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Educator of Excellence Tracy Thorpe
Vance County Schools has issued the following press release:
Tracy Thorpe has been selected to represent Vance County Schools as the Exceptional Children’s “Educator of Excellence” for 2016-2017.
Thorpe teaches students with autism at Northern Vance High School.
She has a total of seven years of experience in education. Thorpe has a passion for teaching and is dedicated and committed to the academic success of her students.
She will be recognized for her outstanding contributions made to improving students’ outcomes during the 66th N.C. Conference on Exceptional Children at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, November 9-10.
Vance County: “The State of Our Schools”
Public Information Officer Terri Hedrick has announced in a press release that Vance County Schools will host two information sessions open to anyone in our community during the evenings of Thursday, September 29, and Monday, October 3.
The sessions, entitled “The State of Our Schools,” are scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, in the multipurpose room at Clarke Elementary School on Garrett Road south of Henderson, and from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Monday, October 3, in the multipurpose room at New Hope Elementary School on N.C. 39 north of Henderson.
Representatives from each of our 17 schools will be on hand at each of the sessions to share information about their services, programs and achievements for their students. Dr. Anthony Jackson, superintendent of Vance County Schools, also will be sharing information about the achievements of our students and schools during the 2015-2016 school year and our plans for this year and beyond.
Students and parents from our schools, as well as local business and church leaders, and all community residents are urged to attend. We hope citizens from throughout Vance County will attend one of these sessions to receive valuable information about our public school system.
Friday Night Football 9-23-16 on WIZS
Vance County Friday Night Football 9-23-16:
Northern Vance is on the road to Webb in Oxford. That’s our play by play game of the week on 1450 AM WIZS as well as live streamed on wizs.com and WIZS on Tunein Radio. We will have live score updates of Southern Vance at Louisburg as well. Join Bill Harris and Doc Ayscue for the kickoff at 7:00 p.m. following the Joy Christian Center broadcast.
Scouting Reports from Jeff Jenkins of WIZS:
NV @ Webb — Webb Warriors head Coach Tony Midgette was only partially joking when he described his team’s lack of depth during the first week of practice this summer. J. F. Webb is one of the smallest 3A schools in the state, and Coach Midgette told his players that many of them would have to be prepared to play three or four positions. The Warriors have been working with line-up changes during their five nonconference games and some combinations have, of course, worked better than others. Last year, with similar challenges, Webb started strong, going into conference play with a 3-2 record, averaging scoring 29 points per game, and holding their nonconference opponents to 22 points per game. This year, they have started 1-4, losing to both of their county rivals, Granville Central and South Granville, and by a large margin to Franklinton last week. And their stats reflect this start – a scoring average of 20 points per game and 36 points allowed per game.
The Vikings’ nonconference statistics have compared favorably to the Warriors both last year and this season. Last year the two teams were almost neck and neck and their 2015 match-up showed it. Both teams started conference play with 3-2 records; both teams averaged scoring 29 points per game prior to their meeting; and the Vikings were allowing just under 20 points per game while the Warriors allowed 22. Their contest last year went down to the wire with Northern Vance squeezing out a 35-34 victory. Webb did not win another game last year and finished 3-8; but the Vikings won their last game against Cedar Ridge to finish 5-6. This season, Northern Vance, like Webb, is scoring right at 20 points per game, but the Vikings have allowed only 11 points per game compared to Webb’s 36; so Defense will be the biggest difference tonight and the Vikings have the edge on that side of the ball.
And the Vikings will need to play Webb tough, regardless of the score, because the Warriors do not quit. Three of their five games have been close, and two were high-scoring affairs that show the Warriors’ ability to take full advantage of teams with struggling defenses. Webb took their only victory this season off Southern Vance in Week two by hanging around in spite of a 42-26 4th quarter deficit and taking full advantages of Raider errors to score 16 points in the last 3 minutes of regulation. Then, two weeks ago at home against Louisburg, the Warriors came up just one score short in a 48-40 shoot-out.
Northern Vance will need to think shut-out tonight – because the Vikings’ best games have been shut-outs, and Webb has a leaky defense that should allow enough scoring with the Viking defense shutting down the passing game that has kept Webb alive to the very end of its two best games this season.
SV @ Louisburg —
After two consecutive playoff appearances as a small 2A team, and another as a newly reclassified 1A team, Louisburg crashed an burned last season with a new coach, a short roster, and injuries to some key starters. The 2015 Warriors finished 1-10, averaged scoring 18 points per game, and allowed 45 per game. They started last season 0-4, and then lost to Southern Vance 56-7, by far the raiders’ best game of 2015. So far this season, Louisburg looks improved, beginning 1-3 with a close 48-40 win over Webb, and a respectable scoring average of 23 points, much better than last year’s 10 points for the first 4 games.
Second-year coach Dontae Lassiter has more to work with this year; he only lost 2 seniors to graduation and has 14 seniors to lead this year’s 39-man roster. And he is keeping things simple be counting on a run offense. Senior Max Jones started last year wearing No. 81 as a tight end, played quarterback for part of last season, and returns this year as starting quarterback wearing No. 16. Soph. back-up Cale Bolton has already seen action in 2 games. The rushing leaders so far are Sr. Quamon Person, with over 100 yards per game and 4 TDs, and Jr. Tyre Davis, with just under 100 rushing yards per game and 3 scores. Davis has also returned kicks for 330 yards, giving him a team high 724 all purpose yards, or 180 per game.
