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9A THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. March 12, 1997 Finding job opportunities with internships T»mmy Lindsay of Hoke County, right, is congratulated by Will Maxwell o^Cape Fear Farm Credit on completion of the annual Master Farm Mianagement Seminar. The seminar, funded by Farm Credit Associa tions of North Carolina, and held at N. C. State University, is designed t^teach financial management skills. indsay receives award A Hoke County resident com- pl:ted the Master Farm Manage ment Seminar, an annual event at North Carolina State University designed to teach farmers and own ers of agriculture-related businesses financial management skills. Tommy Lindsay attended the January seminar, conducted by the North Carolina Cooperative Exten sion Service and funded by the Farm Credit Associations of North Caro lina. “We had 38 individuals, men and women, participate this year.” said Dr. Arnold W. Oltmans, extension economist at N. C. State. “Seminar presentations were designed to en hance the farmer’s ability to know and understand his or her financial status, to increase profit potential through good financial management and to teach other management skills that will improve farm and business operations.” Topics covered in the seminar included development of business and personal goals and objectives, strategic planning, and income tax issues. The seminar also addressed labor management and communi cation issues, environmental issues affecting agriculture, as well as in formation on transferring farm own ership to the next generation of fam ily members. 11ndividuals interested in attend ing the 1998 session of the Master Farm Management Seminar should contact their local North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Center or Farm Credit Association Cow conference scheduled If you are a cattle producer, you don’t need someone to tell you that times have been tough. The up and down price cycle characteristic of the cattle industry takes its toll on all producers. But producers that limit their inputs and maximize ef ficiency are the ones who survive long term. All indications are that this current cycle which began in 1990 has bottomed out and is slowly turning up again. It is pro- je^l^ tjftat feeder calf prices tnay, rejypij 4he. Many proaucers reduced size, some sold out, and some just get by while others do well. This month and next the North Carolina Coop erative Extension Service will of fer a four-session “cow college” to area cattle producers in Hoke, Scot- land, Richmond, Moore, Cumberland, Robeson and Bladen counties. There will be central sites fdr these meetings; Raeford, Lkurinburg and St. Pauls. Below arie the dates and locations of each: •March 20, Raeford opening By Kristin Guthrie Staff writer Hoke County is currently working hand-in-hand with the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in a pilot program aimed at better preparing preservice teachers for a career in the field. About a year and a half ago. East Carolina University, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke received a special appro priation from the North &rolina Gen eral Assembly to implement an im proved teacher training program en titled model clinical schools. Specifically, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke received $100,000 to establish model clinical school programs in Robeson, Bladen and Hoke counties. Since the model clinical idea was considered to be a pilot program, the three participating counties met and decided to try the new program at one elementary school per system. In Hoke County, South Hoke El ementary was nominated to take on the responsibilities of the new pro gram. Ever since South Hoke agreed to pilot the new idea, they have been working diligently to help implement the program to its fullest. The goals of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke pilot pro gram are; •To improve the quality of teacher preparation, induction and continu ous professional development by es tablishing partnership relationships with selected schools in the Univer sity of North Carolina at Pembroke service area. •To close the gap between theory and practice by grounding conceptual frameworks and theoretical models in the real world. •To utilize the collective talents, energies and resources of partnership institutions to produce measurable improvements in classroom learning for all students. •To redefine the role of “cooperat ing teachers” in the public schools to include more involvement in preservice teacher preparation. •Toencouragecontinuous involve ment of the university in the public schools as teachers, advisors, re searchers and learners. In layman’s terms, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke wants for school-related parts of the com munity to be more involved in teacher training. Their pilot program makes a con scious effort to pair preservice teach ers with experienced teachers for more hands-on learning opportunities. The experienced teachers, or co operating teachers as they call them, play an active role in helping the preservice teachers develop into ca pable professionals. “The teacher has a more guiding role,” said Caroline Locklear, a second grade teacher at South Hoke Elementary. The pilot program calls the teacher mentoring time “coaching.” During thecoachingcyclescooperating teach ers and preservice teachers are given the opportunity tocollaborateon ideas that will lead to the unveiling of some of the best teaching techniques. In the past, cooperating teachers were not trained to be mentors, but this new program requires them to be. Suzanne Murphy, another second- grade teacher at South Hoke, just re cently went through the cooperating teacher program, and she thinks it’s a great new idea. “The new teachers are not as much on their own,” Murphy said. In addition to building stronger bonds among cooperating and preservice teachers, the pilot program also proposes to extend the time preservice teachers spend out in the classroom from one semester to two. “It makesit more realisticforteachers coming out (graduating). They are better prepared with experience for a year.... There’s not such a culture shock,” South Hoke Elementary School Principal Mike Sutton said. Specific details about exactly how the preservice teachers will spend their two semesters is not finalized yet, but the proposal is for teachers to spend extended periods of time in the public school, perhaps a couple days per week, during the first semester and a full internship during the second se mester. These ideas of “coaching” and extended internship time are new to the area and South Hoke Elementary is proud to be a part of the pilot program. More concrete requirements for the program should be decided upon by the time the model clinical program goes into effect in the Fall 1997. Even though this pilot program is session: Steve Bodinsky from Pfizer will speak on their new wormer Dectomax and sponsor a meal. There will be an optional field demo at 5 p.m. on controlled winter grazing. The program be gins at 6 p.m. • March 25, Laurinburg — ses sion 2, 7 p.m. • March 27, St. Pauls — session 2, 7 p.m. •April 1, Laurinburg — session 7 P-’T*-, .