On Friday, May 27, 2016, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) will travel to Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, where Wildin Acosta, a Durham, North Carolina high school senior has been detained since late-January by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), whose congressional district includes Lumpkin, Georgia, will accompany Butterfield on his visit to Stewart Detention Center. While there, Butterfield and Bishop will speak directly with Wildin and update him on the actions taken …
Senator Richard Burr: Protecting children from sex offenders
This week, the Senate unanimously voted to reauthorize the National Sex Offender Registry. In an institution that is too often divided on strictly partisan lines, it is encouraging to know that we can find common ground when it comes to protecting women and children from convicted sexual offenders. As Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, keeping Americans safe is my number one priority. Unfortunately, there are dangerous individuals living in our communities who seek to prey on the …
Vance County Schools Free Athletic Exams June 8th, 2016
Free athletic physical examinations will be available to all student-athletes who live in Vance County on Wednesday, June 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Maria Parham Medical Center on Ruin Creek Road in Henderson. The physicals are required for those students who want to play sports in local schools for the 2016-2017 school year. Students who want to have these free athletic physicals on June 8, must get a form for the examinations from the main office at Northern Vance …
Butterfield Congratulates NCCU Law School Dean Phyliss Craig-Taylor on Presidential Appointment
Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) Thursday released the following statement congratulating Phyliss Craig-Taylor, Dean of North Carolina Central School of Law, on her recent appointment to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities: “I am pleased to congratulate Phyliss Craig-Taylor on her appointment to the Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Prior to her deanship at North Carolina Central School of Law, she served as the Law School’s assistant dean of academic affairs and a …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, May 27th. The difficulty of neatly painting cars two different colors led to the patenting of one of the world’s most practical on this date in 1930. Five years earlier, Richard Drew, while working for the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, had developed an easy-to-peel, glue-backed masking tape. It considerably eased the task of separating two-tone paint jobs on new cars, which until then involved moistened plaster tape. Then, he expanded its use by introducing a clear backing. The …
Butterfield Mourns the Loss of Civil Rights Leader A.J. Howard Clement, III
Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) Wednesday released the following statement on the passing of Durham community leader and corporate executive, A.J. Howard Clement, III: “It is with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my dear friend for more than 40 years, A.J. Howard Clement, III. Throughout his 30 years in elected office, Howard was able to relate to all segments of the Durham community. “Before serving on the City Council, Howard Clement was a strong leader with Durham’s civil rights …
Attorney General Roy Cooper: Fake Tax Collectors Target College Students
The phony tax collector scam has a new twist: targeting college students. North Carolina college students are reporting calls from imposters posing as IRS agents. They’re demanding that students pay a federal student tax immediately, a tax that doesn’t really exist. They may claim the tax is connected to student loans and threaten you with arrest or loss of your degree if you don’t pay right away. Several North Carolina students have reported fraudulent tax collector calls to our Consumer …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of May 26 on North Carolina Weekend, enjoy the NC Black Bear Festival in Plymouth. Make a stop at Richard’s Coffee Shop in Mooresville. Explore Biltmore Village in Asheville. Discover the Western North Carolina Air Museum in Hendersonville. And the “House Special” samples the fare at the Breakwater Restaurant in Hatteras. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by Visit North Carolina. In addition, UNC-TV has made recent editions of North Carolina …
Memorial Day road trips will be highest since 2005, spending up 1.2 percent
More than 38 million Americans, the second highest ever and the highest number since 2005, will travel during the long Memorial Day weekend, the AAA has predicted. Most of them will drive. About 34 million will take trips of 50 miles or more during that time, which AAA assumes will begin for many people on Thursday, May 26, and run through Monday, May 30. The forecast total is about 2 percent higher than the 2015 Memorial Day holiday. AAA representative …
Thursday Open Line
The first public high school in the U.S. was founded this month in 1820. The English Classical School opened in 1821 with 101 male students in Boston, which also was the seat for America’s first high school of any kind, the Boston Latin Grammar School. Boston Latin, beginning in 1635, sought to prepare young men for admittance to Harvard as divinity students. English Classical placed its emphasis on more general studies. High schools were slow to spread, and by 1870, …
Henderson Police Department Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 the Henderson Police Department participated in their Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Members of the Henderson Police Department, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Alcohol Law Enforcement, and the Vance County Sheriff’s Office participated. The kick off took place at the flag pole in front of the police department in Downtown Henderson, NC.
