New Vance County Animal Shelter Ribbon Cutting
The new Vance County Animal Shelter on Brodie Road in Henderson held an official ribbon cutting on Saturday, October 1 at 10:00 a.m. and an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Present were County Commissioners, City Council Members, Henderson Mayor Eddie Ellington and many interested citizens.
The animal control officers including Frankie Nobles, Chris Vick, Billy Spain, and William Coker greeted guests and guided 
them through the new facility. There are areas for feral cats, healthy cats, healthy dogs, and quarantined animals. There is a puppy visitation room and a separate cat visitation room. If you want to adopt a pet, you can take it into a visitation room to discover more about it’s personality before you take it home. You must apply for adoption before you take it home. Before the animal leaves it is spayed or neutered and has had its shots.
them through the new facility. There are areas for feral cats, healthy cats, healthy dogs, and quarantined animals. There is a puppy visitation room and a separate cat visitation room. If you want to adopt a pet, you can take it into a visitation room to discover more about it’s personality before you take it home. You must apply for adoption before you take it home. Before the animal leaves it is spayed or neutered and has had its shots.Besides cats and dogs, the shelter takes in a wide variety of other unwanted or homeless animals. Intake areas are separate and are near examining and bathing areas. Careful precautions have been taken to keep all areas of the shelter clean.
The shelter continues to take donations of bleach and cat sand. Local volunteers are needed to help socialize and care for the animals.The shelter is open to the public: Monday from noon until 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.; Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.; but closed on Friday.
Now homeless animals will be sheltered in clean, fresh surroundings with bright, new cages, food dishes, and bedding.
The consensus among those present is that this beautiful, new facility is something Vance County can really be proud of and that a lot of pride and thought was obviously put into this building.
(News Article and Pictures by Susan Rose)
Missing Person
Name: Jamya Daniele Yancey
Date of Birth: 01/07/2005 Age: 11
Height: 5’1”
Weight: 100lbs
Last scene on 441 Powel St. Henderson, NC 27536 at 09/28/2016 around 10:00 P.M.
If located please contact Detective Phillips with the Henderson Police Department
(252)-431-5170
VGCC presents free seminar to help businesses prepare for holidays
The Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center, in partnership with the Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission, is inviting local businesses to plan ahead for success in the upcoming holiday season.
A free workshop, entitled “Maximizing Sales During the Holidays,” will be held at the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce (414 S. Garnett Street, Henderson) on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 8-10 a.m.
Mike McConchie of Creedmoor will serve as the instructor. The owner of M&M Consultants, Inc., McConchie is a Certified Business Coach and a Senior Business Consultant. He has over 36 years of retail management experience and is the past president of the Granville County Chamber of Commerce.
Topics for the workshop will include: the importance of different time periods, including November as a whole, Thanksgiving weekend in particular, and the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day; merchandising; pricing; staffing; marketing; how to capture customer information for use throughout the year and its relation to target marketing; decorating a store front; why holiday selling is different than the rest of the year; why gift cards are so important; and overcoming sold-out situations.
Breakfast will be provided at no charge to attendees who register in advance by Oct. 20.
Registration can be completed online at www.vgcc.edu/schedules/small-business-center.
For more information, contact Tanya Weary, director of the Small Business Center, at (252) 738-3240 or smallbusiness@vgcc.edu.