WIZS Radio Local News Audio 09-06-22 Noon
Click Play to Listen. On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F
WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM
Tag Archive for: #hendersonnews
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 09-06-22
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
new
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.
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.
Click Play!
Cooperative Extension With Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Click Play!
Arrest Made In 2018 Murder Of Henderson Man
Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame said one person has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a 2018 incident that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old Henderson man.
On or about Aug 31, 2022, the Vance County Sheriff’s Office arrested Oakoya Monae Turner, 25, of Henderson on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Robert Archie, III, which occurred on Nov. 18, 2018.
The Vance County Grand Jury handed down a true bill of indictment against Turner on Aug. 22, according to the press statement from Brame received Friday.
Turner is in custody at the Vance County Detention Center.
Although an initial arrest has been made, the Vance County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate this incident. Anyone with information regarding this matter is urged to contact the Vance County Sheriff’s Office.
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 09-02-22 Noon
Click Play to Listen. On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F
WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM
SportsTalk: Vance County Looks To Move To 3-0 Friday Night
The first two weeks of the high school football season have been good for the Vance Co. Vipers as they sit at 2-0. This week they take on Riverside, which is coming off a 42-0 blowout of Southeast Raleigh after an opening season 18-14 loss to #15 ranked Cape Fear. Both Riverside Head Coach Cory Lea and Vance County Head Coach Aaron Elliott were guests on Thursday’s SportsTalk and discussed this week’s matchup.
Both teams are strong defensively. “Vance County’s defensive ends scare me to death,” Lea said of the Viper’s strong defense. “It’s one of the best defensive lines I’ve seen during my time coaching,” Elliott said of the Vance County Defensive Unit.
With all this talk of how strong the Viper’s defense is one would think defense is the key to this game, but not so according to Elliott. He said, “The key to the game will be scoring. I’d like to score on every possession. We need to improve the most on offense.” Elliott has a few new offensive wrinkles up his sleeve for Friday night that will hopefully get the Vipers in the end zone a few more times.
Coach Lea lost only three seniors from last year’s team. “Our babies have grown up,” Lea said referring to his team which features many juniors. “We hang our hats on defense,” Lea continued summarizing his team’s strength.
The Vipers have cut down on mistakes and Coach Elliott has encouraged his team to stay hungry and stay focused. Elliott said the team didn’t have a great practice on Monday, but they have settled down the rest of this week and are playing together.
Friday looks like another defensive battle as the Vipers host Riverside. Airtime on WIZS is 6:50 p.m. and kickoff is at 7 p.m. Join Bill Harris and Doc Ayscue for all of the action of Vance County Friday Night Football.
CLICK PLAY!
The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: History Of Cedar Walk
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.
CLICK PLAY!
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 09-01-22 Noon
Click Play to Listen. On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F
WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM
TownTalk: Classes For Caregivers
A six-week online class designed to help family caregivers do the very best they can for their loved ones – and for themselves – is set to get underway in early September and Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments staffer Susan Tucker wants folks to know how helpful the program is. Tucker speaks from first-hand experience: not only did she complete the class, but she went on to become an instructor.
“I know that it works because it worked for me,” Tucker told John C. Rose on Wednesday’s Town Talk. The class is called “Powerful Tools for Caregivers,” and she said the impact it has had in her own life has been transformative. She has been a caregiver to her mother for the past six years and the tools that she learned from the class have proved invaluable.
The class runs on Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. beginning Sept. 6 and continuing through Oct. 11. It is free and designed for any non-paid caregiver; all participants will receive a workbook as part of the class.
Michael Patterson, a family caregiver specialist with Kerr-Tar COG, said participants learn how to take care of themselves as they provide care for their loved ones, which at times can be a delicate balancing act. The class provides information about community resources, as well as techniques and skills necessary to handle and manage stress.
“That’s the wonderful thing about the class – that’s the whole point,” she said, of finding ways to manage the stress of caring for a loved one. It can be incredibly overwhelming, she added, and rarely is the caregiver prepared for or aware of what they’re getting into.
The class is different from other programs that may be focused squarely on the person who requires the care, which may provide a checklist of all the things that should be done for that person to receive proper care.
“(This) class really gives the caregiver the tools to handle their role as a caregiver,” Tucker said. “It puts tools in your hand to perform those tasks so that you can thrive while you’re caring for your loved one.”
The biggest takeaway for Tucker, she said was a feeling of confidence. “II actually felt – all of a sudden – that I could do it. I didn’t feel alone.”
Call 252.436.2040 to register for the Powerful Tools for Caregivers class.
CLICK PLAY!
Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Bedtime Problems 2
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Click Play!