The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show
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The Local Skinny! each Wednesday on WIZS is the Vance County Cooperative Extension Service Home and Garden Show.
WIZS, Your Community Voice. Thank you for listening!
The Local Skinny! each Wednesday on WIZS is the Vance County Cooperative Extension Service Home and Garden Show.
The animal shelters in Vance and Granville Counties are full and need help!
If you enjoying volunteering and helping animals, then this announcement is for you.
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Matt Katz, the Granville County Animal Management Director, says the new Granville County Shelter needs to pick up a few volunteers, especially right now for summer. Katz said he and his staff are “looking for some dog walkers and cat snugglers.”
Because of some of the normal strains of summer, like people taking vacations or moving their family to a new location now that school is out, the new Granville County Animal Shelter is getting full. The new shelter houses, for example, almost 20 more dog kennels than the old shelter but is filling up.
Turns out in texting with Brandon Boyd, president of Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society, the Vance County Animal Shelter is full too – Code Red! In May of 2020, the Vance County Shelter was empty. Boyd texted, “SUMMER TIME!!! Every June and July this happens and rescues and adoptions slow down. It’s two tough months always.”
The chief of Vance County Animal Services, Frankie Nobles, texted as well, “A lot of surrenders ands strays. Adoptions are maintaining about the same. Still have our regular volunteers coming.”
Katz said by phone some of the main volunteers at the Granville County Animal Shelter are out for a while volunteering on another project, and he said, “We really need to get the dogs out and walk them.” It’s better for the animals both large and small.
Unlike last year when covid was the main topic, this year summer plans, things opening up and travel are cutting down volunteers while more animals are being surrendered, or in come cases, even just left behind as people move to new towns for new jobs.
Last year when families and children were trapped inside more, fostering and rescues were in high demand, as not only was it good to do but it also provided some relief. That tide has turned and more work needs to be done now with fewer folks.
If you’d like to help and volunteer in Granville County, please call 919 693 6749. Or email, animal.shelter@granvillecounty.org. See more @granvillecountyanimalshelterfriends on Facebook.
Call the Vance County Animal Shelter at (252) 492-3136. See more @RCAPS.Henderson on Facebook.
Vance Charter Athletic Director Lance Stallings is enjoying some downtime. While vacationing at the beach or anywhere else this time of year is enjoyable, Stallings is ready to get back to work and gear up for the upcoming school year. Stallings says it’s the part of the year where he is “making sure everything is ready to rock and roll.” In preparation, the basketball and volleyball teams have already been in the gym.
Not only are the teams getting ready but Stallings says that facilities are also getting prepared. An upgrade to the gym’s lighting systems has now been completed. “It will be a different atmosphere,” according to Stallings now that the new system is in place. No other facilities upgrades, improvements or construction are planned at this time.
Stallings will be overseeing volleyball, cross-country and men’s soccer as well as lacrosse during the fall athletics season. He says his student athletes have adjusted and adapted to the changes that have happened over the last year and are ready for a return to something closer to normal this fall.
Stallings has been impressed with the growth the school’s lacrosse team has made making the playoffs in only its second season. The school is the only one in Vance or Granville County with a lacrosse program and, by starting from scratch, the team has become like a family.
His expectations for all of the school’s athletics programs go beyond picking up wins and appearing in playoffs. “What can we do to be our best” is the expectation. Whether that’s on or off the field or in the classroom, Stallings wants to see his students win at life. He says being a part of Vance Charter is very very special. When asked the best part of being the AD at Vance Charter, Stalling said, “Seeing the kids smile.” Once back from vacation, Stallings should have plenty of opportunities to see just that.
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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for June 22, 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.
Legacy Human Services
Jobs Available: Full Time or Part-time Direct Support Professionals (DSP) for our group homes which are 24-hour residential facilities serving adults with Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities in Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren Counties. These positions are for every other weekend and require sleepover. The DPS provides the “front line” services to individuals in the home including training in self-care skills ,community/ public skills activities of daily living, behavior management and other programs/guidelines devised by the treatment team.
Contact Person: Laura Newton
Method of Contact: If you are interested, please come by our office at 626 S. Garnett Street in Henderson for an application or call 252-438-6700 ext. 204 for more information.
Sadie’s Coffee Corner
Jobs Available: full time and part time baristas. Schedule must be flexible to work mornings, nights and weekends. Experience in the food industry preferred but not required.
Jobs Available: Assistant Manager – Must have Management experience
Contact Person: Amanda Pearson
Method of Contact: Go to website www.sadiescoffeecorner.com to apply
Maria Parham Health is hosting a NURSING job fair Thursday June 24th from 2:00 – 9:00 pm.
Jobs Available: RN, LPN and CNA
Contact Person: Stephanie Fox
Method of Contact: Please call 919-482-3479 to RSVP
***FIVE COUNTY JOB FAIR – Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren Counties will be hosting a JOB FAIR on Friday June 25th from 10:00 am to 2:00pm at RALEIGH RD OUTDOOR THEATRE, 3336 Raleigh Rd. It will have over 20 employers! For more information call NCWORKS at 919-693-2686 or 252-438-6129 or email Linda Fletcher at fletcher@vgcc.edu
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.
Rebuilding Hope’s Servants On Site summer youth mission program is conducting a “Special Edition” to celebrate 10 years of providing a helping hand in the community. Although the traditional format has been modified, the end result is the same – completing projects to help others and sharing the love of Jesus.
According to a press statement from Rebuilding Hope’s Director, Randolph Wilson, the projects will be spread out over a 10-week period. Participation will be limited to two churches per week, beginning this week and continuing through the week of Aug. 23-27.
