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Historic Downtown Oxford Gearing Up for Saturday’s Hot Sauce Contest

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Excitement is growing as Historic Downtown Oxford gears up for the 12th Annual NC Hot Sauce Contest this Saturday, September 8, 2018. Festivities will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and include the opportunity to sample and purchase some of NC’s finest hot sauces and barbeque sauces. Visitors will also have the chance to enter the NC Pepper Eating Contest sponsored by Bailey Farms of Oxford.

The contest, which began as a smaller-scale affair inside the former Stovall’s Gifts, has become a cornerstone event for both the City of Oxford and for Granville County Tourism.

“It’s a celebration of all things local with products made right here in North Carolina,” said Angela Allen, director of Granville County Tourism Development Authority. Granville County Tourism is a proud sponsor of the hot sauce contest.

To enter the contest, participants must have a professionally labeled and bottled sauce ready for retail and all products must be made in North Carolina. Products privately labeled for NC companies or any sauces that contain pepper extract will not be accepted.

A $500 cash prize will be awarded to the winner of each of the nine categories – three for hot sauce and six for barbecue. All judging will be done by the Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham.

Hot sauce categories include the Meet the Heat award for the hottest sauce, NC’s Most Unique Hot Sauce and NC Critics Choice Hot Sauce. BBQ sauce categories include the best NC Mustard Based Sauce, NC Vinegar Style Sauce, NC Tomato Style Sauce, NC Mild BBQ Sauce, NC Hot BBQ Sauce and Most Unique NC Sauce.

Sauce not your thing? There will be plenty to keep you and the family entertained including local shops, restaurants, breweries, wineries and activities for children.

Additionally, the Granville County Museum and their September Sensations Bazaar at the Harris Exhibit Hall will also be open for viewing.

Officials are expecting a large crowd this year as attendance at the 2017 event was reported to top 18,000. This influx of visitors proves to be a boon to the local economy each year as gasoline, hotel rooms, food and other local goods and services are purchased.

Mark your calendar for this Saturday, bring your appetite and prepare your taste buds for a treat.

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Ribbon Cutting to be Held for The Little Clinic in Oxford, Tues. Sept. 4

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— courtesy Granville County Chamber of Commerce | Ginnie Currin, Executive Director ~ 919-693-6125 ~ ginnie@granville-chamber.com

The Granville County Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting at The Little Clinic, 1419 B College St., Oxford at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. The Little Clinic  – Roni Tomarelli, Family Nurse Practitioner –  is a new urgent care facility.

Please come out to support this new clinic!

Granville Co. Chamber in Need of Volunteers for Final ‘Alive After Five’ of Season

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— courtesy Granville County Chamber of Commerce | Ginnie Currin, Executive Director ~ 919-693-6125 ~ ginnie@granville-chamber.com

The Granville County Chamber of Commerce is in need of volunteers for the third and final “Alive After Five” event of the year to be held Thursday, September 13, 2018, in the parking lot on Gilliam Street in downtown Oxford. The event will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will feature Jim Quick and Coastline Band as musical guests.

Please contact wanda@granville-chamber.com or 919-693-6125 or tawheeler@granville-chamber.com or 919-528-4994 if you would be available to help.

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Oxford Prep Announces First Annual 9-11 Memorial 5K Run

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-Information and flyer courtesy Rick Kenner, Athletics Director, Oxford Preparatory School

Oxford Preparatory School will hold its first Annual 9-11 Memorial 5K run on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at the school, 6041 Landis Road, Oxford. The race starts at 10:30 a.m. Participants are asked to park between 9:45 and 10:15 a.m.

Cost for adults (18 and over) is $20; children are $15. Each adult ticket comes with a free raffle ticket.

You may pay on site the day of the race or send payment to the attention of Rick Kenner – Oxford Preparatory School, 6041 Landis Road, Oxford, NC 27565.

Registration is available online by clicking here. For additional details, including contact information, please see flyer below.

 

Mark Your Calendars for Pepper Day at Oxford Farmers Market – Sat., Sept. 8

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-Information courtesy Janis Daniel, Oxford Farmers Market

The Oxford Farmers Market will be celebrating Pepper Day on Saturday, September 8, 2018, from 7 a.m. until 12 noon. We are located on the corner of McClanahan and Lanier Streets in Oxford. Everything we sell is either homemade or homegrown by our vendors, so you know exactly where your items are coming from.

We will be serving a breakfast casserole to all our customers for as long as it lasts, along with having some pepper sampling. If you’ve wondered how various peppers taste, now is the time to find out. Our farmers will be happy to explain the various ways these peppers are used.

We will also have an array of apples, purple hull peas, potatoes, okra, butternut squash, Italian squash, eggplant, string beans and a variety of herbs and peppers. You’ll also find Gus’s famous chocolate meringue pie, pecan, old-fashioned chess, German chocolate, and other pies, along with various breads and cookies.

Vickey will have various jams, jellies and pickles, along with dried apples. These make great items for gift baskets. Couple this with items from our craft department, and you have a one of a kind gift for the school or college student, or for that special someone.

Miss Judy will have a diverse selection of plants, along with her fresh floral bouquets. These brighten any room that you put them in. Since she is a Master Gardener, she will be glad to help you with any fall landscaping project.

