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ReBuUd NC
Center to
close Nov. 29
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR-The ReBuild
NC application center
in Windsor is scheduled
to close Nov. 29.
The office, which is
located at 1001 South
King Street in Wind
sor, was open to allow
those eligible for assis
tance due to Hurricane
Matthew to apply.
While the center will
close, those eligible to
apply for assistance
can still apply for help.
Those eligible must
have had damage by
Hurricane Matthew in
2016.
ReBuild NC is helping
applicants seek help
from the Hurricane
Matthew Development
Block Grant - Disaster
Recovery.
Those who have al
ready made an appli
cation will be able to
continue contact with
staff via telephone and
email.
Once the center clos
es, homeowners may
call 2-1-1 to schedule an
appointment at anoth
er application center
to complete an applica
tion, submit documen
tation or meet with an
See CENTER, A5
‘Miss Nancy’
leaves legacy
BY PETER WILLIAMS
Perquimans Weekly
A longtime Bertie
County resident, who
was the
creator
of a Per
quimans
County
summer
etiquette
program
for young
people,
died Thursday in a
car accident in Bertie
Nancy Rascoe
County.
Nancy Bragg Dawson
Rascoe, 86, spent the
last 25 years running
the camp out of the
bed and breakfast inn
she and her husband
bought in 1992.
In her earlier years,
Rascoe taught at Wind
sor Elementary School
and Miss Annie Gray
Burden’s Kindergarten
of Windsor. She was
the founder and Head
See LEGACY, A3
Lee selected
for state board
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Bertie Coun
ty Com
mission
er Tammy
Lee has
been ap
pointed
to the
North
Carolina
Sentenc-
Tammy Lee
ing and Policy Advisory
Commission.
Lee will be represent
ing the North Carolina
Association of County
Commissioners as one
of 28 commission mem
bers advising the North
Carolina General As
sembly regarding sen
tencing practices and
correctional programs.
See LEE, A5
Baker
inks
pact
Sports I B1
LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Maddox Johnson and big sister Kensiey Dunlow discuss with Santa what they want for Christmas this year.
Askewville ushers in
Christmas season
Henry Thomas decorates a Christmas ornament at the arts
and crafts tabie during the Christmas ceiebration.
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
ASKEWVILLE-Askewville
celebrated Christmas
as a community.
Over 100 people of
all ages gathered for a
little holiday fun at the
lighting of the Christ
mas tree and celebra
tion at the Askewville
Community Building
Monday.
Horse and carriage
rides loaded with rid
ers trotted through
the town and provided
views of the town’s
Christmas lights.
Inside were women
dressed in hoop-skirt
dresses and children
dressed in Christmas
attire.
There were a wide va
riety of refreshments,
including Christmas
cookies and hot choco
late.
There was an arts
and crafts table, a pho
to prop station.
Askewville residents
R.T. Johnson and Brax
ton Jernigan provided
entertainment during
the earlier part of the
evening.
Johnson and Jernigan
See ASKEWVILLE, A5
School children
taught safety
LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Deputies from the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office talk with
students about good behavior and staying in school.
BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR-It is all about
safety.
Vidant Bertie hospital
and other local first re
sponder organizations
hosted the Commu
nity Safety Day at the
old Bertie High School
Gymnasium.
The event, in its third
year, was hosted for kin
dergarteners and first
grade students across
Bertie County
The event’s purpose
is to let the community
children know who and
what helps keep them
safe, who they can call
and depend on in an
emergency situation
and to show the chil
dren that these people
and organizations care
about their safety.
“Our goal is to focus
on the children in first
See SAFETY, A3
In this edition
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Classified
B4
RELAY
Obituaries
A2
FOR LIFE
Opinion
A4
Sports
B1
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Kenneth Bazemore
OP Windsor
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