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Lady
Falcons
earn title
Sports I B1
Ag
Roxobel
plans
event
BY THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
ROXOBEL - The western
portion of Bertie Coun
ty is continuing its revi
talization.
The Roxobel Revital
ization committee has
cmnounced its intention
to hold the inaugural
Ag Festival on Saturday,
April 1 in the downtown
area.
“We are excited about
welcoming everyone
to Roxobel for a day
filled with fun and ex
citement,” said Johnna
Browne Lewis, who
serves on the Revital
ization Committee. “We
will have a lot going on,
and we are looking for
ward to having people
from Bertie and sur
rounding counties help
us celebrate agricul
ture.”
Plans are still being
developed for the inau
gural event, but plans
so far include a parade,
vendors, food and mu
sic. The events will be
held in the open area
beside the Roxobel Fire
Department/Roxobel
Town Hall.
“We are still working
on the details, and we
are seeking input from
anyone who would like
to be involved,” Lewis
said.
The next meeting of
the Roxobel Revitaliza
tion Committee will be
tonight (Wednesday) at
7 p.m. The next one will
be at 7 p.m. on Monday.
Both meetings are slat
ed for the Roxobel Com
munity Building.
A parade is tentatively
scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
and will be followed by
an afternoon of music
and vendors. The Bertie
High School JROTC will
also be involved in the
festival.
See FEST, A3
Roy L. Bond Jr. will forever be synonymous with Bertie Falcon Football.
Bond has lasting legacy
“How can one man cause all this?”
■ Ric Flair
BY THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSDR - It has been just short of a decade
since he drew his last breath. ,
His influence, however, is still felt through
out Bertie County, and especially at Bertie
High School.
Roy L. Bond Jr. was the longest-tenured foot
ball coach in the history of Bertie High, and
its most successful. That success touched off
some of the best memories in the school’s
athletic history, and is still remembered with
See BDND,A3
Students get ‘hands-on’
Aulander STEM School
fifth graders learn
about extracting DNA
BY THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
AULANDER - They could be scientists in train
ing.
Last week, fifth graders at Aulander Elemen
tary STEM School had the opportunity to get
hands-on experience extracting DNA.
The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences spon
sored the program through funding from the
Biogen Foundation. It allowed students at Aul
ander Elementary to use wheat germ to study
the DNA extraction process.
“I truly loved the activities because they are
more hands-on and not from the book text,”
AESM Science Teacher Jean Bollwer said. “I
believe it gives students an opportunity to
work in small groups and work through the
answers and see what they are doing right as
well as what they need to tweek. It was a great
THADD WHITE / Bertie Ledger-Advance
JJarryl Bazemore Jr. looks closely at the DNA from wheat
germ during last week’s program.
opportunity to learn and have fun at the same
time.”
The Exploring DNA program guides students
through the process of extracting a sample of
See DNA, A5
CSBG
news
given
Board
receives
update
BY LESLIE BEACHBDARD
Enterprise & Weekiy Herald
WINDSDR- Bertie Coun
ty Commissioners re
ceived an update about
the Community Service
Block Grant.
The Choanoke Area
Development Associa
tion (CADA) Deputy Di
rector Melvin Powers
presented the Bertie
County Commissioners
with information regard
ing programs offered by
the Community Service
Block Grant and its 2017
funding.
“We are required to
give a copy of the grant
document to every
county commissioner
in the counties that the
grant serves,” said Pow
ers.
The Community Ser
vice Block Grant con
sists of a one-year plan
for 2017-2018.
Those who are in
volved in developing the
work plan include the
community by complet
ing surveys and having
focus groups and public
hearings. Staff help put
together community
data analysis. County
commissioners provide
initial planning review
and feedback. Board
members make the final
authorization.
According to Powers,
the 2017-2018 target
goals for the program
include:
■ 150 individuals/fam
ilies will be served;
■ 20 individuals/fami
lies will rise above the
poverty guidelines;
■ 30 individuals will
obtain employment;
■ six individuals will
obtain jobs with medi
cal benefits;
■ five individuals will
complete education/
training programs;
■ eight individuals/
families will secure
See GRANT, A3
In this edition
Obituaries A2
fZmos^ Opinion A4
Sports B1
Classified B4
Church & Faith B6
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