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LUCKYSEVEN Brandice Hoggard says always look for blessings. FOURTH&LONG David Friedman says sports brings family together. THISISTHEDAY Pastor Johnny Phillips says live life with integrity. SCAN ME Volume 124: No. 40 Bertie Ledger-Advance ^ Thursday ■ October 6,2022 msm AN Eom OF EASTERN UVING? PICK UP A COPY AT 109 S. KING STREET WINDSOR, NO 27983 EASTERN LIVING MAGAZINE 109 S. KING ST‘PO BOX 69 WINDSOR. NC 27983 252-794-3185‘FAX 252-794-2835 ASKEWVILLE AULANDER COLERAIN KELFORD 4- LEWISTON WOODVILLE > MERRY HILL 4- POWELLSVILLE ROXOBEL 4 WINDSOR Windsor man shot, killed near Washington The Daily Reflector Two brothers were shot and one died in a Wash ington mobile home park Sunday night, according to the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office. A news release from the office said that about 11:12 p.m. deputies re sponded to the area of Lin da and Rivercreek drives in the Rivercreek Mobile Home Park after received reports of a person shot. There they found two brothers suffering gunshot wounds. Deputies found Au’Mau’Vion Shiy’Trell Watford, 28, of Windsor deceased on the scene. Auviaughne Shakinge Wat ford, 29, of Williamston was transported to ECU Health for treatment. The office had no update on his status. The sheriffs office is asking anyone with in formation to call them at 840-4141 or Pitt-Greenville Crime Stoppers at 758- 7777. The younger Watford’s death is one of 14 report ed in Pitt County this year. Greenville Police have reported eight homicides and the sheriffs office four to include Watford. Ayden Police have also reported two homicides. Contact Pat Gruner at pgruner@reflector. com and (252)-329-9566. Next phase of construction begins on TGOW JOHN FOLEY Staff Writer The Bertie County Tall Glass of Water (TGOW) project will be closer to be coming a reality on 'Tuesday, Oct. 11 when the next phase of construction begins. The Bertie County Board of Commissioners awarded the $1,271,000 contract to A.R. Chesson Construction Company of Williamston at their regular September board meeting. The projected comple tion date of the project, ac cording to project coordina tor Robin Payton Payne, is early summer 2023. TTie transformation of Bertie Beach will be no ticeable with the addition of a two-mhe hiking trail, restrooms, a picnic shelter. r -. JOHN FOLEY/BERTIE LEDGER- ADVANCE The Bertie Beach will see upgrades and changes as the next phase of construction begins later this month. kayak storage along with ei^t primitive camping sites and a water fountain with water bottle refill ca pabilities. 'The site will also provide an ADA accessible path with handrails to the See TGOW, A3 Harvest Fest set for Saturday JOHN FOLEY Staff Writer This year’s Aulander Harvest Fest is opening its doors at noon on Saturday, Oct. 8 and E^pears to be making up for the two- year hiatus due to COVID. Since its 2014 inception when it was originally called the Aulander Peanut Fest, the event was held for the residents to celebrate the yearly peanut harvest. The town of Aulander changed the name of the event to the Aulander Harvest Fest once Golden Peanut ceased Au lander operations. While this year’s event is an abbreviated event com pared to past years, primari ly due to the two-year lapse See FEST,A2 Aulander conservationist Alton Perry earns award JOHN FOLEY Staff Writer Aulander resident Alton Peny is dedicated to help ing poor families, rich in land, create wealth through timber management. It’s that dedication that earned Perry the “Forest ry Conservationist of the Year” honors from the N.C. \Wldlife Federation (NCWF). Perry spent 40 years in the N.C. Forest Service, retiring in 2012. Soon after, in 2013, he joined the Roa noke Electric Cooperative as Director of Sustainable Forestry and Land Reten tion Project (SFLR). The program (SFLR) was launched in the year Perry retired by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the En dowment) in partnership with two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies: the Natural Re sources Conservation Ser vice (NRCS) and the Forest Service. The project’s goal was to assist rural African Amer ican landowners address heirs’ property and land retention issues while un derstanding the value of responsibly managing for est land. Since then, addi tional supporters focused on redressing Black land loss have included The JPB Foundation and the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foun dation. