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Category: Quick hits
Tabernacle UMC jewelry sale for RFL
The Tabernacle United Methodist Church will be holding a Relay for Life costume jewelry sale on Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m in its Fellowship Hall.
Tuesday’s open line
Finally, a council meeting that didn’t last longer than our camera’s battery. Here’s your open line.
Call for submissions for Flowers Literary Award
by Jennifer McCollum, Ph.D. Public Relations Officer North Carolina Humanities Council Greensboro — The North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, invites original entries of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry for the 2010 Linda Flowers Literary Award. The postmark deadline for submissions is August 15, 2010.
Thursday’s open line
What is the appeal of this “Glee” TV show? I don’t know about you, but my personal hell certainly includes endless show tunes and cheesy covers of classic rock. Let me know what I should see in it on today’s open line.
8th Henderson city council budget meeting Thursday
The eighth budget meeting of the Henderson City Council will be held tomorrow, Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in City Hall. City Hall is located at 134 Rose Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina.
Wednesday’s open line
Remember, folks, no matter what topic the editorial staff here at HiH may suggest, this space is yours to talk about anything you want (within the limits set forth in the Terms of Use, of course). Have at.
Tuesday’s open line
For the eighth time since Home in Henderson began, the address 1012 Standish Street in Henderson, North Carolina been mentioned in a “Crime” feature:
Today’s Henderson budget session canceled
The Henderson City Council’s budget meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. has been canceled. No additional details were made available.
Breaking news: City council recinds 2011 tax increase
Home in Henderson correspondent Lewis Edwards reported a few minutes ago that the Henderson City Council agreed in a straw vote to rescind its proposed four cent tax increase in ad valorum property taxes in the proposed fiscal 2011 budget. The council agreed to find cuts elsewhere in the budget this evening during a budget work session that ended a few minutes before 8:00 p.m.
Monday’s open line
If you are an elementary school teacher, an elementary school parent, or an elementary school student (do your parents know you’re reading this?), then you know that today marks the beginning of a season I like to call “Testmas”. This week, our regular education students will take the North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests in Reading and Mathematics on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Here’s your open line.
Board of ed. to hold called meeting on May 20
The Vance County Board of Education will hold a called meeting on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center’s Superintendent’s Conference Room located at 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina. The purpose of the meeting is to hold an executive session on personnel matters and to receive personnel recommendations for the 2010 and 2011 school year. Both matters will require board approval.
Special Olympics Torch Run June 1
The NC Special Olympics Law-Enforcement Torch Run will be held Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. starting at the Henderson Police Department located at 200 Breckenridge Street in downtown Henderson.
Friday/weekend open line
I know that many of you were looking forward to some sort of resolution in the Hester vs. Anonymous Bloggers case next week, but due to a rescheduling of Judge Howard Manning’s docket, the earliest our motion to quash the subpoena against me can be heard is June 7, 2010. I will publish the date and location of the hearing as soon as it is set. In the mean time, HiH still needs your help to carry this fight to …
Car seat check today at Armory
The Safe Kids Henderson — Vance Coalition will be sponsoring a free child passenger safety car seat clinic on May 13, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Henderson Armory.
Thursday’s open line
Apparently it’s in the air: Louisiana politician sues online commenters for defamation.