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Elizabeth City Chamber News by: Holly Staples Thank you to all who supported our 109th Annual Dinner on January 30. Whether you purchased a ticket, donated or bid on an auction item, or volunteered your time; you helped make our event a great success! During cocktail hour, attendees socialized with one another and competed to be the winning bidders of amazing auction items. Our 350+ guests enjoyed a delicious meal from Montero’s Restaurant, Bar, and Catering, while keynote speaker Brad Hurdle discussed how to harness generational diversity to your business advantage. This Month in NC History ncdcr.gov We gave much deserved recognition to the winners of our annual awards, and to retiring board members. Congratulations to our winners: Business of the Year: B&M Contractors Nonprofit of the Year: Chief Petty Officers Association Ambassador of the Year: Melanie Metzler, B&M Contractors Annalisa Morgan, of BB&T Bank was welcomed as our 2020 Chairman of the Board, and Don Prentiss of Hornthal, Riley, Ellis, and Maland was honored for her service as Board Chair in 2019. Also honored were retiring board members Dana Rabon and Lauren Spruill. Thanks once again for a great evening! We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Atlantic Union Bank to bring you the Albemarle Area Economic Forecast Breakfast on March 4. Dr. James Kleckley of East Carolina University will present his findings on our regional economic forecast. Tickets are on sale now, reserve yours today! Make sure you check out our 2020 Calendar of Events so that you don’t miss out on any of the great events we are offering this year! This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. - Dorothy Parker Winslow Accounting 857 Halstead Blvd. PO Box 2386 Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Joseph S. Winslow, Jr. Professional Financial Planner Accredited Tax Preparer Experience helping small businesses since 1973 N.C. Society of Accountants National Society of Accountants winslowacct@gmail.com 252-335-1619 Fax: 252-335-0540 On January 1, 1864, Parker Robbins of Bertie County, a free person of color of mixed African and Native American descent, enlisted in the 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Monroe, Va. Federal military authorities in eastern North Carolina began actively recruiting and enlisting African Americans for the United States Colored Troops in 1863, eventually establishing one artillery and three infantry regiments. Those wishing to join a mounted unit had to travel to Virginia to join. Robbins and his younger brother both did just that. With few exceptions, blacks were not allowed to hold commissioned ranks as officers, and the highest rank available was that of sergeant major. Robbins was promoted from private to sergeant major 10 days after his enlistment. He saw combat in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. After the war, he returned to Bertie County, where he was chosen as a delegate to the 1868 constitutional convention and served two terms as a state representative. Robbins then moved to Duplin County. He went on to own a steamboat, sawmill and cotton gin, and to secure several patents. He received a pension for his service and was active in local Union veterans’ affairs until his death in 1917. 6 Albemarle Tradewinds February 2020 albemarletradewinds.com
It’s February and I thought I’d devote a little reflection about Black History Month, particularly from my personnel exposure. I’m personally proud of my newly achieved, octogenarian status, and my early roots. So, how to link the two in my health oriented perspective? In 1937, my mother migrated from the Albemarle, in Northeast North Carolina, to the Morrisiana Section of the Bronx during the Harlem Renaissance. I was privileged to grow up in a multicultural neighborhood that exposed me to that remarkable era of cultural creativity. Langston Hughes who was one of my best friend’s uncle, was a frequent visitor to our block. My friend lived on the top floor of a five story walk up, so Mr. Hughes would stop and chat with us kids before his trek to visit his brother. He was a talkative guy with a lot to say. How I wish that there were personal technology like smart phones in those days, to have captured his incredible wisdom. It was not uncommon to hear musical icons like Thelonius Monk, Errol Garner, and Elmo Hope rehearsing their craft, in their apartments, and on the roofs. In those days, music was part of many school curriculum’s. Public schools even supplied loaner instruments, a practice that spawned generations of internationally acclaimed musicians. It seems to me, the world class musicians that came out of that environment, were a positive use of the educational budget. To have removed art and music appreciation from inner city schools, was misguided. The return of investment, justified continuance. Health and Nutrition Strategies For Cancer Survivors and Everybody Else Warren Green is a 30 year member of the Institute of Food Technology, A HAACP (hazard analysis critical control point) Instructor with a Bachelors degree in Nutrition Science. WHAT’S IN YOUR DIET? minutes. The old adage, music calms the savage beast, probably has some merit. It seems to me that we have been marketed away from our best first option. I began researching music therapy as a health strategy. Here are my findings: Music Therapy is an established health profession with a strong research foundation, which when used within a therapeutic relationship, addresses overall physical rehabilitation, facilitates movement, and provides among other things, an outlet for expression of feelings. My new 62+ community is a perfect spot to observe and promote music therapy as a viable component of health and nutrition strategies. . That segues into my Health & Nutrition Strategy Workshops, here