-Information courtesy Esther J. McCrackin, City Clerk, City of Henderson
During the Public Meeting Budget Work Session on Monday, May 21, the Henderson City Council concluded its budget deliberations; therefore, the remainder of the budget work sessions have been canceled.
The City Council will formally approve the budget during its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 11, 2018.
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College
Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of Vance-Granville Community College, announced today that she has accepted the position of Vice President for Durham Affairs at Duke University, effective Aug. 13, 2018.
“It has been an honor and joy to lead and serve at Vance-Granville Community College,” Dr. Williams said. “I am proud of the success over these years, and I am confident that, with the fine faculty and staff and community support, the best is yet to come for the college.”
The announcement came today after the VGCC Board of Trustees voted to accept the resignation. “Dr. Williams has provided outstanding leadership for Vance-Granville Community College,” said Danny W. Wright, board chair. “Her vision and intellect, passion for student success, and commitment to community engagement will be assets to Duke University, and she will be missed dearly at VGCC and the surrounding communities we serve. Stelfanie is very deserving of this opportunity, and we are heartened to know that she will continue her great work and contributions in higher education.”
In an e-mail to VGCC trustees, faculty and staff members, noting their contributions to the college’s success, Dr. Williams wrote, “You all are an amazing group of professionals! Thank you for your commitment and great achievements over these years.”
Dr. Williams succeeded Randy Parker as the sixth president in the history of the college on Feb. 1, 2012. She came to VGCC from Central Carolina Community College where she last served as the vice president of economic and community development. A graduate of Duke University, she began her community college career at CCCC as an instructor for Basic Skills and progressed through several positions on the faculty and in administration at community colleges in North Carolina.
Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of Vance-Granville Community College, announced that she has accepted the position of Vice President for Durham Affairs at Duke University, effective Aug. 13, 2018. Photo courtesy VGCC.
In her new position at her alma mater, Dr. Williams will lead and coordinate Duke’s diverse and innovative community efforts in areas such as economic development, affordable housing, early childhood, K-12 and workforce education, student engagement, neighborhood relations and community health, according to a press release from Duke. She will also continue building connections between Duke and Durham Public Schools, Durham Technical Community College and North Carolina Central University. She succeeds Phail Wynn, former president of Durham Tech, who is leaving after 10 years in the position.
“Duke’s commitment to public service and the unique attributes of the Durham community excite me about the bright opportunities ahead for thoughtful collaboration,” Dr. Williams is quoted as saying in the Duke release.
Among local and regional boards and commissions, Dr. Williams currently serves on North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s Commission on Sound, Basic Education and the MyFutureNC commission created to get more North Carolinians better educated.
Dr. Williams was named “President of the Year” by the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges earlier this year. In 2014, she received the I.E. Ready Distinguished Leadership Award, named for the first president of the North Carolina Community College System, by North Carolina State University.
She was born in New York City, raised in Sanford and attended The Asheville School in Asheville, N.C. She attended Duke University, where she received bachelor’s degrees in Public Policy and Spanish, and Western Carolina University, where she earned a master’s degree in Project Management. In 2011, Williams completed her doctorate, an Ed.D. in Adult and Higher Education, from NCSU.
For the selection process leading to Dr. Williams being named as VGCC’s president in December 2011, the college’s Board of Trustees appointed a Presidential Search Committee and a nationwide search was conducted. The board was assisted in that process by a search consultant from the North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees.
Trustees Chair Wright added, “We will miss Dr. Williams, but we wish her the very best as she moves on to another opportunity for educational leadership at Duke University…. Over the next several weeks, she will be working with the board, college personnel, and community partners to prepare the institution for future growth.”
-Press Release, Vance County Schools
Vance County Schools hosted the annual “Honoring Academic Success” banquet for the top graduating seniors in the Class of 2018 during the evening of Wednesday, May 16, at McGregor Hall in downtown Henderson.
