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MARCH 15,2017 BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE Life & Style The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 Bertie Arts Council slates new show BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - On display and for sale. The Bertie County Arts Council will host a special event from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23 at the Gallery, 124 King Street, Windsor. The artists being show cased in this show are pot ter Jim Messer and photog rapher Doward Jones. Bertie County residents will have an opportunity to be the first to purchase Messer’s new “Bertie Stone ware” pottery made from lo cal clay. According to Messer, his newly-styled pottery was made with clay from the bottom and the shores of the Chowan River in Bertie County. The unveiling of the new line will tcike place at the opening of the show. The opening reception will fea ture opportunities to chat with Messer while enjoying refreshments. Pottery items such as bowls, mugs and plates by Messer in his former style have been available for the past several years at The Gallery. Messer is an instructor at Roanoke Chowan Commu nity College. Jones, a Plymouth resi dent, has been documenting the local landscape in pho tos for most of his life. His works have been displayed at many area galleries and other venues. Jones will be available dur ing the reception to talk to guests about his work. Artwork by Messer and Jones will be for sale at the reception and afterward dur ing regular Gallery hours, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. This special reception event is free to the public and and everyone is encour aged to attend. For more information, contact The Gallery at 252- 794-9402 or via email at ber- tiearts@gmail.com. Museum W 'I Work was going on throughout the Windsor Farmer’s and Craftsman Museum iast week. 0 (■' REAL WAYS TO HELP YOU A. FEEL GOOD AGAIN \ n M t ^ m / 5, r • ’’ the form of a team from the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. LeRae Umfleet, the Acting Director of the Division of Education and Outreach, led the Cultural Resources Emergency Support Team (CREST) to Wind sor where they worked for two days to restore displays to the Farm er’s and Craftsman Mu seum. Umfleet said it was the team’s second visit to Windsor to aid with the restoration of the museum, but it was the first time the team had been involved in setting up displays such as the one in Bertie County. “We helped with the recovery after the first flood last year,” she said. “We came in after the flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Julia.” At that time, the CREST team helped restore and clean the tools from the museum to make sure they were salvageable. They were moved to higher ground before the flooding from Hurricane Mat thew sent water back SO YOU CAN GET BACK TO LIVING There are times in life when you just don't feel like yourself. 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You'll find supportive, personalized therapy that can lead you back to the life you deserve., For more information, call 252-794-6637. 1403 South King Street, Windsor VidantHealth.com/Bertie % VIDANT Bertie Hospital into the museum. “We moved them up before Julia, but wa ter still got to some of them,” Windsor Public Works Director William Coburn said- “They came in and cleaned them, and some work ers we had through CADA wiped them down. We moved them to the old Cardinal Chemical building be fore Matthew hit.” The town of Wind sor restored the build ing where the museum is housed, which is located on the corner of Granville and York streets. Coburn said that restoration im eluded adding a longer brick pathway inside the facility. Umfleet said the CREST team usually provides its help imme diately after a disaster, but wanted to return to Windsor to help get the museum back in order. “We usually help with the recovery after a di saster,” she said. “This is a new step for us.” Thursday and Friday were spent with 10 or 12 volunteers work ing to set up displays, mount tools on peg boards and get the mu seum a step closer to re-opening this spring. As for why Windsor was the first recipient of this new step, Um fleet said she had an af finity for Windsor from her time serving a Cu rator at Historic Hope Mansion. “We were needed here,” she said. “We wanted to come and do what we could.” Umfleet and others visited in December of last year to see how close the building was to being ready for them to come do their work of last week. She said there were a few things the town had to finish, but they are now com pleted, allowing for the CREST team to work last week. “We won’t have it fi nalized when we leave, but hopefully we’ll have it pretty close,” she said. In addition to mount ing the tools, the volunteers set up a blacksmith’s shop and woodworking shop for visitors. Umfleet said the col lection - most of which came from Harry Lewis Thompson - was one of a handful of collec tions throughout North Carolina. She said what made the collection unique was it being mostly Thompson’s. None of the artifacts of the museum were destroyed during the flooding, but some dis play cases were lost. She encouraged Ber tie County’s citizens to support the museum as volunteers and as visitors. “The town has done great work here, but they can’t do it all,” she said. “They need vol unteers to step up and help.” Windsor Mayor Jim Hoggard expressed the town’s gratitude for the work done at the mu seum. “They did a really good job of putting stuff back together,” the mayor said. “1 was impressed and pleased with their work. “They’re good peo ple,” he continued. “They have been really good to us.” TOUGH ISNILENOUGH LouGetmg Big, strong, seemingly indestructible. Then ALS sapped his strength and stole his life. Tough isn't enough to win this fight. MDA is working to find treatments and a cure for ALS. Be part of our team, MDPr Muscular Dystrophy Association 1-800-572-1717 • www.mdausa.org
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