A new 4-H program is already cooking up success, local and nationally.
The Nash Choppers 4-H Food Challenge Team will head to Dallas, Texas on October 3 to compete in the National 4-H Food Challenge. The team is led by Regina Moseley, Nash County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences.

Nashville residents gave a thumbs down to the idea of social districts in downtown at an informational meeting last week.
The meeting was held last Thursday to give property owners, businesses and residents a chance to offer input on whether the town should create a social district in Downtown Nashville and on the Nashville Junction property.

Three Nashville police officers do their duty to serve and protect, not only locally, but nationally with the Department of Homeland Security. One of those, Detective Timothy Bell, got a visit and a commendation from the Feds at last week's Nashville Town Council meeting.
"We have 3700 Task Force officers (in Homeland Security Investigations) nationwide assigned to work with HSI and carry an HSI credential and badge.

Robin Dunn performs while Nash County Commissioner Marvin Arrington holds the microphone at the Community and Rural Development Banquet.

Six Nash County communities joined together for food and fellowship on Saturday at the 2023 Annual Community and Rural Development Banquet.
The six communities are a part of the Community and Rural Development Council and include the Nashville Willing Workers and Winwood Community, the Drake Community, the Little Easonburg Community Development Club, Peachtree Community Development Organization and the Swift Creek Community.

A curfew for youth will soon be in effect in the town of Nashville.
Nashville's Town Council unanimously approved enacting a curfew ordinance last week, after first discussing and holding the first reading of the ordinance last month.
The ordinance establishes a curfew for youth under 18 years of age.

Coopers Volunteer Fire & Rescue hosted its annual Community Day last Saturday. The event offered family fun, food, ice cream, an obstacle course and activities for youngsters. In addition to Coopers, Nashville Police Department, Nash County EMS, NC Highway Patrol and Nash County Sheriff's Office were on hand for kids to explore equipment and vehicles.
Pictured above, Thomas Tucker (2) enjoys his ice cream.

Alex Zipko, center, is pictured with friends, family and Seegars employees upon completing the fence at Red Oak Middle School as part of his Eagle Scout project.

A Red Oak Middle School student has become his Boy Scout Troop's youngest Eagle Scout on record, with his project adding to the security of school grounds.
Alex Zipko, 13, with assistance from Seegar's Fence Company, installed a three-hundred-foot ranch rail fence on a ditch line between the school parking lot and the baseball field, extending a fence line established earlier by another Eagle Scout.

Keeping a horse on limited land that is surrounded by subdivisions is one of four presentations coming up during the 4th Annual Nash County Horse Farm Tour, offered through the NC Nash County Cooperative Extension.
Sponsored by Tractor Supply, Builders Discount Center and Southern Bank, the Nash County Farm Tour will be Friday, September 22nd, beginning with a 7:30-8 a.m. check in at the Ag Center at 1006 Eastern Avenue in Nashville.

As tradition, students enrolled in Renny Taylor's advanced placement US History class at Nash Central High School have completed a project which will be positioned in a very historical place in Nash County.
An 8-foot x 4-foot timeline showing the history of Stonewall Manor in Rocky Mount and the United States from 1800 to 1980 will be placed at Stonewall Manor this week just in time for an upcoming open house at the historical landmark. Open House will take place this Sunday, Sept. 24 from 2-4 p.m.

A connection between aging, falls and fire fatalities led the Nashville Fire Department to host free statewide training Sept. 13 from the National Fire Protection Association and the North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshall. Approximately forty firefighters, some from as far away as Charlotte, attended the event, only the second one of its kind to be held in North Carolina.

Larceny from construction site reported at 1035 Saddlebrook Dr., Rocky Mount on 9/11/23
Two counts of larceny after breaking and entering; felony breaking and/or entering reported at 10926 Liles Rd., Bailey on 9/11/23
Two counts felony possession of marijuana; possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana was reported at 1101 Instrument Dr., Rocky Mount on 9/15/23

Arrest
Montague Barnes was charged with second degree trespassing; misdemeanor larceny; possession of stolen goods; conspiracy to commit a felony; breaking and entering auto, larceny from auto.

MERCER

Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel James Mercer will serve as the Chair for the Nash Community College Board of Trustees for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. Along with Mercer assuming new duties and responsibilities, fellow trustee Russell Proctor III will serve as the Vice-Chair for the Board.
Mercer has been involved with NCC for the past 30 years. He has been serving on the NCC Board of Trustees for the past six years.

PLEA going out to the CAT LOVERS. Do NOT get a kitten unless you plan to FIX IT before it goes outside!!! Heck, fix it even if indoors, because they DO get out, it is healthier for them and makes for better behavior too! Note that the only safe cat is an indoor cat. Once outside there are tons of dangers. Add to that, if not fixed, their offspring will become wilder (more feral) with each generation.

