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The Northern Nash Senior High School Class of 1980 celebrated with their 35th year class reunion on September 18-19. Plans for the reunion began over a year ago with the committee members meeting regularly working together to make this reunion special. The Reunion Committee included the 1980 Senior Class Officers, Arlin Chavis - President, Bridgite Whitley - Vice President, and Audrey Pearce - Secretary, as well as classmates, Becky Lucas Pardo, Sharon Trusty Breedlove, Elaine Burnette Williams, James Jones, Rudy Bullard, Vickie Sessoms Oxendine, and Debbie Mills Cooper.

Saturday, October 10 from 11:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Gardner's Barbequ, 1331 N Wesleyan Boulevard, Rocky Mount
Monday, October 12 from 3 until 7 p.m. at First Baptist, 200 South Church Street, Rocky Mount
Tuesday, October 13 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. at Englewood Baptist Church, 1350 Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount
Wednesday, Octobrer 14 from 12 until 4 p.m. at Eaton Corporation, 8171 Planer Mill Road, Middlesex

Many a dog shows up at the Shelter that may not even be from our area. Just this last week, locally, we have seen reports of lost and found pets that were many a mile away from home. Perhaps they went that far, perhaps they were stolen and escaped at some distance from home. That is why, if your dog goes missing, to check other surrounding counties! If you get a microchip, those have helped people find their dogs even on the other coast and years later (they kept their info current). But for instant identification, dog tags make a huge difference.

BUNN -- The adage about a club being better than its record would indicate certainly applies this season to the Nash Central High School boys soccer squad.
Under the direction of veteran skipper Ryan Ruiz, the Bulldogs look to be improved in all phases of the game to date.
Central tends to move the ball quicker and has more overall team speed -- along with a rejuvenated sense of defensive responsibility.
But those upgraded intangibles haven't necessarily transferred to the victory column for the young Bulldogs.

RED OAK -- Fascinating how a chance decision can change someone's life forever -- all the while impacting the lives of so many others.
As an 18-year-old, Joe McCarthy, from the suburbs of Boston, signed to play college soccer at Clemson University.
After six days, McCarthy realized he didn't have the speed to compete on that level, so he packed up a car and headed home, back up Interstate 95 toward Massachusetts.

NASHVILLE -- Nash Central Middle School's 2015 football season got off to a strong start last Thursday -- at least on the first play.
Taking on a solid Wilson Darden contingent, Central recovered the opening squib kickoff and had effective field position inside Darden territory.
But Central would be stopped on downs, and Darden would score in its third play from scrimmage thanks to a 69-yard touchdown burst.
From there, Darden controlled the All-Trojans matchup and went on to secure at 30-0 decision in the first game of the Tri-County Conference campaign for both clubs.

ROCKY MOUNT -- A trio of doubles losses proved to be costly for the Nash Central Lady Bulldogs during last week's Big East Conference tennis matchup against Wilson Hunt.
Central won four of the six singles matches, but Hunt rallied for a trio of doubles wins to wrap up the 5-4 team victory.
Nash Central, coached by Michael Mosley, is now 7-3 overall to go with a 1-3 mark in the league.

TARBORO -- The annual showdown between Southern Nash and Tarboro has become one of the area's hottest prep football games -- even if it's of the non-conference variety.
SN and Tarboro both travel well, and fans flock to the contests in earnest. And the matchup itself is usually tight between two strong clubs -- just like the one last Friday at Viking Stadium on the THS campus in Edgecombe County.

ELM CITY -- Listed are last Saturday evening's results from Champions Night at County Line Raceway:

ZEBULON -- It was announced recently that 2015 Carolina Mudcats' players Johan Camargo, Joseph Odom, Connor Lien, Lucas Sims, Andrew Thurman and Mauricio Cabrera were chosen as six of the seven Atlanta Braves prospects to play in the upcoming Arizona Fall League beginning on October 13.
All six players began the 2015 season with the Mudcats; Camargo, Odom and Lien each finished the year with Carolina in Zebulon.

Southern Nash's captains for last Friday's football matchup at Tarboro were (l to r) Zack Foster, Antwan Stokes, Kendrick Bell and Josh Taylor. The Firebirds dropped a 23-20 decision and are now 3-2 overall this season.

A HARD-FOUGHT GAME. The Nashville Hornets took on Wilson-The SPOT last Saturday morning in a Rookie League contest at Hunt High School. Among the highlights were (above) Nashville's Janas Hill picks up yardage.

WILSON -- Nashville's Varsity Hornets are off to a slow start following Eastern North Carolina Football League road contests against Nash County-Southern Nash and Wilson-The SPOT.
Nashville's opener at Southern Nash was marred by bad storms and heavy rains, and the contest was eventually stopped with the homestanding Firebirds holding on to a 25-0 cushion thanks in part to a pair of touchdowns from Daylon Whitley.

Two Nashville players team up to make a tackle last Saturday afternoon against Wilson-The SPOT.

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College's golf team hosted its annual Don Scalf Invitational on Sunday and Monday, finishing second among four teams competing at the Belmont Lake Golf Club.
Sophomore Ben Gillon continued his solid start to the season with a second-straight runner-up finish.

Nash Central Middle School's Jayden Freeman (with ball) gets some blocking help from teammate Derrick Macklin during last Thursay's home football matchup against Wilson Darden.

Nash Central's Joshon Foster tries to avoid a tackle during last Thursday afternoon's Tri-County Conference football opener at home versus Darden Middle School.

RED OAK -- Northern Nash's boys and girls cross country squads enjoyed an exceptional outing last weekend at the competitive Adidas XC Challenge, which was held in Raleigh.
The Lady Knights claimed third place in the team standings at the 33-school event.
Freshman Mackenzie Proctor paced Northern Nash by earning the 15th overall position with a time of 21:40.

Daniel Belton and the Northern Nash Knights have gotten off to a strong start to the 2015 cross country campaign under veteran head coach Jeff Dodrill. The Knights will be in action this Saturday at the annual Greensboro Invitational. NN traveled to Nash Central on Wednesday for a conference meet.

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College's football team dropped a 30-17 decision to Shenandoah University last Saturday afternoon at Bishop Stadium, wrapping up the non-conference portion of its 2015 schedule.
For the second straight week, a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns ruined the Bishops' bid for their first victory of the season.
After the Hornets (3-0) jumped out to a 14-0 lead less than five minutes into the game, Wesleyan settled in to reel off 17 unanswered points as junior Gerrel Patton twice found the endzone.

(L to R) Bunn's Edson Servin and Nash Central's John-Michael Kelly try to head the ball during last Tuesday afternoon's prep soccer showdown.

Nashville's Stoney Creek Environmental Park will be full of four-legged friends on Saturday as the second annual Bark for Life kicks off.
The event will begin at 9 a.m. with an opening ceremony, which includes the Pledge of Allegiance and Star Spangled Banner.
Dogs are allowed at the event but the dog's vaccination record will be checked at registration. All dogs must also be on a short leash.
The blessing of the dogs will be held at 9:10 a.m. by Pastor Allen Williams.