November is designated every year as National Diabetes Month. The goal is to make the public more aware of the serious nature of the disease, and how to detect and control it. When our bodies are unable to maintain a normal blood sugar level, many complications may follow, including kidney failure. The disease is also the leading cause of new cases of blindness. Diabetes in the U.S. is on the rise, and some public health experts even refer to it …
Month: November 2015
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Preserving Prosperity in the Second District
Photo of the Week Our website underwent a face lift this past week, and we have a new design! My website provides a plethora of information for constituents including how to best contact me, receive help from a federal agency, request a flag to be flown over the United States’ Capitol and schedule a meeting with me. Please click here or the photo above to check out the new design and let me know your thoughts! Weekly Update: There …
Senator Richard Burr: No Bonuses for Tax Cheats Act
Did you know that IRS employees that don’t pay their taxes can still get bonuses from Uncle Sam? A review by the Treasury Inspector General found that IRS employees who are known tax cheats still received taxpayer funded bonuses. Report found that IRS tax cheaters received bonuses I think this is wrong. I’m working with a bipartisan group of senate colleagues to put a stop to it. This week, I introduced the No Bonuses for Tax Cheats Act which would …
VGCC opens Spring Registration, offers Orientation Sessions online and in-person
Registration for classes and orientation sessions for new students have begun for the Spring 2016 semester at Vance-Granville Community College, which starts Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. Attending an orientation session is required for all new students who wish to enroll in any of the college’s curriculum programs, and for students who are returning to VGCC after being away for three or more years. Students must also meet with an advisor or academic/career coach before registering for classes. To attend an …
Tuesday Open Line
Today is Cliché Day — any way you slice it, a minor and obscure occasion. While the ostensible purpose is to encourage our verbal banalities, it might also be stretched to stereotypes. Such as the cliché that men in particular are enchanted by sandwiches. If true, then today has double meaning, as it’s National Sandwich Day. This date was chosen in honor of the birthday in 1718 of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, and the purported inventor of …
Monday Open Line
Even with all of our electronic diversions, many of us listen to radio at some point every day. The wide variety of formats means we can choose our favorite type of music, and radio keeps us up to the minute on news and weather. The presidential election held on this date 95 years ago was the occasion of the first commercial radio broadcast. Station KDKA in Pittsburgh carried the results, in which Warren G. Harding defeated the ticket of James …