Recognition Council Member Daeke introduced Wayne Woody, Scout Master for the Boy Scout High Adventure Group 605. Mr. Woody introduced four “boy scouts” who rescued a family with an elderly woman who had fallen and injured herself while hiking on a trail near Boone. The four “scouts” all over 18 and not all male included two certified EMTs. Although the hiking family included a physician who tended to the injured hiker’s immediate medical needs, the hikers forgot to bring water. …
Attorney General Roy Cooper: Did someone take your tax refund?
The tax filing deadline has passed and many taxpayers are now eagerly awaiting their refunds. But what if an identity thief filed taxes in your name and already has your refund? Identity thieves use stolen Social Security Numbers to file fraudulent returns and claim other people’s refunds. Legitimate tax filers usually don’t know that their SSN is being misused until the IRS notifies them about the problem. Our Consumer Protection Division is hearing from dozens North Carolinians each week who …
Dessert contest planned for Strawberry Day at State Farmers Market May 1
RALEIGH — Strawberry lovers are encouraged to take part in the Strawberry Dessert Contest at the State Farmers Market on Thursday, May 1. The contest is one of the many activities planned for the 2014 Strawberry Day at the market. Dishes will be judged on flavor, appearance, quality and creative use of strawberries. Recipes should include at least two cups of N.C. strawberries, and strawberries must be a main ingredient. All entries must be in disposable containers and include the …
Vance County Public Elementary School News April 28 – May 2, 2014
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 1 Issue 27 April 28-May 2, 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 The annual Storytelling Festival for fourth-grade students in local elementary schools will be held on Tuesday at H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in downtown Henderson. Selected fifth-grade students attend Math Bowl …
Vance County Public Middle and High School News April 28-May 2, 2014
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 2, Issue 34 A Publication for Middle and High Schools April 28-May 2, 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 marks the end of the six-week grading period at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools. Southern …
VGCC Students inducted into Honor Society
Vance-Granville Community College recognized 90 students who were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for students of two-year colleges, on April 15 in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus. VGCC students honored with induction into Phi Theta Kappa must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 (3.75 for part-time students) in associate degree curriculum programs and have completed at least 12 credit hours toward their degrees. As advisors for VGCC’s PTK chapter, instructors …
Tuesday Open Line
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 a year. Today, …
Vance County Properties Committee Meeting May 2
Please be informed that the County’s Properties Committee is scheduled to meet Friday, May 2 at 12:00 noon in the County Manager’s Office. Topics to be discussed include the following: -Farmers Market Use Guidelines -Armory -Teacherage (former School’s admin bldg.)
Signs Go Up Along North Carolina’s Newest Interstate, I-495
Raleigh—Motorists traveling on U.S. 64/264 and U.S. 64 between Interstate 440 in Raleigh and I-95 in Nash County are seeing something new along the highway. Signs began going up this week announcing the current and future designation of I-495. Photos can be found on the NCDOT Flickr page. The N.C. Department of Transportation placed I-495 shield signs along U.S. 64/264 this week between I-440 and I-540. Large green guide signs with the I-495 designation and their corresponding posts are currently …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: The Latest Keystone XL Delay – “Politics At Its Worst”
On Monday we “celebrated” Tax Freedom Day, which means the average American worked every day up until April 21st in order to pay their taxes.President Ronald Reagan hits the nail on the head when he stated, “The American people are not undertaxed, the government in Washington is overfed.” A third of your year shouldn’t belong to the government, and I will continue working in the House to reduce the tax burden on middle class Americans. Other issues we continue to …
Butterfield Congratulates Winners of 2014 Congressional Art Competition
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) congratulates Carmen Li of Roanoke Rapids High School, who earned the top honor of “Best in Show” during Saturday’s official awards ceremony for the 2014 Congressional Art Competition themed, An Artistic Discovery. Li, whose charcoal piece entitled “Exhaustion”, was one of 50 students from 14 high schools in North Carolina’s First Congressional District that entered the competition. “It is essential that we nurture and support our youth’s artistic talent to help them …
White House Weekly Address: Congress Needs to Act on Minimum Wage
In this week’s address, the President highlights small business owners across the country acting to raise wages for their workers, and calls on Congress to give America a raise so more hard-working Americans have the opportunity to get ahead. Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This week, the White House celebrated Easter, and the President began a week-long trip to Asia, while the First Lady and Dr. Biden hosted a …
Monday Open Line
Today marks the completion of the first full century 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 …
Lamonte Adams Arrested on Heroin Charges
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, members of the Henderson Police Department arrested Lamonte Jayquan Adams, 20, 1013 N. Pinkston Street, Henderson. Adams was charged with one count of felony possession of heroin. Adams was placed in the Vance County Jail after failing to post a 5,000.00 secured bond. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled in Vance County District Court on May 5, 2014.
City of Henderson City Council Meeting Monday, April 28th, 2014
The Henderson City Council will hold a Short Regular Meeting on Monday, 28 April 2014at 6:00 PM with a Work Session to immediately follow in the City Hall Council Chambers, 134 Rose Ave., Henderson, NC 27536 Download the full agenda packet here: 20140428_coh_agenda_packet I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. OPENING REMARKSIn order to provide for the highest standards of ethical behavior and Transparency in Governanceas well as provide for good and open …
Butterfield’s Job Fair Draws More Than 500 District Residents to Henderson Middle School
WASHINGTON, DC — The Office of Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) announced that more than 500 area residents attended Butterfield’s job fair today. The 1st Annual Jobs & Opportunities Fair featured dozens of employers and professional development experts from federal, state, and local governments, as well as the private and non-profit sectors. Job fair attendees were able to meet one-on-one with prospective employers and receive career-readiness training and tips. Among the employers featured were: Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T), Butner …
NC Public Schools State Superintendent June Atkinson: Common Core Proposal
“The Common Core standards in English language arts and mathematics are rigorous and aligned with the skills that students need today. That is why the State Board of Education adopted them in the first place. Under these standards, students are expected to learn important mathematics facts and skills and how to apply them to solve problems. They are expected to learn to read, write, speak and listen well and to support their ideas with facts and details. That is why …
Paving Begins on the I 40/440 Fortify Project in Raleigh
Raleigh—Motorists traveling through the I-40/440 Fortify project in southeast Raleigh may notice crews today have begun paving the lanes inside the barrier walls currently up between the I-40/440 split north to beyond the Poole Road exit. Traffic is not expected to be impacted and will continue to maintain its two-lane traffic pattern outside the barrier walls until paving is completed at the end of the summer in this section of the 11.5 mile project. At that time, traffic will be shifted …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Many automobile license plates proclaim glories of the issuing states; others spell out something dear to the drivers but indecipherable to anyone else. Those plates and the basic ones handed out by motor vehicle departments are requirements to drive on public roads. New York was the first state to require license plates on motor vehicles on this date in 1901. At the time, there were just under 15,000 sputtering automobiles in the entire country, traveling over muddy, rudimentary roads without …
Michael Bobbitt: Notes From The Peanut Gallery (April 23rd, 2014)
I generally avoid commenting on commissioner’s committee meetings. Wednesday’s Intergovernmental Committee meeting is an exception. Attending the Intergovernmental Committee meeting from the County were Commissioners Terry Garrison, Tommy Hester, and Archie Taylor and the County Manager Jerry Asycue. The Commissioners guests were City Council Member Michael Inscoe and City Manager Ray Griffin. The duration of the meeting was an hour and fifteen minutes. The purpose of the meeting was for Commissioner’s Intergovernmental Committee to hear the City’s proposal to swap …