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Sheriff announces town hall meetings in Edneyville, Etowah

Following a well-attended Town Hall meet-and-greet last month in Mills River, the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office has added similar events in Edneyville and Etowah.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

'Phew! What a firestorm,' McDonald says of fuss over protest remarks

Sheriff Charlie McDonald is not reaching for a broom to sweep away the controversy over his remarks about protests.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

Railroad fixing four rough crossings

Motorists will have an easier ride over four railroad after work this week by the NCDOT and Blue Ridge Railroad.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

OPPONENTS FAIL TO STOP $20M PROJECT

More than a dozen people stood before the Henderson County Board of Commissioners on Monday night to express their strong opposition to a new $20 million training center, citing the cost, the proximity to the new Innovative High School at Blue Ridge Community College and what they described as the militarization of the sheriff’s office.   Read Story »

Fletcher News

Deputies rescue 40 neglected dogs and cats

FLETCHER — Sheriff's Maj. Frank Stout said he expects animal rescue organization to mount a community-wide effort to care for adopt out the 40 neglected dogs and cats that deputies rescued from a hone in Fletcher on Saturday.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Funeral services announced for Mickey Marvin

Mickey Marvin, the Henderson County native who went on to achieve fame in college and pro football, died on Monday two years after he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 61.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Local science teacher wins lab challenge

Tom Savage, a science teacher at Henderson County Early College High School, has been named a district winner in the Shell Science Lab Challenge, a competition for middle and high school science teachers. Sponsored by the Shell Oil Company and administered by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the competition encouraged teachers (grades 6-12) who have found innovative ways to deliver quality lab experiences with limited school and laboratory resources, to share their approaches for a chance to win a school science lab makeover support package valued at $20,000. Savage is one of 18 district winners named, from which five national finalists will be chosen, and from the national finalists a grand prize winner will be selected. Savage’s goal is to take students’ innate curiosity and ignite their passion for science through inquiry. His strategy in presenting the best labs with limited resources is to keep the labs simple by using as many household items as possible. Online simulated labs are used extensively to conduct inquiries to make up for limited lab equipment. The lack of basic infrastructure has limited students’ ability to conduct involved chemistry inquiries and his ability to present demonstrations. The addition of six digital hotplate/stirrer devices for each table of four would allow students to control heat flow and the inclusion of the stirring option would help students control mixing solutions. Six balances would allow students enhanced control of their experiment. To enter the Shell Science Lab Challenge, middle and high school science teachers in the U.S. and Canada were asked to describe their school’s current laboratory resources, explain why the school’s laboratory facilities might be classified as “limited” resources, and describe their approach to science education instruction utilizing their school’s current lab facilities. A panel of science educators then reviewed and selected the top entries. As a district winner, each teacher and their school will receive a $3,000 science lab prize package that includes:• $1,000 Shell grant to purchase lab equipment and other science education resources;• $1,000 in donated science lab equipment donated by Carolina Biological Supply Company;• $300 gift certificate to the NSTA Science Store;• One year NSTA membership for two teachers;• NSTA Learning Center subscription for two teachers; and• Paid registration for two teachers to attend a 2017 NSTA Area Conference on Science Education.     Read Story »

Henderson County News

Park at Flat Rock gets bat boxes

FLAT ROCK — The popular Park at Flat Rock may soon have more visits from those tiny flying mammals. The bat boxes have been erected at the park. Based on specifications provided by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC), the bat boxes were built as a volunteer project by students from A-B Tech’s Construction Management/Sustainability Technologies Departments, under the direction of Eric Hurley and David Fortner. After a visit to the park, Katherine Caldwell, NCWRC wildlife diversity program biologist, and Joey Weber, NCWRC wildlife diversity technician, selected the most appropriate locations for the boxes.According to Caldwell, bats are an important part of a healthy, balanced, well-functioning ecosystem. Not only do they help control the mosquito population, but they also control crop and forest pests and are found to save the agricultural industry about $1 billion annually.Bats are currently faced with white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease that does not affect humans but that has caused the death of millions of bats. In providing roosting places for bats, we are helping in their conservation.NCWRC has recently installed bat boxes on three of its game lands to increase roosting habitat availability. Henderson County has also placed bat boxes in county parks and on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College. The Village of Flat Rock is pleased to be part of this effort in helping sustain the bat population.For more information about the bat boxes, please contact Judy Boleman, village administrator, at 828.697.8100 or email at administrator@villageofflatrock.org.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Chamber music concert Tuesday at First United Methodist

The Hendersonville Symphony and the Brevard Music Center present Chamber Music Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7 at the First United Methodist Church on Sixth Avenue West. Jihye Chang, pianist and BMC faculty member, will perform preludes and etudes by Debussy, Chopin, Czerny and more. The concert is free. Chamber Music Tuesdays in Hendersonville is made possible in part through a grant from the Perry N. Rudnick Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation of Henderson County. For more information, go to hendersonvillesymphony.org or brevardmusic.org or call 828-697-5884.   Read Story »

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