By the time you read this, the 2011 Operation Soldiers Christmas will be completed. This year we had only a small amount of donations and that is understandable due to the hard economic situation here in Henderson, and Vance County. We were able to send only 23 boxes this year due to the small amount of donations and the limited postal funds. We did have a small group of soldiers this year so it did balance out that they did …
3rd Annual Oktoberfest 2011
This years Oktoberfest 2011 will be Saturday, November 5, 2011 11am to 3pm on Breckenridge Street in Downtown Henderson, NC. The Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission is staging Henderson’s 3rd annual Oktoberfest Fall Festival with performances by the Little German Band and Dancers. The HVDDC is also having food vendors, featuring a wide variety of different foods, arts and crafts vendors, area organizations and businesses will be participating in the festival. Children’s games, including a moonwalk, an obstacle course and a …
Wednesday Open Lines
Tuesday, President Obama signed an Executive Order that will help prevent prescription drug shortages that lead that can lead to price gouging. The order directs the Food and Drug Administration to expand reporting about situations that might lead to drug shortages, and also to work with the Department of Justice to investigate illegal price gouging The number of prescription drug shortages tripled between 2005 and 2010. Besides having serious consequences for people’s health and well-being, drug shortages drive vendors to …
Henderson Shoplifters of the Week for October 31, 2011
STEPHON CHAVOUS, 44, of 152 BROOKHAVEN COURT, HENDERSON DATE: 10/25/2011 CHARGE: LARCENY LOCATION: FOOD LION, 1241 DABNEY DRIVE KEVIN THOMAS, 31, of 150 PEEBLES LANE, HENDERSON DATE: 10/21/2011 CHARGES: LARCENY REMOVE SECURITY DEVICE, SIMPLE ASSAULT, SHOPLIFTING LOCATION: WAL-MART RODERICK BATES, 37, of 1105 WELCOME AVENUE, HENDERSON DATE: 10/22/2011 CHARGE: LARCENY LOCATION: SHEETZ CHARLES BULLOCK, 35, of 503 HICKORY STREET, HENDERSON DATE: 10/22/2011 CHARGE: AID AND ABET LARCENY LOCATION: AUTO-ZONE, 200 DABNEY DRIVE, HENDERSON JAMES ROBINSON, 49, of 5510 PINTH ROAD, …
Appliance Theft Arrest
On Tuesday October 4, 2011 members of the Henderson Police Department responded to 1004 Eaton Street in response to the larceny of appliances. The Rogers Group reported that one electric stove and one refrigerator/freezer had been removed from the residence. After further investigation, it was determined that the appliances had been removed from 1004 Eaton Street, and was the personal property of the Rogers Group. The investigation also revealed that the property had been sold to Bullock’s Appliances. Nicole Fields, …
Senator Berger: Crisis in Medicaid Funding
North Carolina is grappling with a series of budgetary problems this term. The latest to receive media attention is the expected shortfall in funding for Medicaid programs that serve our state’s most vulnerable populations: the poor, the elderly and the disabled. Early projections are that we will face a $139 million shortfall. N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler called the savings needed to maintain the projected budget “unreasonable and unattainable.” Click here to read News & …
Representative Butterfield Urges Congressional Colleagues to Support the President’s Student Loan Relief Plan
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) today urged his congressional colleagues to support President Barack Obama’s efforts to help further relieve student loan costs for millions of college graduates nationwide. Butterfield said that the president’s proposal, which seeks to cap student loan payments at 10 percent of discretionary income, forgive outstanding debt after 20 years of payment and offer student borrower new opportunities to consolidate their student loans, would help North Carolinians who are experiencing record increases in …
Tuesday Open Line
If you missed the Trick or Treating event last night, we’ve got some pictures for you. At the Dataforge headquarters, we had hundreds of kids, I’d guess between 1 to 2 thousand kids, I don’t even know how many people came through but we gave away about 2000 pieces of candy. It was a steady stream of people for an hour and a half. We tried to give only one piece per kid, because we knew, and they did, that …
Perdue Announces Iron Man 3 to Film in NC
RALEIGH– Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Marvel Studios’ film Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey Jr., will soon start pre-production in Wilmington. The motion picture is expected to be made in North Carolina over a 10-month period, including pre production, principal photography and wrap, and have an estimated economic impact over $80 million while creating 550 crew jobs and over 1,000 talent opportunities. “My top priority is creating jobs, and this film production means high-quality, well-paying jobs for North …
Message from Senator Richard Burr
The Senate was in recess this week, and I returned to North Carolina where I traveled across the state visiting with students at five high schools, touring local businesses and meeting with the hard-working men and women of our state, and listening to the concerns and advice of North Carolinians all along the way. I also had the opportunity to tour non-profit community wellness facilities, including one devoted to serving homeless veterans, and presented a Congressional Medal to Moriah Glady, …