NC School Nutrition Professionals Participate in Innovative K-12 Culinary Institute
School nutrition administrators from across the state are participating in a K-12 Culinary Institute kick-off workshop today and tomorrow at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte. A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Professional Standards Training Grant received by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) School Nutrition Services is funding the institute, which is designed to increase the availability of fresh, appealing, nutritious meals at school, “Nutrient-rich food means that students are getting what they need to be able …
NCWorks @ Work: Helping Businesses Find the Workers They Need
When Elite Metal Performance, LLC needed to find a talented new employee, it knew where to turn to for help – NCWorks. Elite Metal’s 11-person team specializes in making custom trailers, racing products, parts for biomedical companies, installing bailors and offering machine shop services. The business turned to the Centralina Workforce Development Board – a member of the NCWorks initiative – for help with finding the right person for the job. “Because it’s skilled labor we’re looking for, often times …
Vance County Board of Education Committee Upcoming Meetings
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates: * Building & Grounds, Thursday, May 26th, 8:30 am * Curriculum Committee, Thursday, May 26th, 9:15 am * Policy Committee, Thursday, June 2nd, 5:30 pm * Finance, Thursday, June 2nd, immediately after Policy * Personnel Committee, Tuesday, June 7th, 8:30 am Note: All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.
Butterfield Joins First Ever Congressional Voting Rights Caucus
Tuesday, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) joined the first ever Congressional Voting Rights Caucus – a caucus dedicated to protecting our nation’s democracy by ensuring that the fundamental right to vote is safeguarded for all Americans. Following the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby v. Holder decision, which dismantled key provisions of the original Voting Rights Act of 1965, 33 states have implemented laws that again make it difficult for traditionally disenfranchised communities to exercise their right to vote. In the 114th Congress, House …
NC Legislative Black Caucus Scholarship Registration Now Open
Join the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (NCLBCF) EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP EVENT on June 17, 2016 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina. The Foundation has provided support to higher education in North Carolina for well over 29 years by awarding need-based scholarships to students attending one of the 10 participating Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina. It is the Foundation’s goal to help address the decrease in college …
Vance County Schools Revised Dates for Bus Driver Training
The school bus driver training sessions provided by Vance County Schools have been rescheduled due to a conflict with the instructor’s calendar to Monday, June 27, through Thursday, June 30, at L.B. Yancey Elementary School. Interested persons must attend the training on each of the first three days to receive certification. We will only be training individuals to drive school buses. The instructor will do retesting for those who need it on the fourth day. The training sessions will begin at 8:30 …
Welcome Centers Celebrate North Carolina Culture for Travel and Tourism Week
N.C. Commerce’s nine Welcome Centers celebrated National Travel and Tourism Week earlier this month by joining with local tourism partners to personally thank North Carolina visitors for traveling to the state. In addition to highlighting the role travel plays in the U.S. economy, Travel and Tourism Week offered an excellent opportunity for North Carolina’s attractions and accommodations to directly assist people seeking travel information at the state’s Welcome Centers. At all nine centers, tourism partners joined professional Welcome Center staff …
Wednesday Open Line
The first criminal case in the U.S. in which fingerprint evidence alone won conviction occurred this month in New York City in 1911. Burglary suspect Caesar Cella, alias Charles Crispi, was undone by prints identified by detective Joseph Faurot. The first known crime case solved by fingerprint matching occurred in 1898 in India, but the unique pattern of each person’s fingerprints had been known since ancient China. The Census Bureau’s national prisoner statistics program reports the federal and state prison …
Vance County Schools Testing Begins This Week
Students in Vance County Schools’ elementary and middle schools will be given N.C. end-of-grade tests Tuesday through Thursday of this week, with final exams for the school year administered at local high schools beginning on Friday. At Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools, testing will begin Friday, May 27, with first-period N.C. end-of-course, N.C. Final Exams and teacher made exams given from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Testing in the high schools will continue Tuesday, May 31, …