BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE
JUNE 7,20171 A5
The fabric of Bertie County since 1832
Continued
Grants
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funding from state and
federal legislatures for
rebuilding damaged
facilities and plan
ning for future flood
events.
“This difficult work
will continue for the
next two to three years
at a minimum, and
our citizens are fortu
nate to have commu
nity leadership joining
forces to seek grants
and utilize resources
fro across the state,”
said Bertie County
Manager Scott Sauer.
Most evident to date,
has been the support
from East Carolina Uni
versity and North Car
olina State University
in seeking planning
solutions and techni
cal recommendations
to protect families
and businesses in the
area.
On May 19 Windsor
Mayor James Hog-
gard, Bertie County
Commission Vice
Chairman Ernestine
Bazemore and Bertie
County Commission
ers Tammy Lee and
Ronald Wesson met
with the Golden Leaf
Foundation Executive
Director Dan Gerlach
at the Bertie Early Col
lege Campus.
The meeting was
scheduled in order to
present the case for
Bertie County resi
dents and businesses.
During the meeting
with Director Gerlach,
the commissioners
reviewed the county’s
four Golden Leaf appli
cations;
* $72,707 for the Ca-
shie River Basin feasi
bility study,
* $300,000 for Ber
tie County Emergency
Services Station One
to supplement the
Federal Emergency
Management Associa
tion’s (FEMA) pend
ing project request of
$284,299,
* $1.9 million for
the relocation and
construction of a new
public library, and
* $1.1 million for the
replacement of the
Bertie County Cooper
ative Extension Build
ing.
“One of the posi
tive outcomes of the
discussions with Ger
lach was the collec
tive thinking toward
development of a joint
use facility to support
both public library
programming and co
operative extension
services in one build
ing,” Sauer added.
“The Cashie River
feasibility study is the
single most impor
tant driving force for
the town’s future and
successful redevelop
ment. We are grateful
to have the county
commissioners as our
partners,” said Mayor
Hoggard.
“We must work to
gether to re-establish
our library services
and the full comple
ment of cooperative
extension services as
soon as possible,” said
Bazemore.
“We must continue
to press upon our fed
eral legislators the im
portance of bringing
FEMA dollars to Bertie
County,” added Wes
son.
Commissioner Lee
spoke strongly in fa
vor of rebuilding EMS
Station One.
“1 am thankful that
Dan Gerlach under
stands our needs and
brought a representa
tive from the North
Carolina Department
of Commerce who in
dicated that there may
be additional funds
to make up the differ
ence, if FEMA grants
are not adequate for
our needs,” added
Lee.
Commission Chair
man John Trent missed
the meeting due to pri
or obligations.
“This has been ateam
effort from day one last
September, when the
first floodwaters hit
Bertie County on Long
Branch Road in Col-
erain,” said Trent. “For
the last eight months,
we have been talking
with FEMA, sometimes
fighting with FEMA
and always standing
shoulder to shoulder
with Mayor Hoggard
to support the citizens
of Bertie County.”
Commissioner Stu
art White, who has led
other disaster recov
ery projects noted,
“recovering from these
flood waters will take
years to complete.”
“In my experience,
we need to dig in, work
hard and remember
this will be a long road
for Bertie County and
the town of Windsor,”
White added.
In an email after the
announcement was
made. Wesson thanked
Sauer, the county com
missioners and the
town of Windsor offi
cials.
“1 want to thank ev
eryone for the efforts
to stay united and on
task to work to help
our citizens recover
from the disasters we
have faced,” added
Wesson. It has truly
taken a team to break
through the maze of
contradictions and
bureaucracy to get to
where we are today.”
The Bertie County
Commissioners and
Windsor Board of
Commissioners will
be scheduling a joint
meeting for the second
week of June to review
flood recovery priori
ties and planning for
community resiliency
funding and redevel
opment projects, ac
cording to Sauer.
“There is still much
more to do, but with
the leadership that
has been demonstrat
ed, there is a brighter
day ahead,” added
Wesson.
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LESLIE BEACriBOARO / Geme leager-Advance
Line dancing was just a portion of the fun for those who attended the fifth annual Sage Festival this past weekend.
Sage
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way to the festival and
danced the night away.
“1 think everyone
had a great time Fri
day,” Hoggard said.
