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A4 Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Bertie Ledger-Advance Opinion Your Thoughts Take advantage of offerings at Historic Hope Saturday... To the Editor: Please consider this a thank you, and an invi tation to events at Hope Plantation. 1 - On Friday, Feb. 20, 2016 The Board of Historic Hope wants to extend a big “thank you!” to local merchants - Las- ca’s, Bunns, The Town House, The Heritage House, Hammerheads Oyster Bar and Ella’s •- and many other won derful cooks for shar ing from their kitchens; soups, breads, corn- bread and desserts. Their generosity to the Festival of Soups, and your purchase of tickets will help with getting the King-Ba- zemore House painted. The event is from 11 a.m. imtil 4 p.m. We thank the commu nity for its support. 2 - African American Day Lecture: Dr. James K. Bryant “African American Military Contributions During the Civil War” will be the topic of the discussion, presented at 10 a.m. followed by additional information from Elbert Bishop and Mary Helen Thompson at 11 a.m. 3 - New Exhibit Civil War Artifacts The exhibit is pro vided by Vic Thompson and will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. We hope that you can take advantage of what Hope is offering on this day. Nancy K. Davis Windsor Other Thoughts Bond referendum will have impact on area... By Curtis Wynn Roanok^e Electric Cooperative On March 15, 2016, North Carolina voters will have an opportu nity to vote for m^or investments in educa tion, parks, safety, agri culture, and water and sewer infrastructure. These investments rm- der the Connect NC bond referendum will have a direct impact on our members and our rural communities-and will do so with no tax increase! At Roanoke EC, we are rooted in the lo cal commimity and owned by the members we serve. One way we look out for members is to express our view on legislative issues and elections that im pact the quality of life iii our community. The Connect NC bond ref erendum gives voters a decision on invest ments that will make ^a significant impact in :our community. I en courage support of the bond referendum. North Carolina’s Pri mary Election will now be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. When voters go to the polls, this bond referendum will be listed on the Pri mary Election ballot. This $2 billion bond will strengthen the eco nomic capacity of our state through invest ments in education, parks, safety, recre ation, and water and sewer infrastructure primarily in rural areas of the state. It’s been 15 years since the last bond of this kind was approved and the need for improvements is real. The best news is that no tax increases are necessary. The Connect NC bond allows our state to pay for 50-year assets with 20-year fi nancing. As one of only 10 states with a 'Triple- A bond rating. North Carolina will be able to borrow money at his torically low interest rates and continue our tradition of responsible financial management. Local projects the bond will fund include: Improving Mer chants Millpond State Park • Improving Medoc Mountain State Park • Halifax Community College Improvements Roanoke-Chowan Community College Improvements In addition, our lo cal towns, counties and water and sewer authorities will be able to apply for loans and grants to fund water and sewer infrastruc ture projects. As elec tion time draws near, Roanoke EC will be communicating to our members the positive impact of the Connect NC Bond. I encourage your readers to learn more about the Connect NC Bond Referendum and to vote for the refer endum on March 15, 2016. Curtis Wynn is Presi dent and CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative. .-.■■if TUinB ABi?Ur IT YoU A cHa>\cer Our Thoughts More than just when you are supposed to... With this pEist Sunday being Valentine’s Day, people were busy buy ing flowers, candy and making plans to go to a favorite restaurant. My husband, Shenon, and I went out to one of our favorite restau rants, as always it was busy. I noticed all of these couples all dressed up and excited to cele brate their love on Val entine’s Day. It made me start to think - why does it take a special occasion like Valentine’s Day to make some couples put forth the effort? I understand that in 2016, people are busier than ever with jobs, kids and responsibili ties. In the beginning of most ' relationships, people started out by doing those extra spe cial things. As most Small Town Girl . Leslie Beachboard . relationships blossom and get lives get busier, these things fade. I see it, as couples should always try to do the little things for one another and just not on a day such as Valen tine’s Day, a birthday or an anniversary. Once in a while, pick up some flowers just because or even sim ply stop by the conve nience store on the way home and pick up their favorite snack or candy and drink. Plan a date night, even if you just cook dinner at home. Plan sometime just for the two of you to eryoy each other. I am a busy mom of four, who works full-time. Sometimes I don’t know if I am com ing or going. It can be very hectic, but I would not change it for the world. Before I came back to work full-time, my hectic afternoons were filled with trying to help kids with homework, while cooking