If you are coming in from I-85, take Exit 206 into downtown Oxford. Look for the sign at CVS. Be sure to celebrate Pepper Day with us! We look forward to seeing you there.

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Granville County Chamber of Commerce

‘Women in Business’ Social Postponed Until October

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— courtesy Granville County Chamber of Commerce | Ginnie Currin, Executive Director ~ 919-693-6125 ~ ginnie@granville-chamber.com

The Women in Business Social originally scheduled for Thursday, August 30, 2018, at C Squared and Nan’s Young Fashions in Oxford has been POSTPONED.  The realization that this leads into a holiday weekend limited the availability of attendance.

Watch for news about a Women in Business October luncheon meeting very soon. Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!

Please call the Chamber at 919-693-6125 or email wanda@granville-chamber.com with any questions.

Oxford Prep. to Build Outdoor Fitness Trail for Community Use

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-Information courtesy Vici Bradsher, Oxford Preparatory School

Thanks to a grant from the Granville County Parks and Recreation Advisory, Oxford Preparatory School, under the guidance of Rick Kenner and other school staff, will be building an outdoor fitness trail. The trail will be accessible from Salem Rd and will be open from dawn to dusk. There will be two bridge sites spanning the lovely stream that is on the site. A butterfly garden will be planted to complement the wide variety of wildflowers already growing in the area.

The trail will be 1.1 miles long and pass by the Oxford Preparatory School’s outdoor classroom, an Eagle project completed by Sean Burch, already in place by the creek. It will traverse through shaded areas, up hills and across flat terrain. Ten fitness stations will be placed along the trail, including sit-up/leg raise, balance walk and reverse pull-ups.

The trail will be maintained by Oxford Preparatory School as a service to all of the citizens of Granville County. It is anticipated that the trail will be ready for use by August 2019.

Photo: Oxford Preparatory School

Photo: Oxford Preparatory School

Granville County Chamber of Commerce

Granville Co. ‘Women in Business’ Social to Offer After-Hours Networking

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— courtesy Granville County Chamber of Commerce | Ginnie Currin, Executive Director ~ 919-693-6125 ~ ginnie@granville-chamber.com

A “Women in Business” social, hosted by C Squared and Nan’s will be held on Thursday, August 30, 2018, from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. on College St., in Oxford.

Chamber member businesswomen are invited to drop by for casual business-after-hours networking, hors-d’oeuvres and conversation.

RSVP to a Granville County Chamber office – wanda@granville-chamber.com, 919.693.6125 or tawheeler@granville-chamber.com, 919.528.4994 by Tuesday, August 28.

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2018 NC Hot Sauce Contest to Heat Up Downtown Oxford – Sat., Sept. 8

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-Information courtesy the City of Oxford website

The NC Hot Sauce Contest will bring thousands of people to downtown Oxford on Saturday, September 8, 2018, to interact with friends, merchants, fans, artisans and vendors. In 2017, the contest topped 18,000 visitors.

North Carolina’s finest hot and barbeque sauces, along with breweries and wineries spice up the blends and texture of downtown’s historical streets. Enter the NC Pepper Eating Contest sponsored by Bailey Farms.

Capture all the history of Oxford by visiting the Granville County Museum and their September Sensations Bazaar at the Harris Exhibit Hall, famous for showcasing local artisans.

We have activities for children, local shops waiting to greet you and great restaurants, all at your fingertips.

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City of Oxford Drone Demonstration at Masonic Home for Children – TOMORROW

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-Press Release, the City of Oxford

The City of Oxford announced its acquisition of an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) commonly known as a drone. Initial utilization of the City’s drone will be in its public safety departments but will eventually involve Engineering, Public Works and Planning and Zoning. Acquisition of the drone was made possible by utilizing matching funds made available through a grant award from the NC League of Municipalities.

Oxford’s UAS is a DJI Matrice 200 equipped with a Zenmuse XT2 FLIR (forward-looking infrared) camera. The thermal camera provides the City’s Public Safety professionals with a unique way to increase situational awareness and gather additional scene information. This technology can assist agencies in making crucial and time-sensitive decisions by giving real-time, first-person views of ever-developing scenes.

“Having an additional view from above a fast developing scene gives us the information needed to deploy our resources where the need is most critical and decreases the risk to the responder,” said David Cottrell, Oxford Fire Chief.

Oxford Police Chief Alvin Coley stated, “We are excited about the endless potential of this new piece of equipment and its ability to increase the quality of services that Oxford Police provides to the city and surrounding communities. The new drone will enhance Oxford Police’s ability to perform various law enforcement related tasks that we could not perform or would otherwise require the use of several man hours. In some instances, the drone could be used to provide lifesaving information during critical instances, and in the non-critical task, it could provide general information for planning events. Law enforcement, in general, has embraced this new technology and I’m sure Oxford PD will learn and grow in a positive direction as well from this new acquisition.”

Unlike a hobbyist or recreational drone, Oxford’s equipment must be flown by an FAA Part 107 UAS Pilot. This certification allows the pilots to fly commercially as government operators. These operators must also pass the North Carolina Department of Transportation Operator’s Knowledge Test and follow all requirements for annual training and recertification.

The City of Oxford’s UAS is registered with the Federal Aviation Administration and is marked with a unique identification number and name as required.

There will be a demonstration of the drone on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 1 p.m. behind the swimming pool at the Masonic Home for Children, 600 College St., Oxford.