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Locklear Commissioned by
Campbell Divinity School
Anthony Locklear, of Pembroke.
NC, a first year student in the
Campbell University Divinity
School, was welcomed to a life of
service during the school's annual
Convocation Commissioning serv ice
held on Tuesday, September 12.
Locklear is one of 37 new students
enrolled for the fall 2000 semester.
< , The Reverend Michael Cummings,
president of the Baptist State
' Convention of North Carolina, delivered
the keynote address.
Cummings put the meaning of the
commissioning service into perspective.
"We've been called to bring a
message of hope," Cummings told
the divinity students. "We are the
healers; we find a way to bring people
together under God."
Cummings, who is also the director
of the Burnt Swamp Baptist
Association, is only the second Native
American to be elected to state
office in North Carolina Baptist life.
According to Dr. Michael Cogdill,
dean of the Campbell University Divinity
School, those who enter
divinity school do so as a result of a
spiritual transformation in their lives.
"It means something very special
has happened in their hearts," said
Cogdill. "It means they have responded
to God's call in a very special
way."
Following the worship portion of
the ceremony, Dr. Cogdill and Dr.
Bruce Powers, associate dean,
"pinned" each new student with the
Campbell Divinity School logo pin.
Said Irma Duke, director of Student
Services and Church Relations
for the Campbell Divinity School,
"This convocation and commissioning
service is a day for our new
students to commission their lives to
the service of Jesus Christ. It is also
a day for our returning students to
rededicate their lives to be Christcentered,
Bible-based, and
ministry-focused."
The Campbell Divinity School,
which opened in 1996 with 25 students,
currently has 157 students
enrolled. The school offers the Master
of Divinity and Master of Arts in
Christian education degrees and recently
achieved the first step in the
process of accreditation by the Association
ofTheological Schools (ATS),
being voted in as an Associate member.
The School of Divinity is committed
to providing Christ-centered,
Bible-based, and ministry-focused
theological education for Christian
ministry.
More information about the
School of Divinity is available on the
Campbell website,
www.campbell.edu. or you may call
either (910) 893-1830 or (800) 7609827.
Mclntyre Announces Emergency
Loan Programs for Southeastern
North Carolina Farmers
Washington, D.C.?U.S. Repre*sentative
Mike Mclntyre announced
today that Brunswick, Columbus,
Bladen, New Hanover, Pender, and
Robeson will be eligible for emergency
USDA loan programs.
In response to Representative
Mclntyre's request, six North Carolina
counties were declared
agricultural disaster areas and are
eligible for emergency farm loans
because of losses caused by extreme
weather this summer. Brunswick
and Columbus counties were named
as primary disaster areas. Also eligible,
because they are contiguous,
are Bladen, New Hanover, Pender,
and Robeson counties.
Representative Mclntyre said, "1
am very pleased that Secretary
Glickman has responded positively
to my request, and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture make this
declaration. There were North Carolina
farmers who suffered severe crop
losses due to high winds and hail
from summer storms, and they will
need to use emergency programs
available through USDA's Farm Service
Agency. 1 would also like to
thank Governor Hunt for contacting
Secretary Glickman about this im- ..
portant matter."
This designation makes all qualified
family-sized farm operators in
both primary and contiguous counties
eligible for low-interest
emergency loans. Farmers in eligible
counties have eight months from
the date of this declaration to apply
for the loans to help cover part of
their actual losses. USDA's Farm
Service Agency will consider each
loan application on its own merits,
taking into account the extent of
losses, security available, repayment
ability, and other eligibility requirements.
Representative Mclntyre is a member
of the House Agriculture
Committee.
Pembroke Housing
Authority News
Suzette Salcido, Resident Services
Coordinator has been working with
the Pembroke Housing Authority's
senior citizens and disabled for the
past several months. This program
was designed to make the most of the
living environment for this targeted
group. The idea was born on the
suggestion of a resident. The Board
of commissioners adopted the program,
"Full Circle". Full Circle was
implemented to help our senior and
disabled residents with issues of
health, banking, wills, transportation
and other matters.
