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Vance County Schools Bus Driver Places 7th at NC School Bus Roadeo
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release June 5, 2017 Keith Purnell, a school bus driver for Northern Vance High School and E.M. Rollins Elementary School, placed seventh in the state in the annual N.C. School Bus Roadeo held in Raleigh on May 25. He was among 29 of the state’s best school bus drivers who...
Breaking News: City of Henderson Issues Mandatory Water Conservation
PRESS RELEASE FROM CITY MANAGER FRANK FRAZIER CITY OF HENDERSON, NC MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017 THE KERR LAKE REGIONAL WATER PLANT IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES WITH ITS PUMPS. THIS ISSUE IS BEING ADDRESSED, BUT AT THIS TIME IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE IT IS BACK...
Granville County Animal Management to Hold Free Rabies Clinic for Cats and Dogs
Oxford, June 5, 2017- Granville County Animal Management will hold a free Rabies clinic at the Granville County Animal Shelter from 9 am-12 pm on Saturday, June 24, 2017. The clinic is made possible by a generous Granville County resident who wishes to remain anonymous. “Making sure your dog and cat are current on Rabies...
VGCC team competes in electric car race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Teamwork is what got a group from Vance-Granville Community College onto the track at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway — not only the teamwork demonstrated by students and faculty from curriculum programs at the college, but also by a team of sponsors from the community who supported them. For the first time, VGCC sent a...
Recent VGCC Medical Assisting graduate first to take RMA exam on campus
Troy Glover of Youngsville recently made history at Vance-Granville Community College, when he became the first person to take the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) exam at the college’s Franklin County Campus. According to VGCC Medical Assisting instructor Patrice Allen, the college has been working for the past several years to become an approved testing site...
Clarke and E.O. Young Students Receive Nook devices
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release June 2, 2017 Vance County Schools officials distributed Nook electronic reading devices to students at Clarke and E.O. Young elementary schools on June 1, as part of district’s Summer Reading Program. The students can now download books onto the reading devices and read throughout the summer. There were...
“That Long Tobacco Road” Coming to McGregor Hall
HENDERSON, N.C. (June 2, 2017) — Written and directed by regional Playwright Charley-John Smith, That Long Tobacco Road is making its way back to the stage after first being presented by the Louisburg (N.C.) College Players in 2001. Performed by local actors from Vance, Granville, Franklin and Wake counties, the 2017 musical will debut on the stage of McGregor...
Vance Medical Academy Holds Nurse Aide Pinning Ceremony
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release June 2, 2017 The Vance Medical Academy at Southern Vance High School held its annual Nurse Aide Pinning Ceremony on June 1, in the school’s gymnasium. Melodie Kernahan, a registered nurse and the instructor for the Vance Medical Academy students, led the recognitions. A total of 19 nursing aide...
