Come out this Saturday to the Vance County Regional Farmers Market November 21st, 2015 for our second annual Handcrafted Holiday Market! We will have a wide variety of craft vendors showcasing unique handmade products. Take care of your holiday shopping and support local businesses. Produce vendors will also be on hand so you can purchase some fresh and local products for your Thanksgiving feast.
Vance County Board of Commissionsers Properties Committee December 2nd, 2015
Please note that the County’s Properties Committee (Brown, Brummitt, Hester) is scheduled to meet Wednesday, December 2 at 8:30 a.m. in the administrative conference room. The purpose is to discuss the Scott Parker Building and two offers to purchase foreclosed properties. All commissioners are invited to attend.
State Farmers Market hosting seasonal events
RALEIGH – The year may be winding down, but the State Farmers Market is ramping up with several special events planned between now and the end of the year. “We want to remind everyone that the State Farmers Market is open seven days a week, year-round. The only day it closes is Christmas,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “There is no better place to find fresh ingredients for your holiday meals, or locally grown Christmas trees, poinsettias and wreaths for …
Wednesday Open Line
We still use the word “dial” to refer to the act of calling someone on the phone — even though a great many of us have never used a rotary phone or seen one, except in old movies and TV shows. Push-button, or touch-tone, phones made their debut on this date in 1963. At the time, the service was an extra cost option and was available only in two cities in Pennsylvania. It didn’t take long, however, for the speed …
Actor, playwright Walter Williamson ’68 to serve as Artist-In-Residence at Louisburg College
Accomplished actor, playwright and author Walter Williamson, a 1968 Louisburg College alumnus whose film credits include appearances in “Mr. Deeds” and “The Longest Yard,” will serve as Artist-In-Residence on campus during the spring 2016 semester. Williamson will serve as a guest lecturer in classes, collaborate with students and faculty, and stage the world premiere of his new play at the college. Williamson’s film, television and theatre credits are numerous. In addition to “Mr. Deeds” and “The Longest Yard,” Williamson has …
Eaton-Johnson Middle School, VGCC continue Partnership
Vance-Granville Community College and Eaton-Johnson Middle School in Henderson are continuing to build upon a tradition of collaboration to help prepare young students for higher education. The partnership between EJMS and VGCC is a special passion for the middle school’s lead counselor, Dr. Priscilla Chavis-Lockley. She earned two degrees at Vance-Granville — early childhood education and associate in arts (college transfer) — before moving on to North Carolina Central University for a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, and to …
VGCC registers 350 potential lifesavers
A recent Vance-Granville Community College service project added some 350 people to the registry of potential bone marrow donors. In partnership with the Project Life Movement and the “Save the Fox” campaign, the college held events on each of its four campuses during the week of Oct. 26-29. Students, faculty, staff and community members signed up and swabbed their cheeks to provide DNA samples at these events. The painless registration process took only a few minutes, but could save a …
VGCC to hold Signing Ceremony with NCCU
Vance-Granville Community College will hold a signing ceremony to launch the new “Eagle Voyage” partnership with North Carolina Central University on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus (200 Community College Road, Henderson, N.C.). You are invited to attend and cover this special event. At the ceremony, representatives of the two institutions will sign a Memorandum of Understanding that allows the university to offer the Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice …
Tuesday Open Line
The United States Congress met for the first time in the District of Columbia on this date in 1800. Up until then, it did its squabbling, vituperating and, most importantly, legislating in Philadelphia. Ever since President George Washington laid the cornerstone for the Capitol in 1793, the District had been planned as the permanent home for the U.S. government. By 1800, enough of the Capitol had been completed for the members of the Sixth Congress to move in. One senator …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers:Honoring Our Veterans
Photo of the Week It was an honor and a privilege for my office to work with Veterans Legacy Foundation to help Oscar Davis, Jr. receive the Bronze Star he earned while serving with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment during WWII. This photo is from the award ceremony honoring him this week at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation in Fayetteville. More photos from the ceremony can be found below. Weekly Update One of my greatest joys and …
Vance County Farm-City Week: Urban Agriculture: A Farm And City Mashup
