Vance-Granville Community College’s History Club recently completed its annual food drive, the organization’s major service project of the fall semester. Students collected non-perishable food items, as well as paper products and hygiene products, all of which were donated to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. The Food Bank works with food pantries in all four of the counties in the college’s service area: Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren. The donations weighed in at 333 pounds, which translates …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, December 18th. The holiday season is mostly a time of cheer. But it’s also a time for winter’s most frequent misery — the common cold and the cough that often goes along with it. While science works to find a cure for colds, the rest of us can only try to reduce their symptoms. Before the middle of the 19th century, a restaurant owner in Poughkeepsie, New York, did something to make life a little easier for cold sufferers. …
ACTS Seeking donations for childrens toys in need ASAP
ACTS is in desperate need of new or gently used toys for children birth to 14 years! The arrangements they made have fallen through and they have a Christmas luncheon scheduled for Friday to distribute toys to children in attendance with their families. Please contact ACTS at 252-572-3203
City of Henderson Warns About Letters to Residents from American Water Resources
The City of Henderson has received notification that American Water Resources plans to do a mailing in this area regarding water and sewer lines. For those of you unfamiliar with this company, they send a mailing about every year that leads many citizens to believe the information is coming from the City of Henderson. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COMPANY HAS NO AFFILIATION WITH THE CITY OF HENDERSON NOR HAS THE CITY OF HENDERSON ASKED THIS COMPANY TO DO ANY SUCH MAILING …
N.C. Representative Baskerville Visits Local Schools
N.C. Rep. Nathan Baskerville took time from his busy schedule to visit several Vance County Schools on December 2. He is shown in first photo, standing at left, as he is greeted by students in Rose Jarrell’s class at Dabney Elementary. Joining him is Superintendent Anthony Jackson as Jarrell looks on. In the second photo, Baskerville talks with instructor Ben Arrington in a masonry class at Southern Vance High. Baskerville also visited with teachers and students at Pinkston Street Elementary and …
VGCC offers seminar on best businesses to start in 2016
The Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center is offering a free seminar for local residents who want to start a new business in the new year. “Top 20 Businesses to Start in 2016 & Why” is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, from 6 until 9 p.m., in room 7107 (Building 7) on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. In this seminar, instructor Steve Carver will help participants consider and research what kind of business or franchise might be …
VGCC completes Plus 50 Grant program
Vance-Granville Community College recently completed a three-year program as part of a national effort to encourage members of the “baby boom” generation to train for new careers. The college had been awarded a $15,000 “Plus 50” Encore Completion Grant from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), which in turn received its funding from the Deerbrook Charitable Trust. The Plus 50 program sought to assist adults age 50 and over in completing degrees or certificates in high-demand occupations that give …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of Dec. 10 on North Carolina Weekend, experience “The Black Nativity” in Raleigh. Create your signature fragrance at Escentuelle in Cary. Take in “The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887-1920,” an exhibition at Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem. Explore The Fork Farm & Stables in Norwood. And the “House Special” samples the fare at The Kamado Grille in Raleigh. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by …
Holiday travelers to top 100M for first time ever; most will drive
The number of holiday travelers this year will top 100 million for the first time, AAA said Tuesday (yesterday). Most of those people will be driving – and fueling up for less than $2 a gallon. The group is expecting 100.5 million people who will travel at least 50 miles from home from Dec. 23 through Jan. 3. That number nearly triples the 38 million travelers for the Thanksgiving holiday this year and represents a 1.4 percent increase compared to …
Thursday Open Line
A dream of the ages became reality 112 years ago today on a windswept beach at North Carolina’s Outer Banks. There, the Wright brothers made the world’s first powered, heavier-than-air flight. With Orville and Wilbur alternating as pilot, the plane made four flights that day. The first airplane flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. The longest distance covered that day was 852 feet in 59 seconds — an average speed of 31 miles an hour. In only a …
Vance County Board of Commissioners Called Meeting Wednesday December 16th, 2015
