Published each Thursday in Pembroke, N C
CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
"Huilding Communicative lirkjgcs In \ Tri-Racial Setting"
VOLl'ME 28 NUMBER 38 THLRSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 ^TT
A Report to the People
by Rep. Ron Sutton
Where were you when John F.
Kennedy was assassinated? Or Martin
Luther King? Rep. Ron Sutton, Democrat
of Pembroke, recalls_both and has
now added last week's tragic events to
his memory.
A good number of legislators and
staff members will always remember
that they were in their offices when they
received the news that an airliner had
crashed into one of the twin towers at
the World Trade Center.
The Legislative Building was a little
quieter than normal on the day of the
tragedy. With the session winding
down, neither the Appropriations nor
Finance committee was meeting. The
Legislature's e-mail server was down,
cutting off a primary means of communications
by lawmakers and staff.
That didn't stop the news of the terrorist
attack from spreading quickly.
The few television sets in the Legislative
Building were turned on to provide
the latest developments. Some
TVs were moved into the building's
open areas, where small crowds gathered
around throughout the morning to
watch in horror as a second airliner
crashed into the World Trade Center
and another slammed into the Pentagon.
Flouse Speaker Jim Black and Senate
President Pro Tern Marc Basnight
discussed canceling the day's floor sessions
and sending everyone home.
Some members encouraged them to
adjourn for the rest of the week.
The legislative leadership decided
that lawmakers should go about their
business as best they could. "While our
hearts go out to the victims and their
families, we must continue to do the
business of the State," said Rep. Sutton.
"One of the goals of terrorists is to
create chaos and disruption," Black
told House members as the session
opened. "1 believe people across this
state would like us to stay here and
continue to do our work. "The atmosphere
was far from normal, however.
As the drama in New York and Washington
unfolded, security was beefed
up around state government buildings,
including the Legislative Building.
Security had already been heiehiened
around the Legislative Building
after a bomb threat in August forced
the evacuation of the building during
a House session. Within hours of the
terrorist attacks, additional officers
were posted outside while others
roamed the halls inside.
Security was even tighter a block
north at the state Capitol. Police vehicles
blocked the driveway and the
building was closed for the day.
Shortly after additional officers arrived
at the Legislative Building, the
huge United States and North Carolina
flags in front of the building were
lowered to half-mast.
While the legislative leadership decided
to hold sessions, other events
were canceled. A planned memorial
service for former House Speaker
Liston Ramsey was postponed and a
prayer service hastily arranged.
Lawmakers, lobbyists and staff
members tried gamely to go about
their usual routines. But like other
Americans, they found themselves
drawn to the television sets. Some lingered
for a half hour or an hour watching
the developments unfold.
'Significant progress has been
made on a funding plan to finance the
proposed budget and it looks as if we
will be adjourning within a few
weeks," said Rep. Sutton, a member
of the House Appropriations Committee.
In addition. North Carolina House
Redisricting plans are moving forward
and will be unveiled shortly after
a budget is finalized.
Free Photography Contest Open
to Pembroke Residents
OWINGS MILLS, MD (USA) - The International Library of Photography
is pleases to announce that over $60,000.00 in prizes will be awarded this
year in the International Open Amateur Photography Contest. Photographers
from the Pembroke area, particularly beginners, are welcome to try to win
their share of over 1,300 prizes. The deadline for the contest is December
341,2001. The contest is open to everyone and entry is FREE.
"Everyone has at least one memorable photo that captures a special moment
in time," stated Christina Babylon, Contest Director. "When people learn about
our free photography contest, they suddenly realize that their own favorite
photos can win cash prizes, as well as gain national exposure," continued
Babylon.
To enter, send ONE photograph in ONLY ONE of the following categories:
People, Travel. Pets, Children, Sports, Mature, Action, Humor, Portraiture, or
Other. The photo must be a color or block-and-white print (unmounted), 8" x
10" or smaller. All entries must include the photographer's mane and address
on the back, as well as the category and the title of the photo. Photographs
should be sent to: The International Library of Photography, Suite 101 -2612,
3600 Crondall Lane, Owings Mills, ND 21117. Entries must be postmarked
by December 31, 2001. You may also submit your photo directly on-line at
www.picture.com.
The International Library of Photography is an organization dedicated to
bringing the work of amateur photographers to the public's attention. You can
view the work of over 1.1 million amateur photographers at .their website,
www.picture.com.
First Native American State
Trooper Obtains New Law
Enforcement Position
Darren D. Hunt, the first Native
American State Trooper with the Virginia
State Police hired in 1989 recently
obtained a new position. He is
now employed as a Special agent, with
the Bureau of Law Enforcement Operations
with the Virginia Department
of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Agent Hunt is currently assigned to
Region 4, Alexandria in Northern Virginia.
