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Askewvilfe • Aulander • Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woodviile • Merry Hill • Powellsville • Ro> Windsor P52/C13 ********* Ir R_ I lieiKEHUKEEPA^KRn™'' WILLIAMSTON NC 27892 8307 WEDNESDAY • NOVEMBER 7,2018 Falcons fall to HCHS Sports I B1 \ now Carbon Monoxide awareness week set County has mixed reaction to decision LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance It is time to check the batteries. This week marks Car bon Monoxide Aware ness Week. North Carolina Fire Marshal Mike Causey is reminding citizens to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon dioxide alarms. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. Appliances, genera tors, heaters and power tools fueled with natu ral gas, liquefied petro leum (LP gas), oil, kero sene, coal, gasoline or wood may produce car bon monoxide. Burning charcoal and running cars also produce car bon dioxide. According to the Cen ters for Disease Control and Prevention, every year approximately 450 people in the United States die from carbon monoxide exposure and thousands visit hospital emergency rooms for treatment. It was just last week that 16 guests at the Holiday Inn Express in Jacksonville were hos pitalized because of a carbon monoxide leak. Cold weather or storms can be a time of increased exposure from gas-powered gen erators, kerosene heat ers and other “fueled” heating or cooking methods. Care should be taken to ensure that only heat ing appliances approved for indoor use are used indoors and that rooms are adequately venti lated. Generators should be used outdoors only and placed well away from windows, doors and vents. Boating can also pose a hazard for carbon monoxide poisoning. Some larger boats tend to have generators that vent toward the back of the boat, causing an increased danger for people swimming near See CHANGE, A5 In this edition LEWIS HOGGARD / Windsor/Bertie Chamber of Commerce N.C. Commerce Secretary Anthony “Tony” Copeland (left) visits with Bertie County Commissioner Ronald D. Wesson following the former’s meeting with local business owners last week. Copeland meets with Bertie business leaders THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - N.C. Commerce Secretary Anthony “Tony” Copeland paid a visit to famil iar ground last week. Copeland, a native of Per quimans County, came to Bertie County to meet with business leaders in the com munity. The group met over breakfast at Heritage House in Windsor. “I am grateful to leaders in our business community for taking time from their busy schedules to meet with Secre tary Copeland,” Bertie County Economic Development Direc tor Steve Biggs said. “I believe his visit was beneficial for all of us in attendance.” In addition to business lead ers from Bertie County, four of the Bertie County commis sioners were on hand to in clude Ronald D. Wesson, John Trent, Ernestine Bazemore and Tammy Lee. The Secretary said Bertie See MEETING, A5 1 % /; V t j 1 ■ ft till 1/ / A “birthday cake” outside Russell’s Back-in-the-Day Museum greets visitors for the coming weekend. Sestercentennial slated LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - Let the celebrat ing begin. After months of planning and preparation, the Town of Windsor’s 250th Anniver sary three-day celebration is scheduled to begin down town Saturday (Nov. 10). The festivities will kick off at 9:30 a.m. with an opening ceremony in the parking lot behind the Windsor Town Hall. The opening ceremony will include a welcome, open ing remarks from the mayor, the singing of the National Anthem and the reading of a proclamation. Vendors will be available throughout the day on Satur day in the parking lot behind the Windsor Town Hall. There will be amusement rides for all ages on Granville See CELEBRATION, A3 WINDSOR - The deci sion of Bertie County Schools to delay open ing by one hour to al low staff and students to vote Tuesday was met with skepticism by some, anger by others and gratitude by some staff members. Late last week, the Bertie County Schools announced a decision to begin school one hour late to allow staff to vote. The statement re leased on the county school district’s Face- book page reads, “The Bertie County School Board decided to de lay the opening of ALL schools ... on Election Day ... by one hour, in order to give Bertie County Schools’ staff the opportunity to go to the polls and vote.” Schools in Bertie County open at 8 a.m. or late, and most staff members are required to arrive no earlier than 7 a.m. Staff members are required to work later than schools stay in session. With polls open from 6:30 a.m. until 7 p.m., the decision was met with some by concerns. It was also pointed out by many there was early voting available in Bertie County for two weeks, and polls were open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. One-stop voting was also available on Saturday, Nov. 3. “This is so crazy... schools get out at 3:30, and polls don’t close un til 7 p.m. They also have the option of voting ear ly! My opinion. I’m enti tled to it,” Cathy Byrum Jernigan responded on the Facebook post. “I’m just saying that be cause 1 don’t leave my house until my kids are on their bus, and then 1 leave for work.” Others agreed. “This is ridiculous,” Tracy Drew Burkett added. “The polls are open ‘til 7. Why can’t you go after school or See DELAY, A5 Church & Faith B3 Classified B4 Life & Style B2 Obituaries A2 Opinion A4 Sports BU ( Good Morning, Howard Watford OF Colerain Thank you for subscribing! Find us on Facebook Volunne 120; No. 45 11711 35906 ^6
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