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Southern Vance Symphonic Band rated “Excellent”
Vance County Schools
For Immediate Release
April 11, 2017
The Southern Vance High School Symphonic Band earned an “Excellent” rating during competition at the Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) for North Carolina in late March.
The band attended the stringent high school band judging process at Apex Friendship School in Apex.
This is the first time a band from Vance County has earned an “Excellent” rating in the MPA. The rating is the second highest possible rating, behind the “Superior” rating.
The Southern Vance bands are under the direction of Michael Lewis.
Northern Vance High School Achieves AdvancED Accreditation
For Immediate Release
April 11, 2017
Northern Vance High School administrators, staff and students completed two thorough days of examination by a team of educators from the AdvancED accreditation agency and received the prestigious accreditation!
The five-year accreditation was granted after an external review team met with Principal Andrew Markoch and his staff over the two-day review and visited classrooms throughout the school during their review time.
The AdvancED team looked at governance, facilities, academic programs and outlying programs at the school before awarding the accreditation.
They looked closely at teaching and learning impact, leadership capacity and resource utilization.
The team rated Northern Vance highly in equitable learning environment, high expectations environment, supportive learning environment, active learning environment, progress monitoring and feedback environment, well-managed learning environment and digital learning environment.
The team’s conclusions for the Index of Education Quality focused on: the impact of teaching and learning on student performance; the capacity of leadership to guide and ensure effectiveness in carrying out the strategic direction of the institution; the use as a tool for formative analysis and continuous improvement; and the connection for the conditions, processes and practices to evidence including student performance.
Henderson Man Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon
NEW BERN – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court on April 5, 2017, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced WILLIAM LACHLIAN ORMOND, III, 29, of Henderson, NC to 57 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
ORMOND was named in an Indictment filed on March 22, 2016 and charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. On June 16, 2016, ORMOND pled guilty to that charge.
On October 29, 2015, an officer with the Henderson Police Department in Henderson encountered ORMOND walking down the street, and knew him to have outstanding warrants for his arrest. The officer suspected that ORMOND was armed due to the way he was holding his waistband, and attempted to engage ORMOND in conversation. ORMOND attempted to flee on foot and was captured by the officer. Upon taking the defendant into custody, the officer located a 9mm handgun with a large capacity magazine on the defendant. The handgun was loaded with 22 rounds of ammunition.
This case was part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative which encourages federal, state, and local agencies to cooperate in a unified “team effort” against gun crime, targeting repeat offenders who continually plague their communities.
The Henderson Police Department, North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement, North Carolina State Crime Lab, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) conducted the criminal investigation of this case. Assistant United States Attorney S. Katherine Burnette handled the prosecution of this case and Assistant United States Attorney Peggah Wilson handled the sentencing hearing.
Vance-Granville Community Band presents free spring concert on May 1st at McGregor Hall
The Vance-Granville Community Band will hold its annual spring concert on Monday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. at McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center in historic downtown Henderson. Admission is free of charge.
This will be the second time that the Community Band has held a concert at the 1,000-seat venue, located at 201 Breckenridge Street in Henderson.
The concert is set to feature some classics of band literature, including the original transcription of the famous overture to “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini; two classic Sousa marches, “Hands Across the Sea” and “The Black Horse Troop“; as well as two additional traditional marches, “Free Spirit” and the 1911 “Ringling Brothers Grand Entry March.”
According to Community Band director Brian D. Miller, “bands should always play the classics of literature. No concert is complete without several marches, and Sousa wrote marches better than anybody else! Marches are the all-time greatest music written for band, and we have certainly had a lot of fun learning these.”
Miller noted that it is of local interest that John Philip Sousa himself vacationed in Henderson in 1920. He went hunting with the mayor of Henderson and spent the night at the mayor’s home while here.
The band will also perform a transcription of music from the 1949 Broadway musical, “South Pacific.” Other selections include the “Finale” from Dvorak’s Ninth Symphony and an entr’acte from the seldom-heard Romantic-era opera, “King Manfred,” which is “a beautiful composition,” according to Miller.
The band will feature its star tuba player, Justin Bare, on a tuba solo with band accompaniment entitled “The Grumbly Old Bear,” written by Julius Fucik, better known for his popular circus march, “Entry of the Gladiators.” Finally, for lighter fare, the band will pay tribute to the Beach Boys and the Eagles with medleys of those groups’ greatest hits.
“It’s a concert for everybody,” quipped Miller. “We want everybody to come and appreciate the work of these musicians. The ensemble is truly representative of our four-county service area. Nothing beats an old-fashioned band concert!”
Miller retired as band director at Louisburg High School and now teaches for VGCC and Crosscreek Charter School.
The Community Band, which is sponsored by the VGCC Division of Arts and Sciences, includes people of all ages, from all walks of life, and from throughout the region. No auditions are required. Rehearsals are held on Monday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center, on the Main Campus in Henderson, at Exit 209 on Interstate 85 (Poplar Creek Road). For more information, contact Brian Miller at (919) 496-5877 or at bmiller9302@vgcc.edu or Betsy Henderson at hendersonb@vgcc.edu.
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Henderson-Vance Spring Litter Sweep Week Coming Soon
The Vance County Appearance Commission is joining with officials from Vance County and the City of Henderson again this year to sponsor the Henderson-Vance Spring Litter Sweep Week, April 24-29, and the Recycling Day Event on Saturday, April 29, at the City Operations Center on Beckford Drive in Henderson.
Citizens throughout Vance County are urged to make special efforts to clean up around their homes, businesses, churches, schools and any blighted areas they know about during the Spring Litter Sweep Week. Free clean-up supplies of gloves and trash or recycling bags will be available beginning Wednesday, April 19, and throughout the Litter Sweep Week at the City Operations Center and the Vance County Schools Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson.
The Appearance Commission and city and county officials urge all citizens to be involved in these efforts to improve the appearance of our community, especially the major problem we have now with roadside litter. All citizens are challenged to be proud of our community and help us to keep our county clean. Urge your family members, friends, neighbors, fellow church members and others to not litter and to keep their property clean! It takes all of us working together to improve the appearance of Vance County now and throughout each year!
The Recycling Day event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, will feature collections of household hazardous waste including cans of old paint and any hazardous chemicals residents may have and want to dispose of properly. Officials from Ecoflow will be on hand throughout the event on April 29 to collect the old paint and hazardous waste from citizens. There will be a limit of 10 gallons of paint per person and 25 gallons of household hazardous waste per person during the event. The collection event is for residents only and is not designed to take large quantities from contractors.
Other items that will be accepted during the recycling event on April 29 are important personal documents for secure shredding, old prescription drugs, electronics including televisions and all computer hardware and other household items such as cardboard, metal and aluminum cans, plastic and glass bottles and containers, newspapers and magazines.
For additional information, local citizens may contact Jason Falls, county environmental services manager, by phone at 738-2909 or by email at jfalls@vancecounty.org.
Maria Parham Volunteers to Hold Jewelry Sale
Volunteer Services of Maria Parham Health will be hosting for the first time, Jewelry is Fun. This sale will take place on April 12th (7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.) and 13th (7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.). Bargain prices with a large selection of gifts $7.99 and up. Jewelry and accessories are $5. Sale will take place in the John T. Church classroom. We’ll see you there!
Lisa Radford
Volunteer Coordinator
Maria Parham Health, Duke LifePoint Healthcare
566 Ruin Creek Road PO Box 59 Henderson, NC 27536
Phone: 252.436-1564