Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Vegetables that can be planted now collards, turnips, beets, snap beans squash broccoli,
  • Pull or spray microstegium soon. It will set seed in a couple of weeks which makes the infestation much worse next year.
  • Control cabbage loopers, cabbage worms, in cole crops with Dipel or Sevin
  • Plant tall fescue NOW.
  • Weed your strawberry beds. Every weed you control now will help in weeding your strawberries next spring
  • Remove fruiting canes from your blackberry patch.
  • Now is great time to take your soil test
  • Avoid pruning. Wait until late November at the earliest.
  • Provide irrigation soon after planting any fall vegetables if rain is not forecast within 3 days of planting.
  • Leaves will be falling before you know it, so go ahead and build a compost bin to hold them.

 

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 09-06-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for September 6, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here nd on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email Michele@hendersonvance.org to be included.

 

Spectrum is Hiring Field Technicians!

Henderson, NC 27537

Full-time

Weekend availability

Hiring multiple candidates

Travel Ability: Daily travel; valid state driver’s license and safe driving record.

 

Maintenance Professional

The Pendergraph Companies

Henderson, NC 27536

$16 an hour

Part-time

Day shift

Must have a valid drivers license, reliable transportation and some tools and be able to pass a credit and criminal background check as well as a drug test.

 

Seasonal Retail Associate

Bath & Body Works

Henderson, NC 27536

Seasonal

Weekend availability

Build a highly satisfied and loyal customer base through engagement, uncovering needs, making product recommendations, and capturing customer information.

 

Pizza Hut Delivery Driver – Henderson

Henderson, NC

$14 – $18 an hour

Full-time

Have you had your driver’s license for at least one year?

Our drivers earn a competitive hourly rate PLUS tips and driver expense reimbursement

Hiring ongoing

 

Arby’s Team Member

Henderson, NC 27536

Team Members must listen to guests, coworkers, and supervisors, in person and over loudspeakers and/or a headset.

We hire 15-, 16- and 17-year-old workers!

 

 

Front Desk Associate

AAA Gas & Appliance Co.

Henderson, NC 27536

$10 – $12 an hour

Part-time

Keying payments on the computer.

Assisting customers (both in person and over the phone).

 

 

TEACHER ASSISTANT (Virtual)

Vance County Schools

Henderson, NC 27537

Estimated $23.3K – $29.5K a year

 

Full-time

Performs various clerical duties as needed, maintains records of student progress; develops and files incident reports; grades student papers and scores tests;…

 

 

Orderfiller

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Walmart

Henderson, NC 27537

Acknowledge and greet customers with a smile.

Online orderfillers and delivery associates get to do just that every day.

 

Warehouse Worker

Wise Snacks

Henderson, NC 27536

Estimated $28.8K – $36.4K a year

 

Full-time

Under direct supervision, maintains the integrity of the organizations warehouses, receives, stores, picks, loads and distributes products and POS materials…

 

 

 

Crew Member

Biscuitville

Henderson, NC 27536

$11 – $13 an hour

Part-time

Evening shift

Flexible hours – enjoy life after 2 pm.

 

 

School Nutrition Cafeteria Assistant

Vance County Schools

Henderson, NC 27537

Estimated $21.3K – $26.9K a year

Full-time

Use cash register to process financial transactions.

Be accountable for accurate reimbursable meals, financial transactions and cash collection procedures.

 

 

Assistant Principal

Vance County Schools

Henderson, NC 27536

$50,000 – $65,000 a year

Full-time

Apply at: https://vcsnc.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=178 Job Type: Full-time Pay: $50,000.00 – $65,000.00 per year.

 

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The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: History Of Cedar Walk

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Think about it for a minute: Is is easier to remember what you ate for breakfast this morning or to visualize in your mind the house where you grew up? Many historians rely on people’s long-term memories to piece together the past, and that is exactly what Mark Pace did to try to learn more about Cedar Walk, a home in Williamsboro that was torn down in 1967.

He and WIZS’s Bill Harris talked about the origins of the home, which was called Blooming Hope when it was a school for girls during its early days. During the Depression era, it was the oldest house standing in Vance County, Pace said during the Around Old Granville segment of Thursday’s The Local Skinny!

