Nashville Elementary School hosted a Fall Festival on November 10 with food, games, music, rides and prizes for students. Pictured above, art teacher Chuck Siler waits in a dunking booth in the cold rain for a student to dunk him.
Ruby Baker Harris Boulden’s family hosted her 90th birthday party on November 13, 2011 at the Elm Grove Community Building. Mrs. Boulden was married to the late Elmer Lee Boulden, Sr. Their children are Elmer Lee (Joe) Boulden, Jr. (deceased) and wife Barbara Lucas, Brenda Sue and husband Ray Thompson, Jessie Louise Boulden, Sandra Lynn and husband Dean Rathjen.
Lori Jean Moseley and Hassan Marwan Elfaysal were married Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 at St. Andrews By-the-Sea, in Nags Head. The officiating minister for the 5 p.m. ceremony was the Rev. Phillip Glick.
The bride is the daughter of Woody and Jane Moseley of Red Oak.
The groom’s parents are Marwan and Maria Elfaysal of Rocky Mount.
Mr. and Mrs. Dannie Morgan of Bailey announce the engagement of their daughter, Porshia Tywain Morgan of Clayton to Andra Maurice Pulley of Clayton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ray Pulley of Middlesex. The wedding will take place on March 31, 2012 at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimberly Paul Teachey of Rocky Mount announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Blair Teachey to Lt. Horace Greeley “Trey” Matthews III, USN of Md., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Greeley Matthews Jr. The wedding will take place May 19, 2012 in Rose Hill.
Doris and Carl Davis of Nashville announce the engagement of their daughter, Dorneeta Francine Davis, to Walter Alphonso Harper Jr., the son of Regina and Walter Harper Sr., of Nashville. The wedding will take place Dec. 31, 2011 at Union Hill Baptist Church.
Nash Community College Early Childhood Education student Calvenia Moore of Rocky Mount recently coordinated Sickle Cell Awareness Day during National Sickle Cell Awareness month. For five years, she has coordinated the event which is free to the community and educates locals about the disease.
Members of the new Key Club chapter at Early College High School were among the 60 students from area Key Club attending a Leadership Training Seminar on November 16. They were joined by Key Club members from Northern Nash High School, Nash Central High School, Southern Nash High School, Rocky Mount High School, and Rocky Mount Preparatory School.
Thomas Morring, center, a senior at W. L. Greene High School in Nashville, was honored as Student-of-the-Week for November 14-18 by the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club. Joined in his presentation by Counselor Theresa Thomas, left, and Principal Gloria Whitley, right, he spoke to the regular luncheon meeting at Benvenue Country Club on November 18.
Nash Community College was the recent host site for a Student Achievement in Reading (STAR) training session for the central region of the North Carolina Community College System. STAR teaches Adult Basic Education instructors to use evidence-based reading instruction in the classroom to help students improve their skills in alphabetics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension by explaining new concepts and modeling strategies and by providing feedback during class.
Coopers Elementary School has announced its A and A/B Honor Roll for the first Six Weeks:
Spring Hope Elementary School has announced its first Six Weeks Honor Roll
Red Oak Middle School has announced its first Six Weeks Honor Roll
Southern Nash High School A Honor Roll
The following Southern Nash High School students earned A Honor Roll for the first six weeks of the 2011-2012 school year:
A local artist’s work will be featured at the North Carolina Museum of Art through January 22, 2012 as part of a college student exhibition.
Janice Gravely, of Rocky Mount, is one of 41 works on view in the museum’s debut college student exhibition.
“Celebrating the Art of the Coastal Plain”, fulfilling the intention of our gallery motto North Carolina Wesleyan College’s Four Sisters Art Gallery is privileged to join Raleigh’s Gallery C to present the famous Louis Orr Carolina Suite: 51 etchings of our state’s significant architectural landmarks. The Four Sisters Gallery is in the Thomas Pearsall Visitor Center, central to Wesleyan’s campus.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Fourth graders at Swift Creek Elementary School are in the giving spirit.
For the past four years, students have been making and selling Christmas ornaments, donating a portion of the money to local charities and needy families.
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Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
I thought I’d share a poem with you for the holiday. This was sent to me in an email once and I have kept it all of this time and wanted to share. See you next week!
Sunday morning we had a good attendance at Beulah Church of Christ. The morning sermon was brought to us by Daniel West on “Will Anybody Say Thank You.” We should always thank God for his blessings. We need, also, to thank others who do things for us or for our church family. Those words mean more than we realize.
Christmas festivities began early as several youth and adults came together at the North Roanoke Baptist Associational Center on Friday, Nov. 18 to unpack all the items purchased for the red boxes for the inmates at Fountain Correctional Center. Then on Saturday, Nov. 19 the members of Girls in Action and Children in Action, leaders, and youth joined in to pack 585 red Christmas boxes.
Brother Bob Watkins welcomed everyone to Sunday School. There were 84 in attendance including one visitor. Zach Tyner read the Bible verse for Sunday. Robert Tyner presented handmade birthday cards by the youth to Pastor Bogle in honor of his birthday today. Happy Birthday, pastor. A colorful flower arrangements of red, yellow, purple and green was given in memory of Corliness and Salome Hendricks by their family.
0n Sunday morning Pastor Whitehouse preached the concluding segment of his sermon titled, “What’cha Gonna Do About It?” It was based on Galatians 6: 6-10. He emphasized that if we are followers of Christ we must treat other people as He would. We must seize the moment to do good to all people. We should be prepared to encourage and witness to them when the opportunity comes.
STANHOPE -- Southern Nash will serve as the host for the annual Nash County Christmas Basketball Tournament, which will be held Dec. 19-21 at the SNHS Gymnasium.
Tickets are $6 for the first two days and $8 for the final day.
Pairings for the event are as follows:
CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are last Friday night’s results in third-round action of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Football Playoffs:
ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College men’s basketball program and head coach John Thompson have announced that former Battling Bishop standouts Jarmel Arrington and Trey Drake have signed to play for the American Basketball Association’s Carolina Cougars this season.
Arrington and Drake become the program’s ninth and tenth players to continue their careers professionally.
