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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 September 07, 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 September 7, 2021
Name of the Company: NC Pediatric Associates at Henderson location
Jobs Available: Looking for a full-time Clinical Assistant who is energetic, dependable, good customer service skills and eager to learn while working in a pediatric medical office. Hours are Mon.-Fri. 8am to 5pm with occasional Sat. 9am – 1pm.
Method of Contact: Pease drop off resume and references to any NC Pediatric locations to the attention of April
Name of the Company: NC Boys and Girls Club of Oxford, NC
Jobs Available: Part-time Office Administrator/ Receptionist. Responsible for managing the daily operations of the Administrative Office and serves as assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer. The hours are Monday – Friday day shift with approximately 29 hours per week.
Method of Contact: If Interested please go to www.indeed.com to apply online
Name of the Company: Henderson Collegiate
Jobs Available: Now hiring for the following positions: Elementary Apprentice Teacher, Elementary Assistant Dean of Students, High School Apprentice Teacher, High School Math Teacher, Middle School Apprentice Teacher, Middle School Science Teacher, Special Education Teacher, Student and Family Engagement Coordinator, Technology Support Specialist, Instructional Coach, Teacher Resume Collection, Middle School Technology Teacher
Method of Contact: If you are interested in any of these positions please reach out to recruitment@hendersoncollegiate.org/careers/ or go to hendersoncollegiate.org/careers/ to apply online
Name of the Company: Chick – fil- A
Jobs Available: 5 Daytime cashiers needed ASAP! Monday – Friday 7:00am to 4:00pm. NO SATURDAYS!
Method of Contact: to apply text FRONTOFHOUSE to 252-359-3232
Name of the Company: The Salvation Army Community Center of Henderson
Jobs Available: Currently has positions available for Education Coordinator and After-School Program Aides. Looking for people who love working with children and want to work for a company that invests in the community
Method of Contact: Apply on indeed.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.
The Local Skinny! Downtown Live on Young – Amanda Ellis
Young Street in downtown Henderson will be transformed in a couple of weeks for a few hours of al fresco dining, all for a good cause.
“Downtown Live on Young” will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11 and Amanda Walker Ellis, chairperson of the Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission board said this fundraiser is all about Henderson – from the chef right down to the entertainment.
In planning for the annual event, which is the nonprofit’s major fundraiser, organizers looked “local.”
“We just wanted it to be all about Henderson, bringing Henderson back,” Ellis told John C. Rose on The Local Skinny! “This is a perfect way to show that we can and we will” succeed and thrive as a vibrant community, she added.
Instead of one long banquet-style table with a fancy flair, this year’s event will be set up a bit differently, Ellis said. There will be 10 tables that will each accommodate 10 people. Frankie Nobles BBQ N More is providing food for the event, which includes appetizers, garden salad, baked potato and made-from-scratch corn muffins, topped off with two entrees slow-smoked brisket and marinated grilled salmon. In addition to water, tea and lemonade, beer and wine will be served as well.
Ellis said all planning considered COVID-19 safety measures. For instance, each table will have its own appetizers and food will be buffet-style, but there will be designated food servers to fill plates.
On one end of the street, local musician Jimmy Barrier and friends will provide musical entertainment.
This year’s fundraiser is a little scaled back, she said, and she expressed appreciation of the various community sponsors who are providing financial support.
Tickets are $75 each – seating is limited to 100 people. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce or any member of the HVDDC to get your tickets today!
The HVDDC is a nonprofit dedicated to downtown revitalization. It uses the money it raises for events and beautification projects like the one on the corner of Orange and Winder streets. Whether working to preserve buildings or address structural issues before they become bigger problems, HVDDC strives to avoid demolition and prevent neglect of buildings.
“All of that takes money,” Ellis said.
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The Local Skinny: Home And Garden Show 9-1-21
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The Local Skinny! each Wednesday on WIZS is the Vance County Cooperative Extension Service Home and Garden Show.
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UPCOMING EVENTS: GAP Workshop September 9, 2021 9am – 4pm Vance County Regional Farmers Market; 210 Southpark Drive; Contact Cooperative Extension 252-438-8188 for more info and to register.