Vance County has joined the ranks of many cities across the United States to begin reviewing local land use permit codes to include urban agriculture and allow locally grown, year round production of fresh foods within city limits. On November 3, 2015, the Henderson Zoning Board unanimously granted a Special Use Permit to two of our city homeowners that will be transitioning into Organic production of vegetables. Local governments throughout the US and NC in cities such as Seattle, Baltimore, …
White House Weekly Address: Giving Veterans their Chance
In this week’s address, President Obama honored our nation’s veterans, who have served and sacrificed in defense of our country. This past week, Americans came together on Veterans Day to pay tribute to those men and women in uniform who have risked their lives to protect our freedom. In recent years we’ve worked to reduce the veterans’ unemployment rate to 3.9 percent and slash the disability claims backlog at the VA by nearly 90 percent from its peak. But there is …
Monday Open Line
This month in 1883, the ancestor of today’s familiar U.S. time zones first appeared at the initiative of the American Railway Association. A schoolteacher named Charles Dowd is credited with first proposing the notion of time zones as early as 1863 in order to rationalize railroad timetables, there being 80 time standards then in use by localities. There was wide but incomplete acceptance of the railway association’s zones, and the adjusted zones were not made law until 1918. In 1884, …
Vance County Water Planning Committee December 1st, 2015
Vance County’s Water Planning Committee (Garrison, Brummitt, Taylor) is scheduled to meet Tuesday, December 1 at 3:00 p.m. in the administrative conference room. The purpose is to discuss water project matters. All commissioners are invited to attend.
Butterfield Mourns the Loss of North Carolina Congressman Tim Valentine, Jr.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield today released the following statement on the passing of former North Carolina Congressman Itimous Thaddeus “Tim” Valentine, Jr.: “I was saddened to learn of the passing of my friend, former Congressman Tim Valentine, Jr. For four decades, Tim served the people of North Carolina – first as a member of the General Assembly and later in the United States Congress where he represented our state’s Second Congressional District. He was a strong and …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, November 13th. This month 111 years ago, Connecticut inventor Harvey Hubbell moved household electricity from shock it to socket. In November 1904, he received a patent for the world’s first detachable electric plug: the two-, now sometimes three-prong plug familiar to us today. Remarkable as it sounds, at the time electric terminals would extend out from a wall, and any electrical device had to be hardwired to them–a time consuming process with a chance of electrocution. Hubbell was no …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of Nov. 12 on North Carolina Weekend, find something old but just right at one of the several Antiques Extravaganza shows in Raleigh. Take in the “Treasures of Carolina: Stories from the State Archives” exhibit at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Check out illustrative art at ZaPow in Asheville. Tempt your taste buds at Stanbury in Raleigh. And explore the Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences in Rocky Mount. (Please note: listings are subject to …
Newsletter From The Office of Senator Angela R. Bryant
NEWS FROM RALEIGH… I always welcome your comments, project updates, suggestions, and visits. My office door and electronic door are always open to you! You are also invited to attend any and all Sessions and Committees. Visit the website for Session and Committee meeting times. As always, thank you for your support! WE SALUTE OUR VETS! HAPPY VETERANS DAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU. NEWSLETTER NEWS: EVENTS AROUND THE DISTRICT AND MORE THE MORE YOU KNOW, YOU’RE SURE TO …
Students graduate from VGCC Afternoon Tea class as original “Tea Lady” retires
Vance-Granville Community College recently celebrated the graduation of students from the fourteenth edition of a class called “Let’s Have an Afternoon Tea,” while also celebrating the woman who created the unique class. The class held its final meeting and graduation ceremony in October with an afternoon tea party planned and carried out by the students at Magnolia Manor Plantation Bed and Breakfast in Warrenton. Graduates included Anessa Williams of Creedmoor, Juanita Rogers, Donna Bryan Spears and Melissa Ritchie, all of …
Thursday Open Line
November is National Family Caregivers Month, honoring the great number of relatives, friends and neighbors involved in caring for those Americans needing assistance in the home. The nonprofessional caregivers render an important and devoted service, not just to the recipients, but society. In an aging nation, volunteer caregiving lessens the strain on the country’s medical system and provides an estimated $375 billion worth of service annually. Up to 30 percent of American adults are involved in some level of caregiving …