NASH COUNTY -- Here are last weekend’s results from Week Two of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Football Season:
(L to R) Franklinton’s Victor Gonzales (left) tries to catch up with Northern Nash’s Zeke Alvarez during last Thursday evening’s boys prep soccer contest on the NN campus in Red Oak.
WINSTON-SALEM -- Competitors from Tri-County Arts in Nash County racked up the medals during action this summer in the gymnastics division at the Powerade North Carolina State Games.
Three Tri-County Arts students earned first-place finishes in their respective categories.
Rachel Blankenship not only was the Level 2 9-Year-Old Grand Champion, but the Nashville resident also posted the highest all-around score for the entire meet with an impressive 38.20 points out of a possible 40.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School has named Michael Mosely as its new Athletic Director.
Coach Mosley was instrumental in starting the athletic program at Nash Central when the school opened in 2002.
He has been a teacher, mentor and coach for many years.
Nash Central High School quarterback Khalil Macklin (with ball) races through the Smithfield-Selma defense during last Friday’s football matchup.
ELM CITY -- With an overcast sky and a little bit of a cool breeze blowing, folks came out to County Line Raceway for an action-packed night of racing last Saturday.
County Line Raceway celebrated the Wix Filters 100 nights of racing with a full schedule including the Nashville Feed Super Stock 4, PL Woodard Pure Stock V8, DRU Incorporated Open Wheel Modifieds, ARCO Restoration Pure Stock 4 and Rapid Red Racing Supply Thunder & Lightning divisions.
WILKESBORO -- The Louisburg College 2012-13 athletic year officially began last Friday night as the Hurricanes women’s volleyball team won a conference match over Wilkes Community College, 3-0.
The Lady Canes earned the sweep as they defeated the Cougars 25-19, 25-13, 25-10.
As a team, LC made 19 service aces and they compiled 24 kills in their season opener.
ZEBULON -- On their way to cruising through six innings with a three-run lead against the Salem Red Sox Sunday afternoon, the Carolina Mudcats surrendered eight runs with two outs in a 9-5 setback at Five County Stadium in a Class A Carolina League baseball contest.
The Mudcats (29-34, 61-72) held a 4-1 lead when the rally started against reliever J.D Reichenbach (5-7) on a Drew Hedman single.
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office arrested 36 men and women throughout Nash County last week as part of a year-long campaign against street level drug dealers.
The arrests were made over a three-day period last week as part of Operation Dynamite.
The arrests were related to the selling of various types of illegal drugs, including marijuana, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and prescription pills.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County Commissioners will meet in a recessed meeting on Thursday morning to receive public comments on an inducement agreement for an economic development project.
The project, referred to as “Project Lake,” is for the expansion of an existing pharmaceutical manufacturing facility
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Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
New student attendance zones for 2013-14 for Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) are near completion. The committee working on establishing new school attendance lines met last week to indicate which elementary, middle, and high school plans they favor. Only 16 committee members of the 32-member board attended; some of the members have only attended the first meeting.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
When Marilynn Barner Anselmi first started hearing about North Carolina’s eugenics program, she said she was appalled. But then, the playwright in her came out and she decided to write a play about the program.
That play, “You Wouldn’t Expect,” will come to life at Nash Arts on September 28 and 29 at 7 p.m. and again on October 5 and 6 at 7 p.m.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Eighth Annual Benefit Softball Tournament was held this past Saturday at Glover Park, raising $800 for the Warren “Sneak” Lewis Law Enforcement Foundation.
Four fire departments participated in the tournament, including Nashville, Coopers, Momeyer and Rocky Mount. Coopers Fire Department won first place in the single elimination tournament, with Rocky Mount coming in second place.
NASHVILLE - Barbara W. Mayo, 78 of Nashville and formerly of Richmond, VA passed away Friday, August 17, 2012. She was born January 3, 1934 to the late Linwood and Hazel Beatles White. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Sam B. Mayo, Jr. who passed away January 28, 2012.
Geraldine “Dean” Brantley, 87, of Middlesex passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. She was born May 18, 1925.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Wilbert Ray Norwood, 61 of Rocky Mount, passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Reginald Hilliard, 64, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2012, at Nash General Hospital.
Donna Lynn Barrow Weeks, 52, passed away Thursday August 16, 2012. Donna was born October 31, 1959 in Nash County. She was preceded in death by her father, Wiley Edward Barrow and a brother James Richard Barrow.
Mary Lucille Hedgepeth Carter, 88, passed away Friday August 17, 2012. Lucille was born in Nash County, May 7, 1924, to the late Arthur and Maggie Ayers Hedgepeth.
Doris Eula Langley Lindsey, age 88, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012. Born in Nash County on December 6, 1923 she was the daughter of the late Willie Lindsey Langley and Emma Baker Langley.
ARRESTS
Calvin Denard Cheeks - 8/20/12 - habitual felon
Linda Howington - 8/15/12 - charged with assault on a government official
Ashley Renee Davis - 8/13/12 - charged with trespassing
A damage to property was reported on 8/13/12 on Drake Street
A breaking, entering and larceny to a residence was reported on 8/13/12 at 10304 Old Middlesex Road
A breaking, entering and larceny to a residence was reported on 8/13/12 at 3862 W. Castalia Road
An identity theft was reported on 8/13/12 at 7903 Preacher Joyner Road
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will offer a workshop to educate tax-exempt organizations about meeting their tax obligations and maintaining their tax-exempt status in North Carolina.
The workshop will be held in Rocky Mount at the Gateway Technology Center, thanks to the efforts of Keith Davis, of Nashville.
You have most likely been the victim of it, and maybe even the perpetrator.
We’ve all been there. One minute, you’re standing around making nice at a social function, and the next thing you know, someone walks up and makes a really stupid comment. One that is usually an insult to one person in the group.
