The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for October 12, 2021. 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 christa@hendersonvance.org to be included.

JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of October 12, 2021

 

Name of the Company:  Legacy Human Services, Inc.

Jobs Available: Full-time Licensed Professional to function as NC Medicaid Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team Leader. The purpose of this position is to administratively and clinically manage the ACT Team. Must be Master’s level qualified professional according to rules for the Division of MH/DD/SAS and three years’ experience with SPMI population with a minimum of two years’ experience Post Graduate.

Method of Contact:  Please stop by the office at 626 S. Garnett Street Henderson to pick up an application or call 252-438-6700 ext. 4 for more information

 

Name of the Company: First United Methodist Church of Henderson

Jobs Available:  Director of Children and Youth Ministries – This is a salaried position working directly under the supervision of the Pastor and is ultimately responsible to the Staff Parish Relations Committee for the development and promotion of a comprehensive and effective ministry to children and youth.

Method of Contact:  To apply email cover letter and resume with at least three professional references to Pastor George Loveland at George.loveland@nccumc.org

 

Name of the Company: City of Henderson

Jobs Available: Recreation and Parks Assistant Director

Method of Contact:  for more information and full job description visit the City of Henderson website. Potential candidates can pick up an application at Aycock Rec. Center at 307 Carey Chapel Rd. in Henderson, City Hall 134 Rose Ave. in Henderson or apply online on the City of Henderson website

 

Name of the Company: Vance County

Jobs Available: Multiple job opportunities including: Processing Assistant, IMC III (Family and Children’s Medicaid), Human Services Coordinator III (Child Care), Part-time Custodian, SW Supervisor III (Children Services), Income Maintenance Caseworker II (FNS), SW Investigations and Assessments, SW Supervisor III (Adult Services),

Method of Contact:  All applicants can apply on Vance County Government website under job postings

 

Name of the Company: Express Employment Professionals

Jobs Available: Several Administrative Positions, Accounting Assistants, Buyer Assistants and Clerical Help and warehouse positions.

Method of Contact:  If interested please call 919-693-1730 or send resume to OxfordNC@Expresspros.com

 

Name of the Company: Walmart Distribution Center – Henderson

Jobs Available: HR Clerk Part-time, Asset Protection Associate, Area Managers, Operations Manager, Order Filler/Freight Handler and Forklift Drivers, Loader Wrapper, Unloading/ Receiving

Method of Contact: For full listings and more information go to https://careers.walmart.com/us/jobs 

 

Name of the Company:  Roses/ Variety Distribution Center

Jobs Available: General Warehouse Associates, Lift Drivers, Team Leads, Yard Drivers, Housekeeping/ Custodial, Supervisors. Available shifts 1st and 2nd  Monday- Friday, Saturday overtime as needed. Potential to earn up to $20.00 an hour, Sign on bonus of $1500.00 and attendance bonus.

Method of Contact:  Apply in person at NEW Roses Distribution Hiring Center located at 218 S. Garnett Street, Henderson, hours are Monday and Wednesday 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30am – noon and 1:00pm – 4:oopm.

 

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.

 

Downtown Henderson

The Local Skinny! Events In Downtown Henderson

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Various organizers have a lot planned for everyone in the area.

Friday, October 15 – From 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., it’s the Hispanic Heritage Festival at 200 Breckenridge Street. Dr. Alice Sallins, chairperson of the Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission’s Promotions Committee, said, “It will be such a great honor to have the culmination activity downtown. We are trying to bring more business but at the same time community involvement downtown.” She said she thought this was one of the key pieces that had been missing. Henderson City Councilwoman Melissa Elliott, and Founder of Gang Free where the first part of the Hispanic Heritage Festival was held, said, “We don’t want just Hispanic people to come, even though it’s their heritage, we want to celebrate them, but like Dr. Sallins said, we want other people to learn about their culture and their heritage and the love.” She said the love of the Latinx community was overwhelming and others have a lot to learn. Some 500 members of the Latinx community appeared at the earlier event at Gang Free.

Friday, October 15 – It’s the Show Shine Shag and Dine evening cruise-in. Head to downtown Henderson from 6 to 9 p.m. hosted by Southern Classic Cars on Horner Street. Be sure to check out the classic cars on display in the showroom. Enjoy the DJ on site and seeing the cars and memorabilia. Open to the public. Free. No charge.

