Vance-Granville Community College recently recognized a student for his artwork celebrating the college’s library. The VGCC Library Services Subcommittee, which includes faculty and staff members from across the college, honored Wiley Davis of Henderson, whose original artwork was selected as the winner of the subcommittee’s 2014 National Library Week poster contest. The subcommittee sponsored the contest to celebrate the importance of libraries and to raise awareness among students of the services and resources available to them, according to English instructor …
SVHS Student Earns Extra Effort Award
Southern Vance High School’s Kendra Simmons is a four-year starter on the volleyball team, a captain on the cheerleading squad and a starter on the softball team. She is also tops in her class academically and a volunteer tutor and is this week’s winner of Tom Suitor’s Extra Effort Award. Click here for video: http://www.highschoolot.com/extra_effort/video/13952469/#/vid13952469
Vance County Board of Education Meeting Monday September 8, 2014
Vance County Board of Education, Henderson, N. C. 27536, September 8, 2014 7:00 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center A G E N D A I. Call to Order II. Moment of Silence * III. Approval of Minutes * IV. Approval of Meeting Agenda V. Recognitions/Announcements A. Principals and Assistant Principals VI. Comments from the Public (Citizens who would like to address the Board may do so by completing Form BDDH-E, Public Participation at Board Meetings. This request must …
White House: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act and the Wilderness Act — two landmark pieces of conservation legislation. Using revenues from offshore oil and gas development, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has increased access to the outdoors, protected iconic places like National Parks and Civil War battlefields, and advanced more than 40,000 local projects. And thanks to the Wilderness Act, more than 109 million acres of wildland have received our country’s strongest protections. …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
A device that many of us line up to use every few days or weeks was first unveiled on this date in 1885 — the gas pump. Sylvanus Bowser of Fort Wayne, Indiana made the pump for a customer to dispense fuel for lamps and stoves. As one might expect, the advent of automobiles spurred the development, popularity and distribution of the gas pump. Eventually, the inventor’s name became a generic term for a fuel dispenser, and gas pumps in …
Taqueria Ponce opens Friday September 5th 2014
A new Mexican restaurant, Taqueria Ponce, will be opening in Downtown Henderson, NC Friday September 5th 2014 at 11am. Taqueria Ponce 219 South Garnett Street Henderson, NC 27536 Please come by and support a new local business in our downtown! Tell them Home in Henderson sent you! Like on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Taqueria-Ponce/1461664100754877
NC Cooperative Extension Classes for Small-Scale Farmers
Warren County Cooperative Extension will offer a “Backyard Farmer School” this fall! The class will meet every Tuesday, September 30 through November 4th, starting at 6:30 pm. For a cost of only $20, students will learn about all aspects of farming a small acreage, including soil preparation, goats and chickens, fruit production and vegetables. We will also cover marketing options for those who want to sell what they grow! The instructors will be yours truly (Paul McKenzie, Horticulture Extension Agent) …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of Sept. 4 on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Weekend, step back in history at the Joel Lane House in Raleigh. Discover the art of beekeeping at The Honey Hole in West Jefferson. Lift a glass (or more than one) along the Uwharrie Mountains Wine Trail near Albemarle. Tempt your taste buds at the South End Food Truck Rodeo in Charlotte. And the “House Special” samples the fare at Knife and Fork restaurant in Spruce Pine. (Please note: listings …
Elementary School News September 1-5, 2014
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 2 Issue 3 September 1-5, 2014 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 Tuesday is the first full day of classes for pre-kindergarten students. Blackboard Connect training session for principals, some assistant principals and all school data managers at 9:30 a.m. …
VGCC Upcoming Small Business Seminars
The Small Business Center of Vance-Granville Community College will be offering the following free small business seminars the week of September 8th: SEMINAR TITLE DESCRIPTION OF SEMINAR LOCATION DAY TIME DATE Register Nonprofit Claim for Refund Workshop The NC Department of Revenue will host a workshop for certain nonprofits that qualify for a refund of sales & use taxes paid. The workshop will focus on the step-by-step process for completing the Nonprofit and Governmental Entity Claim for Refund …