“As always. Moonshine
delivered a great per
formance, and drew
hundreds. The JGrubb
Band was entertaining,
and we were glad they
made their first appear
ance at the Sage Festi
val.”
The hundreds gath
ered at the event had
much to choose from
as there were food and
craft vendors from one
end of the festival to
the other.
“We appreciate our
vendors signing up and
being on hand to take
care of the crowd,”
Hoggard said.
Saturday night’s
crowd was smaller
for Mr. Tunes and The
Breeze Band, but there
was still dancing as long
as the music played.
Hoggard said he was
pleased with the num
ber of people who made
their way to Windsor
for the Sage Festival.
“Our reasons for the
Sage Festival are two
fold,” he said. “One,
we want our citizens
to have a time to enjoy
good music and food
here in Windsor. Sec
ondly, we want to draw
people into town. We
were successful in both
of those endeavors.”
The fifth annual Sage
Festival was sponsored
by the Windsor/ Bertie
Chamber of Commerce
and Avoca Farms.
Update
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Bertie Corrections In
stitute currently has
107 vacancies through
out the prison.
“We will be running
radio advertisements
and also will be assist
ing with the completion
of the online applica
tion at the prison Mon
day through Friday,” he
added.
Sapper explained,
the prison system was
trying to cut the ap
plication process from
90 days to 30 days be
cause people cannot
Market
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tion for people, and we
will get there one step
at a time by working
with our residents and
neighbors to provide
events that are family-
friendly and also low
cost to take part in.”
Spaces are free for
those who wish to par-
wait 90 days to start re
ceiving a paycheck.
“Do you still have
paper applications?”
asked Bertie County
Commission Chairman
John Trent.
“No, all applications
are done online,” an
swered Sapper.
“In the past, myself
and Commissioner
Ronald Wesson would
pass out applications
to churches and the
vacancies at that time
were filled,” said Trent.
“The problem with
accepting online appli
cations only in the area
is the problem of limit
ed internet service and
no public library for
those who do not have
access to a computer,”
he added.
Trent also expressed
concerns over inter
ested applicants pass
ing all of the screenings
but who are unable to
pass the COPAT, which
is a physical fitness
exam each applicant is
required to pass.
“The guidelines need
to be changed because
the mature population
that is needed in the
prison cannot pass the
test,” added Trent.
“The public needs to
understand some jobs
aren’t for everybody,
but there are many jobs
at Bertie Correctional
Institute that are not
a corrections officer
position,” said County
Commissioner Ronald
Wesson.
Sapper said the hiring
officials will continue
to work on the hiring
policy of the prison to
make it a smoother and
quicker process.
ticipate. The partici
pants simply need to
fill out a Participation/
Liability Waiver Form
which will allow them
to set up each Satur
day.
Set up begins at 6
a.m. and vendors are
responsible for brining
their own tents, tables
and chairs.
The Roxobel Farm
er’s Market will be held
from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
each Saturday, and will
take place at the open
lot on 204 South Main
St.
Items allowed to be
sold include fresh fruit,
fresh vegetables, eggs,
honey, fresh flowers
and snacks (prepack
aged chips, snack cakes.
Canned and bottle soda
and bottled water).
For more informa
tion, visit the Roxobel
Revitalization Commit
tee’s page on Facebook:
https;//www.facebook.
com/groups/Roxobel-
Revitalization.
Bertie Health Dept, slates clinics
WINDSOR - 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 ap
pointment.
They include:
Wednesday, June 7
Bertie: New Prenatal
AM, General
Thursday, June 8
Bertie: General, WIC
Friday, June 9
Bertie: General, Pedi
atric Primary Care AM
Monday, June 12
Bertie: Women’s
Health Services All Day,
General, WIC All Day
Tuesday, June 13
Bertie: Child Health
AM, General, WIC
Wednesday, June 14
Bertie: General, DR
PN PM
Thursday, June 15
Bertie: Adult Health
AM, General, WIC
Friday, June 16
Bertie: General
Monday, June 19
Bertie: General, WIC
All Day, DEPO PM
Tuesday, June 20
Bertie: General, WIC
Wednesday, June 21
Bertie: New Prenatal
PM, General, WIC All
Day
Thursday, June 22
Bertie: General
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