The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 06-14-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for June 14th, 2022. 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 Michele@hendersonvance.org to be included.

Company

Select Products

Job Title and Description

Opening for a Logistics Manager – Responsible for managing all aspects of the trucking fleet equipment and drivers and third party carriers to maximize the operation of the Select Products trucking department of this paper tissue converter products company.  Looking for local candidates only.  Applicant will be responsible for customer and inbound raw materials shipments.  Will work to ensure efficient transportation of company products from manufacturing plant to clients or retail locations.  Applicant will need to stay up-to-date on trucking/transportation laws and regulations.  Working with Select Products HR Department to create job descriptions and recruit qualified drivers as needed to operate and grow the trucking fleet.

How To Apply

Stop by Select Products Company, located at 1133 Poplar Creek Road in Henderson (across from VGCC main campus).  Contact Zollie Perry, Human Resources Manager, at Select Products.  Or send resume to zollie.perry@selectph.com.

 

Company

Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments

Job Title and Description

Opening for a Regional Project Manager – Seeking a resourceful, community minded individual for this full-time position with a comprehensive benefits package.  This position will provide support and technical assistance to local governments in a 5-county area on issues dealing with housing, broadband, transportation, water and sewer infrastructure and other community/economic development initiatives.  Applicant will be writing grants and administering grant support.  Lead public meetings related to the project, collect and analyze data, and provide technical assistance to governmental agencies and partners.  Salary range is $48,000 – $50,000.  Undergraduate degree from accredited college in a related field such as public administration, planning, business administration, or communications and 1-2 years of experience.

How To Apply

Submit resume and cover letter to info@kerrtarcog.org.

 

Company

Variety Wholesalers (Roses Stores)

Job Title and Description

Opening for a Director of Distribution Center Operations – full time position.  Analytical leader on the Senior Management Team.  Requires a Bachelor’s Degree or 7+ years of experience in logistics, supply chain, industrial experience.  Excellent communications skills required.  Knowledge of computer skills, and experience in financial planning (profit and loss) is required.

How To Apply

Send resume to DeLynn Gilmore, Vice President of Human Resources at Variety Wholesalers,  DGilmore@vwstores.com

 

 

Company

Versatrim

Job Title and Description

Opening for an Accounts Receivable Clerk – Full time.  Salary from $14 an hour, with excellent benefits.  Qualifications include knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Customer Service Skills.  8-hour day shifts, Monday – Friday.  Applicant will assist the accounting department in creating accurate and timely financial records.

How To Apply

Send Resume to Human Resource Manager Brandi Parker at  brandi@versatrim.com.

 

Company

Brewer Cycles

Job Title and Description

Multiple Job Openings – Sales Associate and Parts Associate.  Full-Time.  Applicant must provide outstanding customer service.  Knowledge of power sports vehicles and parts required for sales and service of motorcycles, ATV’s, dirt bikes, go-karts, pressure washers and generators.  Ability to work Tuesday – Saturday.

How To Apply

Stop by Brewer Cycles and pick up an application or drop off your resume at 420 Warrenton Road, Henderson NC.

 

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.

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Raleigh to Richmond Corridor Grant

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— information courtesy of NCDOT and NCDOT Now —

The Federal Railroad Administration announced during the week of May 30th more than $368 million in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants. Of this, nearly $58 million will go to the development of the Raleigh to Richmond corridor.

The grant will support surveys and preliminary engineering for the corridor.

This grant, the largest awarded in this funding cycle, will improve transportation access for underserved and rural communities while shortening travel times between the two cities.

“We want to make sure that we can get people from one place to the next,” said Governor Roy Cooper. “To their jobs, to their schools, to their healthcare. And we know as we move into this clean energy economy, as we fight climate change every single day, that passenger rail is going to be key in getting us from one place to the next.”

Suspect Arrested for Voluntary Manslaughter Related to May Homicide

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— press release information from Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame

On or about the 9th day of June 2022, members of the Vance County Sheriff’s Office arrested 31-year-old Marcus C Burt for Voluntary Manslaughter and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon.

Marcus Burt is being held in custody, pending his ability to secure a bond in the amount of $100,000.

Shinnell Burt, age 31, the wife of Marcus Burt, was arrested and charged with Obstruction of Justice. Ms. Burt posted $25,000 bond and was released from custody.

These charges are related to the May 29th homicide of Terry Shearin off of Regina Lane in the Williamsboro Community.

The Vance County Sheriff’s Office and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation continue to investigate this incident. Anyone with information regarding this matter is urged to contact the Vance County Sheriff’s Office.

 

TownTalk: African American Cultural Museum Educates And Enlightens

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It’s often said the kitchen is the heart of the home. But if you ask Edythe Thompson, she may just say that about the kitchen at Henderson’s African American Cultural Museum. The museum has converted the rooms of the former residence into a space filled with exhibits that celebrate achievements of African Americans, from politics to sports, education to the arts, and everything in between.

