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The Local Skinny! Upcoming Blood Drives

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There are several blood drives scheduled for the area, and the American Red Cross could use your help. June’s donations were down by 12 percent, and donations are desperately needed to prevent a blood shortage this summer, according to information from Cally Edwards, regional communications director for the American Red Cross Eastern North Carolina.

Following is a list of upcoming blood drives in the four-county area:

Vance

Thursday, July 21

  • 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.,Raleigh Road Baptist Church, 3892 Raleigh Rd., Henderson
  • 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Kerr Lake Country Club, 600 Hedrick Rd., Henderson

Granville

Friday, July 22

  • 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Creedmoor United Methodist Church, 214 Park Ave., Creedmoor

Warren

Friday, July 22

  • 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Norlina Fire Department, 102 Center St., Norlina

Franklin

Saturday, July 23

  • 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Maple Springs Baptist Church, 1938 NC Hwy 56 E, Louisburg

There are several ways to register to give blood, Edwards said in a press release. Donors can download the American Red Cross Blood Donor app, visit http://RedCrossBlood.org  or call 1.800.REDCROSS (800.733.2767).

Save time at the appointment by completing the pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online. Before you arrive. Visit

https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/manage-my-donations/rapidpass.html

or use the blood donor app to complete the pre-donation checklist.

Individuals who donate blood during the month of July are entered into a chance to win a Shark Week merchandise package, thanks to a partnership with Discovery. The package includes a beach bike, smokeless portable fire pit, paddle board, kayak and a $500 gift card to put toward additional accessories.

All donors who come in between July 21-24 get a Shark Week t-shirt while supplies last, she said.

 

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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Yellow Jackets

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VCS Cheerleaders Almost Halfway To Goal Of Marching In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

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The Vance Charter Cheerleading team is almost halfway to its goal of raising the roughly $70,000 needed to be able to make the trip to New York City to participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

Head Coach Stacey Long said Thursday that the group has raised about $30,000, which is a great start. There’s a Sept. 1 deadline, though, so any and all donations to the fundraiser effort are welcomed at this time.

The group got the invitation in early May, and Long said to her knowledge, they’re the only cheerleading group in the area ever selected to march in the parade, known for its giant balloons, festive floats and marching bands. The girls will march along the 2.5 mile parade route, then stop and perform at Herald Square in front of Macy’s flagship store.

Over the past few weeks, the cheerleaders have fanned out across Henderson and Oxford, visiting businesses and delivering informational flyers in hopes of drumming up additional donations.

Long said the trip will cost about $3,000 per student, and the fundraiser will cover their costs, but not those of the 11 chaperones that will accompany them.

“We go up five nights before the performance,” Long said, adding that there’s a rigorous schedule that includes sightseeing and maybe even a Thanksgiving meal, all part of the “experience.”

“The girls are pretty excited,” she said. “They are sacrificing not having the holiday with their immediate family,” but an invitation to appear in the parade may be a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Long said she and assistant coach Shelley Whitehead have worked diligently alongside the cheerleaders to bring the fundraiser to the community’s attention.

If you can help, phone Long at 919.691.3279 or send a message via the Vance Charter Cheer Leading Facebook page.

There are various donation levels, beginning with $2,500 Platinum, $1,500 Gold, $1,000 Silver and $500 Bronze, but donations in any amount will be gratefully accepted.

The best way to make a financial donation is to send a check to the school:

Vance Charter School

Attn: Coach Stacey Long

2090 Ross Mill Rd.

Henderson, NC 27537

Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Make your fall garden plan on paper, start purchasing seed, fertilizer etc.
  • Prune water sprouts and trunk sprouts off of fruit trees and ornamental trees. This is more efficient than waiting until Feb.
  • With summer storms your garden can flood open ends of rows to let water drain out.
  • Blossom end rot is not confined to tomatoes. It can occur on squash and melons as well!
  • Continue your fruit spray program. Be mindful of the harvest interval before you spray i especially if you think you will harvest fruit soon.
  • Preserve herbs for future use by hanging in a cool, dark, low humidity location.
  • Use trash bags to help keep deer out of your garden, electric fence is best.
  • Weed weekly! Stay on top of weeds by planning about 5 minutes per bed per week.
  • If you have excess vegetables, give some to a neighbor or friend who can’t grow a garden.
  • Protect your eyes with impact resistant lenses.
  • Never refuel a hot mower and wait at least 15 minutes before refueling.

