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THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - A true gen
tleman succumbed to a
brief illness last week.
Windsor Commission
er Lawrence “Speedy”
Carter Jr. died Thurs
day at Vidant Medical
Center in Greenville.
Carter, a longtime
Bertie County Magis
trate, served more than
five years on the town
board following his re
tirement.
Windsor and Bertie
County officials remem
bered Carter as a man
who was thoughtful,
deliberate and a true
statesman for the town
of Windsor.
“Lawrence was a calm,
measured voice who
had the town’s best in
terest at heart,” Mayor
Jim Hoggard said. “He
and 1 talked confiden
tially a number of times
and he always gave
sound advice.”
Hoggard appointed
Carter to serve as Po
lice Commissioner, and
the latter led the search
when Windsor Police
Chief Justin Jackson
was chosen to serve the
town.
“1 appointed him
Police Commissioner
where he brought years
of judicial experience,”
Hoggard said. “That
was an appointment I’m
proud of.
“Lawrence will be
missed,” the mayor add
ed. “Personally, 1 lost a
good friend and know
many of our citizens
feel the same way.”
Windsor Mayor Pro-
Tern Cathy Wilson
agreed.
“Lawrence and 1
joined the board about
the same time, and we
See CARTER, A5
In this edition
LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger*Advnace
Kimberly Dunlow performed a selection of Christmas songs inside the visitor’s center and the Hope Mansion.
Christmas at Hope
Historic home of Gov. David Stone
is site of annual holiday gathering
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger Advance
WINDSOR - Historic Hope
House celebrated its Christ
mas Open House last Sunday
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Hope mansion and the
King-Bazemore House were
both decorated in Christmas
decor appropriate to the ear
ly 19th century.
Horse and Carriage rides
were available for guests to
be transported from house to
house.
Governor David Stone built
the centerpiece of the site,
the Hope Mansion, in 1803.
The porches and widows
walks of Hope Mansion were
draped with live greenery
garlands.
Inside the foyer, former His
toric Hope House President
Joe Cooper greeted guests.
He welcomed everyone and
gave a brief history of the
house and property. Guests
were asked to sign a registry.
The first floor rooms- which
include the childrens’ room,
the girls’ bedroom, the boys’
bedroom and the Stones’
master bedroom- were deco
rated with live greenery and
-Visitors of all ages enjoyed the grounds at the Hope mansion. The Mansion
was decorated with time era decor.
fresh fruit.
Abby Sutton was seated in
the foyer behind a large spin
ning wheel, answering ques
tions and explaining to guests
the art of spinning.
Live Christmas music filled
the house from the second
floor. Nayland Collier played
the saxophone and Mary Mar-
dre played the piano while
Kimberly Dunlow sang.
The library, dining room
and upstairs foyer were also
decorated in live greenery
and fresh fruit.
“Hope House went through
a major restoration by a group
of Bertie County Citizens and
opened to the public in 1972,”
said Hope House President
Turner Sutton.
Just steps away from Hope
House, in the kitchen, bis
cuits were being made in an
authentic oven. It takes about
See HDPE, A3
Health
plan
battle
looms
Treasurer,
health care
collide
BY BOBBY BURNS
The Daily Reflector
An escalating conflict
between North Caro
lina’s treasurer and the
state’s health care net
works is pitting the
thin financial margin
on which many provid
ers operate against a
floundering state health
plan, officials said, and
exposing a bitter dis
agreement over the
path forward.
A proposal by state
Treasurer Dale Folwell
aims to restructure how
the N.C. State Health
Plan for Teachers and
State Employees, one of
the state’s largest pur
chasers of health care
services, pays provid
ers in an effort to pro
duce an estimated sav
ings of $300 million for
taxpayers and $65 mil
lion for plan members
annually.
To do that, the new
payment structure will
greatly reduce reim
bursements to health
care networks and hit
those serving rural ar
eas like eastern North
Carolina particularly
hard, health care ad
ministrators said.
Officials with Green
ville-based nonprofit
Vidant Health, the larg
est provider in north
east North Carolina,
estimate the plan would
reduce the $52.5 million
operating margin it had
last year by about $40
million, dealing a devas
tating blow to its ability
to reinvest in communi
ties and serve 29 coun
ties from Duplin and
Edgecombe east to the
Outer Banks.
The cuts could force
Vidant to curtail ser
vices, in turn limiting
See PLAN, A5
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