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-Information courtesy the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce
The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce and presenting sponsor Charles Boyd Chevrolet, Buick, GMC invite you to “The After Party” as part of the 18th Annual Show, Shine, Shag and Dine weekend.
Following the classic car show on Saturday, October 19, 2019, the party will be held from 3 until 6 p.m. at the corner of Breckenridge and Garnett St in Historic Downtown Henderson.
“The Konnection Band” will keep the festivities going with a variety of music including Top 40, Rock, Country, R & B, Beach and Oldies.
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-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Clerk to Board/Executive Asst., County of Vance
The Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday, October 7, 2019, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 122 Young Street, Henderson. The Invocation will be given by Pastor Joel Beckham, New Life Baptist Church.
Agenda items include:
Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – each speaker is limited to five minutes)
Public Hearing – Angie Blount, County Planner
-Zoning Ordinance Amendment
-Land Clearing Inert Debris
Public Hearing – Angie Blount, County Planner
-Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Amendment
-Updates as required by FEMA
Appointment
– District Attorney Mike Waters, Sheriff Curtis Brame, Police Chief Marcus Barrow – law enforcement update
Water District Board
a. Committee Report
b. Monthly Operations Report
Committee Reports and Recommendations
a. Technology Committee – Public Wi-Fi
b. Public Safety Committee – Fire Response District Changes
c. Human Resources Committee – Vehicle Use Policy – Employee Appreciation Breakfast
d. Properties Committee – REO Property Matters – Dennis Building
County Attorney’s Report
a. REO Properties – Bid Acceptance
– 719 N. Garnett Street – Parcel 0075 03005
– 14 Colenda Lane – Parcel 0325A02011
– Lot 4 Cedar Cove Road – Parcel 0593 01031
– 3.4+/- acres off Wilkins Lane – Parcel 0111 03023
– Lot off Wilkins Lane – Parcel 0111 01018
– Lot Pettigrew Street – Parcel 0103 06003
b. REO Property – Two New Offers
– Spring Valley Road – Parcel 0201 01001
Consent Agenda Items
a. Budget Amendment
b. Tax Refunds and Releases
c. Adjustments
d. Monthly Reports
e. Minutes
Miscellaneous
a. Appointments
Closed Session
a. Legal Matter
b. Contract Negotiation
c. Personnel Matter
Click here to view current and prior Board agendas.
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-Information courtesy Claire Catherwood, West End Community Watch
West End Community Watch will meet on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of West End Baptist Church on Dabney Drive in Henderson.
The speaker will be Clark Thomas, engineer, with the City Operations Center. Thomas will discuss the City’s watershed through the use of a PowerPoint presentation.
Law enforcement will be in attendance to give police reports and hear concerns from the floor.
This group meets every third Tuesday of the month except for the months of July and December.
Please plan to attend. Everyone is welcome.
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-Information courtesy Tracey C. Kimbrell, Executive Assistant, City Manager’s Office
The Henderson City Council’s Public Works Committee will meet on Monday, October 7, 2019, at 3:30 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss options regarding a sanitary sewer project and use of parking lot spaces on Orange Street.
The public is welcome to observe.
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-Information courtesy Debra A. Weary, Clerk to the Board, Granville County
The Granville County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday, October 7, 2019, at 7 p.m. at the Granville Expo and Convention Center, 4185 US Highway 15 South, Oxford.
Agenda items include:
Consent Agenda
1. Contingency Summary
2. Budget Amendment #2
3. Project Ordinance Amendment – School Facility Repair Project
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-Press Release, Granville County Public Schools
The Granville County Board of Education will meet for a regular board meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, October 7, 2019, at the Granville County Public Schools Central Office, 101 Delacroix Street, Oxford, North Carolina.
The Board will also meet in a Closed Session with the Board’s attorney in accordance with N.C. General Statute 143.318.11 (a)(6), 143-318.11 (a)(3), 143.318.11 (a)(5) and Section 115C-321 on this evening.
To view the agenda for this meeting, please click here.
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Bradley Edwards, an insurance broker for CMI Insurance in Henderson, was on Thursday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk program to discuss open enrollment for Medicare and Affordable Care Act insurance plans.
Changes made during open enrollment will be effective on January 1, 2020.
Medicare
Enrollment for Medicare, an insurance plan typically reserved for qualifying individuals 65 years or older, begins October 15 and runs through December 7, 2019.
In his segment, Edwards explained that what is termed “Part A and Part B” of Medicare includes deductibles and coinsurance but does not include prescription drug coverage.
“People will find ways through private health insurance to help pay for what Medicare doesn’t cover,” explained Edwards. “That can be done through a supplemental prescription drug plan or through what is called a Medicare Advantage plan.”
Edwards said that advertisements of $0 health insurance are often referring to Medicare Advantage. “Medicare Advantage plans are considered Part C of Medicare. It handles your Part A and Part B claims, plus adds in prescription drug coverage.”
In addition, Medicare Advantage plans offer extra benefits such as dental, vision and hearing coverage along with free gym membership.
According to Edwards, Medicare Advantage plans typically range from $0-$75 per month for qualifying individuals.
For more information on Medicare, please visit medicare.gov online.
Affordable Care Act
Also known as Obamacare, open enrollment for individual Affordable Care Act insurance plans runs November 1 through December 15, 2019.
