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

NASHVILLE - Nash County's Elementary Schools will now have their own full-time, full-day school resource officers, after a $500,000 request was made to Nash County commissioners at their Dec. 8 meeting. It resulted in a 5-2 split vote of approval.
Steve Ellis, superintendent, appeared before the board to make the request, which initially appeared as an "information only" item on the agenda.
Ellis, thanking commissioners for their "continued partnership and commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our students, staff and community," said he was there to ask for support to complete full funding to cover full-time SROs in each elementary school.

NASHVILLE - Town leaders have given a conditional nod for development of a new commercial park planned to hold nine commercial lots, each with its own shell building.
The Bailee Commercial Park, under TTL Development LLC, would encompass the south 17.5 acres of the town's West Nashville Commerce Park along Cooke Road.
"Bailee's Commerce Park inside Nashville's Commerce Park- how is that going to work?"

Nashville's Children Celebration and Bicycle Parade has been a tradition in Nashville for more than three decades. On Saturday, youngsters arrived in downtown Nashville Saturday afternoon excited and ready to march and ride in their very own parade. In addition to the parade, free children's activities were available and photos with Santa afterwards.
Pictured above, Carol Ann Lynch of Nashville, 8 months old, wins first place in the Children's Bike Parade.

SPRING HOPE - A plan to remove iron from town wells, following up on an agreement made in 2022, has just been signed off on by project engineers, with commissioners voting to approve a contract task order at their Dec. 1 meeting.
A task order between the town and L.E. Wooten & Company, consulting engineers, puts a completion date of April 2026 for the first phase of well improvements, specifically targeted at "iron sequestering." The cost for that is $35,000, a portion of the $185,000 total project cost.

NASHVILLE - The long-contended issue of raising the year-end retention bonus for the classified workers of Nash County Public Schools has been settled after a split school board vote Dec. 4- but it was passed as a "one time only" event.
Board of Education (BOE) members voted to give full-time classified workers - which include bus drivers, bus monitors, mechanics, teacher assistants, cafeteria workers and custodians - a $500 retention bonus at the end of the school year in May, with part-time workers to receive $250.

NASHVILLE - A 50-year-old Nashville man, Johnny Garris, was still hospitalized Tuesday in serious condition with severe injuries after being struck by an unidentified hit-and-run driver near the 1000 block of Birchwood Drive on December 1st.
The Nashville Police Department is offering a reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of the driver of the suspect vehicle, described as a dark-colored full size SUV.

NASHVILLE- The stable outside 104 W. Washington Street is built with the star on top, and now all that's left is for it to come to life this Saturday and Sunday with a Live Nativity, an annual custom for the Carnahan family for the last eight years.
Acting as Mary, Joseph, an angel, wise men and shepherds will be members of the Trail Life Troop and the American Heritage Girls. Ken Carnahan, the property owner, leads the high school troop, while Will Funderburg, Momeyer Mayor, leads the middle schoolers.

Roseanna and Wesley Satterwhite visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus during Castalia's Christmas Tree Lighting and festivities.

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.

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.

I quickly cut open the box and yanked out a shrink-wrapped treasure. No, it wasn't a Christmas gift, it was something maybe more significant -- my 2026 planner.
While I've often been critical of the French, noting that they really haven't been all that useful since the fall of 1781, I will say that crowd knows paper. But more on that later.
I struggled organizing my school work, creative work, and general thoughts for about 40 years or so. I tried calendars, appointment books, steno pads, legal pads, and just about every free "productivity" app in the Apple Store and even a few paid ones.

Last week, while visiting the Shop Small Saturday locations to retrieve contest entry boxes, I was able to spend a little extra time with participating merchants. During my stops, I learned more about some of the newer business owners and was able to spend more time with our long-time business owners as well.
I spent a little time down at The Junction with Kozy at Home and Nashville Nutrition finding a huge amount of inspiration - not just from the merchandise - but from the owners.

This photo was found in The Graphic's 1962 Harvest Festival archives. We do not have any identifications. If you recognize anyone call us at 252-459-7101 or e-mail news@nashvillegraphic.com

"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.

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."