Here is a link to our latest issue of The Garden Path newsletter:http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/March-2013.pdf Also, here are a couple of upcoming 4-H activities that may be of interest. 4-H Spring Break Day Camp – http://warren.ces.ncsu.edu/event/5129989/vancewarren-4h-stem-day-camp/ 2013 Poultry Show and Sale – http://warren.ces.ncsu.edu/spotlight/2013-four-county-4-h-poultry-show-and-sale-info/ More upcoming 4-H events (Vance) – http://vance.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/03/upcoming-vance-county-4-h-events-and-registration-deadlines/ PLEASE TAKE A SHORT SURVEY (THREE QUESTIONS)We are trying to assess training needs for the local agricultural community. This short survey should take you less than two minutes! Here’s the link: http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/surveybuilder/form.cfm?testID=15582 …
Vance County Schools Hosts Lacrosse Interest Meeting
Vance County Schools officials will host a Lacrosse Interest Meeting on Thursday, March 14, at 6 p.m. in the school system’s Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson. The school system has plans to establish men’s and women’s lacrosse teams at Northern Vance and Southern Vance high schools for the spring of 2014. The information session will be a brief overview of the interest, the next steps in the process and what students and parents should be doing to …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Weekly Report
It was my honor to spend Monday morning with local farmers, members of the Fuquay-Varina and Wake Forest-Rolesville FFA, and others at the annual Wake County Farm Bureau breakfast before returning to Washington for a busy week. In spite of the anticipated snow storm, my offices in Washington and the Second District were open for business all week, including offering tours of the U.S. Capitol. In this newsletter, you will find information about some of my activity in Washington this …
White House Weekly Address: End the Sequester to Keep Growing the Economy
In his weekly address, President Obama said that businesses have created jobs every month for three years straight — nearly 6.4 million altogether, and have added 246,000 new jobs in February. We must keep this momentum going, and that’s why the President recently met with Republican leaders to discuss how we can replace the harmful, arbitrary budget cuts, called the “sequester,” with balanced deficit reduction. This week, the President urged Congress to resolve harmful budget cuts and reduce the deficit …
Monday Open Line
One of the most devastating public health crises in history hit the U.S. on this date 95 years ago — and experts are still studying it, hoping to head off a similar global pandemic. The first cases were reported among soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas. By October, the worst month, 195,000 Americans perished. By 1920, nearly one-in-four Americans had suffered from this strain of the flu, killing about 575,000. Worldwide, estimates put the death toll between 30 to 50 million. …
Vance County Board of Education Meeting March 11th
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Henderson City Council Regular Meeting Monday, March 11th
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Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday, March 11th
Download the full agenda packet here: 20130311_vcboc_agenda_packet Here is a revised section as well: 20130311_vcboc_agenda_revision
NC Cooperative Extension Updates
PLEASE TAKE THIS SHORT SURVEY (THREE QUESTIONS)We are trying to assess training needs for the local agricultural community. This short survey should take you less than two minutes! Here’s the link: http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/surveybuilder/form.cfm?testID=15582 WELCOME BACK TOMMY BROOKS! We are pleased to report that Tommy Brooks will be joining us again part-time as the Field Crops Agent for Granville and Vance Counties for this growing season. I know you will be happy to tap into his wealth of knowledge and experience. I, …
Henderson – Vance Crime Stoppers Seeks Help in Cases, Rewards Offered
Kidnapped & Assault Case: On February 14, 2013 members of the Henderson Police Department received a report that a 35 year-old female victim was kidnapped around 5:55 AM while getting out of her vehicle in the downtown area of Henderson. The victim was taken in her vehicle to another location where she was assaulted. The Henderson Police Department encourages anyone with information related to this case to contact Henderson – Vance Crime Stoppers at 492-1925 and also you can leave …
Vance County Schools Board of Education Meeting Monday, March 11th
Vance County Schools Board of Education Meeting Monday, March 11th Agenda is as follows. (Editor – Full agenda packet will be up when we can get it scanned in later.) Call to Order II. Moment of Silence * III. Approval of Minutes * IV. Approval of Meeting Agenda V. Recognitions/Announcements VI. Comments from the Public (Citizens who would like to address the Board may do so by completing Form BDDH-E, Public Participation at Board Meetings. This request must be made …
Shot Fired at Maria Parham Medical Center, Subject Arrested.
