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NASH COUNTY -- To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Cana Shrock slugged her way through a spectacular senior season this spring as a member of the University of Mount Olive softball squad.
Talk about going out in style -- Shrock certainly did that and more as she closed out her career with the Trojans with one final solid campaign.
Shrock, a former multi-sport star and Athlete of the Year at Nash Central High School, batted an impressive .321 to go with 15 homers and 50 RBI.

NASH COUNTY -- The potential was always there for Alex Edwards to develop into an outstanding college softball player -- it was simply a matter of realizing it.
And that's exactly what has happened the past two years for Edwards, who just completed her junior campaign as a member of the Methodist University softball squad in Fayetteville.
After going through an adjustment period as a freshman, Edwards has been a superstar for the Monarchs for the past two springs -- and the numbers bear out that assessment.

NASHVILLE - A new "patient bed tower" planned to host 150 patients, with 30 patient rooms per floor, is in the design development phase for UNC Health Nash in Rocky Mount, and new medical offices are planned for construction in Nashville and Middlesex.
Jason Brand, Vice-President of Support Services for UNC Health Nash, filled Nash commissioners in at their June 17 meeting, saying construction documents are being drafted and showing a tentative floor plan.

NASHVILLE - UNC Health Nash has entered into a new lease agreement with Nash County, and also amended its bylaws to allow two county commissioners to sit on the Hospital Board as of July 1.
The new lease agreement will require the hospital to pay Nash County two million dollars per year, with an additional increase after each five years in the 3.5% to 5.5% range over the next 40 years.

"We're really chewing on this to make sure we do the right thing," Brenda Brown, Nashville Mayor, said about the prospect of purchasing the Fellowship Church at 969 Old White Oak Road as a new town hall and parks and rec location.
Five-hundred thousand dollars has already been put in the FY 2025 budget as a one-third payment of an accepted purchase contract, although the town is still in its extended "due diligence" period, which expires July 22.

NASHVILLE - Nash County officials have adopted their $142-million-dollar budget ordinance, although the vote to do so was not unanimous and starting salaries for sheriff's deputies and emergency services personnel were singled out for comment.
The vote at the June 17 county commissioner meeting was 6-1, with the lone "no" vote coming from Sue Leggett, commissioner.
Leggett made no explanation of her vote at Monday afternoon's meeting, but later supplied a statement upon request to The Graphic.

MOMEYER - The Momeyer Ruritan Club celebrated its 60th anniversary at its clubhouse Monday, June 18, in a ceremony attended by state and national Ruritan dignitaries.
About sixty people socialized and nibbled on fruit, cheese and crackers and had a chance to look over the club's scrapbook of newspaper clippings before enjoying a 7 p.m. dinner.

NASHVILLE - A family business based in Nashville, RJ Snacks, is growing, having acquired a second warehouse and is looking to hire both warehouse workers and salespeople who can drive box trucks.
RJ Snacks, whose name including the initials of the couple who began it, Ramzi and Jamila Abukheit, is a thriving distributorship of such snack items as chips, chocolate, candy, cakes, cookies, meat products and drinks. From Nashville, they deliver goods to stores from Durham to the beach.

Nash County citizens will have the opportunity to file to run for non-partisan elections including Soil and Water Conservation (one seat) and Nash County School Board (all districts).
Filing opened June 10th for the Soil and Water Conservation seat and ends at 12 noon on July 5th. The fee to file is $5.
Filing will begin on July 5th at noon for school board seats and ends July 19th at noon. The fee to file is $96.

A Bailey woman is facing charges from State Highway Patrol after an accident last Thursday on US 64 outside Spring Hope that sent a tractor-trailer full of peanuts off the road and closed down the roadway for three hours.
Janella McKeel Ordess, age 43, was reportedly driving a passenger car west on 64 near the NC 58 intersection at an estimated 70 miles per hour when she rear-ended the back left portion of a tractor-trailer owned by Mikasa Express, also headed west, in the right lane.

A 76-year-old Castalia man has died and three more people were hurt in a three-vehicle collision Thursday, June 13th, in the area of recent construction near Nash Community College.
Jimmy Roosevelt Taylor was reported killed in the accident, which occurred around 8:34 a.m. under the Old Carriage Overpass.
A state trooper's report said that Taylor had been driving west in a 2021 Chevrolet behind two DOT contractors, the first pulling a trailer, when the first two vehicles began to slow near the right shoulder of the roadway.

I've guess I've reached the point in life where I slow down over obituary page, something I'd never thought I'd do when I was younger.
Maybe I'm more keen to it since my mother's passing in March, but three other friends have passed this year that have really made me think about the impacts they had on me.
Earlier this year, my 9th grade English teacher, Bonnie Kane, died. She was unlike any instructor I'd had in my life to that point or since.

The Nashville Town Council members have a huge decision to make in a short amount of time. I sure wouldn't want to be in their shoes over the next few weeks attempting to weigh the pros and cons of purchasing a building and property just outside the city limits to revamp as a new town hall and recreation center.
A quick snap-shot, in case you've been enjoying the fruits of summer vacation and haven't had a chance to catch up on your local news. The Town of Nashville has been offered a really good opportunity on a building and property, the former location of Fellowship Church at 969 Old White Oak Rd.

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on September 23, 1971. A new civil defense truck was presented to the Momeyer Rescue Squad.

I once heard a testimony from a lady in my church. She confessed to having a nervous breakdown and was so stressed out that she couldn't remember her own name. Ultimately, it was her faith that brought her through. She said, "I may not have known my name, but Jesus did".
After listening to her story, I realized the comfort that comes from knowing that we belong to Christ. For many, it's the first outward and visible sign of the peace that comes with salvation.

It is good, wise, and right to make plans. The weightier the goals, the weightier your plans. "If you fail to plan," said Benjamin Franklin, "you are planning to fail." That old and famous axiom is true. The Bible teaches us to walk by faith and not by sight. Yet the life of faith does not exclude making plans. Scripture does rebuke the pride and presumption that makes plans without factoring in God. That is the message of James 4:13-17.
James is the most practical letter in the New Testament. It is the New Testament counterpart to Proverbs. James teaches us to talk the talk and walk the walk.