TODAY’S TOPICS:
- Get your soil samples taken early for 2022 garden.
- Be on the lookout for fall armyworms.
- Check crops for harlequin bugs, aphids, cabbage worms, loopers.
- Do research for fall planting of trees and shrubs.
- Remember get vegetables under refrigeration as soon as possible.
- Avoid pruning from now until mid November at the earliest.
- Sow your tall fescue seed now though mid-September. Get soil seed contact and water frequently.
- Cooperative Extension has fall gardening publications. Call Cooperative Extension 438-8188
Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for August 31, 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.
Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehab Center
Jobs Available: Openings for: CNA’s for all shifts, LPN/RN – these are 8 hr shifts and every other weekend positions. Dietary positions are also available. Offering sign on bonuses for full time employees.
Method of Contact: If interested please come by the facility located at 1245 Park Ave. in Henderson, Monday thru Friday 9:00am to 4:00pm to fill out an application
Vance County Sheriff’s Office
Jobs Available: 4 Deputy Sheriff positions, 1 School Resource Officer Position, 1 Office Administrative Assistant position, 5 Detention Officers and 1 Maintenance Person
Method of Contact: If interested contact the Sheriff’s Department
Community Workforce Solutions
Jobs Available: School Based Transition Instructor – this position is responsible for providing direct services to students (ages 14-22) with disabilities and will be under the supervision of the Transition Services Manager. Requirements are: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services or closely related field preferred. Experience may substitute for degree. Must have a valid NC Driver’s License with a driving record that adheres to Agency standards. Must be able to work in various schools in multiple counties. Salary is based on experience.
Method of Contact: If interested please email a copy of your resume to hr@nc-cws.org
Maria Parham Health
Jobs Available: Now hiring registrars, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, medical technologists, medical laboratory technicians and sitters
Method of Contact: for more information visit www.mariaparham.com and click on careers
Kilian Engineering, Inc.
Structural Engineer/ CAD Designer – this position requires site visits to the Lake Gaston area, also requires experience with AutoCAD and structural design. This is a subcontractor position and the ideal candidate would be retired or soon to be retired
Method of Contact: email resumes to jeff.iannicelli@gmail.com – no phone calls please
Pinnell Insurance, A Division of Watkins Insurance Agency
Jobs Available: Administrative Assistant – Looking for someone to be the first point of contact with clients, be part of a team and direct the front office, If you are interested please send in a 3 minute or less video of yourself answering these questions: What has been your life’s greatest achievement? What frustrated you the most about your last position or job? What most attracted you to respond to our ad?
Method of Contact: Please send all video’s to info@watkinsinsurance.com and be sure to include your name and phone number
Carolina Sunrock
Jobs Available: Industrial Electrician, Mechanic and Plant Utility Person
Method of Contact: To apply go online to ncworks.gov to register or come in person to one of the NC Works locations in Henderson, Oxford or Warrenton
Franklin Vance Warren Opportunity
Jobs Available: Accounting Clerk and Business Outreach Coordinator
Method of Contact: To apply go online to ncworks.gov to register or come in person to one of the NC Works locations in Henderson, Oxford or Warrenton
Mako Medical Laboratories
Jobs Available: COVID Accessioning Associate, COVID Accessioning Auditor and COVID Accessioning QC Auditor
Method of Contact: To apply go online to ncworks.gov to register or come in person to one of the NC Works locations in Henderson, Oxford or Warrenton
Vance Granville Community College
Jobs Available: Store Manager I
Method of Contact: : To apply go online to ncworks.gov to register or come in person to one of the NC Works locations in Henderson, Oxford or Warrenton
Hollander Sleep Products
Jobs Available: Mechanic I
Method of Contact: To apply go online to ncworks.gov to register or come in person to one of the NC Works locations in Henderson, Oxford or Warrenton
Henderson Collegiate
Jobs Available: School Nutrition Assistants
Method of Contact: email resume to jhetrick@hendersoncollegiante.org
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: Harvesting Herbs
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The Local Skinny! Lock Your Car
Lock your car. Push the button. Use the lever. Click the remote. Whatever it takes, remember to lock your car.
