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So-ul Delicious Celebrates Reopening with Ribbon Cutting
A ribbon cutting was held on Wednesday, November 2 for So-ul Delicious to celebrate the restaurant’s re-opening and membership with the Chamber. They were joined by the Chamber staff, friends, and family to celebrate their opening. All guests were treated to a tasteful treat and beverage after the ribbon cutting.
At So-ul Delicious you will find on the menu some classics like fried fish, Chit’lins, pig’s feet, turnip greens, and cabbage to name only a few items topped off with some homemade sweets for dessert (apple or peach cobbler and banana pudding). Their menu is relatively inexpensive.
Owner, Rosa Perry, the heart of So-ul Delicious would tell you it is the food you get when you cook with your whole heart and soul. Her dishes are the comfort foods she learned to make over the years, the very ones she raised her family on and served in her restaurant and catering business. Perry said, “When you taste our food, you taste the love and devotion that makes So-ul Delicious.”
Yes its down-home cooking down at So-ul Delicious and you can find them at their location of 1502 Raleigh Road in Henderson. You can also contact them at 252-598-0557 for more information.
VGCC Radiography students collect supplies for Hurricane Matthew victims
Students in the Radiography program at Vance-Granville Community College recently answered a call to help those who were devastated by Hurricane Matthew, collecting a massive amount of supplies for the victims in North and South Carolina.
VGCC Radiography clinical coordinator/instructor Stacey Soles arranged a partnership with Black’s Tire & Auto Service, which has 38 locations from Raleigh to Florence, South Carolina, and was founded in her home county of Columbus. The company was encouraging residents of its service area to collect supplies, which its employees would then pick up and deliver directly to those in need. Among the items being sought were diapers, children’s toys, bottled water, cleaning supplies, toiletries, non-perishable food, new t-shirts, socks and undergarments.
Students set up drop-off points on all four of the college’s campuses, in Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties. Then, on Oct. 20, Black’s Tire & Auto Service picked up the donations at the South Campus, where the Radiography program is located. Students and faculty members loaded the supplies onto the truck sent by the company, which was quickly filled, and a second truck was called. Even that truck could not hold all of the donations, so Soles took some in her own vehicle to the company’s Raleigh location.
Black’s Tire & Auto Service later delivered the items to people in Fair Bluff, N.C., and Nichols, S.C., both of which experienced extensive flooding from the hurricane.
“The Radiography students and program faculty would like to extend our thanks to everyone who helped make the hurricane relief drive a success,” Soles said. “We were overwhelmed with the generous outpouring of support from our fellow faculty, staff, students and members of the community, including several businesses around our South Campus.”
Based at VGCC’s South Campus between Creedmoor and Butner, the two-year Radiography degree program prepares graduates to be radiographers, skilled health care professionals who use radiation to produce images of the human body. For more information on Radiography, contact Dean of Health Sciences Angela Thomas at (252) 738-3397.
Upcoming City of Henderson Meetings
The Henderson City Council’s Land Planning Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss property issues.
The Henderson City Council’s Housing Advisory Committee will meet in Council Chambers, 134 Rose Avenue, on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to continue review/discussion regarding housing issues. It is possible a quorum of City Council members may attend; however, no action by Council will be taken during this meeting.
Fire Destroyed 106 Year Old House; Cause Undetermined
The fire that destroyed a local, well-known house and church on North Garnett Street will be listed as having an undetermined origin.
City of Henderson Fire Chief Steve Cordell told WIZS News, “We are determined that it’s undetermined. We know the area that it started in. We are very confident in our investigation as far as area of origin, but, as far as the initial cause of the fire, that will be reported as undetermined.”
That is a permanent decision Cordell said. He said, “Unless something comes up or somebody comes up and gives us more information than what we were able to find at the scene, it will be an undetermined fire.”
Three representatives from the State Bureau of Investigation, three representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Cordell investigated the blaze from 10 a.m. Tuesday until 5 p.m. Tuesday.
As Cordell explained it, the investigation was extensive.
The house was formerly a home place, later a funeral home and was presently a church. It was destroyed by fire overnight. The house was historic from a standpoint of its age, but also because of the well-known and respected families and organizations that have used it, including the Kesler family, the Flowers family and other present day owners.
No one was injured when the former Flowers Funeral Home Building at the corner of North Garnett Street and Hamilton Street burned.
Cordell indicated the fire started about 4 a.m. or 4:15 a.m. and was fully engulfed when fire fighters arrived.
There are pictures and comments on the WIZS Facebook page.
Another popular, local Facebook page, Remember When…(Reminiscing About Henderson, NC) has a video of the fire and a place to comment.
Papa John’s Delivery Driver Robbed in Henderson
On October 16, 2016 at approximately 9:44 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to 1526 Dabney Dr. (Papa John’s) in reference an armed robbery. Upon arrival, officers found that a delivery driver for Papa John’s had been robbed in the roadway and in front of 617 Roberson St. for an undetermined amount of US currency and pizza.
The investigation is being conducted by members of the Henderson Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division. If anyone should have any information related to this case, they are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 252-492-1925 or the Henderson Police Department at 252-438-4141. Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $2,000 for information that may lead to an arrest. Callers may remain anonymous.
Authority: Chief M.W. Barrow
Northern and Southern Vance to host College/Career Days
Vance County Schools is hosting two Career/College Day events, November 9, at Southern Vance High School and November 17, at Northern Vance High School.
Both events will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and are open to high school juniors and seniors and their families.
The focus of the events is to provide representatives that are from different career pathways to be available to answer questions from students, speak about skills and training needed for jobs in their respective industries and share information about opportunities for internships/job shadowing experiences.
There will also be representatives from colleges available to speak with students about college programs and services available.
If you are interested in participating as a vendor or would like additional information contact: phone: 252-739-7120, e-mail: mstevens@vcs.k12.nc.us.
Community Voices Program Continues Tonight
Community Voices group meets again tonight at 6-8 p.m. at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market for training with Dr, Michelle Eley from NC A&T State University and local facilitators leading the session.
Last week, participants worked on listing some improvements they would like to see in our community. Tonight we will explore narrowing those down and possible next steps. If you came the first time but missed the next session, please come back. We were excited to have some new people at the second session and want to keep all of you who have an interest.
Please arrive on time so we can respect everyone’s schedule. (Only light refreshments may be provided by participants on a volunteer basis.)