Suzette has helped many of the
residents receive Personal Care Services;
Meals On Wheels; and made
referrals to the Nutrition Site at Maynor
Manor, for the daily lunch
program. She also helped one resident
receive a microwave oven, to
help with the safety of the residents,
due to the fact that she is blind. The
most rewarding part of all is visiting
with the residents and being able to
make them smile and spend time
with them.
A bright and sunny Friday afternoon
on September 8, 2000 Brooke
Chavis; April, Dallas, and Monica
McMillian; Cody and Austin
Locklear, Antoin Floyd II; Christine
Oxendine; and Christopher and Andrea
Ruffter were escorted by Mr.
Jamie, Ms. Suzette and Ms. Tressa to
Riverside Golf Course. The afternoon
consisted of an enjoying day of
golf. The youth learned golf etiquette
and the basics to golfing. We
all loaded on the carts to see the
fairways and greens at Riverside.
The youth all enjoyed their first ex
perience in becoming acquainted
with the meaning of Golf. The staff
and youth are looking forward to
more outings at the Golf Course in
the near future.
On Saturday, September 9, 2000
Terrie Locklear, Brittany Lee, and
Ursula McMillian along with Mr.
Jamie, Ms. Suzette, and Ms. Rhonda
attended the first Annual Adolescent
Picnic at Robeson County Mental
Health Center in Lumberton. The
picnic was held as a thank you to all
the participating agencies for allowing
their youth to participate in the
program. Mr. Joseph Smith was the
guest speaker. He gave an emotional
speech about not giving up on your
dreams and to always strive to reach
them. He also provided entertainment
along with the Steppers With
Attitude from the Lumberton Housing
Authority. The day was filled
with food, fun and door prizes.
Mr. Ed Locklear, School Resource
Officer with Pembroke Police Department
provided the first of two
part Drug Prevention Program on
September 12, 2000. Mr. Locklear is
a Dare Officer and is currently providing
a sixteen-week Drug
Prevention Program in the Public
Schools of Robeson County. The
PHA staff is in hopes that Officer
Locklear will be able to provide this
sixteen-week program to our older
youth during the summer months.
The lesson for the day consisted of a
story involving Darren the Lion. The
purpose of the story is to encourage
our youth to stay Smart and Say No to
Drugs. The youth really enjoyed the
program and are looking forward to
Officer Locklear's last session.
Harold Chavis of Maxton Files For Seat
In New Tribal Government Election
Mr. Harold Chavis of Maxton NC
announces his candidacy in district 5
for the November 7th new tribal government
elections to be held by the
Lumbec Self-Determination Commission.
Mr. Chavis attended Oxendine
Elementary School, and Prospect
High School. He has lived in the
Maxton community all of his life.
HE has been self-employed since
1970, and operates several businesses
in the Maxton area. He has two sons,
and three grandchildren, and has
been married for 33 years to his wife
Valerie.
Mr. Chavis says he is a "self-made
businessman" who supports strong
economic development in tribal communities.
He currently serves as
Chairman of the Lumbee tribal Economic
Development Committee of
LRDA, He was appointed to this
position in July of this year.
Mr. Chavis has been a longtime
member of the Lumbee Federal Recognition
Committee, and has always
supported ful I recognition of the tribe.
He will push for a recognition bill to
be re-introduced next year if elected,
and have in the past-contributed financial
donations to help with the
extensive cost of federal recognition
efforts.
He has served in various leadership
roles on various committees in
the past including Lumbee Homecoming.
Finance & Audit Committee,
Land Acquisition Committee, and
Housing Commissioner.
In his current elected position Mr.
Chavis feels he has gained valuable
experience that will benefit a new
tribal government when it is fully
established under a written governing
document, approved by the tribal
membership.
He added that the number one
priority should be to get the Lumbee
tribe fully federally recognized. "This
can be accomplished with experienced
leadership, and a unified tribal
membership," Mr. Chavis stated.
Economic Development is what
he believes would benefit Lumbee
people most if the tribe was federally
recognized by the federal government.
Social welfare programs should
not be the main goal of recognition
he feels.
