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BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE JANUARY25,2017l A5 The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 Continued Give To be in the program, in dividuals must be on proba tion, she said. Often, a judge or the court system will or der offenders to participate in the program. RRS is funded by a govern ment grant, and is under the umbrella of Public Safety. It is free to individuals on pro bation. RRS serves five counties - Martin, Bertie, Halifax, Hert ford and Northampton. The Martin County branch of RRS opened Oct. 19 and has graduated 20 offenders, according to Turner, the fa cilitator there. The program takes up to five months to complete. “We’ve never had a pro gram like this in Martin County,” she added. . “We work with the offend er population to help them make better choices in life and work on their social be haviors and beliefs. We focus on moving a person from a low level of moral reasoning to a high level of moral rea soning,” she said. Ages of those involved in the RRS program range from 22 to around 40, she said. “This [past] year at Christ mas, they had the idea that they wanted to give back to the community,” she said. Her probationers orga nized a toy and canned food drive as a way to give instead of take. “They came to me and said ‘we want the community to know we have changed the way we were thinking’,” she added. Enough was collected to give 42 Martin County chil dren food and toys. “It was a real success for us,” she said. “We were able to give each child three to four toys.” The RRS program includes classes on heath and nutri tion, job skills, overcoming substance abuse and parent ing skills. RSS provides transporta tion to and from classes as well as transportation to Martin Community College to obtain a GED. The only course available to those not on probation are the Narcotics Anony mous (NA) meetings, which take place from 12 to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays in her office at 115 East Main St., Room 19. As a retired probation offi cer, Turner knows this popu lation well. She started her career as an auxiliary police officer in Elizabeth City, and then worked as a correction officer at the North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women in Raleigh. In 1994 she first served Martin County as probation officer, then Bertie County, from which she retired in 2011. After 20 years as a proba tion officer, she feels she has seen it all. “They know I love them,” she says. “I care about them and I decided to just hang in there with them. If I can just help one through this pro cess, then I am satisfied. I’ve got to keep trying.” She thanked all the spon sors that helped make their first toy drive a success. Donations were received from Holly Springs United Methodist Church, First United Methodist, Vernon United Methodist, Bertie County RRS, the Martin County Clerk of Court’s of fice, Farmer’s Furniture, Just Lovin’ Kids Daycare, Shoe Show and other citizens in Martin County. Because the 2016 Toy Drive was such a success, she is planning future projects in volving her probationers, allowing them the chance to give back. Cartwright From A1 “I love helping people,” she said. “And I’ve always wanted to work with law en forcement.” According to Telecom munications Manager Jason Steward, “The award for Dispatcher of the Year was chosen by the responder community. We had over 100 people vote. All of our dispatchers got votes, but LaShonda received the most.” Dispatcher of the Year was the second honor Cartwright received in 2016. Last July, the National 911 Board in Raleigh presented her with an award for help ing save the life of a 15-year- old boy. He was reportedly suicidal, holding a knife to his throat, when he called 911. Cartwright was able to keep the teen on the phone and safe until help arrived. Cartwright, 33, has been with Martin County Com munications for two years. When she first took the job, she said it was hard leaving her three children - now ages 14, 12 and 7 - at night. “It is a tough job,” she said. “This was my first job work ing nights.” One advantage the 12-hour shifts provide is she usu ally works 14 to 16 days a month. “Now, my family is glad I took this job. My kids like to brag to their friends about what I do,” she said. All three of her children have expressed interest in one day having jobs in law enforcement or fire and res cue. Many of Cartwright’s past jobs prepared her for the in teracting with the public, as she does now. She worked at the pharma ceutical and insurance help desk at Convergys in Green ville, at the Bertie Chamber of Commerce and the United States Census Bureau. Cartwright currently is also a substitute teacher in Bertie County, where she lives. She has a degree in com puter networking and elec tronics and is currently working on a degree in crimi nal justice. Her plans are to be a magistrate one day. “Working with people is just what I love to do,” she said. “I look at it like - every body is human. You never know what someone is going through. You have to some times take yourself out of your bubble and put your self in their bubble and see things from their perspec tive.” The 911 calls received at the center vary from suicide to medical; and from vehicle wrecks to house fires. “There is never a dull mo ment,” she said. For her, the hardest thing about the job is the “not knowing,” she said - after she hangs up. She does not always get to know how the situation turned out. “I just pray, before I start everyday that God will lead me, and that I will have the right words to say,” she add ed. Nabs From A1 communities a safer