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SPRING HOPE- Design plans have been finalized for the Spring Hope Historic Depot Project, with documents soon to be submitted for approval to the State Historical Preservation Office and a caboose to be added this summer.
Town commissioners looked over the plans, unchanged from earlier editions but with more detail, at their March 3 meeting.

I've never been impressed by people who brag to me about putting in 60-70 hours a week. For that matter, I don't think people realize that a 40-hour work week is just arbitrary, not some holy number. There are a lot of things we accept as standards that really aren't.
I've been reading a lot the last several months about four-day work weeks. If I bring it up in conversation, people usually react in one of four ways: 1) Call me lazy or a dreamer (fair enough) 2) Say that could never happen because we "have" to work five days a week 3) Roll their eyes 4) Wonder whether working in academia has made me a communist.

Our job isn't easy is a huge understatement.
Our commitment to our coverage area is to remain unbiased and report things that affect citizens, whether we like it or not.
Sometimes things happen that we absolutely hate to report, especially when it involves people we know. I grew up here so just about anything we cover most likely will involve, or impact, someone I know. It's down right hard when the issue is controversial or not so pleasant.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on July 2, 1964. Nashville's cub scouts were learning the art of fishing as one of their recreational projects for the summer. The youngsters were taken on the fishing trip to Garland Strickland's pond in the Philadelphia Community by their cubmaster, James Bunn. (Graphic photo)

"Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (I Thessalonians 5:23)
Body, soul, and spirit. The Bible says we have all three. But since we live in the flesh, we don't always understand that all three of these parts actually define who we are.

The first Four Words of the Ten Commandments are calls to worship.
• The First Word commands the proper object of worship: "You shall have no other gods before me."
• The Second Word commands the proper manner of worship: "You shall not make for yourself a carved image."
• The Third Word commands the proper attitude of worship: "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain."

Congratulations to Charlotte Lewis who joined the Red Oak Baptist Church family and will be baptized March 30!
Several ladies and gentlemen from Red Oak Baptist Church enjoyed the Your Choice Resource Center Celebrate Life Banquet on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The event which was postponed from an earlier date due to inclement weather was well attended. Guests enjoyed dinner catered by Prime Barbecue of Knightdale, auctions, and free gifts to find.

The Sew What 4-H Club was named Club of the Year at Nash County 4-H annual awards ceremony.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central is rediscovering some familiar faces in the early portion of the Class 2-A Girls Basketball State Playoffs -- and with plenty of success to date.
After a strong regular season, the Lady Bulldogs earned a home date Tuesday for the opening round -- and met up with former Eastern Plains Conference opponent Farmville Central at The Dawg Pound on the NCHS campus.

NASH COUNTY -- Look for the Big East Conference girls soccer scene to go out with a bang this spring in the final campaign for the league in its current state.
The seven-school Big East has created plenty of pitch heroics over the past few years -- mainly from Stanhope, where the Southern Nash Ladybirds have been a dominant force under the direction of legendary and esteemed head coach Robbie Kennedy.

NASH COUNTY -- Roanoke Rapids has built a mini-dynasty in recent seasons on the Big East Conference boys golf circuit -- and will trying to claim one more crown this spring before the current incarnation of the league is disbanded following the upcoming North Carolina High School Athletic Association classification realignment.

RED OAK -- One of the top student-athletes at Northern Nash High School pledged her college commitment back in December, with senior Emily Clay signing her letter-of-intent to Valdosta State in Georgia to become part of the Blazers' softball program.
Clay's signing came just a month after her verbal commitment to the Valdosta State program.

RED OAK -- Northern Nash's historic and incredible swim season has concluded, but the heroics won't soon be forgotten -- if ever.
It probably won't happen in our lifeftimes -- or at least the lifetimes of the gifted participants who paved the way for this monumental result.
For the second straight season, the NN boys squad steamrolled its way to the Big East Conference championship -- but the Fighting Knights weren't done there.

NASH COUNTY -- The high school basketball regular season came to a close on February 14, with Northern Nash's boys squad claiming the Big East Conference crown with a spotless 12-0 record in league play.
The Knights wrapped up their perfect conference campaign on Valentine's Day, escaping second-place Rocky Mount with a 77-74 win in the Gryphons' home gym behind CJ Rosser, Jah/Marzea Williams, Kingston Little and Christian Barnes each finishing in double figures in scoring.