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Published each Thursday in Pembroke, N.C. M~ | *' T M "Building Conuminicutivc Bruises In /\ Tri-Racial Set tin Pemr,rpKe N, VOLUME 31 NUMBER 23 THURSDAY, JUNE5,2003 25_ Aja Locklear, Miss UNC-Pembroke, to compete in Miss North Carolina Pageant Aja I.ocklear, Miss UNC Pembroke, has enjoyed her reig since being crowned in January 2003 She also won the talent por lion of the competition She see! Iter title and crown as an opportu nitv to promote her platform Domestic Violence Awarcnesi and Prevention. She is workin; diligently with others at thi University to establish a comma nity-involved program on th< campus to help alleviate the prob lem of domestic violence Aja will compete in the Misi North Carolina Pageant June 18 21. She will represent the area ii her position as Miss UNC Pembroke Aja is a sophomore at UNC n Pembroke and is earning a degrc< in business management and marketing. Aja is the daughter of Lynwood and Pain Locklcar of Lumberton. She resides in the Maxton community and is look\ ing forward to competing in tlvc : Miss North Carolina Pageant if - 1 win there it will give me a : broader base to promote domestic - violence awareness and pretention This is a problem that exists and the more we know about it. s the sooner we can prev ent it." she - said t The Miss North Carolina Pageant will be held at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium ' and Aja will be one of 27 contes: tants. the Carolina Indian Voice A SPECIAL GRADUATE by Aha Nye Oxendine His friends and family couldn't help thinking how proud his parents would have been if they could have attended his graduation at the Givens Performing Arts Center on Friday night. May 23. This was the twentieth class graduating from Purnell Swett High, originally named West Robeson High School A few years before the members of this 2003 class were born, students from the former Pembroke Senior High. Prospect High, and Maxton High were brought together in the new high school building, located near the N. C. Indian Cultural Center, just a few miles away from the communities of Maxton, Prospect, and Pembroke. As one of the 2003 graduates, Maurice Dial had "hung in there" following the deaths of both his father, Randy, salutatorianof the 1974 Pembroke Senior High class, and his mother, Jeanette Marie Oxendine Dial, who graduated from Pembroke Senior High four years later. Randy died of a heart attack in 1997. Three years later, shortly before her eighteenth birthday in October of 2000, Maurice's sister, Sophia, was severely injured in an automobile accident. The following summer, their mother, Jeanette, died of a heart attack Neither parent had reached the age of 42! After his mother's death, Maurice moved in with family members, spending most of the past two years with his oldest sister, Aundrea. For many teen-agers, such unexpected tragedies provide an easy excuse to give up on dreams and to drop out of school. But, for Maurice, school was one part of life he could still depend upon! During his junior year, Maurice was on his high school's wrestling team. For two summers, he worked as a lifeguard at UNCP. For those of us w ho have been knowing this young man throughout the past 18 years, the fact that he stayed in school through graduation gives us high hopes for his future He plans to continue his education by attending Robeson Community College, where his sister. Sophia, is a student. His sister. Aundrea. also hopes to continue her education in the future All of us, if we remain in this world for many decades, can expect to experience tragedies or hardships of one kind or another However, as a person who has been extremely close to this family ever since the oldest child. Aundrea. was an infant, I would like to commend Maurice and both of his sisters for their determination to overcome their personal hardships and to become contributing members of the world around them! Coronation Ball tickets Available LRDA. Inc will be selling tickets for tlie Coronation Ball to be held July 4th at Porter Pla/a in Pembroke. NC at 6:30 p in. This year the Coronation Ball will feature fine dining, a live band, and a Coronation Ceremony for the newly crowned Miss Luinbce. Teen Miss Lumbcc. Junior Miss Lumbcc and Little Miss Lumbec 2003-2004 For more information about the Coronation Ball or to purchase tickets. please call (910) 522-2162. Corporate tables arc available The Coronation Ball is a part of the Annual Lumbcc Homecoming Celebration sponsored by the Lumbcc Regional Development Association. Inc Fundraiser planned for AIDS project The Bordcrbclt AIDS Resource Team w ill sponsor their First Annual Spring Fling on June 20. 2003 from 7 p in. until 10 p.rn at the O P Owens Building, located at the Robeson County Health Department in Lunibcrton fins event is a fundraiser being held to raise money for the HIV/AIDS clients the project serves in this area Entertainment will be provided by Victoria Huggins and Abby Gail Jacobs Purnell Swett High School Marshals. Matth ew Blue, Ashley Uxendine, Megan Clark, Keosha Hunt, Benjamin McMillan, Cesar Martinez, Tata Smith, James Matthew Epps, Bryan Howington, Kasson Jones, and Matthew T. Dial. Chief Marshal-Matthew T. Dial. Assistant Chief Marshal-James Matthew Epps. Healthkeeperz donates wheelchairs to UNCP PEMBROKE. N.C.