Eaton-Johnson Middle School inducted nine students into the school’s chapter of the National Junior Honor Society during a special ceremony held on March 22. Parents and other family members of the students were assembled in the school’s media center for the special recognition of these high academic achievers in the seventh and eighth grades. Seventh graders inducted were Sarah Hayes, Andrew Tippett and Simone Webb. Eighth-grade students inducted in the ceremony included America Alfaro, Tamia Alston, Aryianna Dockery, Josiah Jones, …
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Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, March 25th. The fact that pencils have erasers is supposed to indicate that no one is perfect. But it’s doubtful that people were perfect before this month in 1858. That’s when Hyman Lipman was granted a patent for a pencil with an incorporated rubber eraser. Lipman’s eraser could be sharpened, as it protruded from the wood sheath at the end opposite the graphite. The familiar wood-encased pencil dates back to 1662, when they were mass-produced in Nuremberg, Germany. More …
Dr. Norman Shearin’s Death
Former Vance County Schools Superintendent Dr. Norman Shearin passed away late Tuesday. Visitation is scheduled at 12:00 pm, Friday, March 25th, at the Kure Memorial Lutheran Church followed by the funeral at 1:00 pm. Church address is 117 3rd Avenue, Kure Beach. Burial will follow at Oleander Memorial Gardens, 306 Bradley Drive, Wilmington. Dr. Shearin served as Superintendent of Vance County Schools from January 2003 until his retirement in April 2011. He indeed made his mark here in Vance …
Congressman G. K. Butterfield to Host Women’s Listening Session in Wilson
Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) is hosting a women’s listening session, entitled “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds” on March 24th in Wilson, NC. This is the second stop on Butterfield’s “Jobs and Justice Tour.” The forum being held tomorrow at Wilson Community College will provide an opportunity for the public to hear from local and state experts about resources that can help advance their economic goals. Congressman Butterfield will also gather feedback on the support needed for women in the …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of March 24 on North Carolina Weekend, see what’s in bloom at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh. Take in “The Mummy Treasure of Al Faiyum” exhibit at the Iredell Museum in Statesville. Step back in time with a walking tour of Bath. Lift a glass at Call Family Distillers in Wilkesboro. And check out the scene at Lex 18 Restaurant, Bar and Dinner Theater in Asheville. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is …
City of Henderson Land Planning Committee Meeting March 29th, 2016
The Henderson City Council’s Land Planning Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 29 at 11:00 p.m. in the Council’s Conference Room at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue. The purpose of this meeting is regarding downtown incentives and City/County co-owned dilapidated property issues. The public is welcome.
City of Henderson Public Safety and Human Resources Committee Meeting March 28th, 2016
City of Henderson Public Safety Committee (Brummitt, Brown, Wilder) meeting scheduled for Monday, March 28 at 2:00 p.m. will now include the Human Resources Committee (Brown, Taylor, Wilder). The purpose is to discuss the fire department reorganization.
VGCC students step up to the mic at talent show
More than a dozen Vance-Granville Community College students sang, played instruments, performed magic tricks and demonstrated martial arts on March 4 in “VGCC’s Got Talent,” the first event of its kind for the college. Organized by the VGCC Student Government Association, the talent competition was held in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus. The winners, each of whom received a cash prize, were, in first place, College Transfer student Morgan McFalls of Oxford; in second place, Paralegal Technology …
Math education expert visits VGCC
The Male Mentoring Program and the Academic Skills Center at Vance-Granville Community College brought a renowned educator to campus recently to speak to math students and instructors. Dr. Lee Stiff, former president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, presented “Math Matters: Seeing Math for What It Is” on March 10 on VGCC’s Main Campus. Stiff was introduced by VGCC Academic Skills Center assistant coordinator Tim MacNeil. “Dr. Stiff was my professor at N.C. State University,” MacNeil said. “He’s …
VGCC Students awarded Golden LEAF Scholarships
A group of students from Vance-Granville Community College recently received scholarships through the Golden LEAF Scholarship program for the North Carolina Community College System. The scholarship program, designed to help North Carolinians attend the state’s community colleges, is funded through a $750,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. The scholarship can be used to assist with tuition, books, fees, supplies, transportation and childcare expenses related to attending classes during the 2015-16 academic year, and industry-recognized credential testing expenses that address …
Trustees Approve Budget Requests For County Funding
