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Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Start planning your spring garden on paper Consider options to add beauty to your winter landscape. Order new varieties of seed ASAP Don’t wait until spring for landscape projects that include trees and shrubs. Review your garden notebook. Start a new notebook for 2024...
The Local Skinny! What’s Happening At Perry Memorial Library
Perry Memorial Library is abuzz with activity during the day, helping patrons with book checkouts and providing a spot for a variety of groups to gather. But have you ever wondered just what goes on after-hours at the library? If so, Youth Services Director Melody Peters may have just the activity to grab your little...
The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood: Brake Fluid
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. Engine oil, antifreeze, windshield wiper fluid – even the most novice vehicle owner can probably figure out where to look under the hood to check for proper levels of these key fluids, vital for proper functioning of any car...
The Local Skinny! Assessing Your Shade Trees
Shade trees are valuable additions to many yards and landscapes, but just because they’re big and strong, there are several maintenance tips that homeowners can perform – especially in the winter months – to ensure those trees remain healthy. The roots of shade trees such as oak, poplar and maple extend out laterally well beyond...
Cooperative Extension: Recycle Christmas Trees To Provide Refuge For Birds, More
That live Christmas tree that has sheltered gifts under its needled boughs can have a second life once it’s served its purpose for the holidays. N.C. Cooperative Extension Agent Paul McKenzie said those live trees – many of them probably Fraser Firs raised right here in North Carolina – can create useful habitats for birds...
The Local Skinny! Fire Safety During The Holidays
It’s easy to get distracted during the holiday season when we’re off our regular routines – children are out of school and family or friends are visiting. We’re in and out of the house, juggling errands, cooking meals and still hoping to get a couple more days’ enjoyment out of the Christmas decorations. This time...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Clean your greenhouse! Ex seedling trays Begin bed prep for cool season vegetables. Extend your holiday plants by keeping them watered. Consider creating a snag for woodpeckers and other birds. Order new varieties of seed released for 2024 When purchasing vegetable seed, look for...
The Local Skinny! “Shop With A Cop And Friends” A Success This Holiday Season
Early-morning shoppers in the vicinity of Walmart Tuesday morning may have noticed a large presence of law enforcement officers, but there was nothing amiss – in fact, Police Chief Marcus Barrow said it was a great day for Shop With A Cop And Friends. There were plenty of uniformed officers on hand from Henderson Police...
The Local Skinny! Families Living Violence Free Seeks New Executive Director
Families Living Violence Free is in a search process to identify a new executive director to succeed Executive Director Peggy Roark, who is retiring. Like many directors at many agencies, the FLVF director will report to the board of directors and will oversee planning and directing the operations of the agency. This role, however, also...
The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood: What That Battery Light Could Indicate
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. You’re driving along, getting yourself from Point A to Point B, and you see it: That red light that just suddenly pops on. It’s the battery icon. Now what? Although it’s a picture of a battery that has suddenly...
