The Nashville Graphic

Many times, the little things add up to make us successful (relevance: 100%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
This weekend, while attempting to play catchup, I decided to listen to the recent Downtown Strong meeting where advisory board members shared their disappointment regarding the town council. Coverage of this meeting was in the January 30th edition of The Graphic. As always, Nancy West-Brake did an incredible job of covering the meeting. Since downtown has always had a huge spot in my heart for most of my life, I also wanted to watch the meeting.
It was evident the advisory board was indeed frustrated with the town council overriding their recommendations.

TESTING THE WATERS (relevance: 94.2%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
Waterkeepers Carolina, a science-based environmental advocacy group made up of 12 regional organizations that monitor North Carolina's rivers, has released its annual Swim Guide report, designed to provide an overall view of river health.
Water quality testing performed in the Tar-Pamlico watershed last year, one of 16 river basins in the state and covering over 6,400 square miles, had an 88% pass rate.

Newsstand Locations (relevance: 49.5%, date: Mar 3, 2021)

THE ELITE EIGHT (relevance: 33.3%, date: Feb 13, 2025)
STANHOPE -- If you're a fan of Southern Nash High School athletics, mark your calendars for April 12. It's an evening that will certainly be a memorable one.
That's when SNHS will host its inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony at the SNHS Gymnasium.
Eight Firebirds' legends will comprise the initial class -- four athletes and four coaches.

INCLEMENT WEATHER (relevance: 32.2%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
Due to anticipated ice and snow conditions, The Graphic's press time was moved to Tuesday. Sports events were undecided and due to scheduling, sports news will return next week with a full wrap up.
Coverage of this week's Nashville Town Council will also be included in next week's edition or visit www.nashvillegraphic.com this week.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR (relevance: 24.9%, date: Apr 18, 2006)

Southern Nash Middle excels at statewide competition (relevance: 21.7%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
BAILEY - Southern Nash Middle School's (SNMS) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) team showcased groundbreaking innovation and teamwork at the Statewide Future Cities Competition in Raleigh, earning the Jacob's Core Values Award from Jacobs Engineering and the Best Use of Construction Materials Award from Carolinas AGC.
Guided by this year's theme, "Above the Current," students tackled the pressing issue of rising sea levels, envisioning a futuristic floating island off North Carolina's coast.

Legislators give updates on committees, budget (relevance: 18.8%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
NASHVILLE - Nash county's three legislators, Senator Lisa Barnes, Rep. Allen Chesser and Rep. Dante Pittman, meeting with Nash commissioners at the annual Legislator's Dinner Feb. 10, took the opportunity to share updates about their current committee appointments.

DOGE uncovering some crazy stuff, but then what? (relevance: 18.8%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
If ever there was an oxymoron in the making, it has to be the Department of Government Efficiency.
DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is tasked with finding waste in the Federal government. That seems like the equivalent of forming a committee to see if Little Debbie Zebra Rolls taste good.
The national media has been steadily reporting the waste exposed by DOGE:

Momeyer proclaimation, memorial planned for former mayor (relevance: 18.7%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
MOMEYER - The late Kenneth Parker, renowned for serving his community as Mayor for 27 years, town planning board member, and member of the Momeyer Ruritan Club for 52 years, will soon be honored several ways by the town council.
Discussed at the Feb. 12 meeting, council members came up with several ideas about how to pay tribute to Parker's memory, including making renovations to the tennis courts behind the Ruritan Club in his name or creating space for pickleball there, but ended up deciding to make a $500 donation in Parker's name to the Ruritan Club to be used towards scholarship funds and to have two plaques made.

Stateline.org (relevance: 18.4%)
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Church Events Calendar (relevance: 17.2%, date: Apr 26, 2006)

Momeyer seeks town seal design ideas (relevance: 12%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
MOMEYER - In another step towards establishing town identity and to further its heritage, Momeyer town officials are inviting the public to submit designs for a town seal.
Will Funderburg, Mayor, showed council members a sketch he had unearthed recently at the town hall, while Edward Jackson, councilman, said he recalled another potential design cropping up years ago. That design had three elements: a train bell, timber, and something about farming.

Momeyer to begin airing videos of town meetings (relevance: 10.8%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
MOMEYER - The Momeyer Town Council has voted to begin airing videos of town council and planning board meetings on You Tube beginning in March despite objections by planning board members, including a threat to quit by one alternate planning board member if meetings are videorecorded.
While the decision to videotape Momeyer meetings was originally approved in August of 2024, it was not enacted in order to involve town planners time for making input into videotaping protocols.

County leaders meet with legislators (relevance: 6.8%, date: Feb 19, 2025)
NASHVILLE - An annual sit-down Legislators' Dinner between Nash County leaders and their state representatives resulted in ten goals presented, in hopes of obtaining help for Nash County needs.
Meeting Feb. 10 at the Nashville Exchange were Senator Lisa Stone Barnes, Rep. Allen Chesser and Rep. Dante Pittman, who broke bread with Nash commissioners along with Stacie Shatzer, County Manager; Jonathan Boone, Deputy County Manager; Tia Foula, Asst. County Manager; Mike Gaynor, Nash County Attorney;

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