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Super Stars in Banking at First Bank Pembroke i : Mrs.Lucille Locklear, Branch Manager/Asst.V.Pres of the Pembroke Office of First Bank would like to introduce you to the greatest team of SUPER STARS in banking. L/R-Susan Lugo, Teller; Peggy Hunt, Branch/Loan Officer; Becky English, Teller: Bobbie Hall, Teller; Dawn Conley, Teller and Angela Chavis, CSR. Mrs. Locklear would like to THANK each of these ladies for the SUPER job that they do each day serving the Bank's Biggest Asset: First Bank Customers. Tribal Housing begins Down Payment Program Titc Lunibcc Tribal Council's Housing Program began the down pn> meat assistance program with an applicant workshop on Thursday. May 29. The workshop was the initial step towards getting approved applicants positioned to receive down payment awards 'We arc very excited about the opportunity to provide a much needed service such as down payment assistance to qualified Lunibcc families." says the Tribal Administrator. Darlcne Jacobs. "The Tribal Council's Housing Committee, chaired by Jimmy Hunt, lias worked long and hard in developing policies that assist families in making their dream of buy ing a home a reality." In April of 2002. the Lumbec Tribal Council implemented a rehabilitation program. The rehabilitation program has repaired over 220 homes and has issued over $2.5 million in services into the Lumbec community . The reliabilitation program is designed to eliminate substandard conditions while addressing health, fire and safety issues for qualified low -income Lumbec families. The Lumbec Tribe's Housing Program also has an emergency services component. A total of 279 applicants have received $455.000 in serv ices since August 2002. Emergency housing repair assistance is available to qualified low -income Lumbec households w ho have lost I their home due to acts of God or need immediate assistance that can be characterized by the need for promptly remedial actions to save and protect lives, salvage property and minimize the effects of the emergency and destruction of the basic infrastructure. Assistance is available for qualified applicants who are experiencing a " hardship situation " Examples of hardship situations can include : death, lengthy illness or serious injury1; unemployment and/or exhaustion of benefits; unusually high medical expenses that occur suddenly. marginal or pan-time employment; or other extreme, sudden and extraordinary circumstances that can be documented as causing a financial hardship Funhcr information on these or other programs can be obtained by contacting or visiting the Tribal Office at 800-659-6585 or at 707 Union Chapel Road in Pembroke the Carolina Indian Voice published every Thursday by First American Publications. Second class postage paid at Pembroke, NC 28372. Send address changes to PO Box 1075, Pembroke, NC 28372. *?? All life is experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. ?Ralph Waldo Emerson I Along The Robeson Trail by Dr Stan Knick, Director, UNCP's Native American Resource Center A recent report from the State Advisory Council on Indian Education has brought increased public awareness of a problem which has long been known among educators: Native American students in the state's public school systems are more likely to drop out than anyone else. Native American students as a statew ide group (males and females combined) drop out of school at a rate of 2.5 percent, a rate higher than Hispanic. African American and all other students. The entire report, entitled "Remaining and Becoming: 2003 Report to the State Board of Education." is available on the web (go to http: svww.ncpublicschools.org school improvement'indianed. html). When we look at the data presented by the Advisory Council, we can see some important details. The most likely students to drop out of North Carolina schools (grades one through twelve) are Native < American males (at a rate of 2.86 percent). The next two most likely segments of the student population to drop out are African American males (2.27 percent) and Hispanic males (2.24 percent). Native American females also have a higher drop out rate (2.14 percent) than all other females (i. e., Hispanic females: 2.01 percent; African American females: 1.53 percent). Thus in both males and females. Native American students "lead the way" in dropping out of school. So why does any student drop out of school? Page twenty-one of the Council's report