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LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Bertie Coun
ty has a new assistant
county manager.
County Manager Scott
Sauer has announced
the appointment of
Juan Vaughan II to the
position. He will begin
his official duties on
Monday, June 24.
“We are very excited
to have Mr. Vaughan join
our leadership and pro
vide added strength to
our management team,”
said Sauer.
According to Sauer,
almost 19 months ago,
the Bertie County Board
of Commissioners sug
gested during a plan
ning session that Bertie
County needed to build
its internal management
capacity in order to sus
tain the growing volume
of projects.
Since Hurricane Mat
thew hit Bertie County
and the Town of Wind
sor in October 2016,
much of the county’s
administrative focus
has been on recovery
work and coordination
for efforts related to
state and federal funds
to assist citizens im
pacted by the devastat
ing floodwaters.
“At the same time
county staff are admin
istrating grant funds to
replace critical county
facilities damaged by
the flooding,” said Sau
er.
“Bertie County has
worked very hard to
replace EMS Station
One with a newly con
structed building on
County Farm Road
which opened Feb. 1. In
addition, to EMS Station
One’s construction our
county staff has juggled
multiple projects and
have been balancing
our efforts to work on
the Blue Jay Recreation
Center and security
improvements at the
courthouse,” added
Chairman John Trent.
Funding for the new
assistant county man
ager was approved in
the 2018-2019 fiscal year
budget.
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JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance
With the American fiag fiying above head, Coi. (Ret.) Brian S. Davis delivers the keynote address at Monday’s Memo
rial Day service in Bertie County. He is flanked by musicians Kelsey Ledford and Laura Davis on the left and Travis
Jackson of the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office and Windsor Commissioner Randy K. Whitaker on the right.
'Some gave all'
Bertie County honors Memorial Day
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
S ome gave all.
And Monday, a crowd gath
ered at the Bertie County
Courthouse to pay respect to
those who gave the ultimate sacrifice
for the nation’s freedom.
For the second consecutive year, the
Bertie Ledger-Advance and Windsor/
Bertie Chamber of Commerce came
together with the town of Windsor and
Bertie County to host a Memorial Day
Ceremony. The event began at 11 a.m.,
and was attended by veterans, those
who lost loved ones in service and
members of the public in general.
Lewis Hoggard, Executive Direc
tor of the Windsor/Bertie Chamber
of Commerce, welcomed those in at
tendance, said thank you to the ser
vicemen and women in the group, and
paid tribute to those who gave their
lives for freedom.
See MANAGER, A3
In this edition
Church & Faith B3
Classified B4
Obituaries A2
Opinion A4
■ Out & About A2
.oblOOd Sports B1
See MEMORIAL DAY, A5
Bertie County Commissioner Tammy Lee greets keynote speaker
Col. (Ret.) Brian Davis at Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony. Lee
presented Col. Davis with a county lapel pin.
$1.8M
grant
given
Roanoke
Electric
awarded
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
AHOSKIE - North Caro
lina Governor Roy Coo
per has awarded a $1.8
million grant to Roanoke
Electric Co-op, provid
ing it an opportunity to
extend the reach of its
broadband initiative to
underserved areas in
the co-op’s service ter
ritory.
In his May 8 announce
ment, the governor un
veiled his plan to offer
$10 million in grants to
expand internet access
to 19 rural counties in
North Carolina.
The major funding
boost is part of the
Growing Rural Econo
mies with Access to
Technology (GREAT)
program, which pro
vides matching grants
to internet service
providers and electric
membership coopera
tives who compete for
funding to lower finan
cial barriers, prevent
ing broadband internet
service expansion in
the state’s most eco
nomically distressed
counties.
The co-op’s Roa
noke Connect program
will receive a total of
$1,867,547. The funds
will be allocated among
the counties in its ser
vice territory includ
ing $641,978 for Bertie
County, $327,010 for
Gates County, $376,893
for Hertford County and
$521,667 for Northamp
ton County.
The Roanoke Connect
initiative serves the dual
purpose for providing
co-op member-owners
with broadband inter
net access to enable
the use of energy-saving
technologies, while also
enhancing system reli
ability and operational
efficiencies.
“Our goal has always
been to extend ad
vanced technologies to
our member-owners.
The funds received
from the GREAT grants
program will allow us to
expand the fiber back
bone further than origi
nally budgeted. In turn.
See GRANT, A3
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