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Alexis "A.G." Gordon Ingram, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2015.

Frances Blalock Rodwell, age, 87, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in Rocky Mount, NC.

ROCKY MOUNT -- After dominating regular season action, Nash Central picked the wrong time to have an off night at the Nash County Prep Babe Ruth Baseball Tournament.
Nash Central's club, which boasts several players from this year's middle school conference champions, went undfeated during the regular season under Coaches Noah Shrock and Tyler Barrow -- both of whom play on the NCHS high school club.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball program has announced that NCWC alum Zach Alexander has been promoted to a full-time assistant coach with the Battling Bishops.
Alexander's promotion follows the resignation of long-time assistant coach Ernie Jones, who dedicated over 22 years of service to the college.
Alexander recently completed his third season as an assistant coach with his alma mater.

WOODBRIDGE, VA.. - The first half of the 2015 season came to a quiet finish in the Class A Carolina League as the Carolina Mudcats were shutout in back-to-back baseball games by the Potomac Nationals at Pfitzner Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Carolina lost Saturday's suspended game 4-0 and dropped the finale of the series 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.
The Mudcats (34-35) were held to just one run over the final three games of the series, but finished the final road trip of the first half with a 4-3 record.

Nash Rec's Joshua Holloman gets some assistance from Coach Perry Currin as part of the Pup Squad events last Thursday in Nashville.

Birchwood Country Club's Braxton Cochrane makes a splash during last Thursday evening's Nash-Halifax Swim League matchup on the road against the Nash Rec Sharks.

GREENSBORO -- Due to a construction conflict, the site has changed for the upcoming North Carolina Coaches Association's East-West All-Star Soccer Games.
Instead of at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, the contests will be held at McPherson Stadium at the Bryan Park Soccer Complex in Guilford County.
The matches will be played July 21, beginning with the women's game at 6:30 p.m. The men's event will follow at 8:30 p.m.
Northern Nash's Tristan Marshall will serve as a keeper for the East Team in the boys showdown.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Whenever a new football coach arrives on a high school campus, one of his first worries is how many players will participate when off-season workouts begin.
That hasn't necessarily been a problem for incoming Nash Central skipper Chris Lee, who has welcomed an average of 45 performers to each practice or weight-room session.

CHAPEL HILL -- Wells Fargo, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, has announced the final standings in the Wells Fargo Conference Cup competitions for the 2014-15 academic year, following the conclusion of the spring sports season.
The Wells Fargo Cup Award recognizes the schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state's four competitive classifications.

NASHVILLE -- With temperatures nearing 100 degrees last Thursday, participants couldn't wait to dive into the pool for the beginning of the Nash-Halifax Swim League season.
Defending champion Nash Rec, despite a rebuilt roster, ruled the day as the Sharks delivered a 486-124 victory over backyard rival Birchwood Country Club at the NRST Pool.

ROCKY MOUNT -- When he was a freshman at Nash Central, Aaron Spivey set a goal to one day play college basketball.
But when it came time to make that goal official during his senior campaign, Spivey thought long-term instead of instant glory.
That's why Spivey, a recently graduated senior, has accepted an academic scholarship offer to attend prestigious Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem.
Spivey received offers from some smaller schools to join their respective hoops program, but the opportunity to attend Wake Forest -- and have 95 percent of it paid for -- was too good to pass up.

Individualism pervades Christianity. It has to do with how we commonly approach faith in God through Jesus Christ. Faith, we say, is personal not public. We therefore emphasize what we can do and what we must do as individuals. We emphasize personal commitment, personal devotions, and personal relationships with Christ. Christians getting their spiritual food via e-mail and web sites sitting by themselves with an iPad accentuates this individualism.

Nash Health Care Systems celebrated the construction of its third major project last week, with a "topping out" ceremony for the new women's center, scheduled to open later this year.
The Women's Center is the third project the hospital has completed since announcing a $75 million strategic plan in September 2010. The women's center, once completed, will join the newly constructed emergency department, which includes a separate pediatric emergency department, and a heart center.

Concerned citizens are sponsoring an educational meeting on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline next week.
The meeting is planned for Tuesday, June 30 from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. at the Nash County Agricultural Center in Nashville.
Attorney Charles "Chuck" Lollar, a Virginia attorney, will provide a presentation on the impact of the pipeline on property owners and the community.
Lollar has experience handling eminent domain cases involving natural gas line projects. Originally from North Carolina, Lollar is licensed in both North Carolina and Virginia. He's currently defending numerous property owners in Virginia who are being sued by the pipeline over being able to survey on their property.

Nashville's Town Council agreed on Monday night to hold off on appointing someone to fill the recently vacated seat of Councilwoman Patricia Rogers.
Mayor Donald Street told council members that the board had two options in filling the seat. One, the board could appoint someone to fill the seat for the remainder of Rogers' term. Street said three people had expressed interest in the seat so far.
The second option was to just wait until elections in November and let the election process decide who would fill the seat.

Nash Arts is offering several camps this summer to help youth enhance their arts experience.
This week, the arts center is offering a creative painting camp for youth in kindergarten through fifth grade. The same camp will be held for youth in grades six through eight in July. Both camps are taught by Melanie Statnick.
Nash Arts Director Shelly Gray said the camps are just some of the new camps being offered this summer.

At a public hearing Monday, June 15, board members voted unanimously to approve Castalia's town budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year which begins July 1. The budget includes a $460,182 general fund, $69,209 for the water system, and $13,900 for recreation, which will be used to support the town's annual Fourth of July celebration. The motion to approve the budget was put forth by Town Commissioner James Alston. Angie Elliot, the town clerk, said in a phone interview that there were "no significant changes" to the budget compared to last year's.

Nash County Commissioners were asked to approve a resolution opposing a bill that will allow for the expansion of deer farming in North Carolina.
Judy Gardner spoke to commissioners at their meeting on June 8 and said she was hoping to raise awareness of the concerns of the pending legislation.
Senate Bill 513, the Farm Act of 2015, has a long list of provisions but Gardner said one provision is concerning.
The Farm Bill calls for the expansion of the cervid farming industry by adding white-tailed deer as a new economic opportunity for North Carolina.

North Carolina poultry shows and public sales will be suspended from August 15 to January 15 due to the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which means Nash County youth will be unable to show their poultry at the North Carolina State Fair.
State Veterinarian Doug Meckes and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced earlier this month that the shows and sales would be suspended, including the NC State Fair and Mountain State Fair poultry shows as well as bird shows at county fairs, live bird auctions and poultry swap meets.

Johnny Talbot Willis, 56, of Rocky Mount, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015.

Jacqueline "Jackie" Ball, 53, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

Frances "Franny" Alberta Holtzclaw Braswell, age 86, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2015. She was born January 8, 1929 in Charlotte, NC the daughter of the late David Albert Holtzclaw and Mary Frances Ritter Holtzclaw.

Lou Adkins Walker, age 68, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. She was born on May 6, 1947 in Halifax County to the late Lewis Adkins and Catherine Boyd Adkins. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Ann Adkins Phillips.

Evangelist Christine Perry, 75 of Rocky Mount, passed away June 16, 2015.