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The Local Skinny! Youth Interested In Showing Dairy Calves Can Attend Meeting Nov. 16 At Warren Armory

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Youngsters who want to learn more about the 2022 Dairy Calf project of the Warren County Extension 4-H program are invited to a meeting next week, according to information from Matthew Place, Warren livestock agent.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. at the Warren Armory Civic Center. The civic center is located at 501 US Hwy. 158 Bus E, Warrenton, NC 27589.

Participants do not have to live in Warren County; Place said he welcomes youngsters and their parents to the meeting to learn details.

The eight-week project will take place next summer. The 4-Hers will work with their assigned Guernsey calf weekly to get them ready for the Central Carolina District Junior Dairy Show.

The 4-H program is for young people ages 5 to 18.

For more information, contact the Warren County office of N.C. Cooperative Extension at 252.257.3640.

 

Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Self Care

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Home And Garden Show 11-10-21

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

THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN

  • Tips for backyard egg production
  • Tips for backyard meat bird production
  • Tips for raising goats/sheep
  • Tips for pasture management for goats/sheep
  • Meat vs. milk
  • Processing options

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden

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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 November 9th, 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 November 9, 2021

 

Name of the Company: Vulcan Materials

Jobs Available:  Heavy Equipment Operator

Method of Contact:  Contact area NC Works Career Centers for more information

 

Name of the Company: Vance County Social Services

Jobs Available: Multiple positions open

Method of Contact:  Please go to county website at www.vancecounty.org for more information

 

Name of the Company:  Servpro of Franklin Vance and Granville Counties

Jobs Available: Staff to clean up and restore homes and businesses related to water damage, fires and mold. On- the- job training is provided

Method of Contact:   Stop by the office at 260 Industry Drive off Ross Mill Rd. near Lowe’s or call 252-433-005

 

Name of the Company: Ahner Security, Inc.

Jobs Available: Alarm Technicians Needed. MUST be able to pass a drug test and background check. Experience preferred but not required

Method of Contact:  If interested contact office at 438-7181 or go by 5799 US-1 Bypass in Henderson

 

Name of the Company: Vance County Sheriff’s Department is urgently hiring

Jobs Available:  Deputies,  Investigator,  School Resource Officers,  Office Administrative Assistant and Detention Officers

Method of Contact:  For more information please contact the Sheriff’s office at 252-738-2200 or go by the office in person at 156 Church Street Suite 004, Henderson

 

Name of the Company: Ameristaff, Inc.

Jobs Available:  Custodian

Method of Contact:  Contact area NC Works Career Centers for more information

 

Name of the Company: Penn Pallet Inc.

Jobs Available: Laborer

Method of Contact:  Contact local area NC Works Career Centers for more information

 

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: Meat Goat Forages

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Cooperative Extension With Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden

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The Local Skinny! Boys & Girls Club Giving Youth A Brighter Future

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The Boys & Girls Club of North Central North Carolina has its main club site for Vance County at 212 N. Clark St. in Henderson, but with some financial support from a 21st Century Grant, two satellite clubs are up and running at two elementary schools in the county.

Ronald Bennett serves on the group’s corporate board. He said Wednesday’s Be Great Breakfast fundraiser was a big success, thanks to caring people in the community. “It was a good turnout for a great cause,” he said.

The new program sites are at Carver Elementary and New Hope Elementary. “We are excited that we were able to open the two rural sites,” Bennett told Trey Snide on Thursday’s The Local Skinny! segment. He said folks in the communities around the schools are happy that there is club programming available to students who live out in the county.

The breakfast netted about $15,000.

“It just shows that there are committed people right here in the community that pitch in and make a difference,” Bennett said. Donors got to show their support via their pocketbook and they got a good breakfast, to boot. The breakfast was held at Henderson Country Club.

CEO Donyell “DJ” Jones was the keynote speaker for the morning’s event. Jones came on board about a week before the pandemic shut everything down, and although things had to look a little different, the clubs across the five counties served by BGCNCNC found ways to provide services.

Vance’s Youth of the Year Keyon Tunstall also shared his story at the breakfast. He started coming to the club at age 5, Bennett said, and now has a leadership role there. As Youth of the Year, he received a $1,000 scholarship that he can use at the school of his choosing.

Bennett said he got to know Tunstall last year when they were both working at the club to distribute hot meals. “He is a great young man with a very bright future,” Bennett said.

Home And Garden Show 11-3-21

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

  • Compost leaves please DO NOT BURN THEM!
  • Continue planting trees and shrubs. Dig a planting hole that’s 2 or 3 times as wide as the rootball, and no deeper than the rootball.
  • Have Frost Protection materials ready projected forecasts for lows will be in the 30’s
  • Plant spring flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. If the bed has not been fertilized recently, mix some into the planting site first.
  • Harvest your sweet potatoes today if possible you do not want sweet potatoes that have been exposed to frost.
  • Even perennial flowers can be planted now. The tops will die off over the winter, but the roots will continue to grow and the plant will come back strong next spring.
  • Winterize any equipment that may have water in it.
  • Many plants can be divided now, giving you a free way to expand your plantings or share with friends. Possibilities include daylily, hosta, iris, liriope, and many perennial flowers.
  • Do not leave pet food outside it will attract wildlife. Skunks, raccoons, opossums.
  • Monitor lawn for cool season weeds through the fall and winter. It’s best to treat them as they appear.

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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.