MRS. HARRIS-WILSON MRS. MILLS 2 Are Nominated For State Awards Two area women are among 41 nominees statewide under consid eration for the Distin guished Women of North Carolina Award to be presented by Gov. James G. Martin on March 22. As many as five awards may be pre sented. In the running locally are Mrs. Kathy Harris Wilson of Route 3, Warrenton, executive director of the Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe, Inc., and Mrs. Linda C. Mills of Route 1, Hollis ter, secretary-fiscal of ficer of the tribe. Nominations were sought throughout the state by the sponsor, the N. C. Council on the Status of Women, through the news media and contacts with a number of organiza tions. A selection com mittee appointed by Mrs. Ruby Jones of Greensboro, council chairman, will de termine the award recipients. The awards were pre sented for the first time in 1984 as part of the council's 20th anniver sary observance. This year's presentation again coincides with Women's History Month in March. Mrs. Harris-Wilson's responsibilities with the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, Inc. include the promotion of social and economic growth of the community through working with various agencies and through assisting individual members of the tribe. She served a four-year term on the Warren County Board of Educa tion. At present, she is a member of a number of area committees related to economic and cultural development of the community. In 1980, she was honored as a Special Volunteer by former Governor James B. Hunt ana was revug nized at the first Tribute to Minority Women. Mrs. Harris-Wilson was educated at the Haliwa School in Hollis ter and has studied at the Women's Leader ship Institute at Meredith College in Raleigh. She is married to Marshall Ray Wilson and has two daughters, Vonda and Kimeko, and a son, Augustus. Mrs. Linda C. Mills u the second nominee for the Distinguished Women of North Caro lina Award. She shoulders general office responsibilities for the Haliwa-Saponi tribe and has in the past served as a secretary/talent search counselor with the N. C. Commission of Indian Affairs in Raleigh. Mrs. Mills is a gradu ate of John Graham High School and has done additional studies at Nash Technical In stitute in Rocky Mount and Halifax Commun ity College in Weldon. Her involvement in community affairs in cludes serving as a member of the Hollister Volunteer Rescue Squad and a judge with the Halifax County Board of Elections. Mrs. Mills is a member of the Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Cooper of Route 3, Warrenton. The awards banquet on March 22 is open to the public and will be in Raleigh at the Hilton Inn on Hillsborough Street. It will follow a reception at 6:30 p. m. honoring the nominees. Reservations must be made and the registra tion fee of $25 per person must be received by March 15, with checks made payable to the N. C. Department of Ad Department of Ad ministration and mailed to the N. C. Council on the Status of Women, 526 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh, N. C. 27604. Persons making reser vations must submit their names and may obtain their tickets at the registration table on March 22. Wartime By Octobcr 1984, Iraq had lost some 70,000 citizens in the five-year war while kill ing an estimated 500,000 Iran ians. Iraq now spends $1 billion a month fighting Iran. UtortiecafH Will Offer Two Entrees iFor The Price of One Monday Nights On Wednesdays & Fridays SHRIMP All You Care To Eat Steamed Or Fried $8.49 Phone: 586-5900 * Mil* North Of Littleton's Only Traffic Light