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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that USDA has begun distributing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) annual rental payments to participants across the country. USDA also will distribute 2013 direct payments beginning October 24. Payments originally were scheduled to be issued earlier in the month, but were delayed by several weeks due to the lapse in Federal funding.

Do you have pesticides at your home or farm that you no longer need or use? If your answer is ‘yes’, then you’ll be interested in the Edgecombe County Pesticide Collection Day on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.
The Edgecombe County Extension Office, in cooperation with the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program, a Non-Regulatory and Cost-Free program, will be offering this Pesticide Collection Day for residents in Edgecombe County and all of the surrounding North Carolina counties.

The North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature (NCSTHL) heard from state leaders during the final meeting for 2013. In addition, the group also chose a new resolution to add to its current four that are sent to the North Carolina General Assembly for consideration. The group also elected new executive officers and celebrated the outgoing Speaker.

RED OAK -- Given Wilson Fike’s unblemished record, it wasn’t a surprise that the Golden Demons were able to secure a road victory last Thursday night against Big East Conference foe Northern Nash.
But what did raise some eyebrows was the way the Demons were able to move the ball against Northern Nash’s stern defense while building a lead in the first half of action.

STANHOPE -- Three matches and 240 minutes later, Northern Nash still couldn’t get a shot past Southern Nash keeper Ben Liles.
During the 2013 boys soccer campaign, the Firebirds tangled with Northern on three different occasions, including last Wednesday’s opener in the Class 3-A State Playoffs.

ROCKY MOUNT -- After spotting Southern Nash a 14-point cushion, the Rocky Mount Gryphons unleashed some Halloween Havoc on the Firebirds during last Thursday’s crucial Big East Conference football showdown.
With third place in the league and a stronger postseason seed at play, the Firebirds came out rolling with a pair of early touchdowns to stun the homestanding Gryphons.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The women’s soccer team of North Carolina Wesleyan College fell to Meredith College last Wednesday afternoon at Scalf Field by a 3-1 score, wrapping up their 2013 season.
The Bishops got on the board first with an early goal in the first period when Ashley Sankner beat the keeper and found Logan Bill on a one touch pass at the 6:24 mark.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School will begin its 2013-14 boys and girls basketball seasons with a home game on Nov. 19 against Goldsboro.
SN’s schedules are as follows, with home contests listed in CAPS:

NASH COUNTY -- Big East Conference co-champions Wilson Hunt and Rocky Mount each placed four performers on the league’s 2013 Girls Tennis All-Conference Team.
Leading the way was Wilson Hunt’s Taylor Love, who was saluted as the Player of the Year after going undefeated in Big East action.

Northern Nash’s quarterback Jacob Green escapes the pocket during last Thursday night’s home gridiron setback against the Wilson Fike Golden Demons.

Southern Nash’s defense comes up with a sack of Rocky Mount quarterback J.T. Smith.

Former Nash Central High School standout Vanessa Batchelor (holding ball) enjoyed a strong campaign in net this fall for the North Carolina Wesleyan College women’s soccer team.

TRULY THE TOP GUNS. The Carolina Pilots/Evoshield Canes recently won the 2013 Top Gun Winter World Series 13-Under Gold Division Tournament. During the event, the club outscored its opponents by a whopping 56-11 margin.

RALEIGH -- Doug Warf, Vice President of Marketing for the Carolina Hurricanes and Executive Director of the Kids ‘N Community Foundation, has announced today that tickets for the annual Casino Night and Wine Tasting, presented by PNC, are on sale.
The event will take place on the floor of PNC Arena on Feb. 1 from 7-11 p.m.

(L to R) Southern Nash’s Ishmael Rodriguez is defended by Northern Nash’s Tyler Jones during last Wednesday’s first-round match in the Class 2-A Boys Soccer State Playoffs.

Southern Nash’s Lorenzo Valdez tries to avoid a grab from Northern Nash’s Hunter Davis during last Wednesday’s boys soccer match.

Northern Nash’s Hunter Davis (right) sends the ball out of harm’s way as Southern Nash’s Ben Liles gives chase during last Wednesday’s action in the opening round of the 2013 Class 3-A Boys Soccer State Playoffs on the SNHS campus in Stanhope.

RED OAK -- Before the race, veteran Northern Nash High School boys coach Jeff Dodrill assessed that his Knights could finish anywhere between third and seventh place as a team at the Class 3-A East Regional Cross Country Championships.
So NN’s ensuing fourth-place effort, along with a team berth in this coming week’s Class 3-A State Finals, was certainly on the high end of Dodrill’s prediction scale.

As an advocate for the single parent family, Dr. Willie Mae Hawkins started a TV show to continue that support in hopes to reach more single parent households.  There is an urgency to inform single parent families that there is still hope for a better life...to regaining a healthy bonding relationship between parent and child, to balancing their lives and to achieving their personal dreams and goals with God on their side.

Saturday, November 2 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Thorne’s Chapel Baptist Church, 1624 Windsor Drive, Rocky Mount
Saturday, November 2 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Nashville Police Department, 501 S Barnes Street, Nashville
Monday, November 4 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. at Lakeside Baptist Church, 1501 Sunset Avenue, Rocky Mount

Close to 300 runners, some clad in costume, took to the streets of Nashville Saturday morning for the first ever Monster Dash for United Way.
Rosemary Dorsey, Nash County Assistant County Manager and one of the organizers for the event, said she was pleased with how the event turned out.

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two Hispanic men allegedly involved in a shooting at a store in the Sandy Cross community on Sunday night.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, two individuals were shot several times and one was beaten with a pool stick, after an argument that stemmed from a pool game at the La Pasada Hispanic Store, on Highway 58 in the Sandy Cross community.

The Town of Nashville has hired a Tarboro woman to serve as the new Finance Director.
Anne Mann will begin work next week.
The finance director position was left vacant earlier this year after the retirement of Barbara Pleasants. Sandra Taylor had served as the Interim Finance Director.

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory visited Rocky Mount last week to help unveil a new building at Hospira.
The new quality and analytical testing laboratory will bring around 200 new jobs to the area, along with an overall $200 million investment.
The laboratory will feature the latest technology and advancements in quality and analytical testing and inspection and will be responsible for testing over 450 different products.