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NCDHHS

NCDHHS Expands County Data; Reports COVID-19 Clusters at Schools, Child Care Settings

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-Press Release, NCDHHS

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has expanded the COVID-19 Dashboard to include expanded county data on trends, demographics and testing. The updated dashboard also includes a new report on COVID-19 clusters in child care and school settings.

The interactive NC COVID-19 Dashboard now includes county trends over time in cases and deaths, as well as demographic information on cases and deaths by race, ethnicity, sex and age. It also displays one of the key statewide metrics by county– percent of tests that are positive. Together, these data provide a more in-depth picture of COVID-19 at the county level.

Previously, testing data by county was not available because a large proportion of negative tests were reported manually and did not include county information. With more tests now being reported electronically with county data, there is now sufficient data to reliably share the percent positive by county. The dashboard will also display the number of tests that are reported electronically in each county.

There are limitations to the data. About a quarter of recent tests reported to North Carolina are not reported electronically, and some counties may be more likely to use a lab that reports electronically.

In addition to the expanded county data, the Department now provides a biweekly report on COVID-19 clusters in child care and school settings. A cluster is defined as both a minimum of five cases in the same facility within a 14-day period and plausible epidemiological linkage between cases.

The report includes the facility type (school or child care), county and the number of cases and deaths among staff and children. This information will be part of the Outbreaks and Clusters section of the Dashboard, which also includes cases and deaths at long-term care facilities, other congregate care settings. The first report of clusters in child care and school settings will be available later today.

NCDHHS will continue to assess and provide additional data as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves and more information becomes available. The dashboard can be accessed online at covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard.

For more information about North Carolina’s response to COVID-19, visit nc.gov/covid19.

Vance Co. Regional Farmers Market

Vance Co. Regional Farmers Market to Hold First ‘Twilight Market’ Tues., June 30

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-Information courtesy Vance County Regional Farmers Market

Vance County Regional Farmers Market (VCRFM) will hold a “Twilight Market” this Tuesday, June 30, 2020, from 3:30 until 7:30 p.m. This will be in lieu of an open market on Wednesday, July 1.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, VCRFM has required all vendors to wear face coverings/masks. Per Governor Cooper’s recent executive order, all VCRFM customers are now required to wear face coverings/masks as well.

Remaining 2020 Market Schedule:

June 1 – September 30  

Wednesdays & Saturdays ~ 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Closed Wednesday, July 1 and July 29

Special Twilight Markets
(in lieu of Wednesday markets)
Tuesday, June 30 ~ 3:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 28 ~ 3:30 – 7:30 p.m.

October 1 – December 5   
Saturdays ~ 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Handcrafted Holiday Market  
Saturday, November 21 ~ 8 a.m – 2 p.m.

Market closes for the season  
Saturday, December 5

Pre-orders and curbside pick up will remain available throughout the season.

The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is located at 210 Southpark Dr. in Henderson, NC.

Contacts:
Market Manager: Tracy Madigan (252) 598-0814
Extension Agent: Paul McKenzie (252) 438-8188

(This is not a paid advertisement)

United Way Grant Allocations

United Way of Vance Co. Awards $30,000 to Local Charitable Organizations

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-Press Release, United Way of Vance County

The United Way of Vance County has awarded a total of $30,000 to local charitable organizations for its annual grant allocations.

The 2020 grant allocations have been presented to seven local charities to assist needy families in the basic needs areas of health, education and financial stability.

Charitable organizations receiving the funds include Life Line Outreach, Inc.; Community Partners of Hope, Inc.; Franklin-Granville-Vance Smart Start; ACTS of Vance County, Inc.; Vance County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council; Harold Sherman Adult Day Center; and Alliance Rehabilitative Care, Inc.

