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SPEIGHT’S TROPHY SHOP (CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT, FIRST PLACE. (L to R) Ray Richardson, Ashley Leonard, Carolyn Hinton and Roscoe Speight.
Posted on: October 25, 2012
By: Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
The final 2012 North Carolina Gubernatorial Debate was held last night at the Dunn Center on the Campus of NC Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount. The event marked an historic occasion as this was the first time that Rocky Mount has been the site of a Gubernatorial Debate. The event was jointly hosted by North Carolina Wesleyan College and the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce.
Linda Fisher of Nashville was recently elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of Tar River Land Conservancy, a Louisburg-based non-profit land trust. Ms. Fisher grew up in the Red Oak community of Nash County. She raises cattle on several farms in Nash County and Halifax County.
By: Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Castalia Commissioner Clarence Alexander Bender, 54, was arrested on Thursday, October 18 on drug-dealing charges which resulted from a two-month long investigation into reports of local prescription pill trafficking, the Nash County Sheriff’s Office reported. Bender was charged with three counts of “trafficking opium or heroin” and “maintaining a vehicle/dwelling place” for this purpose.
By: Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
The notion of Sanderson Farms bringing a poultry operation to Nash County has brought hope and optimism to the region’s flagging economy. However, it has also brought dissension and despair as well. As legal costs are climbing, with no end in sight, some are questioning whether the benefits of the operation are worth the costs incurred.
A crowd of people could be seen on the Richard Tyson Farm off of Highway 58 this past Saturday as dozens showed up to participate in the annual Yam Jam event. Hundreds of pounds of sweet potatoes were picked to donate to the NC Food Bank. The event is held each year and sponsored by First Christian Church. Pictured in the above photo, Myah Harrison, 9, of Rocky Mount, tosses a sweet potato into a bucket on Saturday morning.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville’s J.W. Glover Memorial Park will serve as a safe place for trick-or-treaters this Halloween, as the Recreation Department will sponsor its first “Trick-or-Treat in the Park” event.
Nashville Recreation Director Jim Glover said the town wanted to give parents an opportunity to bring their kids to a place where they could trick-or-treat without worrying so they decided to host an event at the park.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Boys and Girls Club youth will sit down and enjoy a steak dinner on Thursday night as part of the 18th annual Steak-N-Burger Dinner.
The fundraiser was put on hold several years ago but was brought back this year to replace the Phil Ford Golf Tournament, said Boys and Girls Clubs of Nash/Edgecombe Counties CEO Ron Green.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A local 4-H’er earned top honors recently at the North Carolina State Fair while showing his steer.
Luke LaHay, of Elm City, was named the Reserve Grand Champion for his Steer on Friday, October 12.
LaHay said he was surprised to hear his steer had won, especially since this was his first time showing at the state level. Winning Reserve Grand Champion is like winning second place, with Grand Champion being the top spot.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville’s Police Department is ramping up its presence on social media sites to give residents a chance to better know what’s going on in the community.
Last week, the police department began bombarding its Facebook and Twitter accounts with various information, said Interim Police Chief Neal Boone.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Stony Creek Environmental Park will become a reality for the Town of Nashville next Spring.
Town Manager Preston Mitchell told council members earlier this month that construction on the park should be underway soon. Mitchell said some cuts had to be made on the park to fit the project within the allowed budget.
Downtown Nashville now has recycling trash bins to encourage citizens, and visitors, of downtown to recycle. Pictured above (L-R) Thurman Evans, of Nashville’s Public Works Departments, and Larry Williams, Public Works Director, work to install a container at the corner of Washington and Boddie Street on Monday morning.
ARRESTS
Dianna Richardson Ricks - 10/16/12 - charged with driving while license revoked
Adam Craig Schroeder - 10/16/12 - charged with larceny
A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence was reported on 10/15/12 at 12797 TaLon Drive
A breaking, entering and larceny of a residenc was reported on 10/15/12 at 4563 Mullen Road
An obtaining property by false pretense was reported on 10/16/12 at 522 N Old Carriage Road
A breaking, entering and larceny to a residence was reported on 10/16/12 at 1251 E. Beulah Road
Jackie Hinson Purgason, age 52 of Calhoun, GA passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2012. She was born in Nash County, on December 13, 1959, daughter of Heath Hinson and the late Doris Black.
ROCKY MOUNT - Beatrice K. McKeithan died October 13, 2012. Funeral services were Saturday, October 20, 2012 at St. John AME Church at 12 p.m. Rev. Florence Pender officiated. Burial was at Northeastern Cemetery.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Charles Edward Davis, III, of Rocky Mount, died on Monday, October 15, 2012.
Phyllis Lynette Medlin Tharrington Paris, 82, passed away Saturday October 20, 2012. She was born in 1930 at Camilla, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Henry Arthur Medlin and Ethel Medlin. She was predeceased in death by a sister Evelyn Medlin Stanford of Virginia, two brothers, Jimmy Medlin and Max R. Medlin of Rocky Mount, her husband Marvin Paris.
Michael Lawrence Whitman, 18, passed away Wednesday October 17, 2012. He was born June 11, 1994 in Pitt County. He was preceded in death by paternal grandparents, David and Anna Whitman and aunt Nicole Taylor.
ROCKY MOUNT - Margie Tyson Langley passed away on October 20, 2012. Margie was one of eleven children born October 20, 1927 to the late Otis and Lula Tyson.
Ruby Rae Warren, age 85, passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2012. She was born in Martin County on October 15, 1927 to Willie Roebuck and Ida Belle Edmondson Roebuck. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Ida Belle Roebuck; husband, Leon Warren; daughter, Peggy Vioral; brothers, Jack Roebuck and George Roebuck; and sister, Elsie Roebuck.
Gladys Barnes Proctor, age 86, passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Born in Nash County on September 12, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Elisha Ozzie Barnes and Emma Davis Barnes. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Clay Proctor; sister, Agnes Barnes and Mae Elks; and brothers, James Barnes, Carl Barnes, and Joe Barnes.
Willie Edward Ellis, age 79, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012. He was born in Wilson County on November 7, 1932 to Luther Edward Ellis and Minnie Mae Barnes Ellis. He was also preceded in death by three siblings, Louise Ellis Baker, Jeanette Ellis Grimsley, and Charles Eric Ellis, Sr.
Mae Bunn Taylor the widow of Jesse Taylor passed away on October 20, 2012 at the age of 87.
Ernestine Flood Williams, age 95 passed away on October 17, 2012.
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