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Carver Elementary students receive their smart cards
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Each year during National Library Card Sign-up Month, a concerted effort is made at Carver Elementary School to encourage parents to take their children to visit the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Librar...
Tips from the Vance County Parenting Task Force
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations
Read together and talk Children’s books can be important teaching tools generating good family discussions and critical thinking. Occasionally, while reading to your child, look for possible les...
‘Friends of the Library’ annual book sale changes location
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The Friends of the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library’s annual book sale has moved to the old Lowe’s building on Beckford Drive across from the Market Place Shopping Center. Donations of books will ...
‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ opens at Lakeland Sept. 16; school day matinee shows set for Sept. 22
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Lakeland Theatre Company will present “The Diary Of Anne Frank” Sept. 16-17 and 22-25. This production is sponsored by Halifax Electric Membership Corporation and North Carolina’s electric cooperat...
Flu, pneumonia vaccines for seniors available Oct. 6
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations
The Vance County Health Department will administer seasonal flu vaccines to persons 60 years of age and older at the Vance County Senior Center Oct. 6. Pneumonia vaccines will only be offered to a...
2011 Four County 4-H Livestock Show to be held Friday in Oxford
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The 2011 Four County 4-H Livestock Show will be held on Friday at the Granville County Expo Center (formerly Southern Livestock Center) on N.C. 15 in Oxford. The show will begin at 1 p.m. All inte...
Fall art classes to resume at Vance County Senior Center
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations
The fall session of art classes is scheduled to begin on Wednesday at the Vance County Senior Center, located at 126 S. Garnett St., from noon-2:30 p.m. Attendees are free to come at 11:30 a.m. and...
Arthritis exercise classes set at senior center
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There are four common types of arthritis: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, & Osteoporosis. One of the most important things arthritis suffers is to exercise wisely. The Arthrit...
‘Aging with Gusto’ workshop scheduled
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations
The Vance County Senior Center is still coordinating plans to take a group to Granville County on Sept.13 to attend the “Aging With Gusto” Workshop at the Oxford Baptist Church. This workshop is s...
Living healthy with chronic conditions workshops set to begin
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations
The Kerr Tar Area Agency on Aging, along with the Vance and Warren County Senior Centers, are offering the Living Healthy with Chronic Conditions Program. Anyone age 60 and better (or a caregiver...
Smart Start’s parenting program, VCFD stage educational sessions at the ‘Oasis’
9 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations
Oasis of Hope Ministries gave back to the community recently with educational sessions from the Vance County Fire Department and the Adolescent Parenting Program from Smart Start. Attendees enjoyed...
Vance Co. Senior Center to offer water aerobics classes once again
9 months ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations
Once again, the Vance County Office of Aging/Senior Center will be offering an exercise/conditioning program at the Henderson YMCA for adults 60 and over who live in Vance County. The program cons...