In years past, the Servants on Site program was completed in one week, with hundreds of volunteers working, living and worshipping closely together to complete repair projects. This year, because of COVID-19 precautions, the one-week program has been stretched out over 10 weeks.
“We have had to re-invent ourselves in order to press on with this good work,” said volunteer Robert Parham. “Help us get back on track with helping our neighbors recover some normalcy out of these last difficult months,” he said.
Each church group will be teamed together for a project and also be housed, fed, and ministered to separately. Each work group will partner with a local church for corporate worship and also minister to the homeowner and surrounding neighborhood, Wilson said.
Lunches will be provided by the partnering church at the job site. Dinner locations will vary. Out-of-town groups will be provided housing from Sunday evening to Saturday morning, and Parham said there is the option to have guest speakers or musicians with advance notice.
Openings are available beginning July 5 for any youth group interested in doing a summer mission close to home. “This would be a wonderful opportunity to help youth bond during the week and gain an understanding of helping those in need without great expense and sleeping in their own beds,” Wilson said. Rebuilding Hope provides all tools, materials and experienced staff to oversee projects.
“We still have some openings and need to let churches know this is an ongoing project this year and we would welcome church groups throughout the summer,” Parham said.
Although the format has been modified this year, the mission remains the same. “Our goal has always been to meet the spiritual needs of our surrounding counties by assisting in their practical needs,” Wilson said. “The SOS Summer mission camp also allows us to show the next generation of missionaries, while reminding ourselves, how sharing the love of Christ can make a real impact in changing someone’s life.”
To learn more, contact Parham at 252.430.9334 or email at parhamw13@gmail.com.
The Local Skinny! Audio
The way Gerald Alston sees it, the difference in today’s popular R&B music and that of just a few decades ago is clear: the older music tells a story and leaves room for the listener’s imagination. Not so much with today’s R&B.
“There’s no room for imagination,” Alston said of the newer music. “Artists come out and say exactly what they’re doing.”
Alston spoke by phone to WIZS’s Bill Harris on Monday’s Town Talk. And just like the music that he and The Manhattans perform, the Henderson native shared stories about getting his start in music and reminisced about working with many big-time R&B groups.
A lot of today’s hiphop music is based on the foundation laid by R&B greats, he said. The music The Manhattans and so many others are known for “told stories about life that people could identify with,” he said.
Alston has played concerts across the globe – from South Africa and South America to Great Britain and McGregor Hall, right here in Henderson. The group has played for more than two hours to 15,000 concertgoers in South Africa, he said. “They know our music to a T. Those fans sang every song we performed for two and a half hours,” Alston said. “Our music has been passed down to their children and they still honor that – they realize the importance and quality of it.”
The group has evolved over the years, but The Manhattans are still performing and recording. These days, it’s Alston, Troy May and Dave Tyson who comprise the group.
Their newest album of music, The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston: The Legacy Continues, is available on their website, www.letsjustkissandsaygoodbye.com.
The website name is a nod to the group’s most successful song, but Alston’s association with The Manhattans began a few years before that song was released in 1976. Alston was attending Kittrell College and agreed to let The Manhattans borrow his sound system for a concert there. “I had no idea they were coming,” he said. Well, as he was testing the system out – by singing, of course – in walked the group that he would later be asked to join. He opened the show for them at Kittrell College and a short time later, the manager caught up with him. He had been booked on a flight to Dallas to join the group. The manager had already been in touch with Alston’s parents, who’d signed the contract since Alston was under age.
“I came back to New York and rehearsed for a few weeks and then I started singing with The Manhattans,” he explained.
The Manhattans weren’t the first group that Alston was a part of; he and his cousin, Dwight Fields (son of Johnny Fields, of Blind Boys of Alabama fame) put a group together that lasted through high school.
Alston, 69, remembers those early days well, from the days when he opened for B.B. King and the man got a standing ovation BEFORE he started playing, to meeting the family of the late Sam Cooke after Alston produced a record of Cooke’s songs.
“I had been wanting to do that for a long time,” Alston recalled. Although his idea had been to do one gospel side and one R&B side, it became two separate albums. Cooke’s brother, L.C. Cooke, did the liner notes for the album. “He said, ‘your album is a true tribute album – you are singing all of his songs the way you feel them, the way you interpret them,” Alston said.
People who listen to music solely through streaming services and not by actually playing a record album or a CD don’t get the same experience, Alston said. Music lovers who still spin vinyl, however, are still out there enjoying the full experience.
“You can go to Great Britain, South Africa, Japan, South America,” he said. “Those fans can tell you literally the year you recorded, the studio, the musicians, the words – the year you were at Columbia Records, the engineers – it’s incredible. There’s so much history on the physical vinyl, it’s good to have.”
TownTalk Interview with Gerald Alston
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Women Of Vance Empowered Networking
WOVEN is a Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce sponsored program to provide networking and professional development opportunities to women in the workplace throughout Vance County and the area.
Guest speaker Cherrelle Lawrence, the Dean of Corporate Learning & Professional Development at Vance Granville Community College and Dean for the Franklin Campus in Louisburg, will help sharpen your skills to advance in the workplace on July 14th at noon.
For $20 per attendee, which includes a box lunch, you can attend at Vance Granville Community College Civic Center.
To register, call 252-438-8414 or email christa@hendersonvance.org. Seating is limited.
Dean Lawrence earned her Master of Business Administration in 2020 from East Carolina University. Prior to returning to VGCC, Dean Lawrence was the Assistant Director of Employer Relations at Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC Chapel Hill.
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