Live Christmas Tree Disposal
If you tend to leave your decorations up a little past Christmas, be especially careful where a live Christmas tree is involved.
“After 30 days of the tree being cut, you need to be looking to discard it,” Henderson Fire Chief Steve Cordell said. There have been no Christmas tree related fire calls this year in Henderson.
Cordell said, “We recommend 30 days. Most trees are already pushing over 30 days now by the time they’ve been harvested, purchased and put in the homes, and you know by now they can start drying out.”
This is especially true if you’ve already noticed your tree has significantly slowed in absorbing water.
The City of Henderson will collect Christmas trees with regular yard waste. The City’s web page says per ordinance that “yard debris must be free of trash and foreign matter, limbs and branches must be less than four feet in length and tree trunks must be less than 36 inches in height and width.”
Vance County residents wishing to dispose of a tree may use the County’s yard waste facility at the entrance of the old landfill on N.C. 39 North, which is just north of St. Andrews Church Road.
Make sure your tree is cleared of all decorations and lights.
If you find lights with damaged cords, throw those lights away so they won’t pose a risk in the future.
Granville Vance Public Health Reopens Dec 28
Granville Vance Public Health will reopen on Thursday, December 28th. The health department was closed for the Christmas holiday December 25 – 27.
To learn more, visit Granville Vance Public Health online at https://gvph.org
Granville County – 101 Hunt Drive, Oxford – (919) 693-2141
Vance County – 115 Charles Rollins Road, Henderson – (252) 492-7915 phone
Littleton Lions New Year’s Good Luck Brunch
— courtesy The Chamber of Commerce of Warren County | Craig Hahn, Executive Director ~ 252-257-2657 ~ info@warren-chamber.org ~ Facebook
— by Craig Hahn
Littleton Lions Club will be hosting their annual New Year’s Day Black-eyed Peas & Hog Jowls Brunch, on Monday, January 1st from 11 – 2 p.m., at the Lions Den, 103 Ransom St, Littleton, NC 27850 – located on the west end of town on the corner of Hwy 158 & Ransom St.
Eat In or Take Out. $8 per plate, $4 for children, includes black-eyed peas with hog jowls, Sally’s famous cornbread, collards, stewed tomatoes, cookies, ice tea & coffee.
Proceeds will be used to aid the visually impaired and for other community service projects.
If you have unneeded eye glasses at your home, please bring them to the brunch. As a worldwide project, Lions clubs collect over 4 million eye glasses per year. They are cleaned, graded, repaired and provided free to people who need them.
Also, if you have unneeded hearing aids and empty printer ink cartridges, bring those to the brunch as well because they get recycled too.
Bring a friend, visit with your neighbors and enjoy the meal while the Littleton Lions club does the cooking and cleaning up.
Thank you for helping the Littleton Lions Club to help others. For further information contact (252) 586-5959.
Jan 2 and Jan 9 City of Oxford Board of Commissioners’ Meetings
The City of Oxford Board of Commissioners will hold an agenda meeting on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. It will take place in the Commissioners’ Board Room at City Hall.
Oxford Commissioners will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 beginning at 7 p.m. in the board room at City Hall.
At the agenda meeting on January 2, consideration will be given to adopting the franchise ordinance with Waste Industries as the second of two required adoptions. The term of the ordinance will be January 2, 2018 until December 31, 2022. Oxford’s present agreement for solid waste collection, transportation and disposal with Waste Industries expires December 30, 2017. The first adoption was passed in a 6 to 2 vote during the December 12th regular board meeting.
The agenda meeting will also serve to set the proceedings for the January 9th regular meeting.
A couple of known agenda items for the January 9th regular meeting include considering acceptance of the annual financial report for FY 2016-2017 as well as considering renewal of on-call engineering contracts.
VGCC Natural Hair Care, Manicuring classes start in January
— courtesy VGCC
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a pair of continuing education courses that provide job training related to the cosmetology industry, starting in January. Both the Natural Hair Care and Manicure/Nail Technician courses are scheduled for Monday-Thursday evenings from 5:30-9:30 p.m., Jan. 8 through June 5, both in Building 3 on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County.
In Natural Hair Care, students will learn about the general sciences and practices specific to infection control, bacteriology, client consultation, twisting the hair, wrapping, blow drying and thermal ironing, extending, locking, business management, and professional ethics in the workplace.
The Manicure/Nail Technician course covers techniques of nail technology, hand and arm, massage, and recognition of nail diseases and disorders. Topics include OSHA/safety, sanitation, bacteriology, product knowledge, salesmanship, manicures, artificial applications, pedicures, massage, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to safely and competently perform nail care, including manicures, pedicures, massage, decorating, and artificial applications in a salon setting and even the best massage bangkok salons.
Students who successfully pass each course will be eligible to take the respective state licensure exam for Natural Hair Care or Manicurist.
The cost of each course is $201.25, plus the cost of the textbook and other applicable fees.
Registration can be completed online at www.vgcc.edu/schedules/occupational-extension-schedule or at any VGCC campus.
For more information, contact Director of Occupational Extension Kyle Burwell at 252-738-3300 or oex@vgcc.edu. VGCC will be closed from Dec. 21, 2017, through Jan. 2, 2018.
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Dec 29th Deadline for H-V Citizen of the Year Nominations
— courtesy Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce | John Barnes, President ~ 252-438-8414 ~ info@hendersonvance.org ~ Facebook
December 29 is the deadline to submit nominations for the H-V Citizen of the Year award which is presented each year by the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce to recognize an individual for his or her volunteer work to make our community a better place to live.
The criteria used in making the selection includes:
- The person must be a resident of the Henderson-Vance County community.
- The acts and good deeds for which the award is presented must have been performed for the benefit of Vance County and its citizens.
- The community at large should recognize, once the award is made, that it is deserved.
- The activities resulting in the award should be regarded outside the recipient’s normal business or profession.
- The recipient does not have to be a member of the Chamber.
Please contact the Chamber office at 252-438-8414 if you would like a nomination form. The Citizen of the Year will be presented at the Annual Banquet on February 1, 2018. Deadline for submissions is December 29, 2017.