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WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 05-29-24 Noon
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TownTalk: Proposed County and City Tax Rates
Now that city and county elected officials have gotten recommended budgets from the city and county managers, it’s time for budget work sessions and public hearings to hear citizens’ comments before the final budgets are adopted.
State law requires that local governments must adopt their budgets before July 1, when the new fiscal year begins. June 1 is Saturday and July 1 is on a Sunday, giving leaders 20 business days to complete the difficult work of making any adjustments to the budget documents before the budgets are adopted.
The Vance County Board of Commissioners officially received the $57 million-plus budget just Monday from Manager C. Renee Perry.
This is Perry’s first budget presentation to this board of commissioners, and she told WIZS News said it was her decision to go with a revenue-neutral budget. The proposed property tax valuation is 61.3 cents per $100 valuation. The current valuation is 89 cents per $100, but the most recent reappraisal process has boosted the total property value by $2 Billion – to $4.9 billion from $2.9 billion.
The Henderson City Council received a $45 million budget from City Manager Terrell Blackmon earlier this month. The budget includes a 55-cent per $100 valuation – 10 cents higher than the revenue-neutral rate of 45 cents per $100 valuation.
The recommended city budget does not include any funding for McGregor Hall, which had requested $75,000. At Monday’s public hearing, there was a suggestion that was floated to give McGregor Hall a one-time $75,000 grant, provided other stipulations are in place – including having a current Council member on the voting board of the entertainment venue.
Numerous McGregor Hall proponents spoke at the Monday public hearing to voice their support of providing funds to the performing arts venue.
Like the city budget, Perry’s budget to county commissioners does not include any funding for McGregor Hall. It also doesn’t include funding for capital projects like jail renovations or a new EMS station.
“I’m not sure if they will change it, but I don’t plan on recommending an increase … I will be clear about items that can’t be funded without a tax increase,” Perry said to WIZS.
The 2024-25 county budget is less than 1 percent higher than last year’s budget – it’s larger by about $347,000. In her presentation, Perry stated that the budget was a conservative one.
The county will hold a public hearing as part of its Monday, June 3 meeting and budget work sessions on Monday, June 10 and Thursday, June 13 – all beginning at 6 p.m.
The city’s next budget work session, previously scheduled for Thursday, May 30, has been cancelled.
The next city meeting is set for Monday, June 3.
The 158-page recommended city budget document can be found at https://henderson.nc.gov/. Under the Departments heading, click on Finance to go directly to the dropdown box where the document is located.
The 138-page recommended county budget can be found at https://www.vancecounty.org/. Under the Departments heading, click on Board of Commissioners and locate the file in the dropdown box on the right side of the page.
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TownTalk: Author Rosetta Canada-Hargrove Publishes Two Books
It was when she first moved to the Henderson area, some 40 years ago, that Rosetta Canada-Hargrove started writing her first book. But, as with so many people, “life” intervened and papers and notes got put away in boxes for later.
As it turns out, “later” was during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her husband and daughter encouraged her to pull out those boxes of paper and give it a whirl.
Now living in the Triad area, Canada-Hargrove has published not one, but two works of fiction. And they are part of a trilogy, so she’s gathering steam to create the third – and final – installment.
The first book, “Urban Beginnings,” is a short novel – only about 50 pages, she said on Tuesday’s TownTalk.
“After Urban Beginnings,” published just last month, weighs in at 170 pages.
Inspired to leave a legacy for her grandson, Canada-Hargrove said she started putting the pieces of the first book together. Both books are works of fiction, but they both contain messages that resonate with many people who find themselves in difficult relationships.
The story line has Kingston, a woman in her mid-20’s married to the love of her life, Giovanni, who Canada-Hargrove describes as a “womanizer.”
But Giovanni’s family was mixed up in the Mafia and Kingston decides to move South where things should be better.
Only they weren’t.
The message in the second novel is simple: “A person does not have to stay in a situation,” she explained. Kingston stays with her first husband “because he has some issues, but she is just an enabler,” Canada-Hargrove said.
Book Number Three, as yet untitled, has been in the works for a few weeks now. “It’s going to bring everything together,” its author promises. “I wanted to do it in three parts to keep people in suspense,” she said.
People have sent her messages thanking her for writing on the topic. And while she said the topic isn’t explicitly domestic violence or abuse, she wants readers to have a takeaway that they don’t have to stay in a relationship that is unhealthy.
It’s a dramedy, she says of the trilogy. “There’s comedy in there, there’s tears in there,” she said.
The books are available on Amazon.com.
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The Local Skinny! 100 Deadliest Days
Sandwiched in between two national holidays – Memorial Day and Labor Day – is a period of about 100 days that parents of teen drivers never want to commemorate: During those three or so months have proven to be the deadliest for teen drivers.
During the summer months, teen drivers find themselves with more time on their hands – school is out, and they may be driving to summer jobs or be a taxi service for younger siblings.
