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GRACE&TRUTH Pastor Webb Hoggard honors those who have served. A2 CHAMBERCHAHER Lewis Hoggard celebrates a successful Spectacular. SMALLTOWNGIRL Leslie Beachboard attends her first turkey shoot. A3 A4 id) SCAN ME Bertie Ledeer-Advance ^ Thursday ■ November 11,2021 oe» Volume 123: No. 45 ASKEWVILLE >.AULANDER ♦ COLERAIN > KELFORD ♦ LEWISTON WOODVILLE ^ MERRY HILL ^ POWELLSVILLE ♦ ROXOBEL 980 S. Academy St. Ahoskie,NC 27910 JV^^^STERS Heating & Air Conditioning 252209.0223 s ».1 In «o Election draws mixed results for incumbents Hoggard elected new mayor of Windsor THADD WHITE Group Editor The municipal election on Tues day, Nov. 2 was a mixed bag for in cumbents. In Windsor, current Windsor Commissioner Randy K. Whitaker easily won a second term, while incumbents fared less well in con tested races in Roxobel, Kelford and Aulander, according to unof ficial results. In Windsor, Whitaker was the leading vote-getter among three candidates for town commission er. The retired Bertie High School Athletic Director won a second term by gamering 192 votes. Finishing second was former Bertie County Commissioner L.C. Hoggard m, who garnered 148 votes. David Bunch finished just behind with 144 votes. There was one vote for a write-in candidate. Windsor/Bertie Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lewis Hoggard was successful in his bid for mayor, gamering 271 votes. There were nine write-ins. Kelford’s three-person mayor’s race was won by current Commis sioner Randy D. Robtoy, who was named on 28 ballots. He outdis tanced incumbent Mayor Bailey Parker (14) and Kelford Fire Chief Gary Scott Jr. (13). TTie race for town board saw enough write-ins to possibly un seat an incumbent commissioner. Michael A. Johnson Sr. led all vote-getters with 41 votes. He was followed by incumbent John “Timmy” Eaton (33), Ken “KC.” Cain (29), Jim T. HarreU (21) and Harvey Wayne Bland (14). TTiere were 35 write-in votes, meaning one candidate could be defeated by the write-ins if enough were See ELECTION, A6 Bertie in new districts Sen. Bazemore now in heavily Republican district THADD WHITE Group Editor Bertie County is on the move. The voters of Bertie Coimty will find themselves in a new district for the U.S. House of Representatives, N.C. Senate and N.C. House if maps adopted last week by the N.C. General Assem bly withstand court chal lenges. New maps were required to be drawn after the 2020 Census, which saw North Carolina’s population grow to the point of adding an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the U.S. House, Bertie County wiU move into the second congressional dis trict, but will still be in the same district with current U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield. The expansive district goes from the Virginia bor der to the southern portions of Wayne Coimty and from Caswell County in the west all the way to Washington County in die east. The second district will have Bertie, Hertford, Northampton, Martin, Edge combe, Nash, Washington, Franklin, Wilson, Greene, Halifax, Warren, Vance, Granville, Person and Cas well counties along with a portion of Wayne County. Rep. Butterfield has been in a relatively safe Demo cratic district, but will now be in one that leans only about 51 percent in favor of the incumbent’s party, ac cording to experts. As for the state senate, Bertie Coimty is currently represented by N.C. Senator Ernestine Byrd Bazemore, See DISTRICTS, A6 In this edition ANDRE' ALFRED / BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE Blue Jay Recreation Center officials were joined by Bertie County Commissioners to cut the ribbon on the new 7,000-square-foot facility Saturday morning. A dream come true Blue Jay celebrates new center LESLIE BEACHBOARD Managing Editor INDIAN WOODS - It was a dream come true. Bertie County officials, the di rectors of the Blue Jay Recreation Center and supporters and citizens gathered on Saturday (Nov. 6) for the long awaited ribbon cutting cer emony of the new Blue Jay Recre ation Center complex. The ceremony was postponed late summer due to the increase of COVID-19 cases throughout the county. Bertie County Manager Juan Vaughan n, welcomed everyone out on the colA windy day to celebrate the special occasion not only for the community but also the county. “There has been a lot of hard work put into this building from current and previous county offi cials and members of this commu nity,” said Vaughan. Indian Woods Missionary Bap tist Church Pastor, the Rev. David npri r S| ANDRE' ALFRED / BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE Blue Jay Recreation Center President Ronald Rascoe explained how a community dream turned into a reality. Moore led the opening invocation. “This project started as an idea many years ago. It took time and lots of prayer,” said Blue Jay Rec reation Center President Ronald Rascoe. Rascoe thanked former Bertie Coimty Corrunissioner and current N.C. State Senator Ernestine Byrd Bazemore for her efforts to turn the idea into a reality. “She saw the designs and said See DREAM, A5 Ross Baptist Church is local dropoff point BRANDICE HOGGARD Staff Writer WINDSOR - Operation Christmas Child is right around the comer. National collection week for Operation Christmas Child is nearing fast as it wiU be Nov. 15-22 this year. This project is through the Samaritan’s Pui'se that partners ■with local church es world-wide to share the good news of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations. It’s mission is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to the children that are in need around the world. What is the Operation Christmas Child? It is a shoe box that the Samaritan’s Purse collects that is filled with toys, school supplies and hy giene items for the children around the world. The Operation Christmas Child Project all begins with children or seniors who pack the shoebox gifts each year. The local churches then collect the boxes from their communities. Local churches serve as a drop off location for the shoeboxes. Then it is time to ship the boxes to the children. For this to take place thousands of volunteers serve annually to inspect and prepare the shoeboxes for internal shipping. Wtule this is taking place the work ers -will stop every hour for a few minutes to pray for the children that are going to re ceive these boxes. It is not to late to pack a shoebox or several shoe- boxes for a child to make «» See BOXES, A5 (aOOV MORNING, HodCiCiARP ctAhoskie Thank you tor stiBscRiBiNGl Find us on Facebook wvvw.bertieledgeradvance.com Church & Faith. Classified Opinion Out & About Sports... n rn jbvue 6 iiuiaiiiihi BGRVKZeS Bertie County Non-Emergency Transports 252-794-5334.252-325-2460 Family Helping Family
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