WIZS Local News Audio 8-10-21 Noon
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The Local Skinny: Jobs In Vance
Local Skinny Jobs in Vance
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for August 10th, 2021. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email christa@hendersonvance.org to be included.
JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of August 10, 2021
Name of the Company: Chick-fil-A
Jobs Available: Daytime Cashiers/ Drive thru Team Members – Must be available to work 6:00am – 4:00pm Monday thru Saturday, be 16 years old, have a valid driver’s license and have basic computer skills
Method of Contact: to apply text FRONTHOUSE to 252-359-3232
Name of the Company: Chick-fil-A
Jobs Available: Also Hiring for all positions- necessary skills – friendly, excellent communication, trustworthy, accurate and quick to learn
Method of Contact: to apply text CHICKEN to 252-359-3232
Name of the Company: Pizza Inn of Henderson
Jobs Available: All Positions
Contact Person: Randy Poythress
Method of Contact: please stop by 1250 Coble Blvd. to apply
Name of the Company: Belk, Inc. of Henderson
Jobs Available: Hiring for full time and part time employees – Competitive pay, flexible schedules and employee discounts
Contact Person: Chris Tilley
Method of Contact: Come by the store on 350 North Cooper Drive and apply in person
****JOB FAIR Saturday August 21st from 9:am til noon located at Hix Field in Oxford, NC. This job fair is Sponsored in part by NC Works. Area employers will have booths set up.
Some of these businesses are present or past advertisers of WIZS. Being an ad client is not a condition of being listed or broadcast. This is not a paid ad.
Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Nematodes
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“Godspell” Returns To Stage This Weekend For Saturday, Sunday Shows
The cast and crew of Godspell will return to the stage this weekend and McGregor Hall operations director Mark Hopper said response from the actors and from the community couldn’t have been better.
The three shows scheduled for last weekend have been combined into two shows – one Saturday at 8 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. “Our patrons and ticket holders have been amazingly understanding,” Hopper said in a statement to WIZS News Thursday. He said each person was contacted and, out of all the ticketholders, only one requested a refund.
Tickets from the cancelled shows will be honored at the upcoming performances, and those who would have attended the Friday show were offered seats for Saturday or Sunday.
The second weekend run was cancelled because a show member tested positive for COVID-19. Hopper said all others tested negative.
“It was like moving mountains to postpone the shows,” Hopper said, adding that dozens of members of cast, crew and orchestra had to shuffle schedules to be available for the additional performances.
“I’ve never in my career had a show go dark for two weeks, so this is uncharted territory for me,” Hopper said. There will be a rehearsal Thursday and then a dress rehearsal on Friday. “They have been consummate professionals, and I just couldn’t ask anything more of them,” he said.
The show got a “glowing review” from Triangle Arts and Entertainment. See it here: http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/2021/08/godspell-in-henderson-boasts-an-exemplary-cast-an-imaginative-director-peppy-dances-and-a-glorious-band/
Vance County Water is Working
The Water District Board of Vance County. It’s what many call “county-wide water.”
Actually, there is Phase 1, Phase 2 and Kittrell with a total of 1,794 customers committed to the system and 1,387 as functioning, metered customers.
The latest available data, which was used for the Vance County Commissioners meeting on August 2nd, indicates in round figures the Vance County Water District will cash flow about $1 million in accounts receivable in 2021. It was about a half million in the first six months.
Cash flow is good and profitability is about here.
County Manager Jordan McMillen told WIZS News by email, “The county water system is nearing its breakeven point ahead of schedule. A few years ago we put together a projection that anticipated breaking even by July of 2024. We are ahead of that schedule and almost had the system break even in FY19-20 (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020.) – within $20,000 of breaking even. We just finished up FY 20-21 and although we had more unexpected costs (line breaks, tap installs, etc.) were hopeful the system can get to the breakeven point in the next year or more.
“As we are bringing the original system and original debt to break-even we are getting ready for construction of the next phase which will start the process over of trying to break-even again with the new debt.”
McMillen has been working this project from the start, not just the project’s start but his start with Vance County.
Considering McMillen’s obvious work ethic and positive reviews by other county employees in a recent Vance County workplace survey from the Local Government Workplaces Initiative and UNC School of Government, many hearing McMillen’s name beside the project will in fact project some of its successes on to him.
McMillen wrote in a separate, follow up email, “Right before I came on board with the county in 2008 I attended a county informational meeting before anything began with financing the project or construction. I still keep the notecard I made from that meeting in my briefcase reminding me of the pros and cons people were saying about the system at that time.
“The success of the water system and bringing it to self-sufficiency has been one of my largest personal goals with the county. While it is challenging to take on a new phase and see us start over, it is good to see the impact that the water system has for those citizens needing it.”
Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden
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Foul Play Suspected As Unresponsive Man Dies
— Press release information from Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame —
On August 6, 2021 shortly before 8:00 a.m., the Vance County 911 Center received a call for service regarding a subject possibly passed out.
The caller stated that a male subject was located in the front yard of a residence located at 1609 Nicholas Street, Henderson N.C.
Upon the arrival of EMS and law enforcement, a black male identified as Xavier A Vann was located on the ground a short distance from the front door of the residence. The subject was unresponsive at that time. The victim was transported to Maria Parham and then subsequently flown to Duke Hospital in Durham where he was later pronounced deceased.
Anyone with information regarding this incident are urged to contact either the Vance County Sheriff’s Office or the Vance County 911 Center.
This investigation is ongoing.
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