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Board approves calendars, learns new accountability standards
Proposed school calendars for 2012-13 and 2013-14 were approved unanimously by the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) board at their work session last week.
Board members had repeatedly pointed out that the end of the first semester for next school year might make more sense if it were moved to January 17 instead of January 16 — in part, to give teachers a few days between semesters. More ...
Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent |
Coopers Double Dog Dares you to shave your head for cancer
Coopers Fire & Rescue, along with the Bulldog Brigade, is once again hosting its annual St. Baldrick’s event to help fight childhood cancer on Saturday, March 17 from 3-7 p.m. at Coopers Vounteer Fire & Rescue Department on 3628 Volunteer Road, just south of Sandy Cross.
And once again the community is receiving its official Double Dog Dare to help! You raise a little money and barbers will shave your head. More ...
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Dine Out for Communities in Schools is March 15
Communities in Schools (CIS) is once again gearing up for its annual Dine Out event and hopes citizens will make March 15 a day of eating out.
Dine Out for Communities in Schools is a program in which local restaurants agree to contribute 10 percent of all sales on a certain day to Communities in Schools. Over $14,000 has been raised since the Dine Out program began. More ...
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Republicans greet federal and state candidates
Nash County Republicans held their annual County Precinct Meetings and Convention on Thursday, March 1 at Nash Community College. In addition to the regular business of the party, members were able to meet and greet several candidates including two candidates for Lt. Governor and two candidates for the newly-formed thirteenth U.S. Congressional District, which includes a large portion of Nash County. More ...
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent |
The late W.L. “Billy” Carter, Jr. |
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Lifetime Cotton Achievement Award honors Billy Carter, Jr.
The late W.L. “Billy” Carter, Jr., who served as the North Carolina Cotton Producers Association’s executive vice president and was a former American Cotton Producers chairman, is the recipient of the 2011 Oscar Johnston Lifetime Achievement Award. His widow, Beverly, and her daughter, Beth Burchell, accepted the honor on February 12 at the National Cotton Council’s 2012 annual meeting in Fort Worth. More ...
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90TH BIRTHDAY
Doris Layton Long of Nashville celebrated her 90th birthday on February 14. She was honored by family and friends at a birthday party on February 11 at Nashville United Methodist Church. Her sons are Clarence Jenkins and wife Marie of Rocky Mount; John Jenkins and wife Edith, of Jacksonville, FL; Levi Jenkins and Kay of Rocky Mount; and Ed Jenkins (deceased.) More ...
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Nashville Elementary Ecology Fair Winners
Nashville Elementary School held an Ecology Fair on February 23 at the school. Nash Central High School partnered with the school to help have the fair.
All the materials for the projects were made out of recyclable materials.
The projects were judged and displayed in the media center. More ...
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Nashville Elementary Ecology Fair Winners pics, 1
Kindergarten winners were (L-R): Trinity Coley with Most Creative for her project “Recyclerella;” Carsyn Roughton for Best Use of Recyclables with “Gracie the G-Rex;” Kailyn Ellis for Most Practical with “T-Shirt Bag;” Jared Bone for Best Invention with “Alien Robot;” and Erin Winstead for “My Greenhouse.” Not pictured is Coburn Bailey, who won Best Overall with “One Man Band.” More ...
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Nashville Elementary Ecology Fair Winners pics, 2
Second grade winners were (L-R): Cayden Evans for Most Creative for his project, “My Unibear;” Lexi Gibson for Best use of Recyclables for her “Lexi” project; Cydney Richardson for Most Practical for the “Easter Basket” project; and Kiley Grace Billups for Best Overall for her “Aloha” project. Not pictured is Rocco Catalano for “Solar Oven” and Elana Griffin for the Triple R. Award for the “Recycled Caterpillar” project. More ...
