The volunteers who operate the Guild Gift Gallery at Maria Parham Medical Center recently endowed their fifth Vance-Granville Community College scholarship, and this one specifically honors the service of all those who have donated their time to work at the gift shop over the years. The new gift continues a tradition of the organization’s support for education. Since 2008, the Guild Gift Gallery has given over $125,000 to the VGCC Endowment Fund to create scholarships that help deserving students who …
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VGCC Awards 328 Scholarships To Students
Vance-Granville Community College awarded 328 scholarships to full-time students at an awards ceremony, held Feb. 22 in the college’s Civic Center. In her welcoming remarks, Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the new president of VGCC, congratulated the scholarship recipients and thanked the donors who support the college’s Endowment Fund, many of whom were on hand to present their scholarships in person. “VGCC is strong in large part because of the wonderful combination represented here today: excellent students on one hand, and supportive …
Vance County Schools Student Accepted to 2012 Governors School
Ethan M. Byrom has been accepted to the 2012 Governors School in recognition of Mathematics. This summer, 550 of the most distinguished North Carolina rising high school juniors and seniors will attend the 2012 Governor’s School. This year’s attendees are particularly fortunate as the program’s future was in question after Governor’s School funding was eliminated in the NC General Assembly’s 2011-13 biennial budget. However, thanks to the efforts of the North Carolina Governor’s School Foundation, which raised more than $700,000, …
Tax Time is Also Scammer Time
Scammers like to use recurring events, such as tax season, as a “hook” to catch you with your guard down. One common tax-time scam involves masquerading as an Internal Revenue Service agent. Scammers know that simply saying “I’m with the IRS” will get people’s attention and possibly get them to share personal information. Someone claiming to be with the IRS recently called a North Carolina business seeking to “verify” information about one of the business’s employees. Fortunately the business did …
White House on Petitions: We’re Listening. Seriously.
By Macon Phillips, Special Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Digital Strategy Back in September when we launched the We the People petitions platform, we really weren’t sure what to expect. This kind of online engagement was brand new for the U.S. Government, but it quickly became clear that there were thousands of Americans across the country who were eager to tell the Obama Administration about the issues they care about most. From the beginning, we promised …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
Tara Servatius, a blogger for the John Locke Foundation, a “free-market think tank” in Raleigh, N.C., resigned on Thursday after posting an offensive cartoon of President Obama on the foundation’s blog earlier in the week. Servatius issued a statement saying she was “genuinely sorry my inclusion of the photo along with my blog post has caused controversy.” But the conservative blogger also defended her inclusion of the photo as an attempt to articulate her position “At the time, I was …
Vance County Animal Shelter Group Meeting This Afternoon
The Vance County Animal Shelter group meeting this afternoon is at 3:30 p.m. This was scheduled during their last meeting. The group will continue discussions on the development of a new animal shelter. Commissioners Brummitt, Wilder, and Wright may be in attendance. The group will meet in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room.
Safe Kids Henderson-Vance Car Seat Check Today
The Safe Kids Henderson-Vance Coalition is sponsoring a Car Seat Check today March 22, 2012 at Wal-Mart 200 North Cooper Drive from 1pm to 5pm. Please Come out and soupport us. Seats will be available for those parents are in need of a child safety seat today. We are asking a donation of $20.00 for seats. The donations will help buy more seats so we can have more car seat checks. We will be assisting parents in correctly installing their …
VGCC Nominates Student for Statewide Award
Vance-Granville Community College recently nominated Adriele Andre of Creedmoor, a student in the college’s Early Childhood Associate program, for the North Carolina Community College System’s Dallas Herring Achievement Award. That award was established by the system in 2010 to honor the late Dr. Dallas Herring, the longtime State Board of Education chairman and one of the state’s earliest advocates of community colleges. Each year, the award recognizes a current or former community college student who best embodies Herring’s philosophy of …
Henderson PD Shoplifters of the Week
SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WEEK Roberta Davis, 21,839 E Montgomery StreetDate: 3/17/2012Charge: LarcenyLocation: WalmartItems: Nail Polish, Shampoo, Panties, JeansBond: $300.00 Secured Samika Whitfield, 35, 349 Stagecoach Road HendersonDate: 3/17/2012Charge: LarcenyLocation: WalmartItems: Lip Gloss, Cocoa Butter, Lip Stick,ShampooBond: Cited And Released Randy Hawley, 28, 600 W Andrews Ave. HendersonDate: 3/14/2012Charge: Larceny, Communicating ThreatsLocation: WalmartItems: Raid Fogger, Tide, Laptop CartBond: $500.00 Secured Amanda Haines, 26,515 Finch Road HendersonDate: 3/14/2012Charge: Destruction Evidence, Larceny, Larceny Anti Theft DeviceLocation: WalmartItems: JewelryBond: $15,000.00 Secured Candace Gorman, 20, …
