According to a cover memorandum by Interim City Manager Ed Wyatt, the Embassy Performing Arts Center Grant Application is 85% complete.
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Council on Indian Education to meet
The State Advisory Council on Indian Education will meet today from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., at the American Indian Center, Hyde Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill.
Workfirst needs diapers
by Bob Campbell, Workfirst Coordinator The folks I am working with in the WORKFIRST program to find jobs are in a catch-22 .
County Ed. Committee to meet on construction
The Vance County Board of Commissioners’ Joint Education Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday, August 14 at 12:00 p.m. at the School Administration conference room on Graham Avenue. The topic of discussion will be school construction.
City appoints new HR manager
Jeannie Barrow has been appointed the Human Resources Manager for the City of Henderson effective August 25, 2008.
Scenes from back-to-school block party
Here are some scenes from the annual back-to-school block party sponsored by Henderson’s First Baptist Church, Greater Little Zion United Holy Church, and Shiloh Baptist Church:
..08.08.08 checkpoint nets 7 DUIs
The Governor’s Highway Safety Program works hard with Law Enforcement Agencies across the state to make the roadways of North Carolina safe for the motoring public.
Rep. Wray’s Raleigh report
While our economy in North Carolina remains solid compared with much of the nation, parts of our state and some sectors of our industry have been challenged in recent months by financial pressures.
HPD seizes 350g of cocaine
On August 8, 2008, members of the Henderson Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division conducted an investigation and subsequent stop of a vehicle on Ruin Creek Road.
Council reschedules meeting to August 18
Public hearings rescheduled without Henderson City Council action This from Acting Henderson City Clerk Beverly Jackson:
Crime Stoppers Crimes of the Month
B & E Larceny Case The Vance County Sheriff’s Office needs your help with a breaking and entering and larceny case that occurred on July 7, 2008.
Carolina Sunrock not delinquent on taxes
This from Vance County Tax Administrator Samuel D. Jones:
Transcript of remarks on school referendum
Here is a link to a transcript of the Vance County Board of Commissioners’ discussion of new school construction that took place during Monday’s regular meeting.
Watkins brothers given Community Heroes award
From left to right: Commissioner Scott Hughes, Sam Watkins, George Watkins, and Chair Danny Wright The Vance County Board of Commissioners awarded George and Sam Watkins with its monthly “Community Heroes” award at Monday’s regular meeting.
Commissioners endorse smoke-free buildings
According to Jackie Sergent of the Granville-Vance District Health Department, changes in state law allow public health rules to stop smoking in all municipal buildings within its jurisdiction.
HiH video: Vance County Commission 08-04-08
Click image to play video County Commissioner Terry Garrison
Commissioners discuss process for new schools
County Manager Jerry Ayscue encouraged a discussion of the Vance County Board of Education’s request to build two new schools because of a shrinking window of opportunity to hold a referendum on the issue on this November’s ballot.
Commissioners to hear jail report
Here is the agenda for the Vance County Board of Commissioner’s meeting tonight in their chambers in the County Administrative Building on Young Street at 6:00 p.m.:
2008-2009 policy on free/reduced school meals
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction recently announced the 2008-09 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy on free and reduced-price meals for children enrolled in the state’s public schools.