Along with the start of the fall semester at Vance-Granville Community College came new leaders for two academic programs. William Clements of Raleigh became the new Program Head/Instructor for Criminal Justice Technology, while Faith Harris of Norlina, a Computer Education instructor, was promoted to the position of Program Head of Computer Education. Clements came to VGCC from Wiregrass Georgia Technical College in Douglas, Ga., where he had been a Criminal Justice instructor since 2011. Previously, he worked in the correctional …
White House Weekly Address: Working for Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform
In this week’s address, the President highlighted the problems in our criminal justice system. Our country faces a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality, and incarceration that traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities. There are 2.2 million people behind bars in America today, compared to 500,000 just 30 years ago. This topic isn’t new – the President has talked about the unfairness of much of the criminal justice system since his time in the Senate. And while we’ve …
Monday Open Line
Throughout the decades since the oil embargo of 1973, increasing research and development has gone into renewable sources of energy. Some of the results are seen atop windswept hills and plains across America — large electricity generating windmills. While the concept sounds very modern, the first practical wind turbine generator goes back 74 years. It was on this date in 1941 that Palmer Putnam of Vermont demonstrated his device. His wind turbine had blades 66 feet in length, and in …
Show, Shine, Shag & Dine and the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame & Reunion 2015
Come to Downtown Henderson, NC Saturday, October 17th, 2015 for “Show, Shine, Shag & Dine and the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame & Reunion” Lining Garnett Street will be an antique/classic and nostalgia drag car event. The show will be held in Downtown from 7:30 am – 5:00 pm. Sunday, October 18th the hall of fame induction presentation will be held at the Vance Granville Community College Civic Center. Drag race legends will be honored for contributions they made to …
Bennett H. Perry Jr. Museum Grand Opening Friday, October 16th, 2015
The long awaited opening of the Corbitt Preservation Society Museum will take place Friday 16th from 2-4pm. It will be open Saturday along with annual truck show. Lots of special Corbitt folks will be in town this weekend. The museum is located on Church Street in Downtown Henderson. A selection of restored Corbitt trucks will be on display Saturday October 16th, 2015 at the corner of Montgomery Street and Williams Street.
Five Schools Recognized by Vance County Public School Foundation
The Vance County Public School Foundation recognized five schools in the Vance County Public School System for their students’ outstanding academic growth during the October 12 meeting of the Vance County Board of Education. Mary Jo Wilson, a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors, and Archie Taylor, president of the foundation’s Board of Directors, led the recognitions. Those schools recognized with plaques as a “School of the Year” for 2014-2015 by the foundation were Clarke Elementary School, first-place award …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, October 16th. Today marks an anniversary that should please America’s power shoppers. On this date in 1868, the first full-line department store in the U.S. was organized in Salt Lake City. Called “Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution,” it opened the next year. The idea of the department store soon spread around the country, hailed for the convenience such retail powerhouses offered consumers and becoming points of civic pride. The era of the classic, high-rise downtown department store has been eclipsed, …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of Oct. 15 on North Carolina Weekend, explore New Bern Battlefield Park in New Bern. Put the pedal to the metal at the Museum of Mountain Bike Art and Technology in Statesville. Lift a glass at Mason Jar Tavern in Holly Springs. Check out the “Steinfest” exhibit at Claymakers in Durham. And discover Cody Creek in Dobson. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by Visit North Carolina. In addition, UNC-TV has …
Thursday Open Line
October is National Seafood Month, celebrating a nutrient-rich food that is a good source of protein, vitamins and minerals. Because it really does turn out to be brain food, government and health organizations recommend eating two seafood meals each week. Seafood used to be mostly confined to the coastal regions, but with advances in frozen food and the speed of distribution, just about every kind of fish and shellfish is available throughout the country. Americans eat an average of nearly …
New Vance County Schools Assistant Superintendent and Principal
The Vance County Board of Education has approved Dr. Cindy Bennett as the new assistant superintendent of Student Services and Strategic Planning and Carnetta Thomas as the new principal of L.B. Yancey Elementary School. Board members approved both appointments at their October 12 meeting. Bennett has extensive experience in the field of education. Most recently she has been working as a national consultant and executive director of the Strategic Twin Counties Education Partnership serving Nash and Edgecombe counties. She has …
Vance County Human Resources Committee Monday October 19th, 2015
Please be informed that the County’s HR Committee (Brown, Taylor, Wilder) is scheduled to meet Monday, October 19 at 12:00 noon in the administrative conference room. The purpose is to discuss employee evaluation process. All commissioners are invited to attend.
