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A possession of an open container, driving while impaired and driving while license revoked was reported on 5/18/16 at US 64 A at Western Avenue
A possession of counterfeit money was reported on 5/18/16 at McDonald's, 501 W Washington Street
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 5/19/16 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

A larceny was reported on 5/15/16 on Shearin Road
A larceny was reported on 5/15/16 at 4167 S NC 58
A damage to property was reported on 5/16/16 at 2498 Old White Oak Road
A tampering with a vehicle was reported on 5/16/16 on S Old Carriage Road

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from May 16 through 20.

Each year Nash Soil and Water Conservation hosts an annual awards program for poster and essay contest winners. This year's contest theme was "We All Live in a Watershed."
The poster contest is offered to Nash County Elementary Schools grades 3-5. The essay contest is offered to 6th grade students.
Winners are chosen at each grade level at each school and then move on to a county competition.

On a beautiful Sunday morning Peachtree folks gathered for worship. Sanctuary flowers were grown and arranged by Melba and Jerry Hobgood. They gave them in honor of their great nieces, Kyli and Kyndal, whose dance groups recently won the National Dance Competition.
Beverly Wilson's children's sermon was about the 'Trinity'. She peeled a boiled egg to show that three things can be enclosed in one thing. The 'Trinity' is composed of God the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit.

I want to say thank you today. Thank you to the veterans who are in the Church triumphant and served this great country called the United States of America. I want to thank you because you gave yourself to something that you believed to be greater than just yourself, you gave yourself to a cause called freedom. A freedom earned so that I can sit in the comforts of my home here in Nashville at a computer and type these words without fear of having my Bible out on my desk. Thank you.

Plans are in the works for members of Red Oak Baptist Church to go on a mission trip to minister in Webster Springs, WV through the Appalachian Coalfields Ministry developed by the NC Baptist Men. In July, the missions team will travel to West Virginia to help with sorting and distributing food and clothing to local residents.
Remember Hometown Favorites cookbooks are still available for $10 each! Great gift or keepsake! Contact Audrey or Suzy Pearce.

United Daughters of the Confederacy Bethel Heroes Chapter 636 members gathered at the Confederate Monument to lay a wreath in honor of Confederate Memorial Day. Pictured on the front row (L-R) is: Homer Robbins, Toni Suiter, Margaret Sink and Kay Freeland. On the back row (L-R) is: Donna Boykins, Margaret Cobb, Margie Brantley, Helen Sharpe, Penny McLain and Edith Whitby.

Members of Envirothon Teams at Southern Nash Middle School recently had the opportunity to hear about bluebirds, as Dan Finch, of Homes for Bluebirds was a guest speaker.
Homes for Bluebirds is a Nashville non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of bluebirds and cavity nesting birds.
Middle school student's in sixth grade science teacher, Mrs. Terri Jenkins' room, were excited about creating the handcrafted, functional bluebird houses with Finch.

A teacher at Rocky Mount Academy was one of six educators selected by George Washington's Mount Vernon to participate in a residential fellowship program at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.
Don Stancavish, a high school social studies teacher at Rocky Mount Academy, was chosen to participate in the Life Guard Teacher Fellows Program.

Nash County Commissioner Mary Wells asked fellow commissioners on Monday to try again to talk with Edgecombe County Commissioners to prevent a split of the Nash-Rocky Mount School System.
Wells presented a motion to that effect but the motion failed 3-4. Wells, Chairman Fred Belfield and Lou Richardson voted in favor while Commissioners Billy Morgan, Wayne Outlaw, Robbie Davis and Lisa Barnes voted against the motion.

WILSON -- One final hurdle was destined to test Nash County athletes in their collective quest to reach the Class 3-A State Track and Field Championships.
In order to make it to the states, athletes needed a Top-Four finish at last Saturday's East Regionals, which were held at Wilson Fike High School.
Once again, Nash County will have a prolific presents at the state event, slated for this Friday beginning with field events at 9 a.m. at North Carolina A&T State University's Aggie Stadium in Greensboro.

Nash Central's Malcolm Wade clears this height as part of last Saturday's action as part of the Class 3-A East Regional Track and Field Championships at Wilson Fike High School.