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Kenneth and Dorothy Hale, of Castalia, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends on July 2, 2016 at Corinth Baptist Church in Nashville. They were married on July 5, 1966 in Louisburg. They have two daughters, Cindy Hale and Lisa Creecy and her husband, Brett; and two grand furbabies, Jackson and Rocky.

Mr. and Mrs. Landrum Hazel Henderson of Charlotte announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Elaine Henderson of Bluffton, S.C. to Eric Timothy Dowd, also of Bluffton, S.C. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Habit Dowd of Rocky Mount. The wedding is planned for October 22, 2016 in Charlotte, N.C.

Anitra Hill of Nashville was recently recognized by the McDonald's Corporation as an Outstanding General Manager.
"We are incredibly proud of Anitra and all she has achieved," said restaurant owner and operator Barry Traub. "She is a great example of what our organization strives to be."
Anitra was honored with a celebration at the Raleigh Convention Center earlier this year.

Students from Nash County, Vance County and Johnston County's Sheriff's Departments recently completed Detention Officer Training at Nash Community College. The certification includes 181 hours of training designed to teach qualified participants to function as officers in detention facilities. The course is governed by the North Carolina Sheriffs' and North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commissions. Students who completed the certification program are, from left to right: - School Director Reuben Crumpton, Tremayne Hicks, Rose Neal, Andrew Smith, Ricky Tyree.

Members of Red Oak Baptist Church filled a 26-foot truck up with over $10,000 worth of various supplies and drove to West Virginia to donate the items to victims of recent flooding.
Larry Bostian, the church's pastor, said the efforts began as a food drive but morphed into helping collect household items instead.
"This started as an opportunity for us to help a large food pantry," Bostian said.

Nashville United Methodist Church is preparing to host its annual Saving Graces Kids Consignment Sale next week, August 17 through 19.
This is the sixth sale the church has hosted.
The event is part of the church's Outreach Ministry, said Brandy Frazier, one of the organizers of the event.
"We were really looking for an outreach," Frazier said. "We saw the need for it. The goal was to be a ministry outreach and we were successful in that."

Ms. Leona Pridgen of Rocky Mount (seated in center) is pictured at the Rocky Mount Farmers Market enjoying old fashioned homemade ice cream with her nieces. Ms. Pridgen enjoys a weekend retreat with her nieces annually. The retreat, "Season of Peace Nieces" has been held for over 20 years. Pictured far right kneeling is the owner of the ice cream stand, Steve Williams. Seated behind Williams is his wife Darlene.

Natasha Davis hosted a Lupus Walk on Saturday, July 23 at Nashville's Glover Park. Around a dozen friends and supporters came out to the walk, which raised money for Lupus from Pain to Praise. Pictured above, supporters gather in prayer before starting the walk.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the final semester of the 2015-2016 School Year.
The following students at Baskerville Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

The Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce will host the 27th annual Tar River Festival on Saturday, September 10 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. in Downtown Louisburg and River Bend Park. A time-honored tradition, this year's festival will be bigger and better than ever! The festival is a family event with free admission. It is held rain or shine.
Artisans, business vendors and non-profit organizations will line the streets for this event.

One of my favorite movies is the Disney film "Up." It's a delightful tale about a young boy, a seasoned gentleman, and their adventures to find Paradise Falls - a beautiful waterfall nestled in the rainforest. At one point in the adventure the young boy and man stumbled upon a character of dog named Doug. Doug is one of the nicest dogs someone could meet. He is adventurous and curious; yet he is also easily distracted and has a tendency to look at anything and everything that comes by (a common trait in our K9 friends).

The Baptist Men of Red Oak Baptist Church will have a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on Saturday, August 27 in the Family Life Center. Tickets are available for $8 per plate. You may eat in or take out from 5:00 -6:30 pm. This fundraiser will benefit the Baptist Men's Ramp Ministry. Contact Red Oak Baptist Church or Justin Carp for tickets.
A covered dish supper will be Sunday, August 14 at 5:30 pm at Red Oak Baptist Church to honor Rev. Larry Bostian as he retires after 40 years in the ministry.

On a beautiful August morning Peachtree folks gathered for worship. Sanctuary flowers were given by Linwood May. For the offertory Jane May played a beautiful version of "You'll Never Walk Alone". The special music was by the Peachtree Men- Ray Eason, Jerry Hobgood, Linwood May and Eugene Whitehouse. They sang, "Sweet, Sweet Spirit."
Pastor Whitehouse chose as his sermon title "Demonstrate a Spirit of Humility and Joy- 3 & 4".

