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NASHVILLE - A first-time collaboration between four agencies - the "Nothing But Nash" Farm to Table Dinner- is planned Saturday June 20th at the Nashville Parks and Rec Center. It will feature meats, produce and desserts grown and prepared entirely in Nash County.
Maurine Brown, Nash Farmers' Market Manager, said the $75 event, which includes live music and a meal prepared by Chef Malik Williams of Lou Reda's, is a fund-raiser to benefit "Nash Double Up Food Bucks," a program to support healthy food choices for SNAP recipients at both the Nash County and the Nashville Farmers' Markets.

NASHVILLE - With water levels dropping in the Tar River Reservoir and in watersheds that feed the Tar River, both the town of Nashville and the city of Rocky Mount are asking residents to abide by voluntary water conservation measures.
Nashville launched its "Voluntary Conservation Stage II" measures June 8th, while Rocky Mount did the same three days before.
NOAA's website Drought.gov states that Nash County is currently classified in D3- Extreme Drought along with 31.4% of the state. Areas in eastern North Carolina have seen rain deficits of 5 to 8 inches.

The Youth Police & Fire Camp, held from June 2-June 5 for children aged 8-13 years, alternated days spent with the Nashville Police Department and Nashville Fire Department personnel. Police-related activities included station and vehicle tours, a "burglary" scenario, traffic stop and vehicle search scenarios, a DWI simulation, a Drone demonstration with the Nash County Sheriff's Office, an SBI Bomb Squad speaker, a demonstration by the City of Rocky Mount Swift Water Rescue Team and K9 demonstrations.

Ro Broyles, Spring Hope Museum Director, accepts a check June 1st for $500 from Drew Griffin, Spring Hope Chamber of Commerce President.

SPRING HOPE -- The Spring Hope National Pumpkin Festival has announced the official launch of its new website at www.springhopepumpkinfest.com.
The new site serves as the go-to digital destination for everything related to the Festival, which is set to return on October 2-3, 2026, in Spring Hope.
Visitors of the website will find up-to-date announcements, vendor registration forms, parade participation forms, and a variety of ways to get involved in the festivities.

When I was Durham County Manager, I arrived at my office for another stress-filled day. As the morning wore on, I began to experience shortness of breath and tightness in the chest. It just couldn't be a heart attack, could it?
I began to think things through and finally concluded that all the signs pointed to trouble. Besides the fact that I was short of breath and had pain in my chest, I had the family history to go with it. My mother died of a heart attack at 44 and my father suffered for years with heart trouble.

Critics of Christianity contend that it is all well and good that Christians argue God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good, nonetheless, evil remains all the same. Last time we stated that the task of the Free Will Defense is to show no logical contradiction between two premises: 1), There is an omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly good God, and 2) there is suffering in the world. Even so, the question inevitably comes: "If God is the Creator of everything, and God is all-powerful, then couldn't God have created a world with no evil?"

Today is the last day of Rainforest Falls Vacation Bible School at Red Oak Baptist Church. Please pray that the children reached this week through scripture, Bible study, imagination station, and games will carry the gospel with them and share with others so they will know the nature of God.
Also, be in prayer for the youth and chaperones of Red Oak Baptist Church who will be travelling to Virginia for Mfuge next week.
Women in Action of Red Oak Baptist Church will meet on Tuesday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the church.

CULLOWHEE - Ava Moore of Nashville has been named to the Spring 2026 Chancellor's List at Western Carolina University. To qualify for this honor, students must achieve a GPA of 3.8 or higher. Students named to the Chancellor's list are also named to the Dean's List.

Dominique Jones and Natahja Mayfield, both of Nashville, have been named to the the Southern New Hampshire University Spring 2026 President's List. The spring terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President's List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.