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TownTalk: VGCC Adult Learner Program Helps Students Return To School To Complete Degree, Program
Vance-Granville Community College is one of five community colleges across the state selected to participate in a pilot program designed to help students return to school to complete their post-secondary education. VGCC President Dr. Rachel Desmarais told John C. Rose on Monday’s Town Talk about the Adult Learner program and how myFutureNC and the John
TownTalk: Elder Abuse Awareness
Keeping Older Adults Safe, Protected – Whether it’s unintentional or purposeful, mistreatment of older adults is serious business. It’s called elder abuse and two local experts discussed the topic with John C. Rose on Thursday’s Town Talk. Elder Abuse Awareness month is observed, appropriately enough, between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in North Carolina; World
TownTalk: July 25 Event To Raise Awareness About Drug Overdose, Help Loved Ones Remember Victims
Patricia Drewes’ daughter, Heaven, loved to watch the sun come up. And although she was only 5-foot-4, she could play a didgeridoo – a wind instrument that Australian Aboriginal people make out of a long, hollow tree branch – like nobody’s business. But Heaven died a little more than two years ago, the victim of
TownTalk: Camping; Fireworks; Medicaid
WIZS, Your Community Voice. TownTalk for June 1, 2021. Hosts John C. Rose and Bill Harris discussed camping, local fireworks shows and Medicaid. For complete details and audio click play. WIZS Radio · TownTalk 06-01-21 Camping; Fireworks; Medicaid The fireworks display and gathering that typically takes place on Kerr Lake July 4th weekend has been
TownTalk 05-27-21 Memorial Day Weekend
Host John C. Rose discusses Memorial Day Weekend travel and honoring soldiers. For complete details and audio click play. WIZS Radio · TownTalk 05-27-21 Memorial Day Weekend
TownTalk 05-26-21 Jayden Watkins Helping Others To Reach ‘Higher Heights’
Like most teenagers, Jayden Watkins likes to spend time on social media, watching TV and talking with other kids his age. But unlike other kids, Watkins is a preacher, a podcast host and author. Watkins is completing 7th grade at Henderson Collegiate this year. He and Town Talk host John C. Rose spoke earlier in
TownTalk 05-25-21 There’s Lots Going On In Granville County – For Locals and Tourists
From farmer’s markets and flock swaps to sports tournaments and bee extravaganzas, Angela Allen says there’s something for everyone to enjoy in Granville County. Allen is the county’s tourism director and talked with John C. Rose Tuesday on Town Talk about a variety of upcoming events of interest to anyone looking for ways to get
TownTalk 5-24-21 Vance Co. Schools
John C. Rose and Bill Harris discuss Vance County Schools including graduation, Dr. Anthony Jackson’s resignation and the search for a new superintendent. For complete details and audio click play. WIZS Radio · TownTalk 5-24-21 Vance Co. Schools
TownTalk 05-20-21 Dan Pezzoni, Historic Architecture Connects Families Then and Now Through Stories
(Cover Photo Credit: Bill Garrett) Dan Pezzoni says he always looks in the closets of the houses he visits – but it’s not because he’s nosey. He’s looking for clues that may help him better understand the history of the structure and shed some light about the people who once lived there. Pezzoni writes about
TownTalk 05-19-21 Pacific Organics Supplies Mulch, Potting Mixes Up and Down East Coast
The name can be a little confusing, Bobby Oakley admits, but Pacific Organics is not based on the West Coast: it is a Henderson-based company, alive and well, creating container potting media from pine bark. Oakley, who has been with Pacific Organics since its inception in 2004, is getting ready to retire, but he told
