Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Sharing, Pt. 4
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TownTalk: Proper Political Sign Placement
With the upcoming election just more than three months away, Vance County Republican Party Chairman Jimmy Barrier reminds local residents that although political signs may be placed on private property, campaigners are supposed to wait until 30 days before early voting begins to place signs in public right-of-way spaces. That day for the Nov. 5 election is Thursday, Sept. 5.
“I am pledging that we will continue to follow the rules concerning the placement of signs” Barrier said on Wednesday’s TownTalk. “I just want everyone to play by the rules…as laid out by the state Board of Elections.”
Barrier challenged members of the Democratic Party to do the same, but he said he’s already seen some signs out ahead of the Sept. 5 start date, which Barrier called “blatant violations of the law.”
And although Barrier pledged that members of his party will not remove the offending signs, he said any private citizen is free to do so because the too-early placement of the signs is considered littering, a class 1 misdemeanor.
“We will not damage campaign signs,” Barrier said. “We’re not going to go out there and pull ‘em up – it’s not our job and not what we’re going to do.”
What he and others will do is notify local law enforcement officials including the county Board of Elections, Henderson Police Department, Vance County Sheriff’s Office and district attorney’s office to report violations. Each violation could bring a $50 civil penalty.
“If the signs offend you, people have the right to take them up,” Barrier said, but only from public rights-of-way – NOT from private property where the signs are placed with permission of the property owner.
The city regulates placement of campaign signs and its policies state that they can’t be placed on power poles, in cemeteries or in the grassy triangle northwest of the downtown underpass.
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Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- Farmer’s Market
- Beekeeper’s August Meeting
- Tropical Storm Debby
- Garden Flooding
- Food Preservation Techniques
- Lawn Renovation
- Planning for Fall Gardens
- Lawn Safety
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Vance County Vipers Football Jamboree Moved to Wednesday, Aug. 14
The Vance County High School football Jamboree has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 6 p.m., but Head Coach Aaron Elliott is trying to look on the bright side and make the best of the situation, brought on by the approaching Tropical Storm Debby and forecasts of heavy rains.
In the “plus” category, Elliott said it will allow players to get in a few extra days of practice before that first scrimmage. The team has had just one day of contact practice, so a few additional days will be good.
Another positive is that the game field is in good shape. With recent rains, Elliott said “It’s all been Mother Nature – we’ve got the game field looking real good.” The field drains really well, he said, although Tropical Storm Debby’s contribution may result in some sideline ponding situations. A few extra days after the storm moves past should be enough time for sufficient drying.
In the “minus” category, however, is the number of teams available to attend the Jamboree. Franklinton and Wakefield had been on the list, but once the event was rescheduled, they had to drop out because they have other scrimmages going on that day.
Bunn is still in the mix, however, and Elliott said he’s in talks with a couple of other schools to see if they can participate to bring the total field to between 4 and 5 teams.
As far as a scouting report of the Vipers thus far, Elliott said his guys are doing a good job with the X’s and O’s but need to button down a bit with regard to being more disciplined on the field. Not the type of discipline that goes along with bad behavior, but the discipline that comes with knowing your job, remembering routes and not jumping offsides.
Cleaning up those little things will mean a lot as the Aug. 23 season opener approaches.
Be sure to listen to WIZS all season long for Vance County Friday Night Football and for coach interviews on Thursday SportsTalk programs at 12:30 p.m.
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TownTalk: Way to GROW! Festival
Back for its second year as a way to build community with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and downtown development, the Way to Grow! festival is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 24 along Garnett Street in Henderson.
Gateway CDC Founder and President Heather Joi Kenney said the non-profit may have provided the impetus for the weeklong activities that will culminate with the daylong festival, but she wants – and needs – the community to participate.
The theme is “Bloom Together, Cultivate Community” and it’s a metaphor for how Kenney sees growth for Henderson.
“The more we come together, the stronger we’ll be,” she said on Tuesday’s TownTalk. She said everyone must be conscious about how the community gathers and how to show support for others.