Saturday, October 16 – The Show, Shine, Shag & Dine car show featuring hundreds of 1988 and older antique and classic cars, muscle cars, trucks and more on display along Garnett Street in historic downtown Henderson. Other displays include the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion and the Corbitt Truck Show. You can also visit the Corbitt Truck Museum on Church Street. Enjoy food, vendors, and live entertainment throughout the day, including performances by Brake Tyme Band. FREE admission, open to the public.

Saturday, October 23 – The Vance County Relay for Life is sponsoring a Luminaria ceremony that is shaping up to illuminate a portion of Garnett Street with little bags of light to remember or honor lives affected by cancer. Organizers Christy Bennett, Carolyn Williams and Jeanette Brummitt are keeping it real simple. People can drive down Garnett Street to enjoy the luminaries or they can walk along the sidewalks, if they have their masks on. Bags are $10 each and can be purchased on the day of the event, but they also are available ahead of time so they can be decorated with names of loved ones before being returned and placed along with all the others. Over 700 sold so far. Luminaries sometimes need a little weight to stay in place, but Bennett and her crew have thought of that, too. They will use canned foods to anchor the paper bags, which will be donated to ACTS afterward.

Friday, October 29 – The long-observed downtown trick or treat event is planned, and Henderson Vance Downtown Development Director Tracy Madigan said, “Right now we are still on go for Friday, October 29th on Garnett Street from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. The plan at the present time is for children to go door to door dressed in their costumes.

Saturday, December 4 – The downtown Henderson Christmas parade is tentatively set, according to Sallins, for December 4. She said, “The paperwork is in, but we have to wait for final approval before I put any (registration) forms out.”

The Local Skinny! Domestic Violence Awareness Event Scheduled For Oct. 23

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Sheriff Curtis Brame R. Brame and the Vance County Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with Clearview Church in Henderson to provide a program designed to remember victims of domestic violence as well as to raise awareness within the community about a problem that is all-too-prevalent.

The public is invited to the third annual “Think Community” event, set for Saturday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m., according to Debbie Scott, domestic violence coordinator and gang resource specialist with the Vance County Sheriff’s Office.

This event is all about collaboration, she told Bill Harris on Thursday’s The Local Skinny! segment.

Raleigh’s new police chief, Estella Patterson, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker, Scott said, and the event will pay special tribute to a young woman – a survivor of domestic violence – who also happens to be a poet. Special musical guests will be Roy Burroughs & Work in Progress.

Domestic violence affects the whole community, she said, adding that this event can help community members learn how to spot signs of domestic violence and better deal with the associated challenges.

It’s so important to break the silence of domestic violence, she said, to alleviate the stigma and the shame that victims may feel.

“It’s about everybody,” Scott noted. “This challenge is not just a survivor’s issue – it’s a community issue.

It’s community sponsors like Betty B’s, the Optimist Club, Salvation Army and Vance-Granville Community College and others who help make this annual event a success. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Scott thanked the sponsors and Dr. Abidan Shah, pastor of Clearview Church, for their ongoing support.

Clearview Church is located at 3485 Hwy 158 Business, Henderson, NC 27537.

For more information contact  Scott at 252.738.2235 or by email at dscott@vancecounty.org.

Home and Garden Show

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

THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN

1 Check your cole crops for insects. Ex Harlequin bugs, cabbage worm, loopers, aphids
2 Use the NC Extension Plant Toolbox to find trees or shrubs for any situation. 
3 Start collecting your season extension frost protection materials. Cardboard, sheets, etc.
4 It’s late to sow tall fescue seed, do so immediately or wait until late Feb.
5 Keep leaves off of newly established lawns.
6 Fire ants are more active during these times of milder temperatures, which means bait products work well for controlling them. 
7 Soil samples need to be taken now to make soil amendments!
8 Collect seed from cosmos, zinnia, rudbeckias, sunflowers and more. Store in a cool dry location.
9 You can plant carrots,,bulb onions, mustard,lettuce,garlic ,arugula
10 Make a cold frame to raise spinach, lettuce and other greens through the winter.
11 Check for voles in your flower beds and fruit orchards
12 Continue succession planting in your garden 

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for October 5th 2021. 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 christa@hendersonvance.org to be included.

JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of October 5, 2021

 

Name of the Company:  Express Employment Professionals

Jobs Available:   Excellent part time position for the active retiree. Hours are Friday and Saturday 12:00 noon to 9pm.

Method of Contact: If interested please call 919-693-1730 and ask for Spencer

 

 Name of the Company: Express Employment Professionals

Jobs Available: Several Administrative Positions, Accounting Assistants, Buyer Assistants and Clerical Help. Pay rates from $13.00 – $20.00 per hour.

Method of Contact:  If interested please call 919-693-1730 or send resume to OxfordNC@Expresspros.com

 

Name of the Company:  Express Employment Professionals  

Jobs Available: 1st shift Warehouse pick pack positions. You to have experience. $1000.00 sign on bonus. $15.00 an hour.

Method of Contact:  Call 919-693-1730 to be considered

 

Name of the Company:  HUB Zone Technology

Jobs Available: is currently hiring for a part-time work-from-home Photographer with flexible hours. Paid bi-weekly with 20 hours per pay period. Salary is $8.50 – $9.00 per hour

Method of Contact:  please send resume to dboyd@hubzonetech.org and they will follow with you on the next steps in the interview process

 

Name of the Company: Granville Vance Public Health

Jobs Available: Front Office Manager for Clinical Services – A minimum of five (5) years of administrative experience in personnel budgeting, research or administrative management is preferred. The candidate must also possess knowledge and a strong command of principles and practices of effective communications both orally and in writing. Graduation from a 4 year college or university and one year experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Method of Contact:  Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, sample of written work (one page), completed State application, college transcripts and three work related reference contacts via email to humanresources@gvdhd.org or mail to Human Resources Manager, Granville Vance District Health Department, Post Office Box 367, Oxford, NC 27565

 

Name of the Company: Jerry’s Artarama

Jobs Available: Facility Supervisor – Responsible for the daily appearance, upkeep and sanitation of the facility as well as the inventory of items necessary to fulfill that responsibility. Experience with general repair and handyman skills required. 

Method of Contact:  If interested pick up application at 101 Peter Gill Rd. Henderson or contact Ed at 252-492-7604

 

Name of the Company: Walmart Distribution Center – Henderson

Jobs Available: HR Clerk Part-time, Asset Protection Associate, Area Managers, Operations Manager, Order Filler/Freight Handler and Forklift Drivers, Loader Wrapper, Unloading/ Receiving

Method of Contact: For full listings and more information go to https://careers.walmart.com/us/jobs 

 

 

Name of the Company: Vance County

Jobs Available: Multiple job opportunities including: Processing Assistant, IMC III (Family and Children’s Mediciad), Human Services Coordinator III (Child Care), Part-time Custodian, SW Supervisor III (Children Services), Income Maintenance Caseworker II (FNS), SW Investigations and Assessments, SW Supervisor III (Adult Services),

Method of Contact:  All applicants can apply on Vance County Government website under job postings

 

 

Name of the Company: KARTS

Jobs Available: Part time drivers – 30 hours a week, covering routes from 3am to 6pm Monday thru Saturday covering Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren Counties. Duties include transporting patients to and from medical appts, grocery trips, hair appts and any other trip they may need

Method of Contact:  Applications can be printed online and mailed into the office at 1575 Ross Mill Rd, Henderson, NC 27537 or filled out in the lobby Monday – Friday from 8:00am – 5pm

 

 

Name of the Company:  Legacy Human Services, Inc.

Jobs Available: Part-time Direct Support Professionals –  for 24 hour residential group homes serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren Counties. These positions are for every other weekend and require sleepover. They provide services to these individuals in the home including training in self-care skills, community/ public skills activities of daily living, behavior management, and other programs/guidelines devised by the treatment team.

Method of Contact:  Please stop by the office at 626 S. Garnett Street Henderson to pick up an application or call 252-438-6700 ext. 4 for more information

 

 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.

Mark Pace

The Local Skinny! The History Of Old Granville Co. To Be Presented At Oxford Senior Center

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If you’ve ever been curious about the history of our area then an upcoming four part series will be a great opportunity to learn. Local historian Mark Pace of the North Carolina Room, Thornton Library in Oxford will be going in depth on the area’s history from pre-historic times to the present. The series will be held on Thursday’s from 10 until 11:30 on the mornings of Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28 at the Senior Center in Oxford. The cost is only $15 for the entire series.

