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A4 I MAY 24,2017 Opinion Letter to the editor Celebrating lupus day... ^ To the Editor: ■m * May 10th was considered World Global Lupus Day. May is awareness month, pur ple is the chosen color and butterfly is the Symbol for Lupus. » Every Friday in May we ask supporters to put on purple colors, hang ribbons and wreaths. Many people are not aware of the Lupus disease or the effects it has on pa tients. There are several people in the Bertie- Hertford area whom has Lupus. Statistic states 5 million throughout the world have Lupus and mostly women with 16,000 re ported new cases each year. I’m Jackie Lyons-White and I’m a Lupus Warrior. „ In March of 2006 my life changed when 1 was told by my medical doctor that 1 had been diagnosed with Lupus. Sitting there in the doctor office that day 1 was shocked. All 1 could think about was bad things, that my life was over and 1 wouldn’t do anymore activities. The devil just immediately took over and Most focus on my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the fact God is able to do things exceedingly and abundantly above what doctors or man says. 1 left the doctor of fice distraught in tears. As soon as 1 got home 1 continued to pray to God and 1 began to research about Lupus. I. Today 1 have overcome all fear and doubts. Through prayers and the grace of Cod this year is my 11th year battling Lu pus. , I’ve been through some changes, severe pains, and 4 surgeries. ^ I’m very active in the community and support our nonprofit educational and community organization BACA. I’m in the process of opening a Cafe’ business in the Bertie community of Aulander, NC by July 2017 as part of the USDA Incubator Pro gram to revitalize the town. Lupus is an autoimmune disease and Lu pus flares or happens when the patient im mune system attacks its own tissues called autoantibodies causing inflammation, iswelling, joint pain, and organ damage. Lupus diagnosis or symptoms include fa tigue, butterfly rash, joint pain, difficult to walking, fever, shortness of breath, weight gain, and a lupus skin rash or discords of the skin. Lupus patients should avoid direct sun light for it causes flares, joint pains and organ failure. Lupus is not contagious, you can’t catch it from just being around patients, eating or drinking with or behind them or from a sneeze. Lupus is genetic from somewhere in your family genes. Genetic testing showed I inherited the Lupus from my paternal side of the family. Lupus is in relation to rheumatology and my father’s family had strong genes with arthritis or rheumatol ogy. Although there’s no medical cure for Lupus, there are treatments, medications and lifestyle changes that can help Lupus patients manage the symptoms. Most Lupus patients doesn’t look sick from the eye point of view. Lupus patients suffers internal and hurts on a daily basis. I You can find more detail info about Lu pus at the Lupus Foundation of America website lupus.org. BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 Letters to the Editor Email Letters To: twhite(a)ncweeklies.com Mail Letters to: F^O. Box 69, Windsor, NC 27983 Reader Advisory Board TKe following individuals comprise the Reader I Advisory Board membership for the Bertie Ledger- Advance* Bud Lee, Perrytown R.O. Denton, Askewville Dana Cobb, Windsor John Holley, Merry Hill Jon Powell, Windsor Charles Harden, Windsor Bobbie Parker, Aulander Marshall Cherry, Lewiston Linda Speller, Windsor Taylor Wilson, Windsor ■ Small town girl The last of the first It only requires one glimpse of the white dress, the small red gown or the red cap and 2017 tas sel hanging on my closet door to bring a tear to my eye. This week I will be celebrating what I call “the last of the first.” My youngest daughter, Chey enne Grace, will be graduating from kindergarten on Thursday night. She will be the last of my four children take a seat on stage, show what she has learned throughout the school year and receive her diploma. 1 cannot imagine the emotions I will feel when students walk across the stage for their high school or even college gradua tion. Cheyenne Grace will be the last to graduate from kindergarten, which means the events will just continue to get bigger. Before I know it, I will have chil dren getting driver’s licenses, go ing to prom, graduating from high school and the list goes on and on. The moment that always hits me the hardest is when the school plays a slideshow of the school year, and I see pictures of how the children have grown. I guess I always feel guilty be- Around here The impact "She will always be the baby." .1; -LESLIE BEACHBOARDI cause I was not there for all of the special moments. When Cheyenne Grace walks down the isle to take her seat, I will envision her as the littl^ girl she is, but my mind will fast-for ward to the future and see her at her high school graduation. I have done this at each of their graduations. So while this graduation will be about the accomplishments each student has made and a show of songs and poems learned throughout the year, I think it pre pares me for the bigger one down the road. I remember at Rebecca’s gradu ation, I didn’t cry until the end when she received her diploma and the slideshow was present ed. But now knowing that this event signifies that kindergarten is over, and for the next 12 years most of their time bdongs to something school related, I feel their tiny The reporting of sports news in this newspaper can result in long hours in the gym, at the track,on the field or at the ballpark. Sports reporters and sports editors not only attend athletic events and to document success es through words and pictures, but they must also choose photos to go with the stories they write. Usually, all of this frenzied activ ity occurs while on deadline. 