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Volume 27 Number S4 Thursday, August 17, 2000 ^ ^-'brary 25?
CP&L endows scholarship for
Native Americans at UNCP
PEMBROKE. N.C.--Representatives
from CP&L Energy. Ine.'s
Weatherspoon Plant in l.umberton
met with L'NC Pembroke officials
this week to finalize a gift to an
endowed scholarship for Native
American students.
Plant Manager Mark Frederick
delivered a check for S5.000 to support
the North Carolina Native
American Scholarship, which was
established last spring.
"This gift represents several ideals
that CP&L values very highly."
Mr. Fredrick said. "We at CP&L was
Robbie Brayboy, of Pembroke, who
is a technician at the local electric
generating facility.
"The idea for supporting this
scholarship came as part of CP&L's
diversity initiative," Mr. Brayboy
said. "I am a memberofthe company's
Diversity Council.
Chancellor Allen C. Meadors
welcomed CP&L to campus.
"We are most grateful to CP&L
for contributing to the enhancement
of the lives and of Native American
students," Chancellor Meadors said.
"Endowed funds allow students who
may otherwise be unable to attend
college to do so."
"We know there is no one factor as
significant as a college education to
project the economic success of an
individual." he said. "We need so
many more of this type of endowment,
50 we can open the door of a
better life for more worthy individuals."
Both Mr. Frederick and Mr. Brayboy
have personal reasons to support
scholarship in their community . Mr.
Brayboy is a recent graduate of Robeson
Community College, and Mr.
Frederick will graduate this year from
Mt. Olive College.
"We really do believe in education
at CP&L, and this contribution to
UNCP is a logical one for us," Mr.
Frederick said. "We're proud that
UNC Pembroke is one of the most
diverse universities in the nation."
Headquartered in Raleigh, CP&L
Energy. Inc. (formerly Carolina
Power and Light Co.) is a full service
provider of electric and natural gas
service to customers in portions of
North and South Carolina.
To support this or any other scholarship
program at UNCP, please call
the Office of Development at (910)
521-6533.
Three-Year-Old Wins Pageants
Evita Saybrianna Sanderson has recently won two more pageant titles.
Her first win is the 2000 Wee Miss Millennium Heavenly Angel.
Her second win is the Mini Miss Carolina Dream Girl Picnic Queen. She
also won Photogenic, Sportswear, and Just Jeans in her age division. She
also won the 0-6 Overall Personality.
Evita is the 3 year old daughter of Sabrina Sanderson and Michael
Floyd. She is the granddaughter of Sylvia L. Sanderson and the late James
Edward and Mary Francis Floyd and the great-granddaughter of the late
Gus Howard and Eva Mae Locklear and the late Ira and Nancy Sanderson.
Palmer Prevention Program
to Provide Stage for Local
Performers at Coffee House
If you are a musician, poet, or
artist of any kind, the Palmer Prevention
Program (PPP) wants to
provide a stage for your talents. The
non-profit agency whose mission is
to prevent, delay, or reduce the use of
alcohol and other drugs in the youth
of Robeson C.'ounty has created Cafe
Palmer. In response to the need for
alternative activities. Cafe Palmer
will be based on a coffee house atmosphere
with performers of all types
and ages. Initially, the PDPP will
transform itself into Cafe Palmer one
night a month. "We arc going to see
how the response is going to me,"
said Mark Schwarzc, Outreach Specialist
II for Palmer. "If it is a hit, we
will look at adding more nights."
Cafe Palmer is another effort by
PPP to provide alternative activities
for Robeson County youth. The
agency already holds one Friday night
function a month and has provided
many weekend activities such as
camping and field trips. "The coffee
house idea will be a little different
than anything we have tried before,"
said Schwarzc^ "I know there is a lot
of talent out there, and very few
places to let it shine."
Cafe Palmer will be complete
with refreshments, food, and atmo
sphere. "We want to try and set a
mood that is hip and creative, but
safe and healthy as well," said
Schwarze.
In 1999, PPP proved services to
approximately 1200 clients. The program
provides services to juveniles
on probation who are suspended from
school, a 12-hour parent/child curriculum
focusing on substance abuse
prevention, support groups, and inschool
prevention programs.
Schwarze hopes to have the coffee
house talent night up and running
in September as part of a series of
events promoting the month as National
Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Recovery Month. It will also serve to
further the effort by PPP to reduce
underage drinking in Robeson
County. "I think drug and alcohol
free events and activities are needed
in a rural county with limited opportunities
for kids to have fun," he said.
"They can express themselves here
or they can express themselves on the
street comers and parking lots."
Anyone interested in participating
in Cafe Palmer as a performer
can contact Mark Schwarze at the
Palmer Prevention Program at
(91010 618-1135.
Shown left to right: Calvin D. Webster, Nicholas B. Dimery, Ashleigh
T. Johnson, Kresa M. Cumntings, Rebecca A. Jacobs, Crystal R. Bollard,
Jessica E. Lock/ear and Sweta V. Patel.
