McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center will be filled with the sounds of the holidays this Friday, December 6, 2019, with a special one-night performance by The Raleigh Ringers. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
As seen annually on UNC-TV!
The Raleigh Ringers’ holiday handbell concert runs the gamut of song selections from old yuletide favorites to Vince Guaraldi’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” score and other sounds of the season.
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Oneisha Rebecca Leonard came to Vance-Granville Community College in 2011 as a Granville Early College High School student. “I was a good student, with mostly A’s and B’s, but I was not as focused on school as I should have been until I began taking classes at Vance-Granville,” Leonard recalled.
She said that because of her college classes, “I became more focused on my future.”
Oneisha Leonard, former Granville Early College High School student, is pictured on her May 2019 graduation day from Winston-Salem State University. (Photo courtesy VGCC)
Leonard said that VGCC prepared her for the next level of education by helping her hone not only her academic skills, such as writing papers and doing research but also her time management skills. Eventually, she transferred to Winston-Salem State University.
“Vance-Granville gave me the tools I needed to succeed in college by preparing me for what to expect and what was expected of me,” Leonard said. “My instructors at Vance-Granville were, and still are, some of the best instructors I have ever had.”
She credits her academic experience at VGCC with setting the stage for her to make the dean’s list every semester at the university. She also became a student leader, as a member and chapter president of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society. “I also presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference this past November in Birmingham, Alabama, where I gave a presentation on my research on post-colonialism and psychoanalytic theory as it related to western colonization,” Leonard said.
With her VGCC credits and preparation, Leonard was able to graduate a year early from Winston-Salem State University in May 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in English. Now, she is preparing to attend graduate school. But she still appreciates where her higher education began, saying, “I would like to thank Vance-Granville Community College for all they have done for me, while I attended and after I left.”
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Tuesday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk featured the “Shop With A Cop” raffle winner announcement recorded at 10 a.m. this morning at Sadie’s Coffee Corner in downtown Henderson.
This annual event is sponsored by the Henderson Police Department, Vance County Sheriff’s Office, Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce and Maria Parham Health. This year’s fundraiser will provide local law enforcement with $5,000 to take 40-45 disadvantaged youth Christmas shopping at Walmart later this month.
Photo courtesy H-V Chamber of Commerce
Participating youth are selected by the Vance County Department of Social Services each year through a referral process. DSS partners with local law enforcement and monetarily assists Shop With A Cop to help make this experience a reality for the children it serves.
Changing up the fundraising format this year, 180 “envelope” tickets with various dollar amounts were sold. The higher the dollar amount on the envelope, the higher the potential raffle prize money for donors. Cash prizes included a drawing for $200, $500, $1,000 and $2,000.
The Chamber was happy to announce, thanks to the generous support of the community, all 180 tickets were sold and the 2019 fundraising goal was met.
Names were drawn at random and the raffle winners were:
$200 – Lauren B. Roberson
$500 – Alice Sallins
$1,000 – Michael Waters
$2,000 – Dr. William Wooten
To hear the Shop With A Cop segment in its entirety, go to WIZS.com and click on Town Talk.
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-Press Release, Henderson Police Department
On November 29, 2019, at around 3:30 a.m., a W/M subject entered Maza Food Mart at 1421 E. Andrews Avenue, brandished a handgun, and robbed the clerk of an undisclosed amount of currency.
Kenneth Ray Patton, (age 55) of 434 Tower Lane in Vance County, was charged with Armed Robbery and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in a case involving Maza Food Mart. (HPD photo)
After a relentless investigation by the Henderson Police Department’s case agent, Detective D.A. Ward and others, the suspect was identified as Kenneth Ray Patton (Age 55) of 434 Tower Lane in Vance County.
On December 2, 2019, members of the Henderson Police Department and Vance County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 434 Tower Ln. During the execution of the search warrant, the suspect, Kenneth Ray Patton, was taken into custody. Items connected to the robbery were seized, including a firearm.
Kenneth Ray Patton was charged with Armed Robbery and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. He has a court date set for December 16 and has been remanded to the Vance County Jail under a $95,000 bond.
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The Granville County Board of Elections has announced that the filing period for 11 seats for the 2020 election is now in progress. Local offices up for election include County Commissioner seats for Districts 1, 3, 4 and 5; Board of Election seats for Districts 1, 2 and 6; and Register of Deeds.
Seats for N.C. House District 2 and 32, as well as N.C. Senate District 22, are also up for election.
Interested candidates must file before Friday, December 20 at noon.
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-Information courtesy Alice Sallins
The Henderson, NC Christmas Parade will be held Saturday, December 7, 2019. The parade begins at 4 p.m. and will proceed along Garnett St. in downtown Henderson, ending at Montgomery Street.
Food vendors will be available at the corner of Orange and South Garnett Street.
Floats, fire trucks, and vehicles with trailers participating in the parade will line-up on the Dabney Drive Extension (enter from Raleigh Road) beginning at 3 p.m.
A tree lighting ceremony will follow the parade in front of the McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center and the Perry Memorial Library on Breckenridge Street.
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-Information courtesy Esther J. McCrackin, City Clerk, City of Henderson, NC
Mayor Eddie Ellington has requested a Special Called meeting of the Henderson City Council on Friday, December 6, 2019, at 10 a.m. This meeting will be held at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue in Henderson.
The purpose of the meeting is to hold a Closed Session Pursuant to G.S. 143-318-11(a)(6) Regarding a Personnel Matter pertaining to the City Manager Position.
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