VCS Cheerleaders Almost Halfway To Goal Of Marching In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

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The Vance Charter Cheerleading team is almost halfway to its goal of raising the roughly $70,000 needed to be able to make the trip to New York City to participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

Head Coach Stacey Long said Thursday that the group has raised about $30,000, which is a great start. There’s a Sept. 1 deadline, though, so any and all donations to the fundraiser effort are welcomed at this time.

The group got the invitation in early May, and Long said to her knowledge, they’re the only cheerleading group in the area ever selected to march in the parade, known for its giant balloons, festive floats and marching bands. The girls will march along the 2.5 mile parade route, then stop and perform at Herald Square in front of Macy’s flagship store.

Over the past few weeks, the cheerleaders have fanned out across Henderson and Oxford, visiting businesses and delivering informational flyers in hopes of drumming up additional donations.

Long said the trip will cost about $3,000 per student, and the fundraiser will cover their costs, but not those of the 11 chaperones that will accompany them.

“We go up five nights before the performance,” Long said, adding that there’s a rigorous schedule that includes sightseeing and maybe even a Thanksgiving meal, all part of the “experience.”

“The girls are pretty excited,” she said. “They are sacrificing not having the holiday with their immediate family,” but an invitation to appear in the parade may be a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Long said she and assistant coach Shelley Whitehead have worked diligently alongside the cheerleaders to bring the fundraiser to the community’s attention.

If you can help, phone Long at 919.691.3279 or send a message via the Vance Charter Cheer Leading Facebook page.

There are various donation levels, beginning with $2,500 Platinum, $1,500 Gold, $1,000 Silver and $500 Bronze, but donations in any amount will be gratefully accepted.

The best way to make a financial donation is to send a check to the school:

Vance Charter School

Attn: Coach Stacey Long

2090 Ross Mill Rd.

Henderson, NC 27537

Home And Garden Show

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

  • Make your fall garden plan on paper, start purchasing seed, fertilizer etc.
  • Prune water sprouts and trunk sprouts off of fruit trees and ornamental trees. This is more efficient than waiting until Feb.
  • With summer storms your garden can flood open ends of rows to let water drain out.
  • Blossom end rot is not confined to tomatoes. It can occur on squash and melons as well!
  • Continue your fruit spray program. Be mindful of the harvest interval before you spray i especially if you think you will harvest fruit soon.
  • Preserve herbs for future use by hanging in a cool, dark, low humidity location.
  • Use trash bags to help keep deer out of your garden, electric fence is best.
  • Weed weekly! Stay on top of weeds by planning about 5 minutes per bed per week.
  • If you have excess vegetables, give some to a neighbor or friend who can’t grow a garden.
  • Protect your eyes with impact resistant lenses.
  • Never refuel a hot mower and wait at least 15 minutes before refueling.

 

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 07-12-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for July 12, 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 – Sam’s Furniture and Mattress Center

Job Title and Description – Now hiring for full-time positions.  Up to $17 per hour.

How To Apply – Apply in person.  Stop by the retail store, located at 515 South Garnett Street, in downtown Henderson, NC.

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Company – Henderson Family YMCA

Job Title and Description – Now hiring for Director of Human Resources.  Full-time, professional position.  Looking for individuals who have a passion for helping others, have high energy, and shows enthusiasm.  Candidates should be team players who are organized and self-motivated.  The Henderson Family YMCA is located at 380 Ruin Creek Road in Henderson, NC

How To Apply – Apply online at www.hendersonymca.org/get-involved/employment-opportunities.  252-438-2144.

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Company – Carolina Cooling and Heating Inc

Job Title and Description – Immediate need to hire full-time HVAC Service Techs and HVAC Installers.

How To Apply – Apply in person at the CC&H office, located at 465 Industry Drive in Henderson, NC.

