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An assault with a deadly weapon was reported on 7/3/16 at 293 Frazier Road
An assault on a female and communicating threats was reported on 7/3/16 at 9075 Lyn Road
A larceny of a motor vehicle was reported on 7/3/16 at 1083 Warren Road
A damage to property was reported on 7/3/16 at 6446 Southern Nash High School Road

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from July 4 through 8.

INCIDENTS
An obtaining money/property by false pretense was reported on 7/5/16 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A larceny and breaking and entering was reported on 7/7/16 at Food Lion, 1151 Eastern Avenue
An involuntary commitment was reported on 7/8/16 on Boddie Street

The Kitty Powell Scholarship Fund was established in 1989 to provide education assistance to members of the Rocky Mount bowling community. The scholarship is named for Kitty Powell who was the long-time General Manager of the Bowling Center in Rocky Mount, and who has given so much to the sport of bowling. To be eligible for a scholarship, the recipient must be an active bowler in the local Rocky Mount USBC or the child or grandchild of an active bowler. Since 1989, the Kitty Powell Scholarship Fund has awarded 135 scholarships totaling $83,750.00

Luke Copenhaver shows the placemat setting he made during the Kids in the Kitchen 4-H Camp. In addition to learning how to cook, youth also learn etiquette and the proper placement of silverware.

Mu Chapter was represented by Tobey Worthington, President; Patricia Taylor, Immediate Eta State (NC) Past President; Jeannette Pittman, Past Eta State (NC) President; Malinda Pennington and Beth Wingfield, chapter members at the 82nd annual Eta State North Carolina Convention held April 22 through 24 at the Twin City Quarter in Winston-Salem.

Nashville's Town Council visited the Legislature last month as part of NC League of Municipalities Legislative Day at the General Assembly. Pictured (L-R) are members of the Nashville Town Council with Rep. Bobbie Richardson: Mayor Pro-Tem Louise Hinton, Council Member Michael Coleman, Rep. Richardson, Town Manager Harry Raper, Council Member Larry Taylor and Council Member Charles Taylor.

Tar River Land Conservancy purchased 40 acres adjoining Fishing Creek in northern Nash County in May 2016. The newly purchased property connects to land across the creek in Halifax County that the Conservancy purchased in 2012. Over the last fifteen years, the Conservancy has preserved 1,963 acres of land on Fishing and Little Fishing Creeks through conservation easement agreements and outright land purchases.
The Conservancy purchased the 40-acre property from David Hodges of Rocky Mount and John Williams of Littleton.

In recognition of May's designation as Mental Health Awareness Month, Nash Health Care organized a Mental Health Fair last month in the ground floor cafeteria. Organized by staff from Coastal Plain Hospital, Nash Health Care's Behavioral Health facility, along with other Nash staff, the Mental Health Fair had educational activities, seminars, and demonstrations to promote awareness about mental illness, its impact on the community, and how to recognize its signs and symptoms. The Mental Health Fair also discussed substance abuse and treatment options.

Elias Waverly Moore, a student at Rocky Mount Academy, recently served as a page for the North Carolina Senate.
Moore is the son of Brandon and Tamara Moore of Nashville.
He was sponsored by Senator Buck Newton and appointed by the Senate President Pro Tempore, Phil Berger, of Rockingham County.

Ashley King, of Rocky Mount, served as a House page for Rep. Bobbie Richardson recently. King attends Northern Nash High School and is the daughter of Lindsey and Angela King.

BEWARE of DOG ~ So often people associate that with Pit Bull type of dogs. I have one of those. His name is Poppy and currently I have a foster puppy crawling all over him while he is laying on my foot. I am getting his DNA tested to see exactly what type of dog he is. He is a big one, about 65 pounds and I thought I would share his photo. Should you be aware of him if you visit? Well, I think he would protect me, but more than anything, watch out for the other dogs, they are more likely to do so. Especially the Pomeranian.

JULY
Thursday, July 14 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Tri-County Industries, 1250 Atlantic Avenue, Rocky Mount
Wednesday, July 20 from 1:30 until 6 p.m. at Sunset Avenue Baptist Church, 3732 Sunset Avenue
Wednesday, July 20 from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Honeywell Corporation, 3475 Wesleyan Boulevard, Rocky Mount

The Nash County 4-H Club, Bridles and Halters 4-H livestock Club, traveled to the annual Central Carolina District 4-H Show, which was held on Friday, June 17 in Hillsborough. The club had four animals in the competition. McKenzie Kennedy (at left) took first place and Maura Kennedy (at right) took fourth place in in Junior Showmanship. McKenzie took first place with "Adeline" and Maura took secod place with her calf in the spring calf class. Maura gook first place with "Gladys" in the Ayrshire Spring Yearling Class, and she went on to win Junior Champion of the Ayrshire Show. McKenzie took first place with "Wendy" in the Holstein Winter Heifer class and she went on to win the Junior Champion of the Holstein show. (Contributed photo)

