Barbour to Manage Lifestyle Center in Red Springs
This summer, the town of Red
"Springs will welcome a new
Southeastern Lifesty le Center.
Along with the services provided
by the center will come the leadership
of Eileen Barbour, who
has been named to manage the
center's operations.
Barbour has been an employ ee
with Southeastern Regional
Medical Center's Fitness Services
for three years, serving as
coordinator of Lifestyle
Wellness and PriviledgesP/us. a
wellness program for people age
55 and over. r
"The people of Red' Springs
are excited about this service
because it is in their community,
where they live and work. They
requested that a fitness center be
built in theirtown and the people
of the community and SRMC
have made it happen," said
Barbour.
An advisory committee, made
up of residents of Red Springs,
has worked to help design the
center and to make sure that it
meets the needs of the commu- /"
nitv. The center will not only prp^
vide fitness services>but-will
also offer a Community Health
Education Center (CHEC) library
as well as rehabilitation
services.
"The center will have aW new
equipment in a brand new building
with lots of windows for an
open atmosphere,: added
barbour. "Employees will be
individual's fitness program."
massage therapy will be offered
at the center with spa services
to be added in the^uture.
A large aerobics roorafand lap
pool: as well as a-ttot tub and
cardio theatre are also included
in the center.
A native of Fayetteville. N.C..
Barbour earned a bachelor's degree
in physical education from
UNC Wilmington, a master's degree
in health education from
East Carolina University and a
master's degree in phy sical education
from UNC Pembroke.
By working with a number of
diverse populations during her
career. Barbour has prepared for
the rewards and challenges of
opening a new fitness center. She
has taught physical education at
the elementary school level and
worked as a health educator for
the wellness program for
Cumberland County government
employ ees. Each of these expe-fie? ?^Tias
exposed her to individuals
of differing ages,
ethnicities and stages of health.
She will be able To draw firm
these experiences as she manages
the center, which will provide
services to the diverse
population of Red Springs and
the surrounding communities.
"Our challenge will be to get
people to understand wellness in
general- that it encourages
lifestyle changes that affect the
individual now and in the future.
Our goal will be to teach our customers
about healthy living and
all the aspects of wellness." said
barbour.
The Southeastern Lifestyle
Center of Red Springs, being built
on an eight-acre site at 301 Mt.
Tabor Road, will provide a total
of 15.000 square feet for fitness
and recreational activities. For
more information about the center
and its services or to schedule
a presentation about the facility,
contact Barbour at 671-5835.
Katherine Greer is the New Miss UNCP
Bv Gavin. Wyse
PEMBROKE, N.C.? And the
winner of the 48th Miss UNC
Pembroke scholarship Pageant
is... contestant number 5, Miss
Katherine Amelia Greer.
Greer, a 19-year-old freshman
form Fuquay-Varina, N.C., beat
out four contestants to become the
new Miss UNCP. She will go on
to compete June 22 in the Miss
North Carolina pageant.
- Greer received^ S400?-sehol~~
arship, a 10-caret class ring courtesy
of the UNCP Bookstore, a
free portrait from Kinlaw Studios,
a S500 wardrobe allowance toward
the state pageant and. of
course, the official crown.
"I was very surprised and excited
to win," Greer said. " 1 really
didn't expect to win at all."
The pageant consisted of three
parts as well as an interview with
the judges prior to the evening.
The interview was worth 30 percentof
the overall marks with 15
percent each going for the swimsuit
and evening gown competitions.
The remaining 40 percent of
the score came from the talent
show.
It was the talent show that Greer
felt gave her a chance to win. She
sang a Mozart opera. The originality
of the song certainly had
some affect on the judges.
"1 worked on it with my voice
coach and it just felt right," said
Greer explaining why she chose
Mozart.
A special education major,
Greer's platform is that autistic
kids should not be separated from
other children in the school system.
They should all be accepted.
For the swimsuit competition
she wore a pink one-piece outfit
and for the evening gown competition
she wore a long black dress
with silver straps.
She replaces Jessica Reed
whose year and a half reign came
to an end.
It turned into an emotional night
for Reed who praised and thanked
all those who helped and supported
her. She made sure future
contestants would not forget her
by leaving behind a $ 100 scholarship
in the Reed family name.
