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Henderson Council To Convene Special Called Meeting Tuesday, Apr. 26

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The Henderson City Council will meet for a special called meeting on Tuesday, Apr. 26, at the request of Mayor Eddie Ellington to approve an asset management plan and stormwater pollution prevention plan.

The meeting will begin at 12 noon in Council chambers, 134 Rose Ave., according to information from City Clerk Esther McCrackin. The meeting will be an in-person meeting and the public is welcome to observe.

Immediately following the special called meeting, the City Council’s Boards and Commissions Committee will convene. This group will consider applications, allowing ETJ Member full voting rights on the board of adjustment and planning board, filing fees, Council photographs, number of Council members serving on committees and council members serving on boards. This meeting also will be an in-person meeting; the public is welcome to observe.

 The Redevelopment Commission will meet on Wednesday, Apr. 27, during which time Elmwood District Redevelopment Area will be renamed. The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Council chambers. The public is welcome to observe either in person or via Zoom:

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Oxford FD Receives Higher ISO Rating

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The city of Oxford has announced that its fire department has received a new rating following a recent inspection, which places it among the top 12 percent of all rated fire departments in the state.

The Oxford Fire Department, under the leadership of Chief David Cottrell, achieved a new rating of 3 from the Insurance Services Office, according to information from the City of Oxford. The ISO rating will go into effect on Aug. 1, 2022.  The inspection, conducted by officials with the NC Department of Insurance of the State Fire Marshal, is required on a regular basis as part of the North Carolina Response Rating System (NCRRS).

The scores range from 1 (highest) to 10 (not recognized as a certified fire department by the state). A higher rating means that a department is better equipped to respond to fires and also significantly lower homeowners’ insurance rates in their district. Among other things, the inspections look for proper staffing levels, sufficient equipment, proper maintenance of equipment, communications capabilities, and availability of a water source.

In a statement, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey congratulated Cottrell and his department for their “performance and for the hard work of all the department members. The citizens in the city of these districts should rest easy knowing they have a fine group of firefighters protecting them and their property in case of an emergency.”

 

 

Granville School Board Work Session Set For April 25

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The Granville County Board of Education will meet for a work session on Monday, Apr. 25,  at 4 pm at The Mary Potter Center for Education, 200 Taylor Street, Oxford, NC 27565.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Exceptional Children Program overview and sporting event payments, as well as receive updates regarding the 2022-2023 budget and an Athletic Grant.  Members of the public are invited to view livestream. To join the livestream meeting, please use the following link: https://live.myvrspot.com/st?cid=MDhkZj.

There will be limited seating available.  However, we have partnered with the county and made arrangements for anyone without access to WiFi who wishes to livestream the meeting. They may visit the Oxford Public Library, 210 Main Street, Oxford, NC 27565, or the South Branch Library, 1550 South Campus Drive, Creedmoor, NC 27522, and use the libraries’ WiFi services.

VCS Virtual Job Fair Apr. 30

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Vance County Schools is hosting a virtual job fair on April 30  from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The school system has opening across the K-12 grades, as well as in the areas of physical education, special education, CTE, counselors, music and art.

Visit www.vcs.k12.nc.us and click on the link for registration under the job fair announcement. According to the job fair announcement, there is a signing bonus for certified teachers in grades Pre-K-12.

 

“Vance County Schools is committed to finding amazing teachers and staff to support the ongoing vision of our district,” according to an information from Dr.  Dr. Jennifer Carraway, chief human resources officer. Contact Carraway at jcarraway@vcs.k12.nc.us.

Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Managing Parenthood, Pt. 1

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Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.

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The Local Skinny! Granville Gardeners Expo

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Stop by the Granville Gardeners Expo in Oxford on Saturday for a fun-filled day of plant and garden workshops, from beekeeping to composting. There will be more than 60 vendors on site at the Granville County Expo Center on Hwy. 15 south of Oxford, selling all types of plants and shrubs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Christi Henthorn is one of the the event organizers and she said this year’s event is more like a home and garden festival. And, she noted, it’s “a happy accident” that the expo will take place so close to Earth Day – which is tomorrow.

“We have a ton of stuff for everyone,” Henthorn told Bill Harris on Thursday’s The Local Skinny! segment. There is face painting, a petting zoo for the children, in addition to a wide variety of demonstrations and workshops scheduled throughout the day.

Local agriculture extension agent Johnny Coley will have a Gardening 101 class at 11 a.m. to dispel fears and encourage would-be gardeners to get a garden going. Whether they are vegetables, herbs or flowers, developing a green thumb is not that difficult, Henthorn said.

Coley will offer tips and tricks for the novice gardener, but even veteran gardeners are sure to pick up a thing or to, she said.

The event is free and open to the public. Visit www.thegranvillegardeners.com to see a complete schedule of events.

The parking lot in front of the expo center is reserved for those attendees who aren’t able to walk long distances and for those who are picking up pre-ordered plants. Henthorn said all others should park in the adjacent parking lot located in front of the former tobacco facility.

Henthorn said she expected a couple thousand people for the annual event. Come early for best plant selection!

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TownTalk: Care For Historic Cemeteries

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The area is full of family cemeteries, many of which are lovingly maintained and easily identified with signs and decorative fences around their perimeters. But there are probably many small, family plots that have long been forgotten and now lie under weeds and thick forest growth. If you think you’ve stumbled upon such a spot, Melissa Timo at the state archaeology office wants to know about it.

Timo is a historic cemetery specialist and works with individuals across the state to confirm the sites of cemeteries. Timo and her team are constantly adding sites to their list, thanks to the help of ordinary citizens who make reports to her office.

She was back on the tri-weekly history segment of Town Talk Thursday with Bill Harris and Mark Pace and discussed how to report a long-lost cemetery and how to best care for stone grave markers to best protect and preserve them.

The reports seem to come in waves and, not coincidentally, she said usually happen in March and April, then again in October – those months when folks are likely to take leisurely hikes or are just spending more time outside.

It’s important to note that, according to North Carolina law, it’s illegal to disturb a cemetery, whether it’s on private or public land. And while there aren’t many requirements for a landowner to maintain a cemetery on his or her property, landowners cannot dump trash or pull up headstones or otherwise disturb the property.

Sometimes, Timo gets information about possible cemeteries gathered from oral histories or stories from individuals who have seen clusters of daffodils or stacks of fieldstone near a depression in the ground. Or there’s one really old cedar tree among a grove of much younger trees. It takes a little detective work and keen observation skills to identify cemeteries, especially when the “surface remains” – grave markers, headstones, etc – are not in view.

“I always say safer than sorry,” Timo said, “especially because we’re talking about the resting place of human beings.”

Contact Timo at 919.814.6265 or email her at Melissa.timo@ncdcr.gov to report a possible cemetery site or to learn more.

 

 

30th Annual Letter Carriers Food Drive – Sat, May 14

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— submitted by Rob Barker, president of local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers

Saturday, May 14, 2022 is the 30th Annual Letter Carriers Food Drive.

Please place non-perishable food in or by your mailbox and we will collect it and deliver it to local food banks. All food collected in this county will stay in this county and will be distributed to ACTS, Lifeline, The Salvation Army, ARC and Hope House.

In Warren County which is part of our unit, it will be distributed to Loaves and Fishes and the Senior Center.

This is a nationwide food collection drive and your help is greatly appreciated.

We were unable to have it the last two years due to COVID so there is definitely a need for food everywhere.

In 2019, the last year we had it, we collected almost 14,000 pounds.