The Carolina Indian Voice
Published Each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC
VOLUME 27 NUMBER 3 THURSDA Y, JANUARY 20, 2000 TWENTY-FIVE CESTS
Mitchell "Bosco" Lock Bid
for Re-election to Board of Education
Mitchell "Bosco" Locklear has
announced his candidacy for reelection
for a second term on the
Board of Education (At-large position)
for the Public Schools of
Robeson County. Locklear is the
owner and operator of Sunshine
Learning Center in Pembroke.
He and his wife, Doris, reside in
the Prospect Community. Their
daughter. Jessica, is a senior at
Purnell Swett High School.
He is a member and Sunday
School Teacher at Galilee Baptist
Church.
In making his announcement,
Locklear made the following statement:
"Serving the past four years
as your representative has been a
very rewarding experience for me.
Our students have made significant
increases in reading, writing.
I* math and SAT test scores; positive
leadership changes have occurred
in Principalships and in other
Administrative positions; millions
of dollars for new construction of
classrooms and other needed facilities
have been approved: and
our system continues to operate on
a sound fiscal budget."
"We are. moving in a positive
direction, and I would like to see us
continue to move that way. Our
children deserve no less than the
best we can offer."
"It" I am re-elected as vour public
servant. I am committed to continue
to work for the best interests
of all our children and citizens. I
will continue to use a student-oriented.
common sense approach to
problem solving and policy making.
Thinking students and what
is best for our children before solutions
can be sought for problems or
new plans are developed."
"Locklear states that one area of
concern he has is recruiting and
retaining qualified teachers: therefore.
he supports an increase in
teacher supplements."
I sincerely solicit your continued
support in my bid for re-election
on May 2."
Rep. Ron Sutton has announced
his bid for re-election to the North
Carolina House of Representatives,
District 85. In making his
announcmeent. Rep. Sutton released
the following statement.
It is with tremendous pride that
I officially announce my filing on
January 7th for a fifth term in the
North Carolina House of Repre
Scotland Health Care System's Prenatal program
receives $187,060 grant from Duke Endowment
Scotland Health Care System is
pleased to announce it has been
awarded a $187,060 grant from
The Duke Endowment. This grant
provides assistance in the expansion
of a prenatal care program at
two Scotland Health Care System
rural clinics. The staffs of Rowland
and Wagram Family Practice
Centers join the Maxton, Pembroke
and McColl Family Practice
Centers in providing high-quality,
cost-effective prenatal care.
"Providing OB/Gyn services at
our family practice centers makes
sense," said Greg Wood, President
and Chief Executive Officer. "Being
able to provide services such as
this, close to the patients who need
it most, is part of the Health Care
System's mission statement. Since
the inception of the prenatal program
at the Centers, we have substantially
decreased the number of
obstetric patients presenting at
Scotland Memorial Hospital Labor
and Delivery with no record of
or no prenatal care."
The Duke Endowment grant is
for two years and adds a social
worker and administrative assistant
to the existing prenatal program.
"The success of the program
at Maxton made it clear that
this is an effective approach to
providing prenatal care," said Eugene
W. Cochrane Jr., vice president
and director of the health care
division of The Duke Endowment.
"We are happy that Scotland Health
Care System is taking the initiative
of expanding these services to
additional sites, and we are pleased
to be able to make this grant."
One of the issues with, prenatal
care is transportation and coordination
of care. This grant also
provides funding for the purchase
of a van to offer transportation
services to take prenatal patients to
hospital appointments. In addition,
two portable ultrasound machines
will be purchased to provide
on-site service at all five of the
Centers.
The hiring of a Social WorkerCase
Manager and an Administrative
Assistant bring added support
to the Wagram and Rowland Centers.
With the assistance of a case
manager, someone to navigate
through the health care maze for
patients, the coordination of services
will improve and will enable
people to get the care they need.
The role of the Administrative
Assistant is to support the Indigent
Medications Program. This ser
vice will help generate thousands
of dollars of. free medications for
patients each month.
Scotland Health Care System's
partnership with the OB/Gyn physicians
and certified nurse midwives
is very strong. A nurse
midwife provides care at the Pembroke
and McColl Centers. This
grant will allow a family nurse
practitioner to provide prenatal
service at Wagram. Max ton and
Rowland.
"As this community's health
care system, we take our mission of
making our community healthier
very seriously," continued Wood.
"In 1997, we were fortunate to
receive a two-year 530,000 grant
from The Duke Endowment to
develop a prenatal care program at
the Maxlon Family Practice Center.
This project grew out bf an
overwhelming need for services
for women of childbearing age and
their children." Because of the
overwhelming success at Maxton,
services were added to the Pembroke
and McColl Family Practice
Centers in 1999. "Our arrangement
with our two OB/Gyn groups
to provide prenatal care on a rotating
basis has been more successful
than we could have imagined. We
are pleased that we can now offer
prenatal services through our five
rural practice centers." In each of
these five practices, over seventyfive
(75) percent of the prenatal
patients are-jftWlWid recipients or
have no third party health coverage.
