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NASH COUNTY -- Alexus Hill's sophomore season at Gardner-Webb started with a stunner -- and kept rolling from there.
Hill, a former star at Northern Nash, poured in 14 points as the Bulldogs kicked off the 2015-16 campaign with an upset road victory at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Gardner-Webb would win its first four games en route to posting a 19-12 overall record to go with a 13-7 mark in the Big South Conference.

ELM CITY -- Listed are last weekend's results from action at County Line Raceway:

Let me tell you something: I have been waiting SO long for my birthday to get here, and it finally has arrived. It's one week after Daddy's and just a few days after my sister's. Now, it is my time to live it up. I'm 11.
It's going to be a big time, although I can't figure out why Daddy keeps calling April and May bankruptcy season. Maybe he's confused from all his hospital stays. He doesn't find that funny when someone asks, by the way. So let me get you up to date.

Far back in the day, elementary students learned about the dignity and reverence of the office of the president. Students were often reminded that one of their peers would someday be great enough to be president.
Those words "great enough to be president," were taken quite literally. Just as Gandhi noted that the character of a society was defined by how that society treats animals, how a society defines greatness speaks volumes about that culture. Men like Dwight Eisenhower were justifiably considered dignified and great.

WILSON -- With almost a tinge of pride, members of the Southern Nash High School baseball program admit that are no superstars on this year's club.
But what the Firebirds possess is a collection of very good players -- players who are more than willing to sacrifice individual accomplishment for the greater good of the team.
That was readily evident during last Saturday's 3-0 decision over Faith Christian in the opening round of the annual Golden Leaf Invitational Tournament at Wilson Fike High School.

Nashville's Lions Club is planning an open house event in hopes of spreading the word about the good deeds the club has done.
The event will be held on Saturday, April 9 from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at Cooley Library in Council Chambers.
Lions Club President Jim Boehm said the event is a way to share what the Lions Club is about and to hopefully encourage others to join.
"This is our first time doing it," Boehm said of the open house. "We're real excited about this year because 2017 is our 100th year of Lionism. It was started in 1917 so we are trying to do a little bit more."

The Town of Nashville will move forward with the idea of creating municipal service districts to generate additional revenues for the town.
A municipal service district is a defined area within a municipality that levies an additional tax for special projects or additional services that benefit the properties in the district.
The idea to form such a district came up at the board's annual retreat and was brought back up at a strategic planning session council members held on March 18.