Pace, North Carolina Room Specialist at the Richard Thornton Library in Oxford, said he was able to talk to some folks who’d lived in the house in the 1940’s and ‘50s who were able to describe the interior floor plan. The Library of Congress has photographs of the home taken in the 1930’s that show a fairly plain, two-story frame home with a covered front porch.

“It’s a shame it’s not here – it’s associated with so many important people,” Pace said. Revolutionary War leaders, a former governor and the minister who helped establish the Presbyterian Church in the state have ties to Cedar Walk, so named because of the lane of cedar trees that lined the walk up to the home.

By most accounts, the home probably was built around 1780, Pace said, based on the style and size of the structure. If the structure were still standing, the wood could be aged using tree-ring dating, he added, but most likely it would have been a contemporary of St. John’s Episcopal Church, which was built in 1773.

It was later purchased by Col. Robert Burton, who had fought in the Revolutionary War.

Burton was a businessman and UNC has a ledger in which he recorded some of his business dealings, Pace said. One notable entry is the sale of a horse to a fellow named Daniel Boone.

One of Burton’s nephews came to live at Cedar Walk. His parents died and Hutchins Burton came to live at Cedar Walk. He became North Carolina’s 22nd governor, serving from 1824-1827.

When the Bullock family bought the home in 1828, they made an addition to the home, which Pace described as “one of the great old plantation houses in Vance County.” Although the house no longer stands, the land remains in the Bullock family.

The house fell into disrepair, probably for a couple of reasons, Pace noted. One reason was the lack of electricity, which would have been a costly endeavor. But the second reason, he said, is because people said the house was haunted.

Visit the Library of Congress website and search “Cedar Walk” to see photographs.

 

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— On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

Paul McKenzie of the Vance Co. Extension Service is joined by Warren County Livestock Extension Agent Matthew Place.

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 08-30-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for August 30, 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.

Business Name – Perry Memorial Library

Job Opening – Library Assistant Opening.  Seeking candidate to perform clerical and paraprofessional support duties at public library in downtown Henderson on Breckenridge Street. Requires good computer skills, part-time (19 hours/week), some nights and weekends, $12 an hour.

How To Apply – Apply online at www.vancecounty.org, use Job Postings tab at top of page.

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Business Name – Franklin-Granville-Vance Smart Start

Job Opening – Open position for a Program and Contracts Coordinator/Evaluator.  Applicants needed to monitor contract compliance and program efficiencies of all Smart Start funded programs. The successful candidate will also serve as the Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director.  A Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or Human Service related field is required.  Requires experience in programs serving young children and families. With prior experience in program evaluation, statistics, data analysis, and training groups in self-evaluation.

How To Apply – Submit cover letter, resume, and FGV Smart Start, PO Box 142, Henderson NC 26536 or email whunt@fgvsmartstart.org.  Applications can be downloaded from website www.fgvpartnership.org.

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Business Name – Versatrim

Job Opening –  Customer Service Representative. To provide information in response to inquiries about products and services, and to handle and resolve complaints.  Must be an enthusiastic individual who can listen to customer service issues and thenoffier a uniques and innovative solution to each problem. Must be 18 years old+  Monday – Friday, 9 am to 6 pm.

How To Apply – Apply online at https://versatrim.com/customer-service-rep.html.

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Business Name – Carter Bank in Henderson

Job Opening –  Financial Services Representative.  Engages and connects with customers, gathering customer information to acquire new relationships and grow/retain existing relationships while providing exceptional customer service to help resolve any questions or issues related to customer accounts or bank products and services.  Full-time.

How To Apply – Apply online at https://www.cbtcares.com, under careers tab at top of home page.

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Business Name – ServPro (Franklin, Vance and Granville County)

Job Opening –   Administrative Assistant. Full-time.  Monday – Friday.  8 am – 5 pm. Perform all office administrative tasks related to customer calls, job management and tracking, scheduling of jobs and customer satisfaction activities. Perform basic accounting duties relating to accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and banking. Perform general office duties such as drafting correspondence, filing and creating reports.

How To Apply – Stop by the ServPro office in Henderson, at 260 Industry Drive to submit application or apply online at www.indeed.com.

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The Local Skinny! Ellington, City Leaders Assess Needs During Ride-Around

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A contingent of city officials completed a ride-around through a couple of the city’s wards to view for themselves some of the concerns that residents have with the state of some properties in their neighborhoods.

