The following will be closed on Monday, February 1, 2010 due to inclement weather: Crossroads Christian School Kerr-Vance Academy Norlina Christian School Vance Charter School Vance County Board of Commissioners meeting – rescheduled for Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. Vance County Schools Victory Christian School Vance-Granville Community College
Category: Quick hits
Friday/weekend open line
Once again we find ourselves staring down the barrel of a potentially heavy snowfall. I guess we couldn’t avoid it forever. Whatever happened to global warming, anyway? I thought North Carolina was going to be the new Florida. Here’s your open line.
City council strategic planning retreat agenda
Below is the agenda for the Henderson City Council’s upcoming planning retreat. The council’s Strategic Planning Retreat will be held on Friday, January 29, 2010, from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at the Ambassador’s Inn & Suites in Henderson. Click image to view full-size document
Thursday’s open line
Don’t forget about the District Forum today at Vance-Granville Community College here in Vance County. We’d like to go, but, oddly enough, it’s being held in the middle of a regular business day.
Wednesday’s open line
At some time in the recent past, The Daily Dispatch posted in the “Breaking News” section of their Web site their news tip information. Potential tipsters may call or text the Dispatch at 252.425.3496 to report news tips or email them to newstips@hendersondispatch.com They are also now subscribing to HiH‘s Twitter account. I believe all of the bases are covered now. Carry on.
Tuesday’s open line
Yesterday’s marathon session of the Henderson City Council has made me a proponent not of term limits for elected officials, but time limits. Here’s your open line.
Schools’ Community Relations committee meets 1/26
The Vance County Board of Education’s Community Relations Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in the Administrative Services Center at 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
Friday/weekend open line
We saw in yesterday’s Daily Dispatch that the bid on the Southerland Mill Pond land is up to $170,940. Before you start crowing, remember that the $51,000 that the city originally paid for the property in 1953 has the same buying power as $401,563 today. We’re still a long way from breaking even. Here’s your open line.
Thursday’s open line
Wake those kids up and get ’em off to school. There’s a big two-day week of learning to be had! The second semester beckons! Here’s your open line.
County committee to meet Friday
The Vance County Board of Commissioners’ General Government Committee is scheduled to meet on Friday, January 22, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the office of County Manager Jerry Ayscue to discuss a property tax appeal. The county manager’s office is located at 122 Young Street in Henderson, North Carolina.
Wednesday’s open line
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives…I hope. Use it well. Here’s your open line.
VCS committee meetings today
The Vance County Board of Education’s Curriculum Committee will meet today, Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. The board’s Policy Committee will meet on the same date at 12:00 p.m. Both meetings will be held in the Administrative Services Center located at 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina. No agenda was provided for either meeting.
Tuesday’s open line
It’s back to the salt mine for many of us, and summer is looking mighty far away. Here’s your open line.
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire…
On January 15, 2010, the Henderson Fire Department conducted a training exercise in the area of Alexander and Harriet Streets in Henderson.
HPD Crime Alert: Credit card scams
by Lt. Irvin Robinson, Crime Prevention Officer Henderson Police Department The Henderson Police Department’s Crime Prevention Section would like to alert citizens to possible ongoing telephone scams and identity theft frauds that have been reported in other areas regarding credit and debit cards issued by Visa and MasterCard.
Friday/weekend open line
If HiH were to do video interviews a few times a month of local folk of interest, would you watch? Would you send in questions? Let us know what you think about this on our weekend open line.
Thursday’s open line
We just heard an estimate that 100,000 are dead or missing in Haiti after Tuesday’s earthquake. Let us take a moment to count our blessings on today’s open line.