For the third straight year, attendance at North Carolina’s state parks and state recreation areas hovered at a record level with 14.2 million visits in 2013, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation. Among 40 state parks and state recreation areas, 19 reported increases in attendance in 2013. Fort Macon State Park in Carteret County reported the highest attendance at 1.19 million visits, followed closely by Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Dare County with 1.18 million visits. Several …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of Jan. 16 on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Weekend, discover some history at the Statesville Historical Collection. Enjoy a tour of downtown Salisbury. Step back in time at the Rockford General Store in Rockford. Relax with a visit to the Harmony Hill Bed & Breakfast in Sparta. And tempt your tastebuds at Youssef 242 in Hickory. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by the N.C. Division of Tourism. In addition, UNC-TV has …
Thursday Open Line
There have been 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution over the past 223 years, but that total comes with an asterisk. Uniquely, the 21st Amendment repeals the 18th, which began its short career this day in 1919. That amendment launched the Prohibition Era, a well-intentioned act (of social hygiene) seeking to ban the availability of alcoholic beverages. The unintended consequences, though, were perhaps worse — vast flouting of the law by the public and a boost to organized crime. Prohibition …
Michael Bobbitt: Notes From The Peanut Gallery (COH January 13th, 2014)
The first city council meeting of 2014 was recorded and posted on HomeInHenderson (HiH). Many HiH readers have expressed an interest in listening to city council meetings in their leisure as they do with the Board of Commissioners’ meetings. Listeners of county meetings will notice a difference in the council meetings; a difference evident in the meeting packets posted on HiH. The format of the city council meeting is more formal, less reliant on one individual, and responsive to citizen …
Audio – City of Henderson City Council Meeting from January 13, 2014 (With Audio Times)
You may download the file by clicking here. Or listen here: [jwplayer mediaid=”55536″] Agenda Topic Packet Page Audio Time I. – III Call To Order, Roll Call, Invocation and Pledge Of Allegiance/A 00:01 – 01:24 IV. Opening Remarks N/A 01:30 – 02:04 V. Adjustments To and/or Approval of the Agenda Additional recognition of Ray Taylor retirement N/A 02:05 – 02:30 VI. Approval of Minutes (pg 1, 5 – 13) 9 December 2013 Regular Meeting [See Notebook Tab 1] Page …
Louisburg College to Hold Open Auditions for Godspell Jan. 25-26
LOUISBURG, N.C.—Louisburg College announces open auditions for the musical sensation Godspell, to be held in The Norris Theatre on Saturday, January 25, and Sunday, January 26. Auditions will begin at 2:00 p.m. on both days. Conceived and originally directed by John Michael Tebelak, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Godspell is one of the biggest off-Broadway successes of all time. Based on the Gospel of Matthew, and featuring a sparkling score by Stephen Schwartz (composer of Broadway hits Wicked and Pippin), …
Small Business Center of Vance-Granville Community College Free seminars:
Tax Requirements for Small Businesses Register Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Paying proper taxes is the number one issue for most small business owners. This seminar is designed to help the small business owner understand what is required of them when filing taxes, what dates are important, what records should be kept and the actual process of filing. You will also learn what triggers tax audits and steps to take in order to prevent or …
Packaging Company to Expand in Wilkes County
Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced on Jan. 6 that InterFlex Acquisition Company, LLC will be expanding its operations in Wilkes County. The company plans to create 63 new jobs and invest more than $10.2 million during the next three years in Wilkesboro. The N.C. Department of Commerce’s Joe Holbrook was the developer on this project. InterFlex Acquisition Company, LLC is a manufacturer of flexible packaging products used primarily in the food industry. InterFlex has been …
Roxboro Awarded $175,000 Grant for Uptown Renewal Project
The N.C. Department of Commerce announced on Jan. 13 that Roxboro has been awarded up to $175,000 from the Main Street Solutions Fund for the Kirby Rebirth and Uptown Renewal project. “The Office of Urban Development’s Main Street Solutions Fund continues to work closely with communities across North Carolina,” said N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker. “We are pleased to provide direct support to small businesses in Roxboro’s Uptown District.” “We’re excited about this project for Roxboro,” said Office of Urban …
Wednesday Open Line
Dr. Martin Luther King would be 85 years old today. The civil rights leader, minister, and recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was born in 1929 and assassinated in 1968. Next Monday is a national holiday, honoring his memory and life’s work, appropriate in a month that also sees the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. America’s diverse population of some 317 million enjoys the civil rights Dr. King advocated, including around 225 million whites, nearly 44 million African-Americans, over …
