At Vance-Granville Community College’s fall convocation in August, President Stelfanie Williams presented the college’s annual awards to a pair of outstanding VGCC employees. Collectively, the honors are known as the Glen Raven Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards. Glen Raven, Inc., the manufacturer with a site in Norlina, is a longtime supporter of VGCC. In addition to sponsoring the annual stipends to recognize excellence among VGCC instructors and staff members, Glen Raven has endowed several scholarships for students. Melissa Ayscue …
Sleepy Hollow, Under the Dome find big audiences
Monday’s series premiere of Fox’s Sleepy Hollow and the season finale of CBS’ Under the Dome both aired to large national audiences. Sleepy Hollow, a present day re-imagining of the classic Washington Irving story that’s filmed in the Wilmington area, premiered its pilot episode at 9 p.m. to 10.1 million viewers. In the key 18-49 age demographic, which networks and advertisers rely heavily on to gauge a show’s success, the supernatural series garnered a strong 3.5 rating, which trumps several …
Safe Kids Henderson-Vance having Safety Seat check on Saturday September 21st
Safe Kids Henderson – Vance Coalition will be sponsoring a Free Child Passenger Safety Car Seat Clinic. This event will be at Chestnut Street and Breckenridge Street on Saturday September 21, 2013 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Please Come out and support us. Seats will be available for those parents are in need of a child safety seat today. We are asking a donation of $40.00 for seats. The donations will help buy more seats so we can have …
Thursday Open Line
This is National Singles Week, often called “Unmarried and Single Americans Week,” noting that many who are unmarried do not identify with the world “single,” since they may be parents, have partners, or are widowed or divorced. The idea for the observance started in Ohio in the 1980s. There are 103 million unmarried adult Americans, more than 44 percent of all U.S. residents 18 and older. Seventeen million of them are seniors over the age of 65. The number of …
VGCC Small Businesses Classes for the Week of 9/23/13
OPTIONS FOR FUNDING YOUR BUSINESS Tuesday, September 24, 2013 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Instructor: Alyssa Mako Location: South Campus, Room TBD Cost: FREE Do you need financing for your small business? Learn the various ways how to get start-up capital. Traditional bank loans, micro loans and the SBA programs will be explained in detail. Register here: https://www.ncsbc.net/workshop.aspx?ekey=530330010 YOUR ENDANGERED BUSINESS: THE TOP FIVE THREATS FACING BUSINESSES TODAY Tuesday, September 24, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Instructor: Hal Muetzel …
Wednesday Open Line
We are at the midpoint of the weeklong National Rehabilitation Awareness celebration. One of its goals is to salute the determination of the nation’s 57 million residents who confront their disabilities as they go about their daily lives. Another is to say thanks to the thousands of rehabilitation professionals, such as the nation’s nearly 200,000 physical therapists, who help those in need adapt to and overcome their disabilities. About 19 percent of the population is living with some form of …
Louisburg College Opens Community Auditions for Holiday Play
LOUISBURG, N.C.—Louisburg College is proud to announce the return of community theatre to the Norris Theatre. The season will begin with multiple December performances of the holiday classic, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson. Open auditions for all roles will be held on October 12 and 13 at 2:00 p.m. each day. Norris Theatre Director Wally Hurst will direct the production, which will be presented on December 12, 13, 14 and 15, 2013. “We are excited to be bringing theatre back …
Public Hearings Scheduled to Receive Feedback on High School Accreditation Framework and Read to Achieve Program
State Board of Education staff have scheduled two public hearings to receive feedback on the High School Accreditation Framework and the NC General Assembly’s Read to Achieve Program. The High School Accreditation Framework public hearing will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 1-3 p.m., in the 7th Floor State Board Lounge, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh. Session Law 2011-306 gave the State Board of Education the authority to accredit North Carolina high schools upon the request of a …
Tuesday Open Line
On this date in 1787, the Constitutional Convention wrapped up in Philadelphia with the delegates accepting the document and sending it on to the states for ratification. Less than two years later, the new U.S. government had to take out a loan. This week in 1789, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton was in negotiations to borrow nearly $192,000 from the Bank of New York and the Bank of North America. The money was needed to pay the salaries of President Washington …
President Obama Speaks on the Shooting at the Washington, DC Navy Yard
Today, before delivering remarks on the economy, President Obama gave a brief statement about the tragic events at the Washington Navy Yard: I’ve been briefed by my team on the situation. We still don’t know all the facts, but we do know that several people have been shot, and some have been killed. So we are confronting yet another mass shooting — and today, it happened on a military installation in our nation’s capital. It’s a shooting that targeted our …
Triangle North Healthcare Foundation 2nd Annual Golf Tournament Tuesday
