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Bertie Ledger-Advance Wednesday, February 3. 2016 From Page 1 William Peele III (second from left) is congratulated on being named Regional Principal of the Year by (from left) his predecessor in the post, Steve Lassiter, as well as Bertie County Superintendent LESLIE BEACHBOARO / Bertie Ledger-Advance of Schools Elaine White and board members Jo Davis Johnson and Barry McGlone. Peele From PAGE A1 North Carolina Department of Instruction. Peele is in his 16th year in ed ucation, each of which has been spent serving the students and families of Bertie County. Peele, who comes from a fam ily of educators, said “it has been an honor and privilege to represent Bertie County Schools and the northeast region of this great state.” “I epjoy working with children and adults,” he said. “I eryoy helping children become more successful in life, and I enjoy helping teachers to become suc cessful in teaching.” Bertie Cormty Schools Super intendent, Elaine White, said, “ It was so hard not to tell him. 1 was so glad when today got here. He is a hard worker for his children and his staff.” Peele’s mother, Gwendolyn H. Peele, taught special needs children in the middle grades for many years. His late father, William Peele II, was an assis tant principal, a principal and William Peele receives congratulations from his brother, Dr. Dexter Peele. cm assistant superintendent. He served as director of the Shaw Cape Center in Ahoskie. “I grew up around education,” said Peele. “ I had a lot of posi tive role models in elementary, middle, and high school.” Peele is a 1996 graduate of Bertie High School. He majored in histoiy at Elizabeth City State University and became a lustory teacher through the lateral en try program. Peele’s philosophy in educa tion is as follows: “1 believe that having a quality education pro vides you with opportrmities and options in life. Peele said, “his strong work ethic was most likely one of the attributes that helped him be named principal of the year. I want to see my students grow and succeed, 1 am also always trying to reflect on processes and the things I am trying to do for my school.” About Principal of the Year The Wells Fargo Principal of the YecU* Award was introduced in 1984 to recognize outstanding leadership in North Carolina’s schools and the role of the prin cipal in establishing an environ ment conducive to the pursuit and achievement of academic excellence. Wells Fargo spon sors the award in cooperation with the North Carolina Depart ment Of Public Instruction and the Chapel Hill-based Center for School Leadership Develop ment. lit At left: William Peeie ili speaks to the audience gathered to cel ebrate his being chosen as Re gional Principal of the Year. He is joined by his wife, Keisha, and their Son. Whitman. Peeie, who has twice been Bertie County Schoois Principal of the Year, was named to represent the re gion in the State Principal of the Year competition. Employees From PAGE A1 town and county. “It has been all hands on deck,” Biggs said. “We began meeting with Golden Peanut, and their parent com pany Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), within days of the annoimce- ment of the closure of the Aulander plant.” Biggs §aid Bertie County Commission Chairman John Trent worked to get a meet ing with officials from ADM. He said the com pany was insistent that it wasn’t the town or county, but simply the market that was driving the closure. The local contingent found out there was nothing that could be done to stop the clo sure, so they immedi ately began working with the 81 employees who were losing their jobs. Biggs said nine com panies attended a job fair for those who worked at the facility. He said the job fair was open just to those em ployees at the request of those nine compa nies. “A lot of people filled out a lot of ap plications that day,” he said. “There were sev eral peanut companies among them.” Biggs said the com panies were looking for good employees, and they all agreed the people from Golden Peanut would be good employees. There is no way to know yet how many employees found jobs at the job fair, or through more tradt- tional methods, Biggs said. Most employees wanted to stay until the plant closed. Biggs said both Roa noke Chowan Commu: nity College and Martip Community College were interested in rer training the workers to find other jobs if they could. In addition to working to find jobs for those 81 employees, Biggs said his office, the commisr sioners and the town of Aulander were all working deligently to find a company to go into the ADM facility. “We have two com panies who have been wearing our phones and email out, and we in turn have been wean ing out the email and phones of ADM and Golden Peanut,” Biggs said. The companies pre ferred to go into the facility before it “went dark,” but that was not possible. Biggs said one of the companies remains interested, even indi cating they were “on pins and needles to write a check.” He said the company not only wanted to continue the work being done there by Golden Peanut, but also wanted to expand into retail. Biggs said the com missioners would be kept up-to-date about the possibility of anoth er firm’s purchasing the former Golden Peanut Plant, and then opening operations. , I There were a number of people School’s Health Fair last week. LESLIE BEACHBOARD /Bertie Ledger-Advance in attendance at Bertie Middle BERTIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BUS DRIVER TRAINING CLASS FEBRUARY 9-11, 2016 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. BCS Bus Garage 135 County Farm Rd, Windsor YOU MUST ATTEND ALL THREE DAYS! **A BCS employment application must be completed online prior to attending class** For more information or to register, call 794-6005 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Notice of Public Hearings Relative to a Proposed Community Service Block Grant Anti-Poverty Plan for FY 2016 - 2017 Notice is hereby given that public hearings will be held by Choanoke Area Development Association of N.C., Inc. (CADA) for the purpose of receiving comments from the public concerning FY 2016 - 2017 Community Service Grant funding and the proposed Anti-Poverty Plan. Bertie County 'hiesday, February 16,2016 10:00am - 10:30am; 4:00pm - 4:30pm Bertie County NC Works Center 128 East Granville Street Windsor, NC 27983 Martin County Ttiesday, February 16, 2016 12:30pm - 1:30pm Martin Memorial Public Library 200 North Smithwick St. Williamston, NC 27892 All interested persons are encouraged to attend the hearing, to make comments and recommendations. We are currently in the planning process, so this will be a general session to provide the community with a summary of the CSBG program as well as a brief question/answer session. All recommendations will be welcomed in order to create a program that will impact the community. Written comments will be accepted until February 23, 2016. Comments may be mailed to: Sallie Surface, Executive Director Choanoke Area Development Association of N.C. Inc. (CADA) P.O. Box 530, Rich Square, NC 27869 252.539.4155 Fair From PAGE A1 was available with in formation about ser vices provided to the commimity. Danny Perry, Bertie County Schools Health Liaison, stated this is the second year Bertie County Schools spon sored the event. They have two health fairs a year free to the public. “We offer the health fair as a service for the community. We have a wide variety of infon mation available at the health fair,” said Perry. Did you miss a copy of Eastero Livii stop by the Bertie Ledger-Advar^ and pick up i your missed copy today! Bartle Ledgiei' - Advai . ’ 109 S King St., Windsor 2S2-794-3185 f'S
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