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-Information courtesy Esther J. McCrackin, City Clerk, City of Henderson, NC
The Henderson City Council will hold a public hearing on the use of golf carts and low-speed vehicles on city streets during its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, December 9, 2019, at 6 p.m. or shortly thereafter.
This hearing will allow for citizen input prior to full consideration by the City Council. The public is encouraged to attend.
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-Information courtesy the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce
The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce is currently seeking nominations for the 2019 Citizen of the Year.
This annual award honors an individual who has made a significant contribution and demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of Henderson and Vance County.
The criteria used in making the selection includes:
The person must be a resident of the Henderson-Vance County community.
The acts and good deeds for which the award is presented must have been performed for the benefit of Vance County and its citizens.
The community at large should recognize, once the award is made, that it is deserved.
The activities resulting in the award should be regarded outside the recipient’s normal business or profession.
The recipient does not have to be a member of the Chamber.
Citizens and Chamber members are encouraged to nominate those they feel are deserving of this recognition.
Nomination forms are available at the Chamber and should be submitted in writing to the Chamber office by Friday, January 3, 2020.
The award will be presented at the Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting and Banquet to be held Thursday, January 30, 2020, at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center.
For information or a nomination form, please contact the Chamber at 252-438-8414 or e-mail sandra@hendersonvance.org.
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will begin accepting applications through county social services departments for the state’s Low-Income Energy Assistance Program on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019.
Households including a person aged 60 or older, or disabled individuals receiving services through the Division of Aging and Adult Services who have a life-threatening or health-related emergency due to a lack of heating, are eligible to sign up for assistance Dec. 2 – 31, 2019.
All eligible households may apply from Jan. 2 – March 31, 2020 — or until funds are exhausted.
“This funding can help assist eligible individuals and families with their heating expenses during the winter months,” said David Locklear, Deputy Director of Economic and Family Services in the Division of Social Services. “We want to ensure families are healthy and safe during some of the most difficult times of the year.”
The federally funded program helps households with low incomes with a one-time payment made directly to their heating vendor to offset the high cost of keeping their homes warm.
Often folks who have been helped by Rebuilding Hope become volunteers. “After Rebuilding Hope built a ramp for me,” Taurus Howard says, “I came up to see if I could volunteer.”
Taurus Howard named Rebuilding Hope’s December 2019 Volunteer of the Month. (Photo Credit: RHI)
Taurus joined the team about eight months ago. Seeing how volunteers worked together “brought a tear to my eye. I wanted to give back,” says the Henderson resident. “To go out on a job site and see the elderly with smiles on their faces makes me feel good,” he says. “I want them to know that there are still good people in the world.”
A member of Red Bud Baptist Church, Taurus says he would encourage others to become RHI volunteers “because for one thing, we’re put on this earth to help one another, not just take.”
“I look forward to coming up here,” he says. “I have no complaints. God is good.”
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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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