Page 6-Carolina Indian Voice-Thursday, February 24, 2000
From the Desk of the
Superintendent...
by Dr. Barry Harding, Public Schools of Robeson County
Now that the School Board has
approved a plan to make up the days
lost to the students because of the
snowfall of a couple of weeks ago. it
might be a good idea if we all. collectively.
cross our fingers and hope that
Mother Nature doesn't decide to do it
to us again. I believe that even the
children who, in their youthful exuberance.
reveled in the excitement of
the unusual occurrence, would agree
that enough is enough - especially
when faced with the reality of having
to make up the days spent playing in
the snow or just being out of school.
How the days would be made up
concerned parents, students, teachers
and other school employees, and the
system as a whole. It was a topic of
conversation wherever these people
met. For the school system, various
things had to be considered including
legal requirements, teachers' responsibilities,
parents' vacation plans,
certain logistics, alpng with date conflicts
of one kind or another. It was
not a matter of simply adding the
proper number of instructional days
for students. Teachers and other staff
needed to be considered too.
The calendar committee, including
teachers and principals, examined
four options for students and three
options for staff. The original calendar
had allowed for four weather
makeup days but, we had already used
two of those days because of Hurricane
Floyd. So, when we lost six days
to the snow, we only had two days to
use as makeups and that meant finding
four additional days. For students,
option #1 was to add thirty minutes to
the school day, option #2 used some
Easter vacation, option ?3 changed 2
teacher workdays (March 13th and
April 21 st) to student days and added
3 student days to the end of the year:
and option =4 was to attend school on
4 Saturday s. While none of the options
would satisfy, every one. the days
had to be made up somehow. At its
last meeting, the School Board approved
option "3 which changed the
students' last day of school from May
23rd to May 26th.
For staff, option ?l utilized six
Saturday s and three day s at the end of
the calendar: option *2 added the six
optional work day s at the end of the
regular school calendar: and option
=3 placed optional work day s on three
Saturdays with the other three placed
at the end of the regular calendar.
Adding the six optional workdays to
the end of the regular schedule was
approved.
There was also the matter of accommodating
classified employees
and they will be allowed to make up
their lost time by utilizing the same
time availabilities as the certified
employees but not to exceed forty
hours in any one week.
You can see. then. that, while parents
were essentially interested in
how their children's class time would
be made up, there was much more to
be considered before any decisions
could be made. As 1 said earlier, there
was certainly no way that everyone
involved was going to be happy with
whatever solution we came up with
but we feel that the final decision was
the least painful. Now, let's hope
we're not faced with the need to make
up any more days.
HealthPlex Prepares
To Open Its Doors
Ready, set, go! Fayetteville's first t
medically oriented wellness center is t
getting ready to open its doors.
HealthPlex of Cape Fear Valley
Health System is scheduled to open in
April. Located at 1930 Skibo Road
across from K-Nlart, this 65,000square-foot
facility will offerthe latest
in health programs and classes to
help keep our community well.
"The wellness center is essential
for fulfilling Cape Fear Valley's mission
to improve the health of our
community," said John T. Carlisle, <
Administrator. "Hospitals are no 1
longer just places that care for people
when they get sick. We hope that this t
facility will longer just places that I
care for people when they get sick, j
We hope that this facility will create
a healthier community that is less in
need of our treatment facilities in the
future."
The HealthPlex will promote dis- .
ease prevention, alternative care,
fitness, dietary management and
weight loss.
Classes to be offered at the facility
include weight management, healthy
cooking classes, yoga, TaiChi, arteritis
classes, smoking cessation,
meditation, aquatic classes, aerobic
classes (including step and water
aerobics), strength training classes,
pilates, spinning classes, kickboxing
classes, and personal training by certified
instructors.
The facility features a full-court
gymnasium, a warm-water therapy
pool and a 25-yard lap pool, a l/10th
mile indoor track for walkers and
joggers, and an aerobics studio. Also
included are three educational classrooms,
a multi-purpose room, a
physician's office, and a Community
Resource Librqry for health information.
' Other amenities include massage
and steam rooms, whirlpools, a mem
>ers' lounge, a Station Break juice
>ar, family locker rooms, and a supervised
play center for children ages 6
veeks to 12 years.
More than 170 pieces of cardiovascular
and strength-training
squipment will be available at the
dealthPlex. Treadmills, rowing marines,
cross-country machines, stair
:limbers, stationary bicycles, recum>ent
bikes, ellipticals will be provided,
ilong with free weights and
Technogym plate and hydraulic resistance
machines to help members
juild muscle strength.
Health programs to be located at
he HealthPlex include the Healthy
dearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Program,
the Vascular Health Program,
tnd The Diabetes Center, Sports
medicine, hand therapy, cardiac risk
reduction and spinal cord injury treatment
programs will also be located at
the facility. Patients from these programs
will workout alongside other
wellness center members, in an integrated
approach to wellness.
Individuals who join the wellness
center will receive an initial health
assessment. The results of the assessment
will be used to program exercise
equipment to operate within set parameters
based on the individual's
health status.
