Newspapers / Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.) / Aug. 13, 2020, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
INSIDE: COVID19 testing planned Saturday... *>»********5-DIGIT 27892 iVICCP0008293- MCC LIBRARY 1161 KEHUKEE PARK RD WILLIAMSTON NC 27892-8307 23 10 Le AUGUST 13,2020 Page 4 980 S. Academy St. Ahoskie,NC 27910 *¥% tW JV^STERS Heating & Air Conditioning 252209.0223 Askewville • Aulander • Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woodville • Merry Hill • Powelisville • Roxobel • Windsor RECOVERY BEGINS Bertie citizens start reciaiming their iives - with help DEBORAH GRIFFIN The Daily Reflector WINDSOR - Volunteers in neon-orange and blaze-yellow T-shirts dotted the ransacked landscape over the weekend. The shirts were like a beacon of hope in the communities devastat ed by an EF-3 tornado, which splintered trees and obliterated homes earlier in the week. The tornado, spawned by Hurricane Isaias, killed two people and injured at least 25. The twister completely de stroyed 26 homes, left eight deemed unsafe for occupancy and dam aged over 200 in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 4 along 10-mile stretch in Southern Bertie County, particularly on Morning and Woodard roads. Dwellings and lives were turned inside out within minutes. Personal belongings, evidence of happier times, were scattered haphazardly among DEBORAH GRIFFIN/The Daily Reflector Volunteers from Samaritan’s Purse help clean up some of the disaster area foilowing last week’s tornado. 1 smashed vehicles, rea bicycle, its training siding and roofing ma- who came to help vic- busted home-applianc- wheels mangled, was terial. tims pick up the pieces es, twisted metal and embedded 25-feet up The brightly colored left in the wake of the soggy insulation. in a tree twisted with T-shirts helped identify ^ A toddler’s bright electrical lines, metal many of the volunteers See HELP, 3 Businesses join together to provide meals DEBORAH GRIFFIN The Daily Reflector WINDSOR - On Satur day, two Bertie Coun ty businesses joined together to provide some Southern com fort for their hurting neighbors. Rachel’s House, a non-profit mental health agency, and Bubba’s Roadside Gril- lin,’ a catering busi ness, along with their respective family mem bers, gave out over 200 plates of food on Morn ing Road, which in cluded grilled chicken. sausage, green beans, corn on the cob, pota to salad and macaroni salad. Rachel Hill, the 92-year-old matriarch of the family, for whom Rachel’s House is named, received credit for the family wanting to give back. “Our grandmother See MEALS, 2 Gov. Cooper gets first-hand look at devastation DEBORAH GRIFFIN The Daily Reflector WINDSOR - A tornado that killed two people during Hurricane Isa ias early Tuesday de stroyed or damaged more than 230 homes along a 10-mile stretch in rural Bertie County, officials said during a visit by Gov. Roy Coo per. The governor trav eled to Windsor on Wednesday, a day after the hurricane, to see a devastating scene. In this edition Trees were split in half like discarded match- sticks, power lines were flung about like Christ mas tinsel and per sonal belongings were strewn about rows of obliterated homes, as if a giant wrecking ball had swung through the scene. According to county board Chairman Ron Wesson, the tornado hit just before 2:30 a.m. and wreaked havoc in the Cedar Landing See COOPER, 3 N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper got a first-hand look at the devastation caused resulted from Hurricaine Isaias last week. DEBORAH GRIFFIN / The Daily Reflector by a tornado that Drugs found in car From Staff Reports WINDSOR - A vehicle stop led to the arrest of a Windsor man on drug- related charges Aug. 7. Windsor Police Lt. Frank Ratzlaff said offi cers stopped a vehicle, received permission to search it and arrested one of the three occu pants. Last Friday, Windsor Police Officer Tonya Todd stopped a vehicle on U.S. 13 north after noticing an obstruction of the rear view mirror. In addition to Officer Todd, Officer Jessie Mizelle also came to the scene. After talking with the driver, officers received permission to search the vehicle. Sgt. Jason Thomas arrived to help with the search and officers found a bag of empty heroin wrappers and five needles with one containing white resi due around the rim. Cpl. Blake Mizelle also assisted in the traffic stop. At that point officers took the driver - iden tified as 27-year-old Robert Jake Ray of 103 Thomasville Lane in Windsor - into custody. After Ray was taken into custody, two females who were passengers in the car were searched and found not to have any illegal items on their person. Upon further inves tigation, officers found two heroin packages that were loose in the vehicle. After the drugs were discovered, Ray was transported to appear before a magistrate where he was charged with felony posses sion of a Schedule 1 controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was confined to the Bertie- Martin Regional Jail in lieu of a $2,000 secured bond. Church & Faith B3 Classified B4 RELAY FOR LIFE Life & style A3 Opinion A4 Sports B1 ( Good Morning, COLEEN McGlONE OF Lewiston Woodville Thank you for subscribing! Find us on Facebook Volume 122: No. 34 0 11711 35906 6 3ERTIE loUNfy eMERGENC\J SERVICES •ssft.ma ^ Bertie County Non-Emergency Transports 252-794-5334 • 252-325-2460 Family Helpins Family
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 13, 2020, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75