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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 03-22-22

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WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for March 22, 2022. WIZS has compiled the information, and it is presented here and on the radio.

 

All of these jobs can be applied to through the NC Works website or at the local NC Works office.

 

KARTS DRIVER

Drivers are responsible for the operation of KARTS’ various vehicles and for the safe and orderly transportation of passengers to and from their destinations. Work includes completion of daily inspection of vehicle, fueling, interior and exterior cleaning of vehicle, maintaining accurate trip records, assisting passengers as required, receiving and accounting for fares, radio communications and any other related duties as assigned by the Transportation Assistant. Examples of Duties Performed – Inspects the vehicle daily prior to beginning route. Follows a prescribed checklist in reviewing the vehicle’s operational and safety features; records all repair needs/problems on checklist and reports findings requiring immediate attention to Maintenance Coordinator; completes check of all fluids and maintains proper level; washes and cleans vehicle inside and outside as require

 

STAFF DEVELOPMENT COORD/ADON, Senior Citizens Home

$35.00-$40.00 Hour

… This person will be responsible for training our staff as it relates to their Staff Development Coordinator (SDC) responsibilities and for being the Assistant Director of Nursing. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse with long-term care experience. We are looking for a person who is a self-starter, who enjoys working with the elderly and has strong clinical skills. You will work directly with the Director of Nurses to manage the nursing department. A working knowledge of the nursing home regulations is extremely helpful but not required. We are a family owned facility that has been providing quality care to the residents of Vance and surrounding counties for over 50 years. If you are an RN, come in and chat with us about this great opportunity!!!

 

Housekeeper, Senior Citizens Home

$8.00-$9.00 Hour

… Applicant will be responsible for cleaning resident rooms, hallways and other areas in the building.

 

 

Inspector Quality

Hollander Sleep Products, LLC. – Henderson, NC

$56,000-$125,090 Year

… SUMMARY : Inspect product quality within the plant, ensuring that product inspections and quality assurance procedures are carried through as defined in the Hollander Quality Manual and meet the standards required by our customers and the end-user. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Includes the following; other duties may be assigned.) Ensure the guidelines, procedures, specifications and reports in the Quality Manual are executed at the plant level and work with Quality Manager/Supervisor to submit suggested improvements to the Corporate Quality Department as needed. Ensure that quality standards are maintained and communicated to all plant employees. Train associates as needed. Participate in weekly Quality Meetings and follow up on action items and improvements agreed upon. Assist the Quality Manager/Supervisor to maintain and provide access to Quality reference materials as needed, consisting of component standards, design folders, customer s

 

Supervisor Distribution

Hollander Sleep Products, LLC. – Henderson, NC

$33,915-$89,270 Year

… OVERVIEW Distribution Supervisors direct and manage Finished Goods Inventory and Distribution processes and personnel, to achieve Company and Departmental goals. Manage to key performance metrics to maximize departmental productivity. The person in this role will perform team management duties to include coaching, training, disciplinary action, scheduling and motivating. All Hollander Associates are expected to support Operations by working efficiently and maintaining a high level of productivity for the organization to meet and exceed customer demands. This position places a strong significance on effective teamwork, clear communication, sound judgment, initiative, safety orientation, reliability and a strong work ethic. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Ensure direct reports are properly trained in their job functions and responsibilities in order for them to complete their tasks accurately and in a timely, safe and efficient manner Ensure all safety proc

In Home Aide

Mary Louise Health &Home Care Services, LLC – Henderson, NC

… In home aide Mary Louise Health &Home Care Services, LLC Occupation: Nursing Assistants Job Description Serving Durham, Wake, Orange,Person,Chatham, Granville, Vance Franklin, and Warren counties Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Perform duties such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens. May transfer or transport patients. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

 

Home Health RN (Home Health Registered Nurse)

Mary Louise Health &Home Care Services, LLC – Henderson, NC

… Home Health RN Mary Louise Health &Home Care Services, LLC Job Description Serving Durham, Wake, Orange,Person,Chatham, Granville, Vance Franklin, and Warren counties Responsible for client care monitoring and communication with other appropriate team members and supervisors. Responsible for following agency policies regarding procedures or duties that a RN may perform. Provides assessment and reassessment of clients for personal care services and supervises all In Home Caregivers for in home care. Current unrestricted Registered Nurse License with the NC Board of Nursing. Responsible for following agency policies regarding procedures or duties that a RN May performed. Assist with Quality Assurance activities including 90 day client record reviews as assigned. Client files will be reviewed for compliance and to review qualifications.