On March 7, 2013 around 6:00 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department who were conducting security of a mental patient at Maria Parham Medical Center, 566 Ruin Creek Road, Henderson heard a gunshot come from a restroom in the emergency room. Officers immediately responded and detained a male subject. Subject was arrested and has been charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied building. Subject’s name is not available for release at this time. The subject was a visitor …
VGCC awards 324 Scholarships to students
Vance-Granville Community College awarded 324 scholarships to students at an awards ceremony, held Feb. 20 in the college’s Civic Center. In her welcoming remarks, Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of VGCC, congratulated the scholarship recipients and thanked the donors who support the college’s Endowment Fund, many of whom were on hand to present their scholarships in person. “This ceremony represents the strong partnerships that have developed over the years between VGCC, local businesses and members of the community,” the president …
New Charter High School Receives Final Approval and Announces Site Location
Oxford Preparatory High School received final charter approval at Thursday’s State Board of Education meeting in Raleigh and will be the first charter high school in the region when it opens in August. This approval was the culmination of a year long application and approval process, during which the Board held monthly public meetings, hosted more than 10 community interest meetings, and participated in seven days of charter school training in Raleigh. With this endorsement, the school has now released …
Safe Kids Henderson – Vance Prescription Drug Take-Back March 18th – 22nd
Prescription drug take-back event where the public can dispose of expired, unused prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications and keep them out of the wrong hands. Operation Medicine Drop cannot accept biohazard materials Unintentional poisoning from prescription medications is on the rise in North Carolina – since 1999, approximately 6,900 people have died from prescription poisoning. Operation Medicine Drop offers the public a free and convenient option for disposing of their prescription and over-the-counter medications to protect their families and the …
MetLife to Create Over 2,600 Jobs in North Carolina
RALEIGH – Governor Pat McCrory will announce that MetLife, Inc., a leading global life insurance and employee benefits company, intends to create 2,600 jobs in Charlotte and Cary, North Carolina by the end of 2015. The company expects to invest, or cause to be invested, $125.5 million into its new Mecklenburg and Wake County campuses. “We’re proud that a strong corporate partner like MetLife has decided to invest in North Carolina,” said Governor McCrory. “These jobs will complement our financial …
Attorney General Roy Cooper: Top Consumer Complaints
Learn about top consumer complaints to avoid trouble Last year, 23,205 consumers filed complaints with Attorney General Roy Cooper’s Consumer Protection Division. Here is 2012’s list of top ten consumer complaints: Do Not Call Lending Telemarketing Fraud Health Care Home Repair Motor Vehicles Credit and Collections Television Services Internet/Computers Telecommunications Learn more about the top ten consumer complaints online at www.ncdoj.gov, and get our list of top ten consumer tips. To file a complaint with our Consumer Protection Division, …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
The inventor of the first practical automatic dishwasher was born on this date in 1839 and was perhaps an unlikely candidate for the distinction. Josephine Cochrane was a socialite and devised the dishwasher out of some annoyance at how her domestic staff damaged her china. Awarded a patent in 1886, Cochrane sold her machines in the 1890s mainly to restaurants and hotels. Her company eventually became KitchenAid, now part of the Whirlpool Corporation. In 2011, the Census Bureau’s American Housing …
VGCC nominates student for statewide leadership award
Vance-Granville Community College recently nominated Frank D. Allison of Louisburg, a student in the College Transfer program, for the North Carolina Community College System’s Governor Robert W. Scott Student Leadership Award. The award was established in 2004 in honor of Scott, who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1969-1973, and as President of the N.C. Community College System from 1983-1995. Each year, the N.C. Association of Community College Presidents bestows the honor on one community college student in recognition …
VGCC offers evening Medical Terminology on Main Campus
Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for Medical Terminology, the first of four courses included in the 13-month Medical Coding certificate program. Classes will be held in Building 5 on VGCC’s Main Campus on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6 until 9 p.m., March 25 through July 17. The Terminology course is the introduction to the language of medicine. Students learn to pronounce, spell and define medical terms related to anatomy, physiology, pathological conditions, diagnostic testing and medical procedures. …