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A6 I APRIL 19,2017 News BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance The tradition of Way of the Cross continued in Windsor Friday afternoon. Way of the Cross held hi BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance ''y N -I ■1. u Father Mike Kerin (right) of Fioiy Spirit Catholic Church speaks at one of the stops. Liberty Healthcare 8c Rehabilitation Services Caring with BMcelltme Job Fair April 20th! Three Rivers Health & Rehabilitation Thursday, April 20th 10am-5pm 1403 Conner Drive Windsor NC, 27983 Door Prizes! 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During the walk, par ticipants would pause for 14 reflections and the life and death of Jesus. A participant led each stop. “We used to walk around the town and made a stop by St. Thomas Episcopal Church for commu nion, but we decided to change the plan for the walk to the river. This is so anyone may feel comfortable walking with us,” said Father Mike Kerin of Holy Spirit Catholic Church. During the walk, participants shared thought, feelings and sang songs while on the journey. Windsor United Methodist Church, St. Thomas’ Episco pal Church and Holy Spirit Catholic Church sponsored the Way of the Cross. lUotification sought from CADA BY LESLIE BEACHBDARD Bertie Ledger-Advance PERRYTDWN - Bertie County Commissioners heard an update from Choanoke Area Devel opment Association (CADA) Director Sal- lie Surface at Monday night’s meeting. Surface explained some of the CADA pro grams have had budget cuts, and if all of the expected cuts happen then CADA will no lon ger resemble its pres ent. “The weatheriza- tion program will have changes due to the budget cut due to the cuts to the program that provides weather- ization funding,” said Surface. Surface wanted to di rect attention to the In dividual in Poverty per County numbers. “The studies use raw numbers and not per centages. Larger cities have more resources to assist the families,” she added. According to Surface, funding received for one grant in the 2014-2015 fiscal year was $94,000. The same funding for the 2017-2018 fiscal year decreased to $62,000, a 1/3 reduction. Surface said she has questioned the state. “Where do these numbers come from?” asked Commissioner Ronald Wesson. “It is yearly data that is done nationally,” an swered Surface. “Someone from CADA came before us in the past and said part of the numbers came from the census. We need to get everyone to participate in the census,” Wesson added. Surface also ex plained CADA received a Disaster Employee Program. The program assisted in temporarily hiring 27 individuals to help towns with clean up assistance due to last year’s storms. “We have applied for more money for the pro gram because the fund ing previously received has been exhausted,” added Surface. Bertie County Com mission Chairman John Trent advised Surface the commission board would like notifications of changes because it does help fund CADA. “We were unaware that Andre Rowe had been moved to Rich Square and someone had taken over his po sition. Will the job fairs and activities Andre was active in contin ue?” asked Trent. “The job fairs will con tinue because it is part of the job description,” Surface answered. Surface also ex plained there were 14 applications received for a housing program to help those affected by Hurricane Matthew. “We take the appli cations, then they are uploaded to the state. If you did not apply to FEMA, you cannot qual ify. It is not going to be easy, but it is a resource for Bertie County. How soon a house will be re- habbed will be a good question,” she added. Surface explained 155 families cire being served in Section Eight Rent Payment Assis tance Program. “HUD requires a wait ing list to close when the list reaches a cer tain point. When the list shortens, it will open back up. Homeowner- ship opportunities are also available for Sec tion Eight recipients,” said Surface. “How many individu als have successfully become homeowners?” asked Wesson. “There have been some but not as many as we would like,” re plied Surface. How many families come off of Section Eight?” asked Wesson. “We sent out about 30 new vouchers a month so we have about 30 families coming off of Section Eight each month. The bottom line is HUD requires guide lines and makes the rules,” replied Surface. “Is there a program to help individuals on Section Eight find local jobs?” asked Wesson. “We can try and get this information to the Section Eight and Smart- Start families. One of the biggest problems with home buying pro grams is people do not have the credit score. A financial literacy class should begin at a young age,” said Surface. “1 understand the fo cus on housing but we should be concerned about getting the peo ple on Section Eight better emplo5mient,” added Wesson. BCHD slates clinics WINDSDR - The Bertie County Health Depart ment has slated its clin ics schedule for the re mainder of the week. There is a fee, based on income, for most clinics. Immunizations and General clinics are held every day, and other clinics are by appointment. They in clude: Wednesday, April 19 Bertie: New Prenatal PM, General, WIC All Day Thursday, April 20 Bertie: Adult Health AM, General, WIC Friday, April 21 Bertie: General Monday, April 24 Bertie: Women’s Health Services All Day, General Tuesday, April 25 Bertie: Child Health PM, General, WIC Wednesday, April 26 Bertie: General, WIC All Day, DR PN PM Thursday, April 27 Bertie: General Friday, April 28 Bertie: General Monday, May 1 Bertie: DEPO PM, General, WIC All Day Tuesday, May 2 Bertie: General, WIC Wednesday, May 3 Bertie: New Prenatal AM, General Thursday, May 4 Bertie: General, WIC Friday, May 5 Bertie: General Monday, May 8 Bertie: Women’s Health Services All Day, General, WIC All Day
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