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The Local Skinny! Frank Sossamon Speaks At Local GOP Rally

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Frank Sossamon is no stranger to public speaking, having spent his career as a pastor. And during remarks at a recent Vance County GOP rally, Candidate Sossamon encouraged fellow Republicans to get out and vote in the November general election.

Sossamon, a political newcomer, is running for N.C. House District 32 on the Republican ticket.

He spoke to the partisan crowd of about 300 for about five minutes and said he has been traveling throughout the district, which includes Vance and much of Granville County.

“Overall, the reception has been extremely good,” Sossamon said.

A candidates’ forum will be held Thursday, June 30 at Sadie’s Coffee Corner in Henderson from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Sossamon will be there, as well as Republican candidate for Vance Sheriff Patrick Bailey and others. Local GOP Chairman Jimmy Barrier will be the moderator and the rising crime rate is set to be the topic.

“We want to receive information and give information about crime,”Sossamon said. Other forums are being planned at locations across the county, he added.

And there’s a fundraiser for Sossamon planned for Wednesday, Aug. 17 at the Henderson Country Club.

Sossamon spoke for about five minutes and, among other things, called the May primary turnout in Vance County “dismal.” He reminded those in attendance about talk of a “Red Wave” in November, referring to the election of Republican candidates in races up and down the ballot.

“It won’t be a Red Wave unless you jump in the water,” he said.

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 06-28-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for June 28, 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.

Business Name –  Variety Wholesalers Inc.

Job Opening –   Help Desk Analyst – Full Time.  Position analyzes and resolves level one software and hardware related problems to support all internal systems users.  Requires high school diploma or GED, and up to 1 year experience with demonstrated proficiency with applicable software.  Applicants need good communication and analytical skills.

Warehouse Associate – Full time.  Up to $15 hour.  Be a part of one of the largest Distribution Centers in Vance County, located at 1000 Facet Road in Henderson, NC.  40 hour work week.  Sign on bonus.  Ability to lift and carry heavy objects.  Ability to walk long distances, stand, bend, stoop for 8-10 hour days.

How To Apply – Apply online at https://www.rosesdiscountstores.com and scroll to bottom of page and click on careers.  Or apply online at www.indeed.com.

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Business Name –  PNC Bank

Job Opening – Teller Position Open.  Full-time.  In this job you will provide exceptional customer service, accurately perform high volume customer banking transactions, educate customers on new technology and develop banking product referral opportunities through strong customer relationship skills.  Applicants need attention to detail, effective communication skills, and knowledge of and ability to provide products and services available through retail banking branch.  Training will be provided.  If applicants do not have a high school diploma or GED, a comparable combination of education and experience in the workforce (including the military) may be considered.  PNC Bank is located on Chestnut Street in Henderson, NC.

How To Apply – Apply online at pnc.com and scroll to bottom of page and click on careers.  Or apply online at www.indeed.com

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Business Name –  Vance County Government

Job Opening – There are over 30 job openings with our Vance County government.  Some of these openings require a 4 year college degree and others a high school or GED diploma.  There are benefits associated with each open position.  Some of these position titles include: Deputy Register of Deeds (clerical), Custodian (working in both Veterans Office and Cooperative Extension Service Building), Library Assistant (part-time), Social Service (multiple positions available), Sheriff’s Office (deputy, detention officers, kitchen assistant), Public Safety (EMS, Paramedic, and Fireman).

How To Apply – https://www.vancecounty.org/departments/human-resources and on the right hand side of page click on Job Postings tab.  Or apply online at www.indeed.com.

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Business Name –  Brewer Cycles

Job Opening –  Salesperson Position Open.  Full Time. Prior knowledge of Powersports is a plus but not required.  Will train the right candidate.  Applicant needs strong verbal/written communication skills and basic computer skills. Needs exceptional customer service skills, ability to lift/move up to 50 pounds, and maintain knowledge of products/services.  Tuesday – Friday 9-5:30 pm, and Saturday 9-3 pm. Benefits package.

How To Apply – Stop by Brewer Cycles to pick up an application or drop off a resume, located at 420 Warrenton Road, Henderson, NC.

