2016’s first of three free “Meet Me in the Street” concerts is scheduled for Friday, May 20 featuring “The Konnection Band”. A local favorite and one of the East Coast’s premiere party bands, The Konnection specializes in a variety of music including Top 40, Rock, Country, R & B, Beach and Oldies. The free concert will take place on Breckenridge Street in Downtown Henderson from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. A variety of food vendors will be on hand and ID …
Month: April 2016
SVHS Art Students in Vans Shoe Competition
Southern Vance High School art students have entered the Vans Custom Culture Shoe Competition and have been chosen as one of only 50 school groups across the United States to compete in regional competition for top honors! The students, all enrolled in Intermediate Visual Art classes with Amy Simpson, hand painted four pairs of canvas shoes, sold by Vans Shoes, to depict scenes/art in four categories: music, action sports, art related and local flavor. The competition now continues online. From …
Award named in honor of VGCC Vice President Graham
A new award has been named in honor of Vance-Granville Community College Vice President of Finance and Operations Steven Graham by the Carolinas Association of Governmental Purchasing. The association has established an award for outstanding candidates seeking to become Certified Local Government Purchasing Officers, and has named it the “Steven C. Graham Achievement Award” in recognition of Graham’s commitment to developing current and future government purchasing professionals. He was instrumental in developing a training program for purchasing officers with the …
Mental Health Awareness Month – Warrenton Mental Health Awareness Public Forum May 7th, 2016
May 7th– Warrenton Mental Health Awareness Public Forum Download flyer here: Warren county flyer public forum Guest Speakers Karen Kranbuehl, Phillip White and George Bridges Saturday, May 7, 2016 – 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Warrenton Rural Fire Station, 236 S. Main St, Warrenton, NC. For more information, contact Angelena at 252-257-3115 angelenakdunlap@warrencountync.gov
Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday May 2nd, 2016
Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday May 2nd, 2016 Download the full agenda packet: 20160502_vcboc_agenda_packet Invocation Rev. Joseph Ratliff, Shiloh Baptist ChurchBoard of Equalization and Reviewat the time the agenda was prepared, no one had signed up to appeal6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.2. Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – speakers are limited to five minutes)3. Appointment Gene Matthews, Vance County Farm BureauWater Fees for Farmers4. Appointment Porcha Brooks, Tax AdministratorUntimely Exemption Applications5. Water District …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, April 29th. Health insurance and its affordability has been a topic of political contention mostly in the past two decades, but the social need was recognized much earlier. On this date in 1942, Rhode Island became the first state to set up a health or temporary disability insurance program for its working citizens unemployed because of sickness. The covered workers — not the employers — funded the program with a 1 percent tax on wages of less than $3,000 …
May is Mental Health Awareness Month – Lots of upcoming events
The following Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Five County Comprehensive Community Clinics/ Advanced Access/Walk-in Crisis Centers have scheduled events during May to bring awareness to mental health. Cardinal and the following Providers would like to invite you to attend their events to learn more about their services, meet the staff and to educate you on specific behavioral health topics. We look forward to seeing you at these events and toward to our future successes as partners. May 5 – Freedom House -Lunch …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of April 28 on North Carolina Weekend, make sure to join in the NC State Parks Centennial Celebration with visits and special events across the state. Stop by the Honeysuckle Tea House in Chapel Hill for regular events and its seasonal apothecary items. Enjoy the entries at the Annual British Classic Car Show in Raleigh. Tour The Bask at Big Rock Landing Hotel in Morehead City. And the “House Special” samples the fare at Di Lisio’s Italian …
VGCC to offer Private Pilot Ground School
Vance-Granville Community College will soon offer a course that prepares area residents to take flight with a private pilot’s license. The Private Pilot Ground School is scheduled to be held on VGCC’s South Campus, located between Creedmoor and Butner, on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m., May 18 through July 27. In this course, students gain the knowledge they will need to take the FAA private pilot written exam, under FAA-certified flight instructors from Blue Line Aviation. Students who …
VGCC Students inducted into Honor Society
Vance-Granville Community College recognized 55 students who were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for students of two-year colleges, on April 19 in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus. VGCC students honored with induction into Phi Theta Kappa must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 (3.75 for part-time students) in associate degree curriculum programs and have completed at least 12 credit hours toward their degrees. As advisors for VGCC’s PTK chapter, instructors …