Special Agents provide special- <
zed law enforcement services and
guidance to other law enforcement
officers, public officials, citizens of
the Commonwealth, persons manufacturing.
selling and transporting alcoholic
beverages as well as tobacco
products.
Special Agents initiate and conduct
a wide range of moderate to complex
investigations and make arrests for
violations of alcohol, tobacco, narcotics,
fraud and financial fraud statutes.
Special Agents routinely: conduct
surveillance: work undercover; manage
undercover operations; supervise
underage buyers of alcoholic beverage
and tobacco; develop and per^
petuatc confidential sources of infor**
mation; and serve as Agency Advocates,
preparing and presenting disciplinary
cases to ABC Hearing Officers.
Agent Hunt has a degree in criminal
justice, is an honorably discharged
veteran of the U. S. Army and in 1996
represented the Lumbee Indian tribe
as an Ambassador with Americans for
Indian Opportunity Ambassadors Program
(a young Indian leadership program).
Agent Hunt currently lives in
Falls Church, BA and has a 6-monthold
son , Collin Chanler Hunt. He is
the grandson of Mr. L. B. Hunt who
lives in Shannon. NC and Mrs. Cattie
Bell Carter of Pembroke.
Hunt to Relinquish
Teen Miss Erwin/
Harnett County
Morgan Brittany Hunt is the I8yr.
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hunt.
She is currently a freshman at LTNCP
at Pembroke. Morgan will relinquish
her Teen Miss Erwin title on October
12th. This pageant is a preliminary for
Little Miss North Carolina and Teen
Miss North Carolina. Also the Miss
Erwin will be held Oct. 13th, which
is a preliminary for Miss North Carolina
anyone interested in participating
please call 521-1150.
Morgan has had a good year representing
the Harnett County area, this
year. By winning this, Morgan was
able to be in Teen Miss North Carolina
this July, where she did very, very
well. She won Swimsuit. Best Model,
Best Wardrobe, 1st place in Beauty,
2nd place in private interview. Morgan
unfortunately loss the title because
of a background choir in her
talent presentation, which we were
unaware of was against the rules and
she was penalized 100 points, which
cost her the title. It was a very good
experience and she competed against
18 very talented and beautiful young
ladies and was able to hold her own.
This will be a sad time for Morgan
because she lost her (Number 1) fan
on June 5, her Grandma Delora, who'
supported Rer in everything she ever
done and always had a kind word to
say to lift her up no matter the out
come. She was there last year to sec
her win and had planned to attend her
pageant in Hickory this summer. So
Morgan would like to dedicate this
year to (Grandma Dee) I LOVE YOU
AND YOUR ARE WITH ME IN
SPIRIT AND I WILL ALWAYS
REACH FOR THE STARS, AS
YOU WANTED ME TO !!!!
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING
THERE. I LOVE YOU
At no time was the eminent need
for high technology as evident as it
was last week w hen terrorists attacked
the World Trade Center in New York
and the Pentagon in Washington. D.C.
During that attack telephone lines were
not operational and contact was not as
readily available as before the attack.
People immediately went to their
computers and began sending "instant
messages" to their loved ones.
Recently, here in Pembroke, Native
Wave, Inc. began providing
Internet service to the area. Locally
owned and operated the new service is
available with no long distance calling
for SI4.95 per month, which is
also cheaper than most internet service.
Dennis Clark, spokesperson for the
new company, stated that the price
was set during a visit to Piney Grove
Elementary School. "While there," he
said, "I was talking with a young
student. I asked her about using the
I ntemet. She stated that her father had
said she could get connected to the
Internet, if she could find service for
less than $15.00."
Clark said. "This touched me personally.
And I realized if we were
goingto provide a service, we needed
to consider the economic conditions
of the area and make every effort to
make the Internet available to not only
this student, but others like her. I
realized her family was not the exception
but the rule and many folks are on
a limited income. Therefore, the price
fur our service was set."
Clark explained that the internet is
a tool to enhance who we are through
research of genealogy. Using the internet
as a teaching mechanism is a
way to access, for Lumbees. the eastern
Indian culture. Folks can learn
why we have lost our language and
why we were forced into the swamps
to live. "I actually like to call it an online
history book. You can trace the
growth pattern of the whites. Simply
stated, it just enhances our resource
capabilities."
Clark talked at length about his
passion, his new business and the ecommerce
side of using the internet.
"It is possible to sell things anywhere
in the world using the Internet," he
stated.
Native Wave. Inc. is locally owned
and operated. The owners live and
reside in the immediate area. The
equipment is owned by the company
and Clark is excited about the opportunity
to combine high technology
with the Native tradition. The company
employs nine persons and Ctark
is proud to be providingjobs for people
in the area. The first person hired, he
said, was recently laid off at,Converse.
The second employee was on
unemployment benefits. Among the
employees are Angelene Woodell,
Customer Representative. She will set
up accounts, oversee the billing, and
she answers questions personally; and
Glenda Ransom. Both these ladies
know the internet. They will walk a
customer through getting on line and
arc avai lable lor any and all questions.