Old Granville County, as historians refer to the area, encompasses present day Granville, Vance, Warren and Franklin Counties. Franklin and Warren were split off in 1764 as Bute County which was divided in 1779 into Warren and Franklin Counties. In 1881 parts of Warren, Franklin and Granville were used to make Vance County.

The Four Part series will detail these changes. Part 1 will focus on the pre-historic era through the American Revolution. Part 2 will cover from the end of the Revolution through the Civil War. Part 3 will pick up at the end of the Civil War and continue through the Great Depression and part 4 will cover from the end of the Depression until today.

Pace said the 90 minute length will allow him to go deeper into the history of Old Granville County than most programs do.

The programs are open to the public and are part of the Senior Center’s Lifelong Learning Program. For more information and to sign up for this and other offerings contact the Senior Center at 919-693-1930.

Vance County, NC

The Local Skinny! Architecture Survey Is Underway In Vance County

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Nine Oaks, Hibernia, Blackenhall…these are names of some great, historical Vance County homes. Unfortunately, they no longer exist. Either destroyed by disaster, allowed to slowly deteriorate or, in the case of Hibernia, swallowed by the creation of Kerr Lake. However, Vance County still has many pieces of historic architecture still standing. Some of these are homes. Some are commecial buildings. Just how many is the aim of a survey being conducted the N. C. State Historic Preservation Office.

Vance and Person Counties have been chosen as the subject of a comprehensive survey of historic buildings and landscapes planned from 2021-23. Funding for this architectural survey comes from the Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF), administered by the National Park Service, for hurricanes Florence and Michael. Because the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared a major disaster in Vance County following both storms, the county is an eligible location for planning projects intended to document degree of damage from past storms as well as provide preparedness for future disasters.

As national emergencies arise, Congress may appropriate funding from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) to provide relief for historic preservation projects in areas impacted by natural disasters. The HPF uses revenue from federal oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf to assist a broad range of preservation projects without expending tax dollars. In 2018, hurricanes Florence and Michael, as well as Typhoon Yutu, caused extensive damage to communities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, the Northern Mariana Islands, South Carolina, and Virginia. Congress subsequently passed Public Law 116-20 to provide ESHPF assistance to these six states and one territory related to damages from these storms.

North Carolina has chosen to allocate funding to support the survey of historic resources to determine the overall degree of damage, as well as provide data for resiliency planning for our state’s treasured cultural resources. Vance County was selected from among other eligible counties because the State Historic Preservation Office (HPO) has not previously conducted a comprehensive architectural survey of the county. The 2021-2023 architectural survey will intensively document historic buildings and landscapes from the early 19th century through the 1970s, including those in Henderson and rural areas. Data gathered during the survey will assist Vance County in planning for the preservation of its historic resources.

The State of North Carolina has hired hmwPreservation, a Durham, N.C.-based cultural resources consulting firm, to complete the project. Heather Slane and Cheri Szcodronski are serving as Principal Investigators. Preliminary fieldwork started in mid-August. A survey of rural Vance County is currently taking place now and continue into early 2022. A survey of the town of Henderson is anticipated to occur in late 2022 and early 2023. The project will conclude no later than September 2023.

An architectural survey entails documentation of buildings and landscapes that are at least 50 years old. Fieldworkers take photographs, draw site plans, and collect oral history from people they meet on site. They conduct a limited amount of archival research to establish countywide patterns of historical development. hmwPreservation will also identify properties that appear to be potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as historic districts. National Register properties are potentially eligible for state and federal tax credits for certified historic rehabilitation. The Vance County Comprehensive Architectural Survey will culminate in a final report that analyzes the history of the county through the lens of its historic architecture.

At the conclusion of the survey, the HPO will share the final report and geospatial data collected during fieldwork with the National Park Service and will retain all materials from the survey as part of the statewide architectural record. Public access to the information will be available through HPOWEB, the HPO’s geographic information system, which is accessible online at http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb/. The survey material will facilitate the environmental review necessary for state and federal undertakings and will aid in planning for future economic and community development projects. Survey products also will be useful for the continued development of heritage tourism programs in Vance County.