Triangle North Healthcare Foundation Elects Johnson Chairman of the Board
Joretha G. Johnson has been elected chairman of Triangle North Healthcare Foundation Board of Directors at its meeting in December. Johnson is originally from Cleveland, Ohio and a former plant manager at Proctor & Gamble/IAMS in Henderson. She is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in polymer engineering and science as well as a Master of Science degree in positive organizational development. She also received an executive certificate in Nonprofit Leadership at Duke …
Attorney General Roy Cooper: Update for NC consumers on the Target security breach
The massive data breach from national retailer Target may have affected even more North Carolina consumers. If you’ve shopped at Target in recent weeks, please take steps immediately to protect your personal information and avoid fraud. Target first announced the security breach last month, estimating that about 40 million consumers’ credit and debit card accounts had been stolen during the peak of holiday shopping, including 1.2 million accounts used by consumers in North Carolina. Target now says that phone …
Tuesday Open Line
January is Financial Wellness Month, appropriately timed to the confluence of New Year’s resolutions and holiday bills. It’s a time to set new goals for financial freedom and moderation in spending; for people to understand the benefits of “paying yourself first.” A financial adviser can help shape money management goals, pointing out the power of compound interest to work for you in savings and against you in debt. Americans have a per capita income average of nearly $28,000 and a …
Vance County Elementary School News January 13-17, 2014
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 1 Issue 13 January 13-17, 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 second nine-week grading period and the first semester of the school year end on Thursday. This Friday is a teacher workday with no school for students. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. …
Vance County Schools Weekly School News January 13-17, 2014
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 2, Issue 20 A Publication for Middle and High Schools January 13-17, 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 first semester of the school year ends on Thursday. This Friday is a teacher workday with no school for students, except at Early College High School. The …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Protecting Americans from Obamacare Security Breaches
This first full week of 2014 was a busy one in the House! While the new year brings up many new legislative topics, Obamacare is one issue that continues to remain at the forefront of my agenda, as it remains a persistent problem. The Washington Post published yet another report this week regarding the software problems that continue to plague the healthcare.gov website. This time around, the problems have resulted in more than 100,000 Americans who are eligible to enroll …
Butterfield, Price to McCrory: 300 day delay of NC-12 Special Election ‘Unacceptable and Unprecedented’
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and David Price (NC-04) have written North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory urging him to reconsider his decision to delay the special election for the 12th Congressional District for more than 300 days and to adopt an alternative timeline to cut the period of vacancy by several months. The Representatives write that the Governor’s decision is unacceptable and unprecedented, and that it deprives the district’s residents of their constitutionally guaranteed right of representation. …
White House Weekly Address: Ensuring 2014 is a Year of Action to Grow the Economy
In this week’s address, President Obama calls 2014 a year of action, which should start with Congress quickly passing emergency unemployment insurance for the 1.3 million Americans who lost this vital lifeline as they fight to find jobs and make ends meet. This week, President Obama called on Congress to extend emergency unemployment insurance for more than a million Americans, and announced the first five of what will be 20 Promise Zones to help change the odds for kids, as …
Monday Open Line
Couch potatoes can trace their roots to this date in 1928, when three experimental television sets were installed in private homes in Schenectady, New York. Not that there was much to see, the test broadcast by General Electric and RCA being of a woman smoking, followed by a man playing a ukulele. The first home receivers’ screens were only 1½ inches square; a far cry from today’s theater-sized flat screens. And in another departure from 1928’s lonely three, the percentage …
Henderson City Council Meeting Monday, January 13th, 2014
Download the full packet here (137 pages): 20140113_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 government, the City Council has approved Core Valuesregarding Ethical Behavior1 and Transparency in Governance2. The Mayor now inquires as towhether any Council Member knows of any conflict of interest, or appearance of conflict, withrespect to …