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Perdue has
initial grad
of program
KELFORD — For Lisa
Bullock, graduating at
age 48 from high school
is a dream come true.
It was a long-awaited
reality made possible
through her job at Per
due Farms in Bertie
County.
“I’ve always wanted
it. 1 had so many people
telling me 1 couldn’t do
it and would never ac
complish anything,”
said Bullock, who al
ways regretted not fin
ishing high school, but
was always determined
to find a way. “1 had this
yearning inside of me to
grow and 1 wanted to do
whatever it took to be
gin growing.”
Bullock is the first Per
due associate to earn
a diploma through the
company’s partnership
with the Penn Foster
Online High School Di
ploma Program. Perdue
launched the program
as a pilot earlier this
year in Lewiston and
at its operations in Ac-
comac, Va., and Milford,
Del.
Participants receive
an accredited high
school diploma through
See GRADUATE, 5
LESLIE BEACHBOARO / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Lawrence Academy fifth grade student Trent Compton acts out being an airplane while the chorus sang “All Over
The World."
Lawrence Academy
celebrates Christmas
LESLIE BEACHBDARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
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mi
WINDSDR - It is a “Prime Time
Christmas.”
Lawrence Academy’s Pre-K
through 6th grade students per
formed their annual Christmas
concert titled “Prime Time Christ
mas” last Thursday night for staff,
family and friends.
Lawrence Academy Head of
School Jason Wynne welcomed
everyone to the event and opened
with a word of prayer.
Lawrence Academy’s Music
Teacher Scott Bradshaw wel
comed everyone and explained
this year’s performance.
The kindergarten class opened
the show by performing “Jingle
Bells” and “Hark, the Herald An
gels Sing” with hand bells.
Lawrence Academy kindergarteners Jackson Hoggard and Leah Hux,
along with the rest of their class, opened the show by playing “Jingle
Bells” on hand bells.
See LAWRENCE, 5
Aaron Bazemore honored for contributions
Founder of Church of God in Christ
BEN SPELLER
Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / NC A&T State University
Aaron Bazemore
In 2003, the Historic Hope Foun
dation, the Board Of Directors re
ceived a North Carolina Humanities
grant to research, offer community
discussion, compile and publish a
guide to African American Church
es in Bertie County.
The results of this publication
project suggested that it was
likely that the Bazemore Temple
Church of God in Christ was the
first church of that denomination
established in North Carolina.
The Church of God in Christ was
founded in 1907 in Arkansas by
Charles Harrison Manson. Man-
son had been dismissed by his
black Baptist church in Arkansas
because of his beliefs concerning
sanctification and over issues of
culture, personality, and class dif
ferentiation.
The Church of God in Christ is
the largest black Pentecostal de
nomination in the United States. It
Grant
bids
open
LESLIE BEACHBDARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
See BAZEMDRE, 5
PINE KNDLL SHDRES -
Across the nation, it is
getting more and more
difficult for teachers to
take their students on
field trips.
Beside the cost of the
trip, funding for sub
stitute teachers, gas
for buses and lunches
for children, there are
many other barriers to
field trips and outreach
programs.
Teachers from Title
1 schools from across
the state, including
Bertie County, received
$172,000 in Aquarium
Scholars grants this
year to remove those
barriers and bring the
love of the ocean to stu
dents who otherwise
might not get that expe
rience.
Since the program
began earlier this year,
funds have been dis
tributed to teachers in
56 counties, as far west
as Henderson and Bun
combe counties.
These grants allow
students from schools
with higher proportions
of children from low-in
come households more
opportunities for expe
rience and encounters
with aquatic animals to
learning the importance
of conversation.
The nonprofit North
Carolina Aquarium So
ciety, in partnership
with the three state
aquariums- Fort Fisher,
Pine Knoll Shores and
Roanoke Island, and
Jeanette’s Pier in Nags
Head, North Carolina
Public Schools, The Fri
day Institute at North
Carolina State Univer
sity and private donors,
established funds to
support school pro
gramming.
Programs include a
mixture of science, tech
nology, engineering and
math studies, hands-on
programs and field ex
periences at the aquari
ums and Jeanette’s Pier,
along with 51 outreach
See GRANT, 5
In this edition
Church & Faith 8
id Classified 6
Obituaries 2
fCHRiSTMASl Opinion 4
■ Sports 9
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