An identical survey was completed in Franklin County in April of 2018. The Franklin County Historical Preservation Committee is currently working toward the publication of a book on the historic properties located in Franklin County. Historic Preservation can entice tourism at a local level which has economic impacts. Vance County would be smart in following the Franklin County Commissioner’s example and form their own Historic Preservation Commission with an eye towards a publication that would promote tourism in Henderson and throughout Vance County.

For more information on the Vance County Comprehensive Architectural Survey, contact Elizabeth C. King, Architectural Survey Coordinator for the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, at elizabeth.king@ncdcr.gov or 919-814-6580, or Heather Slane of hmwPreservation, at heather@hmwpreservation.com.

 

Home and Garden Show

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

  • Vance County Regional Farmers Market Update.
  • If finished with your garden consider planting a cover crop to protect the soil and add nitrogen to your garden for next year. Example – Crimson clover.
  • Avoid using organic soil amendments when planting trees and shrubs unless you can amend a large area.
  • Start winterizing equipment that you are not going to use until next spring.
  • This is a good time to make herbicide applications to vines and woody brush you want to eliminate. This includes things like english ivy, poison ivy, wisteria, briars, tree saplings, etc. Use a brush killer that will kill the root as well as the top part of the plant.
  • Start assembling your leaf gathering equipment. Have a plan on what to do with your leaves this year.
  • Do you have any mixed spray solution in any of your garden sprayers? Use it up now before you forget what it is, and before we get freezing temperatures.
  • Soil samples need to be taken now to make soil amendments!
  • If you have shrubs with major dieback, consider replacing them this fall. Shrubs with dieback may continue to survive, but they almost never look good and treating them is impractical to impossible.
  • You can plant beets, sweet peas, bulb onions, mustard, lettuce, collards, arugula.

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for September 28, 2021. 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 christa@hendersonvance.org to be included.

 

JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of September 28, 2021

 

Name of the Company:  Margier White – State Farm Insurance

Jobs Available:  Office Representative – we are seeking an energetic professional interested in helping the business grow through value based conversations and remarkable customer experience. Excellent income and growth potential available. Sales experience preferred. Must be able to obtain Property and Casualty license within 90 days of hire

Method of Contact: Apply and submit a resume online at www.myagentmargier.com; scroll to the bottom of the page and click the We’re Hiring tab

 

 Name of the Company:  Next Level Kennels

Jobs Available: Kennel Attendant – will be responsible for the day-to-day care of training, boarders and personal animals. This includes Feeding, watering, cleaning, walking, bathing, and monitoring the well being of dogs and cats. Must have sufficient strength, mobility and stamina to lift and/or move heavy pets and objects. You will be responsible for keeping the kennels, office, lobby and grooming room neat, clean, tidy and organized. Shifts consist of days, evenings, weekdays and weekends.

Method of Contact:  Call Scott Tarpley at 252-438-4459 or stop by to apply at 1776 Walter Bowen Road in Henderson

 

Name of the Company:  Roses/ Variety Distribution Center

Jobs Available: General Warehouse Associates, Lift Drivers, Team Leads, Yard Drivers, Housekeeping/ Custodial, Supervisors. Available shifts 1st and 2nd  Monday- Friday, Saturday overtime as needed. Potential to earn up to $20.00 an hour, Sign on bonus of $1500.00 and attendance bonus.

Method of Contact:  Apply in person at NEW Roses Distribution Hiring Center located at 218 S. Garnett Street, Henderson, hours are Monday and Wednesday 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30am – noon and 1:00pm – 4:oopm.

 

Name of the Company:  Vance County Schools

Jobs Available: IT Security Specialist, Network Engineer and Technology Technician

Method of Contact:  Go to website www.vcs.k12.nc.us  and click on job opportunities. Select Vance County Schools and then the job you wish to apply for.

 

Name of the Company: Hollander Sleep Products

Jobs Available: Sewing Machine Operators, Scrolling Machine Operators, Quality Inspector, Mechanics all for weekend shift. Hours are Friday. Saturday and Sunday – 6am – 6pm. Additionally the following positions are also open: 1st shift Logistics Coordinator and 1st shift Logistics Manager, 2nd shift Warehouse Supervisor and Bilingual Human Resources Admin.

