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The Vance Aquatics Club fell to 0-4 in Division III of the Durham Summer Swim League with a 204-152 loss to Five Oaks on Wednesday evening at the Aycock Recreation Complex, but the Barracudas continued to pick up speed as the end of the DSSL season approaches.

Meetings of committees of the Vance County Board of Commissioners aren’t typically big draws; in fact, we in the public rarely know when they’re happening. But today’s meeting of the General Government Committee at noon at the county Administration Building is huge: The Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership will make its case for the commissioners’ endorsement. Less important than the county action is the partnership’s chance to explain why it’s the answer for economic development and to prove its commitment to openness. …

It’s crunch time for local budgets, with only nine days left in the fiscal year, and Vance County and Henderson are set for simultaneous action toward accomplishing their fiscal duties today at 6 p.m. The county commissioners are due to meet at that time in the old courthouse to pass a budget with a 2-cent increase in the property tax rate. But the meeting at the same time at the Municipal Building could be more interesting: The City Council’s Finance …

Summer is traditionally a tough time for blood donations and the blood supply. An alert from the American Red Cross says the Carolinas are in particular need of types O and B blood. Regardless of your type, you can donate today at Advantage Ford/Lincoln-Mercury from 2 to 6 p.m. Call 492-5011 for an appointment or more information. The only Red Cross blood drive scheduled for July will be at Vance-Granville Community College on Wednesday, July 20, from 11 a.m. to …

Mother’s Day means flowers and cards, but what do you for Father’s Day? Get Dad a tie he doesn’t want and remind him that he has to go back to work tomorrow? Give him a power tool or some other gadget from Lowe’s, in effect telling him to get working on that “honey, do” list around the house? For our money, some quiet time with sports on TV (the U.S. Open and/or the College World Series), an hour or so …

It’s the one 24-hour period of the year when it seems that all of Vance County is pulling in the same direction: the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. It’s an amazing combination of good works and good fun, and it has raised $2.2 million over a decade. Fundraisers have been happening for months, and Relay itself kicked off at 3 p.m. Friday at Southern Vance High School’s track. You still have time to hit the track — walking at …

The Henderson City Council’s special meeting was canceled on account of miscommunication Thursday evening.

It’s now or never — or at least until next year — for tobacco quota holders and growers who hope to cash in during the first of 10 years of the quota buyout. If you haven’t signed up with the Farm Service Agency, go to the Vance County office at the corner of Young and Walnut streets today, or you’ll be shut out this year. You could sign up next year, but why give up 10 percent of your share …

City Manager Eric Williams didn’t have to look long or far to find a new planning director for Henderson.

The Vance office of the federal Farm Service Agency is taking nominations for a seat on the FSA Committee until Aug. 1.

The hype around town is about a team from Channel 11 (WTVD-TV) coming to the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center tonight at 7 as a community outreach effort (read: a search for story ideas), but we’re not impressed. Why get excited just because Channel 11 acknowledges Henderson’s existence for once when there isn’t a murder or plant closing or major fire? If the ABC 11 folks want to find good stories, they could go to the Aycock Recreation Complex at …

The fiscal year has about two weeks left; it’s time for a quick recap of where we stand on budgets for fiscal 2005-06.

The twice-a-month anti-crime, cross-denominational prayer meeting at West Hills Presbyterian Church will be held tonight at 7 at the Ruin Creek Road church. We just hope that someone can say a little prayer for the Tulane Green Wave baseball team to play up to its potential and win the College World Series, which starts Friday. Please. gangbang movieebony movie gay clipsglory movie the summarymovies horseanderson tommy movie and lee pamhandjob movie freelong free movies xxxpussy movies free mpgmovie releases latestin …

The proof of Vance County elementary school students’ success on the end-of-grade tests is in the classrooms of summer school: The number of third- through fifth-graders forced into summer classes is down 20 percent from a year ago.

Don’t expect Henderson’s new ordinance on fire-damaged buildings to have an immediate effect on the city’s landscape of abandoned houses.

As some have commented on this site, it is one of the cruel ironies of Embassy Square that the city’s heavy investment/donation/loan to the cultural center between Breckenridge and Winder streets has left Henderson unable to finance any cultural endeavors.

A Hispanic-led grocery chain has opened a store in the former Lowe’s Foods location on East Andrews Avenue.

About 40 people gathered at the Gateway Center on Thursday night to help representatives of the Duke Endowment’s Program for the Rural Carolinas better understand poverty.

Tecory A. Hester A Henderson man who has spent most of his adult life in prison for a sex crime was arrested Tuesday on six sex-related charges and a firearms violation.

Henderson’s City Council and city manager face a perpetual struggle to balance the needs of city taxpayers, who want to minimize expenses, and city employees, who want to maximize pay and benefits. That’s what makes the all-but-final city decision to switch health insurance carriers so special: It serves the interests of everyone.