Category: Quick hits

Well, another school year has come and gone. Remember that today is an early release day for elementary schools (1:30 p.m.), so don’t leave the little ones stranded! Did your student have a successful year? Let us know how you feel on today’s open line.

There’s lot to talk about, so we won’t even try to guide the discussion. Have at!

As to the comparing Police Chief Glen Allen’s figures with those of Henderson City Council member Bobby Gupton, we are at work on a piece that we hope to complete as time allows vis-a-vis our paying job. We certainly intend to make the pertinent pages of both documents available to readers. Alas, some pieces can be done fast and right and some can just be done right, and this piece is one of the latter. A frequent commentor on Home …

We’re encouraged by the passing of the anti-graffiti ordinance last night. We hope to see some of those tags disappear soon. Do you think it will help? Let ’em know your thoughts on our open line.

The Vance County Board of Education’s Community Relations Committee will be meeting at 9:00 a.m. at the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue. Also, don’t forget tonight’s city council meeting at 7:00 p.m. in meeting chambers at City Hall. With that, speak out on whatever is on your mind.

A little good news: the FAIR Committee agreed yesterday at its budget meeting that each city employee should get a $100 dollar Christmas bonus. The bad news is that it puts the budget $8,000 in the red, a situation that will have to be rectified as the budget process continues. We’ll write more on the meeting later. Until then, the floor is yours.

Budget time draws nigh. What do you think of the city’s priorities? Let ’em know how you feel on our open line.

If you read the press release “NC pilots federal education growth model”, then perhaps you share our perplexity on how the same federal government poised to penalize our state for inadequate teacher qualification standards can “reward” us with this program. Propose your own education legislation that makes sense on today’s open line.

We attended the Boys and Girls Clubs of North Central North Carolina’s Executive Board meeting last night, and we continue to be impressed with the hard work and dedication that this group brings to the project. We at Home in Henderson look forward to having a club in our community. We wonder what else can be done to help the problems of this generation of young people, or, indeed, if our readers feel that they are aware of the problems …

Today marks the beginning of the End-of-Grade Tests for students in grades 3-8. What do you think of North Carolina’s testing program? Let us know what you think on our open line.

As we’re sure almost everyone knows, the dedication of the new H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library will be today at 10:00 a.m. United States Senator Richard Burr will be there along with other dignitaries for the festivities in MacGregor Hall. Home in Henderson will not be able to provide coverage, so if you go, please let us know how it went. We learned yesterday that if you are a particularly slow reader or like to read particularly long books, now …

Loose dogs, budget surpluses, and PAC donations… oh my! There’s plenty to talk about on our weekend open line. Let the games begin! P.S. – Let’s try to lay off the multiple comment posts (same message under different articles). It takes up too much cyberspace.

We hear that Raleigh has a big surplus this year. What should they spend it on? Let ’em know what you think on today’s open line.

If you read the article on Beacon Light, then you know that it looks as if Robert Duke may get his wish, at least in part. We wonder, though, if the social upheaval involved in uprooting people might simply create new stresses on other parts of the system, like the schools (a state-wide enterprise) and law enforcement. What are your thoughts?

We were disillusioned to see our hometown maligned by association with AIDS in the Newsweek article, but we also note from our own experience that nothing brings out readers like the negative. With the exception of yesterday’s story on Daniel Faulkner, positive stories on our news blog tend to go with few or no comments. That being said, what positive changes must we make to bring new blood to our community, especially people with millions of investment dollars burning giant …