A project which has increased the number of school nurses serving students in Catawba County is honored with a GlaxoSmithKline Child Health Recognition Award. 

Catawba County, Catawba Valley Medical Center and the county's three public school systems worked cooperatively on the project.  Full story

The Catawba County Board of Commissioners' next meeting is set for 7 p.m. on Monday, November 19, 2007 at the 1924 Courthouse, 30 North College Avenue in Newton, NC.

The Catawba County Board of Commissioners will consider the adoption of a resolution instituting a 1/4 cent sales and use tax approved by voters on November 6, 2007 and a resolution asking the North Carolina General Assembly to increase the income levels for the Homestead Exemption for seniors in Catawba County; and will hold public hearings on 1) a request to rezone a 1.83 acre parcel, located at 5121 Honest Bob Road in the Balls Creek Small Area Planning District, from R-40 Residential to RC-CD Rural Commercial-Conditional District; 2) a request to include twelve parcels totaling 35.28 acres, located along George Hildebran Road and RH Road in the Mountain View Small Area Planning District, in a Doublewide Manufactured Home-Overlay District, and 3) proposed amendments to the County’s Unified Development Ordinance regarding height restrictions on certain structures and requirements related to wireless facilities, when the Board meets at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 19, 2007, at the 1924 Courthouse at 30 N. College Avenue in Newton.

The Board will also consider accepting a grant for the purchase of bulletproof vests for the Sheriff’s Office; the awarding of contracts for a Voice Over Internet E911 phone system and construction of a new lined landfill cell at the Blackburn Landfill; a revision to the Mental Health Services budget; and a proclamation recognizing Home Health Month.  Full agenda

Fashion show at Newton-Conover Civic and Performance Place on November 17 will focus on children who are in need of adoption or foster care.

One special way in which the event will spotlight these children is that the children will actually be in the show!  Full story

Catawba County Public Health is offering citizens the opportunity to get a flu shot, by appointment.

Flu shots are available between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday.  No appointment is necessary, except for children 6 months to 18 years old with high risk conditions such as diabetes, lung and heart conditions, and asthma. Full story  

Public Health is also now offering a new vaccine that can prevent painful shingles, or reduce the effects of singles in those with the condition.  Full story

Helpful holiday food safety tips and some gardening advice, especially for the month of November!

They're provided by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension's Catawba County Center  Full story

Gardening advice for the month of November.  Full story

Help us make our air quality better...by changing your light bulb!

Catawba County has joined the National Association of Counties' ENERGY STAR Change a Light, Change the World Campaign...a call-to-action to encourage citizens to help change the world, one light, one energy-saving step at a time by using Energy Star light bulbs in our homes.  Full story

North Carolina's poet laureate will launch "Giving Tree" at Catawba County Library in Newton on November 15.

Other upcoming events across the Catawba County Library System are also noted in this news release.  Full story

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