Askewville • Aulander • Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woodville • Mj Powellsville • Roxobel • Windsor Bert Ledffer-Adva O lA/rnMccnAV . mad/ « -t o Q 9 AOOOl 1 LA topples RHS S&nC 27892-8307 WEDNESDAY - MARCH 14,2018 Sports |B1 Two face drug-related charges THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - Two men face drug-related charges follow ing separate incidents. Windsor Police Chief Todd Lane said officers charged the two individuals follow ing traffic stops on Feb. 23 and Feb. 25. On Feb. 23, Windsor Po lice Cpl. Jason Thomas and Officer Chris Leggett were conducting a driver’s license check on U.S. 13 near Edge- wood Cemetery. While participating in the checkpoint, the two officers witnessed a car come to a sudden stop in the roadway. Cpl. Thomas approached the car and found a female driver along with a male pas senger. Cpl. Thomas report edly noticed a strong odor of marijuana, and had the driver pull the vehicle over for further investigation. The passenger - identi fied as Ervin Leroy Smith Jr., 42, of Kelford - said they stopped in the road because he had an open bottle of li quor, and indicated the smell of marijuana was from previ ous use. While the investigation was ongoing. Officer Leggett went to the location where the car originally stopped and found a glass jar contain ing nine bags of marijuana. See CHARGES, A5 Sheriff: threats serious Two charged in threats, more likely THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance \ Vl'ir>\ \| WOMEN’S I liS FORYm J ourney Hattie Askew wants to aid others LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - All threats are being taken seri ously. And, arrests have been and will continue to be made. Bertie County Sher iff John Holley made those points among others Monday night when he addressed the Bertie County Commis sioners about a situa tion which has become too commonplace - bomb threats and other threats of violence. “Just because we are in a rural area doesn’t mean it won’t happen here,” Sheriff Holley said. “We have pre pared, and we continue to train. We take every one of them seriously.” Sheriff Holley said a bomb threat was made against Bertie Middle School on Jan. 12, and his officers responded. He said two female ju veniles were charged in the incident, and the case has been adjudi- H elping others on her journey through life. That is the goal and passion of the first female Powellsville Com missioner, Hattie Askew. She was born to the late David Murdock and Ruth Gantt, and reared in Hampton County, S.C. According to Askew, that area is known as the low country of the rl state. “1 was raised in the small town of ,. ^ Molly S.C. It was what they called sawmill and people would come to the town just to get jobs at the sawmill. It was similar to how people would migrate to , gold mining towns,” she said. Askew was one of many chil dren in a blended family, but she was her mother’s only daughter. She attended schools dur ing the time of segregation, and she remembers it being a time where people said things were equal but separate. “I remember riding the school buses and waiting in a different place than the white children. Wait ing for the bus was never easy. We didn’t always have new books. Most of them were secondhand,” said Askew. “I remember not being able to go in the front door of a restaurant. We would have to go to the side of the building to order. If someone white went inside to order, then I would have to wait until MCDU nabs trio Residents charged in Martin Co. THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WILLIAMSTDN - Three Bertie County residents were among nearly two dozen charged in a re cent drug roundup in Martin County. The Martin County Drug Unit - comprised of investigators from the Martin County Sher iff’s Office and William- ston Police Department - charged a trio of Ber tie County residents. Among those charged were: Crystal Ann Gallo, 33, of 343 Capehart Church Rd. in Merry Hill, was charged with trafficking in opium, possession with intent to manufac ture, sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance and two counts of maintaining a vehicle to keep/store a controlled substance. She was confined to the Bertie/Martin Regional Jail under a $250,000 se cured bond. Clifton Jermaule Over- ton, 31, of 485B U.S. See THREATS, A3 See ASKEW, A5 See MARTIN CO., A5 Bertie High School Principal suspended indefinitely THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - Bertie High School Principal Dr. Teresa K. Anderson has been sus pended indefinitely. Dr. Anderson, who was In this edition — named Principal of Bertie High School before the cur rent school year began, was suspended with pay on Fri day, Feb. 23, according to information from a public in formation request made by this newspaper. She came to Bertie County Schools following service in Illinois and Minnesota. She began her job last August. Karen Dameron, who serves as Interim Human Re sources Director for Bertie County Schools, confirmed the suspension and said no date has been set to resolve the matter. The reason for the suspension is not public information. In the interim, Bertie High School Assistant Principals Tony Hoggard and Daphne Williams are leading the school with assistance from Jamie Liverman. Liverman serves as Executive Direc tor of Special Needs, and has past experience as a high school principal. 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