A joint meeting last week of Nash County Public Schools (NCPS) Board of Education members and Nash County Commissioners shed some light on some of the pressing issues the public school system is experiencing along with some good news concerning capital improvements.
Topics at the meeting included the recently approved state budget and its impacts on NCPS, capital improvements and projects, facility capacities, teacher retention and recruitment, and supplement pay, vaccination clinics, and a refresh plan for technology.

HOLIDAY SCENES - Jennifer Bull of Nashville (left, standing) completes multi-scene holiday artwork on eight windows at the Nashville Recreation Center on Boddie Street. Pictured with Bull are her helpers, April Mowatt and Keenan Richardson. Graphic photo by Jo Anne Cooper

Nashville's Annual Christmas Celebration will take place on Saturday, December 4th starting at 3:45 p.m.
The free event is sponsored by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and this year co-hosted by Nashville's Park, Recreation and Cultural Resources.
A new partnership between the two agencies has been developed in hopes of growing the event for future generations.

Nash County's Board of Education released a statement last Thursday afternoon reporting it had "entered a settlement agreement with Dr. Shelton Jefferies regarding reimbursement of funds that were expended by Dr. Jefferies for travel expenses and use of a school system vehicle during his tenure as Superintendent of Nash County Public Schools."

NASHVILLE K-9 - Renzo, Nashvile's newest officer, and first ever K-9, sniffs packages during a training exercise.

The Nashville Police Department's first ever K-9 unit has passed his certification assessment and is ready to patrol the streets to protect the community.
Renzo the German Shepard is the newest officer of the police department. He aced a six-week certification course at Southern Police Canine, Inc., a police canine training facility, and earned his certification on November 12. This certification confirmed Renzo and his officer handler as a handler canine team.

Nashville's 4th annual Christmas Decorating Contest has kicked off for the holiday season. Homes and businesses within the town limits are eligible to participate. Entries are due by 5 p.m. on December 2nd.
Participants are required to complete an entry form to be judged. There is no entry fee. Forms are available at Nashville Town Hall or online.

Nash County Foster Care is struggling to find foster families within the Nash County community.
Kimberly Nicholson, Social Work Program Administrator, Nicole Glover, Adoption Services Supervisor, and Stephanie Grischow, Foster Care Supervisor all joined together to share the struggles the foster program is facing and the need for the community to step up.

The Town of Nashville is close to finalizing agreements for the Nashville Junction.
Council members met Tuesday, November 16 in a special called meeting to discuss agreements for the Farmers Market and land donation.
The town is planning to hire the Nash County Farmers Market Manager Maurine Brown to help with the town's market.

Tim and Ross Fisher continue to uncover the Robinson Gold Dredge, a 1906 ship discovered on property in the northern part of Nash County. The property will be home to a campground, tours and activities.

Two years ago, Nash County locals Tim Fisher and his son Ross Fisher discovered a gold dredge on property they had purchased. Since their initial discovery, they have begun the process of further excavating the dredge, learning its history, and developing a park/campground.
"This is the only known dredge of its kind in existence in the eastern United States, and it's even rarer because it's a New Zealand style, wooden, bucket-line dredge," said Ross.

The Nash County Public School Social Worker team organized and sponsored a district-wide community service project to raise money for local community partners raising $5,395.25.
The money raised will be donated to the following agencies:

"Let us come before him with thanksgiving." (Psalm 95:2)
Satan has a stronghold on Thanksgiving. Have you noticed?
In our neighborhood, people started decorating for Christmas as soon as they took their Hal-loween decorations down.

Thanksgiving is almost upon us, and of course that means Christmas is close. Often we put a lot of emphasis at this time of year on Christmas, because retailers are pushing us in that direction. In the process, we can very easily forget this beautiful holiday called Thanksgiving. Originally established by President Washington in 1789, it initially was a religious holiday and, more to the point, a Christian holiday.

The Peachtree Baptist Church Congregation gathered to worship and to celebrate the coming Thanksgiving Day. Beautiful service.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday is presented to glorify God by Bob and I to celebrate Thanksgiv-ing Day and all the blessing the Good Lord has provided.
Mrs. Jane May, Pianist, played a beautiful solo.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Nashville Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Coopers Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Spring Hope Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Swift Creek Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Middlesex Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Cedar Grove Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Nash Central Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Nash Central High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Northern Nash High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at M.B. Hubbard Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

North Carolina Wesleyan College's e-sports club, The Bishop Gaming Association (BGA), recently developed a partnership with WHIG-TV to provide training opportunities for students. Future plans of the partnership include the development of a 30-minute show that will be aired on WHIG-TV, along with job shadowing and internship opportunities.

Nationally and locally, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is working to address relationship violence and break the culture of silence surrounding domestic violence.
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Rocky Mount Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta (RMAC) made several presentations to help inform, educate, and create more public awareness of this issue. Using this theme: "Love Should Not Hurt", the chapter featured a video narrated by Emily Lemus, Director of My Sister's House of North Carolina on its website: www.rmacdst.org.