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Company – City of Henderson (Government)

Job Title and Description – Currently accepting applications for the following multiple open positions: 1. Administrative Support Specialist in the Public Works Department.  Hiring salary range is $29,400 – $36,700.  Will perform a variety of administrative duties, secretarial duties, and office records processing.  Should be able to work independently conducting office management duties.  Prefer candidates to have some business school education and experience working in an office environment.  2. Acquatics Program Supervisor for the Recreation and Parks Department.  Hiring salary range is $38,900 – $48,600.  Must possess or possess the ability to obtain within 6 months of the hire a Certified Pool Operator certification, along with Red Cross Lifeguard certification, and CPR and First Aid license; and 3. Recreation and Parks Facilities Supervisor for the Recreation and Parks Department. Hiring salary range is $38,900 – $48,600. Must be 21+ years old. Graduation from a 4 year college with a degree in recreation administration, physical education, or related degree and experience.

How To Apply – Apply online at www.henderson.nc.gov/departments/human_resources/jobs.pnp. Or mail your resume to City of Henderson, Attn: Human Resource Department, P.O. Box 1434, Henderson, NC 27536

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Company – Walmart Distribution Center

Job Title and Description – Maintenance Energy Center Technician Position Open.  Full-Time. $26.45 an hour. Applicants should have 1 year experience in industrial refrigeration (valve rebuilds, working with refrigeration systems); OR 1 year experience with HVAC.  Position duties include: Assist in the repair and maintenance of equipment. Diagnose refrigeration and electrical problems using technical drawings (blueprints, electronic/mechanical schematics) and diagnostic tools (multi-meter, laptop). Operate refrigeration system equipment (compressors, fan units, etc.). Perform preventive maintenance and repairs on equipment (lift trucks, pneumatic systems, material handling equipment, hydraulic equipment, dock equipment, banana room equipment, electronic and electrical equipment).

How To Apply – Apply online at Walmart.com.  Scroll to bottom of home page, and click on careers.  Put in Henderson, NC location, and submit resume.  Or on Staff-1.com website.

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Company – Mako Medical Lab

Job Title and Description – Medical Technologist position open.  Bachelors degree in Medical Technology or Clinical Lab Science with up to 2 years experience in related field.  Duties in part include: oversee technical soundness of work performed. Meet requirements for client service performed by the department, including consultation with clients, data interpretation, and coordination of support with sample custodial.  Review data and reports for accuracy, content and adherence to Company quality control policies.

How To Apply – Apply online at https://makomedical.com, scroll to bottom of homepage and click on careers.

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Company – Skipper’s Forsyths BBQ Restaurant

Job Title and Description – Immediate job openings for Night Manager and Weekend Manager.  Experience in management is required.

How To Apply – Apply in person at restaurant, located at 2362 North Garnett Street in Henderson, NC.  Or call for additional information 252-438-5228.

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Company – Vance County Public Schools

Job Title and Description – Hiring for Part-time Reading Tutors – beginning with school opening in the fall.  Tutors will work September through May.  Hiring everyday citizens who have flexible schedules and the will to make a difference in our school district.

How To Apply – Apply at www.nceducationcorps.org/application and click on Vance County Corps Member Tutor.  For additional information contact: Ashley Bean – email ashleykbean7@gmail.com.

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The Local Skinny! Community Watch In Kittrell

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The Kittrell Community Watch will meet on Thursday evening, July 21 at Union Chapel United Methodist Church and President Edward Woodlief invites anyone interested to attend.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the church, located in Kittrell at 6535 Raleigh Rd.

Guest speaker is Detective Andrew Bishop with the Vance County Sheriff’s Office and he will discuss the use of drones in law enforcement and how these unmanned remote devices are used to fight crime.

Contact Woodlief at 252.767.4044 to learn more.

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The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: Place Names

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What’s in a name?

So many places within the four-county area got their names as a way to honor prominent families of the day; landowners who donated land for the railroad to come through back in the late 1880s, for example, resulted in town names like Stovall, Townsville and Stem.

