The Vance County Board of Education Personnel Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 5th, has been cancelled. The County’s Public Safety Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, June 6 at 4:00 p.m. in the County Manager’s Office. The purpose is to discuss Fire Department matters.
Month: June 2012
White House: Do you support equal pay for women?
Do you support equal pay for women? It’s been nearly 50 years since Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, but today a woman who works full time still earns just 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man. That’s not just unfair. When women, who make up nearly half the workforce, bring home less money each day, it means they have less for the everyday needs of their families. That’s bad for kids, it’s bad for communities, and it’s …
Tuesday Open Lines
Can you imagine a popular movie actor today who doesn’t smoke, drink, swear, never kisses a girl and never throws the first punch? Such a character was Hopalong Cassidy, played by William Boyd whose birthday is observed today. He first saddled up as a hero in 1935 and made a total of 66 western movies. At one point, Boyd was so popular he was asked to play the part of Moses in “The Ten Commandments.” He turned down the role, …
Henderson, NC Paint The Town Purple
Come visit downtown Henderson, NC from June 1st to June 14th for business displays in the Paint The Town Purple contest benefiting Relay for Life. Participating businesses include: Betty B’s – 203 S. Garnett St Downtown Antiques – 207 S. Garnett St Davis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church – 742 N. Chestnut St Home in Henderson – www.homeinhenderson.com Interiors & Gifts, Too – 133 S. Garnett St Kerr Lake Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr – 1245 Park Ave. Satin & Silk Variety …
Vance County School Media Centers Open During Summer
Vance County Schools will open school media centers two days each week during the summer to make summer reading and book check outs available to students. All school media centers will be open on each Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The media centers will be staffed by 12-month employees assigned by the schools’ principals. All Vance County Schools’ students are urged to take advantage of these services and continue to read as much as possible throughout …
21.25 lbs Marijuana Seized on Americal Road
On May 31, 2012 members of the Henderson Police Department Vice/Narcotics Unit and SWAT team conducted a search warrant at 1261 Americal Road Lot 40, Henderson in reference to an ongoing narcotics investigation conducted by the Henderson Police Department, Oxford Police Department, and the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement. During the execution of the search warrant twenty-one and a quarter pounds of marijuana, a 12 gauge shotgun, and U.S. currency in excess of $3,500 was seized. The occupant of the …
VGCC Computer classes scheduled to start in late June at Main Campus
Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for two popular computer courses scheduled to start soon on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. A course on the Microsoft Word and Excel 2010 software is scheduled for Tuesday evenings from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., June 26 through Aug. 7. Students will familiarize themselves with the popular word processing and spreadsheet programs, which were significantly updated in their most recent versions. Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel are two of the …
VGCC graduates 17 Law Enforcement Cadets in School’s 94th BLET Class
Seventeen cadets graduated on May 22, 2012 from the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) course at Vance-Granville Community College in a ceremony held in the Civic Center on Main Campus. After passing the state certification exam, all are authorized to work in any law enforcement agency in North Carolina. Graduates of VGCC’s 94th BLET class included Kevin Michael Rigsbee and Bobby Ray Shelton, Jr., both of Butner Public Safety; Taniqua Danielle Teasley of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office; Seth Jacob …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Obama Economy Leads to 8.2% Unemployment
I hope you and your family enjoyed a beautiful Memorial Day holiday. Over the weekend, I attended events in Spring Lake and Broadway and was proud to share in the remembrance of military heroes. In this newsletter you will find some photos from last weekend as well as from my recent trip to Afghanistan. This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the national unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent as the economy created only 69,000 jobs. The figures …
Monday Open Lines
Weekly Address: It’s Time for Congress to Get to Work. President Obama speaks to the American people from a Honeywell manufacturing facility in Minnesota about his proposal to make it easier for companies to hire our returning service members for jobs that utilize their skills and help grow our economy. Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President honored Memorial Day and the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam …
Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday, June 4
You may download the full agenda packet here: 20120604_vcboc_agenda_packet
Butterfield Responds to the Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): “Today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and the individual mandate is a tremendous victory for our nation. Every modern U.S. President has acknowledged the urgency of healthcare reform, but President Obama and Congressional Democrats successfully answered the call with the passage of this law. “As a …
Northern Vance High School’s Exceptional Children’s Department Car Wash Saturday, June 2nd
The Northern Vance High School’s Exceptional Children’s Department is having a CAR WASH fund raiser. Come one, come all in support of our Exceptional Children at Northern Vance High School. They need your service and support in order to better prepare our students to become more independent. Our success depends on your support!!!! Please tell a friend or neighbor about this big event. DATE: JUNE 2, 2012TIME: 9:00AM – 4:30PMCOST: Cars – $5.00Trucks – $7.00LOCATION: AUTO ZONE200 DABNEY DRIVEHENDERSON, NC …
McCaul-Butterfield ‘Creating Hope Act’ Passes U.S. House
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. House of Representatives approved a provision authored by Congressmen Michael McCaul (R-TX) and G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) last night that would incentivize pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for children withrare pediatric diseases, such as childhood cancers and sickle cell disease. H.R. 3059, The Creating Hope Act of 2011, was passed as part of H.R. 5651, which reauthorizes various Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices. If the Senate approves the …
Raleigh-Cary Metro Area Ranked No. 7 for Adults with College Degrees
Graduation season means thousands of new graduates from North Carolina’s 16 public universities and colleges as well as nearly 40 private colleges across the state. The importance of earning a higher-education degree was featured in a May 30 New York Times article, which noted having a population rich in college graduates is an essential ingredient for economic rebound. The national average number of adults with college degrees in metro areas is 32 percent. At 41 percent, the Raleigh-Cary area has …
NC’s Presidential Past Creates Backdrop for Democratic National Convention
From George Washington to Barack Obama, U.S. presidents have slept, studied and taken their first steps in North Carolina. They’ve vacationed here, played golf and visited sites on tourists’ must-see lists. As the state awaits a new moment in history with the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, political junkies of all persuasions can dig into our presidents’ pasts at places across North Carolina. James K. Polk The history: Our 11th president was born on a 150-acre farm south of …
John Edwards’ Public Statement
I wanted to say, first, thank you for the jurors and their incredibly hard work and their diligence. They took their job very, very seriously as we saw both during the trial – the attention they paid to the evidence during the trial, the presentations of the lawyers – and the fact they’ve now spent nine – almost nine – full days deliberating, trying to reach a fair and just result under the evidence and the law. All I can …
Vance County Proposed Budget 2012
You may download the Vance County proposed budget for 2012 here: 20120531_vance_county_nc_proposed_budget
Representative Michael H. Wray’s Raleigh Report
The House of Representatives approved a budget this week that fails to meet many of the needs of our state, particularly in the area of education. I did not support this plan because it fails to reverse the deep, damaging and unnecessary cuts made to our budget last year. This budget does not replace any of the 3,000 classroom educators fired last year. It does not put any more textbooks into our schools or give a single pencil more to …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
What is now routine for millions of Americans each day — checking an all-news cable television channel for the latest events around the world — began on this day in 1980. That’s when CNN — the Cable News Network — started its service. At the time, some critics questioned whether the public would be interested in a channel that carried nothing but news 24 hours a day. Now, there are not only a number of such news channels, but others …