Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Native Plants
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Maria Parham Franklin To Hold Job Fair Jan. 19
Maria Parham Franklin will hold a job fair on Thursday, Jan. 19 in Louisburg.
Job seekers can visit with MPH representatives from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to learn more about available positions at Franklin Behavioral Health, some of which include a $500 sign-on bonus, according to Donna Young, coordinator of marketing and communications.
Openings include day and evening RN positions for both adult and geriatric areas, as well as behavioral health techs for both adult and geriatric areas. Come prepared, as job offers may be made on the spot!
Learn more about the available positions at MariaParham.com/Careers. Applicants can pre-register for this event at https://www.mariaparham.com/event/44.
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 01-05-23 Noon
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The Local Skinny! Fire Department Nets 20K For Maria Parham Cancer Center
Anyone driving past Maria Parham Hospital Wednesday afternoon may have wondered what in the world was going on – the Henderson Fire Department’s Engine 1 was parked smack dab in the middle of the circular drive of the lower level where the cancer center is located.
The department’s ladder truck was parked nearby, too, but there were no lights flashing, no sirens blaring.
But the firefighters weren’t there responding to a call – they had come to make a donation to the cancer center’s Angel Fund – a check totaling $20,508.
Battalion Chief Lee Edmonds and more than a half-dozen other firefighters gathered under the canopied drive at the cancer center’s main doors and presented the check to hospital officials and staff who graciously accepted it.
Hope Breedlove, hospital social worker, thanked the firefighters for their generosity, calling their annual fundraiser an example of “our community coming together to support our community…that’s just love.”
Edmonds said he and fellow firefighters stop traffic each fall in front of Central Fire Station on Dabney Drive for its “fill the boot” campaign. Since 2016, the fire department has been able to donate more than $80,000 for the cancer center’s Angel Fund, which is used to provide transportation, medicine and more for patients during their treatment.
Edmonds talked to John C. Rose about the check presentation during Thursday’s segment of The Local Skinny!
Edmonds said he and the other firefighters “love being out there and being social with the community.” And drivers are generous with their donations, even though filling those empty boots does mean backing up an already-congested Dabney Drive.
For once a year, it’s ok, Edmonds said.
“It gives you time to get your money out of your pocket,” he said.
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SportsTalk: Richardson And Downey Talk Local Basketball
Scottie Richardson, head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Crossroads Christian, and Taron Downey, head men’s basketball coach at Vance Charter School, have both seen injuries to players throughout their careers.
Both men briefly discussed their thoughts on the tragic injury to Damar Hamlin in Monday night’s NFL game. “I thought the NFL made the right decision,” Richardson said and added that Crossroads has an on site defibrillator in case there is ever a need for one. “It was a very unfortunate and tragic situation. It’s part of the game and coaches have to deal with it as best as we can,” Downey added.
Both coaches are coming off holiday breaks at their respective schools. According to Richardson, Crossroads men’s basketball is ranked at third in the state but will meet a big challenge Friday as they hit the road to take on the top-ranked team in state, United Faith of Charlotte. “We are not getting on the road for three hours to lose,” Richardson said. It’s the longest road trip of the year for Crossroads. The school won on Tuesday defeating Thales Academy, but Richardson said they were sluggish during the win after the holiday break.
“We are trying to get back in the swing of things,” Downey said of Vance Charter. They are coming off a win this week against Eno River but travel to face rival Oxford Prep Friday, who Downey says has quick guards and tenacious defense. Downey also said the game will have a great environment. Downey feels that’s important to home teams.
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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Stress, Pt. 1
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Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
• Along with New Year’s Resolutions set Gardening Goals for 2023
• Start making preps to plant cool season crops.
• Order vegetable seeds now and try varieties that have resistance to disease and grow well in zone 7B.
• Consider replacing some of your lawn and garden equipment with battery powered versions (e.g. trimmers, mowers, blowers, etc.). Quiet, easy to operate.
• Start planning your garden on paper. Draw your garden out. How many rows of each vegetable
• Begin scouting your lawn for cool season weeds.
• Have pictures of garden equipment with serial numbers for insurance purposes. Ex Fire or theft.
• Monitor your indoor plants for insect pests. Inspect closely, they can be easy to miss, but easily managed if found early.
• Construct a small greenhouse to be able to grow plants next year.
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TownTalk: Update On ARPA Funds
The American Rescue Plan is infusing money – lots of money – into communities across the nation, one of the federal government’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the waves of economic havoc it has created over the past several years.
Marley Spencer, a regional project manager who works with Kerr-Tar COG, is someone who can help figure out how to best use the money allocated to various municipalities across the five-county region.
According to Spencer, Vance County is getting roughly $8.5 million in ARPA money; Granville County is set to receive $11.7 million and Franklin County is getting about $13.5 million of the $1.9 trillion – with a T – in ARPA funds.
She discussed with John C. Rose on Wednesday’s TownTalk some of the short-range and long-range planning that is involved in putting the money to use.
Spencer lends her expertise and training to help local governments to assess their needs, identify assets and infrastructure and then help them execute their plans for the ARPA funds, helping them “connect the dots and stretch those resources,” Spencer said.
The four main categories that municipalities can choose from are revenue replacement, negative COVID impact, premium pay for essential workers and infrastructure project – defined as water and sewer and broadband.
With those categories in mind, she said, municipalities have until December 2024 to designate where they want their share of ARPA funds to go; they have two years to spend the money – it all has to be spent by December 2026.
Simply put, ARPA funds can help municipalities “free up funds that they can use on other things to enhance the community,” Spencer explained.
Down the road, money from the ARPA-funded Rural Transformation Grant also will be available to “enhance communities, revitalize downtowns and strengthen neighborhoods.”
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