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Stephanie Brown (center) was honored recently by Down East Radio Reading Service with a Lifetime Achievement Award.  David Edwards (right), Immediate Past Chair, presented the framed certificate and praised Browns’ years of exemplary service as DERRS’ Director of Volunteer Services.  Edwards said, “When our organization was in the planning stages, we needed a person who had the expertise and local knowledge to gather a cadre of volunteers to staff a radio reading service.  Stephanie took on that task and has admirably directed volunteer operations by recruiting, training and scheduling our all-volunteer staff of readers since the beginning.  Her commitment to our efforts is commendable.”  Adding his congratulations is DERRS’ Chairman of the Board, Brandon Berry (left).

Wednesday, October 16 from 11:45 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Eaton Corporation, 8171 Planer Mill Road, Middlesex
Wednesday, October 16 from 3 until 7 p.m. at the Red Oak Volunteer Fire Department, 7951 Red Oak Road, Red Oak
Tuesday, October 22 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Edgecombe Community College, 225 Tarboro Street, Rocky Mount

Laura Wimberly Moore and Ronald Scott Braswell III  were married  at 4 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2013 at Nashville United Methodist Church in a ceremony honoring and glorifying God. The officiating minister was Dr. Rev. Johnny Clark.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aurthur Stevenson of Nashville.
The groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Scott Braswell Jr. of Rocky Mount.

Danielle Puckett and Kyle Tedder were married Aug. 30, 2013 at White Dove Wedding  Chapel. Rev. Dr. Brigitte Gros was the officiating minister.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Puckett of Nashville.
The groom’s parents are Mr. amd Mrs. Dan Tedder of Middlesex.

Lervern and Patsy Sykes recently celebrated 60 years of marriage with a party given by their children at Peachtree Baptist Church in Spring Hope. They were married September 5, 1953 in El Paso, Texas.  They have four children, Robert Sykes and wife Amy; Cynthia Everett and husband Bill;  Vicky Valdivinous and husband Luna; and Timmy Sykes deceased in Nash County.  They are loved by nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at Nashville Elementary School is hoping to expand its annual Fall Festival by allowing for more community participation.
The festival is set for Friday, October 25 from 5 until 8 p.m. at the school’s baseball field. The event is being moved to the baseball field from the lot next to the school because it has grown so much, said PTA Secretary Anna Matthews Joyner.

The Nashville Hornets came to mind for Owen Phillips as he was thinking about what to do for his Eagle Scout project.
Phillips, an eighth grader at Red Oak Middle School, said he wanted to give back to the program that had taught him so much.
Phillips is a Life Scout with Troop 40 in Rocky Mount. He first joined the scouts as a cub scout and said scouting really appealed to him.

Patrons of Harold D. Cooley Library in Nashville will soon have access to laptops, thanks to a grant that is shared between Cooley and Braswell libraries. As part of the grant, Cooley received 10 laptops, which patrons will be able to use in the library. The laptops will be available in November, according to Library Director Brian Booth. Pictured above (L-R), Robin Romanus and Mark Sundbom, of Braswell Library, work on configuring laptops to prepare them for public use.

A Nashville woman was injured after her vehicle was hit from behind on US Highway 64.
According to the Rocky Mount Police Department, Lori McLeod, of Nashville, had pulled over on Highway 64, near Benvenue Road, when she then pulled into the travel lane and was excellerating on Highway 64, when she was struck from behind by Mikel Hargrove, of Bunn.

The Country Doctor Museum in Bailey held its third annual History Alive! event Saturday, Oct. 12 attracting an estimated 400-500 visitors.
Visitors were treated to free museum tours, horse drawn carriage rides, hearth cooking demonstrations, mid-19th century music by The Huckleberry Brothers, children’s activities, exhibits, food and more.

VOLUNTEERS ~ Nash County Animal Friends can use photographers, transporters and fosters.  We work through FaceBook.  If you wish to help, message us!  The Nash County Animal Control Shelter will not allow volunteers, due to the county’s  liability insurance.  Mind you, they do allow community service workers.  If they would allow volunteers, we could take a lot of work off of the officers.  We could walk and socialize the pets.  We could clean.

Local Girl Scounts and Cub Scouts participated in a mock trial at the Nash County Courthouse on Saturday, October 5th. Each participant had a role in which all roles from an actual teen trial were explored, and gave insight to all involved.