The Warrior defense is still weak, however, allowing 48 points per game so far, although to be fair, 54 of those points came last week in their 54-7 blow out by Bunn – a fate most of Bunn’s opponents will have to the accept this year.
Southern Vance, after one week off following their own big loss – 62-8 from Hertford County – also had a rough 2015, finishing 2-9, scoring 14 per game, and allowing 37 per game. The Raiders, at 0-4 this season, have been hurt this year by injuries but, like Louisburg, have still managed to score in every game, even scoring 48 points in their 2-point overtime loss to Webb, the only opponents they have in common with Louisburg. Those two games with Webb were similar in that both Southern and Louisburg scored 48 against the scrappy but undermanned 3A Oxford Warriors; although Louisburg came out on top, and the Raiders let the game slip away in the final 4 minutes. Both of these teams are rebuilding, and tonight’s contest in Louisburg should be won by the team that commits the fewest turnovers and draws the fewest penalties.
Henderson Masonic Lodge 229 Fish Fry
Henderson Masonic Lodge 229 Fish Fry continues today until 7 p.m. Eat in or take out. $8.00 for freshly fried fish plus potato salad, slaw and hush puppies. If you eat in, a drink is included.
The location is Raleigh Road in Henderson, across from Supply Line Country Market and M.R. Williams.
Monies raised with help local civic causes plus the Mason Home for Children in Oxford and will help with roof repairs to the local Masonic Lodge building.
The Masonic Club of Henderson is 150 years old, and this is the second annual fish fry. This event is being put on by many of the same Shriners that have been doing the annual Henderson Shrine Club fish fry for more than 50 years.
If you would like to see more, check out our Facebook Live post on facebook.com/wizsradio.
The Last Struggle of the Summer: Gas Shortage in NC
“The Last Struggle of the Summer: Gas Shortage in NC” By: Noah Whittacre, WIZS Staff
With the summer nearing to a close, we hoped for a smooth ride right on into the incoming fall, but such is not the case, and one more major problem has forced it’s way into the summer. On Saturday, September 17th, Governor Pat McCrory declared N.C. to be in a state of emergency due to fuel shortage. This shortage was caused by a leak in the Colonial Pipeline, which runs from Houston, TX to Linden, NY. The leak occurred sometime before Friday, September 9th and was discovered that day.
It is estimated that over 250,000 gallons of gasoline leaked out before it was shut off. This leak has affected six southern states and has caused the average gas price in the south to raise 10 cents per gallon on average, with the highest raise at 16 cents per gallon in Georgia. As for North Carolina, gas prices rose on average 10 cents per gallon from Friday to Saturday. The gas shortage was hitting our state as soon as Saturday and many gas stations in Henderson were out of gas by Saturday night. Oxford has seen similar shortages and price hikes as well.
Henderson and Oxford have surely been impacted by the leak, but larger cities in metropolitan areas have seen a greater struggle. Right now in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Greensboro, it is a common sight to see cars lined up in the dozens, waiting for their opportunity to fuel up. Some gas stations in these larger cities have been rationing their gas sales to $10 per customer per visit, but most stations are out completely. In rare instances, some stations have been “Price Gouging”, a practice that allows the business owners to hike up the price unreasonably due to shortage or other circumstances. It has been reported that some stations have had prices as high as $4.00 per gallon and in one rare case $5.89 per gallon. This practice is illegal and these business will face the proper punishment when all of this is brought under control again.
Things may seem bleak and continuing to go downhill but there is an end in sight to this shortage. On Tuesday morning, in a press conference, officials from the Colonial Pipeline announced that their pipeline bypass had completed construction and passed all necessary function tests. This means that normal gas flow should be restored soon and gas supply and prices should finish normalizing by the end of the week or, at the latest, the beginning of next week. For the next few days there are things you can do to save money and conserve fuel until everything is back to normal.
First is to shop around for the best price, often times a station with better prices is just around the corner. Talk to your friends and neighbors to see who has the best prices in town, even one cent lower per gallon will help to save money in the long run.
The second tip to saving money is to conserve fuel. This can be accomplished by accelerating gradually and anticipating stops to slow down gradually as well. Use your air conditioning in the vehicle as opposed to rolling your windows down as this puts less drag for your car which in turn puts less strain on your engine.
The final tip is to make sure your tires have the correct air pressure, as this helps keep your gas mileage higher. If you commute to the Triangle or to Durham for work, fill up in Henderson, Creedmoor, Butner, or Oxford as opposed to trying to find gas in those larger cities as prices are higher and supply is lower there. If you need to find gas in those larger cities, certain media outlets such as the Mix 101.5 radio station have been including segments in their programming to let people in our larger cities know where to find gas stations that have fuel as part of a community call in segment.
Remember to conserve gas as much as possible and to expect things to normalize by the end of the week. Spread the word on the best prices in town and communicate with your family, friends, and neighbors to help each other out, and we’ll get through crisis as a community.