North Carolina ranks 18th with a grade of C- and a score of 71 percent from the State Integrity Investigation
North Carolina –a state of 9.7 million residents that will host the Democratic National Convention in September — ranks 18tth with a grade of C- and a score of 71 percent from the State Integrity Investigation, a collaborative project of the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity, and Public Radio International. No state received an A, but North Carolina ranked lower than many others on measures of its public access to information, executive accountability, state budget processes, and its procurement. …
New Report Summarizes Economic Impact of Cutting SNAP Benefits
A new report from the Center for American Progress looks at the economic consequences of cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as the House leadership budget proposed for fiscal year 2013, released by Rep. Paul Ryan on March 20, 2012. According to the new report, in 2009, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was responsible for lifting the income of 3.6 million Americans over the poverty line, providing an average of less than $300 in monthly food stamps to families in …
Ranking Members Butterfield and Waxman Urge Transportation Secretary to Combat Odometer Fraud
WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (CA-30) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood urging him to combat odometer fraud by updating the rule governing odometer disclosure requirements. The full text of the letter follows. March 21, 2012 The Honorable Ray LaHood Secretary United States Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE …
Health Reform in Action: Covering Young Adults
Tracy Muñoz realized our health care system needed to change the hard way: Her family had to take drastic financial measures to pay thousands of dollars for surgery that her private insurance wouldn’t cover. Before the Affordable Care Act, this Norfolk, VA mom worried that her five children would face the same pressures, especially one son who, as a part-time college student, was not eligible to stay on the family’s insurance plan. “What if something happened to him and we wouldn’t be able to pay for …
Thursday Open Lines
Wednesday marked the birthday of one of the major figures of the American wine industry — Julio Gallo. With his brother Ernest, he started making wine after Prohibition ended in humble surroundings — a rented California warehouse, with equipment bought on credit. Over the years, the brothers’ hard work saw their winery become the largest in the U.S., and their creative marketing techniques helped shape the nation’s drinking tastes. Now, Americans buy $18.5 billion of wine annually. California vintners produce …
Local Supper Series: How Local Farmers Can Sell Food To Schools
The March meeting of the Local Supper Series, which will take place this Thursday, March 22, 6-8 PM. The meeting will be held at the Armory in Warrenton. We have a great program planned: the presenter will be Gary Gay with the NC Department of Agriculture, speaking about NCDA’s Farm to School program. He will discuss the history and goals of the NC Farm-to-School program, which provides a way for NC growers to sell healthy fruits and vegetables to school …
VGCC names six Early College students to Dean’s List
Vance-Granville Community College recently announced that six students who are enrolled in Early College High School programs earned Dean’s List honors for the fall semester that ended in December 2011. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student had to maintain a 3.5 grade-point average and have no grade lower than “B” while carrying at least 12 semester hours. At early college high schools, students simultaneously complete both a high school diploma and a two-year college degree (or up to …
Expert on Religion to discuss Middle East at VGCC on April 11
Vance-Granville Community College will host a noted scholar to talk about recent events in the Middle East on Wednesday, April 11 from 11 a.m. until noon in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. The public is invited to attend the presentation, which is offered free of charge. The guest speaker, Dr. Anna Bigelow, an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at N.C. State University, will discuss the role …
Vance County Board of Education Upcoming Meetings
The Vance County Board of Education has announced a special called meeting Wednesday, March 28, 2012 5:30 p.m. Administrative Services Center Superintendent’s Conference Room 1724 Graham Avenue Henderson, N. C. 27536 A G E N D A I. Call to Order * II. Approval of Meeting Agenda III. Work Session: Capital Outlay Budget Requests * IV. Adjournment * Requires Board Action Also, the next Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Date prior to April 2, 2012 School …
VGCC Male Mentoring program hosts guest speaker
The Male Mentoring Program at Vance-Granville Community College will welcome a noted author, entrepreneur, social activist and educator to campus, where he will share his inspirational story. Dr. NKrumah D. Lewis will speak Friday, March 30 starting at 11 a.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. The presentation is free and open to the public, in addition to VGCC students, faculty and staff. A Durham native, Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Winston-Salem …