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A leaky roof at Bailey Elementary School will soon be fixed, after the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education agreed earlier this month to allow a roofing company to do the repairs.
The roof has been leaking for a number of years. At issue is whether the issue is a design flaw or installation flaw. Either way, Interim Superintendent Travis Twiford told board members on December 7, the leak needed to be fixed.

Linda Funkhouser was recently dubbed Tutor of the Year by the Twin Counties Literacy Council.
Funkhouser, of Nashville, was awarded specifically for her dedication to Edward Jones, of Enfield.
Funkhouser met with Jones for 90 minutes every week for 27 weeks, helping him learn how to read. Jones, 59, can now read at a fifth grade level.
Funkhouser was recognized at a special luncheon hosted by the Twin Counties Literacy Council.

A Rocky Mount man has filed to run on the Democratic ticket for the District 25 House seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Jim Lee filed for the seat on December 21, the final day of filing for the March 15 partisan primary.
Lee faces no opponents for the Democratic ticket but will face incumbent Republican Jeff Collins in the General Elections in November.
Lee has lived in Rocky Mount since 2002. He has been a middle school teacher since 2005 and an adjunct instructor at Nash Community College since 2004.

Helping others has become a family affair for one Nashville family.
Anne Richardson and her family recently started the "Helping Hands Outreach Ministry."
The ministry stemmed from a similar ministry out of Ebenezer Pentecostal Holiness Church. Richardson said the ministry stopped and the Lord put it on her heart to keep it going.

Since joining the Momeyer Ruritan Club in 2012, Ray Eason has made an impression on fellow members.
Those members voted Eason the club's Ruritan of the year on Monday, December 21 at their annual Christmas celebration.
Wayne Outlaw, Past National President and member of the West Mount Ruritan Club, surprised Eason with the award.
Outlaw said the award was special because it is voted on by other Ruritans.

Third graders at Coopers Elementary School received a special visit from Sparky the Fire Dog during Fire Prevention Week. The visit was a part of an annual award's presentation, where Coopers Fire Fighters present plaques to winners of its Great Escape contest. Each year, during Fire Prevention Week, fire fighters visit the school and speak with students about fire safety. The week also coincides with the student's social studies lesson, where they learn map skills and are able to use what they learn to draw their own fire escape plans.

Rocky Mount native Clifton Barnes, who now lives in Cary, has won a national award for writing.
A series of columns on issues surrounding University of North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2015 Awards for Publication Excellence competition.
Barnes, who worked for The Nashville Graphic in high school and after graduation from college, is a UNC-Chapel Hill journalism and political science grad.

Nashville Order of the Eastern Star Supports the Local Fraternal Order of Police Annual Cops and Kids Program. Lt. Mike A. Whitley, center, of the Rocky Mount Police Department, on behalf of the FOP, accepts a donation from Eastern Star officers. Members of Nashville Chapter #332 OES, beginning from left to right are Roger Shanks (Worthy Patron), Darothy Smith (Worthy Matron), Beverly W. Whitehurst (Conductress), and June Thorpe (Chaplain). Each December, police and volunteers treat up to 60 youth to a shopping trip for needed clothing as well as some Christmas toys.