Northern Nash High School staff, Nash County School Board members and Nash County Commissioners break ground for the new Field House at Northern Nash High School.

Work has begun on a new field house at Northern Nash High School, with completion planned by the end of the 2024 football season.
Groundbreaking took place earlier in September, more than three months after project bidding began in May. The construction contract was awarded to Berry Building Group of Greenville, whose Linked In profile says "specializes in complicated multi-phase construction projects" such as K-12 schools.

"He who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind." (James 1:6)
If the truth were ever told about the effect that doubt could have in your life, the above verse hits the nail on the head.
Here's something else that's true about doubt. It usually occurs in the life of a believer. So don't be discouraged when doubt comes your way. It's never a permanent condition, and the irony of doubt is that it always brings with it an opportunity to grow closer to God.

On February 12, 1728, was Cotton Mather's sixty-fifth birthday. The Puritan minister would breathe his last the following day. Until the previous year, Mather had never experienced any serious health challenges. He used all his strength to live in fruitful service to the Lord. His signet ring had a fruit-bearing tree and Psalm 1:3 inscribed on it. On the last day of his life, his son Samuel asked his dying father for a final word of counsel. Mather said one word: "Fruitful."
Fruitfulness was Mather's consuming passion in life and death. It should be the same for every follower of Christ.

The Baptist Men had their monthly breakfast and meeting on Sunday, September 17.
The Nell Boone Sunday School Class of Red Oak Baptist Church collected items for the UNC Health Nash Foundation. Hygiene items collected will be given to patients who are discharged to homeless shelters.
Hurry and get your tickets for the Brunswick Stew Sale at the Red Oak United Methodist Church. Sale will be on October 14.

Word Tabernacle Church hosted its First Annual HBCU & Divine 9 Sunday during the regularly scheduled 9 a.m. Worship Service on September 10, 2023. Special guests included Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), Dr. Karrie Dixon - Chancellor and her cabinet, and the University Choir. ECSU Alumni were invited to attend the "Meet the Chancellor" reception where speakers Word Tabernacle Church Senior Pastor Gailliard, Dr. Dixon, Sen. Kandie Smith (District 5) and Marcus Bass, Deputy Director of the NC Black Alliance presented the State of HBCUs Address, the Legislative Report, and a Voter Information Session.

The NC Cooperative Extension in Nashville is taking registrations now for a one-day Homesteading Workshop, to be held Saturday, Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1006 Eastern Avenue in Nashville.
"Mainstream America has renewed its interest in working the land," said the website remotefamily.com. "Some are seeing it in hopes of finding a more meaningful life than their former sedentary office jobs could give."

Revocable Trust Agreement for Claudia Edwards Wallace, Claudia Edwards Wallace, James Russell Wallace and Gary Wayne Wallace to Deborah Smith; 609 Sanibel Drive, Nashville
Ollie Knight, Celeste Knight and Leste A. Knight to Celeste Knight and Leste A. Knight; Charlestone Place, Section 1, Block A, Lot 34
Jim Pope Builder, Inc. to Ancy Jacob; Section 1X, Lake Haven, Lot 47

Building Permit Commercial
Reginald Brinkley, 106 Barnes St.; miscellaneous; $800
Bill Marshburn, 4454 Dortches Blvd.; repair; $135,500

We're heading full throttle into sportsball season, which means it is time to prepare for the assault on the English language known as cliches.
Football has started, baseball is heading into the playoff stretch, and hockey and basketball are just a month away. Don't forget soccer is in full swing, as is golf and NASCAR. Tennis just wrapped the U.S. Open.
So, we need to lock and load on the front lines and try to stay out of no man's land, knowing we have to bite the bullet.

Before you know, it'll be time for the 2024 Nashville Blooming Festival! I know it seems way to early to think about the 2024 event, but really - it's not. We typically begin planning the festival a few months before the Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival and Spring Hope begins their planning around the time of our festival.
I've been quite a fortunate person for over 25 years while volunteering with the Nashville Blooming Festival. The smartest thing I ever did was find super talented folks to co-chair and volunteer!

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on June 28, 1983. The Nationals, composed on two Nashville youth teams, won the first annual Bambino Babe Ruth Nashville tournament.

Nash Arts is inviting the public for a cup of coffee with artist Mike Clark during a free artist reception Saturday, Sept. 30th, between 10 a.m. and Noon.
Sept. 30th is the last day for Clark's exhibit, which opened Sept. 1.
Clark's colorful acrylics most often depict scenes from nature, such a roadway between trees, trees and sky reflected in water or beach views. His gallery on display at Nash Arts incorporates brilliantly colored suns or the rare evening painting with the moon shining off the water with an adjacent pier.