• m-rii J'.Jfl • April 3, St. E,auls — session 3, 7 p.m. •Aprils — session 4; field day to be determined by the group. Topics to be addressed will in clude forage utilization, saving money with alternative feeds, use of EPDs for selection, marketing, fencing and health. In general, the groups will focus on things that producers can and should be doing to survive long term and be suc cessful. If you would like to attend, contact Bert Coffer at (910) 997- 8255 by Monday, March 17. Census pollsters eome to area The nation’s basic data on em ployment, unemployment and char acteristics of the labor force will be collected the weekof March 16, when employees from the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau will be in the area to conduct the Current Population Survey (CPS). Data col lected from the CPS — which has been conducted monthly since 1942 — are kept strictly confidential and will provide Americans with up-to- date information on the nation’s work force. In addition to the labor force data. the March CPS will include addi tional questions on income, poverty, noncash benefits (such as food stamps), health insurance coverage, migration and work experience. Information collected in the sur vey is used by government officials and policymakers to chart the effec tiveness of government assistance programs, determine trends in migra tion patterns for planning locations of schools and transportation systems, and gauge the economic well-being of the country. On April 4, the Department of UNC-P to' host aFoa math fair The University of North Carolina at Pembroke will host the 1997 Math Fair on March 27 at the Givens Per forming Arts Center. Approximately 350-400 students in grades 7-12 from the southeast North Carolina region will compete in Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II tests. Schools from Wilmington to Charlotte and the central coastal re gion through the Piedmont will com pete. The testing begins at 9:30 a.m., with the awards presentation taking place at 12:30 p.m. on March 27. The being implemented in this area through the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, the ideas are being dis cussed state wide. The Dean’s Coun cil on Teacher Education of the Uni versity of North Carolina has devel oped a proposal for state-wide part nership school network designed to: •Strengthen relationships and shared responsibilities among schools, colleges and universities and com munities in the initial preparation, induction and continuing professional development of skilled North Caro lina school staff. • •Build on the successes of current model clinical teaching programs and establish professional development partnerships for the initial prepara tion, induction and continuing pro fessional development of school- based personnel. •Extend and improve school-based components of both the initial prepa ration and continuing professional development programs. •Strengthen the link between theory and practice of teaching and learning, thus narrowing the gap be tween what is known to be effective practice and how it is applied. •Focus and share resources of col leges and universities, schools an com munities to improve curriculum and increase learning. Overall, this pilot program is striv ing to improve teacher training in Hoke County and around the state by better utilizing the resources avail able through cooperating teachers and school-related community organiza tions. Labor in Washington will release la bor force statistics for the United States based on the data provided by local households for the March CPS. The Census Bureau releases annual in come and official poverty figures in the fall. Local households selected for the survey will receive a letter from Martha Farnsworth Riche, director of the Census Bureau, informing them of the survey. Census Bureau inter viewers carry an official identifica tion card with their photograph and signature. winners in the respective categories will advance to the State Regional Tournament April 29. For more information on the Math Fair, contact Carol Brewer, UNCP Department of M athematics and Com puter Science, at (910) 521-6417. Project grad donations Project Graduation contribu tors as of Feb. 21 were: Ricky Sandy, P.O. Box 846, Raeford Harry Walters, P.O. Box 846, Raeford T.B. Upchurch, P.O. Box 440, Raeford Raeford Salvage, P.O. Box 611, Raeford Raeford Oil Company, P.O. Box 430, Raeford B&J Eggs, 206 W. 5th St., Raeford A&G Con., 300 Isabel Lane, Raeford W.E. Carter, P.O. Box 750, Raeford Barbee Pharmacy, 118 Cam pus Ave., Raeford Hoke Family Medical, P.O. Box 665, Raeford Contributors as of March 4 were: Buie Funeral Home, P.O. Box 767, Raeford Universal Pawn and Sports, 632 W. Prospect Ave., Raeford Fidelity Bank, P.O. Box 8, Fuquay-Varina FREE Slate Filing INC I Amencan Preferred Low Prices • Fast Service EIC Money In 24 Hrs. Refund Loans College Plaza (Beside Sherwin wjiiiams) Broad St. Square s Laurinburg, NC Rockingham, NC 910-276-8808 910-997-3083 Raeford Hoke Family Care The Total Care System Toby Okons, MD Maria V. 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TIME OF MEETINGS The Board will convene for its first meeting on Mon day, April 7, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. The Board will adjourn for the purpose of accepting requests at its second meet ing Monday, April 21, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. Meetings will be held in the Commissioners' room of the Pratt Build ing, 227 N. Main St., Raeford, N.C. Requests for hear ing must be received no later than March 31,1997,5:00 p.m. In the event of earlier or later adjournment, notice to that effect will be published in this newspaper. The schedule for the hearing of appeals timely filed will be posted at the office of the assessor, serving as clerk to the Board of Equalization and Review, and will also be provided to individuals and organizations that have requested notice pursuant to G.S. 143-318.12. All requests for hearing should be made to DALE TEAL, Clerk Hoke County Board of Equalization and Review P.O. Box 217 227 N. Main St. Raeford, N.C. 28376 Telephone 910-875-8751 TOLL FREE: 1-800-597-8751
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