Eaton-Johnson Middle School will host a “Parent Night” on Tuesday, May 5, from 6 to 7 p.m. beginning in the school’s cafeteria. Refreshments will be served from 5:30 to 5:45 p.m. The Parent Night, entitled “Power Up for EOGs,” is designed to have school staff members share tips and techniques to help students be successful in taking state End-Of-Grade tests. All Eaton-Johnson students and their parents are urged to attend this important event. Basic school supplies will be given away …
Highway Patrol veteran to speak at VGCC Basic Skills Commencement
Vance-Granville Community College will hold commencement exercises dedicated exclusively to new graduates of Adult Basic Skills programs on Thursday, May 7. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Those being honored at commencement will include students who have completed either the Adult High School Diploma program or the High School Equivalency program in the past year. Wellington R. Scott, Sr., of Raleigh, a retired lieutenant colonel with the …
Share The Ride NC – Free Signup to Website for Car Pool Transportation
ShareTheRideNC is a statewide website that was created to help form carpools and vanpools. It is provided free of charge in support of the effort to improve air quality. Download a presentation by local Kerr Tar COG Mobility Manager Alfred Cassidy here: Rideshare presentation.pdf Funding is secured by the NCDOT and these agencies: Kerr Tar Regional Council of Governments (COG): One of 17 regional planning and development organizations in North Carolina that help local governments identify and meet needs that …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of April 30 on North Carolina Weekend, see what’s in bloom at the Wilson Rose Garden in Wilson. Take in a production by the Montford Park Players in Asheville. Step back in time at Fort Anderson/Brunswick Town State Historic Site in Winnabow. Lift a glass at Burntshirt Vineyards in Hendersonville. And discover the Fearrington House Country Inn, Restaurant and Spa in Pittsboro. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by Visit North …
Thursday Open Line
This is the anniversary of the one of the greatest real estate deals in history — one that doubled the size of the U.S. and put the nation in position to become a world power. The year was 1803, and the deal was the Louisiana Purchase. The young U.S. under President Thomas Jefferson bought nearly 830,000 square miles from France at the cost of four cents an acre. The land stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and …
Elissa Yount: Clouding The Waters
The Daily Dispatch did a commendable job of trying to show that the speakers at Monday’s City Council meeting just did not get it. They just did not understand what the IBT permit that will transfer water was all about. Believe me, we get it. I would bet the speakers at the meeting could answer any question both technical and historical about the IBT permitting process. What I don’t believe is that we are getting the entire picture from our …
North Carolina Communities Receive National Main Street Accreditation for 2015
The National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation has accredited 35 North Carolina communities for meeting performance standards. This year marks a 26% increase in communities that achieved accreditation. Each year, the National Main Street Center and its partners announce the accredited Main Street programs that have demonstrated exemplary commitment to historic preservation and community revitalization. “These communities worked hard to meet the standards established by the National Main Street Center, and we are …
Henderson Store Robbery Suspect Caught
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 members of the Henderson Police Department Patrol Operations Division responded to 929 West Andrews Avenue, Henderson in response to a reported robbery in progress. Officers arrived at “The Corner Store” and were told that they had been robbed and provided officers with video and a description of the suspect. There were no injuries reported during the robbery. After conducting a search of the area, officers located a suspect fitting the description they had been provided. …
New Round of Grants for Rural North Carolina
The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 16 grants or loans on April 23, totaling more than $4.7 million with the commitment of 392 new jobs. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)/loans approved include: City of Thomasville, Davidson County: $120,000 loan for North American Implements Company to support the reuse of a vacant industrial building. The company will invest $750,000 in the renovation and for new equipment and has committed to creating six new, full-time jobs. City of Thomasville, Davidson …
President Obama on Baltimore: “This Is Not New”
While speaking in the Rose Garden today, President Obama shared his thoughts on the recent protests following the death of Freddie Gray — a 25-year-old Baltimore native who died while in police custody. The President noted that the events in Baltimore called attention to the urgent need throughout the country to build trust between communities and their police. “This has been going on for a long time,” he said. “This is not new, and we shouldn’t pretend that it’s new… …
