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Fraud Prevention Tip, Courtesy the Vance County Sheriff’s Office

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-Information courtesy the Vance County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page

Here is a Friday Fraud Prevention Tip courtesy the Vance County Sheriff’s Office:

No law enforcement agency will ever require, demand, or request payment for anything via prepaid cards of any type. There are a limited number of circumstances where a deputy will accept money, but they are all face-to-face transactions that are accompanied by a civil process. We will never call you and allow you to pay your way out of a warrant with gift cards.

Unfortunately, we have had a repeated scam where someone will contact a target claiming to be Deputy So-and-so, telling the target that there is a warrant for missing Jury Duty or some other sort of reason. The scammer will use forceful language and attempt to coerce the target to go buy prepaid cards and read the numbers off the cards to them over the phone. They keep the target on the phone while they go to the store and purchase the cards. Once they get the numbers from the cards, they distribute the numbers to conspirators who go online and transfer the balance onto other prepaid cards. The funds are then laundered again, making them difficult to track.

The phone numbers they call from are usually “spoofed” using VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) to appear to be local numbers. The numbers cannot be traced back to anyone because they are not “assigned” using a legitimate phone service.

Calling All Youth: Audition Date Set for ‘Charlotte’s Web’

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-Information and image courtesy the McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center’s Facebook page

McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center announces that upcoming auditions for “Charlotte’s Web” will be held Saturday, January 12, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Auditions will be held at McGregor Hall, 201 Breckenridge St., Henderson.

Directed by Jo Ellen Nowell, “Charlotte’s Web” is a stage play that will be performed at McGregor Hall April 5 – 7, 2019, featuring a cast with an age range of six through young adult.

Come audition for the roles of Charlotte, Wilbur, Fern, Templeton, the goose, the sheep and all your other favorites from the beloved book! All those auditioning will be asked to read lines from the script. No prepared pieces will be necessary.

O’Geary to Perform at McGregor Hall’s ‘A Tribute to Sam Watkins’

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-Information and photo courtesy the McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center’s Facebook page

Audiences fell in love with Henderson’s own Jonathan O’Geary this past fall as “The Beast” in McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center’s hit production of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” Hear his beautiful voice once more on Sunday, January 6, 2019, at 2 p.m. as the featured guest soloist during “A Tribute to Sam Watkins – An Afternoon of American Music.”

Buy your tickets today (click here) as a holiday treat to yourself or someone you love!

This concert is part of the “Music at McGregor” series sponsored by the Henderson Community Concerts Association. A 13-piece chamber orchestra of the area’s finest musicians will present the original “Appalachian Spring” of Aaron Copland and will premiere “Remembrance,” a work written by Philip Young in memory of McGregor Hall’s founder, Sam Watkins.

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Audiences fell in love with Henderson’s own Jonathan O’Geary this past fall as “The Beast” in McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center’s hit production of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” Hear his beautiful voice once more on Sunday, January 6, 2019, at 2 p.m. as the featured guest soloist during “A Tribute to Sam Watkins – An Afternoon of American Music.” (Photo courtesy McGregor Hall)

Community Partnership for Pets to Expand Operations in 2019

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-Information courtesy Community Partnership for Pets, Inc.

Community Partnership for Pets, Inc. (CPPI) started our new statewide spay/neuter mission on July 1, 2017.  We are currently working with nine counties with additional counties coming on-board in 2019.

Our work includes setting up, funding and managing spay/neuter programs in poor, rural NC counties. We work side-by-side with county-run animal shelters, as they are responsible for handling all the stray and unwanted dogs and cats in their county.

The Vance County Animal Shelter works each day to ensure as many dogs and cats as possible are able to find loving, forever homes. They realize that adoption/placement alone is not the answer.  Spay/Neuter is key in reducing the steady flow of unwanted animals coming into the shelter. Working with local veterinarians in the county, plus a mobile spay/neuter van that travels to the county once a month, VCAS and CPPI are steadily increasing the number of spay/neuter surgeries that are completed each month.

Every dollar donated to CPPI is important.

A $5 donation will vaccinate a dog or cat for rabies; $35 will neuter and vaccinate a male cat; $100 will spay/neuter, vaccinate and microchip a dog.

Join us in 2019 as we help more people and more pets across North Carolina.

For more information about all of our work, please visit our website.

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Shop With A Cop

‘Shop With A Cop’ Deemed a Community Success Story

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-Information and photos courtesy the Vance County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page Please click here for additional pictures from the event

On Thursday, December 20, 2018, members of the Vance County Sheriff’s Office, Henderson Police Department, Vance-Granville Community College Campus Police, and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol participated in the annual Shop with a Cop event at the Wal-Mart in Henderson.

Officers were paired with approximately 44 children and given a budget with which to purchase items for those children. Thanks to donations and sponsorships, many local children are having a Christmas to remember this year.

In addition to $6,000 raised in a fundraiser sponsored by the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce and Maria Parham Health in November, the Vance County Department of Social Services plays a large role in making the annual event a success.

Vance Co. DSS partners with local law enforcement, donates money towards Shop With A Cop and selects the children who participate in the experience through a referral process.

Children that were not selected for Shop With A Cop were matched up with sponsors who contacted the agency. This year, over 100 children will be serviced through sponsorships.

 

Chavis Charged With Breaking & Entering at Oxford Rd. Business

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-Information courtesy the Henderson Police Department

Saturday morning, Dec. 22 at approximately 1:20 a.m., officers of the Henderson Police Department responded to an alarm at 2303 Oxford Rd. When they arrived, they found that someone had broken into the business.

