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VOL. 86 - NO. 38
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WEDNESDAY • September 21 • 2016
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Bertie County feels pain at the pump
Alabama pipeline leak results In gas shortage in the area
By Leslie Beachboard
Bertie Ledger-Advance
County
jobless
rate
drops
By Thadd White
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The town is feeling
the pain at the gas pump.
The effects of the Colonial
Gas Line leaks have begim to
be felt here in Bertie County.
Local stores started running
out of gas Sunday evening.
Stores that still had gas had
long lines of cars waiting to
fill up. By Sunday night, most
gas stations in the town of
Windsor had empty tanks and
bags over their pumps, signi
fying they were out of fuel.
Early Monday moming, a
truck was delivering a load of
fuel to Duck Thru Food Store
next to Burger King and to the
Duck Thru Food Store next to
the Bertie County ABC Store.
As of Tuesday afternoon.
Speedway in Windsor was
still out of gas and they are
not sure when they will re
ceive their next delivery.
The gas shortage in Bertie
County extends from a leak
in a main gasoline pipeline in
Shelby County, Ala.
The leak spilled 6,000 gal
lons of gas and Colonial Gas
Lines was required to shut
down the pipeline to find the
leak. “It is a concern.
We have limited day-to-
day operations. We have put
staging policies on hold in
case we have a major catas
trophe,” said Bertie County
Emergency Services Director
Mitch Cooper.
Bertie Coimty’s imem-
ployment rate dipped in
July.
According to numbers
released by the N.C. De
partment of Commerce,
the county’s rate de
creased slightly to 6.5
percent for the month
of July.
The rate was down
0.1 percent from Jvme,
when it was 6.6 percent,
but is significantly down
from the 7.7 recorded in
July 2015.
TVo of the four neigh
boring counties were
lower than Bertie for
the month of July, while
the others were signifi
cantly higher.
Chowan County’s rate
dropped to 6.3 percent
while Hertford CoTmty
dipped to 6.4 percent.
Martin County’s un
employment rate was
7.1 percent for July
while Northampton’s
was 7.2 percent.
Statewide, the unem
ployment rate dropped
See RATE, Page A3
OUT & ABOUT A2
OBITUARIES A2
OPINION A4
SPORTS B1
CHURCH & FAITH B4
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LANNY HIDAY / Bertie Ledger-Advance
The Good Shepherd Food Pantry of Bertie County receives a grant from Food Lion.
Food Lion gives food pantry grant
By Leslie Beachboard
Enterprise & Weekly Herald
WINDSOR - A local food pan
try has received major Food
Lion grant.
The Albemarle Food Bank
suggested to the Good Shep
herd Food Pantry of Bertie
County that it should apply
for a grant issued by Food
lion Feeds: “The Great Pan
try Makeover.”
The Good Shepherd Food
Pantry of Bertie County was
approved for a $4,700 grant
which of part was used to
purchase two freezers for the
storage of meats, breads and
desserts.
The other part of the grant
was used to make repairs to
the building on King Street
that houses the food pantry.
The requests for repairs listed
replacing windows, painting,
and making ceiling repairs
left from water damage.
Any remaining money left
after the purchase of the
freezers and repairs would be
used to purchase food for the
pantry.
On Monday, Sept. 19 local
See FOOD, Page A5
Tropical
storm
blesses
Rain from
Hermine
needed
By Leslie Beachboard
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Precipita
tion from ’Tropical Storm
Hermine more a blessing
than problem for Bertie
County crops.
“'The storm was more
beneficial to the crops
in Bertie County than
harmful.
Everything was just so
dry,” said Bertie County
Cooperative Extension
Director Billy Barrow.
Bertie County’s pea
nuts, cotton and soy
beans were extremely
dry.
The plants’ growth
had stalled due to the
dry conditions. The rain
helped the plants get
back on track and con
tinue to grow.
Com and tobacco
crops were in the mid
dle of harvest so there
See CRDPS, Page A3
Fiery fatality near Powellsville
By Leslie Beachboard
Bertie Ledger-Advance
POWELLSVILLE - Bertie
Cormty road’s mourn
another fatality.
According to the
North Carofina State
Highway Patrol, at ap
proximately 8:44 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 14,
Rickey McCoy Dicker-
son, 60, of Ahoskie was
traveling alone north
on U.S. 13 about five
miles south of Powells
ville.
The Toyota pickup
tmck operated by
Dickerson traveled to
the right, struck a ditch
and collided with a
tree.
The truck overturned
and caught fire.
The tmck came to
rest on its side.
Dickerson was pro
nounced dead at the
Dickerson was wear
ing a seatbelt.
It is unknown at this
time whether dmgs or
alcohol was a factor,
according to the North
Carolina State High
way Patrol.
NCSHP said that
speed does not seem to
be a factor.
'Trooper C.W. God
win is in charge of the
investigation.
,JB
scene.
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