Saturday, August 13 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Town Council Chambers in Cooley Library, 114 W Church Street, Nashville.
Tuesday, August 16 from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at PNC Bank, 134 N Church Street, Rocky Mount
Thursday, August 25 from 3 until 7 p.m. at West Mount Volunteer Fire Department, 7955 West Mount Drive, Rocky Mount
Friday, August 26 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Wesleyan College, 3400 N Wesleyan Boulevard, Rocky Mount

Ten high school students from Rocky Mount Academy spent eight days of their summer learning, serving and exploring Belize.
Mark Allen, Bailey Beddingfield, Guy Deyton, Thomas Griffin, Caleb Lambert, Thomas Moore, Averi Parker, Jarrett Snipes, Justin Snipes and Jacob Watkins all participated in the trip, which was organized by Rebecca Watkins and Appleseed Expeditions.
Students spent their first day in Belize volunteering at Liberty Children's Home, playing with the children and leaving a donation of much needed medicine, food and clothing.

Coleman Cherry is one of five winners to receive Lamar Advertising Company's President's Scholarship. Mark Odell, Lamar's General Manager, presented him with the first of ten scholarship checks at Lamar's office in Rocky Mount.
Cherry graduated from Northern Nash High School, in Rocky Mount. His extracurricular activities included: cross country and track, volunteering in various charity 5K races, percussion ensemble and guitar club.

The League of Women Voters Twin Counties chapter registered 426 young voters throughout Edgecombe and Nash Counties during February and March of this year. The Twin Counties League was one of three LWV chapters in NC awarded a $1000 grant by the LWV United States specifically aimed at helping younger voters register. The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization that neither endorses or opposes any political party or candidate. Six of the volunteers are pictured above: (L-R) Alice Niece, Linda Edwards, Flo McDonald, Jan Thurkill, Linda Hardy and Georgia Grant.

Animal Control doesn't just do dogs and cats! They also check livestock. Just this week, they picked up two horses that were wandering loose. Not only that, one horse is extremely skinny and the other one is getting that way. They both have rain rot and their hooves are overgrown! Horses are a luxury, not just feed and good fences. They should also been seen by a vet annually, sometimes getting their teeth floated (trimmed) so that they can eat well, without pain. Essential is to have a farrier trim their feet every 6-8 weeks.

Rocky Mount Rotary President, Garry E. Hodges, left, stands with Beth B. Covolo, Head of School for Rocky Mount Academy, who recently spoke at the Doubletree of Rocky Mount on the new Chinese student program.

ROCKY MOUNT -- With several skill position players back in the fold along with three veteran linemen, the Nash Central Bulldogs should have no problem putting points on the football scoreboard this fall for second-year head coach Chris Lee.
For Nash Central High School, the key will be keeping opponents from denting that same scoreboard.

STANHOPE -- When a Southern Nash High School representative phoned over to Bunn to ask for a reference on Melanie Davis, the caller was surprised to receive a quick-but-stern two-word reply.
"Hire her,'' was the pointed response from Franklin County.
And so Southern Nash took the advice and hired Davis to be its volleyball coach for the 2016 campaign and beyond.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Kyle Bain will be adding to his already-extended responsibility list this year at Nash Central High School.
Bain, a Nash County native, served as the Bulldogs' cross country, track and field and swimming coach during the 2015 campaign -- and was successful in each endeavor.
Bain's role will now increase as he has been selected as the new Athletic Director at Nash Central following the retirement of Michael Mosley.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College football program has announce d that senior wide receiver Malik Adams has been named to D3Football.com's preseason All-America team.
This is the first such honor for Adams, who enters his senior season as one of the most prolific receivers in Battling Bishop history.
The reigning USA South Offensive Player of the Year, Adams led the conference in nearly every receiving category last season, including a league-leading 72 catches, 1,309 yards, 130.9 yards per game, 19 touchdowns and 114 points scored.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC - James Pugliese, Craig Brooks, Tommy Nance and Daniel Lewis combined to hold the Mudcats scoreless as the Pelicans finished off a series sweep with a 6-0 victory against Carolina on Sunday night at TicketReturn.Com Field in Myrtle Beach in a Class A Carolina League baseball event.
The loss was Carolina's fifth straight overall and dropped them to 12.0 games back of first in the second-half standings behind first-place Myrtle Beach (63-51, 27-17).

RED OAK -- Northern Nash experienced a rarity last fall as the Knights failed to make the boys soccer state playoffs for only the second time in the past 20-plus years.
Getting back to the postseason will be Northern Nash's chief priority in 2016, but it certainly won't be easy.
That's because the Knights will once again compete in the ultra-tough Big East Conference, with Wilson Fike and Wilson Hunt expected to be powerhouses once again.