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The Local Skinny! Free Prostate Cancer Screening To Be Held At Maria Parham
Maria Parham Health is sponsoring a free prostate cancer screening on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cancer Center Director Kim Smith and Hope Breedlove, a social worker who helps clients navigate the process of getting screened, reviewing results and understanding treatment options encourage men in the community to come take part...
The Local Skinny! COVID-19 Update
Although daily updates about COVID-19 transmission rates, sickness and deaths have evolved to weekly and now monthly updates, Granville-Vance Health Director Lisa Harrison’s updates have become regular reminders that although vaccines have reduced the threat of severe illness and worse in the community, the transmission rate in Vance County remains high. In the latest update...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Vegetables to plant now Chinese cabbage, Garlic, bulb onions, spinach Plant tall fescue NOW. Discussion about choosing grass seed. Any vegetables growing now still needs 1 inch of rain or irrigation Consider adding late-season pollinator forage to your garden. If renovating your lawn make...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 09-19-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for September 20, 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. ··························· Name of Business – Chick-fil-A Title of Job...
The Local Skinny! Restaurant Week Comes To Oxford
Local foodies, take note! Next week, innovative dining experiences are a short drive away as Oxford kicks off “Restaurant Week.” The event kicks off this Sunday, Sept. 25, with a Sunday Supper at Oxford Oaks Farm, located in Oxford Park, 3679 Oaklawn Dr., and Granville Tourism Director Angela Allen told Bill Harris on The Local...
The Local Skinny! The Help Center, Helping Those In Need
The Help Center provides an array of services for people who need help, but Twanna Jones, president and founder of the nonprofit organization, said that she and her team must also provide hope along with the help. One cannot go without the other, Jones told WIZS’s Bill Harris on Thursday’s The Local Skinny! “It’s the...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. When buying container plants make sure plants are not root bound. Ex Mums Plant tall fescue NOW. If your tall fescue lawn does NOT need overseeding, then it should be fertilized. Control cabbage loopers, cabbage worms, in cole crops with Dipel or Sevin Save...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 09-13-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for September 13, 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 Walmart Distribution Center Job Title Multiple...
The Local Skinny! United Way Yard Sale
Whether you’re de-cluttering with a purpose, or whether you are finally taking a moment to clean out the garage or closet, Desiree Brooks says the items you are parting with be a big help to the community. Bring your gently used furniture, home décor items, electronics, baby and kid items and more to the United...
The Local Skinny! When Trains Rumbled Along Corbitt Road
Sometimes it’s fun to just listen. Listen and remember times gone by, through the eyes – and voices – of those who are no longer here. Thursday’s The Local Skinny! segment is a remembrance of two much-loved subjects around here at the radio station: Trains. And John D. Rose, III. John C. Rose played a...
