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Volume 2/ umber 36 Thursday, September 7, 2000 | 25c
Baptist Mission Trip to Alaska
Considered Very Successful
by Dr, Woodroiv Dial
"The harvest is plentiful but the
workers are few. Ask the Lord of the
harvest, therefore to send out workers
into hts harvest field." (Matthew9:37-38
Christ left us no choice. To follow
him, to obey His word, we had to take
His message of salvation to Fort
Yukon, Alaska.
And son, on the 24th of June
2000, a team of seven volunteers
from the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association
in Pembroke, NC embarked
on a journey to do just that. We flew
to Anchorage where we were met by
Bro, Mack Green of First Native
Baptist Church, who drove us on the
church van to Fairbanks.
Alaska is a beautiful and most
interesting state with its snow-capped
mountains, blue-hue glaciers, sweeping
plains, winding rivers. Northern
Lights, mirror-like lakes, verdant
evergreens, and flourishing, colorful
flowers.
From Fairbanks, we booked a
small commuter or "bush plane" for
a one and a half hour flight across the
frozen tundra to Fort Yukon, a small
native American village of about 800
people, located on the yukon River,
eight miles above the Arctic Circle.
There we met the Tim Ungry Family,
where time is missionary to the village.
Tim showed us around the
village and his work site, Arctic Circle
Baptist Church.
Our project or work, was to conduct
Vacation Bible School and hold
evangelistic revival services. We began
buy going door to door with a
witnessing ministry and to solicit
participation in the work. We found
a kind and gracious people who welcomed
us into their homes and freely
conversed with us. During the week
we enrolled 42 children into vacation
Bible school. We found the children
anxious to learn about the gospel.
Our sessions were fun-filled and ent
joyable for them and they freely expressed
it. The evangelistic services
were held in the evening and some of
the children would come to the worship
service and we had two who
make professions of faith during the
week.
It was s a rewarding experience
for the team members as we got to
know and worked with the children.
The children were always reluctant
to leave and wanted to stay around
with us. Too soon the week was over
and we had to make preparations to
leave the village. As we walked down
to the landing strip, some of the
children accompanied us. While we
waited to board the bush flight back
to Fairbanks, the children were busy
picking the Alaskan wildflowers and
presented them to the team members.
While taking photographs, one
team member had laid her flowers
down and boarded the plane, having
forgotten them. As we taxied out to
the runway, we looked and saw one
child holding the flowers and waving
for us to come back. The pilot was
gracious enough to turn around and
taxi back to the boarding area. The
little boy came running to present the
flowers and we noticed that he had
tears running down his face.
As he presented the flowers, the
impact that we had made on those
young lives was apparent. He had
one request. It was forward and to the
point, "Will you come back again
and tell us some more about Jesus?"
he asked. As the team sat in silence as
we flew over the Tundra toward
Fairbanks, I'm sure each one had
their own private thoughts. I could
not help but think: "a weary world
waits for Christ. Will we seize the
moment? Will we use this opportunity
to share His love as never before?
Will be ignite our churches with the
heartfelt passion that springs from
mission involvement?" We can. We
will. We must!
National Tour comes to Givens
Performing Arts Center
The Givens Performing Arts Center
on the campus of The University
of North Carolina at Pembroke presents
the national tour of the Broadway
musical. Steel Pier, on Monday, September
18 at 8:00 pm.
Steel Pier, the musical, brings to
life the glittering romance and desperation
of the dance marathon craze.
Couples would compete for days, even
weeks to win prize money and gain
momentary fame. Rita Racine, a
professional marathon champion has
come to compete what she hopes will
be her last marathon. When her
partner fails to show up, she agrees to
pair with Bill, a handsome, mysterious
stunt pilot she meets on the beach.