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Nashville Elementary Ecology Fair Winners pics, 3
Fourth grade winners were (L-R): Janie Grischow for Most Creative for her project, “The Jungle;” Brian Jones for Best use of Recyclables for the “Bobby Jones Picture Frame” project; Taylor Wachowicz for Most Practical for her “Tay’s Jewelry” project; Parker McKeel with the Best Invention award for his “ECU Equipment Carrier” project; James Strickland with the Triple R Award for his “Recycled Tricycle” project; and Cana Shrock and Emma Cary with the Best Overall for their project, “Brobot.” More ...
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Best in Show winner Austin Harper |
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Pack 76 holds annual Pinewood Derby
Nashville’s Cub Scouts held its annual Pinewood Derby on Saturday, February 23 at Nashville United Methodist Church.
Each first, second and first place den winner received a trophy and then an overall first, second and third place winner was awarded as well. More ...
Graphic photos by Amanda Clark |
DONATION
Winstead Avenue Elementary School recently completed its fourth annual Valentine’s Day Cards’ campaign for Duke Children’s Hospital. Homemade cards, illustrated by second-grader Zakizha Brown in Mrs. Mindi Collins’ class, were sold for 50 cents each during February. All proceeds were donated to the Mix 101.5 Duke Children’s Hospital Radiothon. This year students collected $450. More ...
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Drama students pose for the camera. |
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Northern Nash holds annual Curriculum Fair
Northern Nash High School held its 7th annual Curriculum Fair Tuesday, February 28th in the gymnasium. There was excitement in the air as students and staff relayed to rising 9th graders and existing students the wide variety of enrichment, career, and academic opportunities available at Northern Nash High.
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OUTREACH CENTER
Fellowship Church recently held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for its Outreach Center, located at 969 Old White Oak Road in Nashville. The 23,000 square foot facility, which includes a gym, sanctuary, classrooms, and several game rooms, will be used for ministry and outreach to the children and youth of the community. More ...
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PEACHTREE COMMUNITY NEWS
When Peachtree folks gathered for worship on the first Sunday in March, Pastor Whitehouse chose as his sermon topic, “The Far Country.” It was based on the parable of the Prodigal Son, found in Luke 15:25-32. The father in the story is representing God, who welcomes us when we repent of our sins and come to Him for forgiveness. More ...
BARBARA HARDISON |
MOUNT ZION FWB CHURCH NEWS
We had a good group of members to attend our annual Sunday school kickoff breakfast at nine o’clock in the Fellowship Center this morning. Afterwards, we enjoyed a good lesson on godly wisdom. This gift can only come from God and is something we all need. Godly wisdom enables us to make Godly decisions and live Godly lives. Godly wisdom is needed in out prayer life. More ...
ROSALENE BASS |
RED OAK NEWS
Red Oak Baptist Church celebrated Baptst Men’s Day on Sunday, March 4. The men led the worship service and filled the choir. RA members collected the offering. Larry Camp gave the morning message, “24/7.” More ...
SUZY PEARCE |
BEULAH COMMUNITY NEWS
I hope everyone is having a good week. At Beulah we are having a great revival which will end on Wednesday night. I hope you had a chance to attend. We want to thank everyone for your continued support and fellowship at our fish fry last Friday night. We really want to thank you for understanding the price increase. More ...
WILMA ENROUGHTY |
Relay to hold Survivor Social
Nash County Relay for Life is preparing for its annual Survivor Dinner and is looking for survivors.
A Survivor Social will be held on Saturday, March 17 from 5 until 7 p.m. at Rock Creek Baptist Church in Nashville. More ...
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY
It’s USDA’s goal to ensure that CRP addresses Nash County’s most critical resource issueS.
CRP is an important program for protecting our most environmentally sensitive lands from erosion and sedimentation, and for ensuring the sustainability of groundwater, lakes, rivers, ponds and streams in Nash County.
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SHARON TAYLOR |
Cooley Library hosts Read-In
Nashville’s Harold D. Cooley Library hosted a Read-In on February 16. The Read-In was one of three held at libraries in Tarboro, Rocky Mount and Nashville. The events were sponsored by The Twin Counties Literacy Council. The Read-Ins gave the community an opportunity to come together and share excerpts from books of their choice by any author. Pictured above, Betsey Robertson reads from “The Wackiest White House Pets.” More ...
