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RALEIGH, N.C. - Joe Lewis Jefferson, 49, of Nashville, pled guilty for executing a scheme to defraud a program designed to help struggling North Carolinians stay in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. He faces up to 31 years in prison. On March 27, 2024, Jefferson's wife, Danyael Davis Jefferson, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for her role in the scheme.

SPRING HOPE - The Spring Hope Planning Board may be due for a change in members, pending decisions on one or more applicants at the next board of commissioners meeting in September.
Reappointments and a new member appointment were on the Aug. 5 agenda for that evening's town board meeting, but any action was tabled until next month following a lengthy discussion.

SPRING HOPE- What Spring Hope's Mayor calls "the worst street in town"- Virginia Street- is on the short list for repairs, although repairs are not anticipated anytime soon.
Kyle Pritchard, Mayor, asked about an expected timeline for repairs to Virginia Street at the August 5 Board of Commissioners' meeting, commenting that it had "three cuts across the road."

SPRING HOPE - A double variance application for a property on N. Pine Street got mixed results from the Spring Hope Board of Adjustment, who approved the lot width Aug. 6 but denied continued use of a shared driveway, requiring a new driveway to be constructed.
Terry and Jenny Alford of 504 N. Pine Street, who also own the adjacent property at 502 N. Pine, applied for two variances for the 504 property, which shares a driveway with number 502 and is also short of required frontage length, being only 65 feet wide streetfront compared with 100 feet at number 502 and 149 at number 508 on its other side.

All of us wonder from time to time if God really does care about what's going on in our lives. Why? Because there are those occasions in life when "life" seems to be crashing down on us. We try our best to live for the Lord. But when things go awry, we seek his comfort and his guidance. We pray but nothing seems to come of it. "Where is he?,"we wonder.
I confess I've had those same thoughts. Jesus once had them, too. He was as a man who was dying on the cross for our sins.

Following my thoughts from last week... Do you trust God? Trust in God is expressed by believing prayer. But it is not necessarily an act of trust to ask God to get you out of trouble. That may be desperation, not dependence. Trust is displayed by thanking God in the midst of trouble. That's the message of Psalm 138: In the midst of your troubles, you still have much to thank God for. What should you thank God for in the midst of your troubles?
Give Thanks for What the Lord Has Done.

West Mount Ruritan Club President Angela Becker (right) presents a donation check from the club to West Mount Fire Department members Buck Pittman (left) and Ronald Cobb (center), in appreciation for all the men and women in the fire department do to keep the West Mount community and the community at large safe.

West Mount Volunteer Fire Department celebrated David Winstead's 63 years of service recently. Pictured, left to right, are: Russ Penka, assistant chief; Ronald Cobb, deputy chief; David Winstead; Johnny Baines, assistant chief; and Cathy Baines, assistant chief. David received an award from the NC Fire Marshal's Office for his many years of dedication along with many other awards.

Rocky Mount
8/9/2024: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Englewood Presbyterian Church, 100 South Englewood Drive
8/11/2024: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Rocky Mount Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 2045 S Halifax Rd
8/22/2024: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., West Mount Volunteer Fire Department, 7955 West Mount Drive

RALEIGH - Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is cautioning pet owners not to feed B&B brand pet foods, made by B&B of New Jersey, after an investigation conducted by the department's Food and Drug Protection Division determined these raw meat-based products were manufactured and distributed without the required regulatory oversight.

Laurinburg KFC Take Home, Inc. to Quick Services Realco, LLC; property along Stone Rose Avenue (now Lawrence Circle); $3,379,000
Axiom Development, LLC to Foundation Home Builders; Walnut Cove Subdivision, Phase 3, Lot 49; $68,500
Axiom Development, LLC to Foundation Home Builders; Walnut Cove Subdivision, Phase 3, Lot 48; $68,500
Axiom Development, LLC to Foundation Home Builders; Walnut Cove Subdivision, Phase 3, Lot 50; $68,500

Deck; 1020 Bryantown Rd., Spring Hope; Dagoberto Zuniga; $7,000
Detached accessory structure; 945 Cambridge Dr., Rocky Mount; Keith Price; $90,000
New single family dwelling; 9201 Otter Ct., Middlesex; Rainwater LLC Betts; $1,230,000
Detached accessory structure; 7045 Finch Rd., Bailey; Regina Hartman; $8,775

Nashville town officials have approved creation of a Barn Quilt Wall on the side of the new Recreation Center at 200 Boddie Street.
Koy Worrell, Parks and Rec Director, speaking at the August 6 town council meeting, said there are three towns in North Carolina with barn quilt walls- Taylorsville, Mount Ulla and Sampson- all in the western part of the state, but said his staff would apply for Nashville's wall to be added to the Quilt Trails of the Tar & Roanoke Rivers, which is the only official quilt trail in eastern NC.

Nashville Parks & Recreation, 200 S. Boddie St., Nashville, will host line dancing on Monday evenings through August 19, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Join the instructor to exercise and learn new dances to popular R&B, pop, and Hip Hop songs. Pre-registration is required as space is limited. $10 Nashville residents, $15 for non-residents. Registration is available at: https://townofnashville.recdesk.com/Community/Program For more information or questions about registration call 252-459-9796.

NASHVILLE - It takes a village - and 30 to 40 volunteers supplied a village of help to a Nashville couple July 19, supplying a new fence, flagpole and other home repairs during a veterans' help initiative.
Shawn Holland, vice-president of Seegars Fence Company of Rocky Mount, said he tries to do a project to help local veterans several times each year, having started with the DAVFI (Disabled American Veteran Fence Initiative), which focuses on putting up a free fence for disabled veterans who have service dogs.

NASHVILLE - Newly-revised land use regulations for the town of Nashville will be up for public comment before a vote for adoption at the August 20 town council meeting.
The result of several months of meetings between town leaders and Michael Harvey of N-Focus Consultants, a Planning, Zoning and Subdivision Administrator, the ordinance was expanded with parts added and other parts re-written in order to align with state changes and assist in code enforcement.

NASHVILLE - After months of dissent between council members and differing opinions from the general public, the plan to purchase the Fellowship Church property on Old White Oak Road as a new town hall is dead.
By a unanimous vote, the Nashville town council passed a motion at its August 6 town meeting not to buy the property, allowing the church to keep its $5,000 earnest money deposit.