Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday June 6th, 2016 Download the full agenda packet here: 20160606_vcboc_agenda_packet.pdf Invocation Todd Stout, Carey Baptist Church 1. Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – each speaker is limited to five minutes) 2. Budget Hearing FY 2016-17 Economic Development Appropriations 3. Budget Hearing 6:00 p.m. FY 2016-17 Proposed Budget 4. Public Hearing Rezoning Request – Case RZ1604-01 US 1 Hwy South 5. Appointment 6:45 p.m. Deryl Von Williams, Learning Center …
NC Cooperative Extension: Produce, Barley, Sheep & Goats!
MALTING BARLEY FIELD DAY, OXFORD, JUNE 14 With a growing interest from craft breweries, barley production may present a good opportunity for your farm enterprise. Would you like to learn more? Come visit our test plots on June 14th at the Oxford Research Station and learn from specialists from NCSU and USDA. Dinner will be provided afterwards! Please RSVP no later than Tuesday, June 7th. Click here for more information or to register, or call 252-257-3640. When: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 …
VGCC celebrates Male Mentoring students
The first-ever PRIDE awards were presented as the Male Mentoring program at Vance-Granville Community College recently held an awards ceremony to recognize outstanding students who have participated in the program. The ceremony, held May 2 in the VGCC Civic Center, began with welcoming remarks from the president of the college, Dr. Stelfanie Williams. “I want you to know how important you are to us as male leaders in our college and in our community,” Dr. Williams told the students being …
VGCC adding Histotechnology program, holding information session
New opportunities to train for medical laboratory technician careers will soon be available at Vance-Granville Community College through a new degree program in Histotechnology. The two-year program will start when the fall semester begins on Aug. 15, and enrollment is already underway. An information session about Histotechnology and the college’s other Health Sciences programs will be held on Wednesday, June 8, at 9 a.m. in the small auditorium in Building 2 on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. Attendees will …
Chamber Ribbon Cutting – Benchmark Community Bank
Henderson businesses take note: you now have a new local banking option! On Wednesday, May 25, Benchmark Community Bank held a grand opening celebration at its new office on Graham Avenue across from the Ribeye Steakhouse. With the help of the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce and representatives from Benchmark’s headquarters, Vice President and Business Banker, Kim Jordan, officially cut the ribbon and welcomed chamber members, Henderson officials, and area businesses. The Henderson location is Benchmark’s second in North Carolina. In …
Work Set to Start June 6 for New Granville County Bridge
The replacement of a 50-year-old bridge on Harper Renn Road over Owen Creek begins next week, southwest of Oxford in Granville County. The $673,437 project awarded Dane Construction means the roadway will be closed at that location on Monday, June 6. Replacing structurally deficient and functionally obsolete structures such as this is part of the Department of Transportation’s program to rehabilitate and replace substandard bridges across the state. Governor McCrory’s 2016-2017 state budget provides more than $450 million over two …
Vance County Schools Commencement Ceremonies Will Be Indoors
Commencement ceremonies for members of the Class of 2016 at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools will be held in the schools’ gymnasiums this weekend. The decision to hold the ceremonies indoors was made due to excessive rain and the poor condition of our fields, as well as the forecast for possible thunderstorms and rainy conditions on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Original plans called for the ceremonies at Northern Vance and Southern Vance to be held …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, June 3rd. Among the assorted observances in June is one that will be welcomed by a great part of the U.S. population — especially youngsters. It’s National Candy Month, although Americans consume about 22 pounds of candy year round, much of it is chocolate. There are about 1,200 firms in the U.S. making chocolate and cocoa products worth $14.5 billion a year. Another 420 locations make nonchocolate confections selling for $8 billion. Together, there are more than 56,000 Americans …
North Carolina’s Tourism Resource Assistance Center Free Marketing Event in Downtown Henderson, NC June 9th, 2016
Next week, on Thursday, June 9, tourism-related businesses in the Henderson/Vance County area – including the surrounding counties – will have an opportunity to work with Visit North Carolina staff to learn about its research, development and marketing services, and discuss best practices in reaching travelers, the media and increasing tourism visitation and spending. Visit North Carolina’s Tourism Resource Assistance Center (TRAC), a community-based training program designed to help small tourism-related businesses, will be held 10 am – 2 pm atThe …
Thursday Open Line
On this date 91 years ago, Congress passed — and President Coolidge signed — the Indian Citizenship Act, which stated “all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby declared to be, citizens of the United States: Provided that the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property.” Prior to this act, about two-thirds of American Indians …