But food has a way of bringing folks together, she said, and the kitchen is where family and friends gather and where that food is cooked and prepared, with love. Meals and snacks can, in fact, be prepared for groups who make the request, Thompson said.

The museum, located at 1513 Oxford Rd., is filled with memorabilia and artifacts, many of which come from Thompson’s own collection – items she has accumulated over her decades of travel and work with the NAACP and now with ReBuild Communities NC, a tax-exempt non-profit community housing redevelopment organization.

The museum will hold a Juneteenth celebration beginning this Friday, June 15 through Tuesday, June 20. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Thompson spoke with John C. Rose on Monday’s TownTalk and said everything about the museum is done from the perspective of achievement. “Every room in the house is decorated so that you get the African perspective in daily life,” she said. There is a special exhibit that pays tribute to Dr. Andrea L. Harris, who Thompson said played a key role in her coming to Henderson. Harris grew up in Henderson and went on to become a community activist and organizer. She also was instrumental in establishing the N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development, becoming its president in 1990. She died in 2020.

Although she currently is the primary guide for groups who come to tour the museum, Thompson said other docents are in the process of being trained to share their knowledge to visitors.

Thompson said she’s been a member of the NAACP for more than 30 years, and has served as a branch president as well as on the national board of directors. The museum and its collection give people of a certain age a chance to stroll down Memory Lane as they see artifacts from the Civil Rights Movement era, for example. If they’re like her, they remember back to that time in the country’s history when news headlines talked of protests and segregation, unfair discrimination and equal rights for all.

The museum can serve as a supplement to what schoolchildren learn about Blacks in history – “I’m available to augment the (curriculum) so that it is more inclusive of African American culture,” she said.

Learning what it means to persevere, endure and be tolerant of others are important things to teach children. “We don’t have to stay stuck in the past,” she said. “We can all respect and honor each other – I’m hoping that’s the direction we’re moving in. If we want the future to be different, we have to start with the children.”

Tours may be scheduled by visiting Please call ahead and arrange a time. Book ahead.

www.rebuildcommunitiesnc.org, Thompson said. Because of the size of the museum – about 2,500 square feet – it’s preferred to reserve a time to visit to avoid a crowded situation. The building is sanitized after each tour, to “promote safety as well as education.”

There is no fee to visit to museum, but donations are accepted – and welcomed. There is a donation box at the museum, but others may donate online via the website or other online payment methods.

Although Thompson has been the executive director for 12 years, she is quick to point out that it takes a team of volunteers to keep things running. From teachers who conduct classes to community members who become storytellers, Thompson said the museum is a true collaboration of people who “share the vision and appreciate the mission,” she said with gratitude.

“When you see it, you will realize it’s not something that one person could do,” she said.

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Mt. Moriah AME Zion Site Of Summer Meals Program For Children

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Mt. Moriah AME Zion Church is partnering with the Durham branch of the N.C. Food Bank again this summer to provide free hot lunches to any child between the ages of 0 and 18 years.

The Kids Summer Meals Program provides hot, catered lunches and snacks to children in the area, beginning June 20, 2022 and continuing through Aug. 5, according to information from Linda Bristow of Mt. Moriah AME Zion. Meals will be served each weekday in the church fellowship hall between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

The church is located 5448 Highway 158 Business in Henderson.

VCS Thanks Volunteers For Partnering With Schools During 2021-22

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Vance County Schools paid a special thank-you to a host of churches and other local individuals and organizations that have partnered with the district’s schools to enhance students’ learning experience.

And this year, Gang Free, Inc. was recognized for its ongoing work with Vance County Middle School.

Melissa Elliott, founder of Gang Free, Inc., was on hand at the partnership recognition ceremony Thursday, June 9 at 3 p.m. at the VCS Center for Innovation. In addition to providing basic necessities for students, their families and the community, Gang Free, Inc. – through a partnership with the N.C. Food Bank – established VCMS as a food bank satellite. Students can make weekly trips through the food bank to take home what their families may need. Community members can access the food bank as well.

Following is a list of volunteers and the schools they partnered with during the 2021-22 school year:

  • Craig Compton, Aycock Elementary 
  • New Life Baptist Church, Carver Elementary 
  • Alternative Learning Center & Community Engagement, Inc, Clarke Elementary
  • First United Methodist Church, Dabney Elementary 
  • Clearview Baptist Church,  E.M. Rollins STEAM Academy
  • Middleburg United Methodist Church, O. Young Elementary 
  • Henderson Optimist Club, B. Yancey Elementary 
  • Julie A. Booth, New Hope Elementary 
  • First United Methodist Church, Pinkston Street Elementary 
  • Plank Chapel United Methodist Church, Zeb Vance Elementary
  • TechTerra, STEM Early High School 
  • Fuerza Y Union Multiple Foundation, Vance County Early College High School T&T Laundry, Vance County High School 
  • Gang Free Inc., Vance County Middle School 
  • 4 Point 0 Mobile Clinic, Inc., Vance Virtual Village (V3) Academy 

BAT-Mobile Units On State Roadways To Curb Impaired Driving

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North Carolina drivers in all 100 counties should be on the lookout for the BAT-mobile cruising their local streets this summer. But it’s not the Caped Crusader who’s behind the wheel – it’s your local law enforcement officer, working to get impaired drivers off the road.