dinner, making sure my toddler was not into something bad and preparing for the next day. Looking back on it now, it was the sim ple things like when my husband walked through the door with my Mt. Dew and M&M’s that were so appreciat ed, and helped me keep my sanity. It’s the simple plea sure of sometimes sit ting down in a restau rant without booster seats, kid’s drinks be ing spilled or business to discuss just for a simple dinner and con versation. This is helpful be cause it takes you out of the hectic day-to-day life and helps relieve some stress. So why wait and do this a day like Valen tine’s Day when it is almost expected? Plan something during the year when it is least expected, but much needed. Leslie Beachboard is a Staff Writer for the Bertie Ledger-Advance. She can be reached via email Ibeachboard® ncweeklies. com. Valuable resources... If you use them... At the risk of be ing too obvious with a shameless plug or product placement (as LL Cool J would say), I want to talk about a few valuable resources that high school coach es can use to get their information to the me dia. If you haven’t heard about these resources, they are Max Preps, Game Changer and Hudl. When I was in this area years ago (1989- 2000), these resources didn’t exist. Back then, we didn’t even have email. Every bit of sports information that ap peared in the paper came from phone calls between myself and coaches. We did have a fax machine, and ever so often results or oth er items would come in that way. I remember getting phone calls from coach es from Jamesville and (then) Bear Grass High School after midnight when they returned from long trips to Cape Hatteras. Fast forward all these years later, and tech- Around Here ■ Jim Green nology has overrun all of us. But some of it is good, and valuable to the media if used cor rectly and in a timely fashion. MaxPreps is a news service for high school sports that began sev eral years ago. Coaches can take their scorebooks, or game film after they’ve broken it down, and put the information from each game online. I am not sure how long it would take to upload information, but I’d venture to guess it would be around the same amount of time it would take for coaches to call me and provide it over the phone. Many football and basketball coaches I know use Hudl to up load their stats, and when done correctly, I can gamer every bit of information I need regarding a particular game. They can also upload video of play ers’ highlights for re- craiting purposes. GameChanger is more extensive, but one of my favorite pro grams, for baseball and softball. To take advantage of all of its capabilities, though, coaches need to keep really accurate scorebooks. There are still coaches in middle and high school that only mark down when mns are scored and some don’t know the difference between a hit and a fielder’s choice. For the newspaper, I tend to like more detail for baseball and soft- ball than just the line- score and leading hit ters, such as a scoring summary (in the form of a narrative). That takes a little more time, and only GameChanger (that I know of) allows for that. These resources were invaluable to me last spring, when Mar tin County had five teams playing at home at the same time in the first round of the state baseball and softball playoffs. I got pho tographs of all these games, and the infor mation came from the coaches - whether it was by phone call or through MaxPreps or GameChanger. The same rule still applies though. Wheth er you upload informa tion to these sources, call, fax or email, we still need it by deadline (11 a.m. Tuesday for Wednesday’s edition). Some coaches would rather use these re sources, and that is fine by me. It doesn’t matter how you get the infor mation to me - these resources, fax, phone or email - as long as we get it. I If you don’t, you are missing out on some great ways to have your athletes recognized. Jim Green is Sports Editor for The Bertie Ledger-Advance. He can be reached via email at jgreen@ncweekUes. com. Bertie Ledger-Advance Proiu&^ Serving Bertir Countyjbr 167ijears The Bertie Lecxser-Advanoe was established in 1928 through the HERITAGE OfThE WINDSOR LEDGER AND ThE AuLANOER ADVANCE. The NEWSPAPER TRACES ITS HISTORY TO 1832 WHEN IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED AS THE Windsor Herald and Bertie County Register Kyle Stephens Group Publisher kstephens(a)ncweeklks.com Angela Harne Group Editor aharne(S)ncweeklies.com Thadd White Editor twhite@ncweeldies.com Kyra Ruivo Staff Writer kruivo@ncweeklies,com Leslie Beachboard Staff Writer lbeachboard^ncweeklies.cora Jim Green Sports Editor jgreen@ncweeklies.com Michelle Leicester Creative Services mleicester@ncwcekties,com Jessica Mobley Advertising Manager jmobley@ncweeklies.com Lanny Hiday Copy Editor bettienews@ncweeklies.com The Bertie Ledger-Advance ‘ (ISSN 051-700) IS PUBLISHED each Wednesday for $26.69 (plus tax) per year (n Bertie, Hertford, Martin, Northamp ton, Chowan and Washington counties) by Cooke Communica tions North Carolina, LLC, 109 S. King St., Windsor, NC 27983. Periodicals postage paid AT Windsor, NO and entered at ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. Postmaster: ADDRESS changes TO THE Bertie Ledger-Advance, P.O. 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