The population is at high risk
for teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted
diseases, and abuse and
neglect. "Offering prenatal care to
the women in these communities
has the potential to make significant
positive inroads in outcomes,"
commented Wood.
Established in 1924 by North
Carolina industrialist and philanthropist
James B. Duke, The Duke
Endowment is one of the nation's
largest private foundations. It
serves the people of North Carolina
and South Carolina by supporting
selected programs ofhigher
education, health care, children's
welfare, and spiritual life. The
Endowment awarded more than
$71 million grants in 1998, and
has awarded more than $1.4 billion
since 1924."
For more information about
prenatal care at one of Scotland
Health Care System's family practice
centers, call the Marketing
Department at 910/291-7550.
North Carolina School of Science and
Mathematics to Sponsor Annual Wow
The Native American Club,
Akwetkon, at the North Carolina
School of Science and Mathematics
will be hosting our ninth annual
powwow on Saturday. February
19, 2000. We are hoping for
lots of good singing and dancing as
well as displays of Indian arts and
crafts. Grand Entry for dancers
will be at 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm.
Our building, the Physical Education
Center, will open at 9:00 am.
We would like to invite you to join
us for this occasion. Please help us
spread the word!
Odr host drum this year will be
Red Wolf from Hollister, NC. We
are sure to have some fine singing
in the Northern Plains tradition
from this renowned group of singers.
We anticipate that Red Wolf
will be joined by several other
drums, both Southern and North
ern, so that we will have lots of
variety in our music.
We are excited this year to have
a group of outstanding Native
Americans join us as our head
staff. Tony Locha Clark, Lumbee.
from Pembroke, NC, will be serving
as our Master of Ceremonies.
Osceola Red Shirt, representing
the Oglala Lakota, will be serving
as Head Man Dancer. Genevieve
Red Shirt, representing the Rosebud
Lakota and Taino people, will
be the Head Lady Dancer. John
Locklear will be representing the
Lumbee-Cheraw as our Head Boy
Dancer. Brittany Anstead. from
the Haliwa Saponi tribe, will be
our Head Girl Dancer.
The School of Science and Math
is a residential school for eleventh
and twelfth grade students from
throughout North Carolina who
show particular talent and potential
in the areas of science and
math. We would like to make our
school better known in North
Carolina's Indian communities.
This is one ofthe major purposes of
our powwow. We.hope that through
such efforts, we can attract more
Indian students to apply*to our
school. We also want to make the
point that once Native American
students enroll in the School of
Science and Math, they will find a
supportive atmosphere as well as
other Indian students interested in
the advancement of their people
and their culture.
So. come join us on the 19th of
February and contribute to the good
time. If you would like more information
on the powwow or on our
school, please feel free to call 919286-3366.
Summer Ventures in Science
and Mathematics Application
Deadline is January 3"
Durham - The deadline for application
to Summer Ventures in
Science and Mathematics, a statewide
program of residential institutes
to provide enrichment and
research opportunities to academically
talented high school students,
is January 31.
Application forms, which must
be postmarked by January 31. are
available from high school guidance
counselors. Summer Ventures
in Science and Mathematics
is the nation's largest researchoriented
summer program. Approximately
600 students will participate
in 2000, according to Sally
Adkin, SVSM state coordinator.
A program of the University of
North Carolina system and administered
by the N.C. School of Science
and Mathematics in Durham.
SVSM includes four-week programs
at six campus sites during
June and July for rising juniors and
seniors. No tuition or fees are
charged for the program which is
beginning its 16th year.
Admission to SVSM is limited
to current high school sophomores
and juniors whose custodial parents
or guardians are legal residents
of North Carolina. Students
are selected on the basis of academic
motivation in science and
mathematics, and emotional maturity.
Grant Younghlood
Wendy Moore Cummings and Yvonne Barnes Dial (left) attended a Native
American Writers Workshop recently in Nashville, TN. Sharing faith stories
along with other Native American across the nation, their works will he
published in the ALIVF. Magazine in the near future.
Rep. Ron Sutton
announces bid for
fifth term in House
sentatives. Representing part of
Robeson and Hoke Counties, I am
presently part of a highly cooperative
and productive local legisla- '
tive delegation team.
I wish to thank my wife Genny
and all my family for their support.
Additionally, 1 want to thank all
my loyal and dedicated supporters
that have displayed their trust in
me for the past several years. I
again ask for their support.
I appreciate the confidence the
voters have shown in me in the past
and I have tried diligently to serve
all my constituents in the best possible
manner.