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Alton Perry (center) receives his Forest Conservationist of the Year Award from Jeff Michael (left) and John Hairr during the 58th annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards banquet held Sept. 10 in Cary. Roanoke Electric Co operative’s (SFLR) project launched in 2013. One of the project’s goals was to enhance the quality of life in the diverse communities it serves. The program assists families in the company’s service area to increase the income and asset value of family-owned forestland. The program works with area landowners and en courages forest health, land retention and the opportu nity to create intergenera- tional wealth. Under Perry’s direction the program has grown to assist families in seven counties in a number of areas once barriers for Afri can American landowners. Today, Perry and his team focus on sharing knowledge of forestry, ag riculture and conservation, while offering technical assistance and avenues to capital through U.S. De partment of Agriculture programs. The program also offers access to attor neys for estate planning. Perry was among the 19 agency professionals, elect ed officials, volunteers and organizations honored on Sept. 10 at the 58th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards ban quet in Cary. NCWF Board Chair John Hairr and Deputy Secretary Jeff Michael with the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Re sources presented hon- orees wittt custom-made wildlife statuettes follow ing a thank you video mes sage from Gov. Roy Cooper. “Alton Perry spent 40 years with the N.C. Forest Service, and retired in 2012, but he wasn’t quite ready for the golden years. That same year he started work as director of sustainable forestry and land retention for the Roanoke Electric Cooperative, said Award Chairman T. Edward See PERRY, A3 Long overdue book returned to JHR WILLOW ABBEY MEDCANDO/THE DAILY REFLECTOR J.H. Rose High School graduate Bob Forbes and the school’s media coordinator, Olivia Mills, look through an old yearbook and find a picture of Forbes’ sister, Cynthia Cranford, who graduated with Rose’s first class in 1958. Bertie County resident delivers book to library after 65 years KIM GRIZZARD The Daily Reflector On a trip firom his home in Bertie County to Greenville last week. Bob Forbes de cided to take care of some long overdue business — more than 65 years overdue. The J.H. Rose High School graduate and former co-captain of the Rampants football team stopped by the school library Friday to return a copy of the biogra phy “Thomas Jefferson” by Gene lisitzky. Stamped on the due-date slip was Oct. 30,1956. “It ended up in my par ents’ attic,” Forbes said as he handed in the weU-pre- served, hard-cover book at the media center’s fi'ont desk. “I wanted to give it back to the people that own it.” Rose Media Coordinator Olivia Mills has never seen anyone return a Ubrary book more than six decades after checkout. “This never happens,” she said. “Generally, if it’s a year overdue we’re writing it off like it’s a lost-cause kind of thing. The fact that we’re getting it back after (almost) 70 years is kind of mind-boggling.” Forbes, who graduat ed fi:om Rose in 1971, was three years old in 1956, hardly the age to be reading a presidential biography. His older sister, Cynthia Cranford, a mgjorette and a member of Rose’s first grad uating class in 1958, is the See BOOK, A3 In this edition Good morning, RIchard HoiLomiL or LUipsor Thank YOU FOR subscribing! Find US on Facebook www.bertieledgeradvance.com INDEX Church & Faith B4 Classified B2 Opinion A4 Sports Bi 0 11711 35906 6 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8™ 5:30 - 7:30 P.M. 122 E. GRANVILLE ST. WINDSOR MEET THE MURAL ARTISTS ANDREW & SARAH MCWILSON FROM HAND IN HAND CREATIVE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT BE A PART OF THE INSPIRATION FOR BERTIE COUNTY’S NEwmmm
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