Vance County Schools has a new assistant superintendent for Finance and Business Operations and a new principal for the Vance County Early College High School, following action by the Vance County Board of Education Monday night. Jennifer Bennett has been appointed to the assistant superintendent’s position and Debbie Hite has been appointed as the new principal for Early College. Bennett, who lives in Wake Forest, will join the school system on June 1. She brings with her a wealth of …
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North Carolina’s Tourism Resource Assistance Center Offers Training in Downtown Henderson, NC June 9th, 2016
Tourism-related businesses in the Henderson/Vance County area – including the surrounding counties – will have an opportunity to work with Visit North Carolina staff to learn about its research, development and marketing services, and discuss best practices in reaching travelers, the media and increasing tourism visitation and spending. Visit North Carolina’s Tourism Resource Assistance Center (TRAC), a community-based training program designed to help small tourism-related businesses, will be held June 9th, 2016 10 am – 2 pm at The Perry …
Thursday Open Line
May is National Moving Month, beginning the busiest moving season of the year. More than half of all residential moves take place from May through August. In 2015, more than 36 million Americans moved, about 11 percent of the population. Nearly two-thirds of movers, some 23 million, moved within the same county. Another 6.6 million stayed in-state, but crossed into another county. Almost 1.7 million Americans moved abroad. Very nearly half of all those who moved were either between 30 …
Marrow’s Murder Flashpoint in Oxford, 1970
On May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a 23-year-old African American Vietnam War veteran, was murdered in Oxford. Marrow was approaching Robert Teel’s store to buy a Coca-Cola when he spoke to a young white woman. Teel, his son and his stepson interpreted the exchange as offensive, so they chased Marrow from the store parking lot, beat and fatally shot him. Oxford had remained segregated and violence against blacks in the town was met with a blind eye from the authorities. Marrow’s murder …
Vance County Board of Commissioners Special Meeting May 12th, 2016
A special meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 1:45 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room Vance County Administration Building122 Young Street Henderson, NC 27536. The purpose of the special meeting is to enter into closed session for a personnel matter. Following the closed session, the board will address a Neighborhood Stabilization Program matter.
Decision Day at Southern Vance High
The “Decision Day” celebration at Southern Vance High School featured 70 members of the Class of 2016 announcing their plans to attend college in the fall. Austin Dixon, the college advisor at Southern Vance, coordinated the event which involved having each student to come up and sign a large Class of 2016 banner, announce which college or university they will attend and their intended degree major. Approximately 20 colleges and universities are represented among the schools they will attend. All …
Reading Fair Winners at Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary School hosted its annual Reading Fair on Thursday, May 5, with nine students in grades 3-5 earning awards for their projects. The Reading Fair involves each student in grades 3-5 doing a project on a book they have read. The project includes making a “book report” with illustrations and written responses explaining the book’s story on a large project board. The boards are then placed on display in the school’s cafetorium. Those students winning top honors this year …
Vance County Board of Commissioners Budget Work Session May 17th, 2016
Vance County board of commissioners has scheduled a budget work session for Tuesday, May 17 at 6:00 p.m. in the commissioners’ conference room.
Wednesday Open Line
America’s first medical college was established early this month in 1765. Students at the College of Philadelphia — now the University of Pennsylvania — were able to enroll in “anatomical lectures” and a class about “the theory and practice of physik.” The faculty modeled the instruction after the style of European predecessors. They supplemented their instruction with observation and practice at nearby Pennsylvania Hospital, which was founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond. The addition of these courses …
Vance County Board of Commissioners Budget Work Session May 12th, 2016
Please be informed that the budget work session scheduled for Thursday, May 12 at 5:00 p.m. has been changed to 3:30 p.m. The location remains the same – in the commissioners’ meeting room.
VGCC awarded grant to bring teachers and manufacturers together
The State Board of Community Colleges has awarded a $10,000 grant to Vance-Granville Community College to support a project that will bring together educators and employers. VGCC and 11 other community colleges received a competitive grant as part of a statewide “Taste of Industry” initiative. VGCC’s grant was the largest awarded by the State Board. At VGCC, the grant will help fund “AMSTA Cruisers 2016,” a three-day event (June 15-17) organized by the Advanced Manufacturing Skills Training Alliance, a partnership …
Tuesday Open Line
The nation’s first daily newspaper, the short-lived Pennsylvania Evening Post, began publication this month in 1783, printed by Benjamin Towne in Philadelphia. Americans’ hunger for news was such that by 1850, there were some 250 dailies. The number of newspapers peaked around a hundred years ago, when there were 2,600 dailies published across the nation, with a circulation of over 24 million. Today, the number of daily newspapers in the U.S. has dropped to around 1,330. In the year 2000, …
City of Henderson Regular City Council Meeting Monday May 9th, 2016
Henderson City Council Regular Meeting on Monday, 9 May 2016 at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 134 Rose Ave., Henderson, NC 27536 Download the full agenda packet here: 20160509 coh_agenda_packet.pdf
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Students Show Outstanding Efforts
Photo of the Week I enjoyed meeting Roxanna Demers and her family this week, and I was honored to present her with the Bronze Medal she earned through the Congressional Award Program. Weekyly Update This week I had the honor of presenting a Wake County student with an award she earned through the Congressional Award program. This program is for students ages 14-23 and involves setting various goals in areas like public service, physical fitness and personal development. Three …
Senator Richard Burr: Solving Civil Rights Crimes
In April, I was proud to introduce the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act in the Senate. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14 year old African American teenager from Chicago, was brutally murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi. The perpetrators of this horrific crime were acquitted, with the jury deliberating for less than an hour. Yet the next year, the murderers of Emmett Till admitted to …
Henderson City Council’s Land Planning Committee Meeting Wednesday May 11th 2016
The Henderson City Council’s Land Planning Committee will meet on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss downtown development issues and abandoned housing. The public is welcome.
Monday Open Line
By presidential proclamation, this month recognizes one of the nation’s fastest-growing population groups — those of Asian and Pacific American heritage. The observance began in 1978 with a joint congressional resolution honoring the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the 1840s and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1870 with the help of Chinese immigrants. The occasion was extended to the entire month in 1990. Now, nearly 20 million people in the U.S. are of full or partial …
New Logo & New Slogan for Downtown Henderson – Public Input Requested
The 175th anniversary of the founding of the City of Henderson seems like an ideal time to launch a new slogan and logo for downtown Henderson. The Board of Directors of the Henderson Vance Downtown Development Commission has approved using a rose or roses in the logo and slogan. Slogans could include, “stop and smell the roses” or “everything’s coming up roses”. Input from the community is being sought for the logo and the slogan. Please email your ideas to aliceve2002@yahoo.com …
Triangle North Healthcare Foundation 2016 Grant Cycle Opens
The Board of Directors of Triangle North Healthcare Foundation is pleased to announce the 2016 Grant Cycle was launched May 2, 2016 Nonprofit and governmental organizations as well as public schools in Vance, Granville, Warren, and Franklin counties are eligible to apply for grants with Triangle North Healthcare Foundation. The Foundation is seeking projects that will have a positive impact on improving health in the region. The Foundation uses an online application system for grants, which is easily accessed on …
Representative Nathan Baskerville Newsletter
House Bill 2 was passed by the General Assembly in response to a local ordinance that passed in Charlotte, NC by a 7 –4 vote. The ordinance was instituted to protect gay, lesbian, and transgender people in places of public accommodation—such as bars, restaurants, and stores. It has five major parts with only one small section dealing with gender specific bathroom laws: 1. HB 2 requires public schools and public agencies to have single sex multiple occupancy bathrooms and changing …