This memorandum will serve as notice that Chairman Gordon Wilder has called a special meeting for Wednesday, December 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Vance County Administration Building, 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC. The purpose of the special meeting is to: 1. Adopt the 2016 Tax Revaluation Schedule of Values 2. Other items as necessary Download the official notice here: Special Called Mtg – December 16, 2015.pdf
NC Cooperative Extension Updates
LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT FEEDBACK SURVEYThe survey at the link below will take less than 5 minutes of your time and provides us with invaluable input on our educational efforts. Please submit your feedback by Wed, 12/16. Here’s the link: http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/surveybuilder/form.cfm?testID=29601 2016 TOBACCO SHORT COURSEApplications are now available for the popular and comprehensive Tobacco Short Course, sponsored by NCSU. For application information, contact the County Extension Center. Applications due Jan 4, 2016. NC PUBLIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINARFeb 17 & 18, NC …
Duke Energy and Dominion Power Weatherization Programs
CADA was selected for a set-aside of $44,726.00 in the Duke Energy Progress Helping Home Fund to address Health and Safety, Weatherization, and Appliance Repair, and HVAC Repair and Replacement for portions of Halifax and Edgecombe Counties. Franklin-Vance-Warren Opportunity (1-800-682-1163) was the agency selected to serve Franklin, Granville, Vance, and Warren Counties in this program. The program is administered by the NC Community Action Association which has contracted with Duke Energy to work with agencies and non-profits across the …
VGCC and partnering employers shed light on careers at Business Technologies Fair
Fifteen employers from throughout the region joined Vance-Granville Community College faculty, staff and students at the second annual Business Technologies Fair in November at the VGCC Civic Center. Students and visitors had opportunities to learn about a variety of careers and how to prepare for them. Participating employers included Cloninger Law Offices; Fastenal; Union Bank; WMR Packaging & Design; Holden Moss CPA; Mars PetCare; Walmart Distribution Center; Food Lion/Hanna Ford Distribution Center; ATOS; Microsoft of South Point; the VGCC Business …
Vance County Schools Join Salvation Army Food Drive
Zeb Vance Elementary School students are shown standing in front of a large bulletin board display for the school’s annual Salvation Army Canned Food Drive. The Food Drive ended on December 8 with students, parents, staff members and community members donating 711 total food items to be given to needy families in the area during the holidays. The large cupcake display on the bulletin board was created by Zeb Vance’s art teacher Kristen Ciannamea, with the help of some of …
Vance County Schools Honors Recent Retirees
An audience of about 150 people gathered in the cafeteria of Northern Vance High School during the evening of December 10 to honor 37 long-time employees who retired by the end of the 2014-2015 school year. Former U.S. Rep. Eva Clayton, who represented Vance County in the U.S. House of Represent-atives, was the featured speaker for the evening. She urged all of the honorees to enjoy their retirement and to continue to contribute to their communities. “You have …
Vance County School’s Blakebrough and Crosson Earn Doctoral Degrees
Donna Blakebrough, an assistant principal at Henderson Middle School, and Jacqueline Crosson, assistant principal at New Hope Elementary School and Pinkston Street Elementary School, have earned doctoral degrees in education. Both were notified in late October of their success in completing requirements for the degrees. Blakebrough earned her doctorate in school leadership and administration from N.C. State University. Crosson earned her doctorate in educational leadership with a concentration in curriculum and instruction from the University of Phoenix. Blakebrough …
Wednesday Open Line
One of the most familiar and cherished Christmas stories has been around a long time — 172 years in fact. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the 1843 publication of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” with sales starting on December 19. The first print run of 6,000 copies sold out in a week and the book has never been out of print. The tale about the reformation of Ebenezer Scrooge and his “Bah, humbug!” dismissal of the Christmas season became a …
City of Henderson Upcoming Holiday Schedules
Henderson City Hall will be closed: Christmas – December 23, 24 and 25, 2015. (Wednesday – Friday) New Years Day – Friday, January 1, 2016 The City of Henderson Public Services Department Sanitation Division will follow the schedule below for the December holiday schedule. Sanitation-Brush and Recycling by the City December-24th Christmas Eve will be collected on Wednesday December 23rd December-25th Christmas Day-collection will be on Thursday December 24th & – No recycling this week Garbage Collection-Waste Industries December-25th Christmas …
Representative Nathan Bakserville December 2015 Newsletter
Download the full newsletter here: December 2015 Newsletter.pdf