Henderson Mayor Eddie Ellington told John C. Rose on Monday’s segment of The Local Skinny! that he was among those who hopped in cars and cruised some of the city’s streets in Wards 3 and 4. Code enforcement, he said, must be “at the forefront of our mission.”

Ride-arounds are just one way for city officials to get firsthand accounts of how properties are being maintained – or not maintained, as the case may be.

“I’ve been through these wards myself,” Ellington said, “to see what people are faced with. Just to see it firsthand, we’ve got a lot of work to do,” he said.

The mayor recalled a recent chat he had with a resident, who invited him off her porch to take a short walk.

“We walked down the street and around the corner,” he said, and what he saw was not good.

“A lot of it was gut-wrenching and disappointing,” he said of pockets of neighborhoods that are not maintained properly.

Some folks have beautiful yards and porches, yet “two houses down, they’re falling in, cars in the yard, abandoned.” City residents don’t deserve that kind of inattention, he said.

Others who participated in the ride-around included City Manager Terrell Blackmon, Police Chief Marcus Barrow, Recreation and Parks Director Kendrick Vann and City Attorney Rix Edwards.

The next ride-around will cover Wards 1 and 2, he said. It’s a good way for the city’s residents to be assured that their concerns are being heard and addressed.

“I just want the residents to keep the faith. We’re moving and we’re looking forward to a bright future,” Ellington said.

 

 

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The Local Skinny! September Heating Up In Oxford

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Anyone in the listening area who complains about there being nothing to do better not let Angela Allen hear you.

Allen, Granville County Tourism Director, has outlined a bevy of events that are taking place in the next couple of months that will keep you on your toes.  (Listen Here – The Local Skinny! September Heating Up In Oxford)

First up, the 16th annual Hot Sauce Contest and Festival, which takes over downtown Oxford on Saturday, Sept. 10. From live music, food and beverage vendors and classic car show – and don’t forget the pepper eating contest – the daylong festival has something for everyone.

Visit nchotsaucecontestandfestival.com for a complete list of events and schedules or to sign up to be a volunteer.

The following weekend, it’s downtown Creedmoor putting on a show – literally. The Creedmoor Music Festival cranks up from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17.

“We’re really excited about (that) one, it’s been two years” since the festival could be held because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Visitors will hear a variety of music throughout the day, performed by local groups and regional favorites. See the complete lineup and schedule at https://www.cityofcreedmoor.org/departments/recreation/events/creedmoor-music-festival

“The thing that makes it so unique is that you get to hear so many genres in one day,” Allen said. There will be everything from bluegrass to British Invasion tribute bands in Creedmoor for the festival.

And, hot off the press, Allen said, is the “very first Restaurant Week in downtown Oxford.” During the week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, all the downtown restaurants will participate in a celebration that includes special menus and pop-ups.

“I’m definitely looking forward to it,” Allen said, adding that a kickoff event is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 25 with a special “Supper at Oxford Oaks.” Oxford Oaks is the new distillery coming to College Street. Find more information at visitgranvillenc.com/

October ushers in a variety of activities across the county, from the Oct. 1 CultureFest in downtown Oxford to the Cedar Creek fall pottery and glass festival, which takes place the first two weekends in October outside Creedmoor.

Once you’ve perused the gallery with works from more than 200 artists ranging from handcrafted pottery, glass sculptures, jewelry and more, head over to the Granville Haunt Farm on Hwy 15 south of Oxford.

The drive-through event takes place on Friday and Saturday evenings in October, Allen said.

“You can be terrified from the comfort of your own car.”

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Repot houseplants into a  larger pot if you see roots coming out of drainage holes
  • If you have planted some fall greens such as collards, turnips or cabbage, go ahead and get a worm control product to have on hand. You will need it soon!
  • Always check for crusting of soil after planting seed recently and it rains soon after planting
  • Many fall garden crops can be planted now through mid-September. Timely planting is crucial for success.
  • Weed the garden soon after a rain weeds will pull up much easier with the added soil moisture.
  • Pull or spray microstegium soon. It will set seed in a couple of weeks which makes the infestation much worse next year.
  • Avoid the rush and start taking your soil samples now!

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 08-23-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for August 23, 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.

