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Farmer’s 5K
slated for
Ag Festival
Event slated for April 1
BYTHADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
ROXOBEL - The inaugu
ral Roxobel Ag Festival
is taking shape.
Monday evening the
Roxobel Revitalization
Committee met with
members of the Roxo
bel Board of Commis
sioners and Roxobel
Fire Department along
with community lead
ers to iron out plans for
the festival, which is
slated for April 1.
Plans made for the
festival include the
Farmer’s 5K Fun Run,
children’s games and
musical entertainment.
The inaugural festi
val is being planned
to draw people to the
northern Bertie County
town, according to or
ganizers.
The event will kick off
at 11 a.m. with a parade
planned for 11:30 a.m.
Immediately following
the parade. Farmer’s
5K will start. The event
will offer a prize for the
male and female who
are best dressed as
farmers.
Those wishing to sign
up or who want learn
more about the Farm
er’s 5K should contact
the Windsor/Bertie
County Chamber of
Commerce, who tradi
tionally organizes such
events for local festi
vals, at 252-794-4277.
During the day there
will be a variety of en
tertainment, including
amusements provided
See FESTIVAL, A3
Vidant Bertie
celebrates
heart health
Zonya Foco speaks
BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Vidant Ber
tie Hospital hosted a
dinner to celebrate
heart health month.
Heart disease claims
the lives of many wom
en.
That is why Vidant
Bertie Hospital and
other Vidant Health
entities. East Carolina
Heart Institute and
their physician part
ners work together to
offer risk assessments
and screenings, educa
tion, advanced treat
ment options and eight
Heart Truth luncheons
and dinners in our re
gion each year.
A large crowd attend
ed the Vidant Bertie
Hospital Heart Truth
Social on Feb. 16 at the
Cashie Heritage Con
vention Center in Wind
sor.
Guests learned more
about how to “Love
Your Heart” in celebra
tion of American Heart
Month.
The keynote speaker
of the event, America’s
Nutrition Leader Zonya
Foco, invigorated ev
eryone with her mes
sage of finding simple
things to do to improve
your heart health.
Foco’s tips on healthy
eating, exercise, stress
management and wise
lifestyle choices ener
gized the audience.
Foco enlisted several
See HEART, A3
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The Rev. Alma O. Lucas reads her Bible in her study at Mt. Herman Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Lucas is the first female
pastor of the church, which dates its history back more than a century.
Lucas 'called' to ministry
BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - A local woman is
preaching God’s word through
out Bertie County.
The Reverend Alma Lucas
says going into ministry was a
calling.
Lucas is a native of Bertie
County and was raised in the
rural area outside of Windsor.
Lucas graduated from Bertie
High School.
She attended Shaw University
in Raleigh and graduated Sum-
ma Cum Laude with a Batch
elor’s degree in Religion and
Philosophy.
Lucas continued her educa
tion, graduating Cum LaUde
with a Master’s degree in Divin
ity from Samuel Dewitt Proctor
School of Theology of Virginia
Union University.
Lucas was ordained in 2004
at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist
Church.
“I have been a Pastor for 12
years in Bertie County,” said
Lucas.
See LUCAS, A5
Perry selected Chief Deputy
BYTHADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR-Bertie Coun
ty Sheriff John Holley
has named a new Chief
Deputy.
Kenny Perry, who has
served for the past year
as Lieutenant, has been
chosen to fill the spot
which has been vacant
since Greg Atkins re
tired.
“I wanted to make
sure I took my time and
found the right person
for the job,” Sheriff Hol
ley said. “The staff high
ly respects Kenny and
he has proven himself
as a hardworking offi
cer. I have confidence
he’ll do a great job.”
Perry joined the Ber
tie County Sheriff’s Of
fice in 2002 when Atkins
was sheriff, and was
promoted to Corporal
two years later. He took
over sexual assault in
vestigations in 2006,
and then began work
ing in all areas of the
sheriff’s office.
“I did a little bit of
everything,” he said. “I
filled in wherever I was
needed - be that in pa
trol or doing investiga
tions.”
Last year. Sheriff Hol
ley promoted Perry to
take the place of the re
tiring Lt. Carl Hoggard.
At that time, he began
overseeing the entire
patrol division. His du-
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new Chief
See PERRY, A3
Bertie County Sheriff John Holley (left) pins the
Deputy badge on Kenny Perry Tuesday.
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$8.00 w/ red potatoes, slaw, and bread
as a part of ROXOBEL AG FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
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