Kelly Grissom, Executive Assistant and Clerk to Board, notified local press that “the County’s Properties Committee (Brummitt, Taylor, Wilder) is scheduled to meet Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. in the administrative conference room. Topics to be discussed include the DSS Feasibility Study, demolition of Abagayle’s Books building, and REO property offers.”
The meeting is open to all commissioners and to the public.
When it’s this cold outside, animals need your care no matter where you live. Bedding, water and shelter from the wind are critical.
Vance County Chief Animal Control Officer, Frankie Nobles, told WIZS, “The key thing is keeping shavings in the dog houses or blankets. One thing about blankets is blankets get wet, then they do get cold, so make sure you change them our regularly if you’re going to have a blanket. Make sure you keep fresh water to the animals. This time of year, of course, it’s going to freeze. Get that ice out and get them some fresh water.”
Nobles said stray animals that are out all the time tend to be “street smart” in that they know where to find shelter. Domestic animals are dependent on their owners. He said, “The wind is the biggest thing that hurts them. If that wind is blowing, if they can get somewhere where they can keep it blocked off, they can pretty well survive, but that wind really gets them.”
Animals at the Vance County Animal Shelter need supplies and care too, and despite the shelter being a new and warm facility, it is full of dogs at this time. Nobles said, “Well, right now we are at capacity with the dog situation pretty much — big dogs, adult dogs you know. What people don’t realize or understand is we have somebody on call 24 hours a day 365 days a year so animals are constantly coming into that shelter no matter if the doors are closed to the public, they’re still coming in. But, this time of year, the community always supports us and we always get donations, so the community is real good about standing behind us this time of year.”
Nobles appeared on WIZS TownTalk on Thursday, Dec 28, 2017 from 11 a.m. until 11:25 a.m., and the full show can be heard by clicking here. He praised the community, individuals and larger organizations here in this area for fantastic support.
If you tend to leave your decorations up a little past Christmas, be especially careful where a live Christmas tree is involved.
“After 30 days of the tree being cut, you need to be looking to discard it,” Henderson Fire Chief Steve Cordell said. There have been no Christmas tree related fire calls this year in Henderson.
Cordell said, “We recommend 30 days. Most trees are already pushing over 30 days now by the time they’ve been harvested, purchased and put in the homes, and you know by now they can start drying out.”
This is especially true if you’ve already noticed your tree has significantly slowed in absorbing water.
The City of Henderson will collect Christmas trees with regular yard waste. The City’s web page says per ordinance that “yard debris must be free of trash and foreign matter, limbs and branches must be less than four feet in length and tree trunks must be less than 36 inches in height and width.”
Vance County residents wishing to dispose of a tree may use the County’s yard waste facility at the entrance of the old landfill on N.C. 39 North, which is just north of St. Andrews Church Road.
Make sure your tree is cleared of all decorations and lights.
If you find lights with damaged cords, throw those lights away so they won’t pose a risk in the future.
Granville Vance Public Health will reopen on Thursday, December 28th. The health department was closed for the Christmas holiday December 25 – 27.
To learn more, visit Granville Vance Public Health online at https://gvph.org
Granville County – 101 Hunt Drive, Oxford – (919) 693-2141
Vance County – 115 Charles Rollins Road, Henderson – (252) 492-7915 phone
— courtesy Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce | John Barnes, President ~ 252-438-8414 ~ info@hendersonvance.org ~ Facebook
December 29 is the deadline to submit nominations for the H-V Citizen of the Year award which is presented each year by the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce to recognize an individual for his or her volunteer work to make our community a better place to live.
The criteria used in making the selection includes:
Please contact the Chamber office at 252-438-8414 if you would like a nomination form. The Citizen of the Year will be presented at the Annual Banquet on February 1, 2018. Deadline for submissions is December 29, 2017.
— courtesy VGCC
(VGCC Photo)
The Vance-Granville Community College Alpha Sigma Chi chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society recently conducted a service project by collecting school supplies and books for children in grades K-12 who are affected by domestic violence. Children in such situations may be forced to relocate suddenly, leaving their school supplies at their former homes and putting them at an educational disadvantage. Donation boxes were placed at all four VGCC campuses. The donations were delivered to Infinite Possibilities, Inc., a domestic violence organization that serves Vance and Warren counties. Pictured above with some of the collected items are, from left, chapter advisor and VGCC English instructor Maureen Walters, chapter Vice President of Leadership Pamela Campbell of Littleton, advisor and art instructor Isaac Talley and chapter President Brenda Ellis of Durham. For more information on Phi Theta Kappa, contact Maureen Walters at 252-738-3406 or waltersm@vgcc.edu.
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