For the week of July 23 on North Carolina Weekend, tempt your taste buds at The Tavern at Jack’s Neck in Belhaven. Go behind the scenes at Opera Wilmington in Wilmington. Discover Ashe County Cheese in West Jefferson. Tour Tapoco Lodge in Robbinsville. And check out the scene at the Nightbell Restaurant & Lounge in Asheville. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by Visit North Carolina. In addition, UNC-TV has made recent editions of …
Month: July 2015
Thursday Open Line
With the nation’s average warmest day of the year coming up tomorrow, many of us welcome ducking into a cool office, business, or home. For this relief, we can thank Willis Carrier, who in the depths of winter in 1906 received a patent for what he called an “apparatus for treating air.” His idea has changed the way many Americans live and where they might comfortably do so. He launched his own company 100 years ago this month, and the …
Vance County Schools Names Dr. Anthony Jackson As New Superintendent
The Vance County Board of Education Tuesday night voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Anthony “Tony” Jackson as the new superintendent of Vance County Schools. He will begin his duties as superintendent on August 1. Dr. Jackson’s career in public education spans 27 years in several districts in both North Carolina and Virginia. He began his teaching career in Wake County. He has served as a principal at all three levels in rural, suburban and urban districts. He also has been …
Vance-Granville Community Band Looking for Area Musicians, Announces first Fall Rehearsal
Would you like to get your musical instrument out of the closet, and play it again? Have you longed for your high school days, when you loved to play in an ensemble and wished you could do so again? The Vance-Granville Community Band, under the direction of VGCC music instructor Ivory Brock, is looking for people who would like to do just that. Since it was first formed in 2008, the all-volunteer community band has included VGCC students, local high …
Middle School students have unique STEM experiences at VGCC Science Camp
If you are an area middle school student who spent part of this summer breaking up rocks, bending glass, catching insects, dissecting squids and crayfish, making a compost bucket for worms or building a house for bats, then you must have been at Vance-Granville Community College’s fifth annual Science Camp. A total of 33 students, including rising sixth, seventh and eighth graders from Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties, completed the day camp, which was held June 15-19 at the …
Vance County Schools – Donations from Staples
The management and employees of the Staples Fulfillment Center on Poplar Creek Road in Vance County have donated approximately $12,000 worth of school supplies to Vance County Schools. Representatives of the school system and Staples are shown in the accompanying photo with the four pallets of items donated after they were delivered to the Vance County Schools’ Purchasing and Distribution Center. Shown in the photo are, from left, E.T. Newby, lead warehouseman for the school system; Kerri Williams, inventory control …
VGCC trustees learn work on Building 10 to start in September
The final designs for the Building 10 renovation project at Vance-Granville Community College’s Main Campus have gotten a thumbs-up from the State Construction Office, and the project is on track for work to start in late September. “We’ve got work to do, but we are ready to go ahead and bid that job out,” said Trustee Donald Seifert, Sr., chair of the Building Committee, in a report to the VGCC Board of Trustees at the board’s bi-monthly meeting on the …
VGCC Food Truck Entrepreneurship program comes back for seconds
Vance-Granville Community College will offer its Mobile Food Truck Entrepreneurship Workshop Series for the second time. This series of courses for entrepreneurs who want to compete in the growing food truck industry is unique in the North Carolina Community College System. A partnership of VGCC’s Small Business Center and Personal Enrichment department, the program will again be held at the college’s Franklin County Campus, located on N.C. 56, just west of Louisburg. Queen Harris, owner/operator of the Chick-n-Que mobile food …
Wednesday Open Line
The home front during World War II had to cope with some irritating impositions, notably gas rationing and a lack of new cars and tires. But what for many was a real crisis was coffee rationing. Decreed in 1942 because of hoarding and supply concerns, it proved very unpopular. Late this month in 1943, President Roosevelt ended the program because imports had rebounded. Coffee may have been an early import by the Jamestown colony in the 17th century. Coffee consumption …
City of Henderson City Council Special Called Meeting July 23rd, 2015
Mayor O’Geary has requested a Special Called Meeting of the Henderson City Council for Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to approve the appointment of a new City Manager. This meeting will be held in Council Chambers at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue, Henderson, NC. The public is welcome to attend.