The first ever winner of the Jessica
Reed and Family Service
Scholarship award was Brandi
Faye Cutler based on her positive
and eager community service
work.
The Miss congeniality winner
was Anna Lucas, a sophomore
from Raleigh, and the first runnerup
was Melissa Ann Strickland,
who will replace Greer if she is
unable to attend any of her future
commitments. Strickland is a
sophomore business administration
major from Maxton, N.C.
The Mistress of Ceremonies for
the evening was current Miss N.C.
Ashley Nicole House. There was
some other great entertainment on
hand.
The opening dance number set
the mood as the UNCP dance team
and the contestants dance in the
"jungle," which was the theme for
the night. There was also a performance
by David Broomhead, who
won the UNCP talent show and
Reed danced to Charlie Daniels'
"A Devil Went Down to Georgia."
But the night most definitely
belonged to Greer, the new Miss
UNCP.
Gavin liise is a senior journalism
major at UNCP.
Newly crowned Miss VNCP Katherine Greer, right, poses with first runnerup
Melissa Ann Strickland.
Free Health Checks in Marietta
Free health screenings will be held Thursday, April 4 from 1 p.m.
until 6 p.m. at the Marietta Civic Center, 2799 Marietta Rd. checks
for total cholesterol/HDL, blood pressure, blood sugar and glaucoma
will be offered to all adults 18 years and older. Only one fingerstick isrequired.
Results are available in five minutes. These free screens are
sponsored by Robeson County Partnership for community health. Call
671-5595 for more information.
.
Lasl week we began looking at
the experiences of John Lawson,
one of the Carolinas' earliest
historians, and from whom we
can learn much about the Native
Americans of the region at the
beginning of the eighteenth
century. Lawson arrived in the
Americas in late summer of 1700,
and soon traveled from Ne w York
to Charleston. B y December he
had been assigned by the Lords
Proprietors of the1Qjrolinacolony
to make a survey of the inland
territories of the colony, which
then (from 1663 until 1729)
included North and South
Carolina, Georgia and northern
Florida.
Lawson's first journey inland
took him up the Santee and
Wateree Rivers; overland into
what is now North Carolina to the
Yadkin River drainage; up the
Uwharrie Riverto near the present
city of High Point; then overland
across the Haw and Neuse River
drainages; and finally on eastward
to the Pamlico River and the coast.
This was thus a great 500 mile arc
around the land of the L urn bee.
On this two-month trip, Lawson
encountered many of the tribes
known by the ancestors of the
Lumbee, some of whom were
certainly trading partners and
allies of the Lumbee, and some
whomay have been theirenemies.
The tribes Lawson mentions by
name on this trip include: Sewee,
Santee; Congaree; Wateree;
Waxhaw; Esaw; Catawba;
Saponi; Keyauwee; Eno;
Occaneechi; and Tuscarora.
Lawson wrote: "The Indians
of North-Carolina are a wellshap'd
clean-made People, of
different Staturies as the
Europeans are. yet chiefly
inclin'd to be tall. They are a very
straight People, and never bend
forwards, or stoop in their
Shoulders, unless much overpower'd
by old Age. Their limbs
are exceeding well-shap'd. As
for their Legs and Feet, they are
generally the handsomest in the
World. Their bodies are a little
flat, which is occasion'd by being
laced hard down to a Board itf
their Infancy. This is all theCradle
they have...."
From, this brief paragraph
near the beginning of Lawson's
description we can learn several
things^ about the Native
Americans of North Carolina at
the lime. First, they did not all
look alike. When Lawson wrote
that they were "of different
Staturies as the Europeans are,"
he was telling us that there was
as much variety in stature
among Indian people as there was
among Europeans. This should
not be surprising, since we would
expect there to be a similar
amount of variability in all
human groups. It does, however,
mean that any stereotypical
notion about the body type of
early Native Americans is just
as unfounded as any other
stereotype (for example, that
"all" Irishmen have red hair, or
that "all" red-haired people must
have some "Irish blood" in them;
in some cases either of these
assumptions might be true, but
certainly not in "all" cases).
Native people of North Carolina
never looked all alike.
