CONTEST WINNERS -? The Raeford Junior Woman's Club winners in the junior high division of the literature
contest pose. Seated, left to right, are Donna Holland [first place, short jror>>|. Carolyn Wilburn [second place,
short story ) and Jane Maxwell [ third place, short story]. Standing are Anita Cartrette [first place, poetry] and
Angelo McRae I third place, poetry]. Not shown is John Jordan, second place winner in poetry. All of the winning
entries in the arts festival will be on display at the public library beginning this week.
\rmy Honors County Man
Thomas M. Macko received the
vleritorious Service Award from
he Army last month on the
?ccasion of his retirement from the
ictive services.
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Macko, a major in the Signal
Corps, was transferred to the
retired reserves in recognition of his
continued service by Brig. Gen.
Robert S. Young. He received a
Certificate of Appreciation from
Maj. Gen. Henry Mohr. Chief
Army Reserve.
Macko. a Raeford mail carrier,
served four years in the Marine
Corps during World War II in the
Pacific. He joined the National
Guard and served over 20 years.
After joining the Army Reserve, he
graduated from Communications
School at Ft. Gordon. Ga. as a
Communications Electronic Off
icer.
Macko resides on Rt. 2. Raeford.
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History Teachers
Plan Workshop
Florence Cohen, director of in
struction, and Theresa Mills, his
tory teacher, will attend the work
shop on local history Mar. 8 in
Fayetteville being sponsored by the
Department of Public Instruction
and the N.C. Museum of History.
The workshop is designed to
provide teachers with knowledge,
techniques and materials for im
proving their teaching of state and
regional history.
HOKE COUNTY
RESCUE SQUAD
I Physical Education Week Is Mar . 1-7
The American Alliance for
Health. Physical Education and
Recreation (AAHPER) is out to get
all Americans on their feet dunng
National Physical Education ana
Sport Week, March 1-7.
While there's a growing aware
ness that physical activity is of vital
importance to mental, physical and
emotional health, AAHPER offi
cials feel that most Americans --
particularly adults - have not
accepted responsibility for their
own beings.
"We're beginning to get excel
lent programs into our schools
now, ' explains Celeste Ulrich,
President of AAHPER. "Physical
education programs start in ele
mentary school today, and the
emphasis is on developing excellent
movement skills for all children;
finding and correcting motor diffi
culties at an early age.
According to Hoke schools' co
ordinator of physical education
programs. Loria S. White, "Thou
sands upon thousands of young
sters are being cheated out of
quality physical education pro
grams every year because too few
parents and school officials under
stand the difference between physi
cal education and "gym" of bygone
days. There's a new, enlightened
physical education in many of our
schools today. Physical education
that touches and benefits every
single boy and girl, develops indivi
dual confidence and self-esteem for
a lifetime of sport and activity."
Mrs. Ulrich added, "Perhaps
one out of four schools have such
programs... designed for every
child. The handicapped as well as
the gifted.
"Sequential physical education
leads young people then into team
sports; competition; lifetime
sports. By the time they finish high
school, most students should have
integrated good physical education
practices into their life styles," she
said.
"During National Physical Edu
cation and Sport Week, we're
trying to focus attention on these
new approaches to physical activi
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ty. We want better programs in the
schools, but we're especially inter
ested in making all Americans
realize that it's never too late to
take on responsibility for their
health and well-being," Miss U1-'
rich noted.
The American Alliance for
Health. Physical Education and
Recreation is a 50,000-member
professional organization with in
terest in physical education, athle
tics and sports, dance, school
nursing, health and safety educa
tion. outdoor education and recrea
National Physical Education and
Sport Week provides an ideal
opportunity for increasing aware
ness of the new physical education.
AAHPER members are hopeful
that the week's activities will lead to
widespread acceptance of "fitness
consciousness." Teachers, families
and community organizations are
urged to visit schools and evaluate
the P.E. programs. By sponsoring
and planning special activities to
integrate fitness into everything we
do. physical education can indeed
become a lifetime experience.
The request that James and John
made of Jesus is almost unbeliev
able -- at least until we remember
that audacity has never been in
short supply, even in the church.
Nevertheless, James and John still
tend to shock us!
"Teacher, we want you to do for
us whatever we ask of you" (Mark
10:35)
That by itself would be sufficient
to cause our jaws to drop: how
presumptuous to even make such a
request, regardless of what they
would ask! But their audacity
seems to know no limits, for when
Jesus responds with, "What do you
want me to do for you?" they
answer:
"Grant us to sit one at your right
hand and one at your left, in your
glory" (Mark 10:37)
Imagine! Just a little favor. Lord:
make us Vice Presidents in the
Kingdom -- First and Second Vice
Presidents, that is!
There is but one thing that we
must hand these two men: they
were certainly candid about their
desires. In fact, it is probably this
innocence mixed with their brash
ness that softens Jesus' reply: "You
do not know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the cup that 1
drink, or be baptised with the
baptism with which 1 am bap
tised?" (10:38). And the breezy
assurance with which they answer
indicates that they really do not
know what they are asking: "We
are able."
Jesus' patient forbearance is
almost as impressive as their
arrogance is shocking, for instead
of a stinging rebuke, it is a patient
explanation which he gives to help
them understand the issues they
have raised. If Jesus had responded
with some irritation or annoyance
no one could have blamed him.
To us. of course, it is quite
apparent that they did not under
stand what they were asking. For
one thing, they apparently did not
understand what Jesus meant by
the Kingdom of God. They are still
holding the traditional and popular
concept of a temporal kingdom
with secular power, military might,
and a royal court. Somehow they
had missed the point: the kingdom
of God was really the kingdom
within, a kingdom of man's spirit,
of God's rule in the heart.
Secondly, they obviously mis
understood what discipleship
meant. They seemed to think it
meant being in on the "ground
floor" for status and power in the
kingdom. They thought in terms of
rank, whereas Jesus emphasized
not rank but service: "whoever
would be great among you must be
your servant" (10:43).
Thirdly, they did not compre
hend the kind of power which
would bring in God's kingdom.
They thought of power that would
compel with force, whereas Jesus
spoke of the power of love and self -
denial: "For the Son of man also
came not to be served but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for
many" (10-45).
From our vantage point, we
wonder how James and John could
have so badly missed the point, for
to us it seems so obvious.
Can it be that we still miss the
point?
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