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RED OAK- Following the town of Nashville and soon, Nash County, the town of Red Oak is raising its sewer rates to keep up with a 15% rise imposed by the city of Rocky Mount.
"We need to go up 15% on (the sewer rates) but we're still not breaking even," commented Levell Langley, Mayor, at the April 13th town council meeting.
Langley said the town basically got into the 'sewer business' to support the school; Red Oak Elementary, Red Oak Middle School, the Fire Department and First Bank & Trust Co. of Virginia are all sewer customers, while the total number of customers is 18, Langley said.

NASHVILLE - The people have spoken concerning their wishes for Stoney Creek Environmental Park- and now Parks and Rec is on it, having formulated a master plan reflecting most voted-on priorities and come up with funding plans.
Koy Worrell, Parks and Rec Director, presented details for three phases of park development in the "Stoney Creek Environmental Park Master Plan" at the April 15 town council meeting.

NASHVILLE - The much-anticipated question of what business would be going into 608 Western Avenue, the site of a renovated home owned by Michael Hurt that was recently rezoned to Office & Industrial, has been answered: it's going to be leased by the Nashville Police Department.
"We haven't had enough space in our police station to house our police investigators for a number of years," states the approved agenda item at the April 15 town council meeting.

Recently, Rory McIlroy won the Master's Golf Tournament in Augusta, GA, for the second win in a row!
You often hear that the Saturday of the tournament is their "moving day". That is the name professional golfers refer to on the Saturday of the tournament. It's the day when they position themselves to win on Sunday.
The Bible also talks about a "Moving Day". It reports that sometime between Jesus' crucifixion and His resurrection, Jesus went to hell.

What can we learn from a conversation between two teachers?
John 2:23-25 ESV
[23] Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. [24] But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people [25] and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
John 3:1-3 ESV

Women in Action of Red Oak Baptist Church met at the church on Tuesday, April 14. Members continued working on the Pillowcase Dress project by cutting out more dresses to be sewn. They also had their missions program and prayer time. The group also continued planning for the upcoming "Go Fish!" Missions Celebration they are hosting at the church. The next Women in Action meeting will be Tuesday, May 12 at the church.

Continuing the discussion from last week on inspiration, biblical scholar Matthew Barrett warns, "If we reject inspiration, we are rejecting the Bible's testimony concerning itself. . . . it is difficult to ignore the evidence that the Bible does affirm its own inspiration. Scripture is not silent on its identity and origin." Therefore, based upon the historical fact that Jesus was raised from the dead by God, we should expect God to speak directly and inerrantly to us through His inspired Word.
Inerrancy naturally flows from a flawless God who "breathes out" Scripture. However, inerrancy is sometimes misunderstood, meaning that the Bible has no errors.

Mark Lyons and Ashley Lyons to Dave Baker and Denise Merreot; 672 Chimeny Hill Way, Rocky Mount; $45,500
Winstead Properties NC, LLC to CMH Homes, Inc.; Spring Hope Meadows Subdivision, Phase 1, Lot 2; $65,000
Starlight Homes North Carolina, LLC to Tyler Denzel Lee and Tammie Renee Lee; Bryson's Ridge, Lot 151; $310,000
Terrence Michael Silk and Stephanie Renee Silk to William D. Purser; Section 2, Candlewood Subdivision, Block D, Lot 12