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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 January 11, 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 christa@hendersonvance.org to be included.

JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of January 11, 2022

 

Name of the Company:   Variety Wholesalers

Jobs Available: Merchandise Buyer – Home Décor and Furniture –  qualifications – are Merchandising background, 2 years of store buying experience required, Bachelor’s Degree in Merchandising or related field preferred, 5 years of product development and sourcing experience

Method of Contact: Interested applicants can go to indeed.com to apply or for more information contact Patricia Overton at 252-430-2042.

 

Name of the Company:  Variety Wholesalers

Jobs Available: Merchandise Buyer – Sleepwear and Intimates – qualifications are- BS/BA level education or its equivalent, 3-4 years’ retail merchandise buying experience, Strong merchandising and product development skills along with strong negotiating, analytical and math skills

Method of Contact: Interested applicants can go to indeed.com to apply or for more information contact Patricia Overton at 252-430-2042.

 

Name of the Company:  Variety Wholesalers

Jobs Available: Merchandise Buyer – Accessories, Handbags and Jewelry – qualifications are-  Bachelor’s degree, Minimum 3 years experience with buying, Excel, Microsoft Word and power point

Method of Contact: : Interested applicants can go to indeed.com to apply or for more information contact Patricia Overton at 252-430-2042.

 

Name of the Company: Variety Wholesalers  

Jobs Available: Buyer’s Assistant – qualifications are – High School Diploma or equivalent, Strong verbal and written communication skills, experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point

Method of Contact:  : Interested applicants can go to indeed.com to apply or for more information contact Patricia Overton at 252-430-2042.

 

Name of the Company: Variety Wholesalers

Jobs Available:  Associate Buyer – qualifications are – 2-5 years in related retail environment preferred, degree in business related field, strong communication skills, proficiency in Microsoft and Excel

Method of Contact: : Interested applicants can go to indeed.com to apply or for more information contact Patricia Overton at 252-430-2042.

 

Name of the Company: Variety Wholesalers

Jobs Available: Warehouse Associates – 40 hours a week, Sign on and Attendance Bonuses, Overtime as needed. Available Shifts: Monday – Friday 1st shift 6:00am – 2:30 pm and 2nd shift 3:00pm – 11:30pm. Must be able to carry/ lift objects, ability to walk, stand, stoop and bend, ability to work within the seasonal temperature of the building

Method of Contact:  : Interested applicants can go to indeed.com to apply or for more information contact Patricia Overton at 252-430-2042.

 

Name of the Company:  Vance County Government

Jobs Available: Positions are now available with Department of Social Services, Sheriff’s Office, Fire Department, Planning and Development, Emergency Operations, Register of Deeds and more

Method of Contact: For a list of all listings with job descriptions and qualifications go to Vance County website and look under job postings

 

Name of the Company: Turning Point CDC

Jobs Available:  Academic Coach – Support students in areas they are finding difficulties and provide tutoring to students across a broad range of grade levels based on their personal area of expertise. Salary is $10.00 – $13.00 an hour. High School Diploma required, associates or some college preferred

Method of Contact:  apply at https://www.turningpointcdc.org/get-involved or call Chalis Henderson at 252-621-5190.

 

Name of the Company: Turning Point CDC

Jobs Available: Bus Driver – To assist with traveling to events with the Creating Success Mobile Learning Lab. Part-time flexible hours, Must have CDL license and Must provide a copy of valid driver’s license

Method of Contact: apply at https://www.turningpointcdc.org/get-involved or call Chalis Henderson at 252-621-5190.

 

Name of the Company: Turning Point CDC

Jobs Available: Instructional Assistant – should have experience with educational settings, tutoring, academic support and youth development. Will work closely with the Director of Educational Programs, Site Supervisor, parents, and community partners to optimally support program, $13.00 an hr, hours 2:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. Monday – Friday

Method of Contact: apply at https://www.turningpointcdc.org/get-involved or call Chalis Henderson at 252-621-5190.

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.

 

Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Goat Facilities

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Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.

 

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Town Talk: Talent Connect Connects People To Employment

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A short informational virtual session could be the jumpstart to a new career path, and Desiree Brooks said staff at NCWorks is available to follow up with individuals who have questions about next steps toward seeking meaningful employment.

Brooks spoke with John C. Rose on Monday’s Town Talk about Tuesday’s 10 a.m. Talent Connect series, sponsored by the Kerr-Tar COG.

The session lasts 10 minutes, she said, but will be chock-full of information for participants.

“There’s a pathway for every person,” she said, adding that there’s no one set way for prospective employees to find a job that suits them and their skill sets.