Method of Contact:  for more information contact Jean Murray Recruitment Coordinator at 252-436-2338 or jmurray@hollander.com

 

Name of the Company: Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Jobs Available: RN, LPN, CNA and Floor Technician

Method of Contact:  If you are interested please apply in person at 1245 Park Ave. Henderson

 

Name of the Company: Kerr-Tarr Area Agency

Jobs Available: Aging Projects Coordinator – serving older adults and their families in the five county region of Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren Counties. The two main projects assigned are Vaccine Outreach and Covid related supports.

Method of Contact:  Please submit a cover letter, resume and references to Director, Area Agency on Aging at info@kerrtarcog.org or mail to PO Box 709, Henderson, NC 27536 NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 10TH.

 

Name of the Company: RCE Theaters at 907 S. Beckford Drive Henderson

Jobs Available: Looking for someone with an outgoing personality to fill a team leader position.

Method of Contact:  Please stop by the theater to pick up an application form and to receive more information.

 

Name of the Company: Ahner Security in Henderson

Jobs Available: Low Voltage Technician – Experience is preferred, but the company will consider applicants with no experience.

Method of Contact:  Contact Dave Ahner at 252-430-9694.

 

Name of the Company: Carter Bank & Trust

Jobs Available: Financial Services Representative opening at the Henderson Branch at 300 Dabney Drive, Henderson. The hours are Monday – Friday 8:30am – 6:00pm and rotating Saturday’s 8:30am – 12:00pm.

Method of Contact:  To apply go to www.cbtcares.com/career/

 

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! Pearson And Harris To Be Honored By City Of Henderson

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The Henderson City Council has approved naming a couple of city-owned properties for two former residents who helped shape the community and make it a better place for their neighbors.

The Operation and Service Center will be renamed in memory and in honor of Dr. Andrea L. Harris, who 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.

And the public parking lot beside Sadie’s Coffee Corner in downtown Henderson will be named for the late Stephen Pearson, who opened Sadie’s in 2019 and was a vocal proponent of downtown revitalization and development.

Neither Harris nor Pearson was born in Henderson, but both made significant contributions to the place they called home.

City Manager Terrell Blackmon told WIZS that Council in August had asked him to investigate possible locations to consider. “(It) made a lot of sense to consider the parking lot next to Sadie‘s Coffee as an opportunity to honor Dr. Pearson,” Blackmon said Monday.  The Council voted unanimously to approve both recommendations at its Sept. 13 meeting. Making signs for the two locations are next on the to-do list.

Councilwoman Melissa Elliott suggested the Operations Center, he said. Harris was an advocate for contractors and the building industry and she also was a civil rights leader, which made the operations center a very fitting site – the operations center is the largest voting location during city and county elections.

Pearson died in March at the age of 57. He was chair of the Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission, and took pride in promoting new business in downtown Henderson.

Harris died in May 2020.

Although Harris was born in South Carolina, she grew up in Henderson and graduated from Henderson Institute in 1966 and then received her undergraduate degree from Bennett College in Greensboro in 1970. She started teaching school in 1971 – the first year of integration – at West End School like her mother had, and then began participating in community activism. She established the first rural transportation program in the state for older adults, among other things, at the local level.

Then, in the early 1980’s Harris began working in Raleigh at the state level. She began at the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency. It was during this time that Harris and her colleagues established the minority economic development institute.

She was active locally and participated on a variety of boards, councils and commissions.

She received many accolades and awards over the years, including the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from three governors and an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, Bennett College.

In 2018, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Duke University’s Samuel Dubois Cook Society.

She was a member of the Oxford-Henderson Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and a life member of the NAACP.  Andrea was a trustee and member of Kesler Temple AME Zion Church. She was small in stature but a forced to be reckoned with.  She was always willing to be a “voice” for the underrepresented, breaking down socio-economic, racial, and gender barriers as a broker for change and equality for ALL people.

Pearson, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Army, is remembered for being the Army’s first Web Master. He earned a doctorate in Global Business Leadership in 2019 and wrote numerous books topics from entrepreneurship to cyber forensics. He taught required and elective classes at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC-Chapel Hill and New York’s Utica College and owned several businesses, including Sadie’s.