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This photo published on Oct. 1, 1953 in The Nashville Graphic. This group of Boy Scouts and their leader represented the Nash County area at an encampment near Aberdeen honoring Lady Flora MacLeod.

The Bible teaches us that sin separates us from God. But you know what? It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized that sin as far back as my own childhood robbed me of the opportunity to know the fullness of God.
When I was seven, I broke a vase on the hearth of our fireplace. I knew that my mother was going to wear me out when she found out about it. As a matter of background, trouble had its way of finding me, and I was no stranger to getting "taken to the woodshed" at my house. At least that's the way it seemed to me.

Civil Air Patrol's Tar River Composite Squadron will observe the squadron's 44th anniversary of it's founding in August, announced unit commander, 1st Lt. Stephen Beal. "It's amazing to think how many years this squadron has been operating and how many lives it has touched and changed. I am proud to be a part of that and welcome everyone out to our birthday celebration and Open House to share that with you!" Past members and interested members of the public are invited to the birthday celebration and Open House which takes place on Aug. 29 from 7-9pm, 7972 - FAA Drive, Rocky Mount, (Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport).

SPRING HOPE- A Rocky Mount man caught red-handed with a stolen car trailer in Spring Hope is facing charges for also stealing cars, goods, and fleeing to elude law enforcement.
Keonte Javon Hicks, 28, of King Edward Court, Rocky Mount, was taken into custody at the Duck Thru in Spring Hope on August 20 by Nash County Sheriff's Deputies after they received a tip about Hicks attempting to sell a possibly stolen 2014 Leonard car trailer.

The CC Spaulding Alumni will host their annual reunion festivities on Aug. 31 through Sept. 2.
The annual banquet will be held on Sept. 1 at the O.D. Moore Building in Nashville at 5 p.m. celebrating "Fifty Years of keeping the Spaulding Spirit Alive."
Other events slated for the celebration include a fish fry on Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. which will be held at the Spaulding Gym in Spring Hope at 6 p.m.
A Day in the Park will be held on Sept. 2 at 3 p.m. at the Teacher's Home Spaulding Campus.

Red Oak Baptist Church held its Promotion Sunday on Aug. 25. Everyone who will be working with Sunday School in the new church year which begins in September was recognized. Rising first graders receive a Bible from the church. Charlotte Lewis will be in first grade this year and she received a Bible. Red Oak Baptist Church has Sunday School classes for all ages. Everyone is welcome.
Congratulations to Ava Hardy, Brett Hardy, and Alex Vire who were baptized Sunday, Aug. 25 at Red Oak Baptist Church.

The Puritans were a group of English pastors in the 1600s. Their writing and preaching had special force because they blended soaring theological insight with childlike hearts of love for God. And their minds and hearts were soaked with Scripture. A typical book written by a Puritan would take a single verse of the Bible, wring it dry for all the comfort and hope to be found in it, and then, several hundred pages later, be sent off to a publisher.
One such Puritan was a man named Thomas Goodwin. In 1651 he wrote a book called The Heart of Christ in Heaven towards Sinners on Earth.

NASHVILLE - A 52-year-old Nashville man is hospitalized at Wake Med in stable condition with charges pending after he was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with two Nash County Sheriff's deputies late Sunday evening.
Keith Stone, Nash County Sheriff, held a press conference at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, about the incident, which involved James Breheim and two deputies, Sgt. Miguel Salazar and Lt. David Walker, at a home on the 2000 block of Reges Store Road, which is in a heavily-populated subdivision. Deputies responded just prior to midnight Sunday.

NASHVILLE - Nash County officials have laid their opening hand on the table, delivering a draft memorandum of agreement to Nash Arts regarding a potential partnership between the two entities.
The Nash Arts Council board, in turn, said its members will review the proposal and talk it over "to decide what is in the group's best interest" before getting back to the county with any decision.

NASHVILLE - There was no lack of smiles at Saturday's Annual Back to School Bash hosted by the Nash County Sheriff's Office, which drew a huge crowd and featured a number of family-friendly activities.
At least 15 Sheriff's Deputies manned a grill, booths, and various activities, cooking up 1,000 hot dogs and handing out book bags and other school items while upbeat music filled the parking lot.

NASHVILLE - An off-campus program to teach Bible education to public school students during school hours has been proposed for students at Nashville Elementary, although it has not been approved by Board of Education members.
Proponents of Lifewise Academy, whose website gives the program's location as Nashville, spoke at the Aug. 5 Board of Education meeting, relaying that the program is legal under a 1952 US Supreme Court ruling that release time during the day for religious instruction is permissible if the program is privately funded, parent-permitted and conducted off school property.

NASHVILLE - Close to 100 people packed Nash County's historical Superior Courtroom Thursday afternoon to show their love and appreciation for the Honorable Anthony "Tony" W. Brown, Nash District Court Judge, who is packing it in after twenty years to head for the wild West.
Brown, 72, who lives in Spring Hope with his wife of 35 years Betty Brown, is due to start his next job this week in Texas as a federal judge hearing immigration cases.