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Culinary Specialist Seaman Sidorayon Petway, from Rocky Mount, prepares dinner for the crew aboard the amphibious dock landing ship Gunston Hall (LSDn 44). Gunston Hall is deployed in support of maritime security operations, providing crisis response capability, increasing theater security cooperation and a forward naval presence in the U.S. Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleet Area of Responsibilities.

Dan Breeding, known as “Dan the Animal Man,” visited Cedar Grove on Friday, February 7 as part of the school’s PBIS Reward Celebration and to celebrate the 100th day of school. Pictured above, Dan the Animal Man shows students how a Lemur uses its feet to hang on to things. Students were able to see four different animals during the presentation.

Nash Community College students, faculty and staff wore red on Friday, February 7th in honor of National Wear Red Day and the fight against heart disease. Participants walked the campus loop to bring awareness to, heart disease, the number one killer among women.

Alex and Austin Averette of Middlesex show off their bright snowman they built during last week’s snow.

The Nash County Health Department is proud to announce that they have been awarded accreditation status by the North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation (NCLHDA) Board. Accreditation is only designated to local health departments and districts that undertake and meet a series of stringent standards outlined in current state statutes and administrative codes to ensure the protection of the health of the public.

Nash Community College is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from Eaton. The purpose of the grant is to support high school students in pursuing training in advanced manufacturing and to provide Nash Community College advanced manufacturing students with hands-on project-based learning opportunities.
Eaton is a global power management company that provides energy-efficient solutions to assist clients in managing electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power.

NCAF and PAWNC lost a good friend. Jim was a cherished volunteer, transporter and foster who loved every animal he met. Jim was the beloved husband of our photographer, Karen. “Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky.” ~ John Grogan

Mark & John Bunn will perform at Nash Arts Saturday, February 22 at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 (plus tax).  Also, the Voyages in Clay by Susan Williamson exhibit is ongoing until February 28. For additional information visit www.nasharts.org or call 252-459-4734. Nash Arts is located at 100 E. Washington Street, Nashville. 

Our choir sang “Everyday With Jesus” for the call to worship. Pastor Ronnie welcomed everyone and prayed the prayer of invocation. Hymns of worship were “Old Time Power” and “A Shelter in the Time of Storm,” led by Kenneth Parker.
Greg Manning prayed the offertory prayer. After receiving of tithes and offerings, we sang the doxology and greeted one another.

We survived the ‘snow of the century’, as it was called by the TV weather men.  Ice and snow kept most folks at home from Wednesday at noon, when the snow began, until Friday.  It was a blessing that with all of this, very few people in the area lost electric power.
Sunday morning was sunny but cold. Pastor Whitehouse welcomed the faithful who attended church. 

Welcome to new members of Red Oak Baptist Church, Steve and Charlotte Clayton!
A youth Worship retreat is planned for the coming weeks at Red Oak United Methodist Church.  For more information contact the church office at 937-9300.
The “Putting on the Armor”  Bible study continues on Friday, February 21 at 6:00 p.m. at ROUMC.

Everyone is really glad that we are not supposed to have any more snow this week. That means everyone except the children. I hear that they have really enjoyed the “vacation” from school. For the adults highways, traffic, and  regular schedules have really been hectic. If the children had been in school last week they would have been out on Monday for Presidents Day but now they have several school days to make up.

Russell Cockrell (center), of the West Mount Ruritan Club, was recently presented with the prestigious Ruritan for Life Award by Ruritan District Governor Fran Bunn (far right) and Past Ruritan National President Wayne Outlaw. Outlaw is also a member of the West Mount Ruritan Club.

The West Mount Ruritan Club elected new officers for the 2014 year. Pictured (L-R) is: Past President Russell Cockrell; President Buck Pittman; Vice President Johnnie Massie; Secretary Bob Alford; Treasurer Lester Weaver; and Board of Directors Jake Pridgen, Gold Joyner and Wayne Outlaw.

The 4-H Sew What Club recently donated pillows and blankets to PAW-NC and the Nash County Animal Shelter. The pillows were covered by club members with zippers for easy washing. Pictured on the front row (L-R) is; Logan Cary, Lexi Gibson, Kendall Proctor, Allison Strufe and Natalie Price.

United Way Tar River Region is proud to welcome the new Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gary Fazio, CEO of Boice-Willis Clinic.  During a breakfast reception, former Board Chair James Gray, President of North Carolina Wesleyan College, officially passed the gavel to Fazio who has served on the United Way Board in various capacities since January 2007.

Brenda Flora Thibodeau, Library Associate III and Adult Programming of Braswell Memorial Library, was guest speaker at the Englewood Garden Club Meeting in February.  Her focus was on programs and services offered at the library.  She discussed the Summer Reading Program and the book discussion series.  She talked about Adult and Teen Programs, Genealogy and local history, meeting rooms available for groups, the Passport Office, as well as computer classes, and the use of computers.

Cedar Grove Elementary School held a school wide science fair in January. Students from all grade levels participated and completed many interesting science projects.   Dr. Freshwater, 5th grade Math and Science teacher, coordinated the event for the school.  First, second and third place winners were selected from grades K-2 as well as 3-5.  Pictured above is Jamiya Griffin, 1st place K-2.

Andrew Rine celebrated his 5th birthday on January 12,th 2014 by requesting his friends to only bring gifts to be donated to the Pregnancy Care Center of Rocky Mount for babies born to PCC clients.  Says Andrew, “Some people are really excited to have their babies, but they don’t have the things they need.  So I wanted to celebrate my life by helping them get the things they need for their babies.”  Andrew is the son of Jay and Michelle Rine.

Rotarian President Krista Ikirt, left, stands with Pastor James Gailliard from Word Tabernacle Church, who spoke to the Rocky Mount Rotary Club on Monday, February 3rd at the DoubleTree hotel at their 1pm meeting.

Thursday, February 20 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at City of Rocky Mount, Thorpe Road
Friday, February 21 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. at Nashville Elementary School, 209 East Virginia Avenue, Nashville
Monday, February 24 from 3 until 7 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd, 231 N Church Street
Tuesday, February 25 from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Nash Health Care Systems, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount

Nash County Emergency Management officials have announced that a general population emergency shelter will be opening at Englewood Baptist Church (1350 South Winstead Avenue) in Rocky Mount at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12^th.  The shelter is opening in anticipation of possible power outages in the county as well as needs of travelers on local interstates. 

For more information about shelter operations, please contact the Nash County Emergency Operations Center at (252) 462-1202.

We want to thank everyone who attended the Beulah Church of Christ monthly fish fry on Reges Rd. last Friday night. Again I will remind you that their last fish fry will be held the first Friday night in March. We thank you for all your continued support over the years and hope you will be able to attend the last one on March 7, from 5 - 8 p.m. May God bless you all.

The Town of Nashville is hoping a grant will help fund phase two of the town’s Downtown Redevelopment Project but plans to move forward even if grant funds are not received.
Nashville’s Town Council met for three days during its annual retreat to discuss a variety of issues. Among those were Community Development Projects, which included the town’s Downtown Redevelopment Project, specifically the Boddie Street Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Project.

A scripture enscribed stone will be the base for a new corporate headquarters for Braswell Foods. The stone will not only serve as the base of the foundation for the new facility but will also serve as a daily reminder for how Braswell Foods has become such a successful company over the many years it has been in Nashville.
Trey Braswell,  Executive Vice President for the company and the fourth generation to help lead the company, said God has been at the forefront of the company’s success.