Participants will have a chance to interact with presenter Helen Bradby during the virtual session – Tues, Jan 11 – Register at: bit.ly/pathways0111.

Anyone without internet access can simply call NCWorks at 252.438.6129 in Henderson or 919.693.2686 in Oxford  to schedule an appointment to learn more.

“We’ll figure out a way to get them the information they need,” Brooks said.

Other virtual sessions are scheduled for Tuesdays in January – the topic for Jan. 18 is professional communication and interview skills (register here – bit.ly/professionalskills0118) and the topic for Jan. 25 is resume building (register here – bit.ly/resumebuilding0125).

These “soft skills” can be important for interviews, Brooks said; prospective employers are looking for new workers who will be a good fit, and job seekers should feel confident when going into an interview.

The Jan. 18 session will give tips for gaining the confidence to kind of help you “shake those nerves…to go in and get the job.”

The Jan. 25 session about resume building will help participants create a resume, which doesn’t necessarily have list a long job history to be a powerful tool. “If you don’t have work experience, that’s OK,” Brooks said. There is plenty that you can put on a resume, from extracurricular activities like church, civic and community service participation.

“All that experience definitely needs to be highlighted on your resume,” she said.

Job seekers can practice those soft skills on Thursday, Jan. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oxford NCWorks Center’s hiring event with Express Employment Professionals. The NCWorks Center is located at 111 Hilltop Village off US Hwy 158.

Learn more and bookmark www.kerrtarworks.com.

 

 

The Local Skinny! Shingles? Ouch!

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A case of shingles can really get on your nerves – literally. The viral infection causes a painful skin rash and accompanying nerve pain that can linger long after the rash has cleared up.

The shingles is associated with the childhood disease varicella, commonly called chickenpox.

Contracting the chickenpox as a 5- or 6-year-old was common and not seen as a big deal, as far as childhood diseases go.

But about 30 years ago, a vaccine was introduced to eliminate or greatly reduce the severity of the chickenpox in young children.

Shingles is not contagious, but it can be transmitted to someone who has not had chickenpox or who hasn’t had the vaccine against chickenpox, according to information on the CDC website.

Shingles is caused by varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chickenpox. It lies dormant and then reactivates – sometimes triggered by stress – and usually affects older adults or people with weak immune systems. The rash typically appears on one side of the face or body and lasts two to four weeks. But lingering effects of nerve pain, which can feel like tingling or that pins-and-needles feeling can last longer than the rash.

Thankfully, most people only have a single episode during their lifetime, but it is possible to have shingles more than once. The risk of spreading VZV to others is low if you cover the shingles rash. People with shingles cannot spread the virus before their rash blisters appear or after the rash crusts.

People with chickenpox are more likely to spread VZV than people with shingles.

Consult your health professional or primary care provider to learn whether you should get the shingles vaccine. The vaccine is recommended for healthy adults over 50.

Coach’s Corner: Kayla Simmons WIZS Player Of The Week Honors

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“We don’t often play in close games,” said Vance Charter Knights’ head women’s basketball coach Brian Howard on the Coach’s Corner of SportsTalk with Trey Snide. However, the Knights found themselves in a nail biter this week against Granville Central.  The 6 – 3 Knights scored with 4 seconds left to pull out a 60 – 59 win over Granville Central who fell to 5 – 6.  Kayla Simmons was the game’s hero scoring the last second basket. She totaled 17 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. With her performance, she was named WIZS Player of the Week.

Simmons and the Knights got off to a great start with an early 15 point lead but a series of turnovers allowed Granville Central to get back in the game. Coach Howard said the close game was beneficial to his team. The Knights get a lot of minutes from two freshmen and Howard said the stress of a close game was helpful to those freshmen players.

In speaking about the Granville Central game after Simmons hit the winning shot Howard said is first thought wasn’t about the shot but about getting back on defense. Four seconds can be an eternity in basketball and Howard wanted to make sure his team was prepared for a last second shot by Granville Central.

Howard said he expects that level of play from Simmons every game, She certainly delivered against Granville Central.  Congratualations to Kayla Simmons, the WIZS Player of the Week.

 

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Henderson City Council Set To Meet Monday, Jan. 10

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The Henderson City Council will meet Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 at 6 p.m. for its regular monthly meeting in City Hall Council Chambers, 134 Rose Ave. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

Anyone who wishes to address the council must do so in person or submit comments or questions to the city clerk no later than 3 p.m. on Monday. Questions and comments from the public are no longer taken via Zoom.

