This from Terri Hedrick, Public Information Officer for Vance County Schools:
Lions champion softball team circa 1938
Click image to enlarge Lions Softball Champs 1938 Can you name a member of the team? Here’s a chance for your memory to shine. If you can make an ID, post it below.
Friday/weekend open line
Don’t for get the ACTS (Area Christians Together in Service) fund raiser on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the old Winn-Dixie on Dabney Drive from 11:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. I hear someone’s getting dunked. Here’s your open line.
City council declines to fund local BGCA
The Henderson City Council passed a motion on Monday night to not fund the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central North Carolina’s SOS program at Eaton-Johnson Middle School.
VCS to ask Golden LEAF for freshman laptops
Home in Henderson received this press release yesterday from Vance County Schools:
Thursday’s open line
Exhibition season is here at last! (I’m talking about football, not flashing, streaking, or exotic dancing. Get your minds out of the gutter.) It’s been a long five months of withdrawal. Let the games begin. Here’s your open line.
City submits grant proposals to Golden LEAF
Even though the grant proposals were turned in to the Golden LEAF Foundation before Monday’s regular meeting, City Manager Ray Griffin asked the Henderson City Council for its blessing on what city staff had already done.
Tuesday’s open line
About six months before my son was born, I discovered that I had degenerative damage to both of my retinas, the origin of which is still a mystery to several specialists.
Council affirms home ownership at Beacon Light
In a nearly unanimous vote, the Henderson City Council voted to affirm its desire to see home ownership at the former Section 8 apartment complex.
Etheridge to speak at health care reform event
Raleigh — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only North Carolina member on the House Ways and Means Committee, has accepted an invitation from the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) to speak on health care reform on August 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at Central Carolina Community College in Lillington, North Carolina.
Tuesday’s open line
It seems to us that the introduction of up to 36 low-to-moderate income owner-occupied houses on the Beacon Light property would enhance the neighborhood by strengthening the block of such houses that already abut the site. The solution to urban blight doesn’t always have to be moving further from the city center. Let’s think about it on today’s open line.
Police nab alleged burglar at the front door
On August 10, 2009 at 1:25 p.m. members of the Henderson Police Department’s Patrol Division and Criminal Investigations Division responded to a residence at 102 Ranes Drive concerning a report of a breaking and entering in progress.
School board to discuss new school naming process
Here is the agenda for the Vance County Board of Education. The board meets on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center at 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina.
Council to reconsider demolition of Beacon Light
Here is the agenda for the Henderson City Council’s regular meeting. The regular meeting is held on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall located at 134 Rose Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina.
Crime Stoppers Crimes of the Month
Breaking & Entering Case On July 21, 2009 around 08:50 p.m. the Henderson Police Department responded to Furniture Concept at 50 Americal Road in reference to a breaking and entering of the warehouse.
Monday’s open line
If fines from criminality help to fund essential services, then what incentive does government have to eliminate criminal behavior? Ponder this or anything else on today’s open line.