The dancing and romance begin. But
she is secretly married to Mick, the
marathon's emcee; a ruthless manipulator
who has devised a
behind-the-scenes scheme to make
off with all the prize money. The plot
thickens amid a desperate group of
contestants bouncing off each other
as they compete for the $2,000 Grand
Prize. The stage becomes awash of
colorful, dizzying array of period
dances: Charleston, Lindy, Castle
Walk, Susie Q, turkey trot. Black
Bottom, Sugar, rhumba, Castle Polka,
Shimmy and the waltz. "Dance!
Dance! Dance!" cries Mick as we are
caught up in the kinetic poetry of
physical exhaustion.
Nominated for eleven Tony
Awards including Best Musical, Steel
Pier is the eleventh collaboration by
Kander and Ebb following hits that
include Cabaret, Chicago, Zorba, The
Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman.
A dance musical that will tug at your
heart, we invite you to escape to the
days of barnstorming pilots and wing
walking chorus girls. As the song
entices, "Things work out, you're sure
to find/When you leave the world
behind".
Tickets for Steel Pier are $26, $24,
$22 and $8 for children and students.
For reservations or more information,
call the GPAC box office at
(910) 521-6361 or 1-800-367-0778.
Steel Pier is sponsored in part by The;
Robesonian and Alltel.
LRDA/Lumbee Housing: Part Ill-Elderly/
Special Needs Rental Assistance
LRDA/Lumbee Housing - Part III
The past two weeks we have reviewed
the LRDA/Lumbee Housing
Department. We looked at the makeup
of the Department, how it is funded,
and the basic eligibility requirements
to receive housing assistance. This
week we will review one of the programs
administered by the agency.
Program tt 1 which is the" Elderly/Special
Needs Rental Assistance" will be
the focus of this article.
This program is designed specifically
to provide housing services to
the elderly, near-elderly, handicapped
and disabled. Elderly is defined as
those tribal members 62 years of age
and older. Near-elderly is defined as
those 55 years of age and older. And,
disabled and handicapped are those
who receive disability benefits.
Under this program, a housing complex
is scheduled to be built in six of
the traditional Lumbee Indian communities.
Traditional Indian communities
have been defined by LRDA as those
who had an Indian high school prior to
1964. Atthistime, the traditional communities
meeting this criteria have
been identified by the agency as being
Prospect, Pembroke, Fairmont and
Saddletree located in Robeson county;
Oak Grove in Scotland county and
Hawkeye in Hoke county. The complex
for the Fairmont community is
currently under construction. This
project is being funded through the
1998 N AH ASDA monies and is being
administered by the NC Indian Housing
Authority. At this time, the staff
ofthe Lumbee Housing Department is
evaluating applications to determine
the need for such a complex in the
other traditional Lumbee Indian communities.
Upon completion of the
evaluation, the construction of the
complexes will be prioritized according
to the greatest need.
Each complex will consist ofa Tribal
Service Center which will serve as a
tenant/community services building
which will house an on-site manager,
office space for community based
LRDA and Housing services, resident/community
meeting area, a
kitchenette, utility/maintenance storage,
and rest room facilities. Such a
Center will allow the agency the op
portunity to take the services to tribal
members. For example, a "meals on
wheels" program could be administered
within the complex. In addition,
the Center will provide a place for tribal
members, either living in the complex
or in the community, to gather to participate
in cultural activities such as
quilting, canning, lye soap making,
etc.
Individual housing units consisting
of either one bedroom or two
bedroom units will be arranged as
duplexes and triplexes on approximately
1/2 acre: tracts of land.
Monthly rental payments will be based
on HUD regulations in accordance to
NAHASDA. LRDA feels this type of
program wi II al low tribal elders and the
disabled to remain in their home based
communities, while maintaining their
independence. It will keep them close
to family members and allow them to
remain in familiar surroundings. This
cluster type ofhousing for tribal members
will allow the continued presence
of a distinct Indian tribal community in
the area.
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TRUE FREEDOM
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lONATHAN W. WILSON, PjvVL
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Shown are members of the Mission Team to Fort Yukon, Alaska. Shown
front row, left to right are Mary B. Hunt, Peggy Locklear, Jean Smiling,
Dr. Woodrow Dial. Back row, left to right are Larry Hunt.,Carson Smiling
and Roxann Bailey.
