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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for November 30, 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 November 30, 2021
Name of the Company: Vance Granville Community College
Jobs Available: Small Engie Mechanic Instructor (part-time) – Located at the Creedmoor location campus. Salary $27.70 – $29.75 hourly. Minimum of five years experience as a small engine technician. Preference will be provided to applicants with Briggs & Stratton certification
Method of Contact: for more information visit website at https:www.vgcc.edu
Name of the Company: Vance Granville Community College
Jobs Available: Evening Custodian (full time) – Located at the Creedmoor location campus. This position is also responsible for closing and securing the campus. Hours are Monday – Thursday 1PM – 10PM and Friday 7AM – 4PM.
Method of Contact: for more information visit website at https:www.vgcc.edu
Name of the Company: Kittrell Job Corps Center
Jobs Available: Recreation Specialists, Advanced Human Services CTT, TEAP P/t, OA Counselors, Drivers ED Instructor, CSIO Supervisor, Certified Academic Instructors and Administrative Assistant
Method of Contact: Interested candidates please contact Angela Williams HR Manager at 252-438-9108 or Williams.angela@jobcorps.org
Name of the Company: Variety Wholesalers, Inc.
Jobs Available: Merchandise Buyers, Buyer’s Assistant, Associate Buyer, Merchandise Analyst, Help Desk IT, Truck Driver, Warehouse Associates and Stand-Up Fork Lift Driver
Method of Contact: If interested please contact Patricia Overton at 252-430-2042/poverton@vwstores.com or Devin Stevenson 252-430-2039/dstevenson@vwstores.com
Name of the Company: Express Employment Professionals
Jobs Available: Wood Assemblers, Concrete Finishers and Early Morning Shippers
Method of Contact: Interested candidates please contact Andrew at 919-693-1730
Name of the Company: Express Employment Professionals
Jobs Available: Facility Maintenance, Welders, Industrial Mechanics and Administrative positions of all sorts
Method of Contact: Interested candidates please contact Robin at 919-693-1730
Name of the Company: Vescom Textiles, Inc.
Jobs Available: Machine Operators – 1st shift positions. Normal Hours are Monday – Friday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm with occasional Saturdays 7:00 am – 1:00 pm. Starting pay is $15.00 per hr with an increase to $16.00 an hr after completion of 90 days. Must be able to lift 75 pounds, be detail oriented with the ability to analyze operational parameters and resolve machine issues, have effective written and oral communication skills and the ability to multi-task and maintain a positive attitude under deadlines.
Method of Contact: Please visit website www,vescom.com on how to apply
Name of the Company: Servpro of Franklin, Vance and Granville Counties
Jobs Available: Currently hiring for full time technicians. On-the-job training is provided
Method of Contact: Call 252-433-0005 today to set up a time to interview
Name of the Company: Ameristaff, Inc.
Jobs Available: Hiring positions in the Roxboro area for Molding/ Machine operators, Registration Clerk, Boxer and Carpenter Helper
Method of Contact: For more information and to apply online please go to website www.ameristaff.net
Name of the Company: Hollander Sleep Products
Jobs Available: Multiple Warehouse, Production and Supervisory positions. Also HR Manager
Method of Contact: For more information please go to www.hollander.com
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.
TownTalk: Tom Hannon Remembered
Daniel Thomas “Tom” Hannon III, 83, died Thursday at his home.
Hannon, a Henderson native, worked for Burlington Industries in several locations across the state before returning to his hometown to work for Rose’s Stores, Inc. He retired after almost 20 years of service with Rose’s, and then indulged his love of storytelling by working for several years with WIZS as a host of Town Talk and Sports Talk.
According to his wife, Anna, a memorial service will be held in the spring. In addition to his wife of 57 years, he is survived by three children, Daniel Thomas “Dan” Hannon, IV, Kathryn Lee Phillips and Robyn Watkins Hipp, and seven grandchildren.
John C. Rose remembered Hannon on Monday’s Town Talk program and shared memories of his time at the radio station as the two shared the studio for the daily call-in show. Rose said Hannon usually had with him a small Hardee’s cup filled with ice and diet Coke when he entered the radio station, a leftover from his earlier daily gathering of friends at the local restaurant.
The job, which was part time, resulted in Tom being at the radio station from 3 to 3.5 hours a day M-F.
“He had a way of carrying himself,” Rose said, a quality all-too-important for a local radio personality. He was opinionated, “but his opinion wasn’t based on what somebody else had said – it was based on what he thought,” Rose added.
“He was very confident about what he offered on the radio show, but he offered an opinion on the radio show that would generate calls.”
