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ROCKY MOUNT - The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles has opened a new license plate agency (LPA) in Rocky Mount.
The new agency is located at 659 Tiffany Blvd., in Rocky Mount, and will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, except on state holidays. The office will be operated by Harvey Godwin, who also operates LPAs in Lumberton, Shallotte and Wilson.
In North Carolina, NCDMV oversees LPAs, but the agencies are managed by private businesses or local governments.

Michelangelo once posed a very interesting question to one of his fellow artists.
With frustration in his voice, he asked, "Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery with endless pictures on the one theme of Christ in weakness, Christ on the cross, and most of all, Christ hanging dead? Why do you concentrate on the passing episode as if it were the last work as if the curtain dropped down there on disaster and defeat? That dreadful scene lasted only a few hours. But to the unending eternity Christ is alive. Christ rules and reigns and triumphs!"

Last week, we examined the reliability of the biblical text and concluded that there were three good reasons to believe the New Testament canon was a natural and expected product of the unfolding of redemptive history in Jesus Christ. First, the story needed to be finished.
The first-century Israelites were waiting for God to finish the redemption story that began in the Old Testament. Consequently, the earliest Christians believed that He was completing the story through the man sent from God, Jesus.

Congratulations to James and Amanda Hurst on the birth of their daughter, Hazel Wynn! Proud grandparents are Pat and Melinda Griffin.
The Nell Boone Sunday School Class of Red Oak Baptist Church donated Easter baskets for the children at The Bassett Center in Rocky Mount. This is a project that the class looks forward to each year. Members filled baskets with fun items including candy, toys, stuffed animals, games, school supplies, and a gospel tract.
The Easter Sunrise service with Red Oak United Methodist Church and Red Oak Baptist Church will be at 7:30 a.m.

Adams Homes AEC, LLC and Don J. Adams to Milton Bradley Jones Jr., Katherine Rivera-Narvaez and Katherine Rivera Narvaez; Coolwater, Phase 4, Lot 35; $391,500
Charles L. Shultz, Gregory C. Shultz and Loretta S. Bass to Loretta S. Bass; 31.95 acres
Substitute Trustee Services, Inc., Patrick Joseph Roach and Janis Bates Griffin to Pennymac Loan Services, LLC and The Parker Law Office, PLLC; Section 2,

Brittany Armbruster, Sales and Marketing Manager for Braswell Family Farms, presents an Easter basket to one-year-old Stetson Walker and his mom, Farrin Walker, of Nashville. Graphic photo by Nancy West-Brake

Scarlett Sharpe of Wilson found a golden egg at Eggciting Saturday in Nashville. She received the prize gift basket for ages 5-8. Graphic photo by Nancy West-Brake

Walker Smith of Momeyer, 15 months, sits on a tractor.