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees approved a proposed total budget request of $2,786,098 for the 2016-2017 fiscal year for Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties at its bimonthly meeting on Monday, March 21. The meeting, held on the college’s Main Campus, began with an announcement from VGCC President Dr. Stelfanie Williams on a new scholarship program, the VanGuarantee, to help eligible students overcome cost-related barriers to getting their college education. In announcing the VanGuarantee, the college president was …
Thursday Open Line
A number of various causes are recognized in March. Two of these seem to go hand in hand, or hand to mouth — National Nutrition Month and National Frozen Food Month. The goal of the first is make consumers aware of just how easy it is to eat healthy meals. And one of the ways this is possible is because of frozen food. Developed by Clarence Birdseye, the first commercially available items were quick-frozen fish fillets in 1925. Frozen food …
Quick Pass Helps You Save Money on Your Road Trips With a Spring Transponder Promotion
Spring is here and summer is on its way, and vacations are being planned. To help you save money and time on your road trips to many parts of the country, N.C. Quick Pass is cutting the cost of its hard-case transponders in half to just $10 with a spring promotion from Tuesday, March 22 through June 20. Thanks to partnerships with E-ZPass, Georgia’s Peach Pass and Florida’s Sun Pass, customers with a N.C. Quick Pass hard-case transponder have access …
VGCC holds Summer Term New Student Orientation sessions
Registration for classes and orientation sessions for new students have begun for the Summer 2016 term at Vance-Granville Community College, which starts Monday, May 23. Students who wish to enroll at VGCC starting in the Fall 2016 semester may also attend one of the orientation sessions for summer. Attending an orientation session is required for all new students who wish to enroll in any of the college’s curriculum programs, and for students who are returning to VGCC after being away …
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meetings March 24 and April 25
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates: * Building & Grounds, Thursday, March 24th, 8:30 am * Personnel Committee, Tuesday, April 5th, 8:30 am Note: All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.
Guest speaker at VGCC tells personal stories from civil rights movement
In celebration of Black History Month, the Male Mentoring program at Vance-Granville Community College recently hosted a special guest speaker with unique insights into the people and events of the civil rights movement. 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 successor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. At age 86, Eaton has …
VGCC’s new ‘VanGuarantee’ to help area residents afford higher education
Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of Vance-Granville Community College, announced a major new commitment today (March 21) to eliminate financial barriers to higher education for residents of Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties. President Williams said a new need-based scholarship program, called the “VanGuarantee,” is designed to cover tuition, student fees and textbooks for eligible students whose financial needs are unmet by federal financial aid and other means of support. She made the announcement at a meeting of the VGCC …
Wednesday Open Line
The first town in America to have its streets illuminated by electric lights wasn’t one of the familiar, Eastern metropolises that loom in our history. That distinction instead went to the north-central Indiana town of Wabash, late this month in 1880. Wabash had a population of just 3,800 Hoosiers in 1880, so it took only four 3,000-candlepower arc lamps on the county courthouse to light the streets. By newspaper accounts, witnesses were awestruck by the modern wonder. Now, the 10,400 …
Future Planning Series with First in Families of NC at Perry Memorial Library March 23rd, 2016
Learn about planning for the future and the systems available for adult siblings, parents, and professionals for supporting individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. Stafffrom First In Families of North Carolina will provide information about future planning, guardianship, alternatives to guardianship, supported decision making, and a new initiative to support adult siblings of individuals with I/DD through a statewide network. Perry Memorial Library, 12pm to 1:30pm. Sponsored by Cardinal Innovations Healthcare and Lifetime Connections Lunch provided by Cardinal Innovations Healthcare
NC Main Street Award Winners In The Spotlight
North Carolinians will receive top honors tonight for their focus on downtowns across the state during the N.C. Main Street Awards Ceremony in Goldsboro. Fourteen award winners will be recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories that include design, economic vitality, organization and promotion. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and Assistant Secretary Dr. Patricia Mitchell, CeCD, will present the awards to Main Street recipients tonight at 6 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Goldsboro at 139 S. …