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A Nash native and contestant of the Biggest Loser Season 15 television show will be at Galatia AME Church in Nashville on Saturday, August 16 at 1 p.m.
The program is titled “162 G.O.N.E. (Growing Others to a New Excellence)” and will featured Craig Arrington.
Arrington, who now lives in Wilson, is a graduate of Northern Nash High School.

Attention: National Back to Church Sunday, September 21, 2014! Our doors at Beulah Church of Christ are open. We would like to see all our members, friends and readers on that special day! We are making special plans for this special Sunday. I will inform you furhter in the Beulah news in the next few weeks. Just please mark that date, September 21 on your calendar so you won’t make other plans.

RED OAK -- If the early bird catches the worm, the Northern Nash Knights could very well be in the mix for Big East Conference football supremacy.
That’s because Northern Nash has been getting things going bright and early during preseason drills -- starting in the morning in the hollow just below Death Valley.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Heading into the most important 48-hour stretch of the preseason, Nash Central’s Kevin Crudup had gotten halfway there is his quest to build a quality depth chart for the Bulldogs’ football squad.
“We’ve got our No. 1s,’’ Crudup said of his first-team lineup. “Now, we’ve got to find our 2s and some 3s.’’
That mission continued Tuesday as the Bulldogs held a practice/scrimmage session against Bunn on the NCHS campus.

NASHVILLE -- A career that has spanned nearly four decades was recognized last Monday by Nash-Rocky Mount Schools.
Nash Central High School Athletic Director Michael Mosley was presented with a plaque for becoming a Certified Master by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School’s 2014 boys soccer campaign will begin Aug. 19 with a road match at West Craven.
SN is coming off consecutive deep runs in the Class 3-A State Playoffs.
The Firebirds’ first five events will be on the road before the Sept. 3 home opener against the Franklinton Red Rams.

NASH COUNTY -- It’s Jamboree Week in Nash County as the area’s high school football and soccer squads begin to make their final preparations for the 2014 campaign.
The Second Annual Nash County Football Jamboree will be held this Thursday at Rocky Mount High School.
In addition to county squads Rocky Mount, Nash Central, Northern Nash and Southern Nash, other entrants will be Knightdale, Southeast Halifax, Bertie and D.H. Conley.

Northern Nash High School football coach Randy Raper (right) makes sure a player performs a footwork drill in correct fashion during a recent practice.

Northern Nash football coach Randy Raper oversees stretching drills during a recent morning practice session on the NN campus in Red Oak.

NASH COUNTY -- The Eastern North Carolina Football League has released its schedule for the 2014 campaign.
All clubs will open on Sept. 6. Once again, there will be eight teams in the league.
Here is the complete ledger:

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are the 2014 Nash County high school football schedules:
Southern Nash
• August 22 -- at SouthWest Edgecombe
• August 29 -- at Wilson Beddingfield

North Carolina Wesleyan College veteran running back Jacques Alston from nearby North Johnston High School needs just 297 yards to break NCWC’s all-time career rushing record. Alston and the Bishops will open their schedule Sept. 6 at home against Stevenson at the Rocky Mount Football Stadium.

ROCKY MOUNT -- After starring last season for Rocky Mount Academy, Jacob Hunter has been busy this year establishing a name for himself on the collegiate recruiting trail.
A rising junior, Hunter helped RMA claim its first-ever state Eight-Man football championship in 2013 under legendary coach B.W. Holt.

ZEBULON -- Cole Sulser tossed six solid innings on Sunday afternoon for the Carolina Mudcats, but it wasn’t enough as the Myrtle Beach Pelicans came away with a 5-1 win at Five County Stadium in Class A Carolina League baseball action.
The Pelicans (29-21, 73-45) swept the series. The Mudcats (23-26, 52-64) lost their eighth straight at home.

ELM CITY -- Due to the amount of rain received at the track and the impending forecast, track officials made the decision to cancel Saturday night’s racing activities at County Line Raceway. 
The next scheduled event for CLR is this Saturday night. This will be Kids Night. 
Kids will have the opportunity to race their bicycles on the same track as their favorite drivers. 

ZEBULON -- A strong week at the plate for outfielder Logan Vick was recognized by the Carolina League on Monday.
The league announced the Kerrville, Texas, native won the Hitter of the Week award for August 4-10.
This is the first such honor for Vick and the second for a Mudcats’ hitter this season.

At 14 years old, Travis Green joined the Explorer Program at the Spring Hope Fire Department.
Ten years later, Green is now leading the department.
Green was named the department’s fire chief, a position he has held since August 1.
Green replaces longtime chief David Shelton, who retired.

What started off as merely an idea for a few has become a reality for many, as Carolina Innovative Food Ingredients, Inc. (CIFI) broke ground on its new facility Tuesday morning.
CIFI, a subsidiary of Universal Corporation, plans to utilize advanced technology to produce high quality food grade dehydrated and juiced fruit and vegetable products.

In a special ceremony held at the Business and Industry Center at Nash Community College on Wednesday August 6, former Congressman Tim Valentine, a Nashville native, was honored by the NC Department of Transportation. As a result, the part of Hwy. 64 which runs through Nash County is now called the Tim Valentine Highway and a special sign acknowledging this will soon be erected.

A Bailey man was arrested and charged with statutory rape on Monday.
According to the Zebulon Police Department, officers received a complaint regarding Daniel Alan Liverman, 33, of Old Smithfield Road, Bailey and an alleged sexual relationship he was having with a 14-year- old female.
Investigators allege that Liverman befriended the victim at a local supermarket and became involved in a sexual relationship.

Nashville’s Town Council approved a resolution recognizing a local woman who will turn 100 next month.
The resolution was approved last Tuesday night at the board’s regular meeting and recognizes Lucille Hart Smith Cooper.
Cooper was born in Halifax County to William and Ceily Smith. She was the youngest of five children and is the only surviving one.

A Nashville man has been charged in a Rocky Mount shooting that happened last Tuesday around noon.
According to the Rocky Mount Police Department, several people were at a home at 407 S. Tillery Street around 12:24 p.m. in Rocky Mount when De’Shawn Jamal Williams, 22, attempted to rob a 24-year-old white male. The victim, whose name is not being released, was flown to Vidant Medican Center in Greenville.

The Rocky Mount NAACP and the Holly Street Neighborhood Association hosted a community meeting on Monday, August 5, in order to discuss the fate of O.R. Pope Elementary School, which was recently closed by the Nash-Rocky Mount School System. The meeting was held at the Braswell Memorial Library where roughly 45 citizens were in attendance.

Marjorie Elizabeth Bailey Edwards, age 64, passed away Friday, August 8, 2014. Born in Nash County on March 8, 1950, she is the daughter of the late James Harold Bailey and Nina Ruth Bailey. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Edwards and her beloved daughter, Tammy Edwards.

NASHVILLE - Judith Anne Hill Cooper, 74, passed away Saturday August 9, 2014. She was born March 12, 1940 in Negaunee, Michigan to Leo and Mildred Marcotte. Judith was preceded in death by parents, spouse, Marvin J. Hill of 38 years, two sons, Jay L. Hill and Ron A. Hill.