The employees follow up on each
customer and stays with them until the
customer is satisfied.
"It is important for our people to
have person to person contact," Clark
said. "When someone calls Native
Wave, they are greeted by a live person,
not a machine. Therefore our
customers are treated as individuals
and not as numbers. If there are any
problems, we are prepared to stay
with it until everything is satisfactory
to the customer. We are prepared to
teach and demonstrate the use of the
Internet service, setting up e-mail addresses
and teaching the use of it.
Most recently we set up an 80 year old
on the Internet and she is having a
great time with here-mail and is beginning
to participate in chat rooms
on subjects that are of interest to her,"
Clak continued. "It is vitally important
that we maintain personal contact.
It is the Indian way and we don't want
ever to progress away from our traditional
background."
"Personal contact brings great deal
of satisfaction to us. and our 80 year
old friend demonstrates that anyone
can learn to use the Internet and not
only use it, but enjoy the freedom of
expression," Clark concluded.'
Native Wave is located on Normal
Street in Pembroke and can be reached
by calling 99910-522-0050. Shown
above is the log for the new business
and the design of their Web page.
Scholarship Honors
Fallen Heroes
(NU) - The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association has created a permanent
memorial to honor the police and firefighters who gave their lives
trying to save others at New York City's fallen World Trade Center.
The memorial is a permanent scholarship fund dedicated for children of the
police and firefighters who perished in the Sept. 11 tragedy. The fund will
finance ongoing scholarships for the surviving sons and daughters, as they
come of age. The memorial scholarship is an expansion of NBFAA's longtime
scholarship program for children of police and firefighters.
"The fund will enable us to continue giving to the families of the fallen
police and firefighters for years to come," said Bart Didden, NBFAA president.
"We have arranged for funding to be received directly through NBFAA
or to be made through our tax exempt foundation the Alarm Industry Research
& Educational Foundation."
The NBFAA is asking its members nationwide to not only contribute to the
effort directly, but to solicit the donations of its employees and customers.
Please send your tax deductible contributions to A1REF ? Heroes Scholarship
Fund, 8300 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
For more information on how you can contribute to the World Trade Center
Heroes Scholarship Fund, call (301) 585-1855, or visit the NBFAA Web site
at www.alarm.org.
Farm Service Agency Seeks County
Committee Candidates
The Farms Service Agency (FSA) is looking for candidates for the farmerelected
County Committee election to be held this fall. "It is crucial that every
eligible agricultural producer take part in this election because county committees
are a direct link between the farm community and the US Department
of Agriculture," says Giles B Floyd, Robeson/Scotland FSA, County Executive
Director. "The County Committee system needs everyone to get involvedffom
voters to committee candidates. Almost anyone eligible to take part in a
local FSA program may be a candidate for the committee."
Nomination forms can be obtained from FSA County offices. Completed
nomination forms are due back to the FSA office by October 29. FSA will
notify nominees and mail election ballots to eligible voters in mid-November,
and completed ballots will then be due back to FSA offices by December 3.
The election will end December 10, and elected members and alternates will
take office January I, 2002.
FSA County Committees make decisions on: commodity price support
loans and payments: establishment of allotments, yield and marketing quotes:
farmer loans; and other farm disaster assistance.
"The County Committee is an important part of the service delivery of the
USDA. We'd like to include more farmers in nontraditional operations and
peoples who livelihoods depend on farming", said Floyd. "We're also looking
for small farmers, specialty crop farmers, truck farmers, and spouses or business
partners- anyone who would be able to add some new or different experiences
to their Local County Committee."
For more information contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office
at (910)739-3349.
The Carolina Indian Voice is published every
Thursday by First American Publications,
207 Union Chapel Road, Pembroke, NC 28372.
Bruce Barton Publisher
Connee Brayboy Editor
Two Missionaries Receive
Commission
Millard Lowry and Gary Locklear completed the two-week Mission training
program at the Mission Resource Center on the Campus of Emory University.
Millard and Gary were commissioned along with 53 other missionaries
from around the country. The service was conducted at a United Methodist
Church in Chamblec Georgia. Retired Bishop James Thomas conducted the
service assisted by personnel from the General Boar of Global Ministries.
Leadership from the Georgia Conference also participated in the commissioning.
The Training event began on July 5th on the campus of the Mission
Resource Center. Portions of the program were conducted on several of the
Seminary Campuses in Atlanta. There were 55 participants in the program.
Each of the 55 Missionaries have assignments in the US except one who is
assigned to Cambodia. The mission assignments are wide and varied. Some
missionaries are working in the area of health education, directing soup kitchens,
coordinating day care operations, coordinating homes for the homeless,
alcohol and drug prevention. Restorative ministries. Justice ministries and
social ministries. Several of the missionaries will be working with Native
Anterican Ministries around the country.