[ bird caws ] im jamie colby in southampton county, virginia. Im here to visit a family, some of whose ancestors were murdered in the nat turner slave revolt. Their strange inheritance . A powerful and some would say holy relic of that bloody and historic rampage. My name is wendy creekmoreporter. My stepfather inherited a bible with a controversial past. Hes 88, and his memorys going, so he asked me to tell our familys story. Hi, wendy. Im jamie colby. So nice to meet you. I meet wendy at persons methodist church. The forebearers of her stepfather, maurice person, started the church in 1838, seven years after the family is nearly decimated in nat turners slave rebellion. I cant think of a more appropriate place to learn about an old bible that survives from that bloody day. What did the bible look like . Tattered. Its missing the cover, very small. It was obviously something that you could carry on you. And, according to person family lore, the centuries old book belonged to the upris
Please call the phone line and make sure youre in a quiet location and that you mute any tvs, or radios. Item number one, call to order. role call . And we do have a quorum. Thank you. Well welcome to those who are watching this remotely. I hope you are all well at home. It imany are coping with lost js and keeping your family and children safe. Before we gip begin, i would lio thank the staff under the direction of bob beck who has kept the facility running and we appreciate your dedication and i know that several of you have had to be on site at the island on a regular basis. So bob, thank you in particular for your diligence. And also thank you one Treasure Island who has been coordinating with the San Francisco food bank for the delivery of free groceries for people who need it. Thank you to the staff and thank you to the San Francisco food bank and also, thank you to the School District for continuing to deliver meals to School Children on Treasure Island so they can eat three mea
This is the may 13, 2020 Treasure Island board meeting. Board members are participating remotely Via Video Conference and participating in the same extent as if they were physically present. Please call the phone line and make sure youre in a quiet location and that you mute any tvs, or radios. Item number one, call to order. role call . And we do have a quorum. Thank you. Well welcome to those who are watching this remotely. I hope you are all well at home. It imany are coping with lost js and keeping your family and children safe. Before we gip begin, i would lio thank the staff under the direction of bob beck who has kept the facility running and we appreciate your dedication and i know that several of you have had to be on site at the island on a regular basis. So bob, thank you in particular for your diligence. And also thank you one Treasure Island who has been coordinating with the San Francisco food bank for the delivery of free groceries for people who need it. Thank you to th
And globally cases now topping 4900000 with 325000 reported deaths now here in the United States alone the number of cases now 1500000 with 92000 deaths now take a closer look at what at what is happening in the nation the c. D. C. Has set guidelines for reopening america only to be shelved by the white house claiming that the guidelines were too specific as a result the c. D. C. Quietly releases a revised shorter version of the guidelines on its website and said now this as all 50 states are in the process of reopening just in time for memorial day and turning over to a state that is gaining some headlines now florida which has thus far been devastated with 2096 deaths while on monday the state started reopening for businesses part of the phase one approach to a new normal but its not without controversy as the Governors Administration is being accused of suppressing critical covert 19 data arties john hardy has more now from miami. Safe smart step by step thats the name of the state
Please call the phone line and make sure youre in a quiet location and that you mute any tvs, or radios. Item number one, call to order. role call . And we do have a quorum. Thank you. Well welcome to those who are watching this remotely. I hope you are all well at home. It imany are coping with lost js and keeping your family and children safe. Before we gip begin, i would lio thank the staff under the direction of bob beck who has kept the facility running and we appreciate your dedication and i know that several of you have had to be on site at the island on a regular basis. So bob, thank you in particular for your diligence. And also thank you one Treasure Island who has been coordinating with the San Francisco food bank for the delivery of free groceries for people who need it. Thank you to the staff and thank you to the San Francisco food bank and also, thank you to the School District for continuing to deliver meals to School Children on Treasure Island so they can eat three mea