Those opinions were based on facts that Hannon recalled or on research he had done on the subject.
A favorite saying was “Often wrong, but never in doubt,” Rose said. Friend and former coworker Bill DiNicola said he sees that quote every day at his desk as well. DiNicola and Hannon hosted Sports Talk together between 2001 and 2005, and DiNicola recalled his friend as a “great role model” and “an example of a good person, a good man and a good citizen of his hometown.”
Folks may not have always agreed with Hannon and his opinions, but DiNicola said his friend always remained a gentleman.
“Without a doubt, there are certain people that come into your life and those people stay with you forever,” he told Rose during a call in to the show.
“They influence who you are and who you want to be.” For DiNicola, that man was Tom Hannon. “He was truly one of my most favorite people,” DiNicola said.
“On a near daily basis, Tom offered something that was extremely valuable…he was an ambassador for the radio station, both while he was on the air and in the community.”
Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Service. View the full obituary at jmwhitefuneralhome.com or on facebook.com/wizsradio.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 75, Henderson, NC 27536 or ACTS, P. O. Box 25, Henderson, NC 27536.
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The Local Skinny! Covid 19 And The Omicron Variant
Granville-Vance Public Health is open each weekday to provide COVID-19 vaccines from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at both the Henderson and Oxford locations. First doses, second doses, booster doses, and even pediatric doses all are available. Only Pfizer is authorized for children, but all three vaccine types are available – Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson, according to information from the health department.
With the identification of the new Omicron variant, President Joe Biden said today in a White House briefing about next steps. “(T)his variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic,” Biden told members of the press. Health professionals, including White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, continue to promote vaccination against the disease as the prime factor for reducing transmission.
In the seven days ending Saturday, Nov 27, there were 67 new cases in Vance County. The percent positivity rate in Vance County is 5.2%.
In the seven days ending Saturday, Nov. 27, there were 94 new cases in Granville County. The percent positivity rate in Granville County is 4.6%.
These numbers put both counties in the category of “high” community transmission, according to information from GVPH.
In Vance County, 61% of those over the age of 5 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 56% are fully vaccinated.
In Granville County, 66% of those over the age of 5 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 62% are fully vaccinated.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told ABC’s “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos Sunday, “We all know when you have a virus that has already gone to multiple countries, inevitably it will be here. The question is, will we be prepared for it?”
President Biden met in person Sunday with Fauci and members of his White House COVID Response Team. Fauci and members of the COVID Response Team updated the president on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant. Fauci informed the president that while it will take approximately two more weeks to have more definitive information on the transmissibility, severity and other characteristics of the variant, and he continues to believe that existing vaccines are likely to provide a degree of protection against severe cases of COVID. Fauci also reiterated that boosters for fully vaccinated individuals provide the strongest available protection from COVID. The COVID Response Team’s immediate recommendation to all vaccinated adults is to get a booster shot as soon as possible; all adults are eligible for a booster if they were vaccinated six months ago or more with Pfizer or Moderna, or two months ago or more with Johnson & Johnson. Importantly, those adults and children who are not yet fully vaccinated should get vaccinated now.
Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Reuse Before Recycling
Recycle…it’s something we hear a lot about but is it the smartest idea? Wayne Rowland of the Vance Co. Extension Service explained on Monday’s Local Skinny that there are actually better ways than recycling to manage waste. Rowland says that recycling is important but it is third of the three R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle. “Before you recycle, choose to reuse,” Rowland said. Reusing an item might mean to repair it or perhaps repurpose an item for another use. Reusing an item has the advantages of minimizing waste and maximizing resources. Additionally, reuse saves or delays purchasing a similar item, eliminates disposal costs, reduces the waste stream, lessens pollution and items that are to be reused can be more affordable than the same item purchased new.
Rowland also explained that reducing is also important when it comes to waste management. Reducing involves eliminating and decreasing the amount of waste and reducing toxicity of materials. Redesigning products to use less packaging, making items more durable and avoiding disposable products are all ways reducing waste helps the environment.
Recycling involves the collection of used materials and these materials are used to manufacture new products. Rowland pointed out that recycling consumes energy, water and other resources and recyling itself can also cause pollution but less than manufacturing products with virgin materials.
For more information contact Wayne Rowland at the Vance County Extension Service at 252-438-8188. The Cooperative Extension Report can be heard as part of the Local Skinny on WIZS Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 11:50 AM.
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Fox Pond Park Shelter, Tennis Courts Named In Honor, Memory Of Local Athletes
If Henderson were to create a list of notable athletes that got their start locally and went on to become standouts in their selected sport, two names — Eddie Hicks and Mary Lloyd Hodges Barbera — certainly would be included.