"As a legitimate tribal government,
recognition by the state and the
federal government would bring
many economic development opportunities
for the Lumbee People", Mr.
Chavis stated.
If elected on November 7th Mr.
Chavis added, "I will always continue
to put my Lumbee people first
in all my endeavors.
Harold Chavis
Chancellors Emeritus Joseph B. Oxendine and Paul R. Givens with
Chancellor Allen C. Meadors at the portrait unveiling.
Oxendine portrait unveiled
in new gallery at UNCP
Pembroke, N.C.--The portrait of
Chancellor Emeritus Joseph B. Oxendine
was unveiled Monday, Sept.
18 during the Alltel Champagne Gala
at The University of North Carolina
at Pembroke.
UNC Pembroke's portrait collection
of five former chancellors was
debuted in its new location in the
Chancellor's Dining Room of the
James B. Chavis University Center.
"We felt this is a more appropriate
home for the portraits because every
visitor to the university comes through
here," Chancellor Allen C. Meadors
said. "This is a truly special moment
have with us Chancellor Paul R.
Givens, who served the university
from 1979-89 and Chancellor Oxendine,
who served from 1989 to 1999."
Chancellor Meadors welcomed a
large crowd to the ceremony honoring
Dr. Oxendine that included Dr.
Givens, who traveled from his hj^ne
in Florida for the event. W '
The five portraits represent all
past leaders of the university since
1942, when the school conferred its
first four-year degree. Ralph D.
Wellons served as president from
1942-56, Walter J. Gale from 195662
and English E. Jones from
1962-79.
The portraits have had three homes
- first, in the rotunda of Sampson
Hall; second, in the Chancellor's office
in Lumbee Hall and now in the
Chancellor's Dining Room.
Chancellor Emeritus Oxendine,
who continues at UNCP as a professor
in the Physical Education
Department, said he enjoyed his time
at the helm of the university.
"This is a great institution and
getting greater," Dr. Oxendine said.
"1 enjoyed every bit of the time I was
here, and I continue to be proud to be
associated with this university."
Following the Alltel Champagne
Gala, the "Broadway and More Series"
kicked off at the Paul R. Givens
Performing Art Center with "Steel
Pier." Upcoming shows include
"Jekyll and Hyde" on Nov. 21, "Swan
Lake on Ice" on Dec. 6. "The Diary of
Anne Frank" on Feb. 21, Doc Watson
on March 1?. and "Crazy for You" on
May 1.
Free Art Contest Open to
Pembroke area students
Owings Mills, MD (USA) - Arts
and Kids is pleased to announce that
$38,000.00 in prizes and scholarships
will be awarded this year in it's
Annual Art Competition. Students
from the Pembroke are, particularly
beginners, are welcome to try to win
their share of over 115 prizes. The
deadline for the contest is December
31, 2000. The contest is open to
everyone 17 years of age and younger
and entry is FREE.
"Everyone will enjoy an equial
chance of winning the contest since
entrants will be judged using ageappropriate
standards," stated Deidra
Hampt, Contest Director. "Many of
the artists who enter this contest will
gain national recognition through
the publication of their artwork,"
continued Hampt.
In addition to the 115 scholarships
and prizes totaling $38,000
that will be awarded to young artists,
a $1000 grant will be awarded to the
schools of the five finalists for art
education or to provide supplies or
art-related technology.
To enter, send ONE original work
of art, any style and any medium. All
entries must include the child's name,
address and age on the back. Artwork
should be sent to: Arts and
Kids. Suite 101-2112,3600 Crondall
l.ane, Owings Mills, MD 21117.
Entries must be postmarked by December
31. 2000. Artwork cannot be
returned.
Arts and Kids is an organization
dedicated to bringing the work of
young artists to the public's attention.
In the last ten years, they have
awarded over $100,000 to talented
artists, most of whom have never
entered - or expected to win - any type
of artistic competition. You can visit
their website at
www.ArtsandKids.com.
Rev. Earney D. Hammonds,
Pastor of Ten Mile Center
Baptist Church, files for
Tribal Chairman
i\ev. tamey u. Hammonds ot
Lumberton has announced his candidacy
for Tribal Chairman. Rev.