Thursday Open Line
The first baby of European parentage born on the shores of the future United States came into this then-New World 450 years ago. Martin de Arg?elles Jr. was born to a soldier father, who had brought his wife, Leonor, to the new Spanish settlement of St. Augustine, Florida. Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the nation’s oldest permanently occupied European settlement. The better-known Virginia Dare, of the vanished Roanoke Colony in North Carolina, was born 21 years after the young …
Butterfield Statement on Atlanta Deputy Police Chief Cerelyn J. Davis Selected to Head Durham Police Department
Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) issued the following statement on incoming Durham Police Chief Cerelyn J. Davis: “I join many in congratulating Cerelyn “CJ” Davis on her selection as the next Chief of Police for the Durham Police Department. I believe Deputy Chief Davis has the leadership and experience that is needed to lead the Durham Police Department in the years to come. “Deputy Chief Davis’ 28 years of experience working for the City of Atlanta Police Department speaks for itself. …
Vance County Schools Policy Committee Meeting April 28th, 2016
The Vance County Schools Policy Committee will meet on Thursday, April 28th, at 5:15 pm in the Superintendent’s Conference Room. I. Call to Order II. Goals and Objectives3000 Goals and Objectives of the Educational Program III. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY, AND EVALUATION3100 Curriculum Development3101 Dual Enrollment3102 Online Instruction3110 Innovation in Curriculum and Instruction3115 Curriculum and Instructional Guides3120 Lesson Planning3130 Grouping for Instruction3132 Homebound/Hospital Instruction3135 Homework3140 Evaluation of Instructional Programs IV. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS3200 Selection of Instructional Materials3210 Parental Inspection of an Objection …
NC Cooperative Extension Updates
PASTURE PORKSHOP, MAY 25, WINSTON-SALEM A workshop for pastured pork producers, covering alternative feeds, meat quality, pricing, forages, and much more! Details here. MONITOR TOMATOES/POTATOES FOR LATE BLIGHT Late blight was found on tomatoes in a home garden in SC around April 11. Growers in this area should begin monitoring for this disease. Here are details about tomato late blight and potato late blight. CALL 811 BEFORE YOU DIG! Farmers who are planning any type of excavation work are …
Wednesday Open Line
For many years, the word “mouse” commonly evoked thoughts of Mickey. But that association began to be eclipsed on this date in 1981 when the Xerox Corporation, then a major developer, introduced the mouse to the commercial computing world. Its 80-10 information system — with the mouse — didn’t catch on, mostly because it cost $20,000. But the mouse itself roared elsewhere in the computer industry and is still holding its own. Today, computer manufacturing is a nearly $10 billion …
Vance County Work Session and Committee Time Changes
Please note that the Vance County Board of Commissioners’ work session originally scheduled for April 29th at 1:00 p.m. has been changed to 9:00 a.m. The special meeting on April 29th has been changed from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The location remains the same – in the commissioners’ meeting room.
Tuesday Open Line
Many automobile license plates proclaim glories of the issuing states. Others spell out something dear to the drivers but indecipherable to anyone else. Those plates and the more basic ones are requirements to drive on public roads. New York was the first state to require license plates on motor vehicles this month in 1901. At the time, there were just fewer than 15,000 sputtering automobiles in the entire country, traveling over muddy, rudimentary roads without a license for the driver …
Justin Williford: Putting the Ass in Asinine—Small Town Sexism
Vance County, North Carolina?—4th in teen pregnancy, 88th in SAT scores, and 1st in blatant sexism. That appears to be the county’s new tagline after the recent five-day suspension of Sandra Wiggins?—a history teacher at Southern Vance High School who has worked with the school district for almost twenty-six years. Sandra Wiggins did the inconceivable—she said “ass” in a classroom filled with seventeen and eighteen-year-old students; students who, whether their parents would like to believe it or not, use language …
City of Henderson Boards and Commissions Committee Meeting April 27th, 2016
The Henderson City Council’s Boards and Commissions Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Large Conference Room at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue. The main purpose of this meeting is to consider applicants for various City committees. The public is welcome.
Newsletter from the Office of Senator Angela R. Bryant
NEWS FROM RALEIGH… I always welcome your comments, project updates, suggestions, and visits. My office door and electronic door are always open to you! You are also invited to attend any and all Sessions and Committees. Visit the website for Session and Committee meeting times. As always, thank you for your support! NEWSLETTER NEWS: APRIL IS FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH EVENTS AROUND THE DISTRICT AND MORE GRANTS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: AT&T Sponsors New VGCC Summer Bridge Program; Two Grants Awarded to …