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Freedom Fireworks set for Friday night
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The skies will be
filled with fireworks Friday
night.
Or at least that’s the plan
despite some threat of rain.
The Windsor/Bertie Cham
ber of Commerce and the
town of Windsor are plan
ning to proceed with the July
2 Freedom Fireworks if Moth
er Nature will allow.
“Right now we realize there
is a call for scattered show
ers, but we are planning to
proceed if at all possible,”
Windsor/Bertie Chamber
of Commerce Executive Di
rector Lewis Hoggard said.
“We are excited about get
ting back to a semblance of
normalcy and have a crowd
gathered to celebrate Inde
pendence Day.”
The festivities will be held
at the Roanoke/Cashie River
Center on Water Street in
Windsor and will kick off at
5 p.m.
Magic 95.9 will be on hand
to broadcast live from the
site and a DJ, “Mixin’ Mike,”
See FIREWORKS, A5
VBH;
'Stroke
Ready'
WINDSOR - Vidant Ber
tie Hosital has earned
The Joint Commission’s
Gold Seal of Approval®
and the American Heart
Association’s/American
Stroke Association’s
Heart-Check mark for
Acute Stroke Ready
Hospital Certification.
Vidant Bertie Hospi
tal underwent a rigor
ous, virtual review on
March 11-12. During the
visit, the Joint Commis
sion reviewer evaluated
compliance with related
certification standards
including: a dedicated
stroke-focused pro
gram, staffing by quali
fied medical profession
als trained in stroke
care, collaboration with
local emergency man
agement agencies, 24/7
ability to perform rapid
diagnostic and labora
tory testing, ability to
administer intravenous
clot-busting medica
tions to eligible patients
and the availability of
telemedicine technol
ogy-
joint Commission
standards are devel
oped in consultation
with health care experts
and providers, mea
surement experts and
patients. The reviewer
See READY, A5
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Perdue - Lewiston associates were recognized with the Hero of Research Award recently.
Perdue receives honor.
Relay plans 2021 event
BRANDICE HOGGARD
Staff Writer
LEWISTON WOODVILLE - The
“Hero of Research” Award
was awarded to Perdue Farms
of Lewiston
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cently.
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KNtUK Perdue
was recog
nized for its
support of
Relay for Life
in 2020 when they received
the “Hero of Research” Award
for raising $165,000 for Relay
for Life of Bertie County. By
reaching the $165,000 fund
raising level for the first time,
the Perdue Lewiston plant
was one of three companies
nationally to achieve Hero of
Research status.
Bobbie Parker, the Presi
dent of the Bertie County
Chapter of American Cancer
Society stated, “On behalf
of Bertie Relay we are very
pleased and proud of Per
due, they have been working
towards this goal for several
years and have finally met it.
“It is rewarding to see it
happen through difficult
times of COVID, the payroll
deductions team pushed
through to finally meet their
goal,” Parker continued.
The Hero of Research
Award allows Perdue to fund
a three-year breast cancer
research project conducted
by Dr. Michael Lewis at the
University of North Carolina
Lineberger Comprehensive
Cancer Center. Dr. Lewis’s
research will study how en
hancer RNA molecules can
be utilized to treat triple-neg
ative breast cancer, the most
aggressive form of breast
cancer.
Since 1995, Perdue associ
ates have raised more than
$1.7 million in support of the
Relay for Life of Bertie Coun
ty, primarily through payroll
deduction and local fundrais
ing activities.
The 2021 Relay for Life is
still happening this year as
a drive through event for the
second year in a row. The
event will take place at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, August. 21.
It will remain in the parking
See RELAY, A5
Bertie
Keith Hyman
jailed
BY CAL BRYANT
Roanoke-Chowan News-Heraid
WINDSOR-Less than 24
hours after a Woodland
woman was gunned
down, her alleged killer
was be
hind bars.
Keith
Morris
Hyman,
age 44, of
Windsor
was locat
ed and ar
rested near a residence
in Windsor on Thursday
night.
Hyman is charged in
the Wednesday night
murder of 34-year-old
Angelec Wiggins of
Woodland.
That homicide oc
curred at a residence lo
cated in Arrowhead Mo
bile Home Park, off N.C.
35 north of Woodland.
Another female was
shot, allegedly by Hy
man, at the same loca
tion. She was rushed to
the hospital in critical
condition.
Hyman is charged
with one count of 1st de
gree murder, one count
of attempted 1st degree
murder, two counts of
assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to
See ARREST, A5
Wreaths Across America featuring 'Giving in July'
LESLIE BEACHBDARD
Managing Editor
WINDSOR - Throughout the
month of July, the nation
al nonprofit organization.
Wreaths Across America
(WAA) will be featuring its
In this edition
annual Giving In July cam
paign.
The campaign is dedicat
ed to the groups and indi
viduals giving back in their
communities while helping
to share the mission to “re
member, honor and teach.”
Locally, Edgewood Cem
etery is the home of the
Wreaths Across America
ceremony every year in De
cember.
Since its founding in 2007,
Wreaths Across America has
partnered with hundreds of
like-minded charities, com
munity programs and civic
groups throughout the coun
try to remember and honor
our nation’s veterans and
active duty military all year
long.
Giving In July celebrated
these groups and highlights
the opportunity to ‘do good
twice’ through the sponsor
ship of veterans’ wreaths
through the organizations
Group Sponsorship Pro-
See WREATHS, A5
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Out & About A2
Sports B1
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