 

Medical Laboratory Technician

GRRONC – Henderson, NC

… Job Summary Performs routine tests to provide information to medical professionals concerning diagnosis and treatment of diseases. General Accountabilities Determine the acceptability of specimens for testing. Prepare, test and evaluate reagents or controls. Perform routine and complex technical procedures according to Standard Operating Procedures. Develops and maintain cell/tissue cultures for testing purposes. Follows strict safety and health standards. Performs quality control tests to ensure validity and accuracy. Monitors test results and records results to give to doctor. Job Qualifications Education: Associate of Applied Science Degree OR Clinical Lab Technician Diploma Experience: 1-3 years of related experience Skills

 

Route Sales Representative – 326302

Rolling Frito-Lay Sales, LP – Henderson, NC

$58,000-$58,000 Year

$58000 / YR Target Earnings The Route Sales Representative is a full-time position that is responsible for delivering, selling, and merchandising Frito-Lays complete line of products to local stores including gas stations, dollar stores, and large grocery stores. As a Route Sales Representative, you drive a Frito-Lay truck to different stores, work independently to unload orders, merchandise product, partner with store managers to increase sales, order, and maintain records throughout the day

 

Regional Project Manager

KERR-TAR REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS – HENDERSON, NC

$40,000-$45,000 Year

The COG is seeking a resourceful, community-minded individual to fill the position of Regional Project Manager in the Planning and Economic Development Department. This is a full-time position with a comprehensive employee benefits package. The Regional Project Manager will have the opportunity to provide support and technical assistance to local governments on a wide variety of issues such as housing, broadband, transportation, water and sewer infrastructure, and other community and economic development initiatives. The ideal candidate for this position will be detail-oriented and able to work independently. This person will have excellent communication skills and a passion for improving the quality of life for all people who live and work in the region.

Regional Program Coordinator

KERR-TAR REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS – HENDERSON, NC

$40,000-$45,000 Year

… The Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments (KTRCOG) seeks a Regional Program Coordinator to perform education, outreach and administrative management of grant-funded transportation programs throughout the Kerr-Tar Region (Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren counties). Coordinator will also provide staff support to the Kerr-Tar Rural Planning Organization. The Regional Program Coordinator will administer programs funded by annual grants (such as Clean Fuel Advanced Technology and Safe Routes to School) and provide administrative support for the Kerr-Tar Regional Planning Organization. The successful candidate will develop marketing and outreach programs, coordinate with community organizations and local officials, and provide education opportunities to residents of the region (including school-aged children). The Coordinator will also provide technical planning and other support to the Kerr Tar Rural Planning Organization, including assisting with preparation

 

Planning Manager – R9435

Mars Incorporated – Henderson, NC

… This position has complete, end to end ownership and responsibility for the logistics organization at the site including inbound raws & packs, warehousing, OB logistics, yard management, and transportation. Position requires excellent team building & management, working closely with supply leadership, scheduling, demand planning, commercial, RDC network, transportation providers, and other corporate functions to support network logistics goals and provide excellent service internally and to end customers

 

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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Coach’s Corner: Kayla Simmons WIZS Player Of The Week Honors

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“We don’t often play in close games,” said Vance Charter Knights’ head women’s basketball coach Brian Howard on the Coach’s Corner of SportsTalk with Trey Snide. However, the Knights found themselves in a nail biter this week against Granville Central.  The 6 – 3 Knights scored with 4 seconds left to pull out a 60 – 59 win over Granville Central who fell to 5 – 6.  Kayla Simmons was the game’s hero scoring the last second basket. She totaled 17 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. With her performance, she was named WIZS Player of the Week.

Simmons and the Knights got off to a great start with an early 15 point lead but a series of turnovers allowed Granville Central to get back in the game. Coach Howard said the close game was beneficial to his team. The Knights get a lot of minutes from two freshmen and Howard said the stress of a close game was helpful to those freshmen players.

In speaking about the Granville Central game after Simmons hit the winning shot Howard said is first thought wasn’t about the shot but about getting back on defense. Four seconds can be an eternity in basketball and Howard wanted to make sure his team was prepared for a last second shot by Granville Central.

Howard said he expects that level of play from Simmons every game, She certainly delivered against Granville Central.  Congratualations to Kayla Simmons, the WIZS Player of the Week.

 

Smart Start

TownTalk: Smart Start Year End Review

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The Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start Inc. annual report has been released and the agency’s executive director said his agency and staff undoubtedly have learned how to be flexible and adaptable as it continues to advocate for children, in spite of pandemic restrictions.

