Short news items from in and around Rockingham County

Rockingham County Colleges has employed Nina Partitions because the district’s new director of profession and technical training/innovation.

Partitions brings greater than 20 years of expertise with Rockingham County Colleges into her new position.

A nationwide board licensed instructor, Partitions started her profession with Rockingham County Colleges in 2001.

A 1995 graduate of Bluefield State Faculty in West Virginia, Partitions earned her masters in training with specialization in expertise and curriculum improvement and instruction in 2005.

Reidsville kicks off its year-long Sesquicentennial Celebration with the dedication of the brand new Clock Tower on the nook of South Scales and Williams Avenue at 2 p.m. Jan. 7.

The dedication begins a 12 months of occasions, actions and open homes. Again in 2019, metropolis officers and workers began planning for “Reidsville150,” together with the erection of the Clock Tower on the southern entrance into the downtown space. In June of that 12 months, town council agreed to buy a piece of land throughout from Hearth Station No. 1 to accommodate the clock tower. On the time, Commonwealth donated $10,000 in direction of the mission.

Mixed with the 9/11 Memorial throughout the road on the fireplace station, the tower will function a defining level or gateway into the downtown. Verdin Clock Firm shall be on website the primary week of January to put in the clock. Staff have been pouring the pad for the bottom of the tower and erecting the half wall, which can embody a commemorative plaque.

The dedication ceremony shall be held on the website, climate allowing. These attending will then be invited to Hearth Station No. 1 to view historic shows and luxuriate in refreshments.

A Sesquicentennial Medallion shall be hidden on the positioning, which can entitle the title of the finder to be put in a drawing for a particular prize later within the 12 months.

In case of rain or inclement climate, the dedication ceremony shall be held in Hearth Station No. 1. A number of Sesquicentennial giveaways shall be out there to these in attendance, together with a calendar which particulars upcoming occasions and gives historic details about town. Different occasions deliberate all year long embody a Black Historical past Month Program detailing African-American influences on metropolis authorities; a Founder’s Day Celebration on the Governor Reid Home; a Roaring 20s Garden Social gathering on the Penn Home and extra.

9 college students, together with Ian Taylor of Madison, just lately graduated from Surry Neighborhood Faculty’s Truck Driver Coaching Program on the Yadkin Heart.

The SCC Truck Driver Coaching Program teaches correct driving procedures, protected driver duty, industrial motorized vehicle legal guidelines and laws, and the essential rules and practices for working industrial automobiles. The coursework consists of motorized vehicle legal guidelines and laws, map studying, automobile upkeep, security procedures, every day logs, defensive driving, freight dealing with, safety and fireplace safety.

For data, name 336-386-3580. The tutoring is $1,999. College students might qualify for a tuition scholarship. For data, go to www.surry.edu/funding.

Additionally in January, the Metropolis’s Wastewater Remedy Plant, 407 Broad St., will maintain an open home from 1 to three p.m. on Jan. 21. Residents will have the ability to tour the ability and find out how town processes 2.4 million gallons of uncooked sewage every day and the way their actions can influence not solely the plant’s operations but additionally the setting.