX North Carolina public
schools with prescntalionson world
topics at no cost to the schools Program
aclixitics can be xicwcd on the
Internet bx clicking on Outreach oral
hllpV/mcilab tine cduhicis/bt i I
Pembroke Native wins
national honor
by Dr. Dean Ch avers
Phoenix, AZ. Thomas A. Godwin
of Denver was the winner of the "Indian
Business Owner of the year"
award at the annual banquet of the
National Center for American Indian
Enterprise Development (NCAIED)
on March 10. 1999. NCAIED is the
largest developer of I ndia n businesses
in the U.S.
Tom, a native of Pembroke, won
the award for his vision in starting the
Colorado Indian Chamber of Commerce
in Denver The Chamber,
w hich is in the process of changing its
name to the Rocky Mountain American
Indian ChamberofCommcrcc. is
the largest Indian Chamber ofCommcrcc
in the nation
Tom made a commitment in April.
1989 to create a Chamber to sen c the
Denser and Colorado American Indian
entrepreneurs. He still scncs as
the Director of the T raini ng and Education
Task Force. The Chamber now
includes many of the large corporations
and government agencies in the
Denver area
Tom's main business is running
Complexity Simplified. Inc. This organization
workswith major and midsize
entities in business and systems
development for Electronic Commerce
(EC) and Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI), with the focus on
training minority', small, and womenowned
businesses. CSI's computer
network, called BASVAN
(www.basv an.com) is licensed by the
Department of Defense as a Value
A died Network (VAN) with
FACNET.
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The BASVAN Virtual Uni\crsit>
(www.basvan.com/university). a
Web-based online distance learning
system . enables one instructor to
train up to 100 sites at one time
anyw here in the w orld, rcmovi ng ti me
and distance and making learning
convenient for the learner
Before founding CSI. Tom worked
for the Martin Marietta Corporation
for 25 y cars He was the chief tech rep
for the Titan missile sites in the Denver
area. He led the team which developed
the "Little Red School House"
education satellite w hich later led to
the first Martin Marietta Satellite
Conference where he conducted a
design review between Dciwcr and
Vandcnbcrg AFB And he was the
planning manager for the building of
the $2 billion launch pad at
Vandcnburg AFB
Tom. also know n as Foncic. is the
son of the late W. P. and Jessie F.
Godwin. He is the uncle of this writer.
He was classmates with James Thomas.
Jerry Cummings, Lonnic Revels,
Jr., Harry Oxendinc. Bundy
Lowry, and Sonny Jones before moving
to Petersburg. VA in 1947.
HcisvetcranoftheU.S. AirForcc,
1955-59, where he mastered electronics.
From the Air Force he went
directly to Martin Marietta, working
there until he retired. Since he retired,
he has worked as management
consultant and education trainer all
over the U.S. Much of his present
community work is on the Pine Ridge
Indian reservation in South Dakota
He can be reached by e-mail at
"csi0ibasvan.com."