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Damien Wozniak of Nashville was named to The University of Alabama Deans List for spring semester 2024.
A total of 13,103 students enrolled during Spring Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the dean's list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president's list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A's). These driven students are making waves across UA's more than 70 undergraduate programs.

Appalachian State University has released its list of 2024 Spring gradutes. Local students include:
Logan Mckenzie Davis of Castalia earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Landon Wesley Green of Rocky Mount earned a Master of Science Degree in Nutrition
Rebecca Gail Pinkham of Rocky Mount earned a Master of Social Work

Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing graduates participated in their pinning ceremony on May 8. The ADN Class of 2024 is a large class of 41 members, who graduated from the ADN program during the college's commencement ceremony on May 10. The graduates have met the education requirements to take the NCLEX-RN®, the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses.

Eight of the eleven members of the Edgecombe Community College Radiography Class of 2024 passed the national certification exam on their first attempt, becoming registered radiographers and earning the title R.T.(R)(ARRT), which signifies Registered Technologist in Radiography by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. Three graduates are waiting to take the certification exam.

NASHVILLE - Twenty-four people were celebrated for having the curiosity to find out how local government worked and the dedication for spending time over eight weeks to do it; graduation ceremonies for the 15th Nash County Citizens' Academy class were held May 20th as part of the second monthly meeting of the Nash County Board of Commissioners.

Rosa Estrella Vega, Manuel Vega Linares, Hugo Rosas, Marisol Hedgepeth, D. Hedgepeth and Donnell Hedgepeth Jr. to Rosa Murillo Rosas; 4418 Boseman Road, Rocky Mount
Winstead Crossings, LLC and Williams Builders of Rocky Mount, LLC to Williams Builders of Rocky Mount, LLC and Winstead Crossings, LLC; Lots B1-B9
R. Leonard Daughtridge and Debbie W. Daughtridge to Vincent P. Keeney and Christen E. Keeney; 3820 Woodlawn Road, Rocky Mount; $659,000

Addition (covered); 6197 Bones Acres Rd., Elm City; Matt Gibson; $40
Open shelter (detached); 9978 Straight Gate Rd., Whitakers; Lindberg Nicholson; $24,000
Singlewide; 4590 Langwood Way, Rocky Mount; J. Freeman; $50,000

The O.D. Moore Scholarship Foundation recently made a return to its annual events with the Henry Earl Coley Golf Classic kicking off the weekend after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first place team consisted of Willie Lee, Ernis Lee, Lee Jackson and Nate Lundy. Second place went to Stacy Fehr, Anthony Perry, and Greg Boykin. The foundation also hosted the annual banquet in Nashville, where they awarded three deserving students with scholarships.

Tikal Property, LLC to Wilder Jose Dueque Ruiz; property of Rocky Mount Hosiery Co., Block D, Lot 27; $37,000
Robert Wilcox and Shannon Wilcox to Shannon Wilcox; 35.72 acres
George Thomas Jones and Jill Bruner Jones to Daniel Grabe Kirkpatrick and Allison Hedgepeth Kirkpatrick; Potter's Clay Subdivision, Lot 3

The inaugural Women in Agriculture Banquet and Farm Tour, organized by the NC Cooperative Extension Nash County Center, drew a group of about fifty to its Friday night event at Faithful Stables & Venue and twenty who took part in Saturday's Farm Tour series, beginning with the Nash County Farmers Market, a stop at Strawberry City and finishing up at the Enfield Cotton Ginnery.

RED OAK - Red Oak Town officials are buying traffic cameras, giving off-duty Nash County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) deputies that work town security a raise and planning future security checkpoints.
Town Council members involved NCSO Deputy Ben Blount, who they described as "one of our main masterminds who patrols our area," in their June 10 meeting, picking Blount's brain about the best place to place portable traffic cameras, also called Flock Street Cameras, after receiving information about the results of two April NCSO checkpoints, one on East Castalia and Womble Roads, the other at the Chuckwagon, the old Red Oak Café.

RED OAK - "I woke up this morning feeling fine, fine, fine"- a song frequently on the lips of Nona Lee Strickland Jones, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday at her daughter Connie's home in Red Oak, surrounded by thirty to forty relatives.
'Miss Nona' was born June 3, 1924, in Nash County but her daughter Judy Jones Hobbs doesn't know quite where. What matters is that Miss Nona was born and bred here and has lived a life fulfilled by service to family.

NASHVILLE - Nashville officially has its FY 2025 budget after a unanimous vote by town council members and a public hearing at their June 4 meeting.
The $19,039,437 budget is 3.4% higher than last year's, but drops the town's tax rate to 0.59 cents per $100 of taxable value, which is a drop of two cents from last year's.

Two new subdivisions in the Spring Hope area, one numbering 56 residential lots and the other 61, have been approved by county commissioners, with rezoning restrictions ruling out any manufactured homes in either spot.

Southern Nash High School graduate Sarah Bass shows her excitement upon receiving her high school diploma.

Photo by Jake Fowler

Cora Anna Aedtner of Germany, foreign exchange student, bids a tearful goodbye to Grace Oxendine, Marshal, prior to graduation. Aedtner was due to fly home the next day.