Practicing social distancing and wearing protective masks, Gwen Williams, president, and Tommy Haithcock, first vice president, both of United Way of Vance County, presented grant allocations checks to representatives of seven local charities. Shown in the accompanying photo, from left, are Garry Daeke, Jeanne Harrison, Rev. Joseph Ratliff, Shantel Hargrove, Jaleel Johnson, Williams, Haithcock, Lynda Dalton, Steve Dalton, Melanie Hobgood, Gail Barnes-Hall and Lee Anne Peoples. (United Way photo)

Representatives receiving the grant funds in a presentation at the United Way office on Garnett Street were Steve and Lynda Dalton of Life Line; Lee Anne Peoples of ACTS; the Rev. Joseph Ratliff of Community Partners; Shantel Hargrove and Jaleel Johnson of the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council; Gail Barnes-Hall and Melanie Hobgood of the Harold Sherman Adult Day Center; Jeanne Harrison of Alliance Rehabilitative Care; and Garry Daeke of Smart Start.

The grant allocations were approved by the United Way’s Board of Directors after members of the organization’s Funds Allocations Committee listened to presentations made by each of the grant applicants.

With grant awards, the United Way board stipulates that applicants’ projects must offer assistance and support mostly for food, shelter, basic health needs and youth services.

The United Way of Vance County has been in operation since June of 1969. During its existence, the organization has provided annual grant awards to assist local charities in meeting the needs of disadvantaged citizens in Vance and Warren counties. United Way also has partnered with numerous local nonprofits over the years for special events and projects to benefit local citizens.

VGCC Food Industry Webinar

Reminder: VGCC Small Business Center Offering Free Food & Beverage Industry Webinars

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-Information courtesy the Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center

The Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center announces the newest FREE training series of webinars.  This 12-week series aims to help those in the food industry navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you’re in the restaurant or food shop business, you know that a normal day is no longer normal. There are a multitude of new tasks, service limitations, sanitizing requirements and customer expectations. This series is designed to help navigate your new normal so that your business can reopen with confidence.

Sessions will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays, June 22 through July 29, 2020, from 9 until 10:30 a.m.

Sessions include:

  1. CDC Guidelines for Reopening Your Food & Beverage Business
  2. Keeping Your Restaurant Employees and Customers Safe While Dealing With a Pandemic
  3. Learn How to Step Up Your Customer Service Game in Your Food Business in the Era of COVID-19
  4. Tips & Tricks to Market Your Food & Beverage Business
  5. The Magic of Upselling in the Food & Beverage World
  6. Using Social Media to Promote Your Restaurant or Food Business
  7. Communicating Effectively to Your Employees – Food & Beverage Business
  8. Leaders vs. Managers – Food & Beverage Teams
  9. How to Deal With Difficult People in the Food & Beverage Industry
  10. Building Your Food & Beverage Business Around Your Community
  11. Improving the Physical Image, Layout and Presentation of Your Food & Beverage Business
  12. Angry Food & Beverage Customers Can Actually Become Your Best Friends

Register by 12 p.m. the day before the event at www.vgcc.edu/coned/small-business-center/#schedules

For more information, contact the VGCC Small Business Center at smallbusiness@vgcc.edu

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Vance Co. Commissioners Call Special Meeting to Discuss Confederate Monument

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-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Clerk to Board/Executive Asst., County of Vance

Vance County Board of Commissioners Chairman Gordon Wilder has called a special meeting for Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at 5 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Vance County Administration Building, 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC.

Please note there will be no public comment session during this special meeting.

The purpose of the meeting is to: 

  1. Enter into closed session for attorney-client privileged matter
  2. Confederate monument
  3. Other items as necessary
Illegal Dumping Arrest

VCSO: Two Arrested in Illegal Trash Dumping Incidents

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-Press Release and photos, Vance County Sheriff’s Office

Vance County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division responded to 240 Spring Valley Road, Henderson, North Carolina in reference to illegal dumping of trash. During the investigation, the Criminal Investigative Division responded to the scene and noticed a truckload of trash had been dumped.

On June 23, 2020, another littering complaint led the Vance County Sheriff’s Office to the dead-end of Spring Valley Lake Rd on U.S Corp property. Evidence revealed the trash found at this location came from the same source that was located at 240 Spring Valley Rd.