An area hit the “big time” when it got a post office, and local historian and Thornton Library’s North Carolina Room specialist Mark Pace said the names that postmasters chose resulted in names like Dabney, Epsom and others. Pace and WIZS’s Bill Harris combed through a list of townships and communities – some still in existence and others lost to time and progress – during Thursday’s Around Old Granville segment of The Local Skinny!

Take Dabney, for instance. When a post office was established there, the postmaster renamed the community of Herndon (president of the railroad)to Dabney to honor William Dabney, a state geologist who “found some pretty neat things” in the 1880s and 1890s. Dabney later moved to Texas and became a prominent professor and university president.

And the community known as Mobile, for example, never had its own post office, but got its name because of the ties to Mobile, Alabama that the Hawkins family, a prominent African American family in Henderson, had.

More recently, the Granville County town of Butner gets its name from Camp Butner, an Army base constructed in 1942. Maj. Gen. Henry W. Butner, from Stokes County, NC, had died just a few years earlier and officials thought it fitting to name the base for someone from North Carolina, Pace said. Butner served in World War I and was noted for developing artillery for the Army, he added.

“It was run by the state of North Carolina until it was incorporated in 2007,” Pace said, making it the third newest town in the state.

The Umstead brothers – John and William B. – used their political influence to get the government to building the base in Granville County, where land was cheap and the camp could be relatively secluded but in close proximity to a large city (Durham).

The origin of Butner’s next-door neighbor, Creedmoor, isn’t quite so clear. There are several theories out there, Pace said, but he suspects that the town got its name from a famous gun range on Long Island, NY called Creedmoor Gun Range. There were a lot of gun enthusiasts in the area when Creedmoor was incorporated in 1911, he added.

The Lyons family established a post office in 1886 and there’s a Lyon Station Road located nearby.

William Thomas Stem was a big farmer in Granville County and he gave land for the railroad to come through. The name Stem replaced an earlier community called Tally Ho, which was a stagecoach stop. Tally Ho Road and Tally Ho township serve as reminders today.

There is a similar situation up in the northern part of Granville County, in the Sassafras Fork township. That name, Pace said, goes back to the late 1700s, but the town name was changed to Stovall to honor John W. Stovall who donated the land for, you guessed it, the railroad to come through to connect Clarksville and Oxford.

Communities like Gela near Stovall, Zacho near Wilton and Woodsworth near Townsville are just a few examples of communities that just sort of died off, Pace said. In the case of Woodsworth, Pace said, the family for which the community is named, moved to Arkansas but the name stuck. Zacho had a post office, and was located south of Wilton going toward the Tar River. Until just a few years ago, there had been a one-room shed that served as a post office.

There may have been only one Zacho, but several counties claim communities called Sandy Creek, Pace said.

There’s one in Vance, one in Warren and one in Franklin, he said. And they’re located near each other geographically, which could muddy the waters for genealogy researchers who are trying to find where ancestors lived or where they may be buried.

The oldest place name with European origin is Nutbush creek. William byrd doing dividing line between nc and va. Surveying in 1722.

Came to a creek in northern vance co. had a lot of hazel nut. So they just  called it Nutbush creek.

“The oldest place name with a European origin,” Pace said, “is Nutbush Creek,” located in the general area of Williamsborough north of Henderson. William Byrd was surveying the area that created the North Carolina-Virginia state line in 1722.

“He came to a creek in northern Vance County that had a lot of hazel nut trees,” Pace explained. “So they just called it Nutbush Creek.”

Sometimes names come about as a matter of practicality.

 

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Start planning your Fall vegetable garden
  • Do you plan to do some home canning? Be sure to follow up-to-date recommendations.
  • Keep hydrated, take rest breaks when doing garden chores during  hot temperatures
  • Tomatoes and peppers may drop blossoms due to high temperatures. They should return to normal production once temperatures fall.
  • Now would be a good time to check your lawnmowers do maintenance according to the owners manual.
  • Wear hearing protection when operating gas powered yard tools. The damage occurs slowly and is cumulative.
  • If you have fig bushes, water them well once a week if it hasn’t rained to prevent fruit drop.
  • Learn about the Spotted Lanternfly. Report sightings to NCDACS.

