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Several ladies from Red Oak Baptist Church participated in the Adopt-a-Dorm Bible Study at Fountain Correctional Center on Monday, Sept. 2.  Nell Boone led the study.  Others attending included Sue Edwards, Jean Mellor, Karen Girona, Audrey Pearce, Suzy Pearce, and Marion Faulkner.

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 10 individuals this month as part of an on-going investigation in the sale of illegal controlled substances.
The Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division began arresting the individuals on September 4. During the investigation, deputies seized marijuana, prescription pills and heroin.
Five Nashville residents were among those arrested during the investigation.

At their work session Monday night, the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) board reviewed the system’s graduation rate increase details. In total, the percentage of students in NRMS who have graduated on time has increased over the past four years, from 70.8 in 2010, to 74.7 in 2011, 76.7 in 2012, and 79.4 in 2013. The state graduation rate for 2013 is 82.5 percent, well above the national average, Dr. Anthony Jackson, NRMS superintendent, shared.

Badges and Books. Local youth will now start to see the two together, as Nashville’s Police Department recently started a unique reading program, “Badges and Books,” where police officers read to children. 
Community Services Officer Jennifer Bull said she was looking for new programs for Nashville’s Police Department when she came across the “Badges and Books” in another area. She said she kept coming across it in other places and decided it would be a good fit for Nashville.

Like many other hospitals in the nation, Nash Health Care is suffering economic struggles in a flagging economy with increasing costs and less income from state and federal sources to cover patient costs. However, increased earnings on investments have helped to ease the impact of lessening revenues.
NHC Finance Chairman Al Hooks presented his report of the period ending July 31, 2013 at the September 4 meeting of the Nash Health Care Board.

Nash County Commissioners declined to adopt a resolution of endorsement for the Twin Counties Visioning Plan.
The Twin Counties Visioning Plan has been a work in progress for several years. The first phase of the plan is now complete. In July, seven specific goals that were established in the plan were presented to Nash County Commissioners, along with Edgecombe County Commissioners and the Rocky Mount City Council.

Sharpsburg is hosting a celebration on Saturday to host 130 years since the town was incorporated.
Mayor Robert Williams said he hopes Sharpsburg residents, along with residents in neighboring areas, will come out and help the town celebrate.
“It’s 130 years so that’s a big celebration,” Williams said.

NC Senator Angela R. Bryant (Democrat) and NC Representative Bobbie Richardson (Democrat) spoke Monday night at the VOICE of Nashville meeting held in the Council Chambers at the Harold D. Cooley Library in Nashville. The two North Carolina congresswomen spoke for over an hour, addressing recent decisions made by the state legislature.
The NC state legislature is now largely ruled by Republicans, who won the majority in 2010.

Spring Hope residents again came before commissioners to complain about a messy yard on Azalea Lane.
The property, owned by Jan Bryant, sits outside of the town’s ETJ, which, according to commissioners and Town Manager John Holpe, puts limitations on what the town can do.

INCIDENTS
A larceny was reported on 9/1/13 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 9/1/13 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A larceny was reported on 9/2/13 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

William B. Williams, age 94, of Spring Hope, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2013 at Nash General Hospital.

NASHVILLE –– Grady Bobbitt, Jr., 79, passed away  September 1, 2013.

Marvin Earl Cobb, 69, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at Nash General Hospital.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Therman Westray, 69, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013.

Fay Lutrelle Richardson, age 79, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2013.  Born in Nashville on June 10, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Logan McGouy Richardson and Sanchez Moncrief Richardson.  She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Mildred Hendricks, Sarah Whichard and June Hendricks; and brothers, Dick Richardson, Jim Nick Richardson and Buck Richardson.

John Cabey, 92, of Whitakers, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2013.

Christie Dickinson Camp, 47 of Marietta, Georgia passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013. Christie is preceded in death by her son, Owen Tate Wheeler of Georgia, and mother Frances Lamm Dickinson of Spring Hope.

HIGH POINT - Elder Herman L. Vaughn, 66, of High Point, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2013.

Betty Mottern Ferguson, age 90, passed away Friday, September 6, 2013. She was born in Kent, Oregon on May 13, 1923 to Arthur Leland Mottern and Mattie Rae Mottern.

Jesse Earl Stallings, 46, passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013. He was born January 1, 1967 in Nash County.  Jesse was preceded in death by a brother, Ricky Stallings.

Elvie Ruth Edgren Donovan, 81, of Rocky Mount, passed September 3, 2013. Born in Jamestown, New York, on January 29, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Johan August and Gerda Sjobeck Edgren. 

Janie Margaret Lewis Edwards, 82, of Woodbridge, VA, formerly of Spring Hope, passed away September 6, 2013.

Lella Baines Lewis, 77, passed away September 6, 2013. She was born to the late Mary and George Baines in Brunswick County.

Evangeline Proctor Miller of Rocky Mount passed away September 7, 2012. She was born April 20, 1934.

ENFIELD - Funeral services for Tavares E. Evans, 27, who died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, were held  Friday, September 6, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Melvin Johnson officiating. Burial followed in the Evans family cemetery.