 

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden 07-12-22

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 07-12-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for July 12, 2022. 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 michele@hendersonvance.org to be included.

Company – Sam’s Furniture and Mattress Center

Job Title and Description – Now hiring for full-time positions.  Up to $17 per hour.

How To Apply – Apply in person.  Stop by the retail store, located at 515 South Garnett Street, in downtown Henderson, NC.

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Company – Henderson Family YMCA

Job Title and Description – Now hiring for Director of Human Resources.  Full-time, professional position.  Looking for individuals who have a passion for helping others, have high energy, and shows enthusiasm.  Candidates should be team players who are organized and self-motivated.  The Henderson Family YMCA is located at 380 Ruin Creek Road in Henderson, NC

How To Apply – Apply online at www.hendersonymca.org/get-involved/employment-opportunities.  252-438-2144.

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Company – Carolina Cooling and Heating Inc

Job Title and Description – Immediate need to hire full-time HVAC Service Techs and HVAC Installers.

How To Apply – Apply in person at the CC&H office, located at 465 Industry Drive in Henderson, NC.

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Company – City of Henderson (Government)

Job Title and Description – Currently accepting applications for the following multiple open positions: 1. Administrative Support Specialist in the Public Works Department.  Hiring salary range is $29,400 – $36,700.  Will perform a variety of administrative duties, secretarial duties, and office records processing.  Should be able to work independently conducting office management duties.  Prefer candidates to have some business school education and experience working in an office environment.  2. Acquatics Program Supervisor for the Recreation and Parks Department.  Hiring salary range is $38,900 – $48,600.  Must possess or possess the ability to obtain within 6 months of the hire a Certified Pool Operator certification, along with Red Cross Lifeguard certification, and CPR and First Aid license; and 3. Recreation and Parks Facilities Supervisor for the Recreation and Parks Department. Hiring salary range is $38,900 – $48,600. Must be 21+ years old. Graduation from a 4 year college with a degree in recreation administration, physical education, or related degree and experience.

How To Apply – Apply online at www.henderson.nc.gov/departments/human_resources/jobs.pnp. Or mail your resume to City of Henderson, Attn: Human Resource Department, P.O. Box 1434, Henderson, NC 27536

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Company – Walmart Distribution Center

Job Title and Description – Maintenance Energy Center Technician Position Open.  Full-Time. $26.45 an hour. Applicants should have 1 year experience in industrial refrigeration (valve rebuilds, working with refrigeration systems); OR 1 year experience with HVAC.  Position duties include: Assist in the repair and maintenance of equipment. Diagnose refrigeration and electrical problems using technical drawings (blueprints, electronic/mechanical schematics) and diagnostic tools (multi-meter, laptop). Operate refrigeration system equipment (compressors, fan units, etc.). Perform preventive maintenance and repairs on equipment (lift trucks, pneumatic systems, material handling equipment, hydraulic equipment, dock equipment, banana room equipment, electronic and electrical equipment).

How To Apply – Apply online at Walmart.com.  Scroll to bottom of home page, and click on careers.  Put in Henderson, NC location, and submit resume.  Or on Staff-1.com website.

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Company – Mako Medical Lab

Job Title and Description – Medical Technologist position open.  Bachelors degree in Medical Technology or Clinical Lab Science with up to 2 years experience in related field.  Duties in part include: oversee technical soundness of work performed. Meet requirements for client service performed by the department, including consultation with clients, data interpretation, and coordination of support with sample custodial.  Review data and reports for accuracy, content and adherence to Company quality control policies.

How To Apply – Apply online at https://makomedical.com, scroll to bottom of homepage and click on careers.

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Company – Skipper’s Forsyths BBQ Restaurant

Job Title and Description – Immediate job openings for Night Manager and Weekend Manager.  Experience in management is required.

How To Apply – Apply in person at restaurant, located at 2362 North Garnett Street in Henderson, NC.  Or call for additional information 252-438-5228.

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Company – Vance County Public Schools

Job Title and Description – Hiring for Part-time Reading Tutors – beginning with school opening in the fall.  Tutors will work September through May.  Hiring everyday citizens who have flexible schedules and the will to make a difference in our school district.

How To Apply – Apply at www.nceducationcorps.org/application and click on Vance County Corps Member Tutor.  For additional information contact: Ashley Bean – email ashleykbean7@gmail.com.

