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Harold D. Cooley Library Director Brian Booth, right, with Megan Milam, assistant director, left, sort through incoming non-perishable food donations to be given to Faith Christian Ministry for distribution. Donations are accepted through Dec. 15, with a list of suggested items listed on both the library and town website. Among the most urgently needed are canned meats; breakfast foods such as oatmeal, grits, pancake mix and syrup; and sides such as pasta noodles and pasta sauce.

NASHVILLE - Leadership of the Nash County Board of Commissioners has shifted following annual December nominations and voting by the board.
Marvin Arrington (D), District 1 commissioner, was elected after having been nominated by Fred Belfield (D). Also nominated was a former board Chair, Robbie Davis (R) by Sue Leggett (R).
Since Arrington's was the first nomination, Mike Gaynor, county attorney and temporary chair during the change-over, called for a vote on Arrington first.

NASHVILLE- Less than one month after a Nashville woman was arrested and charged with child abuse and animal cruelty, a similar case is now coming out of Elm City.
Responding to ongoing complaints of animal cruelty and neglect, deputies and Animal Control officers responded to 6030 Hornes Road, Elm City, on Dec. 3rd, where homeowner Amanda Joy Wiersma was then arrested charged with one count of Felony Child Abuse/Neglect and three counts of Felony Cruelty to Animals.

"I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites." (Psalm 26:4)
Can you believe it's already that time of year! The Christmas season has officially begun.
Sadly, this special time in Christianity has lost a lot of its Christian influence. It seems more and more you see the word "Xmas". Our world has allowed the Christmas season to become Christ-less. Just like the Pharisees, it's all style and no substance.

We are in the second week of Advent, a season of waiting and anticipation. The world around us often feels anything but peaceful. News cycles are filled with conflict, our personal lives with deadlines, concerns, and anxieties. It's easy to feel overwhelmed, to let worry become the default soundtrack of our lives. Paul, writing from a Roman prison cell, offers a radical alternative to this anxiety. He tells a conflict-filled church in Philippi that true joy and peace are not dependent on our circumstances, but on our relationship with Christ.

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
First, Paul uses a particular phraseology to indicate that an oral tradition (received from another) was being imparted (delivered to) a listener or reader.

A HONOR ROLL
SIXTH GRADE
Carolina Harvey, Jaceyon Battle, Christopher Caudle and Adeline Hancock

Kirby S. Cook, Kirby Shane Cook and Randa Boykin to Anthony Louis Jara; 613 Third Street, Spring Hope; $190,500
Quinceann Evans, Quinceann Lineburger and Curtis R. Evans to Quinceann Evans; 4559 Lily Walk, Rocky Mount
Oscar King and Oscar P. King to The Oscar King Living Trust; 5328 Marriott Street, Battleboro
Oscar King and Oscar P. King to The Oscar King Living Trust; 305 Ernest Street, Battleboro

NASHVILLE- The well-appreciated Helping Hand Outreach Ministry Annual Christmas Event will be held at 105 Surry Drive, Nashville, on December 20.
Free clothing and etc. giveaways will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m., while there will be singing and bag lunches distributed from 11 a.m. to Noon.
Beginning at noon, children will be able to visit with Santa Claus and kids will be able to pick a gift for their parents (with gift wrapping provided.) Kids will also be able to shop for toys from Noon "until."