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Nash Community College is hoping bond money will assist the college in building more facilities on campus and moving the Nash-Rocky Mount Early College into a more permanent spot as well.
Nash Community College President Bill Carver requested approval from the Nash County Board of Commissioners last Monday for the construction of a new 26,000 square foot engineering and cosmetology facility to house classrooms, faculty offices, support space and laboratories.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office arrested two last week in connection with stolen lottery tickets.
Deputies responded to the West Mount Food Mart on January 4 around 11 p.m. in reference to a larceny of lottery tickets. One of the responding deputies passed a vehicle matching the suspect's vehicle and turned around. When deputies tried to initiate a traffic stop, the vehicle, a black 2011 Infinity FX3, began to speed away and a vehicle pursuit ensued. The pursuit came to an end when the vehicle, driven by 26-year-old Halie Tina-Marie Frink, of Nashville, struck a Nash County Sheriff's Office vehicle, ran into a field and became disabled.

A student at Northern Nash High School was arrested after drugs and a weapon were located in his vehicle.
According to a press release by Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, an investigation was done by administration and law enforcement on the male student. The investigation found that the student was in possession of several illegal items, including marijuana and narcotics in his vehicle. Ammunition to a firearm was also found during the initial search and a subsequent search uncovered a firearm in the vehicle.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office made an arrest last week on a 2013 breaking and entering.
The breaking and entering occurred in May 2013 on Bend of the River Road.
Megan Brooke Johnson, 22, of Spring Hope, and Timothy Ray Martin, 22, of Bailey, were both charged with the breaking and entering.
According to the Sheriff's Office the case was solved thanks to a DNA match that came back from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab.

Sgt. Greg Adams and the Nash County Sheriff's Office were ready to accept the retirement of long-time K-9 Deputy Sasha after an aggressive cancer caused her to lose her left front leg.
But Sasha had other plans.
After undergoing some testing, Sasha proved that she was not ready to retire just yet.

As soon as warmer weather hits, construction is slated to begin on Nashville's "Walkable Community Project."
Nashville's Town Council approved two contracts with Newcon last Tuesday night for construction of the project.
The sidewalk project is a part of the town's long-range plans of making the town more pedestrian friendly. Several years ago, the town wrapped up a similar project, where sidewalk was installed on Washington Street, from the Kangaroo gas station to Dos Hermanos as well as in front of Just Save.

A Nash Central High School student improved the baseball field at Red Oak Middle School as part of his Eagle Scout project.
Tanner Rhodes received the Eagle Scout designation on December 7 at First Presbyterian Church in Rocky Mount. His Scoutmaster, Tim Lane, presented Rhodes with the Eagle Scout rank.
Eagle Scout is the highest advancement in Boy Scouting. In 2013, only around seven percent of all Boy Scouts, or 56,841 scouts, earned the Eagle Scout rank.

Nash County Commissioners were told on Monday to prepare for a 10 to 12 percent decrease in property values next year.
Bob and Fred Pearson, of Pearson's Appraisal Service, presented an update on the revaluation process at a recessed meeting held Monday morning.
Pearson's Appraisal Service is working on a revaluation for Nash County, which will be effective by January 1, 2017. Revaluations must be conducted at least every eight years in each county.

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club (FCA) at Nash Central High School in partnership with the Youth Pastor's Coalition is holding the 4th annual After Exam Jam Concert on January 23rd at Red Oak Baptist Family Life Center starting at 6 p.m. This event is a fundraiser for the club the college and camp scholarship programs it sponsors.
The other FCA groups in Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools have also been given the opportunity to sell tickets in order to raise money for their own club members to receive scholarships for FCA camps.

INCIDENTS
A possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana, possession of stolen property, all traffic except DWI, driving while license revoked and failure to appear was reported on 1/5/16 at 1038 Eastern Avenue, in the parking area of Highway 64 Marketplace
A possession of marijuana was reported on 1/5/16 at 1206 Eastern Avenue, in the parking area of Wendy's

A breaking, enetering and larceny was reported on 1/4/16 at 5465 Macedonia Road
A possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on 1/4/16 at 4408 Oak Level Road
An assault on a female was reported on 1/4/16 at 5841 US 64A
A possession of marijuana was reported on 1/4/16 at 4101 Sunset Avenue

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

I'm not going to lie: I was glad to see 2015 put in the rear view mirror. While I did have my first book published, there were some dark days last year.
But now, we have a new year filled with optimism, and some really strange weather so far. If you don't get stuck in my yard on your vehicle, you've already had a good day. In this spirit, I've compiled, a bit belated, my resolutions for 2016:

Well, it's 2016 and hopefully the Town of Nashville will finally see its sidewalk project come to fruition!
The project has been a long time coming and has faced numerous delays but I think town officials are hopeful that this will be the year the project gets completed.
It'll be a great project for the town, as it'll add sidewalk on Washington Street, from First Street all the way to Wal-Mart on Eastern Avenue. Sidewalk surely enhances a town but also makes it a more pedestrian friendly place, which is always a good thing.

I recently bumped into an old friend from my high school marching band days. We talked about the good times we had and lessons we learned marching under the direction of the legendary Roland Shaw at Southern Nash High School in the early 80s and how fortunate we were to also study under the leadership of Randy Barham when Mr. Shaw moved away. My friend and I quickly agreed how we were pretty sure those days prepared us for a lot more in life than we had ever expected back in those days.

Dear President Obama:
There is an empty chair at the dinner table in a lot of American homes, and while we can collect data and come up with many reasons that are legitimate, that does not bring back the person that is absent from the dinner table because of gun violence. Thank you, President Obama, for having the sensitivity to remember the hundreds of lives, over 30,000 lost in America every year, due to gun violence. This is a large number of our people dying too soon at the end of a gun.