Those that do not enroll by December 15 will not be eligible for coverage in 2020 unless they qualify for a special enrollment period.
Affordable Care offers subsidies, or tax credits, based on an individual’s annual household income.
“If someone is on an Affordable Care plan where they receive a subsidy, every year during open enrollment they can change their plan and update their income. That needs to be adjusted every year between November 1 and December 15,” Edwards stated.
Even with the Affordable Care Act, Edwards said plans still go through a private insurance company. Private insurance is also still available to individuals outside of the Obamacare marketplace.
For more information on the Affordable Care Act, please visit healthcare.gov online.
“It can get confusing in a hurry, but I can often make it pretty easy for my clients,” said Edwards. “A lot of it is going to come down to how much health and drug coverage you are going to need.”
CMI is a local Blue Cross insurance agency located at 601 S. Chestnut Street in Henderson, NC and can be reached by phone at (252) 438-2635.
(This is not a paid advertisement)
To hear Edwards’ Town Talk interview in its entirety, please click the play button below. Listen live to WIZS’ Town Talk Monday-Friday at 11 a.m. on 1450AM, 100.1 FM or online at www.wizs.com.
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-Information courtesy the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce
You are invited to the Friends of Perry Memorial Library’s Fall Used Book Sale October 4-6, 2019. The library is located at 205 Breckenridge St. in downtown Henderson.
The book sale will be held in the Library’s Farm Bureau and Board rooms.
Friday, Oct. 4 ~ 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Members Only Sale (membership available at the door)
Friday, Oct. 4 ~ 1 – 5:30 p.m. – General Sale
Saturday, Oct. 5 ~ 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – General Sale
Sunday, Oct. 6 ~ 1 – 4 p.m. – $3 bag sale
Get your cookbooks, craft and hobby books for the upcoming holidays. Many gardening and landscaping books are available as well.
Gently used book donations are welcome all year long. Please drop donations off at the Library’s Circulation Desk and let them know they are for the Friend’s Book Sale.
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-Press Release, Granville County Government
The Richard H. Thornton Library in Oxford welcomes Dr. Cheryl Gooch, author, genealogist and historian, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Dr. Gooch will discuss her latest book, “Hinsonville’s Heroes: Black Civil War Soldiers of Chester County, Pennsylvania” at 2 p.m. and will be available to sign copies of her work.
“Hinsonville’s Heroes” tells the story of 18 African-American men who served as Union soldiers in the Civil War, ten of whom are buried at the Hosanna Church Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
The Richard H. Thornton Library in Oxford welcomes Dr. Cheryl Gooch, author, genealogist and historian, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Dr. Gooch will discuss her latest book, “Hinsonville’s Heroes: Black Civil War Soldiers of Chester County, Pennsylvania” at 2 p.m. and will be available to sign copies of her work. (Photo courtesy Granville Co. Govt.)
After being named Dean of the School of Humanities and Graduate Studies at Lincoln University in 2012, Dr. Gooch took notice of the cemetery, located on the edge of the college’s campus, and became curious as to who was buried there. Over the next few years, she began to research the lives of some of the men who lost their lives more than a century ago.
What were once just names on tombstones – George Duffy, Isaac Hollingsworth, Abraham Blake, Lewis Palmer and others – slowly became more real as Dr. Gooch learned more about their backgrounds and their service, connecting the relationships between Hosanna Church, the cemetery and the college campus in the process.
“This is an inclusive, historical narrative,” Dr. Gooch has said about her latest book. “These were people who would otherwise be forgotten, who transformed the state and the country through their service and their sacrifices.”
Through this book, Dr. Gooch tells the story of brothers Wesley, William and George Jay, who survived the bloody battle at Fort Wagner, SC and were part of the only black regiment to lead President Lincoln’s funeral procession in Washington, DC.
Also featured are William B. Fitzgerald, Abraham Stout, Samuel H. Blake and Isaac A. Hollingsworth, who fought during the last battle of the Civil War, forcing Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Another member of the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry later settled in Durham, NC – Dr. Gooch’s presentation will cover aspects of his life, as well as several others from the free black community of Hinsonville, PA who served as members of the United States Colored Troops.
Other publications by Dr. Gooch include the books “On Africa’s Lands” and “The Forgotten Stories of Two Lincoln-Educated Missionaries in Liberia,” as well as numerous articles about the African-American experience.
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Gooch has been researching her own family history for a book she eventually hopes to add to her list of published works. A descendant of the Gooch family of Granville County, her genealogical search for information led her to the Thornton Library’s North Carolina Room, where she learned she was descended from Silas Gooch, who was born in 1814. According to the death certificate that was located, Gooch lived to be 113 years old. Additional information about her family, however, has been difficult to find, as the same death certificate indicated that her ancestor’s parents were “unknown.”
“His ancestry is invisible, discarded,” she has said about her findings. “I wrote this book (Hinsonville’s Heroes) to put the lives of these men back into the historical narrative.”
Since its release, “Hinsonville’s Heroes” has sparked a new interest in the Civil War, as told from a different perspective.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at Saturday’s discussion and book signing. The public is invited to attend.
For more details about the book or the author’s presentation, contact Stefani Perry, Adult Services Librarian, or Mark Pace, North Carolina Room Specialist, at 919-693-1121.
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