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 07-05-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for July 5, 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.

 

Freight Handler/Order Filler

Walmart Distribution Center – Henderson, NC

$17.55 – $23.55 an hour

Full-time

Day shift

Hiring multiple candidates

Fulfill store orders through pulling merchandise through layer using electronic voice control equipment, stacking onto pallets, placing labels in appropriate…

 

Front Desk Associate/Night Auditor

Divine Hospitality DBA Baymont Inn & Suites

Henderson, NC

$11 – $18 an hour

Full-time

Day shift

Hiring multiple candidates

The ideal candidate will have previous customer service experience and will understand the importance of responding quickly to guests’ needs and complaints.

 

 

Store Team Member –  Evenings/Overnight

Sheetz

Henderson

$14 an hour

Part-time

Overnight shift

Serve as a hospitality ambassador by greeting customers and providing an excellent experience.

Complete customer transactions accurately and efficiently.

 

 

Night Shift Production Technician

Bridgestone Americas

Oxford, NC

$25 an hour

Full-time

8 hour shift

Responsible to communicate to team members, manufacturing team members, department supervisor/manager(s), maintenance, customers, suppliers, etc.

 

 

Library Assistant

Vance County, NC

Henderson, NC

$14.99 an hour

Part-time

Work may include creating library accounts, assisting patrons with their accounts, checking out materials, and assisting in locating print and non-print materials

 

 

Arby’s Team Member

Henderson, NC

Estimated $23K – $29.2K a year

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

 

 

Health Care Front Office Assistant

The Optometric Eye Site

Henderson, NC

$12 – $15 an hour

Full-time

Busy Eye Care Practice seeking a new front office assistant and health care technician.

No previous experience and specific education is required, however, some…

 

 

Pick-To-Light Selector (Full-Time & Part-Time)

ADUSA Distribution, LLC

Henderson,

From $16 an hour

Full-time

Day shift

Hiring multiple candidates

Able to use a personal computer for data entry and research purposes.

Work in a warehouse environment with varying conditions (i.e. cool temperatures, concrete…

 

 

Machine Operator – 1st Shift

IDEAL Fastener Corporation

Henderson, NC

Estimated $28.9K – $36.5K a year

Full-time

Day shift

Hiring multiple candidates

IDEAL Fastener Corporation is NOW HIRING *for full-time Machine Operators!.

> Monday-Thursday, 10 hour shift with 3-day weekends!

Hiring ongoing

 

 

Part-Time Store Associate

ALDI

Henderson, NC

$14.50 an hour

Part-time

Meet any state and local requirements for handling and selling alcoholic beverages.

Adheres to cash policies and procedures to minimize losses.

 

 

Retail Stocking Associate $16.00/hr

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.

Henderson, NC 27537

$16 an hour

Full-time

Ability to communicate clearly with customers and associates in person and via e-mail and telephone.

 

 

Deputy Register of Deeds

Vance County, NC

Henderson, NC

$31,926 a year

Full-time

Indexes vital records; issues marriage license; issues copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates, military discharges, legitimization papers;..

 

 

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The Local Skinny! Bean Spotlights NC Education Corps

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The current buzz phrase is “high-impact literacy,” but what it all boils down to is this: Helping young students become better readers through relationship-building and consistent small-group tutoring.

North Carolina Education Corps is a nonprofit initiative to get literacy tutors in elementary schools to help children who need a little extra support with reading skills.

Ashley Bean was a reading tutor last year and worked with second graders; she is currently helping NC Ed Corps recruit more tutors for Vance County schools and spoke with John C. Rose on Thursday’s The Local Skinny! to provide details about the program.