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We’re not hypocrites, just a change of mind
Folks ought to be able to change their minds.
Or adjust their views.
As a matter of fact, we all ought to be able to do this. It is inevitable; after all, that as we mature, our thoughts mature as does our view on life, events, the world and even politics.
But… More ...
Mike Brantley |
Award recipients are most deserving of recent honor
I always enjoy attending the Nashville Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Citizen event.
Many times, I know the person being recognized. It’s hard not to know people that volunteer so much of their time to Nashville so I’ve been fortunate to know many of the recipients.
This year’s recipient was no exception. More ...
Amanda Clark |
Backward Glances
QUALITY EGGS – This photo was originally published in The Graphic March 2, 1961. W.H. Reges, Jr. (center) of Red Oak delivered a shipment of quality eggs to the Carlisle Egg Station in Rocky Mount. Looking on is Walton Gilmore (left), manager of the station, and J.W. Stallings, assistant farm agent. We had several phone calls regarding last week’s Backward Glances photo. More ...
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Stealing is wrong and a sin
A wicked person is one who has continuous sin in their life. There are different types of sin, but in this case, I am talking about stealing.
When God called Moses to Mt. Sinai, it was there that God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. The eighth commandment says, “Thou shalt not steal.” More ...
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Nash County Animal Friends’ Notebook
$250,000 for Shelter improvements is in the upcoming proposed Nash County Capital Projects Plan. Seems like a lot, but it is not. There was a request for $105,000 for Animal Control building expansion for the year 2008-09. Nothing was done because Nash County took that budgeted expansion money away for other projects. So far, it isn’t even in the budget. Will it be put in the budget? If it is, will history repeat itself? More ...
Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends |
A CLOSE CALL FOR NCHS. Nash Central’s Taylor Pitt (left) avoids the tag attempt of Bunn catcher Casey Thomason during last Wednesday afternoon’s high school fast-pitch softball action on the BHS campus. |
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VETERAN PRESENCE
BUNN -- Nash Central’s experience and Bunn’s youth didn’t provide a good combination for the home team late Wednesday afternoon in the regular season softball opener for both squads.
Central, coached by Gary Smith, has all but one starter returning from a club that made a deep run last spring in the Class 3-A State Fast-Pitch Playoffs. More ...
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter |
WARM WELCOME. Louisburg College President Mark La Branche (left) introduces Roger Taylor to the crowd as part of last Tuesday’s ceremonies. |
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Canes Pay Tribute To Taylor
LOUISBURG -- Born on a tobacco farm and raised from an early age to value hard work and loyalty, Roger Taylor had no way of envisioning that his efforts would affect the lives of so many people in a positive fashion.
The values Taylor learned at a young age have proved to be beneficial to his professional career as a successful financial strategist and owner of Roger G. Taylor and Associaties in Rocky Mount. More ...
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter |
Knights kick off schedule
RED OAK -- The Northern Nash Lady Knights kicked off their 2011 girls soccer campaign in style last week with a trio of victories.
NN stopped Bunn (8-0), Wilson Beddingfield (6-0) and Northern Vance (6-0).
Claire Fleming delivered three goals during each match for the Lady Knights. More ...
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NCWC Splits With Averett
DANVILLE, VA. -- In last weekend’s USA South Conference baseball action, North Carolina Wesleyan and host Averett University split their two-game series in Danville.
The Bishops earned a 20-13 victory in a high-scoring affair on Saturday, while the Cougars were 6-5 winners in a much closer contest on Sunday. More ...
Staff Reports |
Rocky Mount reaches state title game
FAYETTEVILLE -- Rocky Mount High School tried its best to pull off a double, but they’ll have to deal with a single.
Both of Rocky Mount’s varsity basketball teams had shots to go their respective NCHSAA 3-A State Championship games at the East Regionals championships Saturday afternoon at Crown Coliseum. More ...