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Business Name – Eckerd Connects Girls Residential Academy Kerr Lake, NC

Job Opening –  Immediate openings for Classroom Teachers.  Plan, prepare and deliver instruction to juvenile justice residence program girls ages 13-17.  Integrate subject matter through effective thematic development and opportunities for them to explore application for higher order thinking skills and vocational/career instruction.  Conduct student testing and complete recordkeeping to monitor student progress.  Position requires Bachelor’s Degree from accredited university.  Must meet state teacher certification eligibility requirements or acquire certifications NLT 6 months after employment.  Prefer 2 years teaching experience.  Must meet state criminal background check.

How To Apply – Online at https://eckerd.org/join-our-team/.

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Business Name – Eckerd Connects Girls Residential Academy at Kerr Lake, NC

Job Opening –  Currently seeking a Licensed Clinical Specialist.  Working with us takes a certain kind of person; we want someone who identifies with our values and is willing to challenge themselves both personally and professionally. We seek employees who are passionate about serving and making a difference in the lives of others. Deliver high quality treatment services to 20 female clients that have a history of complex trauma, and current mental health diagnoses. Co-occurring diagnosis of substance use, and/or other conditions may apply.  Provide support and training to clients and staff related to behavioral strategies and interventions through the use of evidenced-based models. TF-CBT certification preferred.

How To Apply – Online at https://eckerd.org/join-our-team/.

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Business Name – Chick-fil-A, Henderson, NC Location

Job Opening –  Management Positions Available.  Supervisors are developed leaders and will oversee team members.  Professional experience, and able to delegate and communicate effectively to train and monitor team members.  Ability to multi-task and can effectively troubleshoot various issues that arise, while working to achieve continuous improvement goals and motivating team members to reach their goals in a positive work culture.  Full-Time position.  Minimum of 21 years old and Associates Degree Preferred.

How To Apply – https://www.chick-fil-a.com/careers.  Put Henderson, NC in search box.

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Business Name – Chick-fil-A, Henderson, NC Location

Job Opening –  General Operations Team Members.  Looking for friendly, enthusiastic people who enjoy serving customers.  Training provided.  Day and evening positions available for Front of House, Back of House, Kitchen and Leadership.  Closed Sundays.  Required 16+ years old.  Bi-lingual (English and Spanish a plus).  Flexible hours and competitive pay.

How To Apply – https://www.chick-fil-a.com/careers.  Put Henderson, NC in search box.

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Business Name – Whitco Termite & Pest Control

Job Opening –  Office Assistant.  Part-time. Flexible hours and excellent pay.  Looking to hire someone with experience in general office duties.

How To Apply – Send resume to Post Office Box 2169, Henderson, NC 27536.  Or apply in-person at the office, located at 123 East Belle Street, Henderson, NC.  No phone calls please.

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Business Name – AutoBrite Express

Job Opening –  Hiring immediately for all positions.  Morning and Afternoon Shifts.  Full-time and Part-time. Located at 211 Cooper Drive, Henderson NC, across from Walmart.

How To Apply – Contact Melanie Howell Hutson – Email resumes to melanie@autobritecarwashes.com or call with questions (252) 738-0416.

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Business Name – For Your Occasion Event Rentals

Job Opening –  Hiring immediately for part-time and seasonal warehouse staff.  Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, with a valid driver’s license.  Current forklift certification is a  plus but not required.

How To Apply – https://www.fyoeventrentals.com/careers

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Business Name – Vance County High School

Job Opening –  VCHS has posted a call to action for all teaching legends – former staff to apply for part-time teaching positions at the school.  Use your teaching gifts to continue to shape the future of Vance County students.  Must be beyond six months of retirement.

How To Apply – Call Vance County High School to inquire about specific jobs available.  252-430-6000.

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Business Name – Vance-Granville Community College

Job Opening –  Open position for Dean of Workforce Readiness, Health & Public Safety.  This position is responsible for the assessment, development, planning, operation, and continuous enhancement of the college’s continuing education adult basic skills, health and public safety programs.

How To Apply – Apply online at LinkedIn:  https://lnkd.in/eZN7Vghg or at https://www.vgcc.edu.

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The Local Skinny! Skipper’s BBQ Recognized by Chamber

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Allen Ellis, the great-grandson of Skipper is the 4th generation family manager/owner.

Listen in. The Local Skinny! Skipper’s BBQ Recognized by Chamber; More on donation to YMCA.

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