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On Thursday night, Sue Shearin and Big Mike Tyndall picked up JoJo Ricks for a ride around the community and a trip to Red Oak to Griffins Store for their special Thursday night $6.00 pizzas. They went back to Sue's house for supper and lots of laughs. I think I feel a regular habit forming here folks.
On Wednesday afternoon, with key board in tow, Sue Shearin picked up JoJo Ricks (again) and off they went to Rusty Chasons house in Rocky Mount to sing Gospel songs. Sue's playing as always was beautiful, but JoJo's singing was best described as "a joyful noise."

NASHVILLE - Make it four in a row for the Nash Rec Sharks in Nash-Halifax Swim League action.
One week earlier, the Sharks remained unbeaten with one of their narrowest victories in program history -- a two-point decision over Roanoke Valley.
Nash Rec returned to the pool last Thursday and found the outcome to be a little more comfortable as the Sharks topped backyard rival Birchwood by a 569-179 total at the NRST Pool.

A local team of volunteers recently spent a week providing disaster relief to a small town in West Virginia devastated by flooding.
The trip was part of the Appalachian Service Project (ASP), which typically involves home repair.
A team of 36 volunteers from Nashville United Methodist Church, plus one from Red Oak United Methodist Church, had been assigned to West Virginia in September.

Nash County Commissioners have revised the county's UDO requirements to allow private landing strips in residential zoning districts.
Landing strips would only be allowed in the R-40 single-family residential zoning districts with a special use permit. The landing strips would only be allowed for personal use and not commercial, commissioners decided after a lengthy discussion last Monday.

State House candidate Jim Lee recently announced that he is stepping out of the race for the NC House of Representative District 25 seat.
Lee cited health problems as his reasons for stepping out.
"I'm truly honored to have had the opportunity to serve as the Democratic Party's nominee in NC House District 25," Lee said. "Due to personal health conditions, I have decided to step aside and attend to my health, so I can make a full and more rapid recovery from recent surgery."

Eli Manning cuts up lettuce during a recent Kids in the Kitchen 4-H Camp, which was held at the Nash County Agricultural Center. The camp taught youth ages five to 18 food safety, nutrition, cooking basics and table etiquette. Nash County 4-H offers several camps throughout the summer, including a new cooking camp for pairs, Cooking in a SNAP.which will be held July 21 and July 22 and is for pairs: one adult and one child.

At the regular meeting of the Red Oak Town Board Monday, the board approved the DOT's proposed 20 year long-range plan for road expansion. The plan includes building of bike lanes and sidewalks along Highway 43 in Red Oak.
The board also heard a presentation by Brooks Bunting, Vice President of Southern Investment Services at Southern Bank. Bunting presented to the board an investment strategy from the bank's partner SEI, a money management firm.

Natasha Davis' life changed in 2011 when she was diagnosed with Lupus, an autoimmune disease that causes the boy to attach its own healthy tissues.
Since then, Davis has been working hard to educate others about the disease.
On Saturday, July 23, Davis, along with Lupus from Pain to Praise, will host a Lupus Walk at Nashville's Glover Park.
The walk will raise money for the organization, Lupus from Pain to Praise, which was started by Contessa Turner.

Nash County Commissioners approved the closing out of the county's 2014 Housing Urgent Repair Program and immediately approved moving forward with the 2016 program.
At the board's regular meeting last Monday, Patsy McGhee, M.R.P. Grants and Intergovernmental Relations Administrator, provided an update on the 2014 program.
The program provides deferred loans, up to $8,000 each, to low income homeowners for crucial repairs that enable residents to remain in the home.

Evelyn Bulluck, William Sharpe and Richard Jenkins have filed for another term as members of the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education.
Filing for the Board of Education runs through noon on August 5.
Bulluck serves District 10, Sharpe serves District 5 and Jenkins serves District 7.

"You're only as old as you feel."
That's the motto 81-year-old Orlandas Moore chooses to live by.
That motto is also the reason he's been so successful in the Down East Senior Games over the past 13 years.
Moore has won 102 medals in numerous events at the Senior Games over the years.

Have you ever watched a show entitled "Brain Games"?
My two boys, restless on a day that was 98 degrees -- which weather officials said felt like 105 -- decided to search a TV service for something different. They were familiar with the show; I'd heard the name, but never watched an episode.
Unlike many of their selections, which often involve a moronic sponge-person, or formulaic kids teen shows, which I am certain kill gray matter, this show was pretty interesting.

Last week I interviewed several people about their recent trip to West Virginia as part of a mission trip. This trip was a bit different, as instead of fixing homes, they provided disaster relief to a church and a few homes that were destroyed by flooding.
In preparing for the interviews, I read a lot of news about the West Virginia flooding and it brought back a lot of memories.
I was 19 when Floyd devastated a huge part of Eastern North Carolina. I was living in Pitt County at the time and going to school at East Carolina University.

Dear Editor:
There are two kinds of people, those who go to reunions and those who don't go to reunions.
Increasingly, it appears the world is being populated by people in the second category.
Reunions are just not as popular as was the case years ago.

NEW LAW PARTNER -- This photo originally published in The Graphic on July 21, 1966. Franklin L. Adams, Jr. (right) formerly of Rowland, had joined the law firm of Valentine and Valentine in Nashville. Pictured above, Tim Valentine (left) is pictured with Adams going over some of the legal matters of the firm.