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Business Name –  Jersey Mike’s Subs

Job Opening –  Hiring immediately for all positions.  Full-Time and Part-Time.  Looking for 16 year old and older workers.  Must be energetic, hard-working, have positive attitude, and have the ability to stand for long hours and work in a fast paced environment.  Reliable transportation is required.  Workers will have flexible schedules.  Work with team members to greet customers, record orders, and prepare cold and hot subs according to company quality standards.  Must have excellent communications skills and be willing to be trained.

How To Apply – Apply online at https://www.jerseymikes.com/careers. Indicate positions at zip code 27536.  Or stop by the Jersey Mike’s Sub restaurant, located in shopping center off Beckford Drive in Henderson NC, beside RCE Theaters and Pino’s Restaurant.

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Business Name –  Sams Furniture and Mattress Center

Job Opening – Eager to hire for two open positions: Office Coordinator and Delivery/Warehouse Assistant.  Full-Time.

How To Apply – Apply in-person at Sams Furniture and Mattress Center, located at 515 South Garnett Street, in Downtown Henderson, NC.

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Business Name –  Mako Medical Lab

Job Opening – Hiring now for Medical Technologist Position at the Henderson, NC location on Industry Drive.  Qualified candidates are responsible for preparing patient specimens as required for laboratory testing, performing compliantly ordered laboratory tests, monitoring test results to assure test quality and validity, and communicate results in a timely manner, especially those that may be life threatening to the patient. Compliance is a must at MAKO and this team member must maintain properly documented records of activities as well as clean and maintain laboratory equipment and environment.

How To Apply – Apply online: https://makomedical.com and click on the careers tab.

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Business Name –  Southern Laundry and Dry Cleaners

Job Opening – Hiring now for Driver and Presser.

How To Apply – Apply in-person at the 234 Dabney Drive, Henderson, NC location.

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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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TownTalk: Patrick Bailey Speaks At Local GOP Rally

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Patrick Bailey wants to be the next sheriff of Vance County. The Republican candidate was one of several speakers who spoke during a Vance County GOP fundraiser last week in Henderson. Bailey spoke for almost 15 minutes on topics ranging from Second Amendment rights to the opioid epidemic.

“We need a change,” Bailey said, which prompted applause from the audience. “We need to make Vance County safe again – it’s not safe now.”

He said he would support the Second Amendment right to bear arms as sheriff of Vance County. “The Second Amendment right stands as it is,” he said, which elicited more applause and shouts of support from the 300 or so gathered at the fundraiser.

“We’ve got people running around… in our stores that are criminals carrying guns and what does Washington want to do? Washington wants to come in and make more laws that are binding us as law-abiding citizens so that we can’t go out and buy a gun as easily as we have been.”

As he has traveled across the county to the various townships and communities, Bailey said the Number 1 issue on people’s minds is drugs. According to Bailey, Vance County holds the unenviable spot of being the top county in the import of opium. (He did not cite a source for this statistic.) That means that the majority of the illegal drugs come through Vance County first before being distributed to surrounding counties, across the state and elsewhere.

Bailey said the sheriff’s office desperately needs a drug interdiction unit to catch drugs as they are transported up and down the interstate. He also said the sheriff’s office needs well trained officers who know the law and how to enforce it.

Residents can identify particular spots where drugs are being sold, but there is little being done to shut them down. “We need undercover agents working in these townships and locating drug houses and getting rid of them,” he said.

But the issue has two fronts to battle – the people who deal the drugs and the users who buy them. Bailey said mental health workers need to be working with families of substance abusers to get them help.

The only way to achieve results, he said, is for Republicans to get out and vote. He said of the county’s 24,000 registered voters, only 1,200 Republicans cast ballots in the May primary.

“You’ve got to tell all of your friends, all of your family (to vote),” he said, from local elections all the way up to the president of the United States. “We need to get (the) Democrats out of office.”

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TownTalk: Sandy Smith Speaks At Local GOP Rally

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Sandy Smith is running for U.S. Congress in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Vance and Warren counties. Smith, a Republican, joined other GOP candidates in Henderson last week for a Vance County GOP fundraiser.

Smith spoke to the crowd of about 300 for just more than five minutes in the afternoon heat at the former Charles Boyd Chevrolet location on US Hwy 158.

It was a fitting spot for her to bring up increased gas prices and what she called “out of control inflation.”

