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INSIDE: Financial moves for widows and widowers... Bertie Ledffer-Advance ^ THURSDAY • OCTOBER 1,2020 980 S. Academy St. Ahoskie,NC 27910 MASTERS Page 3 Heating & Air Conditioning 252209.0223 rM g s; K CO Q; a - lii: ^ 3E o- , m I lu OO ^ 5 ' ^ =£. 15 2 o x; - 2: S uj: lo * S ZI Si S S Askewville • Aulander • Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woodville • Merry Hill • Powellsville • Roxobel • Windsor Powell Bill funds ‘essential’ to towns Municipal leaders say street help needed THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance RALEIGH - Powell Bill Funds totaling nearly $80,000 is headed to Bertie County. Those funds, provided by the N.C. Department of Transportation, are part of nearly $132.7 million in state street aid to municipalities. The initial allocation went out last week, with the other half to be paid by January. The Powell Bill funds are state funds sent to each mu nicipality based on non-state maintained roads and popu lation. They can be used for street resurfacing, main tenance of roads, bridges, drainage systems, sidewalks and green ways. “Powell Bill funds are es sential to Roxobel and ev ery other town in Bertie County,” Roxobel Mayor Gary Johnson said. “1 seri ously don’t know what we would do without Powell Bill funds.” Johnson said Roxobel uses the money for street repair and sidewalks. He said the See ESSENTIAL, 7 FOOTBALL IS BACK Lawrence Academy kicked off the local prep football season Thursday and Friday. The jayvee Warriors hosted Northeast Academy Thursday night before the varsity team - a com bination of Lawrence and Albemarle School - traveled to THADD WHITE / Bertie Ledger-Advance Pungo Christian Academy Friday. The Warriors are the only Bertie County team playing football at this time. See their schedule at lawrenceacademy.org. Magazine features Powell & Stokes THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance They are places ev eryone knows. Places that have been in place for gen erations - run by the same families and vis ited by the same cus tomers generation af ter generation. The newest edition of Eastern North Caro lina Living focuses on 12 multi-generation In this edition LIVING im STOKES businesses in the mag azine’s coverage re gion, including Bertie County’s own Powell & Stokes. Founded in 1919 by brothers-in-law W.L. Powell and J.T. Stokes, Powell & Stokes is an agricultural icon - not just in Bertie County but the entire north eastern corner of North Carolina. “Our word is our bond, and our hand shake is still good,” said current Powell & Stokes President Jack Powell Jr. “We treat folks like we want to be treated. If it weren’t for our customers, we wouldn’t still be here.” The businesses cur rent makeup - includ ing the addition of Ber tie County Peanuts - is covered in the current Eastern Living story, which was authored by Gene Motley. Bertie County resi dents will also be See MAGAZINE, 3 Sorority joins iist of those aiding victims WINDSOR - On Aug. 4, Hurricane Isaias spawned tornadoes which touched down on the Morning Road (Bertie County) and Pi- netops Road (Hertford County). The tornado totally destroyed some of the residents’ homes and personal properties. These families were lo cated in the service area of the Ahoskie Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., who quickly made a de cision to launch a com munity service project to assist and help these “Hurricane Victims” and their families. Delta Sigma Theta So rority, Inc. is a private, non-profit and non partisan organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through estab lished programs in local communities through out the world. The or ganization was founded on January 13, 1913 by 22 college-educated women at Howard Uni versity (Washington, DC). These students wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic ex cellence and to provide assistance to those in See CHAPTER, 7 Grass clippings are dangerous SARAH HODGES STALLS AND THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance Is it illegal to allow grass clippings to be blown onto the road way when mowing? This question has been a hot topic on so cial media channels in recent weeks. Many motorcyclists are concerned about the grass clippings on the highway, and there have even been propos als in the N.C. General Assembly to outlaw it. According to North Carolina General Stat ute 14-399 - Littering, the practice is not ille gal, however; it is high ly discouraged by law enforcement for safety reasons. “No, it may not be il legal to blow grass clip pings on the roadway, but it can cause harm,” according to Master Trooper Brad Taylor of the North Carolina Highway Patrol’s Troop A office in Greenville. Taylor confirmed bio degradable substances are not considered lit ter under the defining statute. He explained there have been multi ple attempts to change the language of the lit- See CLIPPINGS, 7 Church & Faith 5 Classified 6 Obituaries 2 Opinion 4 Out & About 2 Good AAorning, Dorothy Taylor OF Merry Hill Thank you for subscribing! Find us on Facebook Volume 122: No. 41 11711 » 103 West Granville St., Windsor, NC 27983^ii4? 252-794-3468 Little Golden Skillet congratulates this week’s Athiete of the Week. Little Golden Skillet 103 W Granville St. Windsor, NC 27983 SPORTS What Bertie Ledger-Advance columnist is a fan of the San Dii^ Padres? Email responses to twhite@ncweeklies.com
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