at Overture, Virginia Beach .The initial workshop was a great success. We started with the essential nutrient,Lipids (oils/fats), then we had a Q and A interaction. I thought the Q & A, was the highlight of the session. I like the idea of being able to support my information with spontaneous visual documentation in a Q & A forum. Looking forward to the next workshop, February 19th 3pm. We’’ll finish up lipids, and begin protein. Join us. You are what you eat. Warren Green can be reached at warreng9241@hotmail.com Arsenault Construction ...from big to small. We do it all! Free Estimates - 35 Years experience Remodeling - Roofing John Arsenault 1211 Davis Bay Road Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Licensed and Insured Cell 252-455-0089 407 McArthur Drive, Elizabeth City 252-335-5882 Hello Spring Event March 14th 9 am - 3 pm at Kenyon Bailey Vendors, Pony Rides 11am - 1pm (some restrictions apply for riders), Face painting, Door Prizes and more!!! Come out and Celebrate Spring!!! A few years ago, I went home to attended a tribute to Elmo Hope Concert at Fordham University, that featured Jazz Master Jimmy Owens- Board Member of the Jazz Foundation of America, and a life long friend. My column, that month, talked about the intense stress of NYC traffic and how after a few minutes of the concert, I was totally unstressed. Pharmaceuticals usually require about 20 Hardison’s Carolina Barbecue (252) 792-2666 29606 Highway 64 Jamesville, North Carolina 27846 Want to hear Warren Green on our Local Voices Unfiltered Show? Local Voices Unfiltered Go to http://albemarletradewinds.com and look on the Youtube Tradewinds channel on the right column and click the upper left icon to see a list of videos facebook.com/AlbemarleTradingPost Albemarle Tradewinds February 2020 7
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Elizabeth City Chamber News<br />
by: Holly Staples<br />
Thank you to all who supported our 109th Annual Dinner on January 30.<br />
Whether you purchased a ticket, donated or bid on an auction item, or<br />
volunteered your time; you helped make our event a great success!<br />
During cocktail hour, attendees socialized with one another and competed to<br />
be the winning bidders of amazing auction items. Our 350+ guests enjoyed a<br />
delicious meal from Montero’s Restaurant, Bar, and Catering, while keynote<br />
speaker Brad Hurdle discussed how to harness generational diversity to your<br />
business advantage.<br />
This Month in<br />
NC History<br />
ncdcr.gov<br />
We gave much deserved recognition to the winners of our annual awards,<br />
and to retiring board members.<br />
Congratulations to our winners:<br />
Business of the Year: B&M Contractors<br />
Nonprofit of the Year: Chief Petty Officers Association<br />
Ambassador of the Year: Melanie Metzler, B&M Contractors<br />
Annalisa Morgan, of BB&T Bank was welcomed as our <strong>2020</strong> Chairman of the<br />
Board, and Don Prentiss of Hornthal, Riley, Ellis, and Maland was honored for<br />
her service as Board Chair in 2019. Also honored were retiring board members<br />
Dana Rabon and Lauren Spruill.<br />
Thanks once again for a great evening!<br />
We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Atlantic Union Bank<br />
to bring you the <strong>Albemarle</strong> Area Economic Forecast Breakfast on March 4.<br />
Dr. James Kleckley of East Carolina University will present his findings on our<br />
regional economic forecast. Tickets are on sale now, reserve yours today!<br />
Make sure you check out our <strong>2020</strong> Calendar of Events so that you don’t miss<br />
out on any of the great events we are offering this year!<br />
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly.<br />
It should be thrown with great force.<br />
- Dorothy Parker<br />
Winslow Accounting<br />
857 Halstead Blvd. PO Box 2386<br />
Elizabeth City, NC 27909<br />
Joseph S. Winslow, Jr.<br />
Professional Financial Planner<br />
Accredited Tax Preparer<br />
Experience helping small<br />
businesses since 1973<br />
N.C. Society of Accountants<br />
National Society of Accountants<br />
winslowacct@gmail.com<br />
252-335-1619<br />
Fax: 252-335-0540<br />
On January 1, 1864, Parker Robbins<br />
of Bertie County, a free<br />
person of color of mixed African and<br />
Native American descent, enlisted<br />
in the 2nd United States Colored<br />
Cavalry Regiment at Fort Monroe,<br />
Va. Federal military authorities in<br />
eastern North Carolina began actively<br />
recruiting and enlisting African<br />
Americans for the United States<br />
Colored Troops in 1863, eventually<br />
establishing one artillery and three<br />
infantry regiments. Those wishing<br />
to join a mounted unit had to travel<br />
to Virginia to join. Robbins and his<br />
younger brother both did just that.<br />
With few exceptions, blacks were<br />
not allowed to hold commissioned<br />
ranks as officers, and the highest<br />
rank available was that of sergeant<br />
major. Robbins was promoted from<br />
private to sergeant major 10 days<br />
after his enlistment. He saw combat<br />
in southeastern Virginia and northeastern<br />
North Carolina.<br />
After the war, he returned to Bertie<br />
County, where he was chosen as a<br />
delegate to the 1868 constitutional<br />
convention and served two terms as<br />
a state representative.<br />
Robbins then moved to Duplin<br />
County. He went on to own a<br />
steamboat, sawmill and cotton gin,<br />
and to secure several patents. He<br />
received a pension for his service<br />
and was active in local Union veterans’<br />
affairs until his death in 1917.<br />
6 <strong>Albemarle</strong> <strong>Tradewinds</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2020</strong> albemarletradewinds.com
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