-Temporarily disabled sludcnls will be rolling around campus a lot easier in the future tluinks to the donation of two wheelchairs from Healthkeeperz. a Pembroke-based regional home health agency. "We need wheelchairs a lot more than you would think." said Com Bullard. director of Student Health Services. "We really appreciate tlus gift Wheelchairs arc very expensive, tlus is a really nice thing for them to do for us " The wheelchairs will be used in a temporary basis, without charge, by injured students. " We saw a need that we that we could fill." said Angie Rev els. marketing representative for Healtltkeeperz. "We are always happy to help the university." Revels is a UNCP graduate and former employee in UNCP's Office of Human Resources. Hcalthkccpcrz is a vertically integrated home health agency sciv ing the southeastern North Carolina counties, offering pharmacy , nursing and therapy services and medical equipment. r - , ~ ??I Student Health SERVICES DIRECTOR Cora Dullard, left, accepts a wheelchair from Healthkeeperz Medical Equipment Division Office Manager Kagenia Strickland and Marketing Rep. Angie Revels, right. McDanieI Longwolf Lucas, Jr. Music and Worship Workshop planned by Baptist Association The Burnt Swamp Baptist Association is sponsoring a Music and Worship Conference on June 13-15. 2003. at Berea Baptist Church in Pembroke. The workshop schedule is as follows: Friday June 13. workshop from 6:00-9:00 pm; Saturday. June 14. workshop 10:00-1:00. lunch will be provided. and the final workshop session will be Saturday from 2:004:00. The workshop will consist of learning new music that will be presented in a Worship Concert on Sunday Night at 6:00pm on June 15 McDaniel (Dan) Longwolf Lucas. Jr. of Midwest City. OK. will be conducting the workshop. Lucas, a Lumbce Indian, earned his BA Degree at Oklahoma Christian College and Iris Master of Music Degree at Oklahoma City University. He is a recent winner of the prestigious BentonSchmidt audition scholarship at the University of Oklahoma where he is completing Iris Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Voice Performance. At Oklahoma University, Lucas lias sung the roles of Parpignol in La Bohcmc and Don Polidoro in Mozart's La finta scmplicc. He performed with the Cimarron Opera Company, the Tulsa Opera Company, and at Opera in the Ozarks. Arkansas All choirs and leaders are invited to participate in this workshop and Worship Concert For further information, please call Mary Alice Teets at 521-9532. Revels informs BPW members about Healthkeeperz by Yvonne Barnes Dial Angie Revels was (he guest speaker for the Pembroke business and Professional Women's Organization meeting to discuss and share information about Hcalthkeepcr/ Serving as a market representative. Revels informed BPW members about the comprehensive plan of the business which includes pharmaceutical sen ices, respirator) care services, personal care services, home medical equipment, and home health services. Professionals include pharmacists. registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists, respiratory tlierapisls. home medical equipment delivery technicians. and certified nursing assistants. "Thirty nine million minority women than Caucasian women arc in poor health due to poverty, finance and diet." reported Revels Other alarming information included a high rate of diabetes among American (Ndians. and work and stress add to a person's poor health She cncour aged the audience to burn candles. cat right, exercise, and to do some of tltc things they enjoy to release stress Hcalthkccpcr/. began in 1966 w lien Howard rooks. RPh founded Pembroke Dnig Center. Since then, several businesses affiliated with the Drug Center have been established to prov ide the community with a more comprehensive health care system Will Brooks serves as general manager. Howard Brooks. Rph. serves as president, and Tint Brooks is the Home Health administrator in 1992. Revels realized that Hcaithkccpcrz served as a "great opportunity for her Previously, she was the human resource manager for Hcalthkccpcr/ from July 2000-Scptcmbcr 2001 From 1997-Junc 2000 Revels served as benefits manager for Human Resources at UNC Pembroke. Also a graduate of UNC Pembroke, six: received her BS in business administration with a concentration in management. Other than Iter profession, she served as secretary for the Pembroke Area Chamber of Commerce, participated in the marketing committee for Robeson County Job Ready Partnership, and is coordinator for health fair screenings for churches and community groups She may be contacted ai PO Box 1419. 802 Sunrise Drive. Pembroke. NC 28372. phone number 910-521-3X62 Locations for business include 507 West Covington Street. PO Box 2227. Laurinburg. NC 28352. 609 Jefferson Street. Whitcvillc. NC 28472. plionc number 910-6423799; and 285 Olmsted Boulevard. Suite 5. Pinchurst. NC 28374. phone number 910255-0500 Angie Revels
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