“Home Grown” eBook Pilot Project Brings 1,200 New eBooks to VGCC Library Patrons
The Vance-Granville Community College Library and NC LIVE, North Carolina’s statewide public and academic library consortium, are experimenting with a new eBook project that gives North Carolina library patrons unlimited access to more than 1,200 eBook titles from North Carolina-based publishers. This collection offers a wide range of content, including novels by popular North Carolina authors, poetry, short stories, and non-fiction. The eBooks are available for public use on the BiblioBoard platform by visiting nclive.org/ebooks or by visiting lrc.vgcc.edu and clicking …
Gill retires after three decades leading VGCC Child Care Center
Denise B. Gill of Henderson recently retired as manager of the Child Care Center at Vance-Granville Community College’s Main Campus. She had directed the day care center since Sept. 19, 1983. In August, Gill’s colleagues held a reception in her honor, which was attended by numerous VGCC faculty and staff, as well as parents of children who have spent some of their formative years at the center. She reflected on how much has changed in her almost 31 years at …
Attorney General Roy Cooper: Take action to protect yourself from possible Home Depot breach
If you shop at home improvement retailer The Home Depot, you could be the victim of a data breach of personal financial information such as credit or debit card numbers. The company reports that it is looking into the possibility that payment information from consumers has been compromised. News reports indicate that The Home Depot may have been hit by the same group of overseas hackers behind last year’s Target security breach. While we don’t yet know details of the …
Middle and High School News September 1-5, 2014
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 3, Issue 3 A Publication for Middle and High Schools September 1-5, 2014 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 Blackboard Connect training session for principals, some assistant principals and all school data managers at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday in the Board Room …
Thursday Open Line
Today is the 233nd anniversary of the founding of Los Angeles by the Spanish governor of California. It was a small village of just 12 families, but was given the name “The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels.” The town had grown to some 6500 residents when the Mexican Revolution overthrew Spanish colonial rule in 1821. California was among the territories ceded to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican-American War, and became a state in1850, …
City of Henderson City Council Special Called Meeting Thursday 4 September 2014
Henderson City Council Special Called Meeting Thursday 4 September 2014, 6:00 p.m. R. G. (Chick) Young, Jr. Council Chambers, Municipal Building 134 Rose Avenue Henderson, North Carolina I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. NEW BUSINESSa) Consideration of Approval of Resolution 14-63, Conceptual Logical Growth Corridor andDeveloping Plans for Water Main Extensions Inside This Corridor. (CAF 14-82-A)Resolution 14-63 IV. ADJOURNMENT
September is NC Wine and Grape Month
RALEIGH – In recognition of the state’s growing wine and grape industry, Gov. Pat McCrory has proclaimed September 2014 as North Carolina Wine and Grape Month. “The state’s wine and grape industry has grown significantly in recent years. It now employs more than 7,600 workers and has an economic impact of nearly $1.3 billion,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “We look forward to seeing it grow even more in the coming years.” One indicator of the industry’s maturity is the …
Felony Possession of Firearm Arrest
On Tuesday, September 02, 2014, members of the Henderson Police Department Special Operations Unit and the Operations Division arrested Markeith Hart. Hart, 18, 640 Ransom Street, Henderson was charged by way of a criminal complaint with the following offenses: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; Possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearm Registration and Transfer Record (possession of a sawed off shotgun). Hart was placed in the Vance County Jail without privilege of bond pending …
Louisburg College Welcomes New CFO Jon Ehrlich
LOUISBURG, N.C.— Louisburg College President Mark La Branche is pleased to announce that Jonathan Ehrlich will be joining the staff in October as its next Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Ehrlich’s hiring concludes an extensive national search to replace retiring current CFO Belinda Faulkner. “I do not believe we could have attracted a more fitting candidate,” says La Branche. “He is very pleased to be joining the College, as well as being impressed with the progress made and …