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If you live, or work, in Nashville, you should consider taking the Nashville Police Department’s upcoming Citizen’s Police Academy.
The academy starts next month and will run through June 18. There will also be a graduation ceremony on June 25.
This is the third Citizen’s Police Academy the department has hosted and I bet it’s going to be one of the best.

The April tax filing deadline is getting closer and if you’re like most families who anticipate a refund, your money can’t come soon enough.  We all want our money quickly, but think twice before you opt for an “instant” or “rapid” refund from commercial tax preparers and banks.
Thanks to changes in federal regulations, most banks have stopped offering short-term, high interest loans known as refund anticipation loans (RALs).

COURTHOUSE VISIT –– This photo originally published in The Graphic May 6, 1965. Students from Middlesex School were taken on a tour of the Nash County Courthouse by Henry Milgroom of Battleboro, chairman of the Nash County Board of Commissioners. Tim Lovelace, their teacher, accompanied them.

Kaitlyn Joyner was selected as a state finalist in the National American Miss North Carolina pageant.
The pageant is for girls ages seven through nine and will be held June 26-28, 2014 at the Marriott in Winston-Salem.
Kaitlyn is nine years old and lives in Castalia with her parents, Mark and Donna Joyner.
The winner of the pageant will receive a $1,000 cash award, the official crown and banner, a bouquet of roses, and air transportation to compete in the national pageant at Disneyland in California.

Army Col. John Byrd stood at attention as the Honor Guard presented his brigadier general officer’s flag; a single star on a red field.
The flag was placed next to the United States and North Carolina colors during his promotion ceremony at North Carolina National Guard Joint Force Headquarters Friday.
Though the unfurling of the star of a general officer’s flag is a ritual, it is also descriptive of Byrd’s career.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Jordan M. Boykin graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Melody and Leonard Jarman of Louisburg,  and Michael and Diana Mowery of Grove City, Ohio, announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Renee Crotts of Louisburg, to John Rusty Creekmore of Nashville. He is the son of Everette and Ann Creekmore of Louisburg. The wedding is planned for March 15, 2014 at White Level Community Holiness Church.

Richard and Barbara Blanchard of Spring Hope announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbie Blanchard of Wilson, to Chad Keen of Wilson, the son of Robert Keen of Wilson and Claudia Moore of Wilson. The wedding is planned for 5 p.m., May 17, 2014 at The Leaning Tree in Bailey.

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.