Triangle North Healthcare Foundation will be having their 2nd Annual Golf Tournament on Tuesday, September 17th. Lunch will be at 12 noon with a 1PM shotgun start (rain date is Oct. 1st) at the Henderson Country Club. The Foundation Golf Tournament is a 4-person captain’s choice event (Superball). The cost is $150 per person and sponsorships are available. Proceeds from this event will benefit The Boys and Girls Club of North Central NC’s “Healthy Lifestyle Program.” More details are available …
NC Cooperative Extension Updates
FIVE COUNTY BEEF TOUR Details and registration information available here: http://go.ncsu.edu/5cobeef YIELDS FROM LATE PLANTED SOYBEANS Q: Will these late-planted soybeans that now (September 11) have flowers and small pods amount to anything? Answer from J. Dunphy: Probably, but not with as high a yield as earlier-planted soybeans would have. Since soybeans are sensitive to day-length, they have their own built-in calendar. They know they are late. They’ll shorten up the time from planting until harvest. They probably don’t need a …
N.C. Pesticide Board announces September case settlements
RALEIGH – The N.C. Pesticide Board recently approved the following settlement agreements for respondents in Catawba, Chatham, Davidson, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Henderson, Lincoln, Macon, Mecklenburg, Moore, Pitt, Sampson and Wake counties, as well as Pasadena, Texas. Jason M. Day, an employee of RiverCrest Golf Club in Hickory, agreed to pay $800 for applying restricted-use pesticides without being a licensed applicator. Esteban Gutierrez of Pittsboro agreed to pay $400 for applying pesticides without being a licensed applicator and for using Lesco Three-Way …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Fighting Obamacare
This week, we observed the 12th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, reminding us that we must remain vigilant to protect the freedoms we enjoy and never forget the sacrifices made by so many to protect them. As I returned to Washington this week, many of the same issues remained at the forefront of our work in Congress. We continued to see examples of the negative effect of Obamacare in daily news reports and I continued my fight to make …
White House Weekly Address: Pursuing a Diplomatic Solution in Syria
President Obama follows up on his speech to the nation on Tuesday and describes the possibility for a diplomatic solution in Syria, partially because of the credible threat of U.S. military force. This week, the President represented the US at the G20 in St. Petersburg, addressed the nation on the ongoing crisis in Syria, and honored the 12th anniversary of September 11th at the Pentagon and with a service project, while the Vice President highlighted infrastructure improvements and the First …
Monday Open Line
One of the nation’s largest corporations is 105 years old today, although in common with other centenarians, it has its ailments. General Motors was conceived by William Durant of Flint, Michigan. Durant co-founded Chevrolet — named after noted racing car drivers Louis and Gaston Chevrolet, originally from Switzerland, and Durant promoted Buick to prominence on early racetracks. Over the years, Durant headed — and then lost control of General Motors not once, but twice. Besides Oldsmobile, GM has made several …
Swing For The Arts at Kerr Lake Country Club October 26th, 2013
2013 Southern Vance High School “Swing for the Arts” Golf Outing The art program at Southern Vance High School needs your help. With little to no budget for the art program, Mr. Garrison has established an annual fundraiser called Swing For The Arts, a golf tournament to benefit the art program. Location: Kerr Lake Country Club – Henderson, NC. October 26, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. Benefits: Southern Vance High School Art students and Art Club. Format and Guidelines: 4 man …
Hargrove named chair of Public Services at VGCC
Steven Hargrove of Henderson, a Criminal Justice Technology instructor at Vance-Granville Community College, was recently promoted to lead a department that includes several of the college’s curriculum programs that train students to serve the public. As Public Services department chair, he now oversees the VGCC Culinary Arts, Cosmetology and Paralegal Technology programs while also serving as head of the Criminal Justice program. Hargrove has been a VGCC instructor since 2002 and previously worked as a residential coordinator for VGFW Area …
Mountain State Fair has record attendance for Ingles Day as it enters final weekend
FLETCHER, NC – Good weather and a good cause drew a record number of fairgoers to the N.C. Mountain State Fair Wednesday for Ingles Day. The fair had 13,924 people come through the gates donating about 16,000 pounds of food to MANNA Food Bank. “We’re thrilled to be able to partner with Ingles and MANNA Food Bank to help those in need in Western North Carolina,” said fair manager Matt Buchanan. “It’s great to have record attendance, but even better …
VGCC offers Leadership Class at Franklin Campus
Vance-Granville Community College, in partnership with N.C. Cooperative Extension, will offer a one-day leadership class at the college’s Franklin County Campus. The class is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. (including a one-hour break for lunch) at the campus, which is located on N.C. Highway 56 just outside Louisburg. Rachel Monteverdi, a Family and Consumer Sciences agent with the N.C. Cooperative Extension office in Franklin County, will serve as instructor for the class, which will …