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The Local Skinny! Upcoming Blood Drives
There are several blood drives scheduled for the area, and the American Red Cross could use your help. June’s donations were down by 12 percent, and donations are desperately needed to prevent a blood shortage this summer, according to information from Cally Edwards, regional communications director for the American Red Cross Eastern North Carolina. Following...
VCS Cheerleaders Almost Halfway To Goal Of Marching In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Vance Charter Cheerleading team is almost halfway to its goal of raising the roughly $70,000 needed to be able to make the trip to New York City to participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Head Coach Stacey Long said Thursday that the group has raised about $30,000, which is a great start. There’s...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Make your fall garden plan on paper, start purchasing seed, fertilizer etc. Prune water sprouts and trunk sprouts off of fruit trees and ornamental trees. This is more efficient than waiting until Feb. With summer storms your garden can flood open ends of rows...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 07-12-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for July 12, 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. Company – Sam’s Furniture and Mattress Center Job Title...
The Local Skinny! Community Watch In Kittrell
The Kittrell Community Watch will meet on Thursday evening, July 21 at Union Chapel United Methodist Church and President Edward Woodlief invites anyone interested to attend. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the church, located in Kittrell at 6535 Raleigh Rd. Guest speaker is Detective Andrew Bishop with...
The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: Place Names
What’s in a name? So many places within the four-county area got their names as a way to honor prominent families of the day; landowners who donated land for the railroad to come through back in the late 1880s, for example, resulted in town names like Stovall, Townsville and Stem. An area hit the “big...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Start planning your Fall vegetable garden Do you plan to do some home canning? Be sure to follow up-to-date recommendations. Keep hydrated, take rest breaks when doing garden chores during hot temperatures Tomatoes and peppers may drop blossoms due to high temperatures. They should...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 07-05-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for July 5, 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. Freight Handler/Order Filler Walmart Distribution Center – Henderson...
The Local Skinny! Bean Spotlights NC Education Corps
The current buzz phrase is “high-impact literacy,” but what it all boils down to is this: Helping young students become better readers through relationship-building and consistent small-group tutoring. North Carolina Education Corps is a nonprofit initiative to get literacy tutors in elementary schools to help children who need a little extra support with reading skills...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Now is the time to harvest your Irish potatoes. Don’t be too alarmed by leaf spots on ornamental trees and shrubs. Although they cna detract from the appearance of the plant and even cause some leaf drop, generally they will not kill the plant...