1 decided I was going to go into community newspaper journal ism when I was still in high school at Hargrave Military Academy. I was an athlete, and it was dis heartening when our team’s re sults were not reported in the lo cal newspaper. I made the decision then and there that I wanted to do some thing for the communities I worked in. I was good at writing, so I chose journalism. Recently it was reported that newspaper journalism was the worst job. Well, if you factor in the long hours, or the fear that newspa pers are a dying medium, or that you often hear more complaints than compliments, then I guess for some people, it is the worst job. Not for me. Oh sure, I have had my fair share "I'm just try ing to do my port in my iitHe corner of the world." - JIM GREEN of long hours and complaints over the years. I have had coaches who have given me every excuse imagin able when I ask for information, and even some have bluntly told me they are too busy and don’t have the time, or don’t care to make the time, to send me infor mation. I do not sit on the top of some mountain judging anyone for their feelings about newspapers, even if those feelings are negative. I just want to publicize our ath letes in the best way I can. To do that, 1 need help. There have been far too many times when I made a stupid mis take, and usually they were be cause I wasn’t thorough enough. I have thought about quitting many times - just go do something else. Never was that more appar ent than in 2012, when I was laid off after more than 25 years in this business. During that time, I realized that fingers are slowly letting go of my hand. After the 12 years, each of them will walk across the stage again as high school graduates and be off to college. While I love watching each of my four children grow up, I have to be honest. This time, with Cheyenne Grace, it hurts a little more. The reason for my tears is be cause she is the baby. She is the youngest and she will always be the last of the first. She was the last pink bow on the mailbox, the last of the first steps and words, the last to start school and will be the last to graduate. But at the same time, I am danc ing with a little joy because 1 have survived bottles, diapers, potty training, car seats and all the ac cessories that come along with having a baby. So after graduation, I plan on eating a big pack of Oreos with the children while we watch car toons. To them it may not be anything major, but to me it eventually will be another last of a first. Leslie Beachboard is a Staff Writer for the Martin County Enter prise & Weekly Herald. She can be reached via email at Ibeachboard® ncweeklies.com. 1 loved being around athletes and coaches too much to be away from them. That, and the fact that this is the only thing I am good at (though some readers will disagree). This spring, I have had several athletes and their parents tell me what an impact I have made on their child’s .life. It’s happened of ten, ever since I returned to this area in 2013. Actually, it is I who should be thanking you athletes and par ents. 1 am fortunate to have met, and covered, some amazing young men and women over the years. When a parent says that her child thinks highly of me, or that 1 have made them feel special, or readers commend my coverage, it warms my heart to know that my doing this job to the best of my ability means something to people. I’m just trying to do my part in my little corner of the world. I don’t know how much I have touched your lives, but you can be sure that all of jjou have touched mine. Jim Green is Sports Editor for the Bertie Ledger-Advance. He can be reached at jgreen@ncweeklies. com. Bertie Ledger-Advance The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 The BeWIE LaXJEB-AOVANCE was tSTASUSHED IN 1928 THROUGH THE HERITAGE OF ThE WINDSOR LeOSER AND ThE AuLANDER ADVANCE. The newspaper traces its history to 1832 when it was first published AS the Windsor Herald and Bertie County Register Kyie Stephens Deborah GriiSn Michelle Leicester The Bertie Ledger-Aovanoe Group Publisher Staff Writer Creative Services (ISSN 051-700) is published kstephens@ncwecklies.com clgriffin@ncweeklies.com mleicestcr@ncwcekiies. com EACH Wednesday for $26.69 (PLUS tax) per year (n Bertie, Artgela Harne Leslie Beachboard Jessica Mobley Hertford, Martin, Northamp Group Editor StaffWriter Advertising Manager ton, Chowan and Washington counties) by Cooke Gommunioa- t»ns North Carolina, LLC, 109 S. King St., Windsor, NC abarne@ncwcekiies.com ibeachboard^ncweekIies.com jmohiey@ neweeklies. com Tha4d White Jim Green Lanny Hiday 27983. Periodicals postage paid Editor Sportt Editor Copy Editor AT Windsor, NC and entered at twhite@ncweeklies.com jgreen@ttcweeklies.com bertienews@ncweeklieSrCom additional mailing offices. Postmaster: address changes to the Bertie Ledger-Advance, P.O. Box 69, Windsor, , HC 27983. Contact Us: Bertie LedgerAdvance P.O. Box 69, Windsor, NC 27983. Phone: (262) 794-3186 Fax: (252) 794-2835
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