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LAPUYOFFS Lawrence Academy reaches the third round of the playoffs. A8 WILLIAMROWELL William Rowell says take time to remember your ‘Franks.’ A4 CARPENTERSTOOLS Pastor Wallace Phillips says he has reached the ‘optimum age.’ A6 Bertie SCAN ME 1 Ledffer-Advance ^ Thursday • October 28,2021 980 S. Academy St. Ahoskie,NC 27910 m MW JV^STERS Heating & Air Conditioning 252209.0223 fSi sss 5 £2 ?s xt ej to ^ ac ASKEWVILLE > AULANDER ♦ COLERAIN > KELFORD > LEWISTON WOODVILLE ^ MERRY KILL ^ POWELLSVILLE > ROXOBEL WINDSOR Aulander seeks solutions for discrepancies BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD Managing Editor AULANDER - 'The town of Au lander is looking for solutions for some new found problems. According to Aulander Mayor Larry Drew, some errors were recently found in the town’s finan cial records dating back several years. Perdue makes donation BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD Managing Editor SALISBURY, MD - As part of a commitment to allevi ate hunger. Perdue Farms has donated approximately 40,000 pounds of no-antbi- otics-ever chicken to help the Food Bank of the Albe marle in Elizabeth City feed individuals and families struggling with food inse curity in rural northeastern North Carolina The donation, an equiv alent of approximately .33,000 meals is part of Per due’s “Delivering Hope To Our Neighbors” initiative focused on hunger relief and improving quality of life and building strong commu nities where we live, work and beyond. “Our mission is to fight hunger and deliver hope to those who live with food insecurity on a daily basis. This generation from Per due Farms comes at a time when individuals and fam ilies continue to struggle amid the COVID-19 pan demic. We are extremely grateful for their continued support of our mission,” said Food Bank of the Al bemarle Executive Director Liz Reasoner. According to the Feed ing America “M^q) the Meal Gap Report,” within the food bank’s 15K;ounty ser vice area, more than 48,000 people, of which 25 percent are children, do not have See DONATE, A5 “The town’s clerk gave notice that she would be leaving. TVpical- ly they must give us a three weeks notice, but this was a sudden de parture. While we were looking for someone to fill the position one of the town’s commissioners jumped in to help because of her experience with Quickbooks,” Drew said. He also stated the town had hired new auditors in August. “While we interviewed and hired a new town clerk, this com missioner began helping with the bookkeeping responsibilities for the town,” he explained. According to Drew, errors in the bookkeeping and records were found dating back to 2014. The mayor and town officials immediately began an investiga tion to find the exact errors and if there were any ways to correct. AH of the 14 errors were based in the same category of the book keeping. The errors cause the re cord to not match equally or be reconciled. “After being in contact with the town’s attorney, Jonathan Hud dleston, the Local Government Commission and the auditors, we were guided to have a meeting to explain the problems to the public and the other commissioners. We were told we could*do the meeting now or wait until further into the investigation,” said Drew. “We decided that transparency was key, and decided to go ahead and hold a meeting so eveiyone See AULANDER, A5 Trick-or-treating wiii be Saturday in Windsor and Sunday in Auiander. Trick-or-treating planned on different days in Bertie County Windsor sets Saturday hours; Aulander slates traditional day BY THADD WHITE Group Editor 'The important part of Hallow een is safety. 'That’s the reminder fi'om local law enforcement officers as tins year’s events are set for this week end. The town of Wmdsor has set trick-or-treating for Saturday, Oct. 31 and Wmdsor Police Chief Jus tin Jackson has asked that parents take their children from 5:3(T 8 p.m. “Sunday is traditionally a time for family and - for many, church,” Chief Jackson said. “Also, on Sun day night people are settling in from the weekend and preparing to return to work and school. It just seemed better on many levels to hold trick-or-treating on Saturday.” The town of Aulander, however, is choosing to stick with the tra ditional day for the event. Trick- or-treating in that town is fi"om 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31. \^chever day the event is held. local law enforcement officers are encouraging parents to be careful and alert. “Halloween should be filled with surprise and eiyoyment, and fol lowing some common-sense prac tices can keep events safer and more fun,” Bertie County Sheriff John HoUey said. Sheriff Holley, Chief Jackson and Aulander Police Chief Jimmy Banner are encouraging eveiyone to be careful and have an eryoyable and safe celebration as they plan for trick-or-treating with ki^ and other events. Jackson and Banner said they want all the children to have a See SAFETY, A5 COVID cases decrease LESLIE BEACHBOARD Managing Editor WINDSOR - COVID-19 re lated complications have claimed the lives of five more individuals within the region, including one per son in Bertie County over the last week. SaiHy, there have been 53 deaths due to the virus. Bertie County had one new reported death in the last week. The individual was i over 65 years of age. I 'The active COVID-19 I case count has decreased I below 50 active cases in I seven of the eight counties I in the region. Pasquotank ! County still remains signifi- ! cantly higher with 129 ac- ‘ tive cases. “The FDA and CDC have i officially granted authori- ; zation for COVID-19 boost- ' er doses of Modema and Johnson & Johnson. We are now working to update our local standing orders i and finalize local dispens- ^ ing plans. ARHS is prepar- : ing for the expansion of our vaccine campaign and will announce details next week, including who is eligi ble, said Albemarle Region al Health Services Health i Director R. Battle Betts Jr., MPA “We have plenty of vac cines to meet the demand. In addition we are continu- i ing to wait for approvals of ‘ the Pfizer vaccine for chil- ' dren ages five through 11. See COVID, A5 Eastern North Carolina Living features Barmer and Jackson BY THADD WHITE Group Editor Eastern North Carolina Living is on the streets, and the lifestyles magazine produced right here in Bertie County features “Heroes Among Us.” In this edition — The feature stoiy from Bertie County introduces readers to Au lander Police Chief Jimmy Barm er. A longtime law enforcement leader in western Bertie Coxmty, Barmer is also featured on the cover of the September/October issue of the magazine. “Always exhibiting profession alism, he maintains a rigorous pro gram of certification and training for himself and any other officer in the program,” Aulander Com missioner Jeanette 'Hnkham said of Barmer. Aulander resident Bubba Peele said Barmer is good for the town. “This is the real strength of Chief Jimmy Barmer. He takes pride in the responsibility of safe guarding our citizens. He knows himdreds of us by name.” Barmer also currently serves the Muiffieesboro Police Depart ment in Hertford County as a Lieu tenant. In addition to a story about Chief Barmer, residents of Ber tie Coimty can learn more about Wmdsor Police Chief Justin See ENCL,A5 Good morning, Vashti Smithwck OF IViLLIAMSrON Thank YOU TOR subscribing! 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