First, my apology for a month delay of my summary of the county commissioners’ April 6, 2015, meeting. The April meeting was another lengthy meeting principally due to a public hearing regarding a zoning amendment to govern the location and number of ‘solar farms’. Also on the agenda was a Vance County Board of Education’s request to spent $883,469 in Education Lottery Funds to build a multi-purpose room at Carver Elementary School. Six people spoke during the public comment period …
Month: May 2015
Touch a Truck – Saturday May 2nd, 2015
Touch a Truck is a fundraising event that provides kids of all ages the opportunity to experience life sized vehicles and interact with community support leaders like firemen, rescue workers, farmers and many more. Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 10am to 2pm City of Henderson Operations Center900 South Beckford DriveHenderson, NC 27536 $5.00 per child ages 2-16 Free admission for under 2 and over 16 Proceeds from the event will be donated to the local Backpack Buddies Program and the Henderson …
Got to Be NC Festival offers opportunities to learn about agriculture May 15-17 2015
RALEIGH – The 2015 Got to Be NC Festival presented by Lowes Foods will offer several opportunities to learn about North Carolina agriculture when the annual event returns to the State Fairgrounds May 15-17. “Many kids today are at least two generations removed from the farm,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “The festival is a great place for families to see barnyard animals and learn more about the hardworking men and women who contribute to our state’s top industry.” This …
Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday May 4th, 2015
Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday May 4th, 2015 Download the full agenda packet here: 20150504_vcboc_agenda_packet Invocation Rev. Jessie MatthewsSouth Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church Board of Equalization and Reviewat the time the agenda was prepared, no one had signed up to appeal6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 2. Public Hearing – (following tax appeals) David C. Beck, Finance DirectorDebt Refinancing 3. Appointment 6:30 p.m. Education Committee ReportCarver Elementary – Multi-purpose Room 4. Appointment 6:45 p.m. Tom Fransen, NC Division of …
Nathan Baskerville: Why I Support The Interbasin Transfer
As a legislator, I must make decisions based on what I think is best for our district….the district as it is today, and the district we would like it to become in the future. I support the Interbasin Transfer because I believe it to be necessary to position our district for the future. I support the Interbasin Transfer because I believe that it can be accomplished without a significant environmental impact. That belief is not based on emotion or anecdotes, …
Boat Safety Class Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
Coast Guard approved boat safety class at the Henderson Vance Chamber of Commerce in Downtown Henderson, NC on May 2nd, 2015. 8am to 5pm. Cost is $30.00 per person. Signup at 252-438-8414 Each successful completion will be issued a certificate card. All boaters must have a license by July 1st, 2016.
Guest speaker to discuss civil rights, social justice at VGCC
The Male Mentoring Program at Vance-Granville Community College will host a special guest speaker to provide “An Eyewitness Account of Social Justice from the 1960s to Today,” on Thursday, May 7, at 11 a.m. in the small auditorium in Building 2 on the college’s Main Campus. The public is invited to attend this free presentation. The speaker, Delores S. Eaton of Durham, is the wife of the late Granville County native, the Rev. Herbert H. Eaton, who was the immediate …
Attorney General Roy Cooper: Scammers fake Caller ID to pose as health care providers
Watch out for crooks manipulating Caller ID to pose as hospital staff or health insurance representatives. Scammers are using this ploy to try to pry Social Security numbers and other private, confidential information from you or to sell you products. North Carolinians living in the Onslow County area recently got calls like these from scammers posing as officials with Onslow Memorial Hospital or TRICARE, which provides health insurance for members of the military. While former patients sometimes get legitimate follow-up …
VGCC Art students exhibit their work
Vance-Granville Community College is holding an art show consisting of works by students in the Portrait Painting continuing education class taught by Leslie Johnson of Oxford. The portraits are displayed in the lobby on the first floor of Building 7 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County, now through Wednesday, May 6. Pictured above with some of the artwork are, from left, artists Carolyn Wilson, Dolores Wilkinson, Denise Gill, Kelly Nesbitt and Nina Cheatham. Another of Johnson’s Portrait Painting …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, May 1st. Construction began on this date in 1884 in Chicago for a radical new building design — destined to be America’s first skyscraper. It was the Home Insurance Company headquarters, designed by engineer William Jenney. For many centuries, thick outer walls supported multi-story buildings, limiting the height that could be safely or usefully attained. Jenney’s building used a metal frame for support, like a skeleton. The exterior walls were attached to the frame, and so these so-called curtain …