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent |
Prep baseball gets going in Nash County
NASH COUNTY -- The 2012 varsity high school baseball season didn’t get off to a hot start in Nash County last week.
All four teams lost at least one game in Week No. 1 and two teams didn’t even see victories come their way.
The Big East Conference saw all but one of its teams lose at least one contest. More ...
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent |
NCHSAA STATE HOOPS SCHEDULE
CHAPEL HILL -- Listed is this Saturday’s schedule for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Basketball Championships: More ...
Staff Reports |
NCHSAA STATE REGION RESULTS
CHAPEL HILL -- Here are the results for last week’s North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Basketball East and West Regional Tournaments: More ...
Staff Reports |
NC State a winner at Wilmington
WILMINGTON -- Ryan Mathews and Brett Austin provided the offensive fireworks, and Carlos Rodon regrouped after some trouble in the first to send North Carolina State University to an 8-3 diamond win over UNC-Wilmington Sunday at Brooks Field on the UNC-W campus.
Mathews went 3-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one run and scoring two. More ...
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Pirates succeed on diamond
GREENVILLE -- Junior Jharel Cotton scattered four hits over six innings and redshirt sophomore Tanner Merritt notched his first collegiate save as No. 30 East Carolina University (8-2) completed a three-game series sweep against Stony Brook (4-3) with a 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. More ...
Staff Reports |
NC’s Shuford nabs award from Canes
LOUISBURG -- Each year, the Hurricane Student-Athlete Awards Ceremony continues to grow in its effort to showcase the in-the-classroom excellence of Louisburg College’s athletes.
The latest event was held last Tuesday night at the Taylor Center, and Roger Taylor himself was on hand to present medals to 103 students. More ...
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter |
HORNETS STING FOES FOR HOOPS TITLE
LEAGUE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS. The Hornets won the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department 7-9 League Basketball Championship. Pictured are, in no particular order, Coach Sam Weeks and players Brayden Bomba, Thomas Copeland, Jackie Young, Nicholas Sessoms, Trenton Weeks, Chason Royal, Bladen Williams, Jerwin Lewis and Nolan Bailey. More ...
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HAVING A BLAST
Nash Central’s Grace Joyner rips a pitch for a single during the Lady Bulldogs’ road softball victory last Wednesday afternoon against the Bunn Ladycats in Franklin County. More ...
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NASH ARTS CENTER NEWS
Nash Arts is kicking off Spring early offering several shows that are sure to get you on your feet!
The Nash County’s Got Talent Showdown is set for Thursday, March 8 from 7-9:30 p.m. featuring Travis Moss, Erin Nicole Strickland, Ronnie Ezzell, UnEQ Image, Brian Bailey, Meredith Davis, Nicole Louisius, Roze Louisius and Sierna Pitt. Admission is $10. More ...
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BELINDA POWELL
ROCKY MOUNT - Belinda Powell, 58, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at Durham Regional Hospital in Durham. More ...
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MELVIN JACKSON KING
Melvin Jackson King, age 79, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Born in Currituck County on July 16, 1932, he was the son of the late William Arthur King and Maggie Wilcox King. He was also preceded in death by his son, Stanley Ray King and grandson, Jackson Braswell King. More ...
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BOBBY LOUIS GRIFFIN
Bobby Louis Griffin, 77, passed away on March 01, 2012. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, a sister, his wife, Janet Griffin, and son-in-law Glenn Proctor. More ...
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GRADY LEE BLACKMON
ROCKY MOUNT –– Grady Lee Blackmon, age 86, passed away Monday, March 05, 2012. Born in Clanton, Alabama on June 19, 1925, he was the son of the late Otis Lee Blackmon and Vallie Alred Blackmon. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Alberta Taylor Blackmon. More ...
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MICHAEL “BRUCE” COLEY
SHARPSBURG - Michael “Bruce” Coley, age 55, passed away Thursday, March 01, 2012. Born in Nash County on August 07, 1956, he was the son of late James Edward Coley Sr. and Annie Ezzell Coley. More ...
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