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MEDITATING LUCKYSEVEN Sylvia Hughes says there are Brandice Hoggard says she 7’ JS AF reasons she believes in God. loves being a mother. Page 2 Page 4 FOURTH&LONG David Friedman says Team USA basketbali is in trouble. Page 3 Volume 123: No. 27 Bertie 980 S. Academy St. Ahoskie,NC 27910 jHL ^ jml Ledffer-Advance ^ THURSDAY-JULY 15,2021 Heating & Air Conditioning 252209.0223 g ^ Askewville • Aulander * Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woodville • Merry Hill • Powellsville • Roxobel • Windsor. Kelford has two seeking mayor’s seat Three towns have no candidates thus far THADD WHITE Group Editor hold municipal elections this fall are currently open for filing. So far, there are candidates in just four of those towns. Roxobel, Colerain and WINDSOR - While filing re mains slow, one town has an interesting slate. Seven towns which will Askewville have not seen Thus far current Kelford any candidates file for office. In the western part of the county, however, Kelford has two candidates for may or - neither the incumbent in that office. Commissioner Randy Rob- toy, who is in his first term on the board, has filed for mayor as has Kelford Fire Chief Gary Scott Jr. Incum bent Mayor Bailey Parker has not yet filed. Three people have also filed for the Kelford Board of Commissioners, only one of which is an incumbent. Current Commissioner Har vey Wayne Bland will seek another term in office. He is joined by newcomer Mi chael A. Johnson Sr. and Ken Cain, who lost his bid for of fice after casting lots for the See FILING, 3 slated BRANDICE HOGGARD Staff Writer AULANDER - The Amer- cian Red Cross needs donors as there is a “se vere blood shortage” and there is an upcom ing opportunity to help. The Aulander Public Community Building is sponsoring a blood drive, which will allow citizens to donate. The American Red Cross needs to collect more than 1,000 addi tional blood donations each day to meet the current demand as hos pitals respond to an un usually high number of traumas and emergen cy room visits, organ transplants and elective surgeries. All blood types, but especially type O and those giving platelets, are needed. “When seconds count in emergency trauma situations, it’s the blood already on the shelves that can make the differ ence in lifesaving care,” said Barry Porter, Re gional CEO of Red Cross Eastern North Carolina See BLOOD, 3 ■'•N ■ KAIAK FILE PHOTO / Russ Russelll There were a host of people on the water during the first Bertie Beach Day in 2019, Bertie Beach Day slated to return LESLIE BEACHBOARD Managing Editor MERRY HILL - Bertie Beach Day is coming soon. The Bertie County Commis sioners have approved a date and plans are being made for the 2021 Bertie Beach Day at Bertie County Beach, which is part of the Tall Glass of Wa ter (TGOW) project. The beach day celebra tion will be held on Saturday, Sept. 4, to go along with the celebration of Labor Day weekend. According to Bertie County Parks and Recreation Direc tor Donna Mizelle, there will need to be several projects done at the beach before the event can be held. This in cludes having the property mowed with a bushhog and a tractor, having the sand combed on the beach and a few other small projects. Plans for the event include having food trucks on site serving a variety of meal op tions, other vendors and ac tivities for all ages. This year food will not be provided by the county to those in attendance. Food must be purchased by the See BEACH, 3 FAFSA forms sought LESLIE BEACHBOARD Managing Editor RALEIGH - Only 29 per cent of Bertte County’s high school seniors have filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) this year, according to the North Carolina First in FAFSA School Track er. North Carolina lead ers are concerned with statewide application numbers down nearly six percent year over year. “I encourage each of our students to com plete the FAFSA. It is not just for loans, but also offers grants and work studies. There are a lot of benefits of complet ing a FAFSA. 1 would say 99 percent of our students completed the forms. It is so much eas ier than it use to be. All of it can be completed online, and only has to be completed one time. Once it is completed, it can be sent to several schools. The students don’t have to accept the offers, especially for See FORMS, 3 Good Shepherd Food Pantry garners new grants BRANDICE HOGGARD Staff Writer The Good Shepherd Food Pantry (GSFP) of Windsor received the Creating New Economies Fund (CNEF) re cently. In this edition — The amount of the funding rewarded was $12,000. The primary focus of the project with the is to advance the triple bottom line, increase access to healthy food, and support small farmers. The grant dollars were used in many different ways. In order to increase foot traf fic at the market they used programs and their survey data to accommodate shop pers by addressing the bar riers that they specified. In order to do that, they fol lowed CDC guidelines for COVlD-19, provided SNAP programming, changed the hours to 11-3 p.m. on Fridays, provided a greater variety of produce, targeted outreach through GSFP, created spe cial activities/programming such as “Kids Day” and invit ed other vendors and food trucks to come and support the market. The CNEF funding allowed the market to be able to sup- See GRANTS, 7 RELAY FOR LIFE Church & Faith 2 Classified 6 Opinion 4 Out & About _. 2 Sports 3 ( Good Morning, Jessie & Patricia Burden OF Windsor Thank you for subscribing! Find us on Facebook 11711 35906 Bertie got to be .AGRICULTURE mimm tffvtuiiiiititiitai Ti :rf.
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