Please note the following committee meetings scheduled for next week. Both meetings will be held in our administrative conference room. Human Resources Committee (Brown, Taylor, Wilder) Tuesday, August 2 at 3:00 p.m. Update on merit Planning Department reorganization Public Safety Committee (Brummitt, Brown, Wilder) Tuesday, August 2 at 3:30 p.m. Volunteer Fire Department matters All commissioners are invited to attend.
Month: July 2016
Vance County Board of Education Committee Personnel Committee
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Date: * Personnel Committee, Tuesday, August 2nd, 8:30 am Note: All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.
High School students explore health and science at two VGCC campuses
High school students from across the region recently attended “Mini-Medical School” camps organized by the Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in partnership with Vance-Granville Community College. The camp was held first in June at VGCC’s South Campus, located between Butner and Creedmoor, and in July at the college’s Franklin County Campus, just outside Louisburg. Between the two locations, 44 students completed the program. This was the college’s third summer partnering with Wake AHEC on the Mini-Medical School, which is …
Chamber Ribbon Cutting – Maria Parham Medical Center “Advanced Wound Center”
The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce celebrated the opening of The Advanced Wound Center’s new location with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, July 14 at 4:30 p.m. at their Ruin Creek Road location. “This is only one of more ribbon cuttings to come,” said Brian Sinotte, CEO, Maria Parham Medical Center. Dr. Joseph Franklin, Medical Director made remarks about the new advanced technology of the center and that his overall goal is to bring care to those that can’t go to …
Genome sequencing’s role in reducing foodborne illnesses is topic at Commissioner’s Food Safety Forum Aug. 16
The role of whole genome sequencing in reducing outbreaks of foodborne illnesses will be among topics covered at the 12th annual Commissioner’s Food Safety Forum on Aug. 16 at the State Fairgrounds. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler will host the event from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Expo Center. It is open to farmers, food businesses, regulators, health professionals and other interested people. Admission is free and includes lunch, but pre-registration is requested. Whole genome sequencing is a process …
Vance County Board of Commissioners August meeting August 1st, 2016
The Vance County Board of Commissioners August meeting will be held August 1st, 2016 beginning at 5:00pm. Note, this is different than their usual meeting time of 6pm. Download the full agenda packet: 20160801_vcboc_agenda_packet Invocation Pastor William Brodie, Power of Life Church, Oxford 1. Board of Equalization and Review – 5:00 p.m. 2. Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – each speaker is limited to five minutes) 3. Appointment 6:00 p.m. Stelfanie Williams, VGCC Activities Update …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, July 29th. The nation’s love affair with automobiles is generations old. Our devotion can be traced down through the decades by looking at advertising, as cars progressed from romantic if noisy new playthings to a near necessity in our vast country. The first known national ad promoting a car appeared at the end of July 1898 in the Scientific American magazine. It was for the now forgotten Winton Motor Carriage with the headline “dispense with a horse.” Americans did …
Attorney General Roy Cooper: Don’t get ripped off by AC repairs
Soaring temperatures mean air conditioners are working overtime. If your AC goes out, it may be tempting to get it fixed as quickly as possible, no matter the cost. But try to keep your cool and do your homework before hiring someone to fix your air conditioning. Each year, dozens of consumers contact our office to complain about problems with air conditioning and heating repairs. To avoid problems: Get recommendations. Ask friends, neighbors and co-workers who they use for repairs. Check …
Butterfield Applauds $5 Million Grant for Goldsboro Revitalization Project
Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) applauded the announcement from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide $5 million in TIGER VIII grant funds to Goldsboro, North Carolina. The funding will be used to complete Goldsboro’s ongoing Main Street Revitalization Project and the Goldsboro Gateway Transit Center. “I congratulate the City of Goldsboro on its vision for the future of transportation in eastern North Carolina and for attaining this much-needed grant,” said Butterfield. “I thank the DOT for its continued …
Breastfeeding and Work – Easy Steps to Supporting Breastfeeding Employees
Granville Vance Public Health is pleased to announce that we are celebrating World Breastfeeding Week August 1st -7th, 2016. This year we would like to promote breastfeeding in the workplace by urging all local employers to become a Breastfeeding-Friendly Employer. Return on investment (ROI) is the bottom line in assessing the value of new programs. Research shows that providing a lactation support program is not only highly desired by breastfeeding employees who return to work after childbirth, it can also improve your …
North Carolina weekend
For the week of July 28 on North Carolina Weekend, experience a day of adventure in Rockingham County. Take in a race at County Line Raceway in Elm City. Get lost in the power of words at the Forest of Wake Storyfest in Wake Forest. Find something unique at the US 21 Road Market, starting in Harmony. And enjoy a day at the Zoo in Asheboro. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by Visit …
Meet New Principal at Vance County Early College High School
A “Meet and Greet” event will be held on Thursday, August 25, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Civic Center at Vance-Granville Community College to provide an opportunity for students, parents and community members to meet Debbie Hite, the new principal at the Vance County Early College High School. The public is invited to attend.
