Four types are at EMERGENCY status: O Positive, O Negative, A Negative, and B Negative The Central North Carolina Red Cross is in desperate need of blood drive locations. So many of our local industries has closed or downsized and are no longer able to have blood drives. The Red Cross is finding it hard to replace the pints of blood they used to generate.
Category: Quick hits
Ashley Furniture Relay for Life Day
** Corrected ** Join Relayers at the Ashley Furniture Relay Day at Ashley Furniture on Saturday, May 5, 2007! Ashley Furniture is located on Dabney Drive in Henderson. 10% of all sales will be donated to the American Cancer society.
Friday’s open line
The VIPS (Volunteers in Police Services) will be selling North Carolina Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run T-shirts from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in front of Wal-Mart on North Cooper Drive in Henderson. With that, we give you the open line.
Thursday’s open line
The Public Utilities Committee is scheduled to meet in the City Hall Conference Room on Friday, May 4, at 8:00 a.m. With that, we give you today’s open line to do with as you will, within reason. En garde…
2nd Annual Kids Walk June 16
Registration due Thursday, May 3 The 2nd Annual Kids Walk will be held at Southern Vance High School on Saturday, June 16, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday’s open line
We were dumbfounded to learn yesterday that in North Carolina one must pay a stamp tax on one’s dope. So much for the argument that drugs should be legalized and taxed (not a view to which we subscribe). Apparently, they can be taxed and illegal at the same time. When one thinks about it, though, it’s no different than being required to pay income tax on illegally earned money, is it? Put that in your pipe and smoke it on …
Relay for Life Pizza Inn Mondays in April
Come join us for the last Pizza Inn Monday in April at Pizza Inn in Henderson, from 5:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Relayers will greet you at the door. 10% of your meal will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
Community Development Committee to meet
The Community Development Committee, chaired by Henderson City Council member Garry Daeke, will meet at 12:00 p.m. today in the City Hall Conference Room. The topic of today’s meeting is the Certificate of Occupancy/Minimum Housing Ordinance.
Safe Kids Day Thursday at Aycock Rec
Click to enlarge image In recognition of Safe Kids Week, the Henderson-Vance chapter of North Carolina Safe Kids will be holding Safe Kids Day at the Aycock Recreation Center on May 3, 2007 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Monday’s open line
Is it already Monday? How fast the time goes! That being the case, why not waste some of it here on our open line?
Weekend open line
A long-time reader sent us a site with some interesting articles on community spaces and public libraries. We encourage readers to take a look and let us know what they think. As always, this open line is yours to do with as you will, within the limits we circumscribe for our fifth graders as those of the “reasonable person”. Have at.
A night under the stars for Relay for Life
Please come and join the Relay for Life tonight at the
Friday’s open line
The next Community Development Committee meeting has been scheduled for Monday, April 30 at 12:00 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room. The planned topic is the Certificate of Occupancy Ordinance/Minimum Housing. Should the CD Committee set a timeline to complete its work on the CO? Let your thoughts be known on today’s open line.
The unhappy life of a David St. house
What follows is an incomplete pictoral history of a David Street house.
Snorkel truck takes aim
Henderson Fire Department drills with snorkel truck. The Henderson Fire Department was observed yesterday engaged in practice exercises with its snorkel truck in Rose’s Department Store’s parking lot on Norlina Road in Henderson.
Thursday’s open line
The Henderson City Council’s Journal Committee will be meeting today at 8:30 a.m. in the City Hall Conference Room. Although this committee does not get a lot of attention, often the success or failure of any institution lies in its ability to maintain accurate records and to have a system to accurately and efficiently recall information from those records. One of the challenges career teachers face in the discharge of their duties is the loss of “institutional memory” because of …
Wednesday’s open line
If only there were Cliff’s Notes of City meetings. Dianne White, this is opportunity knocking… The open line is yours. Enjoy.
“Meet Me in the Street” huge success
— contributed by Bill Edwards President of the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce Whether you were able to attend or not, the “Meet Me in the Street” event on Thursday evening, April 19, 2007 was a huge success.