Wednesday Open Line
Wednesday, April 29th. Health insurance and its affordability has been a topic of political contention mostly in the past two decades, but the social need was recognized much earlier. On this date in 1942, Rhode Island became the first state to set up a health or temporary disability insurance program for its working citizens unemployed because of sickness. The covered workers — not the employers — funded the program with a 1 percent tax on wages of less than $3,000 …
Michael Bobbitt: Notes from the Peanut Gallery (City Council April 26, 2015)
Public Hearings through Consent Agenda Two public hearings were held both regarding annexation of land by the city. No one from the public spoke for or against either annexation; both were approved within the first ten minutes of the meeting. Four items were on the agenda for new business only two required approval. The first item was to approve hanging a banner for this year’s relay for life program from the railroad bridge over Charles Street. Councilmember Daeke requested the …
Shooting on Bane Avenue in Henderson, Rewards Offered for Information
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 members of the Henderson Police Department Patrol Operations Division responded to 1106 Bane Avenue in response to someone shot. Officers located Bakariek Leonard, 19, 1000 Foster Road, Henderson lying on the parking lot. Leonard was suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. The Henderson Police Department is currently seeking two suspects in this matter. The suspects were described as black males. The first suspect was described as approximately 5’8”, dreadlocks, wearing a white t-shirt …
Information Relative to Kerr Lake Regional Water System (KLRWS) Interbasin Transfer
The Kerr Lake Regional Water System (KLRWS) is comprised of the City of Henderson, Warren County, and the City of Oxford, and their customers. Henderson’s bulk customers include Kittrell, Vance County and Franklin County. Warren County’s bulk customers include Norlina, Warrenton and Littleton. Oxford’s bulk customers include Stovall, Granville County and Wilton. The KLRWS has an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw up to 20 million gallons per day (MGD) from Kerr Lake. This agreement has been …
Elementary School News April 27-May 1, 2015
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 2 Issue 34 April 27-May 1, 2015 The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS Monday, May 4, through Friday, May 8, is National Teacher Appreciation Week. Tuesday, May 5, is National Teacher Day and Wednesday, May 6, is National School Nurse Day. …
Meet Me in the Street 2015 Concert Series Begins May 15th, 2015
The Henderson-Vance Chamber’s “Meet Me in the Street” will officially kick off in May. Join us on Friday, May 15th for our first free event featuring The Holiday Band; on Thursday, August 27th Mike Brooks and The Konnection Band; and then on Friday, September 18th we will be bringing back Steve Owens and Summertime. Mark your calendars. Come on out and join the Chamber and these three awesome bands as they play all the songs that you love to hear. …
VGCC Carpentry Open House set for May 12
The Carpentry program at Vance-Granville Community College will hold an open house on Tuesday, May 12, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., and the public is invited. The event will take place in the shop where Carpentry students train, on the lower level of Building 5 on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. Open house attendees will learn about the one-year (three-semester) diploma program, which prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to lay out, cut, fabricate, erect, install, …
Middle and High School Weekly News April 27-May 1, 2015
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 3, Issue 34 A Publication for Middle and High Schools April 27-May 1, 2015 The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ? Thursday marks the end of the six-week grading period at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools. …
Senator Richard Burr: Breakthrough Medical Devices legislation, Closing the loophole for Military Sex Offenders Passes the Senate Unanimously
Last week, after much debate and a lengthy amendment process, the Senate passed the bipartisan Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, 99-0. During the amendment process, I successfully championed legislation through the Senate that will close a loophole that has allowed sex offenders convicted under military courts to game the system and again victimize others. The Military Sex Offender Reporting amendment passed the Senate unanimously, 98-0. In our own state of North Carolina, we’ve seen the devastating effects of this …
Tuesday Open Line
Tuesday, April 28th. Tomorrow marks the 102nd anniversary of an invention many — if not most — of us use every day without a second thought. In April 1913, Hoboken, New Jersey resident Gideon Sundbach patented the zipper. He called his invention the “hookless fastener.” Improved and patented again in 1917 as the “separable fastener,” for many years the invention was used mainly on rubber boots. Such was the use by the B.F. Goodrich Company, which gave the fastener the …