UNCP Students Reaping Rewards Through
Clinical Health Summer Proaram
Mid May of this year, eight (8)
talented UNC Pembroke students
entered local hospitals and clinics in
and around Robeson and Scotland
County. The program is designed to
giving promising students who are
interested in health careers "real-life"
exposure to careers in health as early
as their freshman and sophomore
year, according to the program director
Sylvia Johnson. The students began
their work as summer interns through
the Clinical Health Summer Program
(CHSP), sponsored by the North Carolina
health Careers Access Program
(NC-HCAP), For six weeks, UNCP
students worked full-time in a hospital
or health clinic learning the duties
and responsibilities of a health care
professional and how a health care
delivery system operates.
During the students' formal presentations
these comments were
shared front Ashleigh Johnson, a rising
sophomore. "I knew that I wanted
to have a career in a health profession,
but I was not sure of the area.
Placement at Pembroke Pediatrics
enabled me to see and know what I
want to do with my life. Each time I
entered an exam room with a child, I
felt stronger and stronger about the
pediatric field. My love and attraction
toward children are gifts from
God, and my future career will definitely
be associated with pediatrics."
Jessica Locklear said, "Anyone can
say they want to become a doctor, but
being placed in a clinical setting provides
an opportunity to see first-hand
if that is what they actually want! I
feel extremely fortunate to have had
the opportunity to experience the
CHSP program. It has helped me to
realize a career in the health field is
absolutely for me!"
Rebecca Jacobs' comments were,
"Getting a first-hand look at health
care, as well as getting some 'behind
the scenes' exposure to the tasks that
occur in taking care of people, remind
me that 'EVERYONE' works together
to provide efficient health care."
Rebeca Jacobs, a senior biology
major is continuing to "reap the rewards
of CHSP." At the end of her
six-week internship at Southeastern
Regional Medical Center in Lumberton,
the hospital offered Jacobs a
permanent pari-time position to continue
her work in the Medical
Technology Laboratory. Three other
students, Kresa Cummings, Ashleigh
Johnson and Sweta Patel were also
offered a part-time position for the
upcoming academic year.
The Clinical Health Summer Program
is just one example of how the
NC-HCAP Health Careers Center at
UNC Pembroke is helping to increase
the number of minority and disadvantaged
students entering and
graduating from health training pro
grams. "We have had a good track
record of CHSP Participants going on
to professional school to pursue health
captcre. Since '96 we have had half
our CHSP graduates to enter health
professional programs," said Sylvia
Johnson, Director of NC-HCAP at
UNC Pembroke.
Internships were wide ranging,
including Southeastern Regional
Medical Center and Scotland Memorial
Hospital. Pembroke Pediatrics,
Robeson Health Care Corp., Robeson
Family Practice, and Robeson County
Mental Health also provided internship
opportunities.
Interns were: Crystal R. Bullard, a
sophomore biomedical major from
Pembroke; Kresa M. Cummings, a
sophomore biology major from Pembroke;
Nicholas B. Dimery, a
chemistry major form Pembroke;
Rebecca A. Jacobs, a senior biology
major from Pembroke; Ashleigh T.
Johnson, a sophomore biomedical
major from Pembroke; Jessica E.
Locklear, a sophomore biology major
from Lumberton; Sweta V. Patel, a
senior psychology major from Greensboro;
and Calvin D. Webster II, a
junior biomedical major from Newport,
NC.
For further information about the
program contact Sylvia T. Johnson
(910) 521-6493 or visit our webpage
at WWW.UNCP.EDU/HCAP.
ort
ps
The v.? er Support Group will
meet Thursday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in
the library of Southeastern Regional
Rehabilitation Center of Cape Fear
Valley Health System, located behind
Cape Fear Valley Medical
Center.
The Cancer Support Group, for
cancer patients and their families,
meets on the second Thursday of
each month.
For more information, please call
609-LINK (5465).
The Transplant Support Group
will meet on Thursday, Sept. 14, at
11:30 a.m. in the Conference Room
on the first floor of Cape Fear Valley
Medical Center.
The group meets on the second
Thursdays of each month at the same
time and location. For more information,
please contact Jennifer Davis
at 609-6801.
The Cancer Center of Cape Fear
Valley Health System will hold a free
STAR Trial information session on
Thursday, Sept. 14, from noon to 1
p.m. at The Cancer Center Conference
Room at Cape Fear Valley
Medical Center. Lunch will be provided.
The information session is being
held for post-menopausal women
who are at increased risk of breast
cancer. STAR is a research study
that will compare two different drugs
for their effectiveness in reducing the
occurrence of breast cancer.
Eligible participants must be postmenopausal
women age 35 or older
and have an increased risk of breast
cancer (as determined by their age,
family history of breast cancer, personal
medical history, age at first
menstrual period and age at first live
birth).
For more information, or to reserve
a seat, please call (910)
609-4606. . ?
University Theatre
Auditions for How I
Learned to Drive
The University Theatre at The
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
will hold open auditions for the
Pulitzer Prize winning play, How I
Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel,
August 28-30 from 7:00 pm on the
mainstage of the Givens Performing
Arts Center. Roles are available for
2 men and 3 women. Production
dates are October 5-7. For more
information, call David Thaggard at
910-521-6287 or 1-800-367-0778.
