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Spikers win
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‘Love
on a
Leash’
New canine
visitation and
therapy program
BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Man’s best
friend is giving a help
ing hand.
Vidant Bertie Hospital
is pleased to announce
the implementation of
a canine visitation and
therapy program called
Love on a Leash (LOL).
The program will be
used in several depart
ments throughout the
hospital, in accordance
with policies and proce
dures established by Vi
dant Health and Vidant
Bertie Hospital.
Vidant Bertie Hospital
is currently looking for
interested persons to
participate in the pro
gram. Applicants must
meet official require
ments.
Participants must be
come a member of the
Vidant Bertie Hospital
volunteer organization
by completing an ap
plication and attending
a volunteer orienta
tion after being cleared
through Human Re
sources and Occupa
tional Health.
Those interested in
the program must sub
See VIDANT, A7
GREATER WYNNS GROVE
L
Elliott
takes
role
New RCCC
President
named
BY LESLIE BEACHBDARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Dr. Stanley Elliott
LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Zariyah Jordan student of Jakara School of Marshal Arts offers a demonstration for the guests of the Greater Wynns
Grove Community Fair day. See more photos on page A6.
Community Fair
Food, Fun, and Fellowship
BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
COLERAIN - Sunny skies made
for a beautiful day at a com
munity fair.
Greater Wynns Grove Com
munity Development Center
held its annual community
fair on the grounds of the
Greater Wynns Grove Baptist
Church on Sept. 23.
The annual event takes
place on the grounds of the
church, and includes a pa
rade, bouncy houses, amuse
ment rides, entertainment,
vendors and food.
The Bertie County Sheriff’s
Department led the parade,
and the Grand Marshal for
this year’s event was Bertie
County citizen Vivian Saun
ders.
This year’s parade featured
See FAIR, A7
AHOSKIE - The search is
over.
The
Roanoke-
Chowan
Com
munity
College
Board of
Trustees
has an
nounced
the hiring of its new
president.
Dr. Stanley Elliott has
accepted the position
as the 9th president of
the college.
The North Carolina
Board of Community
Colleges approved Dr.
Elliott’s position at its
meeting held on Sept.
15.
He will assume the
role as president of Ro-
anoke-Chowan Commu
nity College on Oct. 2.
Dr. Elliott received his
bachelor’s degree in po
litical science from Eliz
abeth City State Univer
sity, a master’s degree
in public administration
from North Carolina
See ELLIOn, A7
Students educated on
various types of bullying
BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Bullying un
covered.
The students, staff
and parents received
education and tips
about different areas of
bullying last week from
the Poe Center.
The Alice Aycock Poe
Center for Health Edu
cation specializes in
educational program
for children. The center
In this edition
is based out of Raleigh.
In the beginning of
the school day, the stu
dents received infor
mation about bullying
during age appropriate
sessions held through
out the school.
Kindergarten and first
grade students watched
a puppet show in the
gym concerning how to
be good friends.
Staff from the Poe
Center performed
skits, gave information
and posed questions
to the children being
good friends, ho\v not
to bully.
Second and third
graders met in the li
brary to receive infor
mation about how to be
a good friend and tips
on how to not bully and
what to do if they were
being bullied.
The fourth and fifth
graders met in the caf
See BULLYING, A5
LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance
The Poe Center’s Senior Director of Educational Programming, Thomas Ray teaches Kinder-
gartners and first graders on how to be friends through a puppet show.
Obituaries
A2
Out & About
A2
Opinion
A4
Sports
B1
Classified
B6
Church 8c Faith ......
B4
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