VGCC Advisory Committees Meet
Citizens from Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties came together at the main campus of Vance-Granville Community College on Oct. 25 as the college’s advisory committees held their annual meetings. Students in VGCC’s Culinary Arts program prepared hors d’oeuvres and desserts for a reception in the Civic Center, preceding the meetings. There are 36 advisory committees, made up of people from the communities served by the college who have worked in the fields that the college trains students to enter. …
Perdue: General Assembly’s Policies Hurting NC
In the past week, three major decisions by the new leadership in the North Carolina General assembly came back to haunt the people of North Carolina. We learned over the past week that: Teacher layoffs are likely going to get worse next year; At least a part of the legislatures intrusion into the doctor-patient relationship is likely unconstitutional; and The General Assemblys budgeting failures created a $139 million hole in Medicaid. “I have a different vision for North Carolina than …
North Carolina Museum of Art Hosts Rembrandt Collection
Experience the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in America—and the first exhibition to explore the collecting history of the Dutch artist’s works in this country—at the N.C. Museum of Art (NCMA), October 30, 2011— January 22, 2012. Rembrandt in America is the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition and the first major exhibition to explore in depth the collecting history of Rembrandt paintings in America. The NCMA is the only East Coast venue …
Monday Open Line
This evening, bring your kids to Downtown Henderson, NC for a stroll along Garnett Street. But be careful, you’ll encounter hundreds, maybe a thousand, spooky little ones, dragging larger slaves along with them. Fun starts at 4:00 until 5:30 where many downtown merchants will be participating in Trick or Treat. Those merchants will have an orange flyer in their window. Afterwards, the City of Henderson will have official trick or treat hours from 6pm to 9pm, so go visit your …
Vance-Granville Community Band performs at Louisburg High School
The Vance-Granville Community Band presented its fall concert on Oct. 17 in the Louisburg High School auditorium. It was the second consecutive year that the ensemble, a joint effort between interested citizens and students, has performed its first concert of the academic year in Louisburg. In 2010, the site for the fall concert was Louisburg College. Directed by VGCC music instructor Michael Stephenson, the Community Band performed a variety of selections, including “The Foundation March” by Goldman; a medley of …
$1.4 Million Awarded To Replace Granville County Bridge
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $1.4 million contract to replace a bridge on Gooch Mills Road over the Tar River, west of Oxford in Granville County. United Contractors LLC of Great Falls, S.C. won the contract to replace the 59-year-old bridge, which is considered structurally deficient and functionally obsolete. That means its original design no longer meets current standards for width and shoulders, and that there are elements of the bridge that have had to …
Vance County Schools Announces Principal of the Year
Michael Bullard, who has served as principal of the Vance County Early College High School since its establishment four years ago, has been selected as the Vance County Schools’ Principal of the Year for 2011-2012. He was selected Principal of the Year by a special panel made up of current and retired local educators and a member of the Vance County Board of Education. Bullard was chosen for the district honor from an outstanding field of school administrators and was …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
This weekend we hope you enjoy your Fall Festival, Halloween, and Saturday and Sunday. There doesn’t seem to be as much events in the area this year as last. Last year the YMCA hosted a nice event, where this year they decided to tone it down and offer the events for members only. Last year the Aycock Recreation Center hosted a great event, but this year I can’t find a mention of it so far. (edit – well apparently I …
Thursday Open Line
This week, President Obama has been taking initiatives to go around the passage of the American Jobs Act and introduce specific actions to help spur the economy. It will allow borrowers to cap their student loan payments at 10% of discretionary income. In the 2010 State of the Union, the President proposed – and Congress quickly enacted – an improved income-based repayment (IBR) plan, which allows student loan borrowers to cap their monthly payments at 15% of their discretionary income. …
Governor Bev Perdue Participates in Ascletis Ground Breaking Ceremony
Event highlights first major investor-backed drug development company operating in U.S. and China. RTP, N.C. AND HANGZHOU, CHINA – Gov. Bev Perdue was joined yesterday by Zhejiang Province officials and Jinzi J. Wu, Ph.D., president and CEO of Ascletis, for a ground breaking of the company’s headquarters at Hangzhou Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone in Zhejiang Province, China. The global specialty therapeutics company that works to discover and develop new treatments for cancer and infectious diseases is jointly headquartered in Research …