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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.

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The Local Skinny! Community Watch In Kittrell

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The Kittrell Community Watch will meet on Thursday evening, July 21 at Union Chapel United Methodist Church and President Edward Woodlief invites anyone interested to attend.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the church, located in Kittrell at 6535 Raleigh Rd.

Guest speaker is Detective Andrew Bishop with the Vance County Sheriff’s Office and he will discuss the use of drones in law enforcement and how these unmanned remote devices are used to fight crime.

Contact Woodlief at 252.767.4044 to learn more.

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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Spotted Lanternfly

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The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: Place Names

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What’s in a name?

So many places within the four-county area got their names as a way to honor prominent families of the day; landowners who donated land for the railroad to come through back in the late 1880s, for example, resulted in town names like Stovall, Townsville and Stem.

An area hit the “big time” when it got a post office, and local historian and Thornton Library’s North Carolina Room specialist Mark Pace said the names that postmasters chose resulted in names like Dabney, Epsom and others. Pace and WIZS’s Bill Harris combed through a list of townships and communities – some still in existence and others lost to time and progress – during Thursday’s Around Old Granville segment of The Local Skinny!

Take Dabney, for instance. When a post office was established there, the postmaster renamed the community of Herndon (president of the railroad)to Dabney to honor William Dabney, a state geologist who “found some pretty neat things” in the 1880s and 1890s. Dabney later moved to Texas and became a prominent professor and university president.

And the community known as Mobile, for example, never had its own post office, but got its name because of the ties to Mobile, Alabama that the Hawkins family, a prominent African American family in Henderson, had.

More recently, the Granville County town of Butner gets its name from Camp Butner, an Army base constructed in 1942. Maj. Gen. Henry W. Butner, from Stokes County, NC, had died just a few years earlier and officials thought it fitting to name the base for someone from North Carolina, Pace said. Butner served in World War I and was noted for developing artillery for the Army, he added.

“It was run by the state of North Carolina until it was incorporated in 2007,” Pace said, making it the third newest town in the state.

The Umstead brothers – John and William B. – used their political influence to get the government to building the base in Granville County, where land was cheap and the camp could be relatively secluded but in close proximity to a large city (Durham).

The origin of Butner’s next-door neighbor, Creedmoor, isn’t quite so clear. There are several theories out there, Pace said, but he suspects that the town got its name from a famous gun range on Long Island, NY called Creedmoor Gun Range. There were a lot of gun enthusiasts in the area when Creedmoor was incorporated in 1911, he added.

The Lyons family established a post office in 1886 and there’s a Lyon Station Road located nearby.

William Thomas Stem was a big farmer in Granville County and he gave land for the railroad to come through. The name Stem replaced an earlier community called Tally Ho, which was a stagecoach stop. Tally Ho Road and Tally Ho township serve as reminders today.

There is a similar situation up in the northern part of Granville County, in the Sassafras Fork township. That name, Pace said, goes back to the late 1700s, but the town name was changed to Stovall to honor John W. Stovall who donated the land for, you guessed it, the railroad to come through to connect Clarksville and Oxford.

Communities like Gela near Stovall, Zacho near Wilton and Woodsworth near Townsville are just a few examples of communities that just sort of died off, Pace said. In the case of Woodsworth, Pace said, the family for which the community is named, moved to Arkansas but the name stuck. Zacho had a post office, and was located south of Wilton going toward the Tar River. Until just a few years ago, there had been a one-room shed that served as a post office.

There may have been only one Zacho, but several counties claim communities called Sandy Creek, Pace said.

There’s one in Vance, one in Warren and one in Franklin, he said. And they’re located near each other geographically, which could muddy the waters for genealogy researchers who are trying to find where ancestors lived or where they may be buried.

The oldest place name with European origin is Nutbush creek. William byrd doing dividing line between nc and va. Surveying in 1722.

Came to a creek in northern vance co. had a lot of hazel nut. So they just  called it Nutbush creek.

“The oldest place name with a European origin,” Pace said, “is Nutbush Creek,” located in the general area of Williamsborough north of Henderson. William Byrd was surveying the area that created the North Carolina-Virginia state line in 1722.

“He came to a creek in northern Vance County that had a lot of hazel nut trees,” Pace explained. “So they just called it Nutbush Creek.”

Sometimes names come about as a matter of practicality.

 

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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Patience

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