Second, they did not all have
a short life expectancy. When
Lawson wrote that they werenever
stooped over "unless much over
power'd by old Age," he was
telling us that he hatlencouniered
some Native people who were
well advanced in age. This should
not be surprising, since we would
expect a similar range of ages in
any human population. It does
mean, however, that the
stereotypical notion that Native
people in early times did not live
very long lives (i. e., the idea that
in the old days the average life
expectancy of Indian people was
only thirty-five years) is also
unfounded. Lawson's account of
Native people living to an old age
is consistent with archaeological
evidence found all over the
Eastern Woodlands, which
indicates that even though there
was relatively high infant
mortality, many Native people did
live well into old age.
Third, from this passage we
get a hipt about the use of
cradleboards among North
Carolina Native Americans. It is
widely known that many Indian
tribes and nations in the western
United States used cradleboards.
But because of the much earlier
European contact experienced by
eastern Native people, there has
been little discussion of the
existence of this cultural tradition
here in the land of the Lumbee.
In the next segment of Along
The Robeson Trail, we will look
further into the writings of John
Lawson as we seek more lessons
about Native Americans. For
more information, visit the
Native American Resource
Center in historic Old Main
Building, on the campus of The
University of North Carolina at
Pembroke (our Internet address is
www.uncp.edu/nativemuseum).
Sending a Call
for Local Poems
Pembroke- A $ 1.000 grand prize is
being offered in a new poetry contest
sponsored by Celestial Arts,
free to everyone. A whopping
$50 000.00 in pfjtzes will be awarded
during the coming year!
"Even is you have never entered a
competition before,: says Poetry
Editor Michael Thomas, "this is
your opportunity to win big. Even
if you have written only one poem
it deserves to be read and appreciated.
Beginners arc welcome!
To enter send one poem 21 lines
or less: Celestial Arts, PO Box 1140,
Talent. OR 97540. Or enter online
at www.freecontest.com
Be sure your name and address is
on the page with your poem The
deadline for entering is April 20,
2002. A winner's list will be sent
to all entrants.
UMC Holds
Spring Revival
PEMBROKE - Sandy Plains
United Methodist Church will
hold its spring revival Sunday,
April 7th through Wednesday,
April 10th. Services will start at 7
o'clock the first might and at 7:30
each of the remaining nights.
Guest preachers will be Rev.
Harold D. Jacobs, Rev. Harold
. .unt, Rev. Marshall Locklear, and
Rev. S. Dufrene Cummings. There
will be special music each night
and a nursery will be provided.
Rev. David Malcolm, Pastor at
Sandy Plains UMC, invites everyone
to attend. The church is lo
cated at 2468 Union Chapel Road.
2 1/2 North of Pembroke
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Pediatric Pointers
by Dr. Joey Bell, Pembroke Pediatrics
The croup is a common illness, especially in children less than 3
years of age. It usually lasts form several days to a week, and most
often develops in fall or early winter. It is caused by a virus of the
upper part of the respiratory tract (or windpipe). The illness is mildly
contagious, and there is no way to prevent it.
This infection usually starts as a runny nose with a low grade fever.
Sometimes it causes the windpipe to morrow, and then the patient
may have some difficulty breathing and develop a cough that sounds
like a barking seal, This is the classic "croupy" cough. Croup always
seems to be worse at night and may waken the child up form their
sleep.
The best initial treatment for simple croup is to hold the child in the
bathroom while running the shower on "hot". Fifteen minutes of breathing
in the steamy air will probably make breathing easier. Another
good treatment is to take the child outside for about 10-15 minutes.
The cool night air often relieves the problem by reducing the swelling
inside the windpipe. Offer lots of fluids to drink and use Tylenol for
significant fever. Having a cold-water vaporizer of humidifier to use
in the child's bedroom may be helpful, also.
Most simple cases of croup respond to these basic treatments. There
are some cases that do not respond and need more medical attention.
You may want to check with your doctor if the following things are
happening: 1) the home therapy in not working, 2) Your child looks
very pale, seems unusually wom out, or isn't eating or sleeping, 3)
Your child seems to have difficulty catching their breath, especially if
this is happening in the day, when croup usually improves, or 4) You
can see your child's chest wall draw in with every breath.
That's all on croup. I hope everyone is having a great holiday. Take
care and we'll talk again next week.
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