Bean said there were probably a dozen or so Ed Corps tutors working in Vance County schools last year but school officials would like to see that number grow to 20.

The pay scale for tutors ranges from $15/hr. for high school students to $25/hr. for tutors who hold advance degrees.

Visit https://nceducationcorps.org/ to find the application. Once the application has been completed, Bean said Ed Corps staff will contact the prospective tutor to complete the screening and training process. The tutor is hired by the local school system, but is supported throughout the school year by Ed Corps staff. Each tutor gets support from his or her own private learning coach who shares proven skills and techniques to help children improve their literacy skills.

Vance County schools officials expect a tutor to work at least 10 hours each week, providing a minimum of three 30-minute sessions to a small group of students – between 1 and 3 children, Bean said. But tutors can work as many as 26 hours a week, she said. That expectation could vary by county, she added.

She said she decided to become a tutor last year because it fit her schedule: She’s in graduate school, but also has three children at home.

“It was a great opportunity for me to do something for the community,” while being available to attend her children’s activities and to do her schoolwork as well, she said.

NC Ed Corps may be a perfect fit for a retired educator, a college student or a stay-at-home mom with school-age children to get out of the house, make a little money and help a children become better readers.

For Bean, the best part of being a tutor was establishing relationships with the students she worked with. She said she didn’t really know if her work was truly having an effect on her second-grade students. But one student’s answer quelled her uncertainty when she came to get him from the classroom, she said.

“You’re 22 min late – I thought you weren’t coming,” the boy said, as he happily left his classroom for his session with his tutor.

Contact Bean at 252.432.3995 or ashley.bean@nceducationcorps.org .

 

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Now is the time to harvest your Irish potatoes.
  • Don’t be too alarmed by leaf spots on ornamental trees and shrubs. Although they cna detract from the appearance of the plant and even cause some leaf drop, generally they will not kill the plant.
  • Check your garden at least twice a week for insects and disease because warmer temps means disease and insects increase under these conditions
  • If you work outdoors a lot, consider treating your boots and pant legs with tick repellant.
  • Check your garden soil at 2 inches down if you feel moisture don’t water the garden. When you irrigate, water thoroughly once a week.
  • Don’t rely solely on your rain gauge to decide on your irrigation schedule. The trend is to get intense rainfall in a short period of time, which means less infiltration into the soil.
  • Blossom end rot is showing up in tomatoes, peppers, watermelons, this condition is a lack of calcium in the plant, water fluctuations is a major cause.

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The Local Skinny! Frank Sossamon Speaks At Local GOP Rally

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Frank Sossamon is no stranger to public speaking, having spent his career as a pastor. And during remarks at a recent Vance County GOP rally, Candidate Sossamon encouraged fellow Republicans to get out and vote in the November general election.

Sossamon, a political newcomer, is running for N.C. House District 32 on the Republican ticket.

He spoke to the partisan crowd of about 300 for about five minutes and said he has been traveling throughout the district, which includes Vance and much of Granville County.

“Overall, the reception has been extremely good,” Sossamon said.

A candidates’ forum will be held Thursday, June 30 at Sadie’s Coffee Corner in Henderson from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Sossamon will be there, as well as Republican candidate for Vance Sheriff Patrick Bailey and others. Local GOP Chairman Jimmy Barrier will be the moderator and the rising crime rate is set to be the topic.

“We want to receive information and give information about crime,”Sossamon said. Other forums are being planned at locations across the county, he added.

And there’s a fundraiser for Sossamon planned for Wednesday, Aug. 17 at the Henderson Country Club.

Sossamon spoke for about five minutes and, among other things, called the May primary turnout in Vance County “dismal.” He reminded those in attendance about talk of a “Red Wave” in November, referring to the election of Republican candidates in races up and down the ballot.

“It won’t be a Red Wave unless you jump in the water,” he said.

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