By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
After the school shooting in Connecticut, more people are signing up for concealed carry classes.
The classes are required in order to even apply for a concealed carry permit, said Neal Boone, an instructor for the class.
“This is the class that the State of North Carolina says you must take,” Boone said. “You must have this.”
Bojangles was the site of the second Coffee with a Cop event on Friday morning. The event gives residents a chance to chat with Nashville Police Chief Thomas Bashore and his officers. Pictured above, Nashville Police Officer J.S. Sullivan talks with long-time Nashville resident Atlee Gulley.
Appalachia State University has released its graduation list for the Fall 2012 semester. A total of 186 graduate students and 985 undergraduate students received degrees during ceremonies held in December.
Locals graduating include Carolina Samantha Vaughan, of Middlesex, who received a Bachelor of Arts in English.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville Town Council Members met with local state legislators on Monday morning to go over a few issues of concern.
The meeting is held each year with legislators prior to the state’s budget session so Nashville Council Members can provide any requests or concerns for legislators to take to Raleigh.
Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools and all school districts across the state are gearing up for the unveiling of a new student information system (SIS) this summer, designed to improve every aspect of student data collection and reporting.
The state is replacing the current NCWISE system with the PowerSchool® solution from Pearson.
Jim Gardner was sworn in recently as the Chairman of the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. Chairman Gardner leads the three-person state ABC Commission, which oversees all alcohol regulation in the state of North Carolina. Gov. Pat McCrory appointed Gardner, along with Commissioners Joel Keith and Kevin Green to the state ABC Commission in February.
Tyler Reynolds, a senior business major from Spring Hope, has been named to the University of Dallas Dean’s List for the fall 2012 semester for earning a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
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Navy Seaman Patrick N. Matthews, son of Shelby J. and Wesley N. Matthews, of Rocky Mount, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
Nash Community College Advertising and Graphic Design students Kristen Wood and Matt Davis have joined LongStreet Wide-Format Printing & Cutting as interns.
“Kristen & Matt are our fifth & sixth interns from Nash,” said Clint Williams, Director of Operations & Marketing for LongStreet Wide-Format Printing & Cutting.
Thursday, March 21 from 12 until 5:30 p.m. at Spring Hope Elementary School
Monday, March 25 from 3 until 7 p.m. at Red Oak Volunteer Fire Dept., 7951 Red Oak Blvd.
Thursday, March 28 from 12:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Nash Central High School in the gym, 4279 Nash Central High Road, Rocky Mount
By:
Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
Last week I talked about Buddy, the basset/border collie. Glad to report he got adopted! Then there was that HUGE girl, Julie. She was rescued by a group in Asheville (Brother Wolf Animal Rescue). It was actually a good week for those we got to promote. There were sad times too. A little Pomeranian was brought in that couldn’t stand, but the owner couldn’t afford a vet.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy held their Spring General Executive Board meeting in Richmond, Virginia on March 9, 2013. Four members from the Rocky Mount Bethel Heroes Chapter 636 attended the meeting. Pictured left to right are members Margaret Sink, Dottie Barrett, Helen Sharpe, and Margie Parker Brantley.
Thirty-one new troopers graduated on March 1 from the 130th Basic School of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. They were sworn in during ceremonies at the Colonial Baptist Church in Cary.
“I am extremely proud of these young men and women who have chosen to dedicate themselves to public service and represent the Highway Patrol,” said Lieutenant Colonel Gary L. Bell, acting Patrol Commander.
A Bailey Elementary student’s work was recently featured on Me-TV.
Green Screen Adventures featured the work of Vicki Maas, who wrote “How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.” The show aired on Saturday, February 16 on Me-TV, which can be seen on WRAZ.
Several ladies from Red Oak Baptist Church attended the Adopt-a-Dorm Bible Study at Fountain Correctional Center for Women on Monday, March 4. Audrey Pearce, Karen Girona, and Suzy Pearce led the study. Others participating included Hazel Hill, Marion Hawkins, Sue Edwards, Jean Mellor, and Marilyn Boone.
There were 74 in Sunday school today. We thank God for those who love to come and study God’s word together. I encourage you that don’t attend Sunday school some place to join us next Sunday and then stay for worship service. You won’t be disappointed. Robert Tyner prayed the closing prayer for the Sunday school hour.
On a beautiful spring-like morning, Pastor Whitehouse greeted Peachtree folks who had come to worship. This Sunday was the culmination of the Week of Prayer for North American Missions. The theme for the week was “Whatever it Takes”. Pastor Whitehouse chose as his sermon topic, “The Leading of the Lord in Personal Evangelism”, based on scripture Acts 8: 26-40.
The first concert of the 2013 season at Warren County’s historic Cherry Hill will feature Quercus, a group founded in 2009 by a group of friends who for a number of years, gathered monthly to perform for and critique each other, to discuss musical ideas, to learn from one another, and to have a more intimate musical community than their lives as orchestral musicians and teachers provided.
Claiborn Holtzman, a vendor at Nash County’s Employee Health and Wellness Fair, gets his blood pressure checked by Anne Brantley.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn has only one senior on its 2013 softball roster -- but she came through in the clutch during last Thursday’s non-conference home matchup with backyard foe Southern Nash.
Upperclassman Caitlin Ackerman delivered an RBI single to cap a three-run rally in the bottom of the fifth as the Ladycats clawed back to stop SN by a 4-2 margin.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
BUNN -- One of the most important players early in the season for the Southern Nash boys tennis team has been, of all people, the weatherman.
Southern Nash hasn’t had an extensive preparation period for its Big East Conference schedule, which was slated to begin (weather permitting, of course) Tuesday on the road against Wilson fike.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- In the estimation of Southern Nash softball coach Christy Bailey-Reams, senior catcher Erin Ogden has a simple-but-effective outlook on the game of life.
“When Erin sets a goal for herself, she works extra hard to make sure that she gets that goal,’’ Bailey-Reams said. “She is not the type of person that you underestimate.
WILSON -- The first Big East Conference Boys Golf Match of the 2013 season was held Monday at Happy Valley Golf Club, with Wilson Hunt serving as the host.
Wilson Fike was the team winner at 329, followed by Southern Nash (351), Wilson Hunt (352), Rocky Mount (383), Northern Nash (390) and Nash Central (430).
CULLOWHEE -- Western Carolina University redshirt junior guard Trey Sumler was twice honored by receiving All-Southern Conference basketball plaudits from both the league’s head coaches, as well as first-team All-SoCon honors from the voting members of the SoCon Sports Media Association (SCSMA).
Sumler is a Nash County native who prepped at Nash Central under Mike Mosley.
