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SOME COMPANY OWNED DEMO LOW MILEAGE UNITS FEATURED; SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE. STOCK UNITS ONLY. SALE PRICE PLUS TAX, TAGS & $599 PROCUREMENT FEE. SEE US FOR DETAILS. CHeVROLHT (252) 948-1)171 • 1-800-489-5171 www.leechevrolet.com The Cashie Tillmon arraignment in May Now 14 of 15 defendants have pled guilty in case By Lance Martin www.rrspln.com GREENVILLE - Antonio Tillmon’s arraignment, originally scheduled Tuesday along with nine other Operation Rockfish defendants, has been rescheduled for May 10. While Tillmon sat through the advice of rights Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Greenville, no arraign ment was held. An order filed by Senior United States District Court Judge Malcolm Howard ex plains, based on the court’s own motion, it continued arraignment and the deadline for fil ing pre-trial motions in the case. The deadline for filing pre-trial mo tions was extended to Tuesday, according to electronic records filed in the case. Howard also dis missed, and found as moot, a motion which sought to remove a protective order in the Ccise. “The court finds the ends of justice served by granting this con tinuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defen dant in a speedy trial,” Howard wrote in the or der. “Any delay caused by this continuance or der shall be excluded from speedy computa- Nine other defen dants in the case Tues day ■— Lann Clanton, Ikeisha Jacobs, Jason Boone, Curtis Boone, Adrienne Moody, Jim my Pair Jr., Alphonso Ponton, Corey Jackson and Thomas Allen 11 — pled guilty. Fourteen of the so- called Rockfish 16 have now pled guilty in the police corruption case. (Lance Martin is Editor of WWW. rrspin. com.) WECOME TO ROTARY The Rotary Club of Windsor recently welcomed new members Into the organization. Above, Tierra Beale receives her Rotary pin from CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / Rotary Club of Windsor club member Ron Wesson. At right, new member Annie Wilson stands after receiving her welcome. Chamber prepares for Spring Winter is upon us. We have been fortu nate to basically miss the snovy, but we have gotten plenty of rain. Now Pauxautawney Phil did not see his shadow which suppos edly means an early spring. 1 don’t think a groundhog really knows whether spring is coming early, but let’s hope he is right. There is plenty planned and we would like to do it with “chamber of com merce” type days. Our next big event is the Farmer’s Apprecia tion Dinner, which will be on March 24 at the Bertie Senior Center. We will have repre sentatives from MoTmt Olive Pickle Company telling us about the his tory of their company and what they do local ly. We use this event to honor the landowners and farmers that pro vide the produce that makes our lives much easier. Agriculture is. still the major econom ic driver in our area, as it has been since the Primary Chamber Chatter ■ r - " yi Lewis Hoggard first colonists arrived. Speaking of colo nists, we will have our first lost colony festival on Saturday, April 23 at the Roanoke/Cashie River Center. There will be lectures on what was happening at the time of the lost colony in our county. The Indians that were here in Bertie County will , be highlighted. Examples of Indian vil lage life will be shown. Of course, there will be more about our archae ological digs and what has been discovered about our European residents who moved here from Roanoke Is land. May has two mar quee events. The Tee & Sea will be sponsored by the Windsor Fire Department on May 5 and 6. The combina tion of music, golf and seafood is hard to beat. The chamber will bring the fourth annual Sage Festival on Saturday, May 21. This event fo cuses on the promotion of clary sage.in Bertie County and the sur rounding area. Now, more than 30,000 acres of clary sage is being grown in eastern North Carolina. We love to bring attention to those beautiful crops grow ing in our fields. There will be plenty of music, fun and information at this downtown Wind sor event. One of our new arriv als to our list of events is the Pound the Sound Triathlon. This com petition will be held at Scotch Hall Preserve as it was last year. In its second year, this Rotary Club of Wind sor event is making its presence known across the state and in the region as a premier sprint triathlon event. The YMCA is a benefi ciary of this event, as is our whole community. Attention is drawn es pecially to our area’s natural beauty. There is a lot to look forward to in the spring. Our major events popu late each month, but also look for Lunch & Learns, Business after Hours, Coffee & Do nuts and the Business of the Month. Congratulations to Cooper Insurance Agency, who was busi ness of the month in January, and Ivy Lane Florist, who is business of the month for Febru ary. Spring is coming. Lewis Hoggard is Ex ecutive Director of the Windsor/Bertie Cham ber of Commerce. He can be reached via email at lewishog- gard@gmail. com. CHEVROLET BUICK @)BU!CK| From PAGE A1 Filing is already com plete, and absentee bal loting has begun for the March 16 primary. Current First Dis trict Congressman G.K. Butterfield - who rep resents Bertie County - is not opposed in the Democratic primary for the seat, but Rep. Alma Adams hcis opposition in the Twelfth District. The two top Repub lican lawmakers who chaired theredistricting committees relesised a joint statement saying they were not pleased with the court’s ruling. “We are disappoint ed in the federal trial court’s decision be cause there is so much uncertainty on whether the primary election, already under way can continue or whether a new primary election needs to take place - and whether votes that have already been cast can be counted,” Sen. Bob Rucho (R-Meck- lenburg) and Rep. Da vid Lewis (R-Hamett) said. “We hope the U.S. Supreme Court will recognize the urgency and gravity of these questions and issue a stay.” Those who have fought for the redis tricting say that two elections have already occurred since the 2011 redrawing of the maps, and that it is unconsti tutional for a third to be allowed. While battling to re ceive a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court, lawmakers are already moving forward with redrawing the districts in case they do not re ceive a favorable ruling from the court. Public hearings were scheduled for Monday, with lawmakers plan ning to return for a spe cial session later this week if the stay is not approved.
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