In 2021, NCDOT statistics show almost 14,000 car crashes involving teens during the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, resulting in 36 fatalities.
The state’s graduated driver license program includes measures that can help new drivers, including restricted nighttime driving and non-family passenger limits.
Of course, experienced drivers of a particular age may have had those same restrictions placed on them by their parents before the graduated driver license system began, and parents today can still be a positive influence on their children when they get behind the wheel.
The top factors for crashes are speeding, lane departure and distracted driving.
Be a good role model for your children and follow all the safety tips: don’t text and drive, even if you’re using the phone to navigate or change the music you’re playing.
Read more at https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/safety/driving-safety/Pages/teen-driver-safety.aspx
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WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 05-28-24 Noon
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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Vegetable Systems
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SportsTalk: It’s Football Season
It might be a strange think to say a week before June but it’s football season! At least at Vance County High School. Head football coach Aaron Elliott was a guest on Thursday’s SportsTalk to explain why football is happening.
“Our spring game was last Friday,” Elliott said. After practicing for ten straight days the Vipers took the field in an offense versus defense match up that saw the game end with the very baseball like score of 5-0. “What I took away from the game was competitiveness,” Elliott said.
The team now prepares for summer workouts and a trip to the FCA football camp at NC Wesleyan in Rocky Mount. At $185 per player, it was expensive but Coach Elliott had help. “Clearview Church helped out tremendously by paying for the entire camp,” Elliott said.
While the boys are preparing for next fall, the girls are taking the field tonight against Southern Durham for the first ever girl’s flag football team. “We have lots of female athletes who can get it done,” Elliott said of the lady Vipers. Next week the Vipers will take on Louisburg. Elliott thinks by next season the sport will be fully sanctioned and they will have a full season.
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TownTalk: Around Old Granville: A Day At The Lake
Kerr Lake will be the destination for many boaters and campers over the long holiday weekend, but the area surrounding – and under – the man-made lake has been attracting people for literally hundreds of years.
Stately homes sitting on impressive tracts of land belonging to families with names like Hargrove and Henderson, made way for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project. The lake, no doubt, has unrivaled recreational value today, the fertile lowlands created by Nut Bush creek as it makes its way to the Roanoke River provided farmers the perfect spot for tobacco and other crops.
One of those stately homes was Hibernia, built by the Hargrove family in 1798. The house was torn down in 1955, said local historian and N.C. Room Specialist Mark Pace. Few photographs exist of the plantation home, but remnants remain – if you know where to look.
Pace and WIZS’s Bill Harris recently accepted an invitation from Parks Superintendent Bill Stanley to come explore some of the less-traveled parts of the lake, which has nine state-maintained parks along its North Carolina shoreline.
“We went looking for the remains of Hibernia,” Pace said on Thursday’s Around Old Granville segment of TownTalk. “It was one of the more impressive old houses” in the area, he noted. And the two intrepid explorers are pretty certain they found the exact spot where it once stood.
Back then, family homes usually had a family cemetery nearby and so when the Corps was planning to build the lake, the cemeteries’ contents had to be moved. The family plots were moved to a new family cemetery and those of the enslaved people were moved to a couple of different churches nearby.
The earliest gravestone is from 1843, but the enslaved people’s graves were marked only with fieldstone.
In addition to the original house location, they also found the well, the kitchen foundation and a large, brick-lined pit that most likely was the ice house.
Moving over to Satterwhite Point, the duo explored a spring that had been discovered in the 1970’s at the J.C. Cooper campground. It likely was used for nearby Ashland, which was built by the Henderson family in 1740.
“What amazed me is how clear…and cool the water was,” Pace said. “It could have been
the reason why the Hendersons built the house where they did.” There’s a tulip poplar tree still there that possibly predates the house, Pace said.
Do you have memories of the area around Kerr Lake before there was a lake? Call Pace at 919.693.1121.
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The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood: Bug And Tar Removal
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS.
As the weather heats up heading into summertime conditions, it’s a good time to give a little extra attention to your vehicle’s exterior. That sunshine that feels so good can really do a number on your car’s paint, especially if you let dead bugs and road tar residue hang around too long.
Those insects that get stuck in your car or truck grill are unsightly, sure – like when you’ve got a bit of food stuck in your teeth – but did you know that the acidic nature of bugs and the materials in road tar can create bigger problems?
The folks at Advance Auto can steer you to the right product to get rid of bugs and tar before they cause damage.
Whether you choose a preventative product like a prewash or simply a product that is sure to remove the surface gunk, remember that what you want to do is to break the bond between the gunk and the surface. Especially when you’re dealing with a painted surface, it’s important to choose the right product that is designed to target the specific problem.
The information contained in this post is not advice from Advance Auto Parts or WIZS. Safety First! Always seek proper help. This is presented for its informational value only and is part of a paid advertising sponsorship.
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