Vance-Granville Community College’s 30th annual Endowment Fund Golf Tournament generated approximately $51,000 from entry fees and from sponsors to help fund scholarships for deserving students and support the mission of the college. That result set a new record as the highest-grossing golf tournament in VGCC history, far surpassing the previous record of $35,420, set just last year. A total of 125 players formed 32 teams to play in either the morning or the afternoon round on May 6, 2014, at …
Vance County Schools Committee Meetings
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates: * Building & Grounds, Thursday, May 22nd, 8:30 am * Curriculum Committee, Thursday, May 22nd, 9:15 am Note: All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.
Vance County Public Elementary School News, May 19-23, 2014
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 1 Issue 29 May 19-23, 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 Monday, May 26, is a teacher workday with no school for students. State end-of-grade testing will be held for students in grades 3-5 on Thursday, May 29, …
Vance County Schools – Pendergrass To Attend N.C. Governor’s School
Christopher Pendergrass, a junior at Northern Vance High School, has been selected to attend the prestigious North Carolina Governor’s School program this summer. He is the only student chosen to attend the five-week residential program from Vance County Schools. Pendergrass has been selected because of his outstanding academics in the area of mathematics. He will attend the Governor’s School on the East Campus of the program at Meredith College in Raleigh, June 15-July 23. Students also attend the West Campus …
Local Principals Complete Leadership Program
Principals Anne Garrison, Zeb Vance Elementary School, and David Westbrook, G.W. Carver Elementary School recently completed the Distinguished Leadership Program (DLP), a year-long leadership development program for practicing school principals designed and provided by the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principal’s Association in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and UNC-LearnNC. The Distinguished Leadership in Practice Program (DLP) uses a non-traditional professional development model that is aligned to the performance evaluation standards adopted by the State Board …
NC Cooperative Extension Tobacco Transplant Availability
If you are in need of transplants, NC Cooperative Extension can contact other Tobacco Extension Agents around the state on your behalf. If you have extra, we can communicate that as well. Contact Paul McKenzie at 252.438.8188
Tuesday Open Line
Gas prices are a frequent cause for consumer complaint — but at least purchases aren’t restricted, as they were beginning this month in 1942. That’s when 17 states began rationing gasoline to help the war effort. By December, rationing was nationwide and remained in effect until the end of World War II, along with a national speed limit of 35 miles an hour. Now, there are more than 118,000 gas stations across the country. Each year, they sell nearly $452 …
Greg’s Garden (May 19th, 2014)
Harvesting our “first fruits” We have been quite busy harvesting the first vegetables from our plot garden. Spinach, Swiss Chard, Bok Choi, and Lettuce have all been to the table in these past two weeks, along with just a few fresh strawberries. Greg and I love to eat from the garden. Savings on our food dollars makes it worthwhile to keep gardening each spring thru fall. With the cost of fresh spinach topping out at $2.00 a package it only …
Legislative Update from Senator Richard Burr
Yesterday, the Veterans’ Affairs committee held a hearing on “The State of VA Health Care.” During the hearing we heard from Secretary Shinseki, Under Secretary Petzel, various veterans groups, and oversight entities, like the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). To watch the full hearing, click here. I believe the hearing confirmed how systemic this problem is. Veterans and their families across the country have faced delayed, or in some cases, no access to health …
VGCC Early Childhood Program earns Renewed Accreditation
The Early Childhood Education program at Vance-Granville Community College recently learned that it is one of 15 associate degree programs to earn the distinction of Accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) this year. This is the VGCC program’s second accreditation, which lasts for seven years. In 2007, the program was one of the first 17 in the country to receive this national recognition for quality. “We are excited that a great deal of hard …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Mother’s Day in Afghanistan
It was an honor to be part of a bipartisan delegation of female members of Congress on a trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan this past week. The trip allowed for me to see firsthand how things have evolved since my first visit to the country in 2012. While in Afghanistan, we hosted female service members to a Mother’s Day luncheon, where they discussed the challenges they face while deployed overseas. We were able to pass out Mother’s Day cards to …