Use the following link to join virtually:

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Meeting ID: 859 8746 2307

Passcode: 743012

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The Local Skinny! Blaes Says The Next Two Weeks Is The Best Chance For Snow

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We’re almost one week into the New Year, but already in 2022, North Carolina weather is living up to its reputation of having a little something for everyone. Love milder temps in winter? Check. The high in Henderson was 75 on Jan. 1.

Prefer to have some snow in the forecast to make it feel like it supposed to feel this time of year? Check. A wet snow fell fast and heavy on Monday in the area, but it went as quickly as it came.

Jonathan Blaes with the National Weather Service says that this could be a pattern we can expect, at least for the next couple of weeks.

“It was a really neat storm,” the meteorologist said of the short-lived event that blanketed the area Monday.

Blaes said the dynamic storm system brought a bit of everything to the state, from high winds and at least one tornado in Harnett County and up to several inches of snow near the Virginia border. “A vigorous front will come through tonight (Thursday), and tomorrow will be a crazy windy, blustery day,” he said.

It’ll turn cold behind the next front, too, so it will feel like winter for the next week or so.

If you’re a snow lover, and the next 10 days or two weeks doesn’t do it for you, take heart, Blaes said. Historically, late January brings with it the chance of more wet snow.

From what he and his fellow meteorologists can tell so far from studying global weather patterns, it’s possible that over the next couple of weeks the area could have additional snowfall.

“It’s certainly going to be close enough so if a storm tracks close enough (to the area), we could get some snow.”

The messy mix of precipitation – rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow and then back to rain – is what this area is used to seeing. Meteorologists classify this type of storm as a “Miller A,” which indicates that the storm moves as a single low front tracking from the south. This week’s storm wasn’t a classic Miller A, Blaes said, but the area did see a changeover from rain to snow, back to rain before skies cleared and the sun reappeared.

“If you’re in the right spot, you’ll get clobbered,” from such a storm, like the areas around Washington, DC where almost a foot of snow fell and motorists were stranded overnight on I-95 near Fredericksburg, VA.

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TownTalk: Townsville And Its History

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The tri-weekly history show on Thursday’s Town Talk takes listeners to Townsville, in northern Vance County. It has been known as Townesville and, originally, Lynnesville.  L-Y-N-N-E.

That’s Lynne. Rhymes with “fine.”

Bill Harris and Mark Pace discussed the early days of the town, its heyday between post-Civil War period and the Depression, and what the area was like when railroads were the main mode of transportation for people and goods.

There’s a detailed map, drawn in pencil, that a prominent family – Adams – had made, Pace said. A copy is at the North Carolina Room at the Richard Thornton library in Oxford. It shows a prosperous area, with businesses and homes “It’s amazing how much there actually was in Townsville,” Pace said. “It was a really significant place in its heyday (between) 1885 and 1920.

There was a drug store, a box factory, a school, a bank -even a hotel. And a jail.

“It was a happening place,” Pace said. Mostly because of the railroad.

The town originally was called Lynnesville, for the Caroline County, Va. family that moved to the area. Lynne operated a store in town in the 1780’s. And it’s why John Penn, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, moved to Granville County. He married one of Lynne’s daughters.

The town’s name changed to Townesville to honor Edmund G. Townes who gave land on which the train depot was built. The railroad came through in 1855 and in the early 20th century when a spur line was put in between Manson and Townsville, “that’s when Townsville really hit its stride,” Pace said.

The citizens of the tiny town had a bond issue in 1920 and raised $60,000 to buy the rail line. It consisted of one freight car and one passenger car, and it went regularly between Manson and Townsville. The only trouble was there was no place to turn around in Townsville, so it had to chug in reverse all the way back to Manson.

Through the 1920’s the railroad died off, the box factory closed and Townsville became a casualty of the Depression. “Basically, it was part of the general change that was happening in America,” Pace said, of people leaving rural areas in search of jobs in more urban areas.

In 1942, two local gold prospectors from Granville County discovered something almost as good in Townsville Township. They found a rich deposit of tungsten, a hard metal that has a super-high melting temperature. Tungsten was put on the tips of missiles and artillery during World War II to penetrate tank armor.

The Allied forces didn’t have access to tungsten, and within six weeks’ time, there was a gaping open pit in Townsville and tungsten was being brought out to sell to the Army. It was dangerous work when the mining finally went underground, and Pace noted that it was one of the first places in the area that was integrated, Black and White working side by side.

The mine was in operation until 1971.

The Townsville area also produced a man by the name of Thomas Morgan, who eventually went to work for Sperry Corp. He was instrumental in creating a gyroscope used for ship navigation and also in the development of radar. “He was a big, big deal,” Pace said. Morgan, who is buried at Island Creek Baptist Church, had a famous visitor attend his funeral – U.S. Army General Omar Bradley.

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