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GIMME FIVE. Members of the Cobras have a good time during recent action in the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s Fall Soccer Season. The Cobras play in the Red Oak Ages 4-5 Division.

Nashville Hornets’ varsity standout Jamar Ellis sprints upfield after a pass reception during last Saturday’s win at SouthWest Edgecombe.

Southern Nash senior quarterback Deon Lavender (right) is just as proud of his blocking abilities as his passing statistics. On this play, Lavender is shown blocking for teammate Clinton Whitaker during last Friday’s road conquest at Tarboro. The Firebirds will remain on the road this Friday to open Big East Conference play at Wilson Fike High School.

Nashville’s Garrett Pannell (left) comes up with a defensive stop during the Hornets’ road triumph last Saturday afternoon against the SouthWest Edgecombe Cougar Cubs.

Myrtle H. Harper, 91, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013. She was born on May 5, 1922 to the late Dee and Sally Hawkins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Luther Harper;  son-in-law’s Aster Griffin and Ted Beichner; brothers, Jesse, Lonnie and Johnny Hawkins; sisters, Betty Leonard, Nellie Leonard, Hazel Allen and Annie Laura Harper and a grandson, Ray Griffin.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Rev. Plummer Davis, Jr., 59, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013 in Rocky Mount.

RALEIGH –– Rhonda Toi Bennett, 45, of Raleigh, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 in Raleigh.

SPRING HOPE –– Tommy Jeffries, age 75, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013.

ROCKY MOUNT - McArthur King, 69, of Battleboro, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013.

NASHVILLE - Daniel Keith “Danny” Watson, age 65, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013. Born in Pitt County on July 27, 1948, he was the son of the late William “Bill” Ernest Watson and Lydia Meeks Watson.

ROCKY MOUNT – Cheston Vaux “Chet” Mottershead, Junior, passed away on September 26, 2013. He was born on November 9, 1936, to the late Cheston V. Mottershead, Senior, and Caroline Wichterman Mottershead. He was preceded in death by his brother, John Mottershead.

Geraldine “Gerrie” Ann Roberson, age 84, passed away on September 26, 2013. A Durham native, Gerrie was born to the late John Knox and Juanita Gentry Roberson.

Albert Vernon Edwards, age 83, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013. Born in Robeson County on July 21, 1930, he was the son of the late Samuel Cary Edwards and Artie L. Edwards. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Arthur Edward; and sister, Veronia Turner.

Shelley Medlin Lockamy, 79, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013.  She was born on November 19, 1933 in Macon County. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruby McCall and a brother, Cleo McCall.

Evelyn Warner Pittman, born in Jackson, Kentucky on February 22, 1943 passed away September 26, 2013.

Artis Joyner Skinner, age 86, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013.

NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Mary Ossie Richardson, 94, who died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at Philadelphia Baptist Church, with the Rev. Thomas Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the Tillman-Lynch cemetery.

INCIDENTS
A possession of counterfeit money was reported on 9/23/13 at Dollar Country
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 9/23/13 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A larceny was reported on 9/23/13 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence was reported on 9/23/13 at 5006 Dorothy Lane
A failure to register as a sex offender was reported on 9/23/13 at 833 West Haven Blvd
A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence and injury to real property was reported on 9/23/13 at 8456 S Halifax Road

The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) technology staff completed delivery of all iPads and MacBook Air laptops to their 28 elementary, middle, and high schools on Friday, Sept. 27. The delivery goal NRMS administrators set was for all students to have their devices by this Wednesday, Oct. 2.
The NRMS tech staff delivered and handled individualized setup for all students’ iPads in grades 4-6 and all students’ laptops in grades 7-12, according to the administration’s “iConnect” program.

Keeping Score, an original musical drama by local playwright and composer Jim Lee, will be performed at Nash Arts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 3rd through 5th at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, October 6th at 2:30 p.m. Keeping Score, tells the story of four generations of small-town North Carolina women from the perspective of three Thanksgiving mornings in 1957, 1977, and 1997.

Nash County Commissioners will interview six candidates next week for the county manager position.
Commissioners met last week in a closed session for over an hour to discuss the 20 applicants who have so far applied for the position.
Former County Manager Bob Murphy was terminated in July, following a closed session board meeting, where commissioners later voted 4-3 to terminate Murphy.

My boys, aged 8 and 6, play soccer.
If you were to come to my house any night of the week when they don’t have practice, you would think tryouts were coming soon for MLS. There is plenty of shoving, trash-talking and aggressive, alpha male behavior. This is just when they’re getting dressed.

If you missed the first Dancing with the Arts competition Friday night --- you missed a memorable event!
Not only did we get a chance to see many of our business neighbors compete on stage for the trophy --- they raised a little over $9,000 for Nash Arts while doing so!
The fund raiser was organized by Amy Beasley who serves on the Nash Arts board and volunteers at the center quite a bit.