Michele Burgess, Stella & Dot, invites you to Shop for a Cause – a networking women’s luncheon – on Thursday, September 26th at noon at the Henderson Country Club. This is a shopping charity event to benefit the Girls on the Run. Featured guest speaker is Henderson native, Mary Lloyd Hodges Barbera. Luncheon tickets are $20 and need to be purchased in advance. Please contact Michele at (252)492-8259 or michele.burgess@yhaoo.com for more information.
Swing for the Arts Golf Tournament
“Swing for the Arts” Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, October 26 at 8:00 am at Kerr Lake Country Club. This is the 3rd annual “Swing for the Arts” golf tournament. The cost to play is $40 per person before Oct. 22nd, $50 on the day of the event. The cost of sponsorships are $20, $50, or $100. All proceeds from this event will go directly to benefit the art students and art club at Southern Vance High School. If you would like to be a business …
VGCC Board Approves Budget, Burgess Takes Oath
The Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) Board of Trustees held its regular bimonthly meeting on Monday, September 16 at the college’s Main Campus in Henderson. At that meeting, Superior Court Judge Henry W. “Chip” Hight swore in business owner Michele Eaves Burgess of Henderson as a trustee. Burgess was appointed by Governor Pat McCrory and will serve a four-year term on the Board. She previously served on the Board from 1991 through 1998. Burgess replaces Danny W. Wright, a Certified Public …
Two Vance County Legislative Events
Health Care, Voting Changes, Social Services (NC FAST, NC TRACKS), Education, Jobs, Guns/Public Safety and Your Concerns…… 1.Vance Community Legislative Forum Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 5:30-7:30pm H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library 205 Breckenridge Street Henderson, NC 27536 2.Vance Legislative Roundtable for Pastors and Faith Leaders Sat. Oct. 26, 2013 9:30am –11:30am St. James Baptist Church 3005 Oxford Road Henderson, NC 27536
Tuesday Open Line
One of our favorite foods is being celebrated — it’s National Chicken Month, nicely complementing September’s Mushroom and Rice Month. The versatility of chicken — served in numerous ways ranging from Southern fried style to sandwiches to salads — drives a demand that has reached over 8.5 billion birds a year in the U.S. alone. This is almost a 50 percent increase from the broiler production in 1990. Americans eat about 56 pounds of chicken per capita annually, at a …
Michael Bobbitt: Notes From The Peanut Gallery (September 22nd, 2013 Candidates Forum)
Yesterday’s city council candidate forum was sparsely attended by 30 – 35 attentive citizens. Each of the eight candidates were asked eight well written and specific questions that went largely unanswered by the individual candidates. Sadly, I do not have a copy the actual questions asked, I do have my notes of what I heard and the answers given. Knowing the forum was being broadcast live on WIZS, I assumed it would be archived as is Town Talk for later …
Monday Open Line
Forget what you may have heard about Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown. The national pastime of baseball evolved out of older bat and ball games. An important step in that evolution occurred on this date in 1845, when the Knickerbocker Baseball Club of New York was formed. It was the first organized club, and its rules have shaped today’s game. Practice and intrasquad games under the rules occupied the Knickerbockers until the first contested baseball game on June 19, 1846 in …
VGCC schedules workshops for Afterschool professionals
Vance-Granville Community College is offering professional development opportunities for local afterschool program administrators and staff members. “Upping Your Afterschool Game,” a North Carolina Afterschool Professional Development Competency Training session, is scheduled to be held in Room 6115 on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County on Saturday, October 12 and again on Saturday, November 9. Participants need to attend only one session. On either date, the session lasts from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. VGCC School-Age Education program head Jacquelin Heath …
Henderson City Council Meeting Monday, September 23rd
Henderson City Council Short Regular Meeting will be held Monday, 23 September 2013 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: 20130923_coh_agenda_packet I. CALL TO ORDERII. ROLL CALLIII. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEIV. OPENING REMARKSV. ADJUSTMENTS TO AND/OR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDAIn order to provide for the highest standards of ethical behavior and Transparency in Governanceas well as provide for good …
VGCC and Chambers invite area residents to Small Business Summit
The Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center’s second annual Small Business Summit, entitled “Know What’s Vital to Your Business Today,” will be held in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus on Tuesday, October 22 from 5:30 until 8:30 p.m. Business representatives and interested members of the community are invited to this event, which has been organized in partnership with the Granville County Chamber of Commerce, the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce of Warren County and the …
Butterfield Outraged by Republican Investigation to Delay Enrollment in Healthcare Marketplace
