This weekend, visit The Lotus Lounge in downtown Henderson, NC to meet the author of the recently published book Ghetto Heaven. Reggie Stacks will be there signing books from noon to 5pm Saturday, November 5th. The Lotus Lounge is located at 119 S Garnett St. Ghetto Heaven is about Curtis, a wealthy business man who leads the life many men would envy… Or would they? Curtis seemingly glamorous life is filled with so many twist and turns it would make …
Month: November 2011
Butterfield Re-Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Underprivileged Communities Access to Needed Electronic Equipment
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) and Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) today introduced the Federal Electronic Equipment Donation (FEED) Act of 2011, bipartisan legislation that would streamline the process for sending excess federal electronic equipment to communities and groups in underserved regions of the country. “Right now, communities that want to get federal surplus equipment face a mountain of red tape,” said Butterfield. “It can take months, if not years, to receive requested equipment. This important legislation will …
Vance County Arts Council Pre Holiday Concert
Sunday, November 27th at 4:00p.m. there will be a Pre Holiday Concert at Emrose Gallery featuring Royalty Students Striving for Excellence.
Friday / Weekend Open Line
This weekend, visit downtown Henderson once again for another event free for all. Oktoberfest 2011, it’s the third year of this festival in Henderson, come visit Breckenridge Street from 11am to 3pm featuring live music from Little German Band and Dancers. There will be food vendors, featuring a wide variety of different foods, arts and crafts vendors, area organizations and businesses will be participating in the festival. Children’s games, including a moonwalk, an obstacle course and a slide, will be …
Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday November 7
Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday November 7th at 6pm. The Agenda is: Appointment – 6:00pm- Jordan McMillin, Planning & Development Brownfields Grant Application Appointment – 6:15pm- Community Hero Recognition Appointment – 6:30pm – Kay Fields, Social Services Best Practice Award Public Comments (Must be registerd to speak by 5:45pm) Committee Reports from Human Resources Committe, Public Safety Committee County Attorney’s Report regarding Redistricting Resolution and Map County Manager’s Report for Schools Lottery Funds Applicatoin, Schools Transfer …
SNAP-NC Coming to Henderson Nov 8th
The SNAP-NC group will be visiting Henderson at the old Tractor Supply which is now Big Lots. Appointment is required, and may be made by calling 919-783-7627. You can read more about SNAP at their website. SNAP-NC is a nonprofit organization providing discounted spay-neuter services to North Carolina residents. Our Mission is to address Pet Overpopulation in our State by offering high quality, low cost spay-neuter surgeries for pets belonging to North Carolina families in need. Families need not meet …
Holiday Art Sale
The Vance County Arts Society will be hosting a Holiday Art Sale will be held Saturday, November 19th 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Emrose Gallery 233 South Garnett Street, Henderson, NC
2011 North Carolina Child Health Report Card
Raleigh, N.C.-The 2011 Child Health Report Card, issued jointly by Action for Children North Carolina and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine, finds infant mortality in North Carolina has dropped to 7 per 1,000 live births — an all-time low for the state. This is the 17th annual release of the report card, which monitors progress for North Carolina’s 2.3 million children on 14 measures of health and safety, including access to care, preventive health, risk behaviors, and death and injury. …
Key Club Annual Fish Dinner Fundraiser
Key Club Annual Fish Dinner Fundraiser will hold a dinner on November 7, 2011 at 220 Seafood Restaurant from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. You may Eat-In or Take-Out. Proceeds from the 220 Fundraiser will benefit the Key Club Christmas Store for underprivileged local children. Contact Mrs. Susan Westbrook, Mrs. Debbie Parrish or any Key Club member to purchase tickets.
