Corrine Cooper Stevens, 72 of Spring Hope, passed away on August 29, 2013.
Alma Penn Harris, age 95, of Nashville, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2013.
A failure to work after paid was reported on 8/26/13 at 7497 S. Old Carriage Road
A recovered stolen firearm was reported on 8/27/13 at 200 Enterprise Drive
A narcotics violation was reported on 8/27/13 at 6811 Frazier Road
A damage to property was reported on 8/27/13 at 522 N. Old Carriage Road
INCIDENTS
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 8/25/13 at 110 Elm Street
A driving while impaired and hit and run was reported on 8/25/13 on N. Clarendon Drive
A possession of counterfeit money and obtaining money/property by false pretense was reported on 8/25/13 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
By:
AMELIA HARPER, GRAPHIC CORRESPONDENT
As part of an effort to straighten out Church Street in Red Oak, commissioners voted on September 2 to transfer several deeds to adjacent churches and the Red Oak Clubhouse. The move came as the town is trying to add curb and gutter down the entire road.
Stocks Engineering, which is overseeing the project, presented the town with a new set of maps of the road based on the most recent surveys.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
Beethoven & Blue Jeans by Christopher Anderson Reed at 7 p.m.
$12 General Admission
*Classical
Regular readers know that around this time of year, when the gnats of Southern Nash County peak with the “mild” North Carolina climate of 90 degrees, that it is rant time at the Soapbox. It can’t be helped.
But this year, in the interest of variety and clarity, I’ll stick to three comments on each topic.
Just over a year ago, Allen and I (really, it was just Allen) made a decision to get some chickens.
We started with two chickens. They were really just ornamental chickens that we got for Corbin around his first birthday. We thought it would be good to let him have his own chickens and that way, we could start teaching him responsibility and let him experience real country life.
We’ve got a lot of exciting things happening in downtown Nashville! If you haven’t visited downtown recently, be sure to slip down here and check us out!
The Nashville Furniture building is getting ready to be the new home of Tripp Furniture from Rocky Mount. Many of us have been quite concerned over such a large building in downtown being vacant and hoping that something would soon fill the empty spot.
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A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
This photo was originally published May 7, 1970. Nash County Social Worker Mrs. Carolyn Dunn (seated, left) was pictured instructing women how to make their money and material go farther in a new program that had just begun at Nash County Social Services.
By:
AMANDA CLARK, GRAPHIC STAFF WRITER
Nashville’s Town Council met with representatives of the Carolina Gateway Partnership to hear the results of a market feasibility study for a business park.
John Gessaman and Krista Ikirt made the presentation last Thursday afternoon.
The Research Triangle Regional Partnership (RTRP), a leading economic development agency for the Research Triangle Region, has welcomed Carolinas Gateway Partnership to the RTRP team to market the Research Triangle Region. Carolinas Gateway Partnership, based in Rocky Mount, is a public-private industrial recruitment agency dedicated to the economic development of Nash and Edgecombe counties.
The Nash County Arts Council is seeking applications for the 2013–2014 Regional Artist Project Grants. The deadline to apply is Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.
The Regional Artists Project program is managed through a partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council and 29 local arts councils throughout eastern North Carolina working as a consortium.
John V. and Barbara H. Denton recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married August 25, 1963 at Arlington Street Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, NC with Rev. H. C. Lowder performing the ceremony. Mrs. Denton is the former Barbara Ann Harris. They were recently honored by their children and grandchildren at the Angus Barn in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Jones recently celebrated 50 years of marriage on July 5, 2013. Family and friends attended a dinner given by their children, Karen and Sherwood Joyner and Stephanie Jones and their grandchildren Allyssa and Nathan Joyner. Mrs. Jones is the former Louise Worrell.
Anna West, a case manager at Nash Health Care, was recently honored with the organization’s quarterly DAISY Award for outstanding nursing. West has worked at Nash Health Care for more than 25 years. A resident of Littleton, she received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Duke University.
The DAISY Award was created from the DAISY Foundation, which was established in 2000 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes.
Nash Community College has hired an alumnus to lead its alumni outreach. Melissa Sykes of Nashville was named the College’s Coordinator of Alumni and Annual Programs earlier this month.
Sykes joins Nash Community College from Louisburg College where she served in the Financial Aid department.
Seniors from five counties, including Nash, are among those who placed in the Down East Senior Games and now qualify for the NC Senior Games State Finals in Raleigh.
The City of Rocky Mount hosted the Down East Senior Games this year, which was held April 29 through May 10.
If the puppies and kittens aren’t born to begin with, then they don’t have to die!
Someday, we hope to have an affordable spay and neuter clinic near Nashville. Ideally, we would have a clinic where the adopted pets could be dropped off and picked up from the clinic! Of course, that will take a while, but we can dream! Here are some of the closest vets with programs!
Wednesday, September 4 from 10 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. at Lowe’s, 700 N. Wesleyan Boulevard, Rocky Mount
Wednesday, September 4 from 3:15 until 6:15 p.m. at Chili’s Grill and Bar, 1276 Home Depot Plaza, Rocky Mount
Lula Shackelford was recently recognized at Nashville United Methodist Church for her years of service as the Red Cross Blood Drive Coordinator for the church. Pictured is Shackelford (at right) and Dana Nethercutt (at left), NUMC Administrative Assistant. The church will host its next blood drive on September 9 from 3 until 7 p.m.
Our choir sang “The Windows of Heaven are Open” for the call to worship. Pastor Aycock welcomed everyone and prayed the prayer of invocation. Hymns of worship were “In Times Like These” and “Since Jesus Came Into My Heart.” Algie Jones, Jr. led the congregational singing. Prayer concerns were shared; shutins, sick, lonely, youth, nation, church, soldiers, missionaries and lost.
September is here. School began last Monday and the children and teachers have settled into a new school routine.
On this first Sunday of September, Peachtree folks gathered for worship. Pastor Whitehouse greeted those present.
September kicks off the emphasis on NC Missions and offering. This offering supports many things including the Baptist Men and disaster relief.
The Red Oak United Methodist Church will have their first Fellowship Meal on Wednesday, September 4. This is a time to come together and enjoy each other’s company.
Lt. Matt Trantham, of the Salvation Army, was the guest speaker at the Rocky Mount Rotary Club’s meeting last Monday. Trantham is in charge of the Salvation Army, which serves Nash and Edgecombe Counties. Pictured is Trantham (at right) with Rotary President Krista Ikirt (at left). The Rocky Mount Rotary Club meetings every Monday at 1 p.m. at the Doubletree at the Gateway Centre.
