The Local Skinny! City Council To Hold Public Hearing
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Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- Support local nurseries and garden centers when purchasing holiday decorations and gifts
- Continue planting trees and shrubs.
- If you have put up a natural christmas tree check water reservoir each day for water and keep it full with water that will keep your tree fresh and keep it from trying out and becoming a fire hazard
- If you missed the late November tall fescue fertilizer application, go ahead and do it now.
- Check greenhouses and High Tunnels for mice.
- Cut the tops off of roses to reduce risk of snow and ice damage.
- Review your garden journal about what was successful and even what didn’t do well so you can plan for next year.
- Begin planning your vegetable garden for 2023. Take stock of leftover seed, research cultivars, and calculate how much seed you will need.
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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 12-06-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for December 6, 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 Wal-Mart Distribution
Job Title Orderfiller – Multiple positions open. Competitive Pay – Starting salary at $18.65, increasing to $29.15.
How To Apply Apply online at www.storejobs.wal-mart.com/HiringCenter. Note: An in-person Job Fair at the Wal-Mart Distribution in Mebane NC will take place on Thursday, Dec 8 from 11 am – 2 pm, at 2837 Senator Ralph Scott Parkway.
Company Next Level Kennels
Job Title Kennel Tech. Looking to hire a long-term, dependable, responsible worker. Shifts consist of days, evenings, week days, and weekends. Responsible for daily training, boarders and personal animals (feeding, watering, cleaning, walking, bathing, etc.). Must be willing and eager to learn. Responsible for keeping kennels, office, lobby, and grooming room neat, clean, tidy and organized.
How To Apply Apply in-person at Next Level Kennels, located at 1776 Walter Bowen Road, Henderson, NC or call 252-438-4459. Or email resume to petresort@nextlevelkennels.com
Company Brewer Cycles
Job Title Service Technician. Full-time. A qualified candidate must have automotive or power sports mechanical experience; be able to follow directions; how own tools; and be able to lift and/or move 50 lbs.
How To Apply Fill out an application on Brewer Cycles website https://www.brewercycles.com. Print out application, fill out and email to brewer@brewercycles.com. For more information, contact Chris Brewer at 252-430-9723.
Company Henderson Collegiate Charter School
Job Title Teacher Positions Open. $1000 teacher signing bonus. No license required.
How To Apply Attend in-person Teacher Career Fair at Henderson Collegiate High School on Wednesday, December 14, 9 am – 10:30 am. Location: 1071 Old Epsom Road in Henderson. Bring yout resume. Breakfast served.
Company Mako Medical Labs
Job Title 1. IT Service Help Desk Analyst – 3rd Shift. Responsible for providing technical assistance and support related to desktop computer systems, hardware, or software as well as mobile devices. Monitor and runs diagnostic programs, isolates problem, and determine and implement solution within prescribed standards and procedures. 2. Medical Technologist Full-Time. This team member will be responsible for preparing patient specimens as required for laboratory testing, performing compliantly ordered laboratory tests, monitoring test results to assure test quality and validity, and communicate results in a timely manner, especially those that may be life threatening to the patient.
How To Apply Apply online at https://makomedical.com/careers/.
Company Vance-Granville Community College (main campus)
Job Title Evening Custodian. Salary range $31,200 – $34,986 a year. Full-time. Responsible for the overall cleanliness an proper upkeep of assigned areas of the facility. This position will serve as the lead for maintaining floors including stripping, buffing and waxing. This position is also responsible for closing and securing the campus. Monday – Thursday 3 pm – 12 am, and Friday 2 pm – 8 pm. Qualifications: high school diploma, experience in industrial cleaning and good customer service. Floor Tech experience strongly preferred but not required. Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, climb and work from ladders, work in extreme weather conditions, and move tables/chairs.
How To Apply Online at https://www.vgcc.edu/vgcc-employment-opportunities/.
Company Spectrum Medical Solutions
Job Title CNA/Home Care. This position will have the autonomy to work with patients in the field while having the support of a dedicated and experienced nursing and operations team. Spectrum strives to provide person-centered care with optimal outcomes for every patient. CNA/Home Care Aides will assist clients with daily activities.
How To Apply Send your resume with your credentials and experience to April Wright – april@spectrummedsolutions.net. For questions, call 919-892-7086
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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The Local Skinny! Vance Granville Community Band Plans Christmas Concert
Press “pause” on your holiday decorating and shopping for about an hour on Monday, Dec. 12 and head over to McGregor Hall – Brian Miller says you won’t be disappointed.
Miller conducts the Vance Granville Community band, which will be performing a free community concert beginning at 7:30 p.m.
He understands the importance of timing – he’s been a high school band instructor for 30 years – and he said he always remembers advice his Mom gave him: “Keep it short. Make the audience want more, not wish the thing were over,” he told John C. Rose on Monday’s segment of The Local Skinny!
“We’re not going to keep you long,” Miller said, adding that the performance would be “an evening of nostalgic enjoyment.”
