It’s time for the 2019 Lunch Break to Educate Series. First in the series is “Social Media Simplified: A Complete Introduction to Social Media Marketing” to be held Wed., January 9, 2019, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center.
This program teaches how to set up and optimize social media sites so they improve your website’s target audience reach. The top social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube will be covered. The ability to converse with your audience and offer valuable content is essential in this emerging marketing approach.
Additional topics covered include your websites as “hub”; engagement over shouting; know what you hope to achieve before you begin; and how to deal with negative nellies.
Speaker(s): P. Kaufman
Co-Sponsor(s): Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce
Click here to sign up for this free session. Lunch will be provided. Limited to 18 participants, so register today!
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-Information courtesy Tara Goolsby, Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Facilities Supervisor, Aycock Recreation Center
Arthritis Exercise Class is a FREE low-impact, joint-safe program developed for people with arthritis. This class has been proven to decrease pain and stiffness while increasing flexibility and range of motion. This class is also suitable for every fitness level. For more information, please contact Crystal Allen at 252.431-6091 or callen@ci.henderson.nc.us
Dance Team Tryouts: D.R.E.A.M. (Diverse Roles in Entertainment, Arts and Music) will be having Dance Team Tryouts on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Aycock Recreation Center. For more information, please contact Crystal Allen at 252.431-6091 or callen@ci.henderson.nc.us
2019 Basketball Opening Ceremony: This is a recognition and celebration ceremony for our youth basketball players, teams, coaches and parents. We will recognize our sponsors that help make our season successful. This event will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 9 a.m. at the Aycock Recreation Center. For more information, please contact Steve Osborne at 252.438.2670 or sosborne@ci.henderson.nc.us or Victor Hunt at 252.438.3408 or vhunt@ci.henderson.nc.us
Spring Youth Volleyball: This program is designed to teach the rules and skills of volleyball and to allow youth to demonstrate their skills in organized games. For more information, please contact Steve Osborne at 252.438.2670 sosborne@ci.henderson.nc.us or Victor Hunt at 252.438.3408 vhunt@ci.henderson.nc.us
Youth Indoor Soccer: This program is designed for youth ages 4-12 who want to continue playing soccer in the winter months. Players will be able to develop new skills and demonstrate those newly learned in-game situations. For more information, please contact Steve Osborne at 252.438.2670 sosborne@ci.henderson.nc.us or Victor Hunt at 252.438.3408 vhunt@ci.henderson.nc.us
-Information courtesy Paul McKenzie, Area Agent, Vance/Warren Co. Cooperative Extension
Farmers have until 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2018, to begin an application for the NCDA&CS Hurricane Disaster Relief program. Assistance is available from both the Vance and Warren offices of NC Cooperative Extension, and also available through the NCDA&CS Agriculture Disaster Assistance Hotline (866-645-9403).
Farmers that START an application by the deadline will have a few extra days to complete it.
To recap, the program is designed to provide assistance to farmers with losses to nursery products, turf, select specialty crops, livestock, poultry, standing forage and field crops. The program will cover losses from Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael.
Agricultural products raised in Vance and Warren ARE ELIGIBLE. The application should take about 30 minutes to fill out. Complete program details and a link to the application are available by clicking here.
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With a busy Christmas and New Year holiday travel week being predicted, the N. C. Department of Transportation is suspending most road and lane closures on interstates, U. S. and N.C. routes across the state from Friday, Dec. 21, to Wednesday, Jan. 2.
There will be some exceptions where construction conditions make it unsafe to open all lanes, such as where a bridge is being replaced, or lanes are being constructed or rebuilt. Drivers need to be alert for any lane closure signs.
To help make trips safer and cut back on distracted driving, NCDOT and GEICO are teaming up to provide “Safe Phone Zones” throughout the holiday and into 2019. While GEICO sponsors the initiative, NCDOT has designed all 58 rest areas across the state as Safe Phone Zones to encourage drivers to take advantage of their use.
These facilities are strategically located along major highways, so accessing them is very easy to allow drivers to get out of traffic and safely use their smartphones and tablets to access information or even to send text messages, which is illegal while driving in North Carolina and 46 other states. Even a glance at a cell phone while driving is considered distracted driving and could easily lead to a tragic crash.
Travelers can also make their trip better by checking on the status of their planned route in advance by going to DriveNC.gov to see if it will be clear. Once underway, a stop at one of the Safe Phone Zone locations provides a chance to check the route again to see if anything has changed.