VFW Post #2843 Establishes
Memorial Fund
Robeson County Veterans Memorial
Donations (tax deductible). The
account has been set up at Lumbee
Guaranty Bank in Pembroke, N.C.
28372.
Please send all donations to: Lumbee
Guaranty Bank; "Robeson County
Veterans Memorial Fund" P.O. Box
908; Pembroke, N.C. 28372.
The Fund Trustees are Erwin Jacobs,
Freddie Chavis and Rudy
Locklear.
We need your support!!
Thank you in advance.
Special Note: I was told on Tuesday
that Brother Ardell Jacobs traded
in his VFW uniform for a better one.
He was a dedicated member of the
Pembroke VFW. He will be greatly
missed. Our condolences to his family.
by Erwin Jacobs
Kenny Bujfaloe, left, NC Kyokushin Karate Representative with
Kancho Shokel Matsul, leader and director of the International Kyokushin
Karate Organization in Tokyo, Japan.
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New Computer Program
Teaches Reading the
"Quick and Easy Way"
Arrow Publishing, a leader in educational
computer software, has officially
launched its new phonics computer
reading program to help solve
the problem of poor reading abilities
of students. Phonics Voyage was recently
released to the public and
school market. This program will help
parents and teachers teach students
to read by intensive phonics instruction.
Phonics Voyage was designed to
be used by children ages 5-12; however,
it may be used by older students
as a remedial tool.
Teachers and students are "fed up"
with old reading programs and poor
reading scores! We have developed
a new full motion computer reading
program to help them improve reading
scores. This program is a "reading
solution which is in step with the
needs of students."
Phonics Voyage is an aptly named
program, kids board a pirate ship,
where they learn and drill early reading
skills. Educational Value: Phonics
Voyage does a thorough job of presentingand
drilling early reading skills.
Kid Appeal: In addition to a real-life
host (who looks like Orson Wells in a
pirate costume), Phonics Voyage features
cartoon drawings and simple
animation. Ease ofUse / Install: Phonics
Voyage installs without difficulty.
Program navigation is simple - an easily
accessed Index includes links to
each of the program's lessons and
games. Bottom Line: Phonics Voyage
successfully teaches kids required
early reading skills.
Students take a Phonics Voyage
w ith a crew of characters they will
not forget! The Captain and his cartoon
crew teach students phonics
reading skills! Students become super
readers in a short time. It is an
interactive full motion video computer
reading program. "It is so much
fun students forget that it is an educational
tool."
Phonics Voyage teaches ABCs, letter
recognition, consonants, long
vowels, short vowels, double vowels,
beginning sounds, ending
sounds, beginning clusters, ending
clusters, digraphs, blends, sight
words, sentence building, songs,
stories and games and much more.
The program includes a reproducible
activity workbook.
Phonics Voyage teaches students
all the basic building blocks for reading.
It is an integrated approach to
teaching reading which was created
by educators and parents.
Phonics Voyage was designed for
school or home use. The program is
a self directed reading program.
Teachers or parents do not have to
be experts in reading in order to give
support to their children learning to
read. They just need to help the child
get started. Then the child can take
control and have fun while he or she
builds reading skills. The computer
is the tutor and the child is at the
controls.
Phonics Voyage is available on CDROM
(Windows & Mac Versions).
The program has been adopted by a
number of schools already.
Buffaloe selected as NC
Delegate to U.S.'s largest
Karate Tournament
Kenny Buffaloe, the official North
Carolina Representative of Kyokushin
Karate, was recently invited as a
special delegate to the America's Cup
2000 Karate Tournament. Buffaloe
will have judging and administrative
duties at the tournament. The
America's Cup 2000 is the largest
full-contact, knockdown karate tournament
in the United States.
The America's Cup 2000 will see
regional and national Kyokushin
Champions ffom all overNorth, South
and Central America as well as fighters
from Japan, Europe, and Australia.
