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LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College will host a Youth Baseball Camp from July 27-30 at Frazier Field on the LC campus in Franklin County.
There will be two different age groups:
• Ages 6-12 from 9 a.m.-Noon each day
• Ages 13-18 from 1-4 p.m. each day

A STAR-STUDDED DISPLAY. Plenty of local pool talent was evident last Thursday evening when Nash Rec traveled to Birchwood Country Club for a Nash-Halifax Swim League Meet. Nash Rec won the team portion of the meet to remain undefeated for the campaign. Among the competitors were (above) Rebekah Baker, with some help from teammate Peyton Currin.

A STAR-STUDDED DISPLAY. Plenty of local pool talent was evident last Thursday evening when Nash Rec traveled to Birchwood Country Club for a Nash-Halifax Swim League Meet. Nash Rec won the team portion of the meet to remain undefeated for the campaign. Among the competitors were (above) Berkeley Miller.

Nash Rec's Abby Wilson surges through the pool during her club's road swim meet last Thursday evening against the Birchwood Barracudas in Nashville.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The USA South Athletic Conference has released its 2014-2015 Academic All-Conference Team, and North Carolina Wesleyan College has announce that a program-record 93 Battling Bishops have garnered recognition, marking the second straight year that NCWC has eclipsed its own program-high mark.
A student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 GPA in each of the two semesters of a given year to be eligible.

ELM CITY -- Here are last Saturday evening's results from Double Points Night at County Line Raceway:

ELON -- Elon University Athletics hasrevealed the previously unannounced game times for four of its home football games along with its road contests at Gardner-Webb, Richmond and Maine.
The Phoenix's home opener against North Carolina A&T on Sept., 19 will begin at 6 p.m. Elon will recognize its five-member Sports Hall of Fame class at halftime of that contest.

The Nash County 12-Under All-Stars competed in the Statewide Athletics Committee Baseball Tournament last week at Ennis Park in Red Oak. The club played well overall and reached the second round of the annual event. Pictured are (back, l to r) Coach Al Harper, Trenton Weeks, Coach Scott Williams, Jadel Davis and Coach Eddie Coble; (middle, l to r) Montrell Scott, Zack Coble, Cooper Strickland, and Carson Beckham; (front, l to r) Trey Mizzelle, Austin Harper, Zyshone Pearce, Aiden Carter, Dalton Bobbitt and Mason Cone. Not pictured are Preston Curtis, Skyler Proctor and Coach Sam Weeks.

Mary Frances Walker, 77, of Rocky Mount, passed away on July 13, 2015.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rocky Mount location of H.D. Pope Funeral Home.

Ellen Madora Williams Williams, passed away on Sunday, July 12,2015.

Garland Earp, age 39 of Middlesex, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2015.

Arrington F. Earp, age 23 of Middlesex, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015.

Vera Harris, 57, of Rocky Mount, passed away on July 13, 2015.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rocky Mount location of H.D. Pope Funeral Home.

Thomas Allen Bone 88, passed away on July 11, 2015.

Sherri Caudle, 52, of Nashville, passed away on July 9, 2015.

Tracey Denise Hunter, 48, of Rocky Mount, passed away on July 10, 2015.

Amy Leigh Ellis, age 42, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2015.

Apostle Alice McKnight Dickens, 80, of Rocky Mount passed away on July 7, 2015.

Emma Mae St. John, 82, of Rocky Mount, passed away on July 8, 2015.

Faye Kirkland Ruffin, 75, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2015.

William Dixon Waters, Jr., 76, of Rocky Mount passed away on July 8, 2015.

Brenda Adams Weaver, 61, passed away on July 8, 2015.

Despite numerous pleas to reinstate Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Superintendent Dr. Anthony Jackson, the board held firm to their decision to accept his resignation.
A special called meeting was held on Monday night at Rocky Mount High School. The meeting initially had a closed session on the agenda but was later amended to include other items. The meeting was also moved to Rocky Mount High School on Monday after reports that a large crowd would be attending.
Over 300 showed up at the meeting on Monday, filling the Black Box Theater. Some were there to show their support for Jackson but others were there to show their support for the six board members who voted to accept Jackson's resignation.

Two Nashville residents have filed for the unexpired seat once held by Patricia Rogers.
Marguerite Bishop filed on Monday, the first day to file for the November 3 Municipal Elections.
On Tuesday, July 7, James "Butch" Mull, Jr. filed for the seat.
Rogers resigned from her seat on May 27. She was appointed to the board after the death of her husband, Tommy Rogers, in 2013