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Bertie Arts Council back in business
Grand Re-Opening celebrated Sunday afternoon
BY LANNY HIDAY
Bertie Ledger-Advance
PENNY GILLIAM / Bertie Arts Council
Chris Eliot of Edenton works on the Trinidad Steel Drum he
played during the grand re-opening Sunday afternoon.
WINDSOR - More than 150 art
lovers cozied into the Bertie
County Arts Council gallery on
King Street Sunday afternoon to
celebrate the “Grand Re-Open
ing” of the Arts Council’s home.
The building had suffered seri
ous flood damage to the floors
and walls after Hurricane Mat
thew left the interior awash in
several inches of standing wa-
“We were devastated,” said
Council president Karen Sours.
“We had repainted and redeco
rated during the previous year,
and we were so proud of the
appearance of our gallery. The
flood really hurt us. All local
artists and art lovers felt the
pain.”
Fortunately, the building’s
owner, the town of Windsor,
committed quickly to the repair
and restoration project.
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Windsor PD
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BYTHADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Windsor Po
lice Chief Todd Lane be
lieves his department
should respond to the
citizens they serve.
In order to respond
to a number of citizen
concerns about traif-
fic safety, the Windsor
Police Department set
up two traffic enforce
ment activities over the
weekend.
“The Windsor Police
Department is very re
sponsive to the request
from citizens to address
speeders and reckless
drivers especially in
the residential areas,”
Chief Lane said. “Those
enforcement activities
resulted in two arrests
and several citations.”
On Friday, Feb. 11
Windsor Police Cpl.
J.R. Thomas and Officer
Blake Mizelle conduct
ed a traffic checkpoint
on Governor’s Rd.
At approximately
8:10 p.m., Cpl. Thom
as observed a vehicle
traveling west toward
the checkpoint when
the driver began back
ing away. Cpl. Thomas
then got into his police
JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Barry McGlone takes his work as a member of the Bertie County Board of Education seriously.
Barry McGlone finds ‘calling’
during one-year commitment
BY JIM GREEN
Bertie Ledger-Advance
See CITED, A3
WINDSDR - What started out
as one year ended up being a
30-plus year career in educa
tion for Barry McGlone.
But he wouldn’t have had it
any other way.
“1 have no regrets whatso
ever,” said McGlone, who has
been a member of the Bertie
County Board of Education
since the fall of 2014.
“1 believe my destination
/ always liked the sciences. - Barry McGlone
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had already been predeter
mined for me. This was the
course I was supposed to
run, and 1 am so grateful that
I’ve been able to run it,” he
stressed.
McGlone was a teacher and
coach at Bertie High School
for 30 and 24 years, respec
tively. He retired, and then af
ter eight years removed from
full-time service, he decided
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to seek a seat on the school
board.
He grew up in Windsor, at
tended Bertie Senior High
School, played football and
graduated in 1972.
McGlone then attended
Norfolk State University in
Virginia and played football,
graduating with a degree in
See MCGLONE, A5
Out-of-town restoration ex
perts assessed the damage,
placed large fans for drying
the premises, and suggested a
course of action. Carpenters,
painters, and flooring experts
then went to work.
Water-soaked framing, floor
ing, wallboarding and cabinetry
had to be removed, replaced,
and repainted. The project
spanned many hours and days
See ARTS, A3
RCRC
gets
help
BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The Roanoke
Cashie River Center will
get new floral gardens.
The Bertie County
Master Gardeners pre
sented several ideas for
the floral gardens to the
town of Windsor Com
missioners last Thurs
day.
“Bertie County Master
Gardeners have been in
existence for 14 years
and we have around 14
members,” said Bertie
County Master Garden
er Mary Tibbs.
The Bertie County
Master Gardeners have
worked on several proj
ects including flower
pots that decorate the
sidewalks and the Ber
tie County Courthouse.
Now the gardeners
have their eyes set on
the Roanoke Cashie Riv
er Center.
“The Bertie County
Master Gardeners know
how the town would
like to beef up activities
at the River Center. We
have an idea of putting
a garden at the river
center,” added Tibbs.
According to Tibbs, a
demonstration garden
would be placed along
the fence on the back
side of the River Cen
ter. The garden would
contain a mix of trees
and plants that would
bloom year round.
The flower garden
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