Smith said she travels in a 40-foot bus on the campaign trail, and said she dared not tell how much it costs to fill that tank. It runs on diesel fuel.

“We need to open the pipelines and be energy independent,” she proclaimed, which drew cheers from the audience. “And after we are energy independent again, we are going to focus on being energy dominant through the world,” she continued.

She vowed to protect the Second Amendment right to bear arms. “As your representative, I’m going to fight to protect your Second Amendment with every fiber of my being. We are not going to pass any red flag bills…we are not going to take away your Second Amendment right. Our gun rights are absolute rights.”

The fundraiser was held on June 24, the same day that the Supreme Court reversed the Roe v. Wade abortion rights law. Smith used that news to illustrate the importance of Republican lawmakers and their role in government.

“Our work is just beginning,” Smith said. “We need true, Constitutional conservatives” in office.

“We also need to protect our children who are being targeted in schools and indoctrinated,” Smith said. The self-professed pro-life candidate said she believes life begins at conception, and that there are two genders “decided at conception by our Creator.” She said schools need to get back to the basics and that children need to learn how to read, write and do basic math. “They don’t need to be discussing their sexuality.”

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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.

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TownTalk: Lt. Governor Robinson Speaks to Local GOP

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Full Mark Robinson audio included below.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was the featured speaker at a Vance County GOP fundraiser on Friday, and he exhorted those in attendance to stay focused on the task at hand – that being the November midterm elections.

The fundraiser was held at the former Charles Boyd Chevrolet lot on US Hwy. 158. About 300 were in attendance, as well as other local candidates on the November ballot.

Robinson’s speech, which was broadcast live on WIZS Friday afternoon, was rebroadcast – unedited – during Monday’s TownTalk segment. He spoke for about 15 minutes and began his remarks celebrating the Friday Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade.

“It’s been a long, hard battle to see that overturned,” Robinson said of the ruling to return abortion rights to states.

He said he is “thoroughly committed to protect the lives of the unborn,” and that he would strive to “make North Carolina the most pro-life state in the nation.” Earlier in his remarks, Robinson said he and his supporters would fight “tooth and nail to protect life in this state.”

While he hasn’t put his hat in the ring yet, Robinson alluded to his intention to run for governor in 2024.

Callers who either attended the event on Friday or listened to the rebroadcast Monday said they would approve of Robinson the gubernatorial candidate.

One caller said he attended Friday’s event and said it felt like “freedom was ringing in the air.”

Another caller said “he’s what we need. He’ll be a good governor…he’s a God-fearing man (and) he loves his country.”

Pointing to national issues like rising gas prices, inflation and what he called the failure of the Biden administration, Robinson said winning the mid-term elections was crucial in order to elect more conservative candidates.

“Let’s keep standing up and let’s keep fighting, folks. We have a nation to save. It’s only going to get saved if we stand up and do it.”

The audience erupted into applause and shouts periodically to show support for Robinson’s comments. He called the Jan. 6 investigation a “smokescreen” and said he wants to keep the country from becoming a “socialist hellhole.”

Sending conservative candidates to Washington, DC would ensure that Republicans would have a super majority in Congress, but he said it also is important to elect conservative candidates to local offices like school boards.

He said he speaks to people all the time who lament they are but one person and the job is large. To which he answers, he said: “There are no little people in this fight.” Whether stuffing envelopes or canvassing neighborhoods in a door-to-door campaign, Robinson said even small contributions have an impact.

“We’ve got to get up on our feet and do the work ourselves,” he said. “We”ve got a state to run and a nation to save.”

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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Water Quality

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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.

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“How To Grow Your Small Business” Lunch Event June 28 At VGCC Civic Center

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Area business owners have an opportunity to hear from a panel of experts who will discuss how to grow a small business. The program will be held Tuesday, June 28 from noon to 2 p.m. in the VGCC Civic Center on the Henderson campus.

MakoRx, a local business and member of the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, has organized the “How to Grow Your Small Business” event, and Chamber President Michele Burgess said it will be a wonderful opportunity to learn strategies to help business owners – whether they’re getting a new startup off the ground or own a business that’s been around a long time.

Among the topics to be discussed: health care, HR relations, finances and employee retention.

Lunch will be provided.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/371344951747.