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NASH COUNTY -- Poor weather has hindered Big East Conference teams ahead of this Friday's scheduled league football openers.
Due to heavy rains, conference coaches haven't seen their squads practice much outside over the past several days.
But Southern Nash coach Brian Foster sees all of the Big East teams in the same situation, so advantages shouldn't be gained one way or the other.
Foster, however, hopes the Firebirds' rigorous off-season work will help prepare them for what should be five challenging conference outings.

All three candidates for the open seat on Nashville's Town Council have a desire to see Nashville grow while keeping its small town values.
Marguerite Bishop, Michael Coleman and James "Butch" Mull participated in a candidate forum last Thursday night. The forum was sponsored by Nashville's Chamber of Commerce.
Each candidate was allowed to answer a series of questions. Prior to the questions, candidates were able to tell the audience a little about themselves.

A Nashville internet cafe was shut down on Monday, after the Nash County Sheriff's Office conducted a search warrant, along with the ALE.
According to Curtis Moore, of the Nash County Sheriff's Office, letters were sent out to all establishments operating stating that if they were not in compliance, they needed to shut down. Moore said Express Net chose to remain in operation.
"They were the last ones that, for whatever reason, did not shut down," Moore said. "(So) we helped them shut down because they were not in standing with the new legislation that was in place."

A Nashville man and his team have discovered evidence of a Nash County town which was said to have vanished in the 1900's.
Tim Fisher, who owns Eastern Expedition Equipment, has been excavating a site in the northern part of the county thought to the be the small gold mining community of Argo.
Little is known about Argo but records show the town existed on maps in 1895.

Instead of presents to celebrate his 10th birthday, Tucker Simon wants to help others.
Tucker is hosting a teddy bear drive during the month of October with plans to present the bears to Nashville's Police Department. If enough bears are collected, Tucker said he hopes to be able to give to both the police and fire departments.
The idea came about through Tucker's own teddy bear, Hunter Bear, who he got from Build-A-Bear six years ago. Tucker said the bear means a lot to him and he wanted to make sure other children have a friend like that.

The Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival is slated to be held this weekend, rain or shine, organizers said.
The festival will kick off on Friday morning, October 2 at 9 a.m. with the Pumpkin Recipe Contest.
Food vendors will open at 12 noon, followed by the Inflatable Kid Zone on Pine Street at 3 p.m.
Registration will begin at 4 p.m. for the Pumpkin Creations Contest with judging at 5 p.m.

Runners are still needed for the Third Annual Monster Dash for United Way.
Sue Yerkes, Nash County Parks and Recreation Director, said only around 25 have registered for the October 31 race so far. The goal is 200.
"We're trying to get numbers up," she said.
To be able to get a t-shirt for the race, runners need to register by Friday, October 2.

Four years ago, Robin Brake lost a set of twins when she was 23 weeks pregnant. Brake said the loss is something she will never get over but said being able to grieve with others like her is comforting.
Brake, and numerous other families, remembered their babies at a special "Walk of Remembrance for Steps Never Taken" on Sunday, September 27 at Nash Community College.

Rain last Saturday caused Bark for Life organizers to reschedule the event to October 17.
The event was initially planned for September 26 but several days of rain caused organizers to go ahead and move forward with cancelling the event.
The event will now be held on Saturday, October 17 and will follow the same schedule as before.
The event is planned to be held at Stoney Creek Environmental Park in Nashville.

The message arrived quietly enough. It came in a plain white envelope from the NCDOT. At first, I thought it was for my mom and took it to her house.
She opened the letter over the weekend and enclosed was my daughter Holly's driving learner's permit. It had perhaps the only great photo of a person every put on a state document. She's adorable.
The excitement continued unabated for Holly, and continues up to the writing of this column, and I'm sure well beyond that. For me, not so much. I immediately found the situation depressing.

It was good to see people attend last week's Candidate Forum at Nash Arts.
It was an important event and a way for Nashville citizens to get to know their candidates a little better.
While all three candidates seem to be more than qualified to serve on Nashville's town council, they do have different opinions on things. The opinions weren't very different but nonetheless, for a voter, those opinions could mean a lot.

ROLLING FORK, Miss.--The chosen theme for this year's National Newspaper Week is "Power of the Press," and that power, it seems to me, is a very relative thing.
Everybody understands the power of, say, The New York Times or The Washington Post, but probably less recognized and appreciated is the power of the Deer Creek Pilot and the thousands of other small, community newspapers just like it all across the land.

This photo was originally published in The Graphic May 5, 1977. These nine W.L. Greene students presented a special orientation program for rising seventh graders at Nashville Elementary School. Pictured on the front row, left to right, are Leigh Ann Askew, Kenneth Davis, Robert Knight, Scott Joyner and Sonya Dunn. On the back row, left to right, are Loneita Stample, Frances Perry, Kim May and Katrina Battle.

Nashville Police have arrested several individuals and are searching for one more responsible for breaking into cars and homes recently.
Nashville Police Officers responded to a breaking and entering into a home at 507 S First Street on September 17 around 2 p.m. Officers discovered the home had been broken into and a flat screen television and power tools were taken.
Officers were able to identify James Randolph Williams, 23, of Nashville, as one of the suspects and later identified Ryan McNeil Boose, 17, of Nashville, as a second suspect.