In an environment where seniority
is paramount, my longevity
has resulted in assignment to numerous
key positions. I serve on
all House transportation related
committees and a review of our region
will show a tremendous increase
in highway improvements in
recentyears. Oneofmy first projects
was the widening of Prospect Road
in front of the University of North
Carolina at Pembroke. Other examples
are the stoplight and turn *
lanes on Hwy. 710 and Deep Branch
Road and turn lanes at the Saint
Annah intersection on Prospect
Road. There are other improvements
throughout the region I have
sponsored.
As chairman of a powerful
House Judiciary Committee, I have
contributed significantly to statewide
lawmaking. Currently I am
co-chairing a committee to study
various aspects of the death penalty.
Service in the General Assembly
is time consuming and takes its
toll on my law practice on Union
Chapel Road in Pembroke, however
it is highly rewarding, the
satisfaction I get in helping my
constituents overshadows the time and
expense I have to dedicate to
service in Raleigh.
There are critical challenges
ahead for the next term. In 2001
we must redraw district lines for
Congress and the General Assembly
following the 2000 census.
Something must be done to meet
the funding needs of our outstanding
university system. Our community
colleges and public schools
are also moving forward but must
continue to be adequently funded.
Our community still has a lot of
road and highway needs and although
many are on the drawing
board, we must make sure they stay
on the front burner.
This is a critical time for southeastern
North Carolina. We are
, experiencing a significant loss of
jobs and plant downsizings. Money
is tight. Our friends in northeastern
North Carolina have experienced
a devastating flood and we
must share in the'cost of rebuilding.
It is going to affect all of us.
Our local education system locally
is improving while statewide
it is in a state of flux. Wehavemade
major strides in teacher pay but
have been unable to fund needed
pay hikes for all state employees.
Many of our local projects are
moving forward and I will continue
to fight for funds in the future
especially in a time when money is
extremely tight.
The Southeastern Farmers Market,
N.C. Indian Cultural Center
and the Economic Development
Center at the University of North
Carolina at Pembroke still need
money and it will take aggressive
action to get them fully fiinded.
I pledge to you my continued
efforts to do th'e best I can for the people
of District 85 in Robeson
and'Hoke Counties. My district
office door, located at my law office
at 208 Union Chapel Road in
Pembroke, remains open and I
encourage your visit anytime I can
be of assistance.
Lumberton native tours
as an opera singer
Grant Youngblood has been
creating a ruckus in the opera
world.
Described as a "tall dashing
baritone with a robust sound and
ringing top notes," the 37 year old
was born in Lumberton, N.C. has
performed in many of the most
prestigious opera theaters, and
concert halls such as Carnegie Hall,
New York city, Baltimore Opera,
and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
Youngblood made his
mainstage debut with the San Francisco
Opera last January. His performance
as "Sharpless", in Madame
Butterfly earned him critical
acclaim.
He majored in computer science
in college, but because of his
love for music and the arts, he
evolved into an opera singer.
Yourlgblood's schedule for the
year 2000 includes a Japan tour as
"Escamillo" in Carmen. He will
also appear in concert in Durham
N.C. during February as
"Carmena" in Burana.
Youngblood is the son of Marie
Revels Young and Dewey Young.
His grandparents are Lizer Jane
Revels, the late Willie French Revels,
and the late John and Laura
Young.
Public Hearings Scheduled
on Issue of Government
The Public Opinion and Communications
Committee of the
Lumbee Self-Determination Commission
has scheduled a Public
Hearing on the following dates for
the purpose of determining what
type of government, if any, the
Lumbee People wish to form as
their tribal government. The Hearing
will provide the Lumbee People
a forum to express their views and
opinions about a tribal government.
Each Hearing will begin at 7:00
p.m. South Robeson High School,
January' 24. Fairmont high School,
January 31. Prospect Elemen'.ary
School, February 21. Magnolia
Elementary School. February 28.
At each Hearing, a detailed explanation
of the objectives of the
l.umbec Self-Determination Commission
will be given and the importance
of the Lumbee Peoples'
opinion is to the process of implementing
these objectives.
Hospice Orientation program
set for new volunteers
Hospice of Robeson will hold
an orientation program for new
volunteers on Monday, February
28 at 7 p.m. at Health Horizons,
2002 N. Cedar St. in Lumberton.
The public is cordially invited to
attend and learn more about Hospice
and the services it provides
throughout Robeson County for
the terminally ill and their families.
Attendance at the orientation is
mandatory for those wishing to
attend the eight-part volunteer
training course beginning on Feb.
29 and meeting each Tuesday thereafter
until April 18 from 6:30 until
9:30 p.m.
Hospice of Robeson Volunteer
Coordinator Anne C'rain said that
volunteers are especially needed in
the areas in and around Fairmont,
St. Pauls, Pembroke, Maxton, and
Rowland.
For more information and a registration
application, call Crain at
(910)671-5655.