In a letter accompanying the 8-page report, FGV Executive Director Dr. Tony W. Cozart said the 2020-21 year had been “difficult but very gratifying as well.”

FGV’s fiscal manager, Garry Daeke, agreed wholeheartedly. Daeke spoke with John C. Rose Tuesday on Town Talk and said he was very happy to report that, despite the difficulties of the pandemic, FGV staff had been able to maintain relationships with both child-care providers as well as parents.

“We’ve been able to keep in contact and provide service and information to people,” he said, acknowledging that the one-on-one contacts have been limited, but FGV has found ways to do an end-around some challenges.

For instance, Daeke said FGV has been able to provide technical assistance via videotape and through increased filming of sessions. By filming programs and activities, FGV staff can critique and provide suggestions to help child-care providers with everything from how to set up a classroom to being financially efficient – staying safe and healthy at the same time.

There are 112 child-care programs in the three counties that FGV serves, Daeke said. “They’ve kept people working, because people need childcare.”

The agency gets most of its funding from the state (85-90 percent), and it has spent $907,689 to help parents pay for childcare in the past year, according to the report. The subsidy is available to parents who send their children to programs with a 4- or 5-star quality rating.

“We spend a great deal of money to provide a subsidy” to parents, Daeke said. FGV also supplements wages of teachers who stay in their jobs for a certain length of time and who continue to further their education. The report notes that 80 teachers received an average of $1016 in supplements in a six-month period.

“We spend a lot of money to make sure child care is high quality and that parents are able to access that child care,” Daeke said.

A number of programs that FGV supports don’t happen within the walls of a child-care center at all; rather, there are a variety of agencies that FGV contracts with that are quite successful as well.

Vance County’s adolescent parenting program that Annie Perry oversees, for example, focuses on keeping teenage moms in school so they can graduate. Daeke said Perry, a longtime program administrator, does an excellent job and consistently has graduates go on to continue their educations at Vance-Granville Community College or four-year universities.

“The main goals are to keep them in school and to prevent a second pregnancy. The program “helps them become the parent they need to be,” Daeke said. “We’ve had a lot of success over the years.”

Other programs like Parents as Teachers is a home visitation parenting program that operates primarily in Granville County through a partnership with Granville County Public Schools. And the Incredible Years program partners with the Vance Cooperative Extension to provide several sessions each year to work directly with parents to help them “be the very best parent you can be,” Daeke said. Although only in Vance County now, Daeke said he’s looking for grant funding to expand the program to Granville County and possibly Franklin County.

And a child-care health consultant has just come on board to visit child-care programs to help providers with health concerns. FGV has contracted through the Granville-Vance Health District to provide a nurse to help child-care providers, he said.

According to the report, total FGV expenditures for FY 2021 was $3,381,751. Almost three-fourths of that funding is used to ensure the availability and accessibility of high-quality childcare for children ages 0-5 years. That is done a variety of ways, including subsidies for working families through the Department of Social Services to help pay for childcare. It also administers the NC Pre-K program in Franklin County and offers wage incentives to retain childcare workers and ensure continuity of care.

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TownTalk: Veteran Uses Wood Working To Help Combat PTSD

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Perhaps Walter Craig remembers his father’s admonition as he’s in his workshop building wooden toys for children and others to enjoy. Son, the carpenter and farmer would say, it takes a lifetime to grow a tree, but it only takes an idiot 15 minutes to screw one up.

Craig, a U.S. Army veteran, took up woodworking after finding himself in need of something to keep him out of the recliner and doing something good for others. Today, his toy cars, helicopters and more can be found in 14 states, as well as on Guam and in Australia.

But they’re not for sale. “Then whoever’s got a dollar can buy one,” Craig said. “I get to determine who’s worthy of getting one. He gives them away, sending them to fellow veterans and others who can use a little cheering up for one reason or another.

Craig talked about his time in the military, how it shaped his life after he retired and more on Thursday’s Town Talk, when guest host Phyllis Maynard joined John C. Rose for another program in a series about military veterans and PTSD.

Craig, a retired 1st Sergeant, spent 20 years in the U.S. Army and eventually became a master mechanic. He worked on Cobra, and then Apache, helicopters and was key in the development of the prototype of the “Hellcat” missile.

He credits an older brother – he had 11 siblings growing up – for his decision to enlist in the Army. He followed that brother around Ft. Hood in Texas for a couple of days in the late 1960’s, he said. But his brother was in an armored division and he suggested Craig go into aviation “because it was up and coming.”

Having the experience of being a helicopter mechanic helped Craig ultimately find woodworking. At the time, now retired from his civilian job as a prison employee, he decided he wanted a model of a Cobra helicopter. His search came up empty, so he decided to build one himself.

