Raleigh, NC – Today the NC House unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would allow dozens of eastern North Carolina communities to proceed with a critical sales agreement that will reduce electricity rates and spur job growth and economic development across eastern North Carolina. A signing ceremony by the Governor is being planned in (208 E. Nash St,Wilson) for Thursday at 11 am. This sales agreement has already been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory commission, but requires state legislative …
Month: April 2015
Thursday Open Line
Critics of federal spending initiatives often allude with some disdain to the government’s ability to create money. It’s pure coincidence, though, that the first federal building commissioned under the country’s new constitution was intended to do just that. On this date in 1792, President George Washington and Congress established the National Mint in the then capital city of Philadelphia. The mint issued the gold, silver and copper coinage as the legal tender of the young republic. Since building the mint …
Michael Bobbitt: Notes from the Peanut Gallery (Water Committee Meeting March 30th, 2015)
The Water Committee meets on the Monday before the monthly Water Board (Board of Commissioners) Meeting. The results of the committee’s meetings are reported to the both boards during their regular monthly meetings. The agenda for this meeting included three topics: Review of Monthly Construction and Operations Report – Phase 1A, 2A & 2B Resolution of Support for Kerr Lake Regional Water System’s Interbasin Transfer Request Water Pricing Discussion (Envirolink to lead discussion) This topic was the meat of the …
Vance County Schools – Biodiesel 4 Schools Program
Vance County Schools announces a new partnership with the North Carolina based Biodiesel 4 Schools program in an effort to collect used cooking oil from Vance County area restaurants and grocery stores. This is Vance County School’s first partnership specifically designed to create a local, sustainable, agriculturally-based, bio-energy source. This partnership represents the 10th public school system in North Carolina to sign on with the Biodiesel 4 Schools program since the summer of 2012. Through this public/private partnership, Vance County Schools …
NC Cooperative Extension Updates for Small Scale Farmers
BACKYARD POULTRY CLASS Are you interested in small-scale poultry production? Our Backyard Farmer School continues this Thursday evening, 4/2, with a session on raising chickens. The class will be taught by Kelsey Lichtenwalner, Warren County Livestock Extension Agent, 6:30 pm at the Warren County Extension Center (158 Rafters Lane, Warrenton). The cost is only $5 and you will receive a great set of resource materials. VENDOR APPLICATIONS FOR VANCE COUNTY REGIONAL FARMERS MARKET The Market opens on April 18th and …
Union Bank honors founders with new VGCC Scholarship
Oxford-based Union Bank has established a new Vance-Granville Community College scholarship to pay tribute to the business and community leaders who founded the bank. The “Union Bank & Trust Founding Directors Academic Achievement Award” will be presented to a VGCC student for the first time in 2016. This is the second scholarship created by the bank, following the Union Bank/Stanley H. Fox Presidential Merit Award scholarship, which was endowed in 2014. Fox, a former state legislator, is director emeritus on …
Downtown Revitalization Leaders Honored at Main Street Conference
North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and Assistant Secretary Dr. Patricia Mitchell highlighted downtown revitalization efforts across the state at an awards celebration in Morganton March 19. The N.C. Main Street Awards Conference featured 23 awards to participants in the N.C. Main Street and Small Town Main Street programs. Winners are recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories that include promotion, organization, design and economic restructuring. “Congratulations are in order for North Carolina’s Main Street Champions …
Vance County Schools – Viking Voices Perform
Members of the Northern Vance High School show choir, Viking Voices, are shown as they prepare to perform for the Region K Senior Games Opening Ceremony at the D.N. Hix gymnasium in Oxford on March 26, 2015. The students include, from left, Camden Jones, Jakelyn Delcid, Miranda Yount, Avery Adcock, Tre’shon Williams, Jaylen Webb, J’eonte Parham, Destiny Davis, Emily Howarth, Danielle Hargrove, Marissa Henderson and Kendal Almand. The show choir is directed by Cindy Clark.
Henderson Vance County Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 the Henderson Vance County Chamber of Commerce held it’s Annual Banquet. Keynote speaker was Congressman George Holding. Citizen of the Year award for 2014 went to Danny Wright.
Wednesday Open Line
Broadcast advertising saw a major change on this date in 1970 as President Nixon signed a bill into law prohibiting cigarette advertising on the nation’s airwaves. The ban went into effect on January 1 of the following year — the first major step in the ongoing debate over the public health risk of smoking. Until then, names such as Lucky Strike, Chesterfield and Philip Morris had sponsored some of the most famous shows since the earliest days of broadcasting. In …