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For a century plus a decade, Boice-Willis Clinic has been providing primary and specialty medical care to the residents of Nash and Edgecombe counties. The area's largest provider, the practice serves more than 40,000 patients a year in three towns: Rocky Mount, Nashville and Spring Hope.
Boice-Willis Clinic was founded in 1914 when Edmund Boice, MD, and Byrd Willis, MD, relocated to Rocky Mount, from Richmond, VA, to begin their surgical practices.

Participants of the first AgriScience Homeschool Course were recognized at the annual Farm to Table Breakfast. Nash County Cooperative Extension hosted the 12-week course, with 14 youth participating. Classes focused on horticulture, crop science and livestock and animal care. The goal for the course is for youth to have an increased appreciation for agriculture.

The Business of the Year Award was presented to B&S Enterprises, a agriculture and lawn and garden equipment company out of Wilson.

Colin Leggett of Nashville received the Next Generation in Agricutlure Award.

Nash County Cooperative Extension Agent Colby Griffin presents the Women in Agriculture Award to Christina Wrenn of Wrenn's Farm. Wrenn is a third generation family farm, producing strawberries and cut flowers.

The other night I awoke from a bad dream. It seems I had wronged someone and was now defending myself in court. The interesting part was that I was not in court because of what I did, but rather for what I had not done.
I couldn't believe what was happening! The harder I tried to convince the judge of my innocence, the deeper in trouble I found myself. I know that justice is supposed to be blind. However, it never occurred to me that the judge could be blind, too! So there I stood being convicted for a crime I didn't commit.

It is almost alarming to consider the difference between a man or woman in hell and a man or woman in heaven. In that amazing story from Jesus about Lazarus the poor man who ate the crumbs from the rich man's table we learn, after the death of both of them, something which we might not know otherwise.
The rich man is in Hades, the first dimension of hell. He is in torment, and asks for mercy from Abraham, the man of faith, who is next to Lazarus. He is "in the bosom" of Abraham, which only means that he was lying next to Abraham on the triclinium or three-sided couch used for eating meals in that day.

Meredith and Besweri Walujjo and son, Parker, visited Red Oak Baptist Church on Wednesday, Nov. 13 while here from Uganda. Children, youth, and adults enjoyed hearing from Meredith and Besweri and learning about their ministries. Preschoolers had a separate session about Uganda with Marilyn Boone and Taylor Brantley, They joined the group for refreshments and a time to meet Meredith and Besweri. Meredith is from the Justice community and has been on several mission trips before she decided to dedicate her work in Uganda.