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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Serving as the Police Chief of Nashville is a dream come true for Thomas Bashore.
Bashore, who began as Nashville’s Police Chief on November 27, said he’s at a point in his law enforcement career where he wants to do more pro-active policing. In Nashville, he feels he can do that.
Bashore came to Nashville from Rocky Mount’s Police Department, where he served for 15 years.
A Bailey woman was sentenced to life in prison for her role in drug trafficking.
United States Chief District Court Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced 41-year-old Beverly Allen Baker to life in prison last Tuesday. In addition, 31-year-old Ronnell Lamont Perry was sentenced to 108 months in prison and three years of supervised release and Wayne Vick, 47, was sentenced to 168 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Both Perry and Vick are also from Bailey.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Wood Briggs attended the Oak Level Ruritan Club’s annual Christmas banquet last Monday evening knowing two things. One, he’d be sworn in as the club’s Vice President. And two, he’d be receiving a perfect attendance pin for 25 years of faithfully attending meetings.
But Briggs didn’t know he’d receive one more honor; that he was the latest recipient of the Tom Downing Fellow Award.
ROCKY MOUNT - Mr. Charles Demetrius Alston, 54, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, December 9, 2012, at Nash General Hospital.
Betty Jean Johnson Moore, 59, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012. She was born August 12, 1953 to the late Nelson Alton Johnson, Sr. and Betty Lois Bizzell Johnson.
Dale Cary Bone, 69, of Wilson passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Wilson Medical Center. He was born in Nash county July 21, 1943, to Lucille J. Bone and Hubert C. Bone. He was preceded in death by his father, Hubert and his brother, William R. (Billy) Bone.
There are no words that can be written in a column that can put our minds at peace over what happened last Friday –– the mass murder of 20 children and six adults at an elementary schoolhouse in Connecticut –– a place that is supposed to be safe.
Due to being laid up from surgery, I was in bed watching the news as it came over Friday morning. I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I was hoping I was still groggy from anesthesia and it was all a bad dream, but it wasn’t.
I’m not one to preach to others and I certainly am not one to enter into arguments over religion. Though I am a church going (most of the time), God fearing (all of the time) woman, I am not one to push my religion down other’s throats. But please don’t correct me when I offer a simple Merry Christmas to you. I’m not trying to be politically correct. I’m just spreading Christmas cheer and you can’t spread Christmas cheer by saying “happy holidays” because you leave an important aspect of it out.
As we make our last minute preparations for Christmas this week, most of us will view the holiday as the way we’ve celebrated just over the course of our lives. There seems like a reasonable view.
Christmas in this country has not always been a big deal. There was even a time when some colonies actually outlawed the celebration of the holiday.
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Letters to the Editor:
Dear editor:
What is “Hidden in Plain Sight” is vice chancellor of student affairs, Virginia Hardy’s, Expressions staff and advisors inability to recognize porn when they see it. Mislabeling porn as “human nudity” does not make it any less pornographic. The pictures are so offensive that Expression posted several warnings that such photos were ahead. They knew what they were publishing is porn.
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A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
OH CHRISTMAS TREE! –– This photo was originally published in The Graphic on December 18, 1973. These youngsters were decorating the Christmas tree at Nashville Baptist Church. (Graphic photo by Smith.)
Nashville Patrol Officer Tiara Joyner helps Kamauri Walker shop last Wednesday at Wal-Mart as part of Nashville’s Kids and Cops Christmas.
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Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Despite statements that Castalia Commissioner Clarence Bender made to the press last week, he failed to show at this month’s Castalia Town Meeting held on December 4. Bender was reportedly released on bail after the court lowered the bail amount from $300,000 to $50,000 at his last court appearance. He was charged with three counts of drug-related charges primarily connected with the sales and distribution of prescription pain killers.
In the wake of the tragedy that has occurred in Newtown, Ct, Cornerstone Funeral Home and its staff will have register books on site for each family that was affected by this tragedy.
Cornerstone would like to invite the public to sign the books and show your love and support for these families.
The Nashville High School Class of 1962 celebrated its 50th reunion on Saturday, November 23 at the Nashville Community Building. Twenty-three classmates and 14 guests attended the event.
Jerry and Mary Carpenter of New Bern announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Pauline Carpenter of New Bern to Benjamin Colby Griffin of Red Oak. He is the son of Dwayne and Brenda Griffin of Red Oak. The wedding will take place on May 4, 2013 at Centenary United Methodist Church in New Bern.
Nash Community College’s Gamma Beta Phi Chapter recently inducted 45 new members for the 2012-2013 academic year. Gamma Beta Phi is a non-profit, co-educational, honor and service organization for students in colleges and universities. Its objectives are to recognize and encourage excellence in education, to promote the development of leadership ability and character, and to foster, disseminate, and improve education through appropriate service projects.
Navy Seaman Shawn M. Fahey, son of Doreen P. and Thomas M. Killoran of Rocky Mount, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
During the eight-week program, Fahey completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.
William “Bill” Sharpe became the newest member of the Nash-Rocky Board of Education during the Board’s regular meeting December 3.
During a ceremony held prior to the meeting, outgoing board member Tem Meyers was also honored for his service. Four current board members: Anne Edge, Doneva Chavis-Battle, Bob Jenkins, and Franklin Lamm were also sworn-in to their board seats. Board chair Evelyn Bulluck was affirmed to her board seat.
Kim Parker, eighth grade teacher at Red Oak Middle School, was recently recognized as an “Outstanding Secondary Mathematics Teacher” by the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Parker was nominated by her former principal, Robin May, now Executive Director of Secondary Instruction with Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools.
Michelle Cordova, a nurse at Nash Health Care, recently received the organization’s quarterly DAISY Award for outstanding nursing. Cordova, of Wake Forest, has worked on the third floor of Nash General and is now working in the Emergency Care Center. She has been wiht Nash Health Care since 2010. The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards and celebrates extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses.
Wake Electric recently awarded 24 teachers in Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash and Wake counties with Bright Ideas education grants, totaling more than $49,844 in grant monies. The grants will be used for a variety of classroom programs throughout the school year.
“We’re thrilled to award these dedicated educators with Bright Ideas grants,” said Darnell Alford, Business Operations Specialist and Bright Ideas coordinator for Wake Electric.
