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12b The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, October 17, 2013
ECA Centennial Celebration October 27
North Carolina
Cooperative Extension
will hold a centennial
gala Oct. 27 in Raleigh
to celebrate 100 years of
home demonstration
programs in North
Carolina. Extension
invites former Extension
Homemaker Club
members, current
members of the
Extension and
Community Association
and those involved with
extension’s family and
consumer sciences
program to attend this
historic event at N.C.
State University’s
McKimmon Center.
In Granville County,
the Extension Volunteer
Association is a spin-off
of the ECA organization.
Through the educational
guidance and
researched-based
information provided by
N.C. Cooperative
Extension’s family and
consumer sciences
agents and specialists
based at N.C. State and
N.C. A&T State
universities, ECA is a
grassroots institution
that has actively
addressed the needs of
families in their
communities for 100
years. EVA has
continued in the
tradition of education
and community service.
The ECA centennial
gala at N.C. State will
begin at 3:30 p.m. —
weather permitting —
with an oppor-tunity to
see engraved bricks that
have been placed in the
Jane McKimmon
Garden at McKimmon
Center honoring the
women of ECA, family
and consumer sciences
and their supporters.
Also there will be
exhibits to showcase the
multifaceted work of
ECA in the state and a
time to reconnect with
old and new friends.
The dinner, which
begins at 5 p. m., will
include a multimedia
presentation on the
history of ECA. In
addition, 25 new
members will be
inducted into the Jane S.
McKimmon Family and
Consumer Sciences Hall
of Fame.
The ECA State
Conference will be held
in Raleigh on Oct. 28-29.
For information on both
of these events, visit
fcs.ces.ncsu. edu/eca-3.
Registration for Oct. 27
is due by Oct. 18.
In 1911, Jane S.
McKimmon, North
Carolina’s first woman
home demonstration
extension agent,
Vance - Granville Community College’s Chi Beta Chi
chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, the business student
organization, recently elected officers for the 2013-2014
year. New officers were installed and members were
inducted at a ceremony on September 24th on VGCC’s
Main Campus. The officers include president David Henry
of Macon, vice president Eric Person of Kittrell, secretary
Hannah Davis of Henderson, treasurer Dashaun Cheek of
Oxford, and Veronica Yount of Townsville and Jessica
Nava of Oxford, who are sharing the responsibility of the
office of reporter/historian. The chapter advisors are
Business Administration instructor Derrick Cameron and
Business Administration/Accounting / Entrepreneurship
program head Carl Hann, Jr. Seated, from left: VGCC Phi
Beta Lambda chapter co-reporter/historian Jessica Nava
of Oxford, secretary Hannah Davis of Henderson and coreporter/historian
Veronica Yount of Townsville; standing,
from left: advisor Derrick Cameron, vice president Eric
Person of Kittrell, president David Henry of Macon,
treasurer Dashaun Cheek of Oxford, and advisor Carl
Hann, Jr. (VGCC photo)
convinced 14 county
superintendents of
education to employ
home demonstration
agents to support the
girls’ tomato club
program to teach girls to
can tomatoes. By 1913,
the girls’ mothers had
learned to can so well,
they began to ask for
clubs where they might
learn other skills for the
home. Thus home
demonstration clubs —
later named Extension
Homemakers and ECA
today — were born in
North Carolina.
For
more
information on the
Granville County
Extension Volunteer
Association, contact the
Granville County
Extension Center at 208
Wall St., Oxford, NC or
919-603-1350.
Duke Energy Presents Check
Duke Energy
representatives
presented a check
recently to Public Safety
Secretary Frank Perry
for approximately
$139,000 as payment for
Central Prison’s
participation in the Duke
Energy Demand
Response Automation
program. During peak
summer demand periods,
customers who elect to
participate in the
program agree to curtail
usage until demand
decreases. Shifting peak
customer demand can
help to delay the need to
build new power plants.
When activated, the
program requires the
Central Prison complex
to curtail its usage of
power from the electric
grid for non-essential
systems and operate
under its own generator
power. During the past
year, Central Prison
successfully participated
in two curtailment events
for about six hours each.
“This program is one
example of how DPS is
working to be wise
stewards of taxpayer
dollars,” said Secretary
Frank Perry. “We look
forward to working with
our partners at Duke
Energy for future
efficiencies and savings
on our energy bills.”
Today’s payment
represents a one-time
incentive
for
participation in the
Demand Response
Automation program.
Central Prison is
receiving additional
savings through monthly
reductions in its
electricity bill and
performance credits for
each successful
curtailment. Over the
past year, these credits
have resulted in
additional savings of
about $56,000.
Central Prison’s
utility plant is equipped
with four large
generators, which can be
fueled by diesel or
natural gas. They are
capable of completely
powering the entire
Central Prison complex
including the prison,
hospital, mental heath
center and all support
buildings.
Secretary Frank Perry receives a check for $139,000 from Duke
Energy's Kathy Hawkins as payment for Central Prison's
participation in the Demand Response Automation program.
During times of peak energy usage, like on hot summer days,
Central Prison disconnects from the power grid and runs off
power from its own generators. This lessens the load on the
power grid, making more electricity available for other
customers.
Hargrove Named Chair Of Public Services
S t e v e n
Hargrove of Henderson,
a Criminal Justice
Technology instructor at
V ance-Granville
Community College,
was recently promoted
to lead a department
that includes several of
the college’s curriculum
programs that train
students to serve the
public. As Public
Services department
chair, he now oversees
the VGCC Culinary
Arts, Cosmetology and
Paralegal Technology
programs while also
serving as head of the
Criminal Justice
program.
Hargrove has been a
VGCC instructor since
2002 and previously
worked as a residential
coordinator for VGFW
Area Mental Health.
A native of Granville
County, Hargrove
graduated from J. F.
Webb High School. He
earned a B.S. in
Criminal Justice at
North Carolina Central
University, where he
was inducted into the
Golden Key National
Honor Society. He later
returned to NCCU to
complete a master’s
degree in Sociology,
including additional
coursework in Criminal
Justice.
Active in the
community, Hargrove
serves as pastor of White
Rock Missionary Baptist
Church in the Berea
community of Oxford
and has directed local
choirs, including the
V ance-Granville
Community Choir, a
group of college
students, faculty and
staff.
For
more
information on the
VGCC Criminal Justice
degree program, call
Hargrove at (252) 738-
3467. Steven Hargrove
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