Members will use a special computer
"smart key" to activate the
exercise equipment. If an individual
exceeds their established parameters
during their workout, the equipment
will automatically slow down until
the person is back within their target
range. Conversely, if the individual
isn't working hard enough, the machine
will automatically step up the
pace. Monthly written reports documenting
the results of an individual's
exercise sessions can be printed for
the member and shared with his or
her physician.
by A111* Nye Oxondine
Changing Homes
I took Byron v\ ith me when I went to v isil the E\ans family after "Mr. Joe's"
death. Afterward. Byron wanted to walk out to talk to one of the dogs we used
to see when we looked across the carport at "Sana's" house. And then he
wanted to play a few minutes with Bethany's swing set.
As we got ready to lease. I said: "Good-bye. house! Good-bye, apartment!
We're going to be all right without the house and apartment, aren't we?"
"Yes." he agreed, as we headed to the ear to come "Home".
To my surprise. Byron has had a harder time than I hase giving up that
Oxendine home with so many memories. Including His Very earliest Ones.
But it looks like we've both made a lot of progress by now !
The Communists' Plan
"'It will be easy when the time comes and we shall not have to resort to force
of arms It is inevitable, never forget that.'"
This is how E. Pearce Hayes (apparently a missionary in China at the time
of the Communist take-over) began his article. "How the Communists Plan to
Conquer America" in the February l962Christian Herald(pp. 7and 17). Icame
across the yellowing pages of the magazine at my parents' home a few years
ago.
That boastful statement had been made eleven years earlier, in 1951. Hayes
reported, by the 26-year-old leader of the 40 Communist men and women who
mov ed in and took possession of the Hayes' house while they were detained
at the Foochow Customs House. As Hayes explains, he and his wife had been
'"invited"' there by the Communist government officials for inspection of their
goods.
The young Communist leader who made the statement was "brilliant,"
according to Hayes, "well-educated and a student of world history." One day
he described what he called "the pattern for the conquest of America and
Europe." (Tome it sounds Exactly like what I've read was Lenin's original plan
for conquering the world, including the United States.)
By 1962. observed the author, "The accuracy of (the young leader's)
position, the strategy he outlined, has been proved authentic." But, added
Hayes: "It has not been given general publicity by Communist leaders."
(What an understatement! As far as I know, they have Never made their
plans known to the general public.)
'"We have studied history,"' the young leader went on to explain,"' You
have built your nation upon (what you call moral) principles?truth, honor,
justice, respect for the other man. sanctity of human personality. You believe
in them but falsely understand them. We see that your moral* principles are
merely the outgrowth of the great superstition which you call religion.'"
Again he sounds like Lenin: "'Religion is merely the tool used by those in
authority, the rich, to control the oppressed peoples, whom we have come to
liberate. When we correct the evils of society, uproot the control by the few
of land, money, position and privilege, and make all of society one class, then
religion shall automatically disappear as there will be no need for such an
instrument of mass control. Then your so-called virtues will disappear Your
civilization will crumble, topple, disintegrate, and you shall be ready for our
take-over We shall destroy religion ..then our task will be easy."'
Hayes ended this 1962 article by saying: "That night in Foochow in 1951,
the Communist leader concluded his lecture to me. Turning away he said, "No
we do not need to conquer you by military might. This way is easier!'"
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Red Springs
Arts Council
Artists, craftspeople, food vendors
and community organizations
who wish to participate in the Red
Springs Street Festival on Sunday,
April 16, 2000 please contact the Red
Springs Arts Council, PO Box 447,
Red Springs, NC 28377 (or call 910/
843-3559 evenings).
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Robeson County To Receive
$5 Million To Prepare Young
Adults For Employment
Washington - Senator John Edwards announced on Saturday that the
Lumber River Youth Opportunity Project will receive S5 million to help 1,000
young people in Robeson Count) get the education and training they need to
succeed.
"The best thing we can do for our kids is to give them the chance to learn,"
said Senator Edw ards. "For most North Carolinians, our economy is booming
and there are plenty of jobs. I'm pleased that even more people will be given
the chance to succeed in school and at work."
The project could provide Robeson County with up to S20 million over a
five-year period. Funding will be used for educational and occupational
.training to teenagers and young adults at risk of permanent unemployment.
EtTorts will focus on helping students finish high school, prepare for college,
and train for careers in the private sector.
The Youth Opportunity grant from the Labor Department is part of a fiveyear.
SI .4 billion initiative will provide education and job training opportunities
to young people in 36 communities nationwide.
The program was praised by President Clinton in his weekly radio address
on Saturday. "We can tell our young people to be positive about our future
because we are building the system to deliver our promise." he said. "We have
the means to turn around tens of thousands of lives."
Communities that were awarded grants were chosen because they developed
plans to provide a variety of support services.
Robeson County will build community-wide partnerships with several
resource centers and youth service organizations. The partnerships also will
provide long-term, follow-up services to ensure the success of the participants.
"The Youth Opportunity grants program will develop new workers who
are badly needed in today's job market," said Labor Secretary Alexis M.
Herman. "We don't have a worker shortage in this country, we have a skills
shortage, and we have young people who want a chance to develop skills and
have the chance to succeed."
The Carolina Indian Voice
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