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with family
LEWIS HOGGARD / Windsor/Bertie Chamber of Commerce
Tri-County Airport Authority General Manager Henry Joyner and Board Chair Tammy Lee cut the ribbon on a $1.4 million
new terminal at the airport Thursday afternoon.
'Thrilled with heautihii faciiity'
Tri-County Airport officially opens new terminal
LEWIS HOGGARD
Windsor/Bertie Chamber
AULANDER - The wait was worth
it!
The brand-new terminal on
Henry Joyner Field at Tri-Coun-
ty Airport opened last week.
The modern well-designed ter
minal now welcomes visitors
by air to Bertie, Hertford and
Northampton counties. The old
terminal had long since served
its purpose and needed to be
replaced many years ago.
A first impression only hap
pens once. Now visitors from
prospective businesses and
from current employers will be
greeted upon arrival at the air
port by a state-of-the-art facil
ity. The new terminal has over
3,000 square feet of space in
cluding a conference room for
meetings at the airport. Rep
resentatives from Perdue and
Republic Services were present
to celebrate, and also donated
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
POWELLSVILLE - A teen
ager reported missing
in Bertie
C o u n -
ty last
week
has
been
found
safe.
Bertie
County
Sheriff
John Holley said the
missing teen was with
family members during
her two-day disappear
ance.
“Once we sent out a
Smallwood
missing persons alert,
they contacted our of
fice,” Sheriff Holley
said.
The sheriff said the
teen, identified as Ta-
vionna Smallwood, had
been turned over to the
Bertie County Depart
ment of Social Services
on Friday afternoon.
The missing person
bulletin was initiated
earlier Friday. Sheriff
Holley’s office was of
fering a reward for her
safe return.
Bertie County Chief
Deputy Kenny Perry
said the teenager had
See MISSING, 3
School timetable
sees no change
The new terminal at TrI-County Airport.
for the purchase of furniture for
the terminal.
$1.4 million was spent on
the facility with the funding
from the Division of Aviation
of North Carolina Department
of Transportation and Federal
Aviation Administration pro
gram. Around 10,000 aircraft
operations are done a year at
-AlLaaSiL..
the airport. The airport has
4,500-hundred-foot runway,
that was first paved in 1965.
Bertie County Commission
Chair Tammy Lee hosted the
ribbon-cutting for the terminal,
as well as serving as the Chair
of Tri-County Airport Com-
See TERMINAL, 3
BY GENE MOTLEY
For the Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - In keeping
with his earlier state
ment that teachers
and staff have “gone
above and beyond,”
N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper
signed a coronavirus
relief bill last week that
will dole out money the
state received as part
of stimulus bill the U.S.
Congress passed in De
cember.
The federal funds
provide money for
schools to reopen, pub
lic health officials to
distribute the vaccine
and residents to help
pay their rent.
The law includes $1.6
billion for education
with the aim of helping
get kids back to school
quicker and addressing
learning loss the pan
demic has exacerbat
ed. But unlike the plan
from state lawmakers.
Cooper wants one-time
direct payments of
$2,500 to teachers and
principals. Cooper’s ad-
See SCHOOL, 2
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
White believed in love of God, fellow man
(Editor’s Note: Each year during February, the Bertie Ledger-Advance looks
back at a Bertie resident who was part of the county’s history, but has since
passed away. This year we share a story about the late Rev. Ralph White, one
of our favorites, who died in 2017.)
BY DEBORAH GRIFFIN
Bertie Ledger-Advance
The late Rev. Ralph White with one of his fa
vorite fishing poles.
From the highways of Baltimore
to the country lanes of Windsor, the
Rev. Ralph D. White ministered to the
lost and hurting for over 40 years.
White, who passed away on Aug.
31, 2017, officially retired in 2011
from Bertie’s Indian Woods Mission
ary Baptist Church after 12 years of
service.
From that time until his death, he
returned to Baltimore when called
upon, and preached in and around
Windsor when invited. He even
served as Interim Pastor of Sandy
Point Baptist Church until his death.
“I preach wherever there is a need,”
he said, but he also was enjoying be
ing retired - fishing whenever he got
the chance.
A native of Windsor, White moved
to Asheville with his family when
he was five. His father pastored a
church there.
During the summers, he would re
turn to Bertie to work on his uncles’
farms.
“I had the best of both worlds,” he
See WHITE, 3
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FOR LIFE
Church & Faith 5
Classified 6
Obituaries 2
Opinion 4
Out & About 2
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