This BAT-mobile refers to mobile Breath Alcohol Testing Units, used by local law enforcement agencies as part of campaigns to keep impaired drivers off the streets. And Governor’s Highway Safety Program Director Mark Ezzell said the technology proves useful in the effort to curb impaired driving.

“BAT-mobiles – while not exactly the same as the one Batman drove – are a pretty critical tool for fighting crime in North Carolina, especially when it comes to impaired driving,” Ezzell said in a press release.

This is part of an ambitious plan to conduct a BAT-mobile enforcement campaign in every North Carolina county in order to curb impaired driving from Memorial Day to Labor Day, which encompasses the 100 deadliest days of the year on the road.

The time of year is especially dangerous for teenagers, who are 16 percent more likely to be involved in a fatal crash during this time period, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

During the 100 Deadliest Days campaign, BAT-mobiles will be used at DWI Checking Stations or during other impaired driving enforcement effort conducted by local law enforcement agencies. Campaigns are generally conducted at locations with a high rate of impaired driving crashes.

BAT-mobiles are operated by the Forensic Tests for Alcohol Branch, a division of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. The units allow law enforcement to conduct breath alcohol and other sobriety tests, are fully equipped with the instruments and forms necessary for a law enforcement officer to test and process a driver arrested for an impaired driving offense, and even have office space for a magistrate to operate in order to make the process of charging an impaired driver more seamless.

The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program provides grant funding to DHHS each year to operate seven units statewide.

Law enforcement agencies interested in taking part in a BAT-mobile campaign should visit the Forensic Test for Alcohol website at or contact Jason Smith, statewide BAT-mobile coordinator, at jason.r.smith@dhhs.nc.gov.

Two Local Men Get Prison Terms For Drugs, Weapons Charges

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-information courtesy of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Two Henderson men were sentenced in federal court Thursday for separate drugs and weapons-related charges.

Michael Easley, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, made the announcement after the sentences were handed down. Details of the cases were included in a press statement issued from Easley’s office Thursday.

Joseph Jones, Jr., also known as “Woo,” was sentenced in Raleigh to 180 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and marijuana, and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. On Mar. 16, 2022, Jones pled guilty to the charges filed against him.

A second Henderson man, Jamey Owens, 51, was sentenced Thursday in Wilmington, N.C. to 72 months in prison for possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court documents and other information presented in court, in May 2020, Jones, 24, was identified as a heroin dealer in Henderson. The Henderson Police Department utilized a confidential informant to make controlled purchases of heroin from Jones. On Aug. 26, 2020, HPD responded to a call for service regarding a heroin overdose victim, who was stabilized with medical assistance. The victim reportedly purchased the heroin from Jones.

The same day, HPD conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle being driven by Jones and found him to be in possession of heroin. A search warrant was executed at his residence where more than 1,000 doses of heroin and more than 11 grams of marijuana were found, along with two loaded firearms including a Glock 21 .45 caliber pistol and a Diamondback AM2 9mm pistol. Some of the heroin was bound into “bricks” comprising 50 dosage units and carried stamps such as “Devil’s Reject,” “Maestro,” “Shell,” “Uranas,” “Takeback,” and “Natural Flavor.”

Jones has a lengthy criminal history, including possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a Schedule I controlled substance, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and conspiracy to sell or deliver heroin.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Henderson Police Department investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Dodson prosecuted the Jones case.

According to court records and statements made during hearings in the Owens case, Henderson police conducted a controlled buy of cocaine from Owens on Jan. 13, 2019 at his home on State Street. Based on the controlled buy, officers obtained a search warrant for the residence, which they executed on January 15, 2019.

Owens was present with his girlfriend. Near a couch where Owens had been sleeping, officers found two handguns. In his bedroom, they found a third pistol, and in a second bedroom they recovered a shotgun. Officers found drugs stashed throughout the house, including cocaine, heroin, suspected ecstasy tablets, and marijuana. They also found four digital scales; ink stamps labeled with “BLACK CEASAR” and green glassine bags, both commonly used to package heroin; two glass Pyrex dishes with a white powdery substance; and over $3000 in cash.

The Henderson Police Department and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jake D. Pugh prosecuted the case.