Well, it works. You can view a past Henderson City Council Community Development Committee meeting at the link below if you have Real Player on your computer. If you don’t, it’s free. Henderson City Council Community Development Committee meeting.
Category: Quick hits
Weekend open line
Don’t forget the “Candidates for a New Direction” kickoff event at the Ambassador Inn in Henderson this Saturday, September 8 at 4:00 p.m. With that, we give you the open line.
NC Wine Tour at Wildflower
Please join the Vance County Community Foundation for its 5th Annual Wine Event featuring A Tasty Tour of North Carolina Wines at the Wildflower Café.
Crime Stoppers fund raiser at Chex
The Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers will be holding a fund raiser beginning today through September 9 at Chex Truck World. During the event, Chex will donate five cents for every gallon of gasoline and diesel purchased, as well as five percent of restaurant sales.
Friday’s open line
Questions to all nineteen candidates in Henderson’s municipal election will go out by U.S. Mail today. If you don’t get yours by Monday, please let us know. Our lines are open. Give Henderson a call.
Thursday’s open line
Will same day voter registration affect Henderson’s upcoming election? Let your thoughts be known on today’s open line.
Wednesday’s open line
Yesterday’s discussion of the Vance County Jail brings to mind the infrastructure of Henderson-Vance. What else is in desperate, state attention-getting need of repair? Deposit your two cents here on today’s open line.
Tuesday’s open line
If experience is any guide, the closer we get to October 9, the more feelings will intensify. We implore all comment posters to use discretion and the rules of basic civility in their election-time discourse. With that, we give you the open line.
Commissioners meet this evening
The Human Resources Committee of the Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet at 5:15 p.m. in the office of County Manager Jerry Ayscue. The Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet this evening at 6:00 p.m. in their chambers in the County Administrative Building on Young Street.
Clothes give-away Sept. 8
The New Sandy Creek Baptist Church at 1699 Weldon’s Mill Road will have a Clothes Give-Away on September 8, 2007 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. For more information, contact the church at 492-6000.
A note on political advertising
As should be obvious by now, Home in Henderson is accepting political advertisements.
HiH monthly stat. report
During the month of August, 2007, Home in Henderson posted the following statistics:
Monday’s open line
Is the community truly divided over the Certificate of Occupancy? Let’s have a straw poll on today’s open line.
Blood drive September 5
There will be an American Red Cross blood drive at the Loyal Order of Moose on Wednesday, September 5 from 1:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. All types of blood are needed to meet area demand. Contact Judy Currin at 252.492.0371 for more information.
Five County Focus: Sept. Addiction Recovery Month
by Gina DeMent, Public Information Officer Five County Mental Health Authority FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL BENEFITS OF TREATMENT AND RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS Investing in treatment for substance use disorders is necessary to ensure the health and well being of our community.
Friday’s open line
When I signed my first contract with Vance County Schools, I was faced with the problem of finding a place to live. Having just come from New York, one of the first things I did was walk up and down Garnett Street looking for a for-rent sign above one of the stores. “I done drug water” is the phrase that best expresses the results. Am I the only one who will ever have wanted to live downtown, or do you …
County HR Committee to meet Tuesday
The Vance County Board of Commissioner’s Human Resources Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 in the office of County Manager Jerry Ayscue. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
Pickens resigns from SVHS
According to an article in The Daily Dispatch this morning, Southern Vance High School James Pickens Sr. resigned yesterday.
Thursday’s open line
Signs around Henderson exhort voters to cast their ballot for a “new direction”, but do not explicitly state what that new direction is. Fuss and discuss the questions on today’s open line.
Election signs blooming in H-town
This sign was photographed on E. Young Street Hendersonians may have noticed signs inveighing residents to “Vote for A New Direction” springing up along city streets. According to a source close to the election, the signs are being placed by Henderson businessman Cliff Rogers and candidate for the Ward 2 seat Michael Inscoe. It is unknown at this time who is responsible for the conception of the signs and who is paying for their production.