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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

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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.

 

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 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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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! Lock Your Car

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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.

Sheriff Curtis Brame

Vance Sheriff Brame’s Advice To Avoid Phone Scams: “Don’t Do What I Did”

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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

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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.

 

Henderson City Council Adopted FY 21-22 Budget with No Budget Sessions or Public Discussion

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden

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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.

 

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 August 17, 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 August 17, 2021

 

Name of the Company: Versatrim

Jobs Available:  Looking to hire people for: Shipping Dept., Molding Dept. Quality Control, Operator Assistant, Slitting Dept., Surface Inventory and Printing Dept.

Method of Contact:  Contact Human Resources dept at 1-866-200-8132 or NC Works Center @ 857 Beckford Drive in Henderson 252-438-6129.

 

Name of the Company:  Pinnell Insurance, A Division of Watkins Insurance Agency

Jobs Available: Administrative Assistant – 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

 

**** Ker- Tar Community Job Fair Saturday August 21st from 9:am til noon located at Hix Field 313 E. Spring St. in Oxford, NC. 20 Employers & Community Resources will be available. For more information contact NC Works 919-693-2686 or email VGCC at flecherl@vgcc.edu

 

Name of the Company:  Penn Pallet

Jobs Available:  looking for a hardworking reliable 1st shift employee Monday – Friday 7:00am – 3:00pm. Great starting rate at $14.00 an hour with weekly production incentives. Other benefits include paid holidays, earned vacation and individual/ family insurance. Experience in wood industry helpful but not needed. Forklift experience also helpful.

Method of Contact:  Apply online at pennpallet.com or email Melony.francisco@pennpallet.com

 

Name of the Company:  Chick-fil-a

Jobs Available: Daytime cashiers and drive thru team members. Must be at least 16 years old, have valid driver’s license, basic computer skills and available to work 6am to 4pm Monday – Saturday.

Method of Contact:  To apply text frontofhouse to 252-359-3232 or apply online at cfaresturant.com

 

Name of the Company:  Vance County

Jobs Available: Economic Development Director – Qualifications are Bachelor’s Degree, Certified Economic Developer or working toward credential, excellent written communication, public speaking and presentation skills, also proficient in Microsoft Office, general business technologies and analytical tools.

Method of Contact: Go to the Vance County website for more details and to apply online

 

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.