By overwhelming reader request, this week we’re requesting that readers post their lunchpail favorites. While the classic PB&J is as tried-and-true as the #2 pencil, it’s also as old as the book strap and the dunce cap. What mouth-watering lunch-bag concoctions have you created to put a sparkle in your student’s eye of a Vance County lunch time? Post them below so that all may partake.
Category: That’s life
Closings and delays
Franklin County Schools closed September 1, 2006. Granville County Schools are under a two hour delay, September 1, 2006. Kerr-Vance Academy delayed until 10:00 a.m. September 1, 2006. Vance Charter School is under a two-hour delay for September 1, 2006. Warren County Schools closed, optional teacher workday September 1, 2006. Please sent notice of delays and cancellations to submission@homeinhenderson.com for posting.
“Six degrees” weather update
Reader Julian Oliver reports that a friend in Melbourne, Florida has informed him that Ernesto has brought only heavy rains with no wind at this time. Let’s hope if and when this storm hits us that it has the same lack of punch!
Blood drive going on now
The Vance Chapter of the American Red Cross is holding a blood drive today at the Lighthouse Entertainment Center behind the new Social Security Building on Beckford Drive from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We are informed that all blood types are in short supply and that all are invited to donate.
Send us your balls!
E.M. Rollins Elementary School is in desperate need of tennis balls, new or used, to be placed on the feet of chairs, desks, and tables for the protection of our beautiful new floors. Please feel free to drop donations by the school at 1600 S. Garnett Street, or give us a call at 438-2189 and let us know where to pick ’em up. On behalf of the kids, and the floors, thank you.
Corner Kitchen: Home remedies
School is starting again on Friday, and you moms and dads know what that means: germs galore! Those walking Petri dishes we love so much will be bringing home a multitude of viruses and bacteria that will soon be stampeding for sinuses, bronchial tubes, stomachs, intestines, larynxes, and lymph nodes. What family concoctions work best to relieve the symptoms at your house? Share them with the suffering masses in our corner kitchen.
Fuel watch: Low gas prices
This week, Home in Henderson is piloting a new feature where readers can let the rest of us know where to find the lowest fuel prices in Vance County. On your way to work or shop or play, keep an eye out for those friendly prices so you can let the rest of us know where to save!
School open house today
Don’t forget Vance County Schools Open House from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. today at all Vance County Schools. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet your children’s teachers in a relaxed, pleasant, and cordial atmosphere! This way you’ll be able to put a face to all those stories you’re going to hear.
Corner Kitchen: One-dish wonders
We know how to make two one-dish meals here at Home in Henderson, and one of them is called “slop”. What one dish recipes are you willing to share? Post them below in this week’s Corner Kitchen.
Pick of the day: West End Community Watch
Don’t forget the West End Community Neighborhood Watch meeting tonight at 6:30 at the West End Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. There will be questions and answers from the District Attorney.
Calling all seamstresses and garmet designers
Local charity Wings of Hope is looking for Henderson seamstresses and garment designers for a fund-raising fashion show to be held in early December.
Community watch announcement
The West End Community Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held on August 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the West End Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
Back-to-school block party good family fun
Participants line up to register for the event A back-to-school block party sponsored by Henderson’s First Baptist Church, Greater Little Zion United Holy Church, and Shiloh Baptist Church gave away over 1,000 school backpacks loaded with school supplies yesterday.
Corner Kitchen: Ball jar jamboree
A longtime reader has advised us that with all the fruit trees, veggies, melons and such getting ripe that she is in need of some recipes on how to make jams, jellies, preserves, and salsas. Can we help her out before everything dries up on the branch, bush, or vine? Post your formula below in our Corner Kitchen.
Von Williams speaks about new school
Editor’s Note: Although we had something in mind like the recent interview with Henderson Police Chief Glen Allen, our discussion with Ms. Deryl von Williams was so broad and ranged over so many topics that the above format would have been inappropriate. The conversation has been truncated to cover the basics of the new private school. Home in Henderson spoke to Deryl von Williams at her place of business, The Everything Store, on Garnett Street this past Monday, August 7.
Corner Kitchen: Barbeque favorites
If it can be killed, it can be grilled. Share your sure-fire heat-seared secrets here! If nothing else, perhaps we can settle the age-old question: charcoal or propane.
Night Out Against Crime tomorrow
From the Night Out Against Crime 2006 Flyer The annual Night Out Against Crime will be held at L.B. Yancey Elementary School on Saturday, August 5, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be free hot dogs and t-shirts for registered participants.
Don’t forget tax-free weekend!
North Carolina’s fifth annual sales tax holiday is this weekend — 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6.
“Warriors Series”: Not your grandma’s cats
Editor’s note: Today we introduce an occasional series of reviews of children’s literature by Claire Ramsey, the Head of Youth Services at the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library.
Corner Kitchen: No-heat suppers
Even with central A/C, it’s still been too hot to cook, unless you like to see your major appliances fight duels to the death (usually of your pocketbook). If anyone has any no-heat recipes out there that rise beyond the level of the sandwich and salad, we’d love to see ’em.