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During an Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigation subcommittee hearing today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield again blasted Committee Republicans for launching an unwarranted investigation into 51 community organizations that received Navigator grants to help enroll people in health insurance plans made possible by the Affordable Care Act. “The chairman of this committee has abused his investigatory authority by launching a fishing expedition into Navigators who received federal funding solely for the purpose of discrediting the President,” said …
Commerce Helps Homeless Vets Find Jobs, Health Services
Durham, N.C. – The N.C. Division of Workforce Solutions will participate in a Stand Down in Durham on Friday, September 20, 2013 to help homeless veterans find employment and obtain needed medical, dental, lifestyle services. Stand Downs provide veterans with housing assistance, food, clothing, and medical and dental care, thanks to partnerships between the Division of Workforce Solutions and communities, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, federal, local and state agencies, community colleges and even the Internal Revenue Service. Veterans …
Free Shred-A-Thon in Warrenton on September 28th
Local sponsors are sponsoring a free shred-a-thon. Shred-a-thons are a perfect way to destroy old tax records, checks, employment records or credit applications. You do NOT need to remove staples and paper clips from the documents. Please pass along this information to co-workers, neighbors and friends. This service is provided for individuals to dispose of personal documents (not business) to fight identity theft. Thank you. Warrenton Shred (Warren County) Saturday, September 28 10am – 1pm Just Save grocery parking 317 …
Vance-Granville Community Band seeks Musicians
The all-volunteer Vance-Granville Community Band is looking for new members. Since it was first formed in 2008, the community band has included Vance-Granville Community College students, local high school students, educators, and interested citizens from all four counties of the college’s service area (Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin) and beyond. The band is directed by VGCC music instructor Ivory Brock. “This is a chance to have a good time, to learn, to enjoy fellowship with your fellow band members, and …
NC Cooperative Extension Soybean Rust Update
Asiatic Soybean Rust was confirmed earlier today on a soybean sample from Cumberland County, NC. Combined with the confirmed finds in Scotland and Cleveland counties, NC, and Suffolk County, VA, essentially all the state’s soybeans are within 100 miles of known rust. Samples received this week from Catawba, Columbus, Gaston, Granville, Hoke, Lincoln, Pasquotank, Robeson, Rutherford, and Wayne counties were all negative for rust. We would consider that rust spores may well be in any soybean field in the state, …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
We pretty much take for granted that the municipal water that comes out of the faucets in our homes is safe to drink. But it wasn’t always that way. A dramatic example is the nation’s first water filtration system in Lawrence, Massachusetts, which began operating on this date in 1893. The system was a sand filter of nearly three acres, designed by Hiram Francis Mills, which trapped typhoid fever-causing bacteria from water piped from the polluted Merrimack River. In the …
VGCC Small Business Center offers iPad seminar
An upcoming free seminar offered by the Small Business Center at Vance-Granville Community College will help area residents use a popular electronic device for business success. The “iPad Essentials for Small Business Owners” seminar is scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 3, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. in room 7136 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Tommy Edwards, an instructor for VGCC’s Office Administration and Computer Education curriculum programs, will lead this seminar. Edwards will show participants …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of Sept. 19 on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Weekend, part 3 of “Collecting Carolina” visits the Thomas Day House in Milton. Enjoy a spot of tea at Yosefa AntiquiTea in Boone. Get lost in history at the Rankin Museum of American Heritage in Ellerbe. Lift a glass at MenaRick Vineyard & Winery in Ronda. And tempt your tastebuds at Babylon Restaurant in Raleigh. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by the N.C. …
Vance County Schools Committee Dates
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates: * Community Relations, Monday, Sept. 23rd, 5:30 pm * Building & Grounds, Thursday, Sept. 26th, 8:30 am Note: All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.
VGCC Mobile app goes live
There is a new way for Vance-Granville Community College students, employees, alumni and community members to stay connected to the college. “VGCC Mobile,” the college’s official app, is now available for free download on both Android devices and Apple products such as the iPhone and iPad. “VGCC Mobile brings the college to your phone in an easy-to-use app,” said Dr. Ken Lewis, VGCC’s vice president of institutional research and technology. “Since more and more of our students use smartphones and …