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New Hope Elementary to Receive $500 Kohl’s Grant
-Press Release, Vance County Schools There were five Kohl’s employees who traveled from their store in Durham to spend about half of the school day helping students and teachers in their classrooms on March 14. As a result of the employees’ assistance with students and teachers at New Hope Elementary School, Kohl’s will award the school the grant funding. Kohl’s employees...
Masonic Home Welcomes Volunteers for 8th Annual ‘Great Landscape Day’
-Information courtesy Jennifer Cufalo, Financial Development Assistant, Masonic Home for Children at Oxford The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford will hold their 8th Annual Great Landscape Day on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Individual and group volunteers are invited to share in a day of fellowship that will improve the appearance of the children’s home. Breakfast...
2019 N.C. Strawberry Season Underway
-Press Release, NCDA&CS April signals the start of strawberry season in North Carolina, and local growers are expecting a very good crop that should last through Memorial Day. “There should be plenty of berries this year despite a wet and cold first quarter in 2019,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “We encourage consumers to visit...
Hinton to Perform at Henderson Institute Museum in Honor of Jazz Month
-Information and flyer courtesy the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce In celebration of April as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), the Henderson Institute Historical Museum will feature singer, songwriter, musician and entertainer Leah Hinton on Saturday, April 27, 2019, from 6 until 9 p.m. Cost is $25; refreshments will be served. The museum is located at 629 W...
Rebuilding Hope Names Bob “PlumBob” Demarco April’s Spotlight Volunteer
-Information courtesy Rebuilding Hope, Inc. When retired plumber Bob Demarco relocated from Maine to Warrenton, N.C., in 2012, he found “the perfect place for me to serve and be able to use the talents and gifts God has blessed me with.” That place? Rebuilding Hope. “I was immediately embraced by so many exceptional men and women...
15 Local Educators Complete Vance Co. Teacher Executive Institute Program
-Press Release, Vance County Schools An outstanding group of 15 educators with Vance County Schools were honored during the evening of March 28, for their successful completion of the Vance County Teacher Executive Institute (TEI) program for the 2018-2019 school year. They were each presented framed certificates for completion of the program. An audience that...
VCRFM to Hold ‘Pesticide Disposal Day’ for Unneeded, Old Chemicals
-Information courtesy Paul McKenzie, Agricultural Extension Agent, Vance/Warren Counties, NC Cooperative Extension Do you have lawn, garden or farm chemicals you no longer need? Do you have products more than three years old? Protect your family, your pets and the environment by bringing unneeded chemicals to our pesticide disposal day. This event will be held...
Year’s Fourth Confirmed Rabid Animal Collected in Granville Co.
-Information courtesy the Granville County Government’s Facebook page Granville County Animal Control reports the pickup of a raccoon near the intersection of Elam Currin Road and Pine Town Road that has tested positive for rabies. The animal was collected in a pasture with livestock. A representative from the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services...
Dabney Elementary Students Welcome Baby Chicks Into Their Classrooms
-Press Release, Vance County Schools Four weeks ago second graders and their teachers at Dabney Elementary School welcomed chicken eggs into their classrooms. Now, they have baby chicks hopping around in their incubator containers. The learning experience has been a great one for the students and a truly collaborative effort among the four second-grade teachers. Second-grade teacher Kerianne Owen began the...
