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Edmonds leaving Bertie Co. Schools
Superintendent leaving after 16 months on the job
BY REGGIE PONDER
The Daily Advance
ELIZABETH CITY - Bertie Coun
ty Schools Superintendent
Dr. Catherine Edmonds will
become the superintendent
of Elizabeth City-Pasquotank
Windsor
to study
horses
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - More horse
talk.
The Windsor Board of
Commissioners revis
ited the discussion of
horse pastures within
the town limits at their
regularly scheduled
meeting last week.
The discussion was a
follow-up to a meeting
held on April 25 where
Windsor Mayor Jim
Hoggard and the com
missioners heard from
citizens for and against
horse pastures within
the city limits.
At the previous- meet
ing, Mary Pierce voiced
her concerns over liv
ing next door to a horse
pasture on Winwood
Drive. She said she was
opposed to the horses
being there and pre
sented a petition to the
mayor and the commis
sioners.
After Pierce spoke,
other citizens against
pastures in the city
limits voiced their con
cerns over the possi
bility of pollutants, an
increased amount of in
sects and the effects on
property values.
See HDRSES, A5
Public Schools July 1.
The Elizabeth City-Pas-
quotank Board of Education
voted unanimously Monday
afternoon to name Edmonds
to the post.
“1 know that we will work
together and put children
first in all the decisions that
we make,” Edmonds said in
a brief statement after the
school board’s meeting Mon
day, which was held in the
auditorium at Sheep-Harney
Elementary School. She said
she is looking forward to
listening to students, teach
ers, parents, retired teach
ers and anyone in the com
munity who is interested in
helping her recognize what
is already working and how
the school district can move
forward to best serve all its
MICHELLE PERRY / Contributed Photo
The North Carolina Junior State Bible Quiz Champions from Askewville Assembly of God. Pictures are (front row, from
left: Austin Perry, Lindsey Perry, Olivia Bazemore and-Shane Lowers. In the back row are coaches Gloria Bryant and
David Pesce.
Askewville Assembly
wins state Bible Quiz
SARAH HDDGES STALLS
Bertie-Ledger Advance
ASKEWVILLE - Members of the Askewville As
sembly of God Junior Bible Quiz Team trav
eled to Alabama for regional competition after
taking the top spot in North Carolina on April
13.
Brother and sister pair, Austin and Lindsey
Perry, represented their team during the com
petition.
“They did very well,” explained Gloria Bry
ant, team coach.
Overall the team placed eighth out of 23.
Austin Perry, a third grader, barely slipped
outside the top 10 placing 11th for the event.
See BIBLE QUIZ, A5
students.
Edmonds has been su
perintendent of the Bertie
County Schools since Feb
ruary 2018. Before that she
worked for the University
of North Carolina System as
director of educational lead
ership and development and
See EDMDNDS, A3
Census
data
sought
LESLIE BEACHBDARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Every per
son counts.
The Windsor Board of
Commissioners heard
from Bertie County As
sistant to the County
Manager Dominque
Walker regarding the
2020 Census and the es
tablishment of a Census
outreach team.
“1 am currently serv
ing as the county’s
liaison for the Com
pete Count commit-
teOj which is made up
of the county’s most
trusted voices that will
go out and have a plan
of action, a strategy to
do community work to
get members of Bertie
County to take the Cen
sus,” said Walker.
“1 have been reaching
out to elected officials
to have them Identify
individuals in their com
munities that would be
the best asset bn the
committee. Currently
we have 20 members
that have expressed
interested to sit on the
committee, as well as a
separate resource list of
individuals that would
serve as a resource it
See CENSUS, A3
Bertie Co. citizens work ionger to afford gas
SARAH HDDGES STALLS
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Gas prices are declining
slowly but steadily across
the country, pushing the na
tional average down three
cents on the week to $2.86.
The May 13 average is
four cents cheaper than last
month and the same price
as one year ago. In fact, 25
states have gas price aver
ages that are just a nickel or
less expensive than this time
last year.
North Carolina’s average
price per gallon for regular
gasoline is $2.66. The nation
al average is $2.86.
Although prices are be
ginning to decrease, Bertie
County was recently noted
on an unpopular list.
Working with Oil Price In
formation Service, AAA iden
tified the median income for
each county in the country
broken down to an income
by minute assuming a 40-
hour workweek.
The average gasoline price
was compared to the income
per minute finding counties
in the Southeast have been
hit hardest, according to
AAA.
Bertie has the highest work
increase in North Carolina,
ranking 91st nationally with
an average of motorists hav
ing to work 11.05 minutes to
buy one gallon of gasoline.
See GAS, A5
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