Detectives were able to ascertain where the trash was coming from and identified the subjects that were responsible for the illegal dumping of the trash.

Warrants were obtained for Tyree Nathaniel Elam (B/M – DOB 04/18/1994) and Quante Kim’juan Hargrove (B/M – DOB: 02/16/1996) for Commercial Littering.

Both subjects were taken before the magistrate and given a written promise to appear in Vance County District Court for the above-listed charges on July 23, 2020. The U.S Corp of Engineer and Vance County Code Enforcement were notified.

According to the arrest record, Quante Hargrove also had three outstanding warrants out of Granville County, an Order for Arrest for Probation Violation with a $25,000 secured bond, Order for Arrest for Shoplifting Concealment Goods with a $500 secured bond and a Warrant for Arrest for Uttering Forged Endorsement with a $1,000 secured bond. Hargrove was also served with a Criminal Summons for Injury to Personal Property out of Granville County.

This investigation is continuing.

Tyree Nathaniel Elam

Quante Kim’juan Hargrove

Anne Tanner Berry Scholarship

New VGCC Scholarship Endowed in Memory of Anne Tanner Berry

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-Press Release and photo, Vance-Granville Community College

Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund board member Marshall Tanner and his wife, Martha, recently established a new scholarship at the college in memory of their daughter. 

VGCC will award the Anne Tanner Berry Memorial Academic Achievement Scholarship to a student in a medical field, with a preference for second-year students who are older than the “traditional” college age. VGCC Health Sciences programs include Nursing, Histotechnology, Medical Assisting, Pharmacy Technology and Radiography.

“When Anne was in her twenties, she was diagnosed with diabetes, a diagnosis that changed her life and shortened it,” Marshall Tanner said. She passed away in 2018 at the age of 54. “Over the years, Anne was blessed to have many loving and caring healthcare professionals at her side through one health crisis after another,” Tanner continued. “Along with her husband, Tim, and her sisters, Cecelia, Lea and Beverly, we know Anne would be pleased that from this memorial scholarship, many others may join the ranks of Healthcare Heroes.”

Anne Tanner Berry

Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund board member Marshall Tanner and wife, Martha, recently established a new scholarship at the college in memory of their daughter, Anne Tanner Berry (pictured above – photo courtesy Anne’s family).

An alumna of Middle Tennessee State University and Oglethorpe University, Anne enjoyed a successful professional career in property management in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia. She was considered a leader and teacher in all her positions and was a regional vice president of her last employer. She had the ability to train and assist other employees to meet and exceed their goals and was recognized with several awards for her management skills and leadership talents.

“Anne had a very outgoing personality; she never met anyone who did not have a positive first impression of her,” her father recalled. “Her ability to interact in a warm, caring way enabled her to develop and maintain life-long friendships with many people.”

Marshall Tanner spent his career in the manufacturing sector, retiring in 2010 as a Vice President of Bridgestone Bandag. He moved to Oxford in 1991 to manage the local Bandag plant and has been active in the community ever since. Bridgestone Bandag is a longtime corporate supporter of VGCC, and Tanner has played in many VGCC Endowment Fund golf tournaments over the years. He joined the college’s Endowment Fund board of directors in 2017.  

“I became involved with supporting VGCC many years ago. I saw that the college provided an accessible educational outlet to local people who did not want to go away to a university but instead start their higher education right here,” Tanner said. “Playing in the VGCC golf tournament was a positive way to promote the college while raising money to provide more scholarships to help people get the job training that they needed. The recent addition of truck driver training is a prime example. Vance-Granville is a wonderful school, led by people who are thinking long-term about what our community will need in the future.” 

“We are honored that the Tanners would remember Anne in such a meaningful way, by supporting hard-working VGCC students who are pursuing careers of service in healthcare,” said Dr. Rachel Desmarais, the community college president. 

“Martha and Marshall Tanner are outstanding citizens and strong supporters of Vance-Granville,” added VGCC Endowment Director Eddie Ferguson. “This new scholarship serves as a fitting tribute to their beloved Anne, and will help students in her name for years to come.”

