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Johnny came into the room and sat in the first seat in the third row. He eyed the seat and went straight for it. All things considered, this was the spot for him.
After a while, Johnny had a certain affection for this spot in the class. It was not too close to the front. It was close to the door. The teacher had to look over several heads to see him. Yet he could also easily participate in class. All things considered, this was the spot for him.

Nash County Commissioners are hopeful legislators will come up with a solution to the proposed Nash-Rocky Mount Schools split during this session, which will soon be ending.
Nash County Commissioners requested legislation to split the school system down county lines in April after a report showed funding inequities between Nash and Edgecombe Counties for the school system. Currently, Rocky Mount is also a part of the funding equation and pays the difference in the per pupil allocation.

Nashville's Town Council has started the interview process to fill its town manager position.
Nashville Mayor Donald Street said 23 applications were submitted to the town for the position held by Preston Mitchell for almost 10 years. Mitchell left Nashville in July and is now serving a similar position in Reidsville.
Interim Town Manager Leonard Barefoot is filling the position until a permanent replacement is found.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office recently busted a marijuana growing operation in a Nash County home.
The Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant on Green Hills Road, Rocky Mount on August 24. During a search of the home, detectives found a sophisticated marijuana growing operation inside the basement of the home. The operation was outfitted with lights to assist in the growing process.
Detectives found 72 marijuana plants inside the basement, ranging in size from six inches to five foot in height.

"Drink white whiskey because water will rust your insides."
Francis McCullough provides that advice to anyone who asks how he has lived such a long life.
And he would know.
On Friday, September 11, McCullough will celebrate his 107th birthday.

Nash County will be showing off its arboretum at a special one-day event on September 26.
The Nash County Master Gardeners are planning Nash County Arboretum Day from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on September 26 at the Nash County Agriculture Center, where the gardens are located.
Nash County Commissioners showed their support for the event last Tuesday when commissioners unanimously approved a proclamation naming September 26 "Nash County Arboretum Day."

Nash County Commissioners approved a Water System Expansion Preliminary Engineering Report and Environmental Assessment for the Red Oak and Dortches Water Project at their regular meeting on September 1, leaving funding as the next step in the process.
Derek Hawkes, County Engineer and Utilities Director, requested approval for the Red Oak and Dortches Area Water System Study last Tuesday.
Hawkes told commissioners that the project was funded with $57,900 of matching utility funds towards a $40,000 Rural Center grant for the purpose of conducting a customer recruitment campaign, preliminary engineering report and environmental assessment.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education plan to review the North Carolina 2014-2015 Report Card results at their September 21st meeting.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction released report cards for 2014-2015 last week. The report cards offer up-to-date information about student achievement and attendance, class size, school safety, teacher quality, school technology and other topics for the 28 public schools in Nash County as well as all other school districts across the state.

A Castalia native has written a book about growing up in Castalia and is donating part of the proceeds to an organization dedicated to restoring the old Rosenwald School.
Horace Lee Mitchell wrote, "Family Tree: The Corridors of NC Interstates 85 and 95," which came out last October. The book is Mitchell's documentation of his family from 1845 to 1940.

Ask any schoolteacher? Who is the go to person; who is the person who makes things happen in any school?
Intelligent teachers will say, "Why, it's the principal, of course."
Smart teachers will answer, "It's the office secretary." I might add, that next in line after the office secretary in terms of effectiveness in any school is any reliable member of the maintenance staff.

And, just like that, I have two boys in school!
Where did the time go?
Corbin is now four years old and in pre-kindergarten. I can't wrap my mind around it. I swear it was yesterday I was dropping him off for his first day of school for his little two-year-old program and we were both crying our eyeballs out.