Thursday Open Line
Wednesday, Governor Perdue attended the N.C. Governor’s Conference for Women, and an interesting soundbite she through out there was a possible overhaul or elimination of the yearly North Carolina Car Inspection system. Perdue said she has told the Department of Motor Vehicles to “give us a detailed assessment of the program.” She said there needs to be a “whole examination” because we “need to know if we need this kind of system.” Perdue was responding to stories by The News …
North Carolina fourth and eighth grade students are performing at the national average or better
North Carolina fourth and eighth grade students are performing at the national average or better, according to the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results just released by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). The NAEP is now required of every state and is often referred to as the nation’s Report Card. “I am committed to ensuring that all of our students perform at grade level, particularly in reading, writing and mathematics,” Gov. Bev Perdue said. “These test …
Operation Soldiers Christmas 2011 Wrap-Up
By the time you read this, the 2011 Operation Soldiers Christmas will be completed. This year we had only a small amount of donations and that is understandable due to the hard economic situation here in Henderson, and Vance County. We were able to send only 23 boxes this year due to the small amount of donations and the limited postal funds. We did have a small group of soldiers this year so it did balance out that they did …
3rd Annual Oktoberfest 2011
This years Oktoberfest 2011 will be Saturday, November 5, 2011 11am to 3pm on Breckenridge Street in Downtown Henderson, NC. The Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission is staging Henderson’s 3rd annual Oktoberfest Fall Festival with performances by the Little German Band and Dancers. The HVDDC is also having food vendors, featuring a wide variety of different foods, arts and crafts vendors, area organizations and businesses will be participating in the festival. Children’s games, including a moonwalk, an obstacle course and a …
Wednesday Open Lines
Tuesday, President Obama signed an Executive Order that will help prevent prescription drug shortages that lead that can lead to price gouging. The order directs the Food and Drug Administration to expand reporting about situations that might lead to drug shortages, and also to work with the Department of Justice to investigate illegal price gouging The number of prescription drug shortages tripled between 2005 and 2010. Besides having serious consequences for people’s health and well-being, drug shortages drive vendors to …
Henderson Shoplifters of the Week for October 31, 2011
STEPHON CHAVOUS, 44, of 152 BROOKHAVEN COURT, HENDERSON DATE: 10/25/2011 CHARGE: LARCENY LOCATION: FOOD LION, 1241 DABNEY DRIVE KEVIN THOMAS, 31, of 150 PEEBLES LANE, HENDERSON DATE: 10/21/2011 CHARGES: LARCENY REMOVE SECURITY DEVICE, SIMPLE ASSAULT, SHOPLIFTING LOCATION: WAL-MART RODERICK BATES, 37, of 1105 WELCOME AVENUE, HENDERSON DATE: 10/22/2011 CHARGE: LARCENY LOCATION: SHEETZ CHARLES BULLOCK, 35, of 503 HICKORY STREET, HENDERSON DATE: 10/22/2011 CHARGE: AID AND ABET LARCENY LOCATION: AUTO-ZONE, 200 DABNEY DRIVE, HENDERSON JAMES ROBINSON, 49, of 5510 PINTH ROAD, …
Appliance Theft Arrest
On Tuesday October 4, 2011 members of the Henderson Police Department responded to 1004 Eaton Street in response to the larceny of appliances. The Rogers Group reported that one electric stove and one refrigerator/freezer had been removed from the residence. After further investigation, it was determined that the appliances had been removed from 1004 Eaton Street, and was the personal property of the Rogers Group. The investigation also revealed that the property had been sold to Bullock’s Appliances. Nicole Fields, …
Senator Berger: Crisis in Medicaid Funding
North Carolina is grappling with a series of budgetary problems this term. The latest to receive media attention is the expected shortfall in funding for Medicaid programs that serve our state’s most vulnerable populations: the poor, the elderly and the disabled. Early projections are that we will face a $139 million shortfall. N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler called the savings needed to maintain the projected budget “unreasonable and unattainable.” Click here to read News & …
Representative Butterfield Urges Congressional Colleagues to Support the President’s Student Loan Relief Plan
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) today urged his congressional colleagues to support President Barack Obama’s efforts to help further relieve student loan costs for millions of college graduates nationwide. Butterfield said that the president’s proposal, which seeks to cap student loan payments at 10 percent of discretionary income, forgive outstanding debt after 20 years of payment and offer student borrower new opportunities to consolidate their student loans, would help North Carolinians who are experiencing record increases in …
Tuesday Open Line
If you missed the Trick or Treating event last night, we’ve got some pictures for you. At the Dataforge headquarters, we had hundreds of kids, I’d guess between 1 to 2 thousand kids, I don’t even know how many people came through but we gave away about 2000 pieces of candy. It was a steady stream of people for an hour and a half. We tried to give only one piece per kid, because we knew, and they did, that …