Selections include holiday music, but there are sure to be some toe-tappin’ favorites, including some good ol’ fashioned band marches and an overture based on folk songs from Mexico as well. And who knows? Miller said there just may be a special visitor at the end of the concert.
“We’re a very traditional band playing very traditional music,” Miller said, adding that “bands should play marches and traditional things – things that sound good!”
The band consists of about 30 members, and Miller said they’re always looking for more.
“We’d love to have you join us,” he said. Ages range from students all the way up to “folks in very much their adult years.”
Practice takes place on Monday evenings, from 7 p.m. to about 8:30 p.m. and will resume after the holidays at VGCC’s Main Campus in Henderson.
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Home and Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- Check local nurseries and garden centers when purchasing holiday decorations and gifts
- If you think any shade trees need work, make arrangements now. But DO NOT TOP.
- If you have put up a natural christmas tree check water reservoir each day for water and keep it full with water that will keep your tree fresh and keep it from trying out and becoming a fire hazard
- If you are installing a row of shrubs as a screen, consider using multiple species. This is less risky than putting all your eggs in one basket.
- You can make holiday decorations from cuttings from your landscape plants. Ex hollies, magnolia, Pine cuttings, pine cones
- Take an inventory of leftover seeds and make sure they are stored in a suitable location (cool and dry).
- Soil Sample Peak season fee starts Dec 1 $4 per sample 7 week analysis time.
- Christmas gift idea: PPE for your loved one! Chem resistant gloves, eye protection, hearing protection.
- Make a compost bin if you don’t have one already
- Add some berry producing native shrubs to your landscape to help birds through the winter.
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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 11-29-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for November 29th, 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 Benchmark Community Bank
Job Title Teller. Full-time position. The scheduled hours are Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. and Fridays 8:30-5:30 p.m. Applicants should be outgoing, service-oriented, with excellent communications skills. The job involves processing routine financial transactions for customers such as deposits, withdrawals, checks, and loan payments. During your workday, a cash drawer with all the proper controls, vouchers, receipts, security, proofs, ensuring it balances at the end of each day. Being detail oriented and accurate is an extremely important skill since Teller will spend the majority of day counting cash, entering information into a computer, complying with check-cashing guidelines and looking for fraudulent activity.
How To Apply Apply online at https://www.applicantpro.com/openings/bcbonline/jobs.
Company Select Products
Job Title Quality Lead position is open. Successful applicant will administer programs to ensure production operations, from raw materials to finished products, to meet the company’s high standard for quality, integrity, and efficiency standards. Responsibilities include: conducting daily inspections and quality control checks; assessing test results and approving recommended changes; collaborating with management to develop, prepare, and implement safety policies and procedures; ensure compliance with federal, state, and local safety laws, codes, and rules; and other related duties as assigned.
How To Apply Apply in person at Select Products, located at 1133 Poplar Creek Road in Henderson (across from the VGCC main campus). Contact Zollie Perry, Human Resource Director. Email resume to zollie.perry@selectph.com.
Company City of Henderson
Job Title Utility Billing Specialist. Full-time. Salary level $30,814 – $38,518. Preferred applicants will be high school Graduates, supplemented by courses in business or accounting, and experience in a billing operation involving multiple step tasks and use of billing software; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. This position is responsible for activities which involve the generation and mailing of the city utility bills; handling customer inquiries relating to utility billings and general fiscal support and reporting activities; preparing and verifying a variety of reports and records; collecting utility bills and other revenues, and coordinating with meter readers and the field services functions. Employees also perform business license billing. Work is characterized by the multiple detailed procedural steps involved in the work, and the required independent knowledge of the utility billing process and computer application. Work involves public contact functions and coordination with other departments within the City’s organizational structure. Considerable tact and courtesy are required in the public contact functions.
How To Apply Apply online at www.henderson.nc.gov or email your resume to the Human Resources Department at elginlane@henderson.nc.gov.
Company Chick-fil-A of Henderson
Job Title Hiring now for Team Member positions. Looking for friendly, enthusiastic people who enjoy serving customers – will teach you everything else you need to know. Flexible hours are available. Opportunities for advancement available to qualified individuals. Applicants must be hard working, team-oriented, friendly, honest and have great customer skills. Age 16+ and Bilingual (English and Spanish) applicants are particularly encouraged to apply.
How To Apply Text “CHICKEN” to 252-359-3232. Or stop by Chick-fil-A Restaurant, located at 200 Trade Street, off Dabney Drive, in Henderson NC
Company Auto Parts (200 Dabney Drive, Henderson NC)
Job Title Multiple Positions Open. Delivery Drivers. Full-time and Part-time. Manager In Training. Full-time. Responsible for supporting the Store Manager in the overall operation of the store to include: Overall store retail/commercial management, supervision, and policy implementation; Financial management – manage, analyze and reconcile monthly P&L statements; Employee staffing, training, and development; Inventory management; Customer service leadership. MITs are also responsible for completing operations and management skills training, and learning about key aspects of the business and AutoZone culture.
