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David Earl Cooke, 81, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015.

Grace Pauline Leonard Johnson, 85, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015.

Folks, it's the last week at home for most of our little aventonians! Summer is ending and school is beginning. I know you will not believe this, but truly all Aventonian adults know how you feel. We've been there....done that. We also remember that after the first week of school, summer is all forgotten and it's "almost" like you've been in school forever. Cheer up! Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here before you know it. I promise!

Area teens participate in the 2015 Teen Entrepreneurial Summer Boot Camp held in Rocky Mount last month. Pictured above, left to right (front row): Ambia Wooten, Asia White, Emmanuel Williams, Khandyce Wilkins, Shawn Trice, and Ma'Kayla Jackson. Left to right (back row): Patrick Minor (Intern), Elijah Sellers, Tiffany Carr, Jada Battle, Quatavious Morning, Jacqueline Dickens, and Ta'Nautica McDowell.

The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service of Nash and Edgecombe County hosted the third Annual 2015 Teen Entrepreneurial Summer Boot Camp in Rocky Mount from July 20 to July 24th.
The camp is designed to introduce participants to entrepreneurship using fun and exciting activities. Teens analyzed their community, identified unmet opportunities for providing products and services, completed research, and learned how to write business plans.

A fire over the weekend destroyed one Nashville family's home but left them thankful to be alive.
Nashville's Fire Department received a call of a house fire around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, night, August 16th at 401 Hearthstone Drive in the South Creek Subdivision. Captain Chris Joyner said when fire fighters arrived, they found the rear of the home heavily involved in fire. The fire had advanced to the roof line, Joyner added.

Representatives from Nash County's municipalities, along with economic developers and community leaders, met last week to learn about a company that could offer opportunities for high-speed Internet for under served areas of Nash County.
CloudWyze, a Wilmington-based technology and communications company founded in 2012, is pursuing the idea of expanding its services into three new locations this year and Nash County has been identified as a possible market. The company offers Internet, Phone, and Cloud Services as well as technology support.

Nash Arts will host its first ever Open Mic Night on Friday night.
The Open Mic Night is something Nash Arts Director Shelly Gray said she's been wanting to do for a while.
"I've been wanting to do it here for years," Gray said. "This will be our first one ever, that I know of."
The first event is going on with help from Dula Mae's in Wilson.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education are going back to once a month meetings, board members decided on Monday night.
The possibility of once a month meetings was brought up last month and board members agreed to add it to the work session agenda for the August 17 meeting.
On Monday, Chairwoman Evelyn Bulluck presented two options for board members to consider. The main difference was whether board members would be fed dinner before the meeting or in between the work session and regular agenda meeting.

The Coopers Elementary School staff retirees met for their annual luncheon at Ribeyes Steakhouse in Nashville on August 13th. Twenty-eight former teachers, assistants and principles attended the luncheon.

Why are 20 some people running for president of these United States when only two will get a nomination and only one will get either elected or appointed by the Supreme Court??
Because, for every one of them, it is an opportunity to get richer in a hurry. Note I said richer, not just rich.
Now before anyone scoffs at this idea and tries to go through the motions of pretending that their favorite candidate wants to guide the country in ways that will be for the good of the country, better step back and have a reality check.

I keep telling myself that "after this" things will return to normal but things just keep happening. I suppose having three small boys means my life will be exciting for at least the next 18 years, if not longer!
But the good news is, all the craziness has caused me to more or less shrug off the things that happen in life when used to, I let little things bother me. Now, I just snicker when something happens, well most of the time.

It is that time of year when students everywhere, for the most part, are looking forward to school.
The drudgery of the spring is out of the way, and for most part, most school kids have had a lazy summer of video games, bike riding, splashing with a water hose or swimming.
But even those things have an expiration date as the fall looms straight ahead and a fresh start on another school year brings the optimism of a clean slate, new teachers, old friends and in some cases, even new schools.

SUMMERTIME CHORES -- This photo originally published in The Graphic on July 30, 1970. Vivian Bass, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bass of Momeyer, takers her turn at pushing the mower. During an interview at the time of this photo, she said the job is usually done by her brother, Brent.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office is changing the times they offer appointments for concealed carry weapons permits.
The Sheriff's Office was offering appointments on the third Saturday of each month but decided to cancel Saturday appointment hours after August.
Instad, longer hours will be offered every third Wednesday, beginning on Wednesday, September 16.
Concealed Carry Weapons Permit appointment hours will be from 8 until 11:45 a.m. and from 1 until 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from August 3 through August 7.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from August 10 through August 14.

INCIDENTS
A larceny was reported on 8/10/15 at 209 Simbelyn Drive
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 8/12/15 at 208 Village Court
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 8/12/15 at W Nashville Drive

A breaking, entering and larceny was reported on 8/10/15 at 11390 Red Bud Road
A felony larceny was reported on 8/10/15 at 6293 S NC 581
An injury to real property was reported on 8/10/15 at 2965 S Halifax Road
A larceny was reported on 8/10/15 at 2181 S Wesleyan Boulevard

Nash Community College President Bill Carver and Barton College President Dr. Douglas N. Searcy recently signed an agreement to bring a four-year degree to Nash Community College's campus. The agreement offers Nash Community College Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) students the opportunity to continue their studies through Barton College's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. "Nash Community College has collaborated with Barton College for over a decade to provide students the option of continuing their educational journey in pursuit of a four-year degree via the articulation agreement.

The C.C. Spaulding Alumni Association is getting ready for its 41st Annual Reunion.
The reunion is set for September 3 through September 6 with various events.
Reunion activities will begin with a Black Tie Banquet on Thursday, September 3 at Bill's Convention Center in Wilson from 7 until 11 p.m. for the Class of 1965.
On Friday, September 4, the Annual Fish Fry will be held from 7 until 10 p.m. at the Spaulding Gym in Spring Hope.

Nash Community College is pleased to welcome its Student Government Association (SGA) officers for the 2015-2016 academic year.
SGA officers are elected each year during the spring semester for a one-year term. The SGA President represents the student body as a non-voting member of the College's Board of Trustees. Every effort is made to offer recreational, social, and cultural opportunities which will enhance the student body's educational experience. The SGA plans and implements, throughout each semester, social activities for the student body.

Nash Community College has announced its 2015-2016 Student Ambassadors. The Ambassadors represent the College throughout the academic year at on-campus and community events.

As teachers and students return to school this month, the N.C. Department of Transportation reminds residents in Nash County of a closure south of Spring Hope that may impact commutes for the first few weeks of the school year.
NCDOT closed down a section of Southern Nash High Road between N.C. 97 and Fire Tower Road on June 15 to allow crews with Sanford Contractors Inc. to replace the 57-year-old bridge over Toisnot Swamp. The bridge replacement is on schedule to be complete in mid-September.

Nash Community College faculty and staff were invited to the Brown Family Employee Appreciation Luncheon Tuesday, August 11th, in Brown Auditorium. Employees and the Brown family, friends of the College, celebrated the end of summer and prepared to kick off the fall semester while enjoying a southern BBQ meal catered by Doug Sauls.