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Askewville • Aulander • Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woo Bertie Ledser-Advance ^ WEDNESDAY • DECEMBER 11,2019 pe;n /r 1 R ********** 5-DIGIT 27892 AOOOl Windsor MCCP0008293- MCC LIBRAKY 1161 KEHUKEE PARK RD WILLIAMSTON NC 27892-8307 nip Knights Sports B1 Ht FttUQN! idemy St. Alioskie,NC 27910 m nr MASTERS ■ w ■ Heating & Air Conditioning 252209.0223 Incumbents file in Bertie THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - Filing for lo cal offices remain slow as of Tuesday at noon. Only two Bertie Coun ty incumbents have filed for office thus far. They include Bertie County Commissioner Ronald D. Wesson, who represents District 1, and Register of Deeds Annie Wilson. Both are Democrats. The only other local office open at the mo ment is the commis sioner from District IV. Incumbent John Trent is unaffiliated, and thus files by petition, and not during the filing period. While local races are slow, the national and state races are heating up quickly. Democrats have sub mitted 15 names for the Presidential Primary. They include former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senators Mi chael Bennet (Colora do), Cory Booker (New Jersey), Bernie Sanders (Vermont), Amy Klobu- char (Minnesota) and Elizabeth Warren (Mas sachusetts) as well as U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (Ha waii). Other Democratic candidates include for mer mayors Michael Bloomberg (New York) and Julia Castro (San Antonio) as well as cur rent South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Rounding out the field are former Congress man John Delaney, Tom Steyer, Marianne Wil liamson and Andrew Yang. Libertarians nomi nated 16 candidates for President of the United States. They include Max Abramson, Ken Armstrong, Dan Beh- rman, Kenneth Blevins, Souraya Faas, Erik Ger- See FILING, A5 LESLIE BEACH60ARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance Turner Sutton, dressed in period costume, explains the inner workings of the Hope Mansion to visitors. Christmas Open House Historic Hope hoids annuai seasonai event Commissioners plan VFD study LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR-Bertie Coun ty Emergency Services Director Mitch Cooper discussed with the Ber tie County Commission ers a fire department study earlier this week. Cooper informed the commissioners he would like a study done on the 12 fire depart ments throughout the county. He recommended En- viroSafe to conduct the study. EnviroSafe has assist ed a number of North Carolina counties and municipalities in fire service planning. The company has been based in North Carolina since 1996, and has focused on serving North Carolina local governments and higher education insti tutions. EnviroSafe has pro posed several core com ponents of the study. First is the Geograph ic Information Services (GIS) work, which is up See STUDY, A5 LESLIE BEACHBDARD Bertie Ledger Advance WINDSOR - Historic Hope House celebrat ed its Christmas Open House from 1 p.m.- 5 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 8). The Hope Mansion and the King-Bazemore House were both deco rated in Christmas de cor appropriate to the early 19th century. Horse and Carriage rides were available for guests to be trans ported from house to house. Governor David Stone built the cen terpiece of the site, the Hope Mansion, in 1803. The porches and widows walks of Hope Mansion were draped with live greenery gar lands. Inside the foyer and throughout the house, docents greeted guests. They welcomed ev eryone 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 green ery and fresh fruit. Abby Sutton was seated in the foyer be hind a large spinning wheel. She answered questions and ex plained to guests the art of spinning. Live Christmas mu sic filled the house from the second floor. Nayland Collier played the saxophone and Layla Williford entertains guests at the J.J. “Monk” Harrington Visitor's Center on the campus of Historic Hope. Mary Mardre played the piano while Kim berly Dunlow sang. The library, dining room and upstairs foy er were also decorated See HOPE, A3 Officials: Prepare for winter weather early LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - North Carolina officials are encouraging everyone to plan now for storms during the winter months. North Carolina Gover nor Roy Cooper declared last week (Dec. 1-7) as Win ter Weather Preparedness Week. Gov. Cooper encourages North Carolinians to plan and prepare noW, before po tentially dangerous winter weather arrives. “Now is the time to make a plan so that you and your family are ready when win ter weather arrives,” said Gov. Cooper. Gov. Cooper urges resi dents to monitor changing weather conditions by listen ing to local media and pay ing close attention to winter weather warnings. A winter storm watch is issued when conditions are favorable for snow, sleet or freezing rain within 48 hours. A winter storm warning is issued when confidence is high that a winter storm is likely to produce at least three inches of snow, or ice accumulations of a quarter inch or more, within the next 24 hours. A winter weather advi see WINTER, A5 In this edition Church & Faith B3 /' Classified B4 Opinion A4 Out & About A2 irf'-'H Sports B1 f Good Morning, Bethe Reaves OF Bronx, NY Thank you for subscribing! 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