After a K-9 track and canvass of the area, a suspect vehicle description was developed. The vehicle was discovered at an area motel and the suspect, Dwayne Marcelle Chavis of Kittrell, was located and arrested. Chavis was in possession of stolen items.

Dwayne Chavis, 45 years old, was charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, and possession of stolen goods. He is being held at the Vance County Jail under a $60,000 secured bond and his court date is set for Jan. 14, 2019.

We are appreciative of the diligence of the business for the precautions they took, and the assistance of the public that led to the arrest of the perpetrator.

Dwayne Chavis, 45 years old, was charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, and possession of stolen goods. He is being held at the Vance County Jail under a $60,000 secured bond and his court date is set for Jan. 14, 2019.

VGCC’s Welding Technology Program at Franklin Earns Vanguard Cup

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-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College

Vance-Granville Community College’s interim president, Dr. Gordon Burns, has honored a team of faculty members in the Welding Technology program at the Franklin Campus by awarding them the “Vanguard Cup” for excellence in education.

The department became the fourth recipients of the cup, an honor created by the President’s Office to recognize “exceptional team performance toward the college mission, vision and strategic plan.” The Vanguard Cup is awarded to a department that meets or exceeds the targets on improvement strategies designed to further department or instructional goals, Dr. Burns said in making the presentation on Thursday, Dec. 13, at a college event in the Civic Center.

Above: Members of the VGCC Welding Department faculty pose with the “Vanguard Cup,” awarded to the Welding program at Franklin Campus for educational excellence by Dr. Gordon Burns, interim president of the college. From left are Dr. Burns; Rusty Pace, program head/instructor for Welding Technology; Allen Tharrington, instructor for Welding at Franklin Campus; and Luke Gravel, instructor for Welding at Main Campus. (VGCC photo)

Rusty Pace, program head and instructor for Welding, and Allen Tharrington and Luke Gravel, instructors, were honored for the Franklin Campus achieving a student course success rate of 100 percent, the president noted.

“The Welding program at the Franklin Campus achieved this superior student course success rate by advancing student skill development through increased repetition and by working more closely with local employers,” said Dr. Burns. “The local employers provided student tours of their respective campuses, served as guest lecturers and hired program graduates.”

In addition to the cup, the department receives up to $10,000 for use on equipment, professional development, adjunct instructors, or other approved purposes for state funds, as well as a luncheon for the area.

Runners-up for the cup were announced as the Math Department faculty who increased the student success rate of Math 171 students by 8 percent by offering supplemental instruction and maintaining performance rates in Math 172; and the Accounting/Business Administration/Entrepreneurship faculty who increased retention rates by connecting with students during registration periods and over the summer

VGCC offers degree, diploma and certificate programs in Welding Technology. In addition to the classes at Franklin, classes are offered on the Main Campus in Vance County. For more information, contact Rusty Pace at (252) 738-3375 or pacer@vgcc.edu.

Rebuilding Hope Aims to Partner With Additional Ministries in 2019

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-Information courtesy Rebuilding Hope, Inc. 

Rebuilding Hope wants to be your ministry partner in 2019.

“It’s important for us to do this,” RHI coordinator Randolph Wilson says. “Together we can do much more than on our own. Our aim all along has been to come alongside other ministries with resources that will help them reach their communities for Jesus.”

In its 13-year history, RHI has done just that and today invites ministries to take advantage of those resources. During the recent holiday seasons, RHI:

  • Opened its kitchen, storage cooler and dining area to Grace Ministries so it could prepare 4,000 Thanksgiving meals.
  • Opened the dining area and provided warehouse space for Grace Ministries’ Christmas toy project.
  • Provided its box trucks so churches could transport Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Child shoeboxes.
  • Year-round, RHI provides a conference room for the monthly meeting of pastors involved in Embrace Henderson.
  • Weekly, space is provided for Grace Ministries’ meetings as it reaches out to recovering addicts.

Recently, RHI volunteers came alongside a church in Cove City as it provided hurricane disaster relief for a homeowner.

Each year, RHI partners with DNow (Disciple Now), a weekend youth retreat organized by local churches. RHI provides mission opportunities through projects, leadership, tools and materials for hands-on projects such as building wheelchair ramps or handrail and steps and yard clean up.

In addition to two box trucks, RHI can provide tool trailers equipped with everything needed to build wheelchair ramps; a dump trailer; a game trailer; and a kitchen trailer equipped with snow cone, cotton candy and popcorn machines.

To find out how RHI resources can help you, call the office at 252-425-5132 or Wilson’s cell at 252-425-5593.

Registration Underway for Vance Co. Special Olympics Volleyball

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-Information and flyer courtesy Tara Goolsby, Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Facilities Supervisor, Aycock Recreation Center

Vance County’s Special Olympics Volleyball will play on Tuesday nights from March 26 through May 28, 2019, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Aycock Rec. Center.

Applicants must pre-register by Friday, March 8, 2019.

For more information contact Crystal Allen at (252) 431-6091 or callen@ci.henderson.nc.us

The purpose of the Vance County Special Olympics North Carolina is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Vance County Sheriff's Office

Federal Charges Adopted Against Three Arrestees From Yancey Lane Raid

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-Press Release, Vance County Sheriff’s Office

THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS ADOPTED FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST THREE OF THE ARRESTEES FROM THE RAID AT 310 YANCEY LANE ON DECEMBER 6, 2018. THE THREE DEFENDANTS ARE IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. THEY ARE:

RUFUS KENNY WILLIAMS, AGE 46, 310 YANCEY LANE

CHRIS WILLIAMS, AGE 58, 310 YANCEY LANE

MAURIO ANTWON SOLOMAN, AGE 39, 310 YANCEY LANE

THE VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS COMMITTED TO FIGHTING NARCOTICS SALES AND VIOLENT CRIME AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS.