The Warren County 2019 Farm City Dinner will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at 6 p.m. at the Warren County Armory Civic Center. Come and celebrate the relationship between farm and city.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Blake Brown, Hugh C. Kiger Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics at NC State University. Find out about current global trends in agriculture and how they affect our local communities.
Please RSVP by November 15. Register online by clicking here.
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-Information courtesy Annie Bender, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, located at 114 Poplar Mount Road in Ridgeway, NC, will hold its annual Fall Bazaar on Saturday, November 9, 2019. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the church.
For sale will be homemade baked goods, preserves, pickles, soups, chili, crafts, RADA cutlery and a variety of White Elephant (yard sale type) items.
Visit our snack bar for ham biscuits, homemade soups and chili, chicken salad and pimento cheese sandwiches, desserts, soft drinks and coffee.
All proceeds go to various mission projects.
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-Information courtesy Paul McKenzie, Agricultural Extension Agent, Vance/Warren Counties
NC Cooperative Extension will offer a Pesticide Collection Day for residents in Warren and surrounding counties on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the NC Cooperative Extension office located at 158 Rafters Ln. in Warrenton, NC.
NC Cooperative Extension will offer this service in collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The local site manager will be Matthew Place, Agricultural Extension Agent for Warren County.
Nearly all pesticide products will be accepted, including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, etc. For liquid pesticide containers larger than 5 gallons or for unlabeled pesticides, please contact the NC Cooperative Extension office for information before bringing to the collection event. Although no gas cylinders will be accepted, assistance information can be provided.
For more information, contact Matthew Place at the NC Cooperative Extension office at (252) 257-3640.
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-Information courtesy Sheri Jones, Director, VGCC Small Business Center
Vance-Granville Community College’s upcoming 8th Annual Small Business Summit entitled “It’s All About the Path You Choose – Using the Right Strategy to Make the Best Moves.” will be held on Tuesday, October 29 from 6 to 9 p.m., with registration starting at 5:30 p.m., at the Warren County Armory & Convention Center.
Cost is $1o and includes dinner; attendance limited to the first 300 that register.
Maurice Ashley, the first African – American International Grandmaster in Chess, will serve as the speaker. He is a commentator for the biggest chess events in the world including the World Chess Championships, the US Chess Championships, the Grand Chess Tour and the legendary Man vs. Machine matches between Garry Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue.
He is also the co-organizer of the Millionaire Chess Open, the highest stakes Open chess tournament in history and was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2016. His motivational speeches look at the character-building effects of chess and how the strategies used in the game translate into strategies for life.
The presenting sponsor for this year’s event is NC IDEA, a private foundation with a mission to maximize the economic potential of the people of North Carolina by supporting the formation and fruition of high-growth entrepreneurial endeavors in the state.
NC IDEA President and CEO Thom Ruhe will give a brief presentation on Ice House Entrepreneurship – an experiential, problem-based program designed to empower learners by exposing them to entrepreneurial thinking while immersing them in entrepreneurial experiences that will enable them to develop creativity and critical thinking, effective problem solving, teamwork, and other entrepreneurial skills – skills that will enable them to succeed regardless of their chosen path.
The event is brought to the area by the VGCC Small Business Center, the Warren County Economic Development Commission, Chamber of Commerce of Warren County and the Lake Gaston Regional Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center.
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The Warrenton Revitalization Committee presents a kid-friendly “Fright Night” on Saturday, October 26, 2019, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Historic Courthouse Square, 109 S. Main St., Warrenton.
Wear your costume, register for prizes, enter drawings, get your face painted by the Warren County Arts Council and take a ghost walk. A “local spirit” will lead the ghost walk at 8 p.m.
Music will be provided by DJ Lee Burrows with Solid Sound Productions and refreshments will be available for purchase.
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The Warrenton Revitalization Committee will hold a Harvest Market event on Saturday, October 12, 2019, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Historic Courthouse Square in downtown Warrenton.
Crafts, art, gifts, jewelry, candles, produce, festival foods and more will be available. Enjoy live music by Ally J.
Vendor applications are due by October 8 and can be viewed by clicking here.
For more information, please contact (252) 257-1122 or email townadministrator@warrenton.nc.gov
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-Information courtesy Warren County NC Coop. Extension
Know a youth in need of internship or community service hours?
Warren County 4-H will be staring a mentoring program called “4-H L.I.T.” (Leading Into Tomorrow) and is in need of youth mentors.
Seven youth mentors are needed and must:
Love working with youth
Attend required training on Monday, Sept. 30
Complete mentor application
Commit to 60 hours by the end of the school year
An online application is available on the Warren County 4-H website (click here). The application deadline is Saturday, September 28.
With additional questions, please contact Rashawn Steverson at (252) 257-3640 or email rhstever@ncsu.edu.
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Notice is hereby given that the Warren County Board of Elections will hold a public demonstration of voting systems recommended for use in Warren County, NC.
The demonstration will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at the Warren County Armory Civic Center, 501 US Hwy 158-Bus E, Warrenton, NC.
This notice is given by order of Esther Terry, Chairman, Warren County Board of Elections.
For further information, contact Warren County BOE staff at (252) 257-2114.
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The Town of Warrenton, NC announces its fall schedule of three free outdoor “Movie Nights on the Square!” Movies will be played at dusk in the Historic Courthouse Square, 109 S. Main Street in Warrenton.
Saturday, September 14 – “A Dog’s Way Home” (rated PG)
Saturday, October 5 – “Bumblebee” (rated PG-13)
Saturday, October 19 – “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween” (rated PG)
Admission is free; popcorn and refreshments will be available for purchase. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy an evening of family fun.
In case of inclement weather, movies will be shown indoors at the newly renovated Warrenton Town Hall.
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-Information courtesy Paul McKenzie, Agricultural Extension Agent, Vance/Warren Counties
Join the Master Gardener℠ volunteers of Vance/Warren Counties on Saturday, October 5, 2019, for their fall Gardening Symposium, which will be held in historic Warrenton, NC.
The symposium will feature Brie Arthur, author of The Foodscape Revolution. Brie studied Landscape Design and Horticulture at Purdue University and since has worked as a grower, propagator, author, and correspondent on the Growing A Greener World show on PBS. She has a passion for sustainable, local food production and will share advice on how to practice this in your own backyard, with an emphasis on native plants.
The presentation by Brie Arthur will take place at 1 p.m. in the Warren County Courthouse. Registration is $20 and may be submitted by downloading a registration form from https://go.ncsu.edu/foodscapewarren.
As a special bonus, the Master Gardener volunteers are partnering with Preservation Warrenton to offer a free walking tour of historic downtown starting at 10 a.m. that morning, which will highlight many fascinating stories from the town’s past. The tour will end in plenty of time for folks to enjoy downtown shopping and dining before heading over to the Courthouse for the 1 p.m. main event.
For more information, call the NC Cooperative Extension office for Warren County at 252-257-3640, or email paul_mckenzie@ncsu.edu.
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