How To Apply Apply online at https://careers.autozone.com/jobs. Or stop by store location to inquire about job details.
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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The Local Skinny! Animal Services Gets $13K For Spay/Neuter Program
Thanks to a donation of $13,000 from a nonprofit dog rescue group, the Vance County Animal Services is able to offer free spay and neuter services for dogs and cats in the area.
Frankie Nobles, chief of Vance County Animal Services, said the gift came from the Mona Pants Foundation, a 501c3 organization that is based in Zebulon.
According to information from animal services, residents who turn in a litter of puppies or kittens to the shelter can have their intact dog or cat spayed or neutered at no charge.
Feral or otherwise unowned cats can be spayed or neutered as well as part of a trap-neuter-release effort. And any animals that are brought to the shelter can be spayed or neutered at no charge to the owner in lieu of having to pay fees for reclaiming or redeeming them.
In addition to providing a free service for individuals with pets living in the community, the additional spay and neutering program likely will reduce the number of unwanted animals being dropped off at the shelter.
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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- Take photos of your garden to know how to rotate planting of vegetables next spring
- Conduct your annual shade tree inspection. Use a pair of binoculars to inspect the trunk and limbs for defects, injuries, rot, broken limbs, etc. and contact a professional if you see anything questionable.
- If you have stored sweet potatoes make sure they are located where they will not freeze
- Consider building a small greenhouse this winter that can be used to start seed and raise transplants for next year’s garden. Simple kits are available from various sources.
- Purchase a NC Christmas tree this year
- Continue planting – bulbs, pansies, perennials, trees, shrubs
- Now is the time to collect soil samples. Get samples to us by 5 pm Wed, 11/23 for delivery before fee season. 6 week analysis. Dec 1 fee goes to $4 per sample
- Keep leaves off of seedling grass
- Make a compost bin if you don’t have one already
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Maria Parham Health Earns “A” For Patient Safety From National Group
Maria Parham Health has received an “A” rating from a national watchdog organization for its achievements in protecting hospital patients from preventable harm and errors.
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that promotes patient safety, published its findings recently, said Donna Young, MPH coordinator for marketing & communications.
“I applaud the hospital leadership and workforce for their strong commitment to safety and transparency,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “An ‘A’ Safety Grade is a sign that hospitals are continuously evaluating their performance, so that they can best protect patients. Your hospital team should be extremely proud of their dedication and achievement.”
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization with a 10-year history of assigning letter grades to general hospitals throughout the United States, based on a hospital’s ability to prevent medical errors and harm to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Hospital Safety Grade results are based on more than 30 national performance measures and are updated each fall and spring.
To view the complete report, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org or follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter, Facebook, and via its newsletter.
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 11-22-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for November 22, 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 Autobrite Car Washes, Inc
Title of Position Hiring for several positions in multiple locations. Individuals must have a valid driver’s license and be able to pass a drug test. Some knowledge of plumbing and electronics a plus. Company is willing to train the right person that is motivated and willing to learn.
How To Apply Contact Melanie Howell Hutson at Autobrite Car Wash
Company Golden Skillet Restaurant
Title of Position Hiring now for both full-time and part-time positions for front of house and back of house. 8 hour shifts, day time and night time. High School Graduates preferred. At least 1 year restaurant serving or cooking experience preferred. Having a ServSafe certificate a plus.
How To Apply Apply in person at Golden Skillet Restaurant, located at 444 Dabney Drive in Henderson or online at www.indeed.com.
Company Ribeye’s Steakhouse of Henderson
Title of Position Hiring for multiple positions at their restaurant location at 2002 Graham Avenue. Cook, Host, and Servers. Night shift, Day shift, Weekend availability, and Holidays for full-time and part-time shifts. Applicants should be able to communicate and understand the predominant language(s) of our guests. Must have a basic knowledge of restaurant dining room and service procedures and functions. Possess basic math skills and have the ability to handle money and operate a point-of-sale system.
How To Apply Apply in person at Ribeye’s Steakhouse or apply online at www.indeed.com.
Company Lowe’s Home Improvement Center
Title of Position Sales Specialist Pro Services. Full-time. Deliver excellent service to Lowe’s Pro customers. Answer Pro customer questions. Execute Pro orders and projects. Demo Lowe’s product and service offerings. Meet store sales goals. Requirements: Hold a high school diploma or equivalent. Have 1 year of sales or customer service experience.
How To Apply Apply in person at Lowe’s Home Improvement store, located at 166 Dabney Road in Henderson. Can also apply at https://talent.lowes.com/us/en.
Company Belk Department Store
Title of Position Hiring for Seasonal Associates – Position may be Full-time, Part-time or Flex in areas such as Sales; Beauty; Ship to Home – (which includes pick, pack and curbside pickup); and other support areas. High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred. Experience in retail preferred. Excellent communication skills needed. Ability to use computer keyboard, touchscreen monitor, handheld devices, standard telephone, and other related business equipment.
How To Apply Apply in person at Belk Store in Henderson, NC, located at Henderson Square Shopping Center.
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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