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North Carolina's egg prices were steady on small, higher on the balance when compared to last week. Supplies of extra large and medium were mostly moderate, while large were fairly light to meet a moderate demand. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted Thursday, November 18, for small lot sales of delivered, cartoned, grade "A" eggs was 145.36 for Extra Large, 144.10 for Large, 112.01 for Medium, and 75.00 for Small eggs.

Elks Lodge #1038 at Birchwood in Nashville held its annual food drive for the Salvation Army. Pictured above, left to right, are: Bobby Burgess, Salvation Army of Nash and Edgecombe counties, Michael P. Davis, exalted ruler of Elks Lodge #1038 and Kathy Davis, secretary of Elks Lodge.

Chuck Adcock, Master, Masonic Lodge #85, Nashville, along with Ann Bailey of Bailey's Jewelry, presented a check for over $4,000 to Kevin Otis, Administrator of the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford. This was the result of a raffle for a diamond necklace donated by Bailey's Jewelry. Raffle tickets were sold by members of the lodge. Bailey, 96 years young, started Bailey's Jewelry with her husband in 1948.

William Scott Brua and Nancy Jo Brua to Timothy Tyler Peterson and Ashley Tyler Peterson; Oakside Section 1, Block B, Lot 37
Byrd Strategic Services Inc. to Christian Ivan Watts, Tamara C. Watts; 7270 Broad Leaf Drive, Spring Hope; $214,000
Sarah Anglene Boylorn and Sarah Anglene Sutton T Sarah Anglene Boylorn and Henry Bernard Richardson; 6042 Nicole Road, Spring Hope

Building Permit Commercial
Halley Keyser, 1351 Tressell Loop Rd; addition; $5,000
Charles Wilkes, 7345 Edwards Rd; new construction; $421,021

Giving thanks can mean a lot of different My first job offer as I was about to graduate college was with a major investment firm and promised compensation of much more than I make now, 30 years later ... and that's not adjusting for inflation.
They were going to pay for my training and certifications and the big boss made a point of showing me that the saddest car in the parking lot besides mine was a three-year old BMW.

Imagine you've just learned there is a request for rezoning in your neighborhood for a substantial development - one which concerns you due to either increased traffic or possible burdens on the infrastructure. You learn about a public hearing by reading your local newspaper - but it's something called a Quasi Judicial Public Hearing.

Dear Editor: Deforestation is a problem in the Amazon Rain Forest. Property owners in the region are laying waste to forested land to make for more room for grazing animals, cattle and such. The land owners are burning the forests up.
Gotta feed all the humans, don't you know!

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on October 23, 1958. FFA Officers for the 1958-59 year of the Nashville Future Farmers of America Chapter were pictured.

SCOOP IT UP. Northern Nash High School's Dywhaun Mitchell (right) picks up a loose ball for the Fighting Knights during last Friday night's Class 3-A State Football Playoff matchup against Scotland County.

RED OAK -- Leading by seven points late in the first half, head coach Andrew Farriss and his Northern Nash Knights were feeling good during last Friday's home matchup with perennial powerhouse Scotland County in the third round of the Class 3-A State Football Playoffs at historic Death Valley on the NN campus.
While the NNHS offense had looked sloppy, the defense, which had been much undervalued throughout the course of the season, forced turnovers and limited Scotland's dynamic offensive unit.

BLOCKED PATH. Nash Central's Justus Staten (with ball) tries to evade a tackle attempt during last Friday's road playoff showdown against Princeton.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Fret not for the Nash Central Bulldogs following their 63-12 road loss last Friday night to Princeton High School in the third round of the Class 2-A State Football Playoffs.
Certainly, the Bulldogs fell to a high-caliber team as Princeton is undefeated and seeded first on the Class 2-A level in the East Region.

NASH COUNTY -- Southern Nash dominated the Big East Conference boys soccer scene this fall, so it was no surprise when the Firebirds claimed two of the league's top-three season-long honors.
SN senior veteran Jared Gonzalez was tabbed as the Big East Offensive Player of the Year, while veteran Firebird skipper Carlos Barron was the automatic chose as the Conference Champion Coach of the Year.

DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls are currently conducting a Black Friday Sale online and at the Ballpark Corner Store at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Online, fans can save 20 percent off regular-priced items in addition to free shipping on orders over $75.
In store, the DBAP will host a huge sale this Friday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Northern Nash's Yasin Davis-McKinney (right) hauls in a pass last Friday night against Scotland County.

ANDREW ZIPKO ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK A SCOTLAND PUNT

JORDAN BATTLE AND TREY BATTLE TEAM UP TO MAKE A TACKLE

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TOURNAMENT RUNNER-UP

CALI DESIGNS FOOD TRUCK
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The Watercolor Society of North Carolina has announced that Marion Clark Weathers is the winner of the Eastern Region Award for her painting, "Viewpoints" exhibiting October 3 through November 12 in the 2021 Watercolor Society of North Carolina Annual Juried Exhibition.
The Juror for this competition, renowned and internationally acclaimed watercolorist Tom Francesconi, announced the winners of this state-wide competition on Sunday, October 3 during the WSNC Annual Meeting and Award Ceremony held online.