Students at W.L. Greene recently completed a gridded portrait of President Barack Obama. The project was part of a Black History Month class project.
Art teacher Alyssa Damroth started the project with a 24”X 36”poster from President Obama’s campaign. The poster was cut into 4” X 4” squares and the students worked individually with one small piece at a time so they would not become overwhelme with a large section.
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ newest marketing vehicle, the Got to Be NC RV, made an appearance in Bailey on Friday, March 9 at the Bailey Piggly Wiggly. The RV and the Big Cart, a Jeep which travels with the RV, are traveling to raise awareness of North Carolina-made food products.
Cadet LCDR Amber Rushton, student at Nash Central High School, has been named winner of this year’s NJROTC Joseph C. Gilliam Award. Cadet Rushton has an excellent academic record, ranking in the top 3 percent of her class, with a long list of extracurricular activities both inside and outside of NJROTC. She is a plank owner of the Nash Central NJROTC unit and has been the Commanding Officer the last two years. Rushton is a leadership academy graduate and was also a cadre last summer.
Students at Red Oak Elementary School jumped over heart disease and stroke by participating in “Jump Rope for Heart,” a national fundraising program that promotes physical activity, heart healthy living, and community service to children. Red Oak students raised $5,309 for the American Heart Association, which funds research, programs and education to fight heart disease and stroke, our nation’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers.
Nashville Elementary School has announced its Honor Roll-3rd 6 Weeks .
Halifax Community College has announced its listing of students who have made the President’s List and the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester.
Nashville resident Kari Wheeler was named to the President’s List at Halifax Community College.
Tyler Reynolds, a junior business major from Spring Hope, has been named to the University of Dallas Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester.
Nash-Rocky Mount Public School System is utilizing the latest infusion of technology to deliver quality instruction to students. At Nash Central Middle School, 8th grade science students do not need to miss lessons when a teacher must be out of the classroom due to illness.
By:
Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
When I was growing up, nobody fixed their pets unless there was a problem. Well, these days, we DO have a problem. There are so many pets that they are DYING at the Shelter. Just this week, several litters of puppies were received. One owner said that their puppies were from the 2nd litter. The thing is, they had an appointment to get the dog fixed and then the dog got pregnant again.
Nash Community College’s Betsy B. Currin Child Development Center preschool and pre-k students wore silly socks and read books written by Dr. Seuss last week in honor of the beloved author’s birthday. The activity was part of the National Education Association’s Read Across America program, an annual reading motivation and awareness program encouraging all children to celebrate reading on March 2.
Northern Nash High School students are having fun with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.) Students designed, built and tested balsa gliders and were flying high. In the process, students learned about Bernoulli’s theory of lift by pressure differential.
Brother Robert Tyner welcomed everyone to Sunday school. We had 89 in attendance. Brandon Bass read the Bible verse for today.
Our choir sang “I Just Keep Trusting My Lord” for the call to worship. Bobby Farmer prayed the invocation. Pastor Bogle welcomed everyone to church, Hymns of worship were “This is My Father’s World” and “Give of Your Best to the Master.”
I hope everyone remembered to set their clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night. I wonder how many of you got to church one hour late in Sunday.
But if you did, it’s better late than not at all! Flowers Sunday were placed in Beulah Church of Christ by Ellen Walker in memory of Boe (Harvey) Daniels and Gene Daniels. They were really pretty.
“Whatever it Takes” was the theme for the North American Mission Study at Red Oak Baptist Church on Wednesday, March 7. The emphasis was on church planting and doing whatever it takes to reach the lost. The preschoolers had a separate study led by Dot Griffin. The children, youth, and adults were mixed together for their study which involved rotating between 2 sessions focused on 2 NAMB missionaries.
Teenagers are having sex and it’s no secret. Also not a secret? An international organization that believes they can wait until marriage before hopping into bed. As featured on Good Morning America, MTV, 60 Minutes, The Discovery Channel, BBC and more, Silver Ring Thing (SRT) is establishing abstinence as the norm, rather than the exception.
On Sunday morning the emphasis of the worship service at Peachtree was the North American Missions and Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. A short video was viewed showing mission work in Miami, [the birth place of Pastor Whitehouse]. The needs there are enormous and Pastor Whitehouse was acquainted with some of the missionary personnel there. The sermon topic was “Hope for the Hurting” based on scripture from Mark 2:1-11.
Representative Angela Bryant will be a guest speaker at a joint meeting between the Brooklyn Community Watch and The Voices of Nashville on Monday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m.
The meeting will be at the Harold D. Cooley Library in Nashville.
Thursday, March 15 from 12 until 6 p.m. at Englewood Presbyterian, 100 South Englewood Drive
Friday, March 16 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Englewood Presbyterian, 100 South Englewood Drive
Wednesday, March 21 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Faith Christian School in the gym, 1333 Faith Christian School Drive
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Before the match, Southern Nash coach John Matthews bemoaned his club’s lack of goal scoring during the early portion of the 2012 girls soccer campaign.
Seemingly on cue, the Ladybirds were able to deliver a trio of tallies during last Thursday’s road victory against the Louisburg Lady Warriors at Joyner Park.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Three slight strokes proved to make a big difference during last Thursday’s tri-match links event at The River Golf Course at Lake Royale.
The River, with is tricky greens, serves as the home layout for both Bunn and Southern Nash, so those clubs held a built-in advantage over Southern Wayne, the third team as part of the three-way dance.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
BUNN -- Two days after their initial meeting was postponed, backyard rivals Bunn and Southern Nash were finally able to convene on the baseball diamond Monday on the BHS campus.
The wait proved to be worth it for the host Wildcats, who scored a 5-0 shutout over the Firebirds in the non-league showdown.
BUNN-- Amanda Wood pitched a complete game and didn’t walk a batter as Southern Nash defeated host Bunn by a 12-2 margin last Thursday in a non-conference high school softball event.
Southern, now 3-1 overall, completed a two-game season sweep against the Ladycats.
Mariah Gray, Wood, Morgan Foster and Danyelle Noland drove in two runs apiece for the Ladybirds, while Morgan Tyson also came through with an RBI.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Tom O’Brien wasn’t interested in addressing the audience from the head table.
Instead, O’Brien opted to stand in between rows of tables while talking to fans during his appearance in Louisburg last Tuesday night as part of the North Carolina State University Wolpack Caravan.
O’Brien, who just completed his fifth year as NC State’s football coach, was more than happy to answer questions from over 80 red-clan fans as part of the event at Green Hill Country Club.
CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are last Saturday’s results for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Basketball Championships:
ELM CITY -- A beautiful, sunny day paved the way to a perfect night of racing at County Line Raceway for the season opener $2000 to win DRU Inc. Open Wheel Modified special.
Also on tap were the Rapid Red Racing Thunder & Lightning and the Barnes Equipment Inc. Late Model divisions.
