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BEARS - Pictured (L-R) is: Mason Deal (second place), Reagan Davis (first place) and Isaac Dayton (third place).

WEBELOS - Pictured (L-R) is: Mason Baker (first place), Sam Warren (second place) and David Lopez (third place).

Author/Artist Dawn Deanna Wilson will facilitate Creating Memorable Characters, a hands-on workshop for beginner to intermediate writers (even the secret ones) in Winterville on April 5.
Bring a notebook, pen, and prepare to create unforgettable characters.  The workshop will be held at The Coffee Shack, 168 Beacon Drive in Winterville on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 10-12:30.

Nash County Farm Bureau and NC Cooperative Extension hosted Nash County Safety Day at the Agriculture Center on March 19. The day featured presentations on Fire Safety, Agromedicine, Chemical Safety, Tractor/UTV Safety, Vision and Hearing Safety, Chainsaw Safety, a Fatal Driving Course as well as several others. Around 35 attended the presentations. Pictured above, Tanya Heath, Livestock Agent for Nash/Edgecombe Counties, shows a jar of chemicals during a presentation on chemical safety.

Tobey Worthington, Mu Chapter President, was a winner in Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) Society International Contest. 
Participants had to submit ideas on how they were involved in strengthening their chapters.  Worthington’s involvement was to increase communication by e-mail, snail mail, telephone calls, and text messages.  She also sends a note to members who have missed several meetings, to let the person know they were missed.

Nash Arts will welcome singers Connie Dover and Skip Gorman in concert on Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.m.
For over two decades, Connie Dover has been collecting and recording arrangements of the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland and the American West at her studio in North Kansas City, Missouri. She sings in fluent Irish, Scots Gaelic, French and Latin. She has performed around the world and has been a featured guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and NPR’s Weekend Edition and Thistle and Shamrock.

Sunday school began at 9:45 at Beulah Church of Christ followed by church services at 10:45. As we look around on Sunday morning we begin to realize how many of our members (*former members) have passed away in the past few years.

Municipal residents will be charged a $25 convenience center fee starting July 1, Nash County Commissioners decided on Monday.
Commissioners first discussed the issue last month at a work session. Commissioners looked at three options that would help keep the county’s utility fund solvent. Two of the options created a fee for municipal residents to use the county’s convenience centers.

At its work session March 6, the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) board approved the administration’s recommendation to switch janitorial firms as it begins the transition to outsource custodial services in April this year. This cuts into an existing contract NRMS has with its current custodian management company, which is in effect until June 2015.

Nashville’s Town Council is hoping the development of an industrial park will bump up the date for phase one of a proposed connector road.
The Highway 58 Connector is a southern bypass that is proposed to start on Western Avenue and connect South of Cockrell’s Crossroads on Highway 58. The connector is meant to detour larger truck traffic from Downtown Nashville and instead give truck drivers another, faster route.

A former teacher, coach and the last surviving charter member of the Coopers Ruritan Club served as the guest speaker at the club’s 62nd anniversary celebration last week.
David Cooke shared his memories of teaching at Coopers High School and the Coopers Ruritan Club forming at the club’s annual meeting last Thursday evening. The meeting was a special one, as the club was celebrating 62 years.

The Nashville Graphic is introducing officers of the Nashville Police Department each month as part of an “Officer Spotlight” series.  The articles are featured the last Wednesday of each month  to help Nashville residents get to know the officers who protect and serve their communities.

Plans are underway for the Sixth Annual Ladies Luncheon and this year’s location will be a newly constructed home in Timber Creek.
The luncheon is a major fundraiser held each year by the Friends of the Harold D. Cooley Library. It first began in 2007 and has been held each year since, with the exception of 2012, when the event was not held. This year’s event is set for Saturday, April 26 from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

INCIDENTS
No operator’s license, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana on prison/jail premises and possession of marijuana was reported on 3/19/14 on E. Highway 64 on Ramp at Highway 58
A driving while impaired was reported on 3/20/14 on W Washington Street, near Alston Street

A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence was reported on 3/18/14 at 7555 S NC 58
A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence and injury to personal property was reported on 3/18/14 at 6524 West Mount Road
A possession of tobacco by an inmate was reported on 3/19/14 at 222 W Washington Street

NASHVILLE - Joe Braswell Vick, passed away on March 21, 2014. He was a lifelong resident of Nashville. Joe was born November 5, 1940 in Nash County, to Ruby Whitley Vick and Johnnie Glenn Vick, Sr. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Johnnie Glenn Vick, Jr.

SPRING HOPE - Standley Eugene Bass, 82, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014. He was born April 4, 1931 in Nash County to the late Goodman and Alvarhada Manning Bass. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by a brother, Earl Bass and brother-in-law, Curtis Batchelor.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Elizabeth Batts, 85, of Rocky Mount, died on Friday, March 14, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Joseph Nathan Thompson, 30, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.

NASHVILLE  -Funeral services for Gracie Mae Pittman Marsh, 84, who died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, were Monday, March 24, at 2 p.m. at Castalia Baptist Church with Rev. Victor Fenner officiating. Burial followed at Oakland Cemetery.

ROCKY MOUNT–– Antonio Maurice Peoples, 40, of Rocky Mount, died on Friday, March 21, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –- Charles Anthony Battle, 54, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rocky Mount location of H.D. Pope Funeral Home.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Samuel McClain, Sr., 93, of Rocky Mount passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

BATTLEBORO –– James “Booga Rat” Columbus Whitaker, 80, of Battleboro, passed away  Wednesday, March 12, 2014.