Rachel Davis Williford, 84, passed away on March 18, 2012.
Frances Mosley Winstead, 79, of Rocky Mount, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
Work has started on the bridge on First Street Extension, which crosses over Stoney Creek, in Nashville.
The existing bridge will be removed and replaced, which means those that usually travel down First Street Extension will have to find an alternate route during construction. Detour signs are in place to help motorists find alternate routes.
The Nashville Fire Department will host a child passenger safety seat check on Sunday, March 25 from 1 until 4 p.m. in the Nashville Food Lion parking lot.
Staff from the fire department will be on hand to check car seats and answer questions at no charge.
For those of you who live in the Whitakers and Elm City areas, –– thank you for your patience recently over the delayed delivery of The Graphic. It seems the folks high up in the food chain with the U.S. Postal Service are making quite a few changes which seem to be making our job of getting the newspaper delivered to you in a timely matter quite difficult.
Sometimes, I think the “Green Militants” need to read up on old sayings and wives’ tales.
A specific one that comes to mind when I hear or read rants about ‘saving the Earth’ is “you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.”
Just a quick look.
It won’t take but a second and I won’t even take my eyes off the road.
A car isn’t coming so it won’t hurt to check my messages.
I’m sure many of us have caught ourselves uttering these phrases, trying to convince ourselves, and others, that it was okay to take a quick peak at that cell phone.
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Letters to the Editor:
On May 8, 2012, Nash County voters will have the opportunity to positively affect the future of the community and first responder professionals by voting “yes” in support of the $9,500,000 bond referendum on the primary ballot to fund a new Continuing Education and Public Services building at Nash Community College.
This photo of the Sunday School Class at Ebenezer Pentecostal Holiness Church was taken in 1938. The photo was contributed by Mildred Thompson.
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Letters to the Editor:
If the 2012 ballot offered a choice between liberty and security, what would America choose? Keep in mind that one fifth of our population, recent immigrants, have little or no experience with or appreciation of individual liberty and its blessings.
My Sister’s House is making plans for its annual Spring Gala, scheduled for March 31, 2012 at the Gateway Convention Center in Rocky Mount. There will be a cocktail hour, dinner, dancing with live music from Todd Montgomery and the Big Chief Band and a silent and live auction. Tickets are on sale now for $50 a person and sponsorship opportunities are also available. Cocktail attire is appropriate for the evening.
Ten Rocky Mount Academy students were recently recognized by the Nash-Rocky Mount Reading Council as local winners in the annual Young Authors competition. They were among 20 winners from local school systems. All of the local winners’ compositions about “North Carolina Treasures” were sent to the state competition, where 15 of the 20 were selected as state winners.
More than 200 students and parents at Red Oak Elementary School recently shared a “Night Out for Literacy” with Roller Roo from Star City, Linda Bunch from Braswell Memorial Library and members of the Junior Guild of Rocky Mount. The children also enjoyed a chance to add new books to their own home libraries during the annual Book Exchange.
Southern Nash High School recently held its first curriculum fair in the school’s gymnasium with approximately 500 attendees. The fair was held to inform Southern Nash High School and Southern Nash Middle School’s eighth grade students and parents of the pathways, courses, and athletic opportunities available at the high school level.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County Ruritans gathered at Nash Community College on Tuesday, March 13 for the 53rd annual meeting.
Ruritans started the meeting by remembering the 10 members who had passed away in the past year.
New officers for the 2013 year were approved and sworn in during the meeting.
NRMPS Superintendent Anthony Jackson continued his commitment to meet with groups of parents and community members recently. Two meetings were held, one for elementary school parents and one for middle and high school parents at the Nash County Agricultural Extension Offices.
Johnnie Massie, pictured on the left, chairman of the Public Service Committee, presents a check for $300 to Steven Guy for the Fountain of Hope Organization for use with their “Back Pack” Program. Dennis Raper, pictured on the right, chairman of the Business & Professions Committee, presents a check for $300 to Erica Webb for use with the Tri-Community Little League Baseball Program.
Vincent C. Andracchio II was elected chairman of the Nash Health Care Board of Commissioners recently, replacing outgoing chairman Michael Bryant. Judge Robert A. Evans was named vice-chairman. Rosa A. Brodie, secretary, and Carl M. Daughtry, treasurer, were reappointed to their offices.
A local genealogist recently donated two of her books to Braswell Memorial Library.
Helen Sharpe donated the books in February.
Book No. 1, entitled, “Cemetery Surveys of Nash County, North Carolina March 2010 - July 2011 is a collection of Nash County family and church Cemeteries and Book No. 2 entitled “Mill Branch Cemetery” is a listing of interments in the Mill Branch Church Cemetery.
Navy Seaman Apprentice Andre A. Taylor, a 2005 graduate of Northern Nash High School, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
During the eight-week program, Taylor completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety.
On Thursday, March 8, 317 Nash-Rocky Mount middle school students from four of our middle school band programs traveled to Jacksonville to participate in the NC Bandmasters Eastern District Music Performance Adjudication.
Several Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools students from middle and high school band programs recently auditioned for All-State Honors and Jazz Band.
Kayla Gorham, of Red Oak Middle School, earned the seventh chair clarinet seat.
Northern Nash CTE Carpentry students are the first students in the Nash-Rocky Mount Public School System to receive National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) “Core Curricula” certification. Carpentry teacher Greg Tharrington presented the students with NCCER certificates and card credentials.
Vice President Lauren Martin (center) of the Southern Nash High School Key Club was named Student of the Week for March 5-9. She is also a member of the Beta Club. She was accompanied to the Kiwanis Club luncheon by her SNHS counselor Donna Sharp, left, and greeted by Kiwanian Tom Betts, right.
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Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
THE REASON
I would’ve died that day if not for you.
I would’ve given up on life if not for your kind eyes.
I would’ve used my teeth in fear if not for your gentle hands.
I would have left this life believing that all humans don’t care.
