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Felicia loves to write.
This is a poem she
wishes to share with our
readers.
Felicia Locklear
Francis Pinchbeck
Receives Distringuished
Silver Beaver A ward
Francis Pinchbeck, a Pembroke
resident, was honored with the Distinguished
Silver Beaver Award at
the Feb. 24, 2000, Cape Fear Council
Recognition Banquet at the Coastline
Convention Center in Wilmington.
The award is one of the highest in
scouting and is made for noteworthy
service of exceptional character to
youth by registered Scooters within
the Cape Fear Council.
Pinchbeck, nominated by W. D.
Oxendine, Executive Board Member
and a 1982 Silver Beaver Recipient, is
the third family member to receive this
award. His father, the late Walter
Pinchbeck, one of the legendary scoutmasters
in the Council's history,
received the award in 1947. His sister.
Mary Pinchbeck Teets, retired School
Administrator, and longtime member
of the Cape Fear Executive Board received
the award in 1995.
Pinchbeck, retired USAF. has been
involved in scouting for 39 years. He
received his Eagle Award in 1965, the
Cape Fear Award for the Central District
in 1995, and completed his
Woodbadge Training in 1995. A lifetime
member of the Klahican Lodge
?331 of the O. A., Pinchbeck attended
the BSA National Volunteer Leader
Training in Philmont. NM in 1996.
While serving in the USAF he was a
Scout Leader for troops in Fontana,
CA. And RAF Mildenhall England.
He has served as a Scoutmaster/Assistant
Scoutmaster for Troop 27,
Pembroke since 1988. For several
years Pinchbeck has served on the
Central District Round-Up Team and
has served as Camporee Chief for the
Central District. Since 1994, he has
served as a provisional scoutmaster
for Camp Bowers.
Present to see her son receive the
. coveted award was Francis' mother,
Mrs. Bertha Pinchbeck. She was also
present when her husband and daughter
received their awards. Also
attending was Pinchbeck's sister.
Sandra Bond, of Titusville.FL.
Boy Scout Troop 27 of Pembroke
led the Opening Ceremony.
Other recipients were Robin
Summerlin. Pres. Front Porch,
Elizabethtown: J.H. Corpening, II.
District Judge, of Wilmington: and
Dr. Michael Queen, Pastor, First Baptist
Church. Wilmington.
Read Across America
Day Celebrated at
Pembroke Elementary
Reading volunteers enjoy refreshments in the Pembroke Elementary
Media Center. School hoard member Paul Brooks is shown right.
Pembroke Elementary School's students, faculty and staff enjoyed Read
Across America Day on Thursday, March 2, 2000 with 39 volunteers
(parents, grandparents, local professionals, county officials, UNCP students,
and Swett High Students.) The media enter was the main location for
registration, refreshments, and conversing. Each volunteer was presented
with a Read Across America button. The volunteers truly made the celebration
a huge success!
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FelicisyyieKlear is focal
point of Christian love
EVANS CROSSING - Meet I elicia I ocklear. She is the object of much affection
in her community -- the Evans Crossing Communis on Cabinet Shop Road off
Highway 74 and throughout Robeson Counts and beyond. Felicia lives at
1399 Cabinet Shop Road near Maxton. N C. with her mother Ms. Earline I.ocklear
and her brother Brian.
Felicia, a graducate of Swett High, now 27. suffers severe Scoliosis, and
other medical problems including club feet and lungs that do not work at full
capacity. She often has to spend a lot of time in the hospital, and recently
returned home after a stay of more than six months in the hospital in Chapel
Hill. She has made many friends in the hospital there among the staff.
The mobile home she shares w ith her mother and brother on Cabinet Shop
Road is severely cramped for space, and some of the men in the community
recently decided to do something about it and began a project to build Felicia
an adjoining room and fit it vv.ith her special needs, including breathing devices
and emergency medical equipment. While in the hospital. Felicia had to
have a tracheotomy and is learning how to speak again w ith a voice box.
The catalyst for pulling together the resources to have the room built and
outfitted does not want his name used. He just wants Felicia to have her room
and whatever else she needs to be able to live as well as possible.
Many people in the community and beyond have helped with the project,
including Clonnie Brayboy who has. more or less, been designated as the
unofficial contractor of record. Felicia's church. Antioch Free Will Baptist
Church has also expressed much love and many of the members have played
a pari in helping build the room tor their sister in Christ. Another one who has
shown much interest in the project is Mr. Curt L.ocklear. Proprietor of Pembroke
Hardware in Pembroke. Tyrone Locklear has done much of the electrical
and plumbing work. Other churches like White Hill. Mt. Hebron. Union Chapel
Holiness Methodist Church. Bear Swamp. Sycamore Hill and many others
base helped too. And groups like the Friend in Need Foundation and Dial
Rest Home have extended a helping hand in various ways.
