Due to the construction of Clarke Elementary School, Vance County Schools will offer mobile classrooms for sale at Pinkston Street, E.M. Rollins, L.B. Yancey, Clark Street, and E.O. Young Elementary Schools, as well as Henderson Middle School.
HPD recovers stolen car
On June 17, 2010 around 1:00 p.m. officers with the Henderson Police Department Patrol Division answered a call for service related to a stolen vehicle from 1817 N. Garnett Street in Henderson, North Carolina.
Toddler dies of accidental gunshot injury
WRAL is reporting that a two year-old child has died of a self-inflicted accidental gunshot. The incident occurred at 491 Daniel Harris Road in Vance County.
Tuesday’s open line
One of the things about summer vacation is that it gives me an opportunity to catch up with the news that happens outside of Henderson — which can be pretty depressing. One uplifting feature is that compared to about five-sixths of the rest of the world, we still have it pretty good. Here’s your open line.
Search warrant yields drugs, gun, stolen property
Chief K.L. Sidwell reports that members of the Henderson Police Department Narcotics Unit served a search warrant on the address of 108 Holly Court in Henderson, North Carolina.
Kittrell to exercise ETJ rights
Click image to view complete, full-size document. According to the above notice received yesterday by Home in Henderson, the town of Kittrell plays to exercise its extraterritorial jurisdiction within a one mile radius around the town limits.
Vance County technology study
Click image to view complete, full-size document. Above is a copy of the Vance County Technology Study Initiative commissioned by the Vance County Board of Commissioners in April of 2010.
Vance Aquatics swims against Homestead Hights
The Vance Aquatics Club Barracudas held their third meet of the season this past Saturday morning against Homestead Heights.
Intergovernmental meeting cancelled
Henderson Mayor James D. “Pete” O’Geary, chair of the city’s Intergovernmental Relations Committee, in consultation with Vance County Board of Commissioners Chair Danny Wright, has canceled the Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers.
Monday’s open line
On the advice of my doctors, and with the hope that I will live long enough to see the Littlest Editor grow up, I’ve been making Wii Fit a part of my daily routine. Being old enough to have played “Pong” on a black-and-white TV, I’m slightly amazed that my video game console is giving me orders — and more amazed that I’m following them. Here’s your open line.
Rep. Wray’s Raleigh Report
Work continued this week on our state budget as I and other negotiators met to work out our differences.
Gateway CDC & Walmart kick off volunteerism July 3
by Gary Morgan, CDC Administrator Gateway CDC Executive Director Gary Morgan and Walmart Distribution Center General Manager Maurice Gray have united to declare war on the poverty and oppression that has held a stranglehold on the City of Henderson and Vance County.
Etheridge statement on passing of Bertha “B” Holt
Washington, D.C. -— U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) released the following statement Friday on the passing of longtime N.C. legislator, Bertha ‘B’ Holt of Burlington:
Vance Barracudas break seven team records
The Vance Aquatics Clubs Barracudas met against Hope Valley Farms on June 16, 2010.
$87,794.62 raised so far at Relay
Updated According to Vance County Relay for Life officials, $87,794.62 has been raised for cancer research as of the posting time of this article. This year’s goal is $150,000. Right now, the weather is comparatively cool. Concessions are open, and good food of all sorts is currently available. Relay festivites end at noon tomorrow.
School board to tour new Clarke Elementary
Members of the Vance County Board of Commissioners will tour the Clarke Elementary School on Monday, June 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Immediately following the tour, the Education Committee of the Vance County Board of Education will meet at the school site. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
Etheridge statement on deficit reduction
Washington, D.C. -— U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), a member of the House Committee on Budget, issued the following statement today during testimony of White House Office of Management and Budget, Deputy Director Jeffrey Liebman.
North Henderson Baptist raffle tickets
The North Henderson Baptist Church will be holding a Relay for Life Raffle during the Relay for Life event this weekend. Prizes are a dual gas and charcoal grill, $100 in cash, and a $100 gift certificate. Tickets are $2 each or three for $5.