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Relief funds
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Windsor commissioners
approve relevant policies
THAOD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The process
is lumbering forward.
Last week, the Wind
sor Board of Commis
sioners took another
step in the process of
getting federal funds
into the hands of those
damaged by Hurricane
Matthew.
The budget currently
covers 30 acquisitions
and 10 elevations. A
few of the homes ap
proved for assistance
are not currently in the
budget because they
have been deemed his
toric structures. Those
structures will be added
once the State Historic
Preservation Office has
approved them.
Commissioner Cathy
Wilson asked, “So you
don’t see any problem
with those, it’s just a
little extra red tape?”
Chris Hilbert of Hol
land Consulting Plan
ners said there were no
issues, and added the
town dealt with similar
situations with previ
ous floods.
See WINDSOR, A3
‘Dog Day’ set
for Aug. 25
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - It will be a
day for the dogs.
National Dog Day will
be celebrated from 10
a.m. until 4 p.m. Satur
day, Aug. 25 at the Ber
tie County Humane So
ciety, 217 County Farm
Rd. in Windsor.
“I started volunteer
ing at the humane so
ciety in November of
last year and at one
of the board meeting 1
suggested holding the
event to celebrate Na
tional Dog Day (which
will be Sunday, Aug.
26), and bring some
spotlight to the Bertie
County Humane Soci
ety,” said Bertie County
Humane Society Volun
teer Tina Fielder.
According to Fielder,
National Dog Day rec
ognizes all breeds of
dogs and promotes the
adoption of dogs.
S66 DOG, A6
President Obama
endorses Wesson
BY REGGIE PONDER
The Daily Advance
^ I
ELIZABETH CITY - First
House District candi
date Ron
Wesson
was one of
six North
Carolina
D e m o -
crats to
pick up
an unex
pected en
dorsement this week
Wesson
from perhaps their
party’s biggest star: for
mer President Barack
Obama.
Obama, who left of
fice in 2017, in fact an
nounced his endorse
ment of 38 Democrats
in legislative races
around the country
in this fall’s mid-term
election. Besides the
six endorsements in
North Carolina, the
See WESSON, A3
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LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Secretary of Environmental Quality Michael Regan (left) speaks with Bertie Early College teacher Bruce Boiler.
Secretary visits Bertie
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Aulander Elementa
ry School and Bertie Early Col
lege High School had a visit last
week from the North Carolina
Division of Environmental Qual
ity Secretary Michael Regan.
Regan, along with his Pub
lic Information Officer, Sharon
Martin, first visited Aulander
Elementary School.
While there, Regan read the
book, “The Day the Crayons
Quit” to Marlina Perry’s kinder
garten class.
He also spent some time talk
ing to the children and distrib
uted activity books, stickers
and environmental-friendly
temporary tattoos.
Bertie County Schools Su
perintendent Dr. Catherine
Edmonds joined Regan for his
‘visit in Aulander, and partici
pated in pictures with him and
the students.
Regan’s last stop of the visit
was to Bertie Early College
High School.
Regan visited with Mark
Schaaps’ 9th grade earth and
environmental science class.
See SECRETARY, A6
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LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Enterprise & Weekly Herald
Grant recipients from Bertie and Martin counties gathered to receive their awards from VIdant Bertie Hospital recently.
Vidant Bertie awards grants
BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Numerous grants
have been awarded.
Vidant Bertie Hospital De
velopment Council recognized
its 15 2018-2019 Community
Benefit Grants recipients last
month.
“I work closely with the coun
cil and I am glad each of you
are here to accept the grant
checks,” said Vidant Bertie Hos
pital Marketing and Public Rela
tions Director LuAnn Joyner.
This is the 13th year Vidant
Bertie Hospital has held the
grant program, and thus far
has awarded $1.3 million over
those years.
According to Joyner, the
$100,000 grant funding comes
from Vidant Health each year.
Roanoke-Chowan Commu
nity Health Center (RCCHC) re
ceived a grant for its Prescrip
tion Assistance Program (PAP).
The program focuses on
providing access to affordable
medication for the un/underin
sured citizens of Bertie County.
The program provides a phar
macy technician, who works
See GRANTS, A5
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