lists the most common reasons. Some of these are: attendance; academic problems; choice of work over school; health problems; and a great many other reasons. One of the factors mentioned by Native American students in the report is that public school teachers didn't seem know much about Native American culture, and that if they had known more it might have made a difference. The Council has made several recommendations to the State Board of Education on how the dropout rate among Native American students might be addressed. The Council has done an excellent job of discerning strategic priorities and goals in the areas of: student performance: orderly and caring schools; quality teachers and administrators: and .support from families, communities and businesses. If the State Board of Education follows the recommendations of the Council, things will definitely get better. One of the Council's recommendations relates to an elective course of study ? at the high school level ? in which students could leam more about Native American culture/ and history. The American Indian Studies Department and the Native American Resource Center of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke have been working with the Department of Public instruction toward that goal. We have developed a curriculum outline for such a high school course, and plans are currently underway (with the UNCP School of Education) for a teachers' institute in which public school teachers will be able to receive specialized instruction in the areas of Native American culture, history and contemporary issues. When public school teachers know more about these subjects, they will be better prepared to offer instruction in their classrooms. Ultimately, dropout prevention among Native American students is a responsibility which falls to all of us. Parents, teachers, students. administrators, citizens in general all need to work together to help find productive ways to reduce the dropout rate. It would be an especially terrible irony if,\in a community such as the Lumnee community ? where education has been such an important element of the culture y/ve were not able to solve/this significant problejrr If we all work togpttfer, we can do it. / 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 ww.uncp.edu/nativemuseum. A^T SHOW, SILENT AUCTION Knbw someone who would love a $1,000 diamond necklace? How about an original work of art? These are but two of the incredible items included on the silent auction list that supporters of the St. Pauls Chamber of Commerce will get the chance to bid on Saturday. June 7. On ttye 7th, the Chamber of Commerce will hold an art show and sale, featuring diverse works of some of the area's top artists and a silent auction. A wine tasting will feature nine wines from Spain, Italy, France, California and North Carolina. The social/fundraiser will be held from 2 p.m.to 5 p.m. at the R E. Hooks Community Center in downtown St. Pauls. Tickets are $20. Please contact Chamber President Sara Hayes at 865-1560 or Paul jTcriy at 865-4179 for more information. June 22, 2001 - Sunday Farewell lea J [mi LRPA Oil ice Complex June 21, 2003 - Friday Little 6 Junior Miss Lumbee Pageant 6:30 pm GPAC June 28, 2003 - Saturday Golf Tournament S: 30 am - F lag Free Golf Course w- / j jr Teen & Miss Lumbee RagedhU^f" 6:30 pm -TjPACjfl^ June 29, 2003 - Sunday Elder's Pinner 3 pm - TBP Gospel Sing 7pm - Ml. Airy Church June 30, 2003 - Monday Lumbee Games Adult /' Child Slugfest 3 pin LINCP Softball Field Age Group Swim Meet 7 pm LINCP Pool 4 X July 1. 2003 - Tuesday Lumbee Games Age Group Wrestling Tournanlent 11? pm LINCP Aux. Gym Age Group Track Challenge 7 pm - UN CP Track., . ;.,y ? 4 f% t Strike at the Wind Art Dmrielr -7 6:30 pm - TBD---' |jf ? * J, J . -K r*' vWC 'ft3 July 2, 2003 - Wedneday Fashion Show I 2 pm Porter Plaza Mr Lumbee Contest ' 6:30 pm - GPAC July 3, 2003 - Thursday Lumbee Games Basketball Hotshot Contest 9am - LINCP Gym LRDA Reunion 3 inn IRPA Office Complex t I i July 4, 2003 - Friday Coronation Ball 6:30 pm Porter Plaza July 5, 2003 6:'30 pm - Oxending Science Building to** Activities in the Square I J I0.tam - Parade w ' r< 12 pm : > r M Literafy?A&ices ,2:30- UNCP Dial Building 2nd Annual Art Show S Contest 4 pm - LRDA Office Complex Lumbee Star Search 5 pm - LRDA Event Field Strike at the Wind Premiere 7 pm - Adolph Dial Amphitheater Fireworks 0 [mi LRDA Event Field :
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