Each broadcast of “The Local Skinny!” invites you to call 492-5594. You can call with an item you’d like to sell or something you are looking for. Also, you can call about anything on your mind…a grip, a praise, a news item of interest, a question you’d like to know more about.
And, we’re always ready with local news and information, guests, business spotlights and the latest from Vance County Cooperative Extension.
Run down for Thursday:
11:30 a.m. – Items to Buy or Sell and your calls
11:40 a.m. – Brandon Boyd, president of Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society
11:50 a.m. – Jamon Glover, Parenting Task Force with Vance County Cooperative Extension
And, The show podcast is always available at wizs.com/thelocalskinny and by clicking on the show logo atop wizs.com.
Next week on the program, guests include Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow Monday, H-V Chamber President Michelle Burgess Tuesday, Britt Sams with Sam’s Furniture and Mattress Center Wednesday and Marcia Allen, Vance County Democratic Party Chair, on Thursday … plus your calls and items.
Stay tuned and tell a friend!
The Friday night “Freedom Runs” that leave the Vance County Animal Shelter ferry animals from the confines of a kennel to foster or adoptive homes. For Brandon Boyd, president of the Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society that sponsors the event, it’s a dream come true.
Boyd spoke with John C. Rose on Thursday during a new program called “The Local Skinny.” He started the RCAPS in 2011 and, a decade later, the rescue effort continues. “We’ve had a great start to the year,” he said, “rescue has just been fantastic.”
He is especially pleased to be working with the folks at the shelter in Granville County, and said his plan is to continue growing partnerships with other counties. “We’ve just got a lot of things going on for this new year that is very exciting,” Boyd said. The Granville shelter recently reported a record-low euthanasia rate of 6 percent, which Boyd called “fantastic news.” Incorporating the RCAPS model in Granville could push that percent rate even lower.
In the last month, the group has purchased two new vans to add to the “Freedom Run” fleet. They’re outfitted with kennels to transport the animals. “All of this is about saving lives and getting animals out” of the shelters and to adoption and rescue partners so the animals can find loving homes, Boyd said.
Of course, RCAPS relies on donations and volunteers to make the mission a reality. “There have been so many great things that have been done and so many great things that we are going to continue to do, thanks to the help and support of our wonderful donors,” Boyd said. “We’re only as strong as our network and the people that support this cause,” he said. There’s still a lot of great work to be done. And we plan to do it.”
Among the newer partnerships is Rescue Ranch, which operates in Statesville, NC. Consider volunteering to walk a dog at the animal shelter, he said, or check out RCAPS on FaceBook for a livestream of the Friday evening Freedom Runs.
“We’re doing everything we can to get these dogs out of here and placed in their forever home,” he said. “The work is amazing, the results are just astonishing,” Boyd said. “In my wildest dreams, I never would have believed that (RCAPS) could become what it has become and it makes me so happy and so proud to know that we’re making a difference and we’re saving lives.”
Visit rcaps.org to learn more.
“The Local Skinny,” a new program that WIZS launched on Feb. 8, is a way for the community to stay connected to a variety of local opportunities – it’s Tradio, public service forum and call-in show all rolled into one.
The Henderson-based station has long devoted air time to keep the listening community informed, and this new program is a fresh way to present information over the air waves. John C. Rose hatched the idea as a way to deliver in shorter bursts different forms of information. “The Local Skinny” bundles a few services under a new name as a way to keep things fresh.
Monday’s show included some callers who had items for sale, as well as some other items for sale that had come in earlier to the Tradio program.
“It’s gonna be a hodgepodge of things,” Rose commented during the initial program.
You just never know where the show may go, and that’s what may appeal to the listening audience.
Henderson Mayor Eddie Ellington was the first official guest on the show Tuesday, and christened the program’s official launch with a proclamation of sorts. “I hereby officially proclaim this inaugural show,” Ellington said. Rose reminded listeners that the governor of North Carolina sent a message to the radio station when it signed on for the first time – May 1, 1955. So he felt it was appropriate to have another government official operate in a similar capacity.
On Tuesday’s show, for example, Ellington and Rose discussed what had happened at Monday night’s City Council meeting. The police department and fire department got the green light to pursue a few grant opportunities. “It’s a no-brainer when you have grants coming your way,” Ellington said.
“The Local Skinny!” is a format that the community can participate in and benefit from. “The Local Skinny!” will be live at 11:30 a.m. Mon-Thurs right after “TownTalk,” which has the 11 a.m. time slot M-F.
