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Volume 123:
No. 24
Bertie
Ledffer-Advance
^ THURSDAY-JUNE 17,2021
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Some employees decry size of raise
County fund balance half of required mark
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Managing Editor
WINDSOR - The Bertie Coun
ty Commissioners held a
public hearing Monday night
for the proposed 2021-2022
fiscal year budget.
During the presentation,
Bertie County Manager Juan
Vaughan, 11., said there had
been several work sessions
to look at the budget, and
several changes had been
made.
“The updated proposed
budget does not include a
tax rate increase. It does
include a one percent cost-
of-living adjustment. One
percent is better than no
percent,” he added.
Line item adjustments
were made to emergency
services, 9-1-1 and the sher
iff’s office.
“Some cuts were made
to make the budget work,”
Vaughan continued.
Bertie County received
$1.8 million from the Ameri
can Rescue Plan.
According to Vaughan,
part of this funding is pro
posed to be used for payroll
expenses during the COV-
lD-19 pandemic. The amount
to be used is approximately
$411,000.
“We are proposing to give
$1,500 bonuses to all Bertie
County employees for their
dedication and service dur
ing COVlD-19. This leaves
See BUDGET, A5
Blood
supply
is low
Two changes
to donate in
coming weeks
THADD WHITE
Editor
Q HP
0blood
WINDSOR - The Ameri
can Red Cross says it is
experi
encing a
“severe
blood
short-
age
and
there are two upcoming
opportunities to help.
The Rotary Club of
Windsor and Open Door
- Bertie are sponsor
ing blood drives in the
coming weeks, which
will allow citizens of the
ounty to donate to the
merican Red Cross.
A spokesperson for
he Red Cross said the
evere blood shortage
as due to the number
f trauma cases, organ
ransplants and elec- i
ive surgeries being on j
he rise. I
All blood types, but i
See DRIVE, A5 !
LEWIS HOGGARD / Eastern North Carolina Living
Colerain Baptist Church is one of the reasons the Colerain Historic District is on the National Register.
Colerain Historic District is
highlighted in Eastern Living
THADD WHITE
Editor
The third issue of Volume
13 is on the streets.
The newest installment of
Eastern North Carolina Liv
ing magazine features places
on the National Register of
Historic Places, including the
downtown area of Colerain.
The story, written by Lewis
Hoggard, details the history
of the Colerain Historic Dis
trict, speaks of some of the
beautiful architecture in the
town and how it came to be
included on the National Reg
ister.
“Colerain has such a rich
history, 1 thought it would be
important to highlight that
history through the recogni
tion of obtaining a historic
district designation,” said
Jaqueline Perry, \yho spear
headed the project. “Addi-
. tionally, the designation itself
may lead to future tourism
and to people visiting, and
possibly buying and preserv
ing homes in the district.”
The application was ap
proved and listed in April of
last year.
Colerain is just one of hun
dreds of such designations in
the 14 counties covered by
the magazine. Each county
had one of their locations
See MAGAZINE, A5
Beach
Day
Ok’d
Dates, events
still to be
determined
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Managing Editor
WINDSOR - Plans are
underway for another
Bertie County Beach
Day.
The Bertie County
Commissioners dis
cussed the possibility
of another Bertie Coun
ty Beach Day, but not
without debate.
Bertie County Recre
ation Director Donna
Mizelle presented two
suggestions and esti
mates to the commis
sioners earlier this
week.
According to Mizelle,
one of the major things
that would need to be
done would be cutting
the grass in the fields
and on the property,
trimming of any low-
lying trees and combing
the beach.
The cost of the bush
hogging and trimming
See BEACH, A3
eacher housing initiative revived, funding sought
GENE MOTLEY
For the Bertie Ledger-Advance
I WINDSOR - It would be a
[rong and worthy come-
ick.
|The idea to provide afford-
ple housing as a way of at-
this edition —
tracting and retaining Ber
tie County’s public school
teachers, which seemed
stalled or doomed only a few
months ago, now may be re
turning to the front burner.
District 1 Bertie County
Commissioner Ron Wes
son, who - along with the
full Board of County Com
missioners has been one
of those spearheading the
project - gave an update on
the progress of the revival to
the Bertie County Board of
Education at the BOE’s June
monthly meeting on June 8.
Based on housing market
analyses and surveys that
revealed a lack of afford
able housing, five districts in
North Carolina have already
built apartment complexes
for their teachers. Because
teacher salaries have not
kept pace with rising hous
ing costs, many teachers
are unable to afford housing
through a home purchase. In
those counties there are few
See HOUSING, A3
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