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Katherine Camp passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014.   Born in 1929 to Haskell and Lizzie Humphries in Shelby N.C., Katherine was the eldest of ten children. She was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Jason Camp; her husband, Boyd Camp; brothers, Blaine Humphries, Wendell Humphries and Roger Humphries.

Allen Dunn, 69 of Louisburg, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014.

Joannie “Candy” McCalston, age 87 of Bailey,  passed away Monday, June 30, 2014.

William O. Wiggins of Spring Hope, passed away Monday, June 30, 2014.

INCIDENTS
A driving while impaired was reported on 6/30/14 at First and Baker Street
A damage to property (vandalism) and breaking and entering a commercial was reported on 6/30/14 at 921 N First Street at the Nash County Animal Shelter

A failure to return rental property was reported on 6/30/14 at Nash Community College
A damage to personal property was reported on 6/30/14 at 6792 Corporation Parkway
A domestic was reported on 7/1/14 on Woodcrest Road
A narcotics violation was reported on 7/1/14 at 5862 South NC Highway 58

Nashville’s Chamber of Commerce celebrated the opening of U.S Cellular with a ribbon cutting Monday. The store, owned by Johnny Thompson, III, opened July 1st at 139 Nashville Commons Drive, next to Food Lion. Thompson owns four other stores located in Tarboro, Greenville, Farmville and Ayden.  Nashville’s location has a 1,500 square foot showroom  featuring three phone bars to allow customers access to the latest devices and accessories.

Wednesday, July 9 from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Honeywell Corporation, 3475 Wesleyan Boulevard
Monday, July 14 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. at Northside Community Church, 1660 Beaver Pond Rd., Rocky Mount
Monday, July 14 from 10:30 a.m. until 1:15 p.m at Texas Steakhouse, (Bloodmobile) 126 Gateway Plaza, Rocky Mount
Monday, July 14 from 3:45 until 6:45 at Texas Steakhouse, (Bloodmobile) 711 Sutters Creek Blvd, Rocky Mount

I wasn’t sure what the appropriate action to take might be. After my sister-in-law invited my sons — seven and nine years old respectively — to go fishing on the Rocky Mount reservoir, it seemed some type of medical attention would be needed.
The boys acted as though they’d slammed back a six-pack of Red Bull and eaten a dozen Krispy Kreme coffee-filled doughnuts each. Plans were made.

Last week, I wrote about the Fourth of July and how wonderful Castalia’s parade and celebrations are.
Towards the end, I made a comment about Mr. Pee Wee Harper, the Grand Marshal of the parade. The comment said men like him were a dime a dozen.
That, obviously, was not what I meant and I apologize for not catching the error.

I attended Castalia’s Veteran Service Friday which kicked off the town’s Fourth of July  Celebration festivities. Small Town USA graciously allowed the committee to use its building as the venue keeping it nice and cool and comfortable for guests. I was moved by the number of veterans attending the event,  even more so moved by reactions to  comments and speeches given by special guests.
One speech in particular had many, including me, wiping back tears.

CHEERING SQUAD –– This photo originally published September 16, 1965. Pictured are Nashville High School’s cheerleaders. Left to right are: Janice Jenkins, Jackie Carpenter, Maureen Neal, Cherie Gulley, Josephine Woodard, Becky Denton, and Donna Winstead. Lisa Joyner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Joyner, was the mascot.

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Eugene Harris and Mr. William Ennis Kornegay, Sr., all of Rocky Mount, announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Anne Kornegay, of Raleigh to George Bradley Hearn, of Raleigh. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gilbert Hearn, of Raleigh. A September 20, 2014 wedding is planned in Swansboro.

Tracey Coppedge, a 2012 Southern Nash High School graduate, was recently named to the Dean’s List at Elon University. Coppedge received a scholarship to join the football program at Elon. At Southern, he was a standout in both football and track. Since going to Elon, Coppedge has had two successful years as a student-athlete. He has maintained a 3.69 GPA this semster at Elon and was named to the Dean’s List.

Mitchell and Lindsey Shearin of Rocky Mount announce the birth of their son Macon Ryan Shearin who was born June 24, 2014 at Nash Health Care Systems at 3:28 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and is 21.75” long. Maternal grandparents are Keith and Amy Beasley of Nashville and Allan and Apryl Pope of Rocky Mount. Paternal grandparents are Tony and Shirley Shearin of Rocky Mount. 

Cedar Grove Elementary School participated in the Give 5 Read 5 book cllection drive just before the school year ended. The drive is initiated by the NC Department of Instruction. The goal of the campaign is to give 5 books to each K-5 student to read during the summer as an “antidote to the summer slide.” Students tend to lag behind in their reading during summer because of lack of reading resources.

Chancellor Linda P. Brady has announced the names of Spring 2014 graduates, and of students who attained Deans’ List and Chancellor’s List honors at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the Spring 2014 semester.
Nash County residents receiving Bachelor’s Degrees include Allison Drive, Zoe Jones and Lydia Knight. Jones and Knight graduated Cum Laude.

Appalachian State University has released its Dean’s and Chancellor’s List students for the Spring 2014 semester.
To be named to the Dean’s List, undergraduates must either be enrolled in 12 to 14 hours of academic credit and attain a minimum 3.45 grade point average or be enrolled in 15 hours or more of academic credit and attain a minimum 3.25 grade point average.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools continues to work on its strategic priority of innovative and cutting edge technology. Jane Finch, Chief Technology Officer for Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, provided an update on that technology at the board’s annual retreat on June 26.
Finch told board members that the first full year of the system’s iConnect 1:1 initiative had went well, though it did face challenges at first.

A series of unfortunate events have occurred at Ennis Park in Red Oak in the past two months. A robbery, a car accident, and a random of vandalism, all within the period of a few weeks, have plagued the park and left Red Oak board members concerned about how to prevent such events in the future.
In May, equipment was stolen from the equipment shed in the park, resulting in the loss of several weed eaters, a push mower, and a leaf blower.

The history of Park View Hospital and School of Nursing was honored at a special Centennial Celebration on June 28th at Nash Community College. More than 200 alumni and guests attended the event which also marked the 25th anniversary of the Park View Nurses’ Alumnae Scholarship Endowment.
Park View Hospital opened as a 25-bed facility in Rocky Mount on July 1, 1914. The hospital closed its doors in May of 1971, then a 145-bed facility.

Time passes on and I am passing the newspaper duties to Kristy Carney. Kristy will be sending in the Notebook column and the Shelter photos, as I’ve done in the past.  Kristy is very active in Animal Rescue and we are very happy that she will be able to take on this volunteer effort on behalf of the Nash County Animal Shelter pets and Nash County Animal Friends (NCAF).

The following students at Hobgood Academy made the Principal’s List (A’s) or the Honor Roll (A’s and B’s) the sixth six weeks of school.

Nash Arts hosted an Arts Camp, “Art Around the World,” the week of June 23 for ages 5 to 12. The camp was taught by Wendy Ferguson-Whitehead and featured a different theme and different country each day. Pictured above, Lawson Pierce, 8, works on a drawing of a fish at camp on June 24.