The Vance County Board of Commissioners / Water Board voted today to move off paying for bonds associated with the water project until later in the year. Please read the details here: 20130128_vcboc_water_board_called_meeting
Diversity Study Finds Economic Disparities Rising in NC Schools
DURHAM, N.C. — The racial balance in North Carolina’s public schools has remained steady since 2005-06, ending a trend of growing disparity from the previous decade, but students are increasingly separated by income. These are among the findings of a comprehensive report from three Duke University public policy professors who studied whether schools in each of the state’s 100 counties mirror the racial and economic composition of that county as a whole. “Although state-enforced school segregation is now a distant …
Northern Vance High School Sirocco Computer Cleaner
Everybody check out Northern Vance High School’s Engineering Team’s award winning Sirocco video. The Sirocco is entered into NCSU’s Prize for Innovation competition. NVHS is one of the five finalists in the State! Winner is determined by online voting Feb 4 – 11. Visit their Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SiroccoTheInnovativeComputerCleaner The students at Northern Vance High School wanted to enter a competition at NC State, so, in order to enter this contest, they had to discover a need, and then created an …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: No Budget, No Pay
We started this week with the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of a nation where people were not “judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” and a Presidential Inauguration. The week is ending with the annual March for Life which marks the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. This has been a busy week for legislation. The House passed “The No Budget, No Pay Act” to …
NC Cooperative Extension Updates
FRUIT TREE PRUNING WORKSHOP Once again, we will hold our annual Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop at a home orchard near the Vance/Warren county line. This is scheduled for Feb 5th, 10:30 am to noon. You MUST register, at which time directions will be provided. In the event of inclement weather, we will have an indoor seminar at the Warren County Extension Center. BEE/CHICKEN CLASSES AT VGCC These look interesting! http://www.vgcc.edu/News/newsarticle.cfm?recNo=3171 WHAT TO DO IN THE GARDEN THIS WEEK (from the …
White House Weekly Address: Two Nominees Who Will Fight for the American People
President Obama discusses his nomination of Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and Richard Cordray to continue as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This week, Washington D.C. was transformed into an historic stage, with an estimated one million people on hand to witness the President and Vice President take the Oath of Office at the United States Capitol. Through it all, West Wing Week was there, from the terrace of the Capitol to backstage …
Monday Open Line
As the Great Depression approached its worst, Wisconsin made the nation’s first governmental direct relief effort for the unemployed. On this date in 1932, it enacted unemployment insurance. Wisconsin was soon followed by a half-dozen other states before the Social Security Act in middecade moved all states to adopt such programs by 1937. Wisconsin’s program issued it’s first unemployment check in August, in the amount of $15. By 2010, states and local governments took in over $75 billion from the …
Vance County Public Schools Announce 2 Hour Delay for January 28th, 2013
Vance County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay for Monday, January 28, for all students and school system staff members.
Vehicle Runs off Roadway, Pedestrians Hit, Toddler Killed
On January 27, 2013 around 1:15 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to the 600 Block of East Montgomery Street, Henderson in reference to a motor vehicle collision involving two pedestrians. Upon arrival, officers found a five year-old male and the child’s father, Richard Thomas Stokes, 22, of Henderson with extensive injuries from where the vehicle collided with them. From the investigation, it appears that the child and his father were walking west on East Montgomery Street when …
Called Meeting of Vance County Board of Commissioners and Vance County Water District Board
Chairman Tommy Hester has called a special meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners and the Vance County Water District Board for Monday, January 28, at 12:00 noon, in the Commissioners Meeting Room, County Administrative Building, 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC, 27536. The purpose of the meeting is as follows: Vance County Board of Commissioners – Items as needed Vance County Water District Board – Adoption of Resolution for Water Bond Anticipation Notes (this allows for extension …
Intruder, Solomon Williams, Shot During Breaking and Entering
On January 25, 2013 around 2:28 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to 801 Wakefield Ave Ext. Henderson, NC in reference to a breaking and entering in progress in which the suspect was shot. Upon arrival, officers located Solomon Williams, 26, of 602 E. Winder Street, Henderson with a gunshot wound. The person, who confronted and shot the suspect, Solomon Williams, was a 73 year-old male. Another suspect fled on foot into a wooded area and was unable …
Henderson City Council Short Regular Meeting and Work Session Monday, January 28th, 2013 6:00pm
The Henderson City Council will hold its Short Regular Meeting, and a work session afterwards on Monday January 28th, 2013 at 6:00pm in the city hall building on 134 Rose Avenue. The full agenda packet is here: 20130128_coh_agenda_packet Below are the agenda notes for the meeting and work session: ADJUSTMENTS TO AND/OR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 14 January 2013 Regular Meeting [See Notebook Tab 1] VI. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS Citizens may only speak …
Vance County Schools Athletic Events Canceled
There will be no athletic events for Vance County Schools’ teams today, tonight or any time Saturday due to the inclement weather expected in the area. Rescheduling of events will be announced later.
VGCC Computer classes scheduled at Main Campus in February
Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for two popular computer continuing education courses starting in February on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. An evening course on the Microsoft Word and Excel 2010 software is scheduled for Tuesdays from 6 until 10 p.m., Feb. 19 through March 26. Students will familiarize themselves with the popular word processing and spreadsheet programs, which were significantly updated in their most recent versions. Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel are two of the …
NCDA&CS to host workshops for farmers market managers
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will host three workshops focusing on growing local farmers markets across North Carolina. The one-day trainings are scheduled for Wilmington, Smithfield and Fletcher. The workshops, geared toward market managers and their board members, will cover a range of topics such as food safety, effective promotional techniques and an overview of past and future marketing opportunities. “With more than 200 local and regional farmers markets across the state, it’s never been …
VGCC names three New Deans to lead instructional programs
A new year and a new semester recently brought new leadership to three divisions at Vance-Granville Community College. In January, Angela L. Gardner-Ragland of Henderson was named VGCC’s Dean of Business and Applied Technologies, Angela M. Thomas of Hillsborough was named Dean of Health Sciences, and Dale L. Fey of Greensboro was named Dean of Continuing Education. Both Gardner-Ragland and Thomas are familiar faces at VGCC as experienced educators, while Fey is a newcomer to the institution with experience in …
VGCC Small Business Center hosts free seminar on taxes, workers’ compensation
The Small Business Center at Vance-Granville Community College is inviting local business owners to use their lunch break to learn more about complying with taxes and workers’ compensation laws. A free seminar, entitled “What every Business Owner needs to know about Taxes and Workers’ Compensation Insurance,” is scheduled to be held Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in Room 7107 (Building 7) on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. Presenters are set to include representatives of the …
VGCC schedules Photography class at Main Campus
Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for a one-night class that will help local amateur photographers hone their skills. The “Photography: Shooting in Manual” class is scheduled to be held on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 5:30 until 9:30 p.m. Participants will enjoy a fun, informative session with Nancy Jo Smith of Nancy Jo Photography. Smith is a Kittrell-based professional photographer who specializes in children and family portraiture. “This course will teach you …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
On this date in 1915, east and west were linked by voice in the first transcontinental phone call. This event was a conference call involving Alexander Graham Bell in New York, his assistant Thomas Watson in San Francisco, President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, and the president of American Telephone and Telegraph in Georgia. Using the new, commercial service was a major financial commitment. The charge for a three-minute call from New York to San Francisco started at $20.70. That’s over …
Vance County Schools To Dismiss Early Friday
Vance County Schools will dismiss elementary and high school students at 11:30 a.m. and middle school students at 11:45 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, January 25, due to the forecast for inclement weather.