After that, he built a bunch of wooden toy cars for the local credit union’s toy drive. And from there, his new mission was up and running.

An online visit with an Army buddy prompted Craig to send him a wooden copter. “He was having PTSD problems,” Craig said. “If us vets don’t stick together – who’s going to help us if we don’t help each other?” That wooden replica is a reminder of all the things that he has gone through and survived, he added. It’s a way to say that what he’s going through now is “a piece of cake.”

Craig turned 72 earlier this month, but he celebrated his 19th birthday in Vietnam. Now, more than a half century later, he sees younger combat veterans returning home from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“There is no doubt in my mind that the mistreated Vietnam vets are the driving force” behind making sure the latest veterans to return home don’t suffer the same fate.

The woodworking for me is a natural spinoff. Didn’t do anything for 3 years. After prison work.

“There are people out there that don’t really want a handout, what they want is a hand up.,” Craig said. “If I can help one man or one woman get over the hard spot they’re in, then it’s well worth it.”

 

 

Vance County High School

SportsTalk: Vipers Hope To Keep Winning Once They Return To The Field

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The life of football coach can be filled with great joy and equally great frustration. Vance County High School Head Football Coach Wilbur Pender has seen both in the last three weeks. After winning the opening game of the season against Warren County, the Vipers were shut out by Roanoke Rapids but rebounded last Friday night with a 47 – 36 victory over Durham Riverside in what turns out to be the team’s first win over a 4A school. With quarterback Nazir Garrett dialing up 5 Touchdown passes and the ground game chewing up 200 years, the Vipers were looking forward to Friday night’s game against Northern Durham. Did we mention frustration? Yes, and that frustration is, of course, due to Covid. A Covid exposure will push the Northern Durham game back to a bye week and the following week’s game against Jordan has been cancelled.

“We can only control things we can control,” said coach Pender on Thursday’s SportsTalk with Trey Snide. While the coach might not be able to tackle Covid, he can be pleased with his team’s performance this past Friday night and he feels the Roanoke Rapids loss is what paved the way for the win over Riverside. “That loss helped focus the team,” Pender said. After an excellent week of practice Pender said the team was confident and executed the prepared game plan paving the way for the victory.

“I’m never going to say I’m satisfied. I’m always looking for improvement,” Pender said of his team. He doesn’t feel the team has hit its stride yet, particularly on defense. His defensive team is young with quite a few freshmen and those players are making freshmen mistakes. Pender says they need to work on tackling and creating more turnovers so his offense has more opportunities.

With Covid in the picture Pender says his biggest worry is that the team will have a fall off once they return to the field. “It’s like building a plane as you are flying it,” Pender said of the challenges of his first year coaching the Vipers. Hopefully, the remainder of the season will see more of the joy and less of the frustration once the Vipers are back on the field.

 

The Local Skinny! Get Vaccinated May 20 Outside Courthouse

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On Thursday, May 20th here in Vance County, the courthouse will serve as a site to get a covid vaccine.

The Hon. Henry L. Gupton, clerk of court in Vance County, said Granville Vance Public Health would be on site at the courthouse starting at 9 a.m. to provide the vaccine. He said Lisa Harrison, local health director, would be present to answer any questions.

Gupton said, “There is a large docket that day. Maybe folks will come on and take the shot. I’m ready to get the office back open, rather than just being partially open as we are.”

Harrison told WIZS News, “Your health department is committed to getting vaccine out in the community to make it easier for everyone to access. The more people we can vaccinate, the safer we will all be from the severe effects of COVID-19. It is absolutely clear that COVID-19 presents more of a health risk to people than the vaccine. Let us know what questions you have. We are here to serve the public and protect the health of everyone.”

In order to participate, just show up. Enter from the Chestnut Street side of the courthouse along Church Street behind First Presbyterian Church. That’s the side with the most parking. Where to go from there will be evident as Granville Vance Public Health will have a banner in place.

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SportsTalk 2-2-21

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Hosts Trey Snide and Ron Noel discuss local sports including South Granville’s weekend basketball game, the name change for the Burlington Sock Puppets in Minor League Baseball. They also spoke with Brian Howard, Varsity Women’s Head Basketball Coach at Vance Charter about their upcoming game against Falls Lake. Howard says “our team has grown a lot over the past couple of weeks.” He also said the team is almost 100% healthwise. During the show, Jy’lik Davis, of Vance Charter, was named WIZS player of the week after his performance in Vance Charter’s win over Oxford Prep.