VGCC Welding degree program graduates first students
Among those walking across the stage at Vance-Granville Community College commencement exercises on May 13 were two students who became the first-ever graduates of the college’s Associate in Applied Science degree program in Welding Technology. VGCC has offered a three-semester diploma program in Welding for more than 40 years but added the two-year degree option in 2015. J. Grant Stoner of Macon and Kyle S. Vipperman of Raleigh both completed the degree in its first year. Vipperman started the new …
North Carolina Surveys Franklin County To Determine Seat Belt Use
Franklin County is one of twenty-five North Carolina counties selected as a seat belt survey county to help determine North Carolina’s overall seat belt usage rate, as required by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The seat belt usage rate is one of many metrics used by the Governor Pat McCrory’s Vision Zero project which aims to save lives on North Carolina roadways. The governor’s goal is to reach zero traffic-related fatalities through coordinated agency-to-agency efforts that helps reduce risky driving …
Triangle McDonald’s Looking to Hire 450+ on Hiring Day June 2nd, 2016
Local, family-owned McDonald’s restaurants throughout the Triangle and Sandhills area are hosting a Hiring Day event on June 2, looking to fill more than 450 positions. McDonald’s provides tools, world-class training and marketable life skills that serve their employees well wherever their careers take them. Skills like teamwork, reliability, customer service, accountability and leadership. Based on several business resources, one in every eight Americans has worked at McDonald’s. McDonald’s provides flexible schedules, growth opportunities and educational programs to all employees …
First United Methodist Church of Henderson Announces its Fourth Session of Grief Share
We are pleased to announce that our next 13 week session of GriefShare will begin on Thursday, June 9, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., in the Stephen Ministry Room. Sessions will be held weekly for thirteen weeks and include Group Discussion, Video Seminar and a personal Workbook. Griefshare is a Christ centered support group designed to help individuals deal with the death of a loved one – family member or friend. Participants are welcome to begin attending our GriefShare group at …
Wednesday Open Line
The first public phone booth was installed on this date in 1880 in New Haven, Connecticut, just four years after the telephone was invented. These first public telephones were supervised by attendants, while those operated by coins came along nine years later. Today, it’s increasingly rare to see a pay phone beyond transportation terminals, but the latest models have computer-like features, and worldwide, some booths are converting to wireless fidelity hot spots. Now, almost 98 percent of U.S. households have …
Richard Brand: Try Our Souls
These are differently times that try our souls. Maybe not at the same level yet as Thomas Paine’s times but the whole fever of this country is troubling. No one can deny that there is a great dissatisfaction with the whole way our national government has not worked. It is simply that those responsible for doing the job have just not done the job. They do not stay in Washington to meet. They do not hold committee hearings as often …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Answering Your Questions
Photo of the Week I had a wonderful time hosting a Town Hall on Thursday evening in Holly Springs, N.C. I had an opportunity to answer questions submitted through email, social media, and then took questions directly from audience members on everything from national security to the growing opioid epidemic here in North Carolina. I hope you will join us for our next one! Weekly Update I had an opportunity this week to speak at the American Association for …
CIty of Henderson Summer Sanitation Schedule
The City of Henderson Public Services Department Sanitation Division will be going to a summer schedule starting on Monday, June 6, 2016. The scheduled pick-ups will start at 6:00 AM on the morning of your regularly scheduled day. This schedule will require you to place your recycle bins and your brush items curb side the night before your scheduled pick-up. Please visit http://ci.henderson.nc.us and search Muni-code for a copy of the Sanitation Code. Any questions should be directed to …
Tuesday Open Line
One of the worst calamities to hit the U.S. happened on this date in 1889 — the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood. Torrential rains caused a nearby artificial lake to spill over and weaken its earthen dam. When the dam broke, it unleashed 20 million tons of water in a giant wave that roared through Johnstown, killing more than 2,300 people, and destroying the homes of thousands more. The flood remains one of the nation’s most costly, single weather-related disasters. While tornadoes …
Monday Open Line
Today is Memorial Day, looked on as the start of the summer season, and a time for family gatherings and sporting events. But the true meaning of the day is underlined by the continuing sacrifices made by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and other tense areas. The first official observance of Memorial Day was on May 30 in 1868. Ordered by Gen. John Logan, flowers were placed on the graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. From …