The Nash Community College Student Government Association (SGA) led efforts this holiday season resulting in a campus donation of 75 Angel Tree stockings for the Salvation Army and 814 non-perishable food items for United Way.
North Carolina Wesleyan College has announced plans for the annual Scholarship Day Competition for selected incoming freshmen to be held on February 18, 2013 at the Rocky Mount campus. Wesleyan is providing an opportunity for qualified students to earn prestigious financial awards in varying amounts that may equal up to full tuition per year for four years.
By:
Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
I want to extend a BIG THANK YOU to our supporters. We are making dents in the kill rate at the Shelter, but it is going to NEVER be good until there is a CAT GROUP. We need someone to form a TNR (Trap, Neuter/Spay and Return) group, one with a BARN program. The person will get LOTS of support from my group and from PAWNC, but we need a in-charge person! Is that YOU?
Thursday, January 10 from 3 until 7 p.m. at West Mount Volunteer Fire Department, 7955 West Mount Drive, Rocky Mount
Saturday, January 12 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Thorne’s Chapel Baptist Church, 1624 Windsor Drive, Rocky Mount
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WAKE FOREST -- As a distance runner in high school, Mickey Bissette trained himself to travel great distances in order to outlast the competition.
Patience, as always, was the key to long-term success.
It was a lesson Bissette learned at Southern Nash -- and one that he would carry with him through life.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
CHAPEL HILL -- Some of the best wrestlers in the state -- and beyond -- descended upon the main gymnasium at Chapel Hill High School on Dec. 28-29 for the annual Tiger Holiday Invitational Tournament.
The gym was full of spirit and intensity for the majority of the two-day competition, as another match started quickly after the previous one had been completed.
Northern Nash’s Jakelvis Ford (top) maintains his balance during action at the Chapel Hill High School Wrestling Tournament.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Records continue to fall as the Nash Central High School girls team works its way through the Big East Conference swim schedule in dominant fashion.
Jennifer Jackson, who is only a freshman at NCHS, has shattered seven league marks in her inaugural prep campaign -- including two more during last Thusday’s first post-holiday league pool event at the Harrison Family YMCA.
RED OAK -- Northern Nash High School will host its annual Girls Soccer Preseason Jamboree on Feb. 21 on the NNSH campus.
In addition to the host Lady Knights, other participants will be Tarboro, Corinth Holders and Southern Nash.
Tickets are $4 per person and will be available at the gate. Teams will scrimmage in a 40-minute format, with a 10-minute break between sessions.
ROLLING IN THE BIG EAST. Among the competitors at last Thursday’s Big East Conference Swim Meet at the Harrison Family YMCA in Rocky Mount were a Southern Nash swimmer.
RALEIGH -- North Carolina State University baseball coach Elliott Avent, a Nash County native, announced an early signing class of 11, continuing to build on the recruiting momentum generated by an exciting Regional Championship and Super Regional berth at No. 1 ranked Florida last spring.
The Wolfpack’s 2013 class includes Wilmington Hoggard’s highly sought after pitcher Joe O’Donnell, considered by many to be the top prospect in the state.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Red Oak Middle School’s worst-ever boys basketball season in 2011-12 came with one huge asterisk.
All along, ROMS veteran coach Jeff Dodrill knew the campaign was destined to be a rebuilding one as the Tigers started four seventh-graders.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WILSON -- Competing in the Second Annual Patriot All-American Invitational Golf Tournament meant much more to Daniel Claytor than just the opportunity to tee off again some of the country’s best all-classification players.
RALEIGH -- Don Fish, Executive Director of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, has announced that former Carolina Hurricanes player and current Vice President of Hockey Operations Ron Francis is among the 11 members of the Hall’s 50th anniversary class.
Francis will officially become the first hockey representative in the museum during a ceremony on May 2.
Red Oak Middle School perimeter standout Demonte Williams drives for two points for the Tigers during last Thursday evening’s home boys basketball victory against county rival Edwards MS.
Red Oak Middle School boys basketball coach Jeff Dodrill observes the action during his team’s home victory last Thursday against rival Edwards MS. Check out the players’ tiger warm-up shirts, which were discovered by Dodrill last summer.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Could Rocky Mount be on track for another Class 3-A Boys Basketball State Champion?
The Gryphons, who are the defending state title holders, appear to be in strong defense mode heading into the meat of their Big East Conference schedule.
Rocky Mount is 12-1 overall, with the lone loss coming at the Durham Riverside Tobbaco Road Holiday Invitational Tournament.
GREENVILLE -- East Carolina University shot nearly 50 percent from the floor and held a 48-38 advantage on the boards en route to a 91-60 hoops win over North Carolina Wesleyan College last Saturday in Greenville.
The Bishops’ Brandon Givens continued his impressive play with 23 points and nine rebounds, while junior Josh Morrison joined him in double-figures with 11 points and six boards.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Bunn High School secured a 59-24 decision over the host Nash Central Bulldogs during a prep wrestling match last Wednesday evening on the NCHS campus.
Nash Central’s winners came courtesy of Xavier Cox (pinfall at 126), Devonte Johnson (pinfall at 152), Maquise Leonard (pinfall at 170) and Steven Joyner (pinfall at 182).
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Since 1964, the Rocky Mount Breakfast Optimist Club has presented the Melvin Newell Award to a deserving young baseball player in Nash County.
The criteria is simple -- the youngster must play on an organized baseball team and be active in both community and church.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville’s Police Department is gearing up for its third Citizen’s Police Academy and is hoping to offer two classes this time around.
Community Services Officer Steve Glover said the department will offer two class times, a day class and a night class, in hopes of drawing more people that want to participate but don’t want to be out so late at night.
A Rocky Mount man was arrested and charged with burglary and rape.
A woman reported to Nash County authorities the morning of Dec. 22 that a man, later identified as Timothy C. Stallings, entered a home through a window, raped her, assaulted her and held her against her will.
The report, by Nashville Police Officer David Rose, identified Stallings, 41, as the suspect in the case. The incident is alleged to have begun around midnight on Dec. 21.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Nashville woman was one of 14 women selected to be featured in a pinup calendar to raise awareness about the pit bull breed of dog.
Shelley Milburn is featured as the May model for the Pinups for Pitbulls, Inc. 2013 Calendar. Deirdre Franklin, the President and Founder of Pinups for Pitbulls, said around 500 women entered the competition to be featured in the calendar.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Nash Health Care Board of Commissioners honored two of their own earlier this month at the board’s regular meeting.
CEO Larry Chewning presented a resolution honoring the service of Donald Raper, Jr. and Dr. Michael Crawford, who are leaving the board. Raper was on hand to receive the plaque with the resolution from Chewning.
Draka Elevator Products plans to expand its Rocky Mount operations, creating 67 jobs and investing over $3 million over the next three years.
Governor Beverly Perdue made the announcement last Thursday afternoon.
“My first priority is creating jobs,” Governor Perdue said. “Our customized job training programs and skilled workforce have created a strong business climate that allows manufacturers to thrive in a global economy.”
