Henderson Lions Endorse Higher Education Bonds
The Henderson Lions Club has issued a resolution supporting the Higher Education Bonds, which will be part of the November general election ballot for North Carolina voters.
If passed, the bonds will provide $2.5 billion for construction and renovations at the 16 universities of the UNC system and $600 million for the 59 schools of the North Carolina Community College System. Vance-Granville Community College would get $17,070,446 for construction and repairs at its four campuses.
The Lions Club resolution states that higher education has played a tremendous role played in the growth of North Carolina and that universities and community colleges train state citizens to compete in today’s and tomorrow’s competitive economy. It also states that enrollment at Vance-Granville has more than doubled in the past 15 years, is currently serving about 17,000 students annually, and projections for growth indicate the potential for an enrollment in excess of 20,000 by the year 2005.
Bond money would enable VGCC to build much-needed classrooms and make necessary repairs and renovations at all four of its campuses.
The resolution indicates that local governments of Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin counties would not be required to provide any matching funds to receive the bond money. The state treasurer has also said that these bond investments would require no state tax increases.
The Henderson Lions Club said it strongly supports the bond proposal and pledges to work to educate and inform citizens of the state about the importance of the bonds in improving the state’s community colleges and universities. It also encourages voters to approve the bond referendum in November.
LIONS RESOLUTION FOR BONDS – In the photograph above, Henderson Lions Club President Blanton Hartness, left, and long-time Lion T. W. Ellis Jr., center, present a resolution from the club to Vance-Granville Community College President Robert A. Miller, supporting the Higher Education Bond referendum coming before North Carolina voters in November. The Lions urge all voters to vote for the bonds, from which VGCC would get more than $17 million in construction and renovation funds, and the bonds will require no tax increase, state officials say.
