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, Racers begin the Spooktacular 5K Saturday on York Street in Windsor, led by a group of younger runners.
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LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Mary Gray, dressed as Minnie Pearl, with her mother, Cecilia
Williford Gray, during the costume contest sponsored by the
Windsor/Bertie Chamber of Commerce.
WINDSOR - The weath
er didn’t stop the
race.
The 9th Annual Ber
tie Spooktacular was
a success despite the
wet and cold condi
tions the morning of
the event.
The annual event
brings runners from
all over to Bertie
County, which helps
raise funds for the
Good Shepherd Food
Pantry.
“We couldn’t have
asked for more enthu
siasm from the partici
pants. We appreciate
all of the support from
the community,” said
Spooktacular commit
tee member Michelle
Leicester.
Runners could pre
register for the event,
and attendants were
available at 8:30 a.m.
the morning of the
race to sign up last
minute runners.
According to Leices
ter, approximately 30
runners signed up the
morning of the run.
The opening ceremo
ny began at 8:50 a.m.
with Windsor/Bertie
Chamber of Com
merce Director Lewis
Hoggard welcoming
the runners, vendors
See SPDDKTACULAR, A7
Believing in the power of prayer
BY ANGELA HARNE
The Times-Leader
WINTERVILLE — A thyroid can
cer survivor is battling brain
cancer.
Frances Baker, 68, a native
of Edenton, who has lived in
Windsor for the past 60 years,
was driving home from church
March 18 when she pulled over
to talk to her friend, who was
out for a Sunday stroll.
Timing is everything, some
say.
While talking to her friend.
Baker felt the left side of her
face twitching.
“I knew 1 was having a stroke.
I’d noticed my speech was
slurred,” Baker said.
She asked her friend to call
her son, Neil, who also lives in
Bertie County. He took her to
the local hospital, where medi
cal personnel conducted a CAT
scan, ruling out a stroke.
Doctors believed Baker had
suffered a seizure and started
her on anti-seizure medicine.
She was discharged, but as
she was being wheeled to the
exit, her face started twitching
again.
See PDWER, A5
In this edition
Cecil among
three killed
while in Fla.
Colerain man fatally
injured in hit-and-run
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
CHIPLEY, FLA. - A Col
erain man was one of
three men killed by a
hit-and-run driver last
week.
George Cecil, 52, of
Colerain lost his life
while working to help
those recovering in the
aftermath of Hurricane
Michael.
Cecil was working in
Chipley, Fla. to repair
power lost in the af
termath of Hurricane
Michael when a driver
- reportedly under the
influence - struck him,
along with two other
men with his pickup
truck.
The crash occurred
Oct. 24, and Cecil was
killed along with Ryan
Barrett, 22, of Roa
noke Rapids and James
Ussery of Chipley.
Florida Highway Pa
trol Sgt. R.C. Livingston
said John Goedtke, 37,
of the Tampa, Fla. area
was heading north on
State Road 77 when he
veered his car onto the
road’s shoulder and
struck the three men.
Goedtke then fled
the scene on foot, but
was tracked down and
detained by the Wash
ington County Sheriff’s
See THREE, A5
Bertie County
now eligible
RALEIGH - Three more
North Carolina coun
ties affected by Hurri
cane Florence are now
eligible to apply for fed
eral assistance to help
pay for the cost of de
bris removal, emergen
cy protective measures
and permanent repair
work to damaged infra
structure.
The Federal Emergen
cy Management Agency
(FEMA) announced
that state and local
government agencies
in Bertie, Davidson and
Orange counties may
be eligible for grants
under FEMA’s Public
Assistance program.
See ELIGIBLE, A6
She was administered addi
tional medicine through an IV
and released into the care of her
daughter. Shannon Powell, who
is a nurse. She was referred to
a neurologist. Additional tests
were run, including an MRl.
“It is purely divine interven
tion,” Baker said, explaining
the doctor told her he found a
tumor on her brain, Which he
believed was cancer. “They said
they won’t know until they take
a piece out. He told me he could
do it next Tuesday, unless I had
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ANGELA HARnE / The Times Leader
Frances Baker (right) is recovering from brain cancer with sup
port from her daughter, Shannon Powell (center) and grand
son, Jonathan Powell, 3. Baker is also a thyroid cancer sur
vivor.
Awareness
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Church & Faith
B6
Classified
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Obituaries
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Opinion
A4
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