Vance County Schools – Aycock News Broadcasts
Students and staff members at Aycock Elementary School receive important information about their school each Friday morning through the “Aycock News” television broadcast. The approximately 10-minute broadcast, seen on televisions stationed in classrooms and other locations throughout the school, features students in grades 2-5 who serve as the news anchors and additional reporters who share information about the week’s weather forecast, the breakfast and lunch menus for the coming week and important announcements about upcoming events. The broadcasts are done …
Community Day of Giving Saturday, October 17th, 2015
Free Community Event, Community Day of Giving Saturday, October 17th, 2015 from 11am to 4pm at the Boys & Girls Club, 212 N. Clark Street, Henderson, NC 27536 Block Party with live music, give-aways, food & drinks, cotton candy, sno-cones, inflatbles… all for FREE! Lunch is served at 12pm until supplies exhausted 2:00pm Community Blessing service – Come be blessed! Sponsored by Gateway City Community Church and Carolina Crusades Download the event flyer here: Carolina Crusades.pdf
N.C. Main Street Center Conducts Training
27 new Main Street directors, Small Town Main Street coordinators and downtown development volunteers from throughout the state attended a training conference conducted by the North Carolina Main Street Center, held September 29 through October 2, 2015 The Main Street Basic Training sessions were held in Wake Forest. Since the inception of the program in 1980, North Carolina Main Street communities have exceeded more than $2.25 billion in downtown public and private investment, created more than 18,000 full-time and part-time …
Wednesday Open Line
This is National School Lunch Week — a name that probably conjures up visions of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and other, somewhat mysterious cafeteria substances. But it’s time to note the wholesome lunches being served every day to schoolchildren across the nation, and to thank the many patient people who prepare and serve them. There is a recognized link between having a good meal and the ability of a child to learn. This led to the National School Lunch …
Triangle North Healthcare Foundation Awards Grants for Healthy Outcomes
Triangle North Healthcare Foundation has launched its third round of grantmaking by awarding over $200,000 in grants to local nonprofit and governmental organizations. “All of the grant projects center around community health in some way,” said Val Short, executive director for the local Foundation. “Our hope is that these grant awards will result in improved health and healthier lifestyles for children and adults in our region,” she added. The Foundation, in its third year as a grantmaking organization, has established …
Students Selected to N.C. Honors Choruses
A student at Northern Vance High School and two students at Eaton-Johnson Middle School have been selected to participate in the prestigious state honors choruses. Noah Whittacre, a senior at Northern Vance High School, has been selected to the 2015 North Carolina Music Educators’ Association High School Honors Chorus. He was one of only 178 students selected for the chorus. There were over 1,200 high school students from across the state who participated in the solo auditions in late September. …
National Dance Company of Siberia at Louisburg College October 28th, 2015
LOUISBURG, N.C.— The Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia will perform at the Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center on the Louisburg College campus at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28. This show displays more than 200 costumes, superb choreography of dances from different regions of Russia and Siberia, and unforgettable music in a must-see event that features 45 dancers. The company’s performances have been enjoyed in more than 70 countries around the world. The National Dance Company of Siberia has …
Vance County Bus Driver Training October 26-28
Vance County Schools will be hosting school bus driver training sessions Monday, October 26, through Wednesday, October 28, at L.B. Yancey Elementary School. Interested persons must attend the training on all three days to receive certification. The training sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 3 p.m. each day. Those interested in participating in the training sessions must register prior to the sessions with the school system’s Transportation Department, located at 226 Welcome Avenue off Raleigh Road …