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Nashville Elementary School has announced its honor roll lists for the first six weeks.

The Tar River Orchestra and Chorus announced two holiday season special events added to their already scheduled concert series. This means that there will be three holiday concerts available to the area from the Tar River Orchestra and Chorus.
Friday, December 6th the Tar River Children’s Chorus and Tar River Strings kick off the holiday season with their traditional Christmas Voices concert.

Coopers Elementary School held a PBIS Celebration for students at the end of the first six weeks. There were games and inflatables as part of the celebration, which will be held at the end of every six weeks. Pictured above is Mallory Alston and DaNyla Taybron, enjoying the obstacle course at the PBIS celebration. (Contributed photos)

The Senator James D Speed Achievement Award was presented to Luke LaHay (far right) on October 19, 2013 at the NC State Fair in Raleigh by Agriclulture Commissioner Steve Troxler (center) . This scholarship required that Luke show a history of strong leadership skills, integrity, good sportsmanship, achievement of goals, and be an advocate of today’s agricultural industry. LaHay is the son of Charles and Molly LaHay, of Elm City.

Rotarian President Krista Ikirt, at left, stands with NC State Trooper Clee Atkinson, at right, who spoke to the Rocky Mount Rotary Club on November 18 at the DoubleTree hotel at their 1 p.m. meeting.

Southern Nash High School again teamed up with Piggly Wiggly of Bailey and held a Turkey Giveaway for the entire faculty and staff.
Farm Pak and Rob Glover Produce also donated items to enable a full Thanksgiving meal in each bag. Along with the meal, staff also received gift bags from Piggly Wiggly and Waste Industries.
This is the second year the school has held the Turkey Giveaway.

Nash Arts will host its twelfth season of “A Christmas Carol” with shows available on December 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and on December 8 at 2:30 p.m.
General admission tickets are $12. Tickets are $10 for senior citizens and children 12 and under. Nash Arts members receive discounts according to the level of their membership. Call 252-459-4734 for tickets or visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/517213

William Mangum has once again donated his artistic skills for The Honor Card program and several Nashville businesses will have the cards available for purchase.
Mangum has created the Christmas Card for the past 25 years and all proceeds from the sale of the card go to help combat homelessness in North Carolina.

Seven finalists entered the Shark Tank recently hopes of walking away with cash prizes and new business opportunities.  The competition was tough with over sixty applications received from entrepreneurs and students from Rocky Mount, Wilson, and the surrounding area. 

Belk announced recently a $5000 contribution to the United Way Tar River Region.  The check was presented to Ginny Mohrbutter, executive director of United Way, by Randy Kroner, store manager of Belk at Gold East Crossing Mall. 
“We’re pleased to present this contribution on behalf of Belk, Inc. and our stores to benefit the local United Way and its partner agencies that serve our community,” said Kroner.

Wednesday, December 4 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Nash County Senior Center, 102 N Alston Street, Nashville
Saturday, December 7 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Capital Ford Lincoln, 2012 Stone Rose Drive, Rocky Mount
Thursday, December 12 from 12 until 6 p.m. at Englewood Presbyterian Church, 100 South Englewood Drive, Rocky Mount

Margaret Sink presented Margie Parker Brantley with three supplemental certificates for her ancestors who served in the War for Southern Independence.  They were David Lawrence Batts, who was taken prisoner, and confined to Point Lookout, Md., until he was exchanged and paroled; John Lewis Dickens Batts, who survived the war; and William Calvin Batts, who was wounded, captured, exchanged, and paroled, at Appomattox Court House, Va.

The Town of Nashville recently held a Food and Clothing Drive for My Sister’s House. Employees and citizens donated 153 lbs. of food as well as multiple boxes and bags of clothing, toys, books and other items. All the items were given to My Sister’s House in Nashville last week. Pictured are Town of Nashville police, fire and library employees along with My Sister’s House Executive Director Meredith Holland (center behind table).

Members of the Crafty Quilters group at the Nash County Senior Center helped organize a drawing to give away a patriotic quilt in honor of Veterans Day. The material for the quilt was donated by Janet House and Shirley Baker did most of the quilting. Veterans who are members of the Senior Center were eligible to put their names in the drawing for the quilt. Pictured above is Agnes Moore and Shirley Baker, who made the quilt.

The 58th annual Rocky Mount Christmas Parade will be held on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 3 p.m. in Downtown Rocky Mount. This year’s Grand Marshal will be Tisha Powell of ABC Channel 11 News in Raleigh, N.C. Powell co-anchors Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. She also anchors Eyewitness News at 10 p.m. on CW 22 and the 11 p.m. show on ABC 11.

Nash Central High School’s drama club competition team recently participated in the regional North Carolina Theatre Conference High School Play Festival and brought home several awards.
The production the team used was student written, directed, performed and produced. Joanna Hale, drama teacher at Nash Central High School, served as an advisor for the team.

The Shelter is CLOSED Thursday and Friday this week for the Holiday.
Did you know that BONES are DANGEROUS to dog?  Especially cooked bones, such as those from your turkey!  They can splinter and cause major damage.  Raw bones (or the raw meat) can have deadly bacteria!  Even the larger bones such as those from a ham or a roast can make your dog deadly sick.

Almost everyone has heard of the evangelist Billy Graham, but very few have heard of Pearl Good. Good faithfully followed Graham’s crusades across the country---at her own expense—and prayed for the event. For decades, no one affiliated with the Graham evangelistic team was aware of her silent, yet powerful, contributions to the ministry.
This same philosophy of unselfish faithfulness could easily apply to the chaplains at Nash Health Care.

Due to the holiday coming up. I have to get my article in early, before Sunday. Therefore, I have little church news and a message of my own. At church Sunday night at 6 p.m., we had a Thanksgiving service of singing by our own members and a time for testimonies and praise. Afterwards, we had a soup and sandwich meal (also dessert) and time of fellowship.

UDC Bethel Heroes Chapter 636 held its November meeting at the Braswell Memorial Library.  Guest speaker was Hoyle Kip Vinson, Commander, of the SVC Robert Henry Ricks Camp 75 located in Rocky Mount. Commander Vinson spoke about an upcoming joint fund raiser between the Robert Henry Ricks Camp 75 and Bethel Heroes Chapter 636.

What a joyous Christmas children around the world will have this season as the Operation Christmas Child boxes are delivered!  Not only will the children receive a special Christmas gift, but they will also receive a spiritual gift as they learn about Jesus.  Red Oak Baptist Church met and exceeded their goal of collecting 200 boxes by collecting over 212!  That’s  212 children around the world who will be reached with the gospel!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Please enjoy time with family if you can. Have safe travel through the holidays. May God bless everyone and comfort those who may have family members who have passed on during the last year. Show love always to those you still have with you. We never know what tomorrow (or the year ahead) may bring.

Scott Mason and his news’ crew from WRAL visited Peachtree last Thursday.  They came to visit the “Collard Crew” and to get information for a segment of the ‘Carolina Traveler’.  It will appear on Channel 5 on Wednesday, November 27, during the 5:00 PM news program.  Hope you can watch it.

The Nash County Department of Social Services will begin taking applications on December 2 for its Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
Applications will be taken on the first floor of the Claude Mayo, Jr. Administration Building from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning on December 2.

North Carolina’s egg prices trended higher on all sizes when compared to last week. Supplies are light to meet a good to very good demand. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 for small lot sales of delivered, cartoned, grade “A” eggs was 169.43 for Extra Large, 169.43 for Large, 125.34 for Medium, and 105.00 for Small eggs.