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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover Relaxing Techniques, Pt. 2

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Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • If growing plants in a greenhouse or cold frame when day temps are 70F higher you may need ventilation in your greenhouse or open the cold frame.
  • Fertilize tall fescue, slow release, low P, crabgrass preventer.
  • Record the dates you plant your seed.
  • Get ready to prune fruit trees – 2/25, 10 am, timberlake
  • When growing plants check soil media before watering.
  • Apply preemergent herbicide to flowerbeds.
  • Make sure when growing plants in doors that plants are getting enough light. Provide grow lights if needed.
  • Don’t be late in planting your cool season vegetables. Follow the schedule.
  • Cooperative Extension has excellent vegetable publications.
  • If growing transplants, fertilize every week or so with a water soluble fertilizer, or as foliage color indicates.

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TownTalk: Corbitt Preservation Reissues Book In Digital Form

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By all accounts, Richard Johnson Corbitt was an excellent businessman and a person of high character, but he probably wouldn’t have believed that anyone who said that someone in the future would be able to put an entire book inside a piece of plastic smaller than a pack of chewing gum.

Corbitt’s company operated right here in Henderson between 1899 and 1954, manufacturing countless buggies before retooling to make the iconic Army truck that would become the workhorse of World War II.

Dick Callaway and two others wrote “Star of the South,” a book about the Corbitt Truck Company published more than a decade ago.

Ken Stegall and others who work with the Corbitt Preservation Association are making the book available again.

Stegall spoke with John C. Rose on Wednesday’s TownTalk about the project. He said the book sold out relatively quickly – “quicker than we thought” and for the last couple of years, members of the association’s board have been investigating the possibility of reprinting the book.

That proved to be quite costly, so they decided to take a page from old Mr. Corbitt himself and come up with a Plan B: Just like Corbitt pivoted from horseless buggies to go into full-time truck production, Stegall said the board decided to digitize the book and put it on a thumb drive.

“It’s the easiest way to get the story out there again,” he said, adding that the association has a high-definition scanner that was used to recreate the 122-page book in a digital format.

The first three copies were mailed out today, he said.

The cost is $20, which includes shipping. Want to place an order? Contact Stegall at 252.432.6476 or via email at gjammer35@aol.com, or visit www.corbitttrucks.com and find the information on the bulletin page.

The interest in Corbitt trucks and other vehicles that were manufactured here is high, Stegall said, and he said it is surprising to find specimens of the trucks in France, tractors in Brazil and even a car right up the road in Greensboro.

A woman called to say she had a Corbitt automobile in her garage, which Stegall said he found almost unbelievable. He said he remembered thinking, “Surely, you don’t…it’s not possible.” But she sent a photo and, “sure enough, there’s a wooden touring car setting on a set of sawhorses, with Corbitt right there on the dash,” Stegall recalled.

Visitors are welcome to the annual “Spring Fling” at the museum, an all-day event planned for Saturday, Apr. 22, Stegall said. There will be plenty of vehicles and other memorabilia on display then, as well as for the truck show and reunion, which will take place during Henderson’s signature weekend festival “Show, Shine, Shag and Dine” on Oct. 21.

 

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Henderson Council Moves Forward With Purchase Of Jointly Owned Properties

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The Henderson City Council approved Monday to purchase more than 100 vacant properties within the city limits that are jointly owned by the city and county, but the vote was one vote shy of being unanimous.

Council Member Garry Daeke cast the dissenting vote, but said Tuesday on TownTalk that it wasn’t because he doesn’t approve of the project – he simply wanted the county to give the roughly 26 acres of property to the city.

“I certainly approve what we’re doing,” Daeke said, adding that the city has demolished hundreds of vacant, derelict houses over the years. The properties will be bundled together and then bid on by builders who will erect affordable housing options within the city.

The city will be responsible for the infrastructure – lights, water, sewer, fire and police protection, for example, Daeke said. If the county had chosen to give the property to the city, it would have gone a long way to “jumpstart” the revitalization project.

“It seems to me that we’re going to be doing a lot up front,” he noted.

Once the houses get built, he added, the county will enjoy a greater return on the investment through higher tax rates than the city of Henderson.

“It would have been a great way to collaborate.”

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Kimbrell Appointed To Serve As City Clerk

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The Henderson City Council officially appointed Tracey Kimbrell to the position of clerk to the board at its meeting Monday.

Kimbrell has served as interim clerk to the board since November, after previous clerk Esther McCrackin retired in late October.

John C. Rose and Bill Harris spoke with Kimbrell by phone earlier today and they reported she sounded enthusiastic about her new role.

In addition to her service to the city council, she will report to City Manager Terrell Blackmon for the day-to-day duties, just as other department directors. In a resolution approved by the Council, Kimbrell will serve at the pleasure of the Council for an indefinite term.

According to the agenda information, the city conducted a search for qualified candidates to fill the position and determined that Kimbrell was the most qualified.

Although it wasn’t something that she necessarily planned for, she said this was an opportunity she didn’t want to pass up.

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden

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The Local Skinny! Vance County Schools Receives Awards

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For the third year in a row, Vance County Schools has brought home top honors for excellence in school communications, presented to school districts by the N.C. School Public Relations Association.

VCS earned a total of 16 Blue Ribbon awards for outstanding and effective

school public relations, according to information from Aarika Sandlin, VCS director of communication and marketing. The local school district was one of 38 to receive honors at the ceremony held Friday, Feb. 10 in High Point.

“Vance County Schools was recognized in every Blue Ribbon Award category for exemplary work,” Sandlin said in a press statement. “This recognition is an honor for our entire district, as well as a testament to the hard work of our team and the collaboration between departments on a daily basis.”

One of its five gold awards came in the Marketing category and the entry “Center for Innovation: The Hub of Our Community” received a perfect score.

The other four gold award categories and their winning entries were:

  • Photography – Superintendent Bennett Reads Across the District
  • Electronic Media – Moving Forward in our Strategic Plan
  • Special Events and Programs – Business After Hours
  • Digital Media Engagement – Alumni Roll Call: Homecoming 2022

VCS received five silver awards in the following categories:

  • Special Events and Programs – Arts Alive 2022
  • Special Events and Programs – Honoring our Community Partnerships
  • Digital Media and Engagement – New Principal Announcements for the 2022-2023 School Year
  • Photography – Play hard. Laugh louder. Love bigger.
  • Publications- Visual Identity Across the District

VCS received six bronze awards in the following categories:

  • Excellence in Writing – Growing through Accountability
  • Image and Graphic Design – Vance County Schools: A Quick Glimpse
  • Image and Graphic Design – In the Know on the Road
  • Electronic Media: Polly C – A Unique Look at Policies
  • Special Events and Programs – Honoring Wayne Adcock: Auditorium Dedication

Representing Vance County Schools for NCSPRA, in addition to Sandlin, are Brielle Barrow, communications coordinator; Dr. Destiney Ross-Putney, executive director of the Center for Innovation; and Kristen Jeffreys, digital learning and innovation specialist. NCSPRA is a statewide professional organization serving more than 175 members. Its mission is to build support for public education through well-planned and responsible public relations. For more information, visit www.ncspra.org.

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