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) of Nash and Edgecombe counties is the recipient of a $6,000 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Grant awarded by the Keep America Beautiful national office. The purpose of the grant is to reduce litter caused by cigarette butts and will be applied to City Lake in Rocky Mount.; Riverfront Park in Tarboro and Stoney Creek Park in Nashville.

The City of Rocky Mount hosted an unveiling of the Bishop FC Barnes Marker on September 8 at Redd Budd Holy Church on Cleveland Street in Rocky Mount. Barnes founded and established Red Budd Holy Church in 1959. The church was initially located in Castalia but later moved to Rocky Mount. Barnes served as a pastor at the church for over 52 years. He was also a renowned gospel singer, best known for the song “Rough Side of the Mountain,” which remained #1 on the billboard charts for over a year. Barnes died July 11, 2011. Pictured above is the marker along with those who attended the ceremony.

Our choir sang “God is so Good” for the call to worship. Pastor Aycock welcomed everyone and prayed the prayer of invocation. Hymns of worship were “What a Friend” and “Jesus is Lord of All.” Kenneth Parker led the singing. Prayer concerns were shared; sick, shutins, hurting, soldiers, missionaries, our church, our nation and the leaders. That Christians will be revived and the lsot saved this week in revival. Mon.-Wed. 7 p.m.

On a drizzly, fall morning Peachtree folks gathered for worship.  Sanctuary flowers were given in memory of R. S. Griffin by his widow, Lillie Belle Griffin.
Pastor Whitehouse welcomed all those present.  His sermon topic was “Is Your Grace Hidden?”  It was based on scripture found in I Samuel 16:18-23.  It was a continuation of a study of King David’s life.

UDC Bethel Heroes Chapter 636 held its October meeting at the Braswell Memorial Library.  The speaker for this event was UDC member Margie Parker Brantley.    Mrs. Brantley spoke on her recent visit to the Civil War Museum at the old  Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville, Virginia.  Her speech included the history of the Museum as well as photographs of it as it appears today.

Nashville’s Business and Professional Women (BPW) learned self-defense techniques at their September meeting. Allen Clark, owner and instructer of Nashville Academy of Martial Arts, showed members basic self-defense moves and how ladies can use typical items in their purses as weapons.

The NEED, Inc. Board of Directors is seeking membership to represent District 1 of Nash County.
The Board of Directors serves as the policy-making body of NEED, Inc. The board’s responsbilities include: developing policies, objectives and strategies to accomplish the organization’s objectives, and to insure that its policies and plans are executed. In addition, the Board gives support, direction and guidance to the Executive Director in the formation of policies.

Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa International Society for Key Women Educators met at Lakeside Baptist Church on September 26, 2013, with President Tobey Worthington presiding. Treasurer Marianne Matthews presented the budget, and explained changes for this year. Jeannette Pittman, Chairman of the Educational Law and Policy Committee, presented some legislative issues concerning education. After the presentation, the membership was asked to complete a short survey.

STANHOPE -- All along, Nash Central High School volleyball coach Frank Poyer believed the effort was there for his Lady Bulldogs.
But in Poyer’s estimation, Central has simply been unable to claim the big points in tight matches -- the rallies that often determine the outcome of the event.

WILSON -- Northern Nash took powerhouse Wilson Fike to four games last Tuesday but was still defeated in a key Big East Conference volleyball matchup.
Northern, which finished in third place in the league, fell 25-6, 25-8, 23-25 and 25-21 to the Golden Demons.
Shelby Godwin delivered six service points for the Lady Knights, including a quartet of aces.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Christian Buffaloe, a 13-year-old local youth, recently competed in the “2013 All American Open International Karate Championships” in New York City.
This prestigious annual event is sponsored and organized by the International Kyokushin Karate Organization in Tokyo and features fighters from Japan, Russia, Europe, Australia, Canada and South America.

ONE TO REMEMBER. Last Friday was quite a night in Death Valley as Northern Nash hosted Wilson Hunt in the Big East Conference football opener for both clubs. Not only was NN celebrating Senior Night, but there was also a special pre-game presentation as Knights’ coach Randy Raper received his commemorative jacket for being named to the Tar Heel coaching staff for the prestigious North Carolina-South Carolina Shrine Bowl Football Game, which will be played in December on the campus of Wofford University in Spartanburg, S.C. In the photo above: Coach Raper tries on his Shrine Bowl jacket.

Northern’s Kendrick Richardson stiff-arms a Hunt defender. The visiting Warriors held on to defeat the Knights by a 14-7 margin in the key Big East Conference meeting.