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CHAPEL HILL -- Former University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill football star Julius Peppers has donated $250,000 to the Light on the Hill Society Scholarship fund that supports African-American students.
Peppers is a Bailey native who attended Southern Nash High School, where he excelled in football, basketball and track and field.
NASH COUNTY -- Listed are last weekend’s results from Week One of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s football season:
FAYETTEVILLE -- The USA South Athletic Conference has released is 2012 fall sport preseason coaches polls.
North Carolina Wesleyan College received 4th-place billings in volleyball and men’s soccer, while women’s soccer was tabbed 10th.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- The Myrtle Beach Pelicans scored four runs, needing only one hit, over the final innings to beat the Carolina Mudcats 5-2 on Sunday night at TicketReturn.com Field in the Palmetto State
The win assured the Pelicans (33-23, 69-57) of the weekend series, and vaults them six games ahead of the Mudcats for the Southern division wild-card spot.
Northern Nash’s Camille Branch (right) delivers a kill past Bunn’s Tainasha Vines during last Tuesday’s high school volleyball matchup on the BHS campus in Franklin County.
Rocky Mount’s Broderick Caudle (middle) is tackled by Bunn’s Tank Williams during last Friday night’s season-opening high school football game at the new RMHS Field.
Northern Nash’s Claire Fleming (left) delivers a tip past Bunn’s Tainasha Vines (middle) and Jayla Cofield (right) during last Tuesday’s prep spike showdown at the Bunn Dome.
WOOD BAT TOURNEY CHAMPS IN NEWPORT. The Carolina Young Guns 11-Under Baseball Team won the Gold Bracket Championship at the 2012 Nations Wood Bat National Baseball Tournament from July 27-29 in Newport.
SOFTBALL STANDOUTS. Autumn Care of Nash will take part in the 2012 North Carolina Senior Games State Finals Softball Tournament at the Walnut Creek Complex in Raleigh from Sept. 10-13. Autumn Care qualified thanks to a strong showing at the Down East Senior Games in May in Wilson. Each member of the team is over 70 years of age.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Triston’s Texas T-Bone was a favorite at 4-H Congress Week, held in mid-July in Raleigh.
Triston Gregory was named the State Gold Char Grill Presentation winner for his t-bone steak marinade recipe.
To be a part of the 4-H Congress presentation competition, Gregory won a gold medal at District Activity and then went on to compete at the state competition.
Dusty Hall and Heston Gregory (L-R) participated in the Cloverbud competition at District Activity Day.
Stacie Winner was a gold winner at District Activity Day and went on to win a silver award at the State 4-H Presentation Contest. Pictured is Winner (far right) with Assistant State 4-H Leader Dr. Thearon McKinney.
By: Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Two area baseball coaches met with Red Oak commissioners last Monday to air concerns about problems with the baseball fields at Ennis Park and to request the town’s intervention in working with Nash County Parks and Recreation to address the issues. The discussion took place at the regular Red Oak Town Meeting on August 6, 2012.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Town of Nashville will move forward with foreclosing on a Lumber Street home, after Nashville’s Town Council gave the go ahead at their regular meeting last Tuesday night.
According to Town Manager Preston Mitchell, the house, at 215 N. Lumber Street, is an abandoned home whose owner passed away several years ago. Mitchell said his heirs have no interest in the home and the home has since fallen into disrepair.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Fifty-two years ago, eight men hit the first ball on Birchwood’s golf course.
Last week, four of those men came back to again be the first to tee off on the newly reopened course.
A reopening of the greens celebration was held on Friday morning at Birchwood Country Club with a ribbon cutting hosted by Nashville’s Chamber of Commerce. Members of Rocky Mount’s Chamber of Commerce were also in attendance.
By: Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Castalia Commissioners approved several new text amendments to the zoning ordinances last Tuesday at the regular monthly business meeting. Most of the text amendments were made to clarify points or to bring the regulations in line with recent changes in the NC General Assembly.
A revision made to a controversial ordinance passed quietly and without comment in Tuesday’s session.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Nashville girl is collecting canned food for animals as part of a community service project for the Girl Scouts.
Shania Zunie, who will be in the sixth grade at Nash Central Middle School this school year, is working on obtaining a Bronze Award for her girl scout troop, Troop 1262 out of Rocky Mount. The Bronze Award is the highest award a girl scout can earn as a Junior Scout.
George Selva Edwards, Jr., 77, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2012. He was born in Wilson County July 13, 1935 to the late George S. Edwards, Sr. and Gertrude Williams Edwards. In addition to his father and mother, he was preceded in death by a brother Billy Fate Edwards and a great grandson, C.J. Jones.
Charles Douglas Long, 88, passed away Wednesday August 8, 2012. He was born May 1, 1924 in Nash County to the late Avery C. and Effie Sherrod Long. Charles was preceded in death by a brother, Pershing Long and a sister, Gertrude Cooper.
Rachel Bridgers Vick, 65, passed away Monday, August 13, 2012. She was born August 26, 1946 in Wilson County to the late Millard Eugene and Mary Lee Whitley Bridgers. She was preceded in death by her husband Billy Vick.
ROCKY MOUNT - Lloyd Bynum, Sr., 76, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, August 5, 2012, at South Village Nursing Center in Rocky Mount.
ROCKY MOUNT - Lloyd “Reggie” Elvin Hicks, 66, died August 1, 2012. Funeral service was Friday, August 10, 2012 at Cedar Grove Baptist Church at 1 pm. Rev. Marcellious Phillips officiated. Burial was at Gardens of Gethsemane.
BROOKLYN, NY –– Maggie Lee Warren, 65, of Brooklyn, New York, and formerly of Rocky Mount, died on Friday, August 3, 2012.
NASHVILLE - Christian “Grady” Keasling, age 71, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2012.
Rena Belle Davis, 79, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2012. She was born July 6, 1933 in Lenior County to the late Needham Chancey and Rena Bell Atkins Brock. In addition to her parents Rena was preceded in death by her sisters, Clarice Jones, Eva Miller, Irene Carroll, Gertrude Brock, Callie Brock, Daisy Catherine Jones, Betty Lou Mercer and Marie Byrd; brothers, Ransom Brock, Jack Brock, and Bobby Brock.
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