Approximately 60 Class of 2018 members from AdVance Academy, Early College High, Southern Vance High and Northern Vance High were honored and presented with medallions. They are all among the top 10 percent academically in their senior classes. Their medallions were presented to them by Superintendent Anthony Jackson, Vance County Board of Education Chairwoman Darlynn Oxendine and Vance County Public School Foundation President Archie B. Taylor, Jr.
Over 200 parents, friends, community leaders and school system administrators were in the audience to join in the recognitions for the graduates.
Jordan Thomas, a 2017 graduate of Southern Vance High School and now a student leader at N.C. Central University, was the featured speaker for the evening. Thomas did an amazing job with his keynote address. He talked about his own experiences in completing his first year of college and he urged all of the successful graduates to continue to be leaders, work hard to achieve their goals and to never give up even in the face of adversity.
Those students honored included from AdVance Academy: Timothy Batts, Jr., Alexander Cooper, Quandarious Greene, Samuel Gupton, III, Germon Hawthorne, Shay’Daza Harrison, Nathan Martin, Zi’yon Price, Nicole Dominguez and Aljanea Robinson.
Top graduates honored from Early College High School were Nancy Bonilla, Ke’Moni Champion, Lehman Ford, Victoria Inscoe, Lillian Kanouff and Seth Moody.
The top 10 percent in academic achievers in the Class of 2018 at Southern Vance High School were honored and included: Kailee Ball, Reina Banda Orozco, Itzy Chavarin Contreas, Cody Edwards, Adriana Evans, Cynthia Hernandez, Walter Hernandez, Emily Isidro, Perla Lopez, Brandon Loyd, Crystal Marrow, Ashley Mosley, Litzy Renteria, Onjahlaya Robinson, Karen Sandoval, Kaitlyn Tant, Antoinette Watson, Destiny Williams and Aliyah Wright.
At Northern Vance High School, the top 10 percent of 2018 graduates include: Akyvia Alston, La’Niayah Bates, Clara Bobbitt, Kwaji Bullock, Jordan Burnette, Briana Coleman, Diamond Durham, Jamon Glover, Destini Hargrove, Madison Hetrick, Makayla Jefferys, Jadyn Jones, Autumn Julian, Laneka Littlejohn, Erin McAllister, Manaya Perry, Shyanne Robertson, Christopher Stainback, Cody Stainback and Jonathan Vu.
Top 10 Percent Students for AdVance Academy. Photo courtesy Vance County Schools.
Top 10 Percent Students for Early College High School. Photo courtesy Vance County Schools.
Top 10 Percent Students for Southern Vance High School. Photo courtesy Vance County Schools.
Top 10 Percent Students for Northern Vance High School. Photo courtesy Vance County Schools.
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-Press Release, Vance County Schools
Vance County Schools will host bus driver training Tuesday, June 19 through Thursday, June 21,at what is currently Northern Vance High School in room I-103.
Interested persons must attend the training on all three days to receive certification. The training will be only for individuals to drive school buses for our school system. Participants will be given applications for VCS school bus drivers to be completed by the third day of the class.
Participants who use a VCS yellow bus to complete the driving part of the class must commit to drive for our school system for one year as a part-time or substitute driver. Those who fail to meet this commitment to drive will be charged for the use of the bus during road training and the background check completed by Vance County Schools.
The training sessions will begin at 8:15 a.m. and end at approximately 3:15 p.m. each day.
Those persons interested in participating in the training sessions must register five days prior to the sessions with the school system’s Transportation Department, located at 226 Welcome Avenue off Raleigh Road south of Henderson. For additional information, please call the Transportation Department at 438-5012.
-Weekly parenting tips provided courtesy of Jean Bell, Parenting Education Coordinator, Vance County Cooperative Extension
Parenting tip week of 5/21/18
Grocery Shopping
Grocery shopping with kids can be fun. Involve your kids in your shopping trip by making shopping into a learning experience. Have your younger children find foods of different colors and shapes. Older children can look for letters in signs or read packages.
Write a shopping list together and have your older child check off the items as you purchase them. When your kids are busy shopping, it can be less stressful for you and kids can learn about healthy foods.