Through the Endowment Fund, VGCC has awarded more than 9,700 scholarships to students since 1982. Scholarships have been endowed by numerous individuals, industries, businesses, civic groups, churches and the college’s faculty and staff. Tax-deductible donations to the VGCC Endowment Fund have often been used to honor or remember a person, group, business or industry with a lasting gift to education. For more information, call (252) 738-3409.

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Local COVID-19 Update: Increase in Total Cases, Related Deaths

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-Information courtesy Granville Vance Public Health and the Warren County Health Department

As of June 24, 2020, there are 773 known COVID-19 cases in Granville County, 483 cases in Vance County, 155 cases in Warren County and 56,174 confirmed cases in North Carolina.

Granville County:

There are three outbreaks at congregate living facilities in Granville County: Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, NC, Murdoch Development Center in Butner, NC, and Central Regional Hospital in Butner, NC.

Of the cases in Granville County, 402 are associated with the prisons, five are associated with Murdoch, and two are associated with Central Regional Hospital.

Of the 402 cases in the prison system, 89 have been released from isolation and two individuals with Murdoch have been released from isolation.

Of the 364 community-based cases in Granville County, 196 have been released from isolation and four are hospitalized.

There have been a total of 19 deaths in Granville County, 17 of whom were with the Bureau of Prisons and one with Central Regional Hospital.

Vance County:

There are two active outbreaks at congregate living facilities in Vance County: Kerr Lake Nursing Home in Henderson, NC, and Senior Citizens Home in Henderson, NC.

There was also an outbreak at Pelican Health in Henderson, NC that is no longer active.

Of the cases in Vance County, 111 are associated with outbreaks at congregate living facilities including 43 cases associated with Kerr Lake Nursing Home and 10 associated with Senior Citizens Home.

Of the 111 cases in congregate living facilities in Vance County, 42 have been released from isolation.

Of the 372 community-based cases in Vance County, 171 have been released from isolation.

Ten individuals in Vance County are hospitalized.

There have been a total of 36 deaths in Vance County, 14 of whom were associated with Pelican Health and 10 of whom were associated with Kerr Lake Nursing Home.

Warren County:

There are 155 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases with no known results currently pending. Of the known positive cases, 127 are considered recovered.

One individual in Warren County is hospitalized.

There have been a total of five deaths in Warren County.

Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina DHHS Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen announced on Wednesday that North Carolina will remain in Safer at Home Phase 2 for at least three more weeks – until July 17, 2020.

Governor Cooper also announced that face coverings must be worn when people are in public places as officials seek to stabilize concerning trends of increasing viral spread. Growing evidence shows that cloth face coverings, when worn consistently, can decrease the spread of COVID-19, especially among people who are not yet showing symptoms of the virus.

For more information about the extension of Phase 2 and these new measures, see the NC Staying Ahead of the Curve web page (click here)

GVPH updates its website daily at approximately 5 p.m. with Vance and Granville COVID-19 statistics. Please visit www.gvph.org/COVID-19/ for the latest information.

GVPH also emails updates about COVID-19 in Granville and Vance counties each evening. You can sign up to receive these emails at www.gvph.org/covid-19.

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Vance County Water Committee to Discuss Capacity Fee Revision

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-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Executive Assistant/Clerk to Board, Vance County Board of Commissioners

Vance County’s Water Committee (Brummitt, Taylor, Wilder) is scheduled to meet Monday, June 29, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. to discuss a capacity fee revision.

The meeting will be held in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, 122 Young Street in Henderson.

Mt. Zion Food Distribution

Free Community Food Distribution at Mt. Zion United Church of Christ

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Mt. Zion United Church of Christ, 911 Morgan Road in Henderson, will be the site of a FREE food distribution drive-thru on Friday, June 26, 2020, at 11 a.m.

Food is available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.

For the safety of everyone involved and to adhere to current social distancing guidelines, everyone should stay inside their vehicle and open their trunk to receive the food.

This event is sponsored by Gang Free, Inc., Helping All People Excel (H.A.P.E.) and Williamsboro/Townsville area churches.