Felicia is surrounded by a loving family, including maternal grandparents.
Mr. & Mrs. Vermon (Leola) l.ocklear and paternal grandmother Sallie Mae
Locklear and her Aunt Marx Oxendine who she counts as "my second mother."
Her grandmother. Ms. Leola Locklear. calls her "our miracle child."
Felicia graducated from Swett High in 1994. then studied at Robeson Community
College until her ailments curtailed her activities. She also taught her
self to drive, and drove her own automoble for a short while. Those who know
her like her former principal Bill James Brewington remember her as one who
"has much determination. Seeing Felicia graduate was one of the greatest
moments in my life. I will never forget how everyone stood up and cheered as
she walked under her own power across the stage to pick up her diploma."
Her mother, brother, and family and community supporters, thank all those
who have helped in any way. If you would like to help with the project, write
the Felicia Locklear Building Fund. 1399 Cabinet Shop Road, Maxton, N.C.
28364. or call 910-521 -0704 for more information on how you can help.
Scouts shown at Ceremony
Francis Pinchbeck, 1999 Silver Beaver Recipient is shown with his
mother, Mrs. Bertha Pinchbeck,
Mclntyre Appointed to
Special Panel on Terroism
WASHINGTON , DC - US Representative Mike Mclntyre has been
appointed to the House Armed Services Committee's new Special Oversight
Panel on Terroism. Mclntyre was asked to serve by the Committee's Ranking
Member - Representative Ike Skelton of Missouri.
Congressman Mclntyre stated. "I am honored to serve on this Special
Panel on Terrosim. The vast range of terrorist threats to our country and
citizens is serious. We must do all that we can to identify and expunge these
potential attacks, so that we can protect our national security interests and
welfare. Our men and women in uniform are often on the front lines of
defending these threats, and this Special Panel will allow us the opportunity
to address terrorism now and into the future. "
Eight Republicans and six Democrats have been asked to serve on the
Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism. The Chairman of the Panel will be
Representative Jim Saxton of New Jersey, while the Ranking Democrat will
be Representative Vic Snyder of Arkansas.
Congressman Mclntyre is also a member of the Armed Services Subcommittees
on Procurement and Readiness.
Senator Edwards Questions
Notorious Computer Hacker
WASHINGTON - Convicted computer hacker Kevin Mitnick - arrested
at Raleigh. N(\ apartment in 1995 after a three-year FBI manhunt - urged a
Senate panel on Thursday to strengthen security on web sites and sensitive
computer systems in order to foil electronic break ins.
"Breaking into computer systems is wrong," Mitnick told Seoator John
Edwards at a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.
The panel is considering legislation to beef up electronic information
security systems.
Mitnick called the measure "a good first step," but he urged senators to
require greater oversight and better training. "The methods that will most
effectively minimize the ability of intruders to compromise information
security are comprehensive user training and education. Enacting policies
and procedures simply won't suffice," he testified.
The cyberspace bandit was released from prison last January 21 after
serving five years behind bars for sabotaging computer files from major
software makers and high-tech electronics manufacturers.
It would be harder to crack onto open source software systems, like those
developed by Red Inn Inn of Research Triangle Park, Mitnick told Senator
Edwards during the committee hearing.
Mitnick's story that culminated in his capture in Raleigh was the subject
of the books Cyberpunk and Takedown. '
He said that during the course of two decades before his capture he broke
into myriad computer systems by combining programming savvy with what
he called "sophisticated social engineering." a euphemism for conning
employees of computer software and technology concerns into giving him
passwords.
To listen to a RealAudio recording of Senator F.dwards questioning
Mitnick. go to the "Press Room" on the senator's web page http://
edwards.senate.gov and click on this release.
Native American Census
Complete Count Committee
Town Hall Meeting Scheduled
The Census 2000 Complete Count Committee will hold the Native
American Census information kick-off at the Pembroke Town Hall on March
18. 2000 from 9:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M.
Representatives from the U.S. Census Bureau will be on hand to answer
questions and to provide information on the Census and its importance
Join this great process, name your Tribe, be counted and ensure that your
community gets the vital services that it needs such as:
-- Funding for schools:
-- Funding for Fmergcncy Services and Equipment;
-- Highway and Infrastructure Development;
-- Targeted Federal dollars for specific community needs;
-- Rural social and economic development funding and;
? Many more services that we depend on in our community;
Join in and do your part, because the next generation ofour people deserves
to be noticed! 1
l .S. Department of Commerce
economies and Statistics Administration
U.S. Census Bureau