-Information courtesy Cindy Robinson, Vance County Relay for Life volunteer
American Cancer Society’s – Vance County Relay for Life
2018 Caregiver of the Year
This Award will be presented in honor of those unsung heroes who dedicate themselves to making the lives of others more comfortable and their lives more dignified. Caregivers devote much of their lives to ensure that their loved ones are well cared for, and whenever possible, at home.
Qualifications:
A caring and loving person that has helped an individual during their battle with cancer or someone that has
made a difference in a family’s life of a cancer patient.
To nominate an individual for this award:
You must send a letter explaining how this person has helped you or someone you know!
Also, tell us why they deserve to be Vance County’s Relay for Life Caregiver of the Year.
To send nominations by mail, use the following address:
Cindy Robinson
4931 Satterwhite Point Road
Henderson, NC 27537
To email nominations, send to one of the following:
Christy Bennett: cbharvestmoon@gmail.com
Karen Callahan: KCallahan@vancecounty.org
Cindy Robinson: ctrofnc@hotmail.com
***Deadline for Nominations: June 9, 2018***
All nominees and the individual or family that nominates them will be invited to this year’s Vance County Relay for Life on Saturday, June 23 to participate in our walk.
-Press Release, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Terry M. Wright – Chief of Staff
PRESS RELEASE
On May 16, 2018, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit and Community Action Team arrested four individuals from Henderson, NC on various drug-related charges. Robert Archie III, Jaquell Oshay Marrow, Timothy Christmas and Oakoya Monae Turner were arrested and processed at the Franklin County Detention Center for Trafficking of Heroin and other related charges.
Robert Archie III
This investigation began as a result of detectives receiving information alleging Robert Archie III, who is currently on probation for Possessing Controlled Substances, was involved in illegal drug activity in Franklin County. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit began investigating the complaint and validated that Mr. Archie was involved in illegal drug activity throughout the county. During the investigation, multiple purchases of heroin were made from Mr. Archie which ultimately led to a vehicle stop in the northern part of Franklin County. This vehicle stop resulted in the seizure of 219 bindles of heroin, US Currency and the arrest of these four individuals.
In addition to this investigation, it was determined during the arrest procedure, that Jaquell Oshay Marrow brought controlled substances into the Franklin County confinement facility. Marrow will be facing additional charges as a result of this deliberate act.
Jaquell Oshay Marrow
Sheriff Kent Winstead stated, “Once again our strategy to concentrate the enforcement efforts of our drug teams to areas and individuals who are poisoning our communities, is paying off. We have focused our priorities in areas that truly make a difference and we will continue to pursue those individuals and groups who choose to sell drugs in our county.”
Timothy Christmas
Robert Archie III, of Lincoln St, Henderson, is charged with the following: Possess with Intent to Sell and Deliver a Controlled Substance (3 counts), Sell and Deliver a Controlled Substance (2 counts), Trafficking a Controlled Substance by Possession, Maintaining a Vehicle/Dwelling for the Purpose of Selling a Controlled Substance, Conspiracy to Sell and Deliver a Controlled Substance and is currently being held in the Franklin County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond.
Jaquell Oshay Marrow, of Frances Avenue, Henderson, charged with the following: Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Confinement Facility, Trafficking a Control Substance by Possession, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver a Controlled Substance, Conspiracy to Traffic Heroin and is currently being held in the Franklin County Detention Center under a $350,000 secured bond.
Oakoya Monae Turner
Timothy Christmas, of Dick Faines Rd, Henderson, is charged with the following: Trafficking a Controlled Substance by Possession, Possession with intent to Sell and Deliver a Controlled Substance, Conspiracy to Traffic Heroin and is currently being held in the Franklin County Detention Center under a $350,000 secured bond.
Oakoya Monae Turner, of Foxborough Ln, Henderson, is charged with the following: Conspiracy to Sell Heroin, Maintain a Vehicle/Dwelling for the purpose of Selling a Controlled Substance and has been placed in the Franklin County Detention Center under a $100,000 secured bond.
*For more information pertaining to this investigation please contact Sgt. Ken Pike at (919) 496-2186.