White House: The Faces of Nearly 3,000 Innocent Souls
Last week, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum opened its doors to the families of those who lost their lives in the 2001 attacks, as well as the first responders and recovery workers that helped save the lives of others that day. “Here, at this memorial, this museum, we come together,” said President Obama. “We look into the faces of nearly 3,000 innocent souls — men and women and children of every race, every creed, and every corner of …
Monday Open Line
The first criminal case in the U.S. in which fingerprint evidence alone won conviction occurred this month in New York City in 1911. Burglary suspect Caesar Cella, alias Charles Crispi, was undone by prints identified by detective Joseph Faurot. Just a few months earlier, a murder conviction was obtained in Chicago with the aid of fingerprint evidence. The first known crime case solved by fingerprint matching occurred in 1880 in Tokyo, but the unique pattern of each person’s fingerprints had …
White House Weekly Address: Working When Congress Won’t Act
In this week’s address, the President discussed actions to expand opportunity for more Americans, with or without the help of Republicans in Congress, including his Administration’s efforts to cut red tape for major transportation infrastructure projects. In the coming days, the President will meet with business leaders to highlight the importance of bringing jobs back to America and will also discuss the economic benefits of making it easier for tourists to visit and spend money at attractions in the U.S., …
Henderson City Council Special Called Meeting May 19th, 2014
The Henderson City Council Special Called Meeting on Monday 19 May 2014, 6:00 p.m. at the R. G. (Chick) Young, Jr. Council Chambers, Municipal Building on 134 Rose Avenue Henderson, North Carolina Agenda is as follows: CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL NEW BUSINESS a) Presentation of Proposed FY 2014-2015 Budget (Materials to be distributed during meeting) IV. ADJOURNMENT
Michael Bobbitt: Notes From the Peanut Gallery (City Council May 12th, 2014)
Old Business Two weeks ago the Council tabled a resolution to sell a city owned building, the “Old SBN Building”. The Council offered no official reason for tabling the resolution two weeks ago. Speculation has been rampant as to the reason. Most observers thought the reason for tabling the sale revolved around hazardous materials such as lead based paint and asbestos insulation within the old building. Tonight the mystery was revealed as nothing more than unpaid back taxes. According to …
Introducing DAS Organization – New Program for Henderson Area Kids
Fittness and Funn (DAS Organization) is a safe and dependable program designed to lessen neighborhood tension, promote neighborhood unity, combat community deterioration, and prevent juvenile delinquency by providing youth and other community members with opportunities for artistic and technical skill development. This program also addresses problems with current services which prevent low-income adults and at-risk youth from achieving self-sufficiency. This program will target the counties of Vance, Warren, Franklin, and Granville. DAS Organization has created several entities that would embrace …
Henderson, NC National Guard Armory Auction June 12, 2014
In accordance with NCGS 160A-270 and pursuant to the resolution adopted May 5, 2014, the Vance County Board of Commissioners will offer for sale by live/online public auction on June 12, 2014 at 12:00 pm the former National Guard Armory building. The sale will be on location at 212 Dabney Drive, Henderson, NC. Terms of the sale will include a cash deposit of earnest money at the close of the sale, payment of a 5% Buyer’s Premium in addition to …
Long-term Traffic Pattern Change Comes Monday Night for the Hammond Road/I-40 Interchange in Raleigh
RALEIGH — Motorists traveling north on Hammond Road toward Raleigh who have been getting on I-40 East will be shifted into a new traffic pattern, starting Monday night, May 19. Work on the interchange for the Fortify Project is shutting down the existing eastbound ramp for the next several months. Currently, northbound drivers access I-40 East using a ramp off the right lane. The shift will instead have motorists go another two-tenths of a mile and turn left at a …
VGCC recognizes Pharmacy Technology students at Pinning
Vance-Granville Community College honored 19 students who have completed the Pharmacy Technology program with a pinning ceremony, held on May 7 in the small auditorium on the college’s Main Campus. Instructor Brenda Harvey presided over the ceremony. In welcoming remarks, Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of VGCC, congratulated the students and thanked the friends and family members who had gathered to help celebrate their success. President Williams noted that history was being made, because among the honorees were the very …