The Henderson City Council recently approved naming a shelter and two tennis courts at Fox Pond Park in honor of and in memory of those two local athletes, both of whom played for and were graduated from Vance Senior High School. The proposals were made by Recreation and Parks Director Kendrick Vann.
Fox Pond Shelter #1 will be named for Eddie James Hicks. Hicks grew up in Henderson and graduated in 1975 from Vance Sr. High School. He earned a football scholarship to East Carolina University, where he rushed for more than 2,100 yards during his four years. He was instrumental in the Pirates’ first-ever victory over UNC-Chapel Hill and continues to hold the school record for longest rushing yard play – 95 yards – in ECU history. He was inducted into the ECU Hall of Fame in 2014. Hicks was drafted by the New York Giants in 1979 and has long ties to the recreation and parks department. He often returned home during his professional career for special events and has been a long-time advocate for youth in the community.
His off-field accomplishments are equally impressive. Hicks is a devoted employee for the Recreation and Parks Department. “He takes pleasure in being a part of the team and takes pride in his work,” according to agenda information from the commissioners’ Nov. 8 meeting. “He has been called upon numerous times by the department and community, and he never wavers or disappoints. Even when Mr. Hicks is off work, he ensures that things are being handled and taken care of properly.” Hicks also oversees the adult and youth community service program and makes sure that areas throughout the city and county are clean.
Hicks is a member and trustee of the Kesler Temple AME Zion Church in the Flint Hill community and is an active community leader and advocate for youth. He has been a member of the Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 since 1984, and he joined #195 in 1986 and the Imran Temple #168 in 1995.
Tennis courts #1 and #2 will be renamed in memory and honor of teenage tennis standout Mary Lloyd Hodges Barbera. The Henderson native died at the age of 49 in 2015, but many remember her prowess on the tennis courts.
One of her nicknames was “Rabbit,” according to David Hicks, who remembers well Barbera’s dedication to the sport and who had occasion to face her on the tennis courts. “She’s the only tennis player I knew who could get mad at herself on the court and actually play better,” he said in an email to WIZS News. “Most don’t.”
She was considered one of the state’s premier junior tennis players in the 1970’s and 1980’s and was ranked number one in the state in girls’ 12-, 14- and 18-year-old divisions. She won two 4A state singles titles as a junior in 1981 and again in 1982 as a senior. She graduated from Vance Sr. High in 1983 and went on to Peace College, where, in 1984, she was named an All-American athlete by the National Junior College Athletic Association for Flight #1 in singles competition. She transferred to N.C. State University in 1985 and led the Wolfpack women’s tennis team with 16 wins in singles competition.
In addition to a 6-1 record against ACC competition, she contributed to a 16-3 slate in doubles, which included three wins in the ACC tournament. She was inducted into the William Peace University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.
Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden
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WIZS Radio Local News Audio 11-23-21 Noon
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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for November 23, 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 November 23, 2021
Name of the Company: NCOL
Jobs Available: Front Desk/ Office Assistant – Receives payment, answer telephones, check in customer equipment, invoice customers. Hours Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Method of Contact: email resumes at hostmaster@ncol.net or drop off at office at 410 Dabney Drive, Henderson
Name of the Company: Henderson Collegiate
Jobs Available: Middle and High School Teachers. A bachelor’s degree is required, a teaching license is NOT required to start. Offering competitive salary and benefits to full time employees
Method of Contact: Apply online at www.hendersoncollegiate.org/careers or email a copy of their resume to recruitment@hendersoncollegate.org
Name of the Company: Vance County Social Services
Jobs Available: Multiple positions open
Method of Contact: Please go to county website at www.vancecounty.org for more information
Name of the Company: Vance County Sheriff’s Department is urgently hiring
Jobs Available: Deputies, Investigator, School Resource Officers, Office Administrative Assistant and Detention Officers
Method of Contact: For more information please contact the Sheriff’s office at 252-738-2200 or go by the office in person at 156 Church Street Suite 004, Henderson
Name of the Company: Kerr-Tarr Regional Council of Government
Jobs Available: Aging Specialist
Method of Contact: For Interested applicants call or go by one of your area NC Works Centers
Name of the Company: Hollander Sleep Products
Jobs Available: Packer 1 and Truck Lift Operator
Method of Contact: If interested please contact NC Works Job Center
Name of the Company: Select Products Holdings
Jobs Available: Mechanic
Method of Contact: If interested please contact NC Works Job 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.