“I can’t water one part of the garden and not the other,” she said. If you consider Henderson like a garden, each segment of the community needs to feel that nurturing from other segments. “It helps show our diversity,” Kenney said. A festival like Way to Grow! is one way to show support, she said. It’s a way to say, “We see what you’re doing and we’re going to support you,” she said.
There’s still time to register to be a vendor. Go to the Gateway CDC website at https://thegatewaycdc.org/ for details about becoming a vendor. Schedules will be posted soon on social media and the website to include scheduled events leading up to the festival, which will occupy Garnett Street, from around Montgomery Street all the way to Sadie’s Coffee Corner and Vance Furniture, where the main stage will be.
Live music will be performed throughout the day, including Real Entertainment featuring Willie Hargrove and other groups as well, Kenney said.
There will be a Youth Village, hosted by Henderson’s own Jayden Watkins, a teenage pastor, and author. It’s a way to show youngsters that their community values them and wants them to feel special.
There will be an opportunity to get creative, too, Kenney said. Stop by the lot between the Henry Dennis building and the Gateway building and spend a little time helping to paint a canvas that ultimately will be displayed at Gateway.
In addition to this project, local artists are invited to bring some of their finished works to brighten up spots along Garnett Street.
“We have a lot of things to offer in downtown,” Kenney said. She pointed out a couple of new restaurants that add to the fabric of Garnett Street.
It’s events like Way to Grow! that help bring attention to downtown, and Kenney is hopeful that growth will continue.
“I want more vibrancy, more life” for downtown, she said.
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Cooperative Extension with Michael Ellington: Fall Gardening
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Perry Memorial Library – Summer Reading Program Big Success
Participants of the first Story Time at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market will be nice and dry Wednesday morning (or were nice and dry depending on when you are reading this) and safe from the rains from Tropical Storm Debby.
It’s National Farmers Market Week, and Perry Memorial Library is joining in the celebration by hosting Story Time, beginning at 10 a.m.
Youth Services Librarian Melody Peters said the market provides a great location to take story time on the road. “It’s a gorgeous facility – bright and airy…and covered,” she said on Tuesday’s The Local Skinny!
The story time program is geared for children 0-5, and Peters hopes the forecast of rain won’t dampen participation.
Participation in the library’s summer reading program was spectacular, Peters said.
More than 2,000 children and adults attended 50-plus programs over two months, she said.
They read and read, and read some more, logging 144,000 minutes in their reading logs.
“We were rockin’ and rollin’,” she said. No need to grab the calculator – that is 2,400 HOURS of reading over the summer. Wow!
She said it was great to hear from folks who were returning to the library after a long hiatus. Others were bringing grandchildren, and still others were young people who may not have been gung-ho about reading.
Youngsters who expressed such a sentiment to Peters didn’t get a lecture about how important reading is. Rather, she asked them what they’re interested in and then helped them find books on the topic. The general attitude went from ‘aww, man, do I have to read?’ to ‘ can we have some more books?’ and Peters couldn’t be happier.
“When kids get excited (about reading), I’m ready to give more,” she said. “Now, they’re coming to the library…that’s a ‘win-win’ for me.”
Visit https://www.perrylibrary.org/ to learn more about the programs and services available at your local library.
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WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-06-24 Noon
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The Local Skinny! Salvation Army
Major Beth Mallard is the Salvation Army’s new Corps officer serving at the Henderson location.
The organization made the announcement in mid-June; Mallard is one of a couple of dozen corps officers that assumed their new assignments across the Carolinas.
Mallard succeeds the husband-wife team of Captains Joshua and Amanda Keaton, who served at the local Salvation Army for about two years before accepting new roles as district youth secretaries for the organization’s Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi district.
The Salvation Army’s mission is to meet human needs in the name of Jesus Christ. In addition to having church services at the Rock Mill Road facility, the Salvation Army also runs a food pantry, after-school program and a Family Store & Donation Center at 218 Raleigh Rd.
There will be a huge furniture sale on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m at the site of the former family store at 222 W. Montgomery St.
Tune in at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13 when Maj. Mallard will be a guest on TownTalk.
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