Hammonds is Pastor of Ten Mile
Center Baptist Church. He Director
of Maintenance forthe Public Schools
' of Robeson County. A 1990 Graduate
from the Institute of Jewish
Christian Studies in Dallas. Texas,
Rev. Hammonds is the former chairman
of the Constitutional Assembly
of the Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians.
In makinghis announcement, Rev.
Hammonds released the following
statement:
" If elected, I pledge to work with
the newly elected Lumbee Tribal
Representatives in developing a unified
Tribal government that will
promote, build, preserve and maintain
the Lumbee Way of Life for our
people.
"Once established our new government
should work effectively with
local, state and federal and international
agencies to assist in solving the
many problems now facing our global
communities.
"As Indians our voice has been
unheeded far too long, the earth is out
of balance! We are a spiritual people
and know that Jesus is Lord and Creator
of heaven and earth.
" 1 would like to challenge all Lumbee
people throughout the world to
make your voice known on November
7th. The time is at hand, tell your i
family, friends and neighbors to get
out and vote for the candidate ofyour
choice!" k
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FSA Accepting Committee
Nominations
The Robeson/Scotland Farm Service Agency is accepting nominations for
County Committee candidates from Local Administrative Areas 2 and 4 (
(LAA). LAA-2 contains the Alfordsville, Maxton, North and South Pembroke,
Rowland, Union, Gaddy, Thompson, Fairmont, and Marietta
communities in Robeson County. LAA-4 contains the area West of US Hwy
15/501 in Scotland County. Farmers are encouraged to nominate, by October
30, 2000, their farm neighbors as candidates for the County Committee
elections.
According to Giles B. Floyd, County Executive Director of the Robeson/
Scotland FSA, "the Committee is the backbone of the local FSA office.
Without these dedicated farmers, this office simply could not function." The
County Committee is the most direct link between USDA farm programs and
farmers. "The County Committee helps shape nationwide farm programs
into programs that work at the local level on things like farm loans,
conservation programs, disaster assistance, commodity price support payments
and loans, and marketing quotas", Floyd said.
LRDA Community meeting
planned at Prospect School
/\ community meeting win be neld
at Prospect School at 7 P.M.. October
2.2000. LRDA District 5 representatives
Gerald Strickland and Harold
Chavis will host the meeting. Dinner
will be served and the community is
urged to attend.
This meeting is being held in conjunction
with the mandate from the
new chairman of LRDA, Leroy Freeman,
who has set a goal for the agency
to bring the program to the people.
The meetings are being held to provide
information on services and
programs that are available. At each
meeting applications for enrollment
are available, as well as information
and phone numbers for each program.
Also at the meetings there is an
opportunity for those in attendance to
ask questions and express concerns
about services.
LRDA administers the following
programs: housing, food distribution,
energy assistance, children's health
insurance, energy conservation, tribal
enrollment. Work Force Investment
Act (formerly JTP A), Head Start, Day
Care, Federal Recognition and economic
development.
Kerns receives GATES
Millennium Scholarship
Ursulla H. Kerns of Durham,
daughter of Bobby Ray and Frances
Kerns of Pembroke, NC received the
GATES Millennium Scholarship for
the 2000-2001 academic school year,
The academic scholarship, supported
by a generous grant from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, provides
financial support in the form of a gift
for students pursuing a college education.
Kerns graduated from the University
ofNorth Carolina at Pembroke
with a Bachelor of Arts in 1997. She
attended the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and is cur
rently enrolled in the graduate program
in Speech-Language Pathology
at North Carolina Central University
(NCCU) in Durham pursuing a Master
of Education degree.
Kerns is a Speech-Language Pa- ji;
thology Intern at Communication
Consultants & Associates in Raleigh,
NC. She has served as treasurer of
NCCU's chapter of the North Carolina
Speech, Hearing, Language ,
Association (NCSHLA). She is an
active member in NSSHLA as well
as the National Student Speech, Hearing,
Language Association
(NSSHLA).
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