Entries by Bill Harris

Home And Garden Show

On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Use row covers to protect young seedlings from birds Ex sweet corn Risk of frost is low. Should be safe to plant tomatoes marigolds, begonias, geraniums, squash, and other warm season plants. Hold off on sweet potatoes and peppers and okra. Central piedmont Planting […]

SportsTalk: KVA Baseball Plans Alumni Game

A quick check of the gymnasium at Kerr-Vance Academy will find 20-plus state championship banners hanging there representing a variety of sports the school offers.  Six of those banners are for baseball championships. Those six championships began with the 2003 Spartan team.  While the ’03 team may have won a state championship perhaps their toughest […]

SportsTalk: Dean Thomas Discusses The Challenges Of Game Officiating

“It’s all about judgement” is the assessment of Dean Thomas when it comes to officiating ball games.  Thomas, a 1985 graduate of Vance Senior High School, has made many during his career as a baseball coach at Southern Vance, Head of Transportation for Vance County Schools, as a principal at E. M. Rollins and on […]