DriveNC.gov provides road condition updates by route, county or region, updated 24 hours a day with possible changes, including the travel impact of a crash or bad weather. In addition to checking the DriveNC website, another option to get updates during daytime hours is to call 511 to get live operators to provide travel assistance.
Here are some additional tips for safe driving during the holiday season:
Leave early to get a head start, and travel at non-peak hours if possible, as the weekends before Christmas and New Year’s Day will be the heaviest traffic congestion periods for most of the state, especially on interstates such as I-95, I-77, I-85, I-40 and I-26;
Use alternative routes if possible to avoid traffic congestion;
Allow extra time for your trip, regardless of the route you choose;
To avoid drowsy driving, travel at times you are normally awake and take frequent breaks, taking advantage of the state’s rest areas;
Pay attention to your surroundings and other vehicles nearby, and avoid distracted driving; and
All drivers and passengers must be wearing their seatbelts; it’s the law.
For real-time travel information, visit DriveNC.gov or follow NCDOT on Twitter.
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Over Monday night (Dec. 17) into Tuesday morning (Dec. 18), the pictured subject broke into Clark’s Grocery on Vicksboro Road. He is also believed to be the suspect in the break-in at the BP Station on Highway 39 South over the weekend.
If you recognize this person, please contact either Detective Bartholomew or Detective Morris at (252) 738-2200. Please share!
Over Monday night (Dec. 17) into Tuesday morning (Dec. 18), the pictured subject broke into Clark’s Grocery on Vicksboro Road. He is also believed to be the suspect in the break-in at the BP Station on Highway 39 South over the weekend.
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Vance-Granville Community College’s Mobile Food Truck Entrepreneurship classes return to the college’s Main Campus in Vance County starting in January with four new seminars on food service.
Sponsored by VGCC’s Small Business Center, students can take all or as many of the classes they choose. Each of the free classes is scheduled in Building 7 on Main Campus on a Monday evening in the months of January through April.
Above: Ray Chow is the founder of Hibachi Xpress and Catering by Ray.
Ray Chow, founder of Hibachi Xpress and Catering by Ray, will again serve as the instructor for the series. A graduate of N.C. State University, Chow started Hibachi Xpress restaurant in Cary and expanded to three locations, as well as managing some of his family’s other restaurants in the Raleigh and Wilmington areas. He has worked in restaurants since he was seven years old.
Seven years ago, Chow expanded his restaurant and catering business with the addition of a food truck to participate in different festivals and large gatherings. The popularity of food trucks has grown, and, in 2014, Hibachi Xpress shifted focus towards catering and the food truck business, moving away from the brick and mortar stores.
Chow is also a co-founder of “foosye,” a startup tech company building innovative technology applications tailored to the food truck industry.
The first in the series — “Let’s Get Cooking: Food Truck or Restaurant?” — will explore the differences in what it takes to start a food truck or a restaurant and continue operating one successfully. The Jan. 14 seminar is designed for those who want to realize their passion to be a small business owner in the food service industry.
The second seminar — “The 10 Hats of a Food Service Entrepreneur” — is being held on Feb. 11. Just because a person has a passion for cooking doesn’t mean he or she will be successful at owning a food truck or restaurant business, Chow said. This seminar will detail the many roles or “hats” entrepreneurs have to be able to juggle to succeed in business.
Above, the Hibachi Xpress food truck is owned by Ray Chow, who will be the instructor for the four VGCC Mobile Food Truck Entrepreneurship classes in January through April.
The March 11 workshop will be devoted to “Food Service Marketing: Your Customers Can’t Buy From You If They Can’t Find You.” Those exploring the food service industry will have an opportunity to learn various ways to market their food business to improve their chances of success.
On April 8, the topic of “Keeping Your Food Truck Business Running” will take a closer look at the need for flexibility and proper planning. “Imagine putting wheels on a restaurant you built,” said Chow. “There are things that will fall, slip, break down, move or not work when you add in the mobility of a food truck operation. Learn how things will end up on the floor when you arrive at your destination when not properly secured or planned.”
Participants in the program will also be required to sign up as clients of the VGCC Small Business Center, which is free of charge.
The deadline to register for each class is one week prior to the date of the class. For more information and to register, contact the VGCC Small Business Center at (252) 738-3240 or smallbusiness@vgcc.edu.
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-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Executive Assistant/Clerk to Board, Vance County Board of Commissioners
Vance County’s Properties Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at 4 p.m. in the Administrative Conference Room of the Vance County Administration Building located at 122 Young Street in Henderson.
The committee will discuss REO properties and possible minimum bid amounts.
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