A Closer Look at Indian
Housing: NC Indian Housing
Authority & LRDA
Currently there is a tremendous
amount of discussion taking place in
the Lumbee tribe regarding housing
money. This article is first in a series
of articles to attempt to explain the
Lumbee Indian Housing program as
it is administered by Lumbee Regional
Development Association,
Inc. (LRDA). A discussion of the
history of the Housing Department
and the various programs available
through the Department is necessary
to clarify the current confusion some
tribal members have regarding the
Indian Housing program. It is the
hope of the agency that this series of
articles will assist in this matter.
In 1996 the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
Act (NAHASDA) was
passed. This legislation focused on
providing affordable homes in safe
and healthy environments for Native
Americans. Monies to be awarded
under NAHASDA would be given
directly to tribes or their tribal
designated entities (TDE) to allow
them to continue their right to govern
their own affairs. The amount of the
monetary assistance provided to
tribes would be based on the number
of tribal members. State recognized
tribes were included in this legislation.
Lumbee was one of the four
state recognized tribes in NC to be
eligible for housing assistance funds
through NAHASDA. The Coharic,
Waccamaw-Siouan and HaliwaSaponi
Indian tribes were also
eligible. These tribes were included
because they were part of the NC
State Indian Housing Authority
created in 1977 by the NC General
Assembly to provide housing services
to Native Americans. The
Authority is governed by five
Commissioners appointed by the
Governor. They are selected from the
major Indian tribes in NC, as well as
the urban Indian organizations. The
NC Indian Housing Authority established
and maintained several housing
projects in the various tribal communities.
For example, the following
housing projects were built for the
l.umbee tribe: Red Hills Housing
Project in Robeson County. Hawkeye'
Sands Housing Project in Hoke
County, and Eagles Nest Housing
Project in Cumberland County. These
projects continue to be maintained
by the NC Indian Housing Authority.
The l.umbee tribe first applied for
NAHASDA monies in 1998. However,
in the midst of the tribal
controversy regarding the legitimate
representative governing body of
the tribe, both LRDA and the Tribal
Council accepted applications from
tribal members and submitted a
housing plan to HUD. This created a
dilemma for HUD in trying to
determine whom the monies would
be awarded to. In an effort to ensure
the tribe received the monies, a
compromise was reached. It was
decided that the NC Indian Housing
Authority would be designated as
the TDE and administer the housing
monies for the Lumbee tribe. An
advisory committee comprising members
from both LRDA and the Tribal
Council was established to advise
the Housing Authority on matters
regarding the funds received on
behalf of Lumbee. Those applica
tions received by LRDA and the
Tribal Council were given to the NC
Indian Housing Authority for processing.
The Authority continues to
administer the 1998 Lumbee Housing
monies. However, it is important to
note, the Authority was not able to
process all of the applications they
received from the Tribal Council and
LRDA.
In 1999, LRDA submitted a
housing plan according to the
NAHASDA regulations. This time
the organization was given the
authority to administer monies to the
tribe by virtue of a court order in the
case between the Tribal Council and
LRDA. Judge Howard Manning
issued a court order in January 1999
giving LRDA "limited authority"
over tribal matters. This would
include, specifically, administering
Indian housing monies received from
HUD. LRDA received applications
from tribal members for the 1999
monies. In addition to those
applications, the agency also received
the remaining applications the
NC Indian Housing Authority had on
file and was unable to process.
LRDA is currently administering the
1999 Indian housing monies to the
Lumbee tribe. Various types of
housing services are being provided
to tribal members. Next week we will
review the LRDA/Lumbee Housing
Department. We will discuss the
eligibility requirements, the application
process and begin our focus on
the different programs provided to
tribal members through the Department.
$5.3 Million
to Fight
Crime and
Improve
Public
Housing
Washington, D.C. U.S. Representative
Mike Mclntyre announced
recently that more than $5.3 million
in federal funds has been awarded to
southeastern North Carolina to fight
drugs and improve public housing.
Congressman Mclntyre stated,
"These funds area good example of
our federal tax dollars coming back
home to help local housing authorities
eliminate drugs and crime in
public housing communities. In addition,
the funds will be used for
modernization and improvements of
public housing units. I commend our
local housing authorities for taking
the initiative to improve our streets
and neighborhoods."
These federal funds from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development were awarded in two
categories: Capital Fund (CFP) and
Public Housing Drug Elimination
Program (PHDEP).
Wilmington Housing Authority,
CFP: $2583,140 / PHDEP:
$356,213; Lumberton Housing Authority,
CFP: $1,384,163 / PHDEP:
$167,562; Pembroke Housing Authority,
CFP: $500,991 / PHDEP:
$55,701; Elizabethtown Housing
Authority, CFP: $51,303; Clarkton
Housing Authority, CFP: $111,667;
and Bladenboro Housing Authority,
CFP: $167,314.