Peachtree folks gathered at the church on Sunday morning for worship. Still missing was Pastor Whitehouse, who is at home recovering from knee surgery. Sanctuary flowers were given by Beverly Wilson.
Jerry Hobgood, Deacon Chairman, led the service. The special music was a trio by Ray Eason,
Lawrence Edwards and Jerry Hobgood. They sang "In the Garden", accompanied by Jane May, at the piano.

With support from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, the Twin Counties will enhance the Triple Play program - which focuses on increasing kids' daily physical activity, teaching them about good nutrition, and helping them develop healthy relationships - at three Boys & Girls Club locations in Edgecombe and Nash Counties. The investment is part of Healthy Places NC, a long-term Trust effort to improve the quality of life and health in rural, financially disadvantaged North Carolina counties.

Somewhere along the way we lost our way. Somewhere along the way we started looking to the right and to the left. Somewhere along the way we sought rules instead of relationships. Somewhere along the way we lost our first love and our ability to love. Our first love though - has made a way back.
Our first love is God. He is our first love because He is the only one who was there as we were being knit together. He's the first one who knew and knows our name. He's the one who stamped His very image in us.

I pray everyone is having a safe week during the extremely hot weather. For some time now, I have missed a lot of weeks that I did not write any news for th Graphic. I want to thank those of you who have let me know how much you enjoyed my articles over a few years and also how much you have missed reading it in the weeks that I have not written it. I just want to tell you that this will be my final week. Sometimes as we get older our time must go in different areas and we need to change some of our priorities and just cut back on additional things that take time which we don't always have.

Help! Red Oak Baptist Church is accepting donations for the flood victims in West Virginia. The entire community is asked to help with "Truckload of Love". They will be collecting donations through July 30. Drop off locations are Red Oak Baptist Church (252-443-0376) on Monday - Thursday at 9:00 am - 3:00 pm and Saturday at 9:00 am - 11:00 am. The church secretary will accept items in the family life center during the week. You can also drop off items at Trinity Self Storage at 2471 Eastern Ave. in Nashville (252-937-4636) on Friday at 8:30 am - 5:30 pm and Saturday at 8:30 am - 1:00 pm.

LOUISBURG -- Nash County Parks and Rec's All-Stars picked up one victory in three attempts at last weekend's Tar Heel 9-10 Baseball Tournament -- and the triumph was certainly one to remember.
Last Saturday, Nash County tangled with Zebulon for the right to stay alive in the double-elimination format at Louisburg High School's Softball Field.
Nash County spotted the Wake County opponent an early lead, but roared back to win the hard-fought matchup by a 7-4 tally.

RED OAK -- Northern Nash High School will begin its 2016 volleyball schedule on Aug. 16 with a home match against long-time powerhouse D.H. Conley out of Pitt County.
Northern Nash will be coached by veteran skipper Patricia Haggerty. The Lady Knight's first Big East Conference event will be Sept. 8 on the road against Wilson Hunt.

WOODBRIDGE, VA. -- Sal Giardina started a five-run fifth inning with a two-run home run, Luis Valenzuela capped the fifth with a bases-loaded, three-run double and Carlos Portuondo and Phil Pfeifer kept the host Potomac Nationals scoreless over the final two and 2/3 innings while the Carolina Mudcats held on for an 8-7 win against Potomac at Pftizner Stadium on Sunday night in a Class A Carolina League baseball event.
Giardina's home run in the fourth brought Carolina (37-51, 8-10) back from a 3-2 deficit and gave them their first lead at 4-3.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Faith Christian School enjoyed another strong showing on the baseball diamond last spring, and that assessment was further strengthened when the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Associaton recently released its 2016 NCISAA Class 2-A All-State Baseball Team.
Faith Christian, coached by Greg Clifton, reached the semifinals of the NCISAA State Tournament before suffering a tough loss that ended the Patriots' successful campaign.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Chris Lee's second season as the Nash Central High School head football coach will begin August 19 on the road against long-time area powerhouse Tarboro.
Central's first home outing will be August 26 versus the Smithfield-Selma Spartans at The Dawg Pound on the NCHS campus.
The Bulldogs will kick off the Big East Conference portion of their schedule on Oct. 7 at home against defending state champion Rocky Mount.

The Church on the Rise Men's Softball Team recently took the championship at the 2016 Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Church League Softball Tournament.