Entries by Bill Harris

Home And Garden Show

On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Keep Leaves off of recently planted grass Continue planting pansies. Clean up your garden. Take up and clean any equipment you won’t use till next spring Make sure sprayers are empty. Compost your leaves this year. They are too valuable to BURN! Clean up […]

The Local Skinny! Youth Events At Perry Memorial Library

It was noisy in the library the other day when the youth gathered to learn about electricity – just like Melody Peters had hoped for. Peters, youth services director for Perry Memorial Library, said the electricity workshop was a big hit – in fact, it’s going to pick back up in January and run monthly […]

SportsTalk: Vipers Are Well Rested For Carrboro Game

When the Vance Co. Vipers football schedule was first released, Head Coach Aaron Elliott wasn’t pleased with where his bye week fell.  “It was late in the season and I was skeptical,” Elliott said on Thursday’s SportsTalk.   However, now that the bye week has occurred, the coach feels it’s worked to the Vipers’ advantage.  “We […]