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MOMEYER - In an attempt to quash recurrent deer hunting issues before the season begins Sept.27, Momeyer will be sending out information to all its residents, including those in the ETJ, about how to post lands to legally restrict access to hunters.
"Deer Hunting in Town" was agenda item 10.E. under new business at the Sept. 8 town council meeting. Will Funderburg, Mayor, said he had been studying old meetings to try to "get ahead" of the issue, because the town receives complaints every year.

ROCKY MOUNT - Nash County's animal shelter, The Pet Connection Center, underwent a state inspection Sept. 8 and not only passed, but passed with flying colors, with close to 200 individual checkpoints all reported in compliance.
"The Nash County Pet Connection Center has undergone a complete reformation," remarked Inspector Amy Lynn on the Sept. 8 Facility Inspection form.
"The facility was impeccably clean today.

SPRING HOPE- People interested in lending a hand to tidy up downtown Spring Hope are invited to the latest semi-annual 'Spring Hope Sweep,' scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. this Saturday.
Volunteers can meet at a tent to be set up at the corner of Pine and Railroad to get directions. The town of Spring Hope will provide bottled water and bags for debris.

When I've moved to a new community, finding a good church to attend is number one on my to-do list. While finding someone to cut my hair is not second, it certainly makes the top ten. That's because the difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is about two weeks, which can seem like an eternity if you're on the losing end.
When we moved back to Concord, I reunited with a hair stylist I had twenty-two years ago.

Matthew 7:28-29 (ESV) reads
"And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes."
Jesus is concluding what many refer to as "the Sermon on the Mount." He has laid out expectations for those who would follow Him. He has just shared with his listeners the principle of wise construction vs. foolish construction. Now the crowd is astonished at His teaching. But why would the people be so amazed?

Last week, we began to look at the historical writings of the prophet Isaiah in the fifty-third chapter. Even so, my feeble description there failed to convey the proper weight due to Isaiah's words written some 700 years before the Servant was born: seven hundred years! Read for yourself:
See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

Wildflower Way, LLC to Michael P. Murphy and Lorri M. Murphy; 2.661 acres in Red Oak Township
D.R. Horton, Inc. to Joshua Sao Joao and Katherine Rose Riegel; Saddlebrook Subdivision, Phase 1-B, Lot 51
Little Bear Creek Properties B, LLC to Foundation Home Builders, LLC; Stallings Grove, Lots 17-20
Edward Keith Floyd and Jennifer W. Floyd to Taira Homes, LLC; 835 Western Avenue, Rocky Mount; $56,000

DWI; Child abuse-misdemeanor; S. Clarendon Dr., Nashville on 8/18/25
Carrying concealed weapon permit violation; concealed gun after/while consuming alcohol/concealed no permit at N NC 58 on 8/23/25
Carrying concealed weapon (gun); DWI; possession stolen firearm at NC 58 on 8/22/25
Damage to real property on Ward St., Nashville on 8/19/25

Assault law enforcement officer/police/other serious injury; assault-simple at 100 N. Boddie St., Nashville on 8/26/25
Possession of stolen vehicles; larceny by employee on 1100 S. NC 581
Assault-simple; assault on a female at 13690 Avent Rd., Whitakers on 8/24/25
Misdemeanor breaking and entering at 13705 NC 98, Spring Hope on 8/25/25