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CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
HAMPTONVILLE -- Three Nash County high school basketball teams find themselves ranked in the latest NCPreps.com high school basketball polls, which were released Monday evening.
The polls, out for just the second time this season, have Northern Nash’s girls and the Rocky Mount girls and boys in their respective 3-A polls.
Nash Central’s Niya Styles (left) scores over Bunn’s Chepirah Neal last Wednesday night.
First Timothy Missionary Baptist Church will host a First Fruit Service on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7 p.m. Guest speaker will be Minister and Author Edna L. Parker of Community Church in Christ in Rocky Mount. First Timothy Missionary Baptist Church is located at 3976 Vick Road in Nashville.
ARRESTS
Tashawn Calhoun - 12/22/2011 - charged with assault on a female, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, larceny, driving while license revoked, and resisting a public officer
Stevie Lavois Lee - 12/25/2011 - charged with failure to appear show cause after FTC and failure to comply with monetary portion
December’s lucky winner of the Friends of the Harold D. Cooley Library’s Kindle giveaway was Angel Richardson of Nashville. The Friends of the Harold D. Cooley Library held several drawings for Kindles during November and December.
Ronald Wayne Ezzell, 62, passed away Sunday January 1, 2012. He was born in Nash County on April 10, 1949. He is preceded in death by his father, William Elwood Ezzell.
NASHVILLE - Bruce “Steve” Vick died on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. He was born November 14, 1959 in Nash County.
NASHVILLE - Carl Braxton Creekmore, 84, died on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Carl was born in Franklin County to the late Aaron and Kathleen Creekmore and was preceded in death by a brother Wayne Creekmore.
Doris Brock Arrington, 82, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2012. She was born February 14, 1929 in Wayne County, NC. Doris was the daughter of the late William and Glennie Carter Brock. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Arrington.
Lindsey Parker, 90, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2011. She was born December 1, 1921 in Nash County, daughter of the late Nathaniel and Sallie Winstead Lindsey. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Otha J. Parker, a son, Leon Parker and brothers, Ernest, Cleveland and Lotis Lindsey.
Tom Arch Denton passed away on Monday, December 26, 2011. He was born the youngest of seven children in January 1929 to Florence Ann Burnette and Callie Denton in Wood.
Willie Donald “Snooky” Batts, age 78, died Monday, December 26, 2011 at Nash General Hospital.
Brenda Gail Garrett Long, 61, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011.
Jake Louis Rosenbloom passed away on January 1, 2012. He was born on September 6th, 1927 at 1210 Sunset Avenue Rocky Mount, at his family home. He was the son of the late Jacob A. Rosenbloom and Minnie Moore Rosenbloom. He was preceded in death by his brother First Lieutenant Robert L. Rosenbloom; sister Lilla Dale Rosenbloom Fuerst.
Mildred Louise Gardner Faircloth, age 73, passed away January 1, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband of 31 years, Jeff Faircloth, brothers Roscoe Gardner, William Gardner, George Gardner, Marvin Gardner & Cecil Gardner, sisters Leola Gardner & Bessie Harrell.
NASHVILLE - Basil Lee Allen, 79, died on Sunday, January 1, 2012.
It is that time of year all of you look forward to with breathless anticipation – returning unwanted Christmas gifts, putting all the Christmas stuff back in the attic and coming to the realization that the U.S. Tax Code did not expire at midnight on December 31.
Oh, and it is also time for the Soapbox Predictions for … 2012! Now in HD!
Five hundred pictures. That’s about how many pictures I have of Corbin’s first Christmas. 500!
I have never really considered myself to be one of those moms that has a camera strapped around her neck every second of the day. I went several weeks without even getting my camera out even though I typically have a camera nearby. I don’t know what happened.
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Letters to the Editor:
The debate about education continues in North Carolina especially with the current reductions imposed by the General Assembly in its 2011 session. I have heard all the debates and through them it has become evident that North Carolina is missing a great opportunity in education.
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A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
AWARDS– This photo was originally published in The Graphic September 5, 1968. Top individual awards were presented by Joe Sumrell, general manager for the Rocky Mount Leafs, to George Kalafatis (center) for being selected by the fans as the Most Valuable Player and to Larry Groce for leading the club in home runs. Kalafatis was the Leafs’ first baseman while Groce manned an outfield position.
The Boy Scouts of America Tar River District, which encompasses Nash and Edgecombe scout units, recently held its annual awards banquet in Rocky Mount.
Leaders and volunteers involved with Boy Scouts were honored for service given during the past year to area scout programs.
Nash Community College recently announced that the following students achieved academic honors during the 2011 fall semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average (all A’s) while taking 12 or more semester hours. Students who qualify for the Honor Roll must earn a grade point average of 3.3 or above and be enrolled in 12 or more semester hours.
Toys and other items were collected recently at Collier Harley Davidson in Roanoke Rapids for the Pregnancy Care Center and Angels Closet.
Tommy Thompson, of Collier Harley Davidson, accepted the donations from the Reverend Ricky Bass, President of The Forgiven Christian Riders.
Principals from Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools visited Nash Community College’s new state-of-the-art pod-style mathematics computer lab recently. The interactive “math tank” is equipped with 54 computers for student use, three faculty work stations, four 70” LCD displays, two wireless tablets, two wireless touch screen controllers and a high definition video distribution system.
Spring Hope Elementary School has released its Honor Roll for the Second Six Weeks