This tournament is recognized and
endorsed by the President of the
United States, commending each of
the competitors for their deep personal
commitment to excellence.
It will be held September 23,2000
in New York City. It is difficult from
other karate tournaments because the
fighting is full-contact with no protection
(pads). There are no rank or
weight divisions and a fighter has to
knock out his opponent in order to
win a match. Over 130 Kyokushin
Karate competitors fight all day in
this single round elimination event,
until a Grand Champion is crowned.
Fighters from other karate styles are
welcome to compete, but elect not to
enter due to the intensity of the
matches.
Buffaloe was also selected to take
part in an advanced training seminar
under Kancho S. Matsui, the leader
and director of the International
Kyokushin-Kai Karate organization
from Japan. Kancho Matsui, who will
also be the Supreme Judge at the
America's Cup 2000 Tournament, will
hold this special five hour training
seminar only for the top U.S. Black
Belts and instructors the day after the
tournament.
It is a great honor to be personally
trained by Kancho Matsui, the greatest
Karate Champion of all time,
having won the All-Japan Championships
twice and the World Karate
Tournament in 1987.
Buffaloe is excited to represent
North Carolina at the America's Cup
2000 and to take part in the special
training seminar the next day.
Buffaloe sees this as an opportunity to
leam new training and fighting techniques
to offer more to his own
students in North Carolina.
Buffaloe teaches weekly area karate
classes for men, women, teens
and children.
For more information about
Kyokushin Karate or beginners
classes, call 589-4281.
Buffaloe is also available to do
martial arts demonstrations in Robeson
County for any group, school or
civic organization.
Buffaloe can be reached at: NC
Kyokushin Karate, P.O. Box 615,
Seaboard. NC 27876.
Pembroke Day Rescheduled for September 13
Pembroke, NC - Pembroke Day,
the annual "town and gown" event
on the campus of UNC Pembroke,
has been rescheduled to Wednesday,
September 13,1 Oam to 1:30 pm.
Continuing bad weather and forecasts
calling for more of the same
Wednesday have delayed the event.
Pembroke Day features a wide range
of entertaxmant firm the Q2* Airborne
Choir to Miss Lumbee.
Businesses, civic organizations
and campus groups display their
goods and services. There will also
be a free lunch and a health fair with
screenings of many types.
This is the 11* annual event that
was created by town and university
officials to welcome students back to
campus and to acquaint them with
the Town of Pembroke and its
business community.
Les Maxwell School Reunion
To Be Held November 18, 2000
Lcs Maxwell Indian School's reunion
will be held November 18,
200Q at the Radisson Prince Charles
Hotel in Fayetteville, NC.
This will be the second reunion
held since the school closed in 1968.
The first one was held twelve years
ago.
Les Maxwell was the only Indian
School in Cumberland County, and
produced many outstanding basketbal
I and baseball teams that competed
in the N.C. Indian divisions for many
years.
The school closed in the late 1960's
due to integration. All Principals,
teachers, and students who attended
Les Maxwell are invited to attend the
2000 reunion.
The reunion will feature a buffet
dinner and dancing to a live DJ, and
a cash bar. A $25.00 per person
charge must be paid by September
30th. Special hotel room rates are
available. To reserve a room call I877-774-6239.
The contact persons for the reunion
are Jeanette Maiden, and
Donnie Jones. Jeanette can be contacted
at 1-910-425-9011 or you can
e-mail Ms. Jones at ddj4rfl@aol.com.
If you attended, taught, or worked
at Les Maxwell please join us in this
joyous celebration on November 18,
2000.
Romeo & Juliet
to be Performed
The Public Schools of Robeson
County and the Robeson County Public
Library present William
Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
This version, set in the 1920s era of
flappers, Tommy guns and gangsters,
features a cast of teens and
adults from Robeson County. It will
be presented in the park behind the
Robeson County Public Library in
downtown Lumberton. Show dates
arc September 21, 22, and 12, and
September 28, 29, and 30. All shows
are at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults,
$3 for students. For more information
call the public schools office at
(910) 671-6015. . ...