GREENVILLE -- No. 27 East Carolina University (22-8-1, 6-2-1) scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie Houston, 4-4, in last Saturday morning’s series finale, and the baseball game was called with the score knotted at four after 12 innings due to Conference USA travel rules.
With the tie, ECU had its six-game win streak and nine-game home win streak halted.
COLLEGE PARK, MD. -- No. 13 North Carolina State University rallied from a 6-3 deficit in the top of the ninth, before eventually succumbing 7-6 to Maryland in an 11-inning, series-deciding baseball game at Bud “Turtle” Smith Stadium on Sunday.
Chris Diaz hit the score-tying RBI single, part of a 2-for-5, one RBI, one run day with a double.
ROCKY MOUNT -- For the first time in program history, the North Carolina Wesleyan College’s women’s tennis team has captured a share of the USA South Regular Season Title.
The Bishops did so by tallying a thrilling 6-3 victory over Methodist University on Monday afternoon at the Slick Family Foundation Tennis Complex on the NCWC campus in Rocky Mount.
Lucas Bayless pitched well but took the loss for Rocky Mount Academy during Monday afternoon’s tournament loss against the Franklinton Red Rams.
Brother Robert Tyner welcomed everyone to Sunday school. We had several couples gone on vacation, so our attendance was down to 73. Being the first Sunday in the month, we sang “Happy Birthday”
for all with a birthday this month. Miller Jones gave candy to the lucky ones. Couples with wedding anniversaries this month were recognized also.
JOHNSTON COUNTY –– Betty Louise Denton Worley, age 76, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Rocky Mount –– Angie Taylor Hines, 60, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
VIRGINIA BEACH –– Alice Christine Dickens, 79, passed away on March 27, 2012. A native of Duplin County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas P. and Alice Rivenbark Rooks.
WHITAKERS –– Charles Junious Tillery, 74, of Whitakers, died on Friday, March 23, 2012.
Henrietta Parrish King, age 95, passed away Friday, March 30, 2012 surrounded by her daughters. Born in Franklin County on February 10, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Harold W. Parrish and Betty P. Parrish. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George O. King; a grandson, and four sisters and two brothers.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Arthur Leroy Hutchinson, 77, died March 23, 2012.
Joan Annette Hanson, 74, passed away, Thursday March 29, 2012. She was born May 10, 1937 in Norwalk, Ohio, daughter of the late Arthur and Maxine Barker Bilton. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Gene and Jerry Bilton.
Marvin Ray Coley Sr., age 60 passed away on March 27. He is survived by his son Marvin Ray Coley Jr. of Rocky Mount, daughter Heather Coley of Rocky Mount, his two sisters: Betty Ann Wester of Red Oak and Linda Dianne Coley of South Carolina, three brothers: John Thomas Coley, John Alvinn Coley both of Rocky Mount and Mark Allen Coley of Sharpsburg.
I can’t find my copy of “You All Spoken Here” and I’m very distressed.
Last week, Spring Hope native Roy Wilder, Jr. died at the age of 97. A lot of Nash County folks have never heard of Mr. Wilder, and that’s a shame. I wish I had known him better, and maybe that’s a bigger shame.
Mr. Wilder, to say the least was a character, and a man who certainly lived a full life. He grew up in Spring Hope and attended the University of North Carolina School of Journalism.
For more than a year now Nash and Wilson County citizens have been lobbying to stop a poultry processing plant from locating in Nash County. But it seems most of our county leaders are looking the other way and moving ahead welcoming this industry –– Sanderson Farms.
In my opinion, Commissioner Wayne Outlaw is the only person on the Nash County Board who has really taken the time to look at all sides of this issue and continues to study all aspects of it.
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On March 21, 2012, a bill was introduced to make federal regulators invoke emergency powers to rein in speculators responsible for rapidly-rising gasoline prices. The legislation would set a 14-day deadline for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to implement rules to stop excessive speculation by Wall Street traders in oil futures markets.
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Why? It is such a simple solution! I am disgusted, mad, sad and just confused as to why a person who has pets can be so irresponsible that they refuse to spay/neuter their animals! Instead, they choose to keep these poor animals and allow them to continue to breed cycle after cycle, only to end up taking all the babies to the kill shelters. It blows my mind why anyone would ever want this if they have pets.
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A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
HEADED TO CAMP – This photo originally published in The Graphic on June 21, 1962. 51 Nash County 4-H club members headed for Camp Millstone, located near Rockingham.
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Each year, chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are responsible for millions of premature deaths and cause Americans to miss 2.5 billion days of work, resulting in lost productivity totaling more than $1 trillion dollars. With nearly a million Americans dying every year from diseases that could be prevented, even small preventive changes and initiatives can make a big difference in leading healthier lives.
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Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
The Spring Hope Chamber of Commerce has committed to donate $7500 over the next three years to the town’s community park improvement project, Spring Hope Town Manager John Holpe announced on Monday at the regular town meeting. The town needs to come up with $55,000 in locally matching funds to proceed with grant funding for the project designed to repair and enhance the town’s recreational park facilities.
The 2012 Fun Run for Charities gift giving period began on Sunday, April 1. This year, Reach Out Rocky Mount’s Fun Run for Charities has partnered with 67 non-profits to help raise much-needed funds for the community. Last year’s event raised over $463,000. The three-year total is over $1,170,000.
Bettie Mae Griffin Tant celebrated her 95th birthday on Saturday, March 24th, 2012 with around 40 family and friends. Tant was born in 1917 in Nash County in the Oak Level community. She still resides there today, on the family farm she was born and raised on.
Twenty-one students and five advisors from Southern Nash High School, Northern Nash High School, Nash Central High School and Rocky Mount High School attended the 66th Annual Carolinas District Key Club Convention in Durham March 23-25.
Sarah Wells was recently named Sunburst Miss Greenville at a Sunburst Beauty Pageant held in Greenville on March 10.
Wells is the daughter of Ricky and Meta Wells of Red Oak. She is a Junior at North Carolina Wesleyan College, where she majors in Religious Studies and Psychology, is a member of the Wesleyan Singers, and is the worship leader for Refuge Campus Ministries Club.
Courtenay Wells was named Sunburst Teen Miss Greenville recently at the Sunburst Beauty Pageant in Greenville. Wells also won best attire, prettiest smile, prettiest eyes, best personality, prettiest hair, top model look and most photogenic.