place to live. “With the rise of vio lent crime in the past year, 1 commend the sheriffs and chief of po lice for taking a stand against this violence by working together,” she added. The three men ar rested thus far in Bertie County include: ■ Donnell Lee Jr., 39, of Oak Drive in Lewis ton Woodville, who was arrested on Dec. 14 af ter the execution of a search warrant at his residence. He was charged with trafficking heroin, traf ficking cocaine and iPOHiOHED 6Y (DOPE (OMHUNiaTIOHi Down fflST TflLfni SfflRCtt AUDITIONS Saturday, February 4, 2017 Register Today: $50-$75 entry fee Early Registration Deadline: Jan. 27th Standard Registration; Jan. 28th - Feb. 2nd Walk-on Registration until Fek 4th at 2pm $1,000 FIRST PRIZE $500 SECOND PRIZE $250 THIRD PRIZE Sponsored by the little bank JlEdlSTED TODAY. Illltl Old. ALL ACES, ALL TYPES OF TALENT TULL DETAILS AT DOWHttSnALENTSEAP(H.(OM OP (ALL 2E2-^2fl-E19C possession with intent to sell and deliver mari juana. He was placed under a $500,000 se cured bond, and con fined to the Bertie-Mar- tin Regional Jail. ■ George Stanley Bell, 61, of Woodard Road in Windsor was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliv er heroin after a search warrant was executed at his residence. ■ Alvin McKinley Boone Jr., 24, of N.C. 11 in Lewiston Wood ville was arrested and charged with traffick ing heroin, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and various traffic-related charges. He was placed under a $150,000 se cured bond. In addition to those arrested in Bertie County, the Down East Drug Task Force has charged seven in Hert ford County and one in Northampton County. Those arrested in Hertford County in clude: ■ Patrick Dion Nor man, 41, of Hill Street in Ahoskie, who was charged with posses sion with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession of a firearm by a felon, maintain ing a dwelling to keep/ store a controlled sub stance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was charged after a search warrant was ex ecuted at his residence, and confined under a $25,000 secured bond. ■ Logan Ryan Dem- kow, 21, of Covington Street in Ahoskie was charged with posses sion of marijuana. ■ Nickolas Harris, 21, of Barfield Road in in Eure was arrested for possession with intent to sell or deliver heroin, maintaining a vehicle to keep/store a controlled substance and posses sion of marijuana. He was placed under a $40,000 secured bond. ■ Ikeshawn Tyrell By num, 27, of Roger Street in Ahoskie was arrest ed and charged with possession of cocaine, possession of drug par aphernalia and driving while license revoked. He was placed under a $5,000 secured bond. ■ Marquis Devonne Bell, 22, of Hill Street in lllk\ Cooke COMMUNICATIONS NORTH CAROI.INA I.I C CHOWAN HERALD Bertie Ledge^A(lvance The Daily Advance Perquimans Alexander DailyAdvance.com Weekly df.kforming arjs serifs cvcm i.s a furKtrai.ser .spi'ii.^orcd hy FRIENDS of the S. Rudolph Alexander Perrorniing Arts Series. See the wehsite NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDING (CSBG) FY 2017 - 2018 CTioanoke Area Development Association (CADA) announces its intent to apply for funding through the Community Service Block Grant Anti-Poverty Plan for Fiscal Year 2017 - 2018 which has a current allocation of $397,785. CADA’s application and proposed work plan for this program encompasses services to low-income residents of Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Martin and Northampton Counties. The program focuses on a self-sufficiency component which assists low-income residents with obtaining assistance with education, employment and supportive services to rise above federal poverty guidelines, housing services, and emergency assistance programs. The proposal may be reviewed on the CADA website (www.nccada.org). The Board of Directors of CADA will review and approve for submission a completed application for CSBG funding at a called Board Meeting on Friday, February 10,2017 at 1:00 pm at the CADA Administrative Offices at 120 Sessoms Drive, Rich Square, North Carolina 27869. The public is invited to attend and comment. For further information, contact Christopher S. Moody, Manager of Community Services at 252.539.4155 ext. 323 or cmoody@nc-cada.org. Ahoskie was charged with possession of co caine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was placed under a $5,000 secured bond. ■ Stephanie Dawn Ayers, 37, of N.C. 561 in Cofield was charged with possession with intent to sell and de liver heroin, posses sion with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and maintaining a ve hicle to keep/store a controlled substance. She was placed under a $50,000 secured bond. ■ Gregory Jaquawn Bardlavens, 26, of Rich ard Street in Winton was charged with pos session with intent to sell and deliver heroin, maintaining a vehicle to keep/store a controlled substance and posses sion of cocaine. He was placed under a $50,000 secured bond. In Northampton County, arrested was: ■ Kevin Earl Elrod; 33, of Faison Road in Garysburg was charged with possession with marijuana and placed under a $500 secured bond. The Down East Drug Task Force was created to take a proactive ap proach to combating offenses related to the escalating violence as sociated with drugs, guns and gang vio lence. Ongoing investiga tions have shown the violent crimes in the three counties are re lated, and those people who commit crimes of ten cross county lines, according to the task force. The arrests were made by the task force. They received assis tance form the N.C. State Bureau of Investi gation and the N.C. Al cohol Law Enforcement Agency.
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