Month: January 2007

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge issued the following statement in advance of the President’s address regarding Iraq:

The N.C. Advisory Commission on Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps will meet Wednesday, Jan. 17, from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., in the 7th Floor Board Room, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only N.C. member of the Homeland Security Committee, today voted to pass legislation to improve homeland security and make North Carolina safer.

The City of Henderson is currently soliciting applications for persons interested in serving on the Community Development Advisory Committee.

The N.C. Charter School Advisory Committee will meet today, Jan. 11, at 11:00 a.m., in the 7th Floor Board Room, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh.

Washington, D.C. — Congressman G. K. Butterfield has been appointed to three subcommittees of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

**Updated** Editor’s Note: These meeting have been postponed until February. We will run another article when word is received from the NC Department of Public Instruction as to exact dates. The State Board of Education and the NC Department of Public Instruction will be holding eight regional meetings beginning in mid-January to gather public input on implementing a new high school core course of study framework.

Southern Vance Raiders being honored at Board of Education meeting There was standing room only at the Vance County Board of Education meeting Monday evening with parents, teachers, school officials and children.

Washington, D.C. — Congressman G. K. Butterfield today introduced legislation that would provide relief and protection for counties increasingly burdened with skyrocketing Medicaid costs.

Editor’s Note: The author of this article sits on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of North Central North Carolina, Vance County Unit. With County Commissioner Danny Wright casting the sole dissenting vote, the Vance County Board of Commissioners voted six to one to give its interest in the Armory to the City of Henderson, provided that the City in turn give the County its share of the former Rose Avenue library.

The Vance County Unit of the Boys and Girls Club opened its doors to children yesterday at its two temporary locations at E.M. Rollins and L.B. Yancey Elementary Schools.

Editor’s Note: Although the Duke lacrosse team case is beyond the scope of this blog, we thought it might interest readers to note the University’s reaction to the controversy, given the notoriety of the case on a state and national level. We therefore give you Duke University Richard H. Brodhead’s letter unedited. January 8, 2007 Dear Members of the Duke Community: I write to greet you at the start of a new year. I also want to address some important …

During today’s meeting of the Henderson City Council, City Manager Jerry Moss will respond to allegations from the local chapter of the NAACP that city workers from the Sanitation and Public Works Departments were improperly terminated on the basis of polygraph testing.