Vance County Board of Education Called Meeting on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The Vance County Board of Education will hold a specially called meeting on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. at the Administrative Services Center Board Room, 1724 Graham Avenue, Henderson, N.C. The first item on the agenda will be a closed session for confidential personnel matters pursuant to G. S. 143-318.11(a)(6) and G.S. 115C-319. The second and final item on the agenda will be the open session vote and election of the new superintendent. Staff, parents, community members and …
City of Henderson Seeking Volunters to Join Boards and Commissions Committees
Opportunities exist for any City of Henderson citizen who has a desire to become more involved with issues that affect the community. Vacancies currently exist on the following committees: Henderson Community Appearance Commission Board of Adjustment Henderson-Vance Human Relations Commission Planning Board Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Commission Applications may be obtained at the City’s website http://ci.henderson.nc.us/legislative/boards-committees-and-commissions/, stop by City Hall, or call Esther McCrackin, City Clerk, at 252-430-5705.
Vance County Committee Meeting Notices – Planning/Environmental and Properties
Planning/Environmental Committee (Wilder, Garrison, Taylor) Wednesday, July 22 at 3:30 p.m. Purpose: Solar, Neighborhood Stabilization Program Properties Committee (Brown, Brummitt, Hester) Wednesday, July 29 at 9:00 a.m. Purpose: REO Properties, Space Study, Joint Properties Both meetings will be held in the Administrative Conference Room. Note: all commissioners are invited to attend.
Tuesday Open Line
A substantial and recurring feature of national media reporting — on TV, in newspapers and on the web — is devoted to nutrition and health. There, doctors and public health officials express concerns about obesity, diabetes, and the quality of the diet of many Americans. However, junk food shows little sign of waning in popularity. And every devil has its advocate, as today is National Junk Food Day. It celebrates the naughty temptations on offer, notably at the nearly quarter-million …
VGCC offers Administrative Assistant program in one semester
Area residents will have a new opportunity to gain a credential for jobs in office administration when the fall semester begins at Vance-Granville Community College on Aug. 17. The college is scheduling courses in a uniquely accelerated fashion that allows students to complete the entire 17-credit-hour Administrative Assistant certificate in just one semester, all at VGCC’s Franklin County Campus near Louisburg. Six courses are required for the certificate. On this accelerated schedule, students will take three courses during the first …
Vance County Board of Education Called Meeting July 21, 2015
VANCE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Called Meeting Tuesday, July 21, 2015 5:30 p.m. Administrative Services Center Board Room 1724 Graham Avenue Henderson, N. C. 27536 AGENDA Call to Order * II. Approval of Meeting Agenda * III. Executive Session – Personnel * IV. Adjournment * Requires Board Action
Senator Richard Burr: Funding for NC’s Poorest Students, Meals on Wheels, and Iran
This week, North Carolina’s students won big. I am very proud to share with you that two of my amendments to increase North Carolina’s education funding cleared the Senate. I’m beyond thrilled that North Carolinians will see a significant increase in education funding for our children as a result of these two pieces of legislation. For the future of our state, it is imperative that we do all we can to assist our students, regardless of background, in reaching high …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: No to a Bad Nuclear “Deal”
Video of the Week This week, I teamed up with members of the Republican Women’s Policy Committee to talk about national security on the House floor. I discussed the importance of funding a robust military presence, the impending threat of the Islamic State and the administration’s recent “deal” with Iran. Click here or on the photo above to watch the video. Weekly Update: This week, I learned that the Air Force Reserve Command has delayed the deactivation of the 440th …
White House Weekly Address: A Comprehensive, Long-Term Deal with Iran
In this week’s address, the President explained the comprehensive, long-term deal announced earlier this week that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. This agreement cuts off every pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon, implements unprecedented monitoring and inspections of Iran’s key nuclear facilities, and ensures that if Iran violates these terms, the strict sanctions previously imposed on the country will snap back into place. This is a good deal that demonstrates that American diplomacy …
Monday Open Line
It took a while after the invention of the gas-powered automobile by Karl Benz in Germany in 1886 for someone to steal the wheels. The first stolen car is said to be of a French aristocrat’s Peugeot in Paris in 1896. In this country, the first auto theft is believed to have occurred in St. Louis in 1905. But this slow beginning has become an all-too-robust present. With July and August being the peak months for automotive thefts, this is …