Whether it should be called a rash is up for interpretation, but at least one prowler and thief continues to strike in Vance County at night. And this thief and any existing similar thieves are taking things from unlocked cars.
Local law enforcement is well aware, but you need to report any property crimes that you encounter as soon as possible. It is another chance to gather evidence, show a pattern and find the suspect or suspects.
Without being privileged to many details, some enforcement action has already taken place here locally.
The suspect or suspects continue to be brazen however, pulling up in a vehicle, getting out, and stealing from unlocked cars. Video surveillance is available now more than ever as homeowners and property owners have cameras around, recording and uploading the video and audio to cloud storage 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Lock your car. Secure your belongings. What’s being taken so far is what’s easily accessible and is found in an unlocked car. It’s a pain easily avoided if your car is locked.
In one Vance County location several years ago, a thief took change and loose items from unlocked vehicles, leaving behind cell phones, purses and electronics.
In another instance, a thief broke out a small rear window to gain entry to a front seat storage of loose change. The thief re-locked the vehicle after exiting, leaving behind several more valuable items.
There have been times when it was kids and teenagers committing the crimes, and the process was a game of sorts, or even just straight up theft of money to then go make less than straight up purchases. Drugs. Or even just drinks and gasoline from the store.
But the recent spree, which spans several Northern Vance County areas among others, involves obvious adults arriving and departing the crime scenes in a vehicle. And who truly knows exactly what was taken other than the victims?
Trespassing and other larger dangers and consequences could arise as well. It’s not safe.
Fortunately so far in this latest outbreak of thefts, that click or push of the lock mechanism on your continues to be a great deterrent.
Vance Sheriff Brame’s Advice To Avoid Phone Scams: “Don’t Do What I Did”
When the phone rings, the first reaction many of us have is to anwer the call. These days, however, unless a name pops up on the screen that you recognize, perhaps the best thing to do is – let it ring. You just may avoid getting caught up in a scam.
Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame wishes he had followed the advice that he so often dispensed to others about that very thing; it may have saved him the inconvenience of contacting his bank and associated credit cards.
Brame told John C. Rose in an email Wednesday about getting a call from someone who claimed to be with Duke Energy. The caller said Brame’s electricity would be cut off, “due to delinquency and not paying my bill on time.”
At the time, the sheriff was in a hospital waiting room, and was in a vulnerable state because his wife had just undergone back surgery. “I was worried, concerned, not thinking straight,” Brame wrote in the email to WIZS News. He was waiting to go in and see his wife in recovery, and what he did next is what he tells others all the time NOT to do: He furnished information to that person on the other end of the phone.
The last thing he needed, after being at the hospital with his wife, was to return home to no electricity, he said.
When he was able to get to a computer and access his account online, he realized his mistake. Of course, “I had already paid my bills on time and had a zero balance with Duke Energy,” Brame said.
The worry and concern for his wife in the hospital shifted to Brame being “furious, upset and disturbed” for being a victim of a phone scam.
Now came the hassle of contacting his bank, put it on alert and cancel his cards.
“Please, please, please, don’t do what I did,” Brame said. “They are out there, regardless of who you are.”
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The Local Skinny! Home and Garden Show 8-25-21
WIZS Home and Garden Show – Vance Co. Cooperative Extension
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UPCOMING EVENTS: Fall Vegetable Gardening Monday August 30,2021 6:30pm VCRFM 210 Southpark Drive Contact Cooperative Extension 252-438-8188 for more info and to register.
- Check vegetables growing now and in the fall for insects more closely. Loopers , cabbage worms, aphids.
- Purchase seed and fertilizer for early Sept tall fescue care.
- Fall vegetables need at least 1 inch of rain or irrigation per week.
- It’s late to be planning a complete lawn renovation. May be best to wait until next year.
- When broadcasting seed make sure you have good seed to soil contact. Use a roller or packer to get that seed into the soil.
- Evaluate your landscape for late season blooms (goldenrod, asters, joe pye weed).
- Cooperative Extension has a publication titled Carolina Lawns. Call Cooperative Extension 438-8188
- Consider leaving dried flower heads in the garden for the birds.
- Use labeled row markers when planting your fall garden, put planting date, variety, type of vegetable on each marker and place on each row and record in vegetable journal.