Thursday 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. President Roosevelt ended the rationing on this date in 1943 because imports had rebounded. Coffee may have been an early import by the Jamestown colony in the 17th century. Coffee consumption …
The Three Triangle Tenors to sing at Cherry Hill July 31st, 2016
The first of the annual Edwina Rooker Concerts will be held this Sunday, July 31st 2016 at 3:00 PM at Cherry Hill. The Three Triangle Tenors will delight us with a musical program tailored to Edwina Rooker’s eclectic musical choices. These three fine singers and their accompanying pianist will perform “Shenandoah” and other folk songs, music from Broadway, selections from Gershwin and Porter, and well-loved arias by Puccini and Rossini, as well as popular songs of bygone days. Please join …
Wednesday Open Line
The past few decades have seen ever more frequent public opinion polls, whether from the traditional Gallup and Harris firms, to those commissioned by newspapers or political campaigns. The first such poll in U.S. history appeared this month in 1824 in the Harrisburg Pennsylvanian, finding that Andrew Jackson was favored over John Quincy Adams in the four-man presidential race. But most favored “none of the above,” as that contest recorded the lowest participation rate in our history–under 27 percent. Although …
Reverse Raffle To Benefit “Shop With A Cop” and Chamber Of Commerce
The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce along with the Henderson Police Department (HPD) are partnering to host a reverse raffle. The event will benefit a program serving local underprivileged children called “Shop With a Cop” along with the Chamber of Commerce and its efforts to help local business. The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 5, 2016 and will be held at Henderson Country Club beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and include dinner for two and a …
VGCC student recognized as a Microsoft Office ‘Master’
Andrew S. Dawson of Henderson recently became the first Vance-Granville Community College student to earn the “Microsoft Office Specialist Master” certification. The certification is awarded to someone who successfully passes a set of certification exams that test proficiency in multiple Microsoft software applications. Dawson completed the Excel 2013, Excel 2013 Expert-level, Access 2013 and Word 2013 certifications, all during the spring 2016 semester. He said he hopes in the future to accomplish the same certifications for the newest (2016) versions …
Tuesday Open Line
On this date 26 years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. First introduced in Congress in 1988, the goal of the legislation was to guarantee equal opportunity for people with disabilities in public and commercial facilities, employment, transportation, and services at all levels of government. Nearly 57 million Americans — or about 19 percent of the population — have at least one disability. Some 12 million over the age of 15 need assistance with one or more activities …
Richard Brand: The Great Divide
There is nothing that illustrates the great divide between the wishes, the hopes, the passions, the compassion of the American public and the members of Congress more than the current sad treatment of the military veterans. The citizens, the average person, the people in the street care deeply about the veterans. They have and continue to respond to the great number of programs and charities that have sprung up to support our veterans. So many companies have created programs where …
VGCC ranked as best online two-year college in North Carolina
Vance-Granville Community College was recently recognized as the top two-year college in North Carolina for online programs, and, in a separate ranking, was named one of the top five two-year colleges in the state for the second year in a row. In its list of the “Best Online Schools in North Carolina for 2015-2016,” the California-based organization, Accredited Schools Online (ASO), ranked VGCC first among all of the state’s two-year institutions of higher learning. “Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) is one …