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There are places in Scripture that are powerful, so deep, that to recite them is to experience them. Psalm 23 is one of those places. As one scholar said, "The psalm itself is green pasture; the psalm itself is still water; the psalm itself restores my soul."
Hear it again in the joyous voice of a child, with a little help from dad.
Psalm 23 is very personal. There are no references to "we" or "us" or "they," but only "my" and "me" and "I" and "You."

Welcome to Daniel and Dana Jernigan who joined the Red Oak Baptist Church family!
Women in Action of Red Oak Baptist Church met at the church on Tuesday, August 8. The group collected school supplies for Red Oak Elementary School as their mission action project. In addition to the missions program, the group also discussed plans for the new church year beginning in September.
The Red Oak Rotary had a Teddy Bear Paint and Brunch on Saturday, August 12 at Red Oak Baptist Church Family Life Center.

The Barnes family and Maxine Whitley, owners of Barnes Farming Corporation, recently donated a portion of their farmland for the expansion of Sandy Fork Missionary Baptist Church's cemetery.
The cemetery has been located adjacent to the Barnes' land for decades and has been the final resting place for many Black community members, church congregants, and employees of Barnes Farming.

Nash County Public Schools (NCPS) seniors turned their tassels as they graduated from various high schools in the district on Thursday, July 27, 2023.
The ceremony was held at Nash Central High School for the following schools, Nash Central High School, Northern Nash High School, Rocky Mount High School, Southern Nash High School, and Tar River Academy.

Jesus Aguilar to Julio Cesar Pedro Mateo and Norma Alicia Morales Pascual; 6764 Pinecrest Road, Zebulon
Axiom Holdings, LLC to Axiom Development, LLC; 4.894 acres
John B. Thompson and Robbin P. Thompson to Aaron G. Pico and Evie L. Blazier; 5633 Sandy Road, Nashville; $198,500

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Fred Smith; 7814 S NC 58; addition; $100,000

North Carolina's egg prices were higher on extra large and large, steady on the balance when compared to the last report. Supplies are moderate to meet a good demand. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted Thursday, August 10, for small lot sales of delivered, cartoned, grade "A" eggs was 148.69 for Extra Large, 135.11 for Large, 122.09 for Medium, and 84.00 for Small eggs.

Nash County will be offering training for Extension Master Gardener Volunteers beginning on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 through Tuesday, November 21st, 2023.
This training will not be online-based; training will be conducted in person.

I was happy to have been at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the NEW Animal Control Shelter, now called the Nash County Pet Connection Center! Thank you, Nash County, for building this much needed facility. It came to fruitation thanks to forward-thinking leaders. It was so needed and will help the homeless pets' adoption rates.

A recent pay bump for public safety employees in Nashville was apparently not enough and five officers have announced their resignations, Police Chief J.T. Winstead reported to council members last week.
The town's 2023-2024 fiscal year budget included a three cents property tax increase, partly to fund increases in salaries for public safety employees. The increases included a 4.25 percent cost of living adjustment for all employees plus an additional 3.5 percent increase in pay for public safety employees.

Stray pets will now have an even greater chance of finding new homes, thanks to the addition of the Nash County Pet Connection Center.
A ribbon cutting was held for the new 9,600 square foot animal shelter last Thursday morning but the facility won't officially be open for another month.
The $2.3 million state-of-the-art facility is located at 3600 Eastern Avenue between Nashville and Rocky Mount on the Nash Community College Campus.

Nash County Public School department heads had a chance to share highlights of the past school year as well as goals for the upcoming year at the Nash County Board of Education's annual retreat, which was held on Monday afternoon.
The 2.5 hour meeting allowed each department head to share achievements for the past school year as well as goals for the upcoming school year, which is set to start for traditional students on August 28.

A request to reopen a downtown bar has been denied by the Spring Hope Board of Commissioners.
Antonio Toney, manager of J's Place, wasn't at Monday's Board of Adjustments meeting. The adjustment board is made up of the town's commissioners. They unanimously denied Toney's special use permit application, meaning the bar at 204 N. Ash St. will remain closed after being shut down earlier this year.