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NASH COUNTY -- Listed in the Eastern North Carolina Football League schedule for the 2015 season:

FAYETTEVILLE -- The USA South Athletic Conference has released its 2015 fall preseason coaches polls for soccer, volleyball and cross country.
North Carolina Wesleyan College's men's and women's soccer teams earned 3rd- and 5th-place billings, respectively, with each squad receiving one 1st-place vote.
Volleyball was given a 6th-place billing in the league's North Division, while cross country was picked 9th overall.

Nash Central High School back Terrell Graham surges past a pair of Tarboro defenders during last Friday night's season-opening football contest at The Dawg Pound on the NCHS campus. The Bulldogs will be at Smithfield-Selma this Friday.

ELM CITY -- Here are the final results from last Saturday night's racing schedule at County Line Raceway:

RED OAK -- Northern Nash enjoyed a start beginning to the prep volleyball season last week.
The Lady Knights sandwiched a loss to Bunn between victories over Tarboro and SouthWest Edgecombe.
"We are young, but I am expecting us to be competitive,'' said NN veteran head coach Patricia Haggerty. "We are kind of young, and we are still finding out who will be our go-to people. We are still kind of experimenting.''

NASH COUNTY -- The Nash County Parks and Recreation Department is currently hosting registration for its Fall Ball Seasons.
Offerings will be held in baseball, softball, T-Ball and soccer.
Registration will be available through Aug. 31.

Nash Central fullback Myles Lane (with ball) surges up the middle of the field during last Friday's home setback versus Tarboro.

A Nashville man wanted on rape charges by the Nash County Sheriff's Office was recently arrested, after leading investigators on a chase on I-95.
Robert Lewis, Sr., 52, of Bunting Road, Nashville, was taken into custody on August 25 with help from the Halifax County Sheriff's Office.
Lewis was allegedly wanted on rape charges stemming from an investigation being conducted by the Nash County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division.
According to the Sheriff's Office, Lewis was involved in a chase around 2 a.m. on August 25 on I-95.

The Fourth Annual Warren "Sneak" Lewis 5K Memorial Race is quickly approaching and organizers say this year's event will be focused on the lake life.
"He loved lake life and his boat," Miste Strickland, one of the organizers for the event, said.
This is the fourth year for the annual run, which is held each year in honor and memory of "Sneak" Lewis, who was killed while serving a murder warrant with the Eastern North Carolina Fugitive Task Force.

Schools are back in session this week and officials are reporting a smooth first week back.
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools started the school year off on Monday. Though the system is starting without a permanent superintendent, Interim Superintendent Dr. Travis Twiford said in a welcome message to parents that certain core values never change.
"Among these is the never wavering focus on providing quality programs and services for the students that we are responsible to serve," Twiford said.

A local church is working hand in hand with a missions ministry to ensure youth are equipped with the supplies they need for the school year.
Missions of Faith recently gave around 200 book bags filled with supplies to area churches to distribute to youth.
Evangelist Laura Pippin is the Missions Director for Missions of Faith and had the idea to do a book bag drive after finding book bags on sale last year.
Pippin, who attends Christian Fellowship Church, said she received a phone call in October that the book bags were on clearance.

When going through a sickness, a four-legged friend can sometimes be the best medicine.
Bark for Life will celebrate those four-legged friends with its second annual event in Nashville on Saturday, September 26 at Stoney Creek Environmental Park.
Bark for Life is an American Cancer Society fund-raising event honoring the life-long contributions of canine caregivers. It presents an opportunity for people to be empowered through their canine companion partnerships and to contribute to cancer cures through the mission of the American Cancer Society.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from August 17 through August 21.

INCIDENTS
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 8/17/15 at 105 Wheeless Circle
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 8/17/15 on US 64 West bound
A hit and run was reported on 8/18/15 on Washington Street, near US 64

A possession of weapon of mass destruction was reported on 8/17/15 at 1613 S. Grace Street
A domestic was reported on 8/17/15 on Browntown Road
A breaking and entering and damaging computers was reported on 8/17/15 at 2345 WIley Road
Found property was reported on 8/17/15 at 185 S White Street

Reverend Al Sharpton visited Rocky Mount on Saturday, stopping at the OIC Center for a special service, "The Future Is In Our Hands."
Sharpton was invited to Rocky Mount by Wallace Cherry, who organized the event.
Several speakers were on hand for the event, including Reverend Nehemiah Smith and Rosita Wiggins.
Smith spoke on the condition of Rocky Mount today. Smith said he had been away for 22 years and when he came back, he didn't recognize the city.

The Nash County Agriculture Center will be one of five sites hosting regional meetings to inform backyard poultry owners about avian flu.
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) will put on the meetings, which will provide information about the highly pathogenic avian influenza that is expected to be introduced in the state this fall.

Nashville's Town Council is currently in the hunt for a new town manager. As reported earlier this summer, Preston Mitchell, who served as town manager for ten years, left Nashville for a position with the City of Reidsville.
I'm sure Preston has settled in nicely as Reidsville's City Manager for I have already received phone calls from folks in Reidsville seeking information about certain programs, resources, and also contact information for festival resources -- which tells me Preston is already working to build upon what Reidsville already has.

Dear WHOLEsome grocery store:
It is time for us to break up. Honestly, it is you, not me that is the problem in this relationship.
I remember the good times; after all, they weren't so long ago. About once a month, my family would visit your store to stock up on healthy staples. I do think, overall, we use too many artificial things and chemical things to make our food. There are a lot of people to blame, but honestly it falls on the consumer.

In a recent Editorial the editorial staff of the Rocky Mount Telegram called the splitting of the Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools along county lines a silly proposal!
To the staff of the Telegram splitting of the Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools along county lines may appear to be a silly proposal. Every citizen of Nash and Edgecombe Counties that I have talked to about the splitting does not believe that it is silly but that it is the right thing to do.

BRIGADIER 1977 -- This photo was originally published in The Graphic on May 24, 1977. Jim Hutchinson, chairman of the board of Brigadier Industries, presents the keys to Brigadier's Nashville plant to Cecil Smith (center), production superintendent, and Jack Hay, executive vice-president of Brigadier, to symbolize the reopening of the plant for the production of double-wide and 14-foot-wide mobile homes.

David Porter and his mom, Terry, get familiar with David's first grade classroom during an open house last Wednesday at Nashville Elementary School.

Kindergarten teacher Ms. Cherri Pickett reads a book to her students on Monday during the first day of class at Cedar Grove Elementary School.

Micahla Dawes shows her drawing to Cedar Grove Elementary School kindergarten teacher assistant Ms. Susan Corbett on Monday, the first day of school for most Nash-Rocky Mount School students.

After many years as a pre-K teacher, Katherine McClenny (center) will be teaching first grade this school year. McClenny said she was excited for the new opportunity. Pictured is McClenny with Matthew Marshall (far right), who will be in her first grade class this year, and his mom, Janet Earp (far left).