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BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE DECEMBER 6,20171 A3 The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 Continued Chair From A1 Commissioner White was the only commission er to vote for Trent. The vote for Commissioner Wesson as the new Vice Chairman passed in a vote of 4-1. After the vote a five-minute recess was taken for the changing of the seats and nameplates. “1 would like to thank Commissioner Trent for his dedication to the county over the last few years as chair. He has put in a lot of hours. Thank you Commissioner Trent for your service,” said Commissioner Lee. “It has been a wonderful couple of years with Commissioner Trent and even with Chairman Wesson my first year on the board and what wonderful things have been done. 1 would also like to congratulate Chairman Bazemore,” said Commissioner White. “It has been a wonderful time and 1 would like to thank everyone on this board for all the teamwork.” “I still think about commissioners Bazemore and Wesson taking the pictures to Washington D.C. to help the flood victims and I think about Commissioner Trent standing on top of the courthouse overseeing the project. It has been a lot of positive things to happen in the county,” he added. “1 would like to thank past Chairman Trent for an outstanding job. It is not an easy job, I know. I think we had some very strong years in this board. I look forward to working with Chairman Bazemore and supporting her agenda,” said Vice Chairman Wesson. “I think we will continue to be an aggressive board. We have a lot of things on our plate. A lot of really good things are happening for this county and I think as long as we continue to work together, support each other and look for insight from the citizens things will keep mov ing. It is a team effort,” Wesson added. “I would like to thank Chairman Bazemore for stepping up. I appreciate it. It Is a great transi tion and a great time for a transition,” said for mer Chairman Trent. “I would like to say my sincerest thanks to ev eryone attending today. I would like to thank my fellow commissioners for the honor to serve as chair. I look forward to working together and an exciting year serving as your chair. I will contin ue to work as well as we have done in the past,” closed Chairman Bazemore. The next Bertie County Commissioners’ regu larly scheduled meeting will held at 7 p.m. Mon day, Dec. 18 in the Commissioners’ Room at the Bertie County Government Building. Aviation Richmond County: $160,373 for apron recon struction and hangar relocation; Rockingham County/NC Shiloh: $266,400 for apron rehabilitation; Smith Re5molds (Winston-Salem): $172,000 for land acquisition and obstruction clearing; Statesville Regional: $12,045 for taxiway light ing rehabilitation and guidance sign installa tion, new PAPls, runway-end identifier lights and windsocks; The Division of Aviation is responsible for state airport and aviation system planning and development. It also provides funding to com munities for constructing and improving air ports throughout the state. North Carolina has 72 publicly owned airports and nearly 300 privately owned airports, land ing fields, and helipads. Ten airports have regu larly scheduled commercial airline service, and two serve international destinations. There are more than 7,000 registered aircraft based in the state, and 14,000 registered pilots. Every year, more than 56 million passengers fly to and from North Carolina and 1.3 billion pounds of cargo pass through the state’s airports annually. Airports and aviation-related industries con tribute $31 billion to North Carolina’s economy each year, according to a 2016 report. There are also 123,400 airport-related jobs in the state. THADD WHITE / Bertie Ledger-Advance One of the more popular parts of Christmas open house at Hope Plantation is the old fashioned biscuits, made on site. Hope lands. Inside the foyer, for mer Historic Hope House President Joe Cooper greeted guests. He welcomed the guests and gave a brief history of the house and property. Guests were asked to sign a guest registry. The first floor rooms, which include the chil dren’s room, the girls’ bedroom, the boys’ bedroom and the Stones’ master bed room were decorated with live greenery and fresh fruit. Abby Sutton could be found seated in the foy er behind a large spin ning wheel, answering questions and explain ing to guests the art of spinning. Live Christmas music filled the house from the second floor. Nay- land Collier played the saxophone and Mary Mardre played the pia no while Kimberly Dun- low sang. The library, dining A spinning demonstration was held in Hope Plantation. room, and upstairs foy er were also decorated in live greenery and fresh fruit. Historic Hope House President Turner Bond Sutton explained to vis itors inside the library that Stone studied medicine and law. Sut ton also showed visi tors Stone’s writings on the walls. “Hope House went through a major res toration by a group of Bertie County Citizens and opened to the pub lic in 1972,” said Sut ton. Just steps away from Hope House, in the kitchen, biscuits were being made in an au thentic oven. It takes about two hours to heat the oven to 400 degrees using firewood. Biscuits will cook in the oven in about 15 minutes. Guests could sample biscuits and honey but ter. The King-Bazemore House was also deco rated in live greenery and fresh fruit. Each house had vol unteers available to present a history of the rooms and answer any questions After touring the houses, guests could go the Roanoke-Chow- an Heritage Center for more live entertain ment, including time period dancers in cos tume. Hot apple cider and cookies were also served. Guests could visit the walk-through exhibits and gift store. Hope House is open for tours year-round. For more information, call 252-794-3140. Those wishing to receive them could get information about each portion of the Hope Mansion and King-Bazemore House. 41 ECU ^ MEN'S BASKETBALL s™ting five plan FIVE BIG GAMES FOR JUST $60 VS. 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