The Frederick E. Turnage Chapter of American Red Cross has named a new director of development and also has named two current Red Cross employees to new positions. All three new appointees received a harsh test in August in the chapter’s response to Hurricane Irene, which strew damage across all five of the chapter’s counties.
Dr. Anthony Jackson, Superintendent of Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, recently met with the first of three focus groups that will gather together over the next few weeks. Parents from across the county and the city of Rocky Mount met together to discuss the school system’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
State Farm Insurance recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the Frederick E. Turnage Chapter of the American Red Cross. The funds are to support disaster recovery efforts for the communities affected by Hurricane Irene.
Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools recently hosted instructional leaders from 3 school systems as they framed the template for curriculum that will provide the basis for student learning for years to come. Curriculum leaders from Granville and Wilson counties joined the instructional team from NRMPS in a fast paced day led by Department of Public Instruction staff.
Marilyn Cary, of Nashville, was crowned the 2011 Homecoming Queen at Barton College on Saturday, October 22. Cary is a senior elementary and special education double major at Barton and a member of the Delta Zeta Sorority. She graduated from Nash Central High School in 2008 and is a Nash County 4-H Alumni. Cary plans to teach in Nash County after she graduates.
Western Sizzlin honored Breast Cancer Awareness Month by making a donation to the American Cancer Society. Employees at the restaurant dressed in pink on October 14 to help build awareness.
Nash Community College has officially kicked off its United Way campaign. Pictured, United Way Tar River Region Executive Director Ginny Mohrbutter (center), visits Nash Community College’s Betsy B. Currin Child Development Center for a United Way campaign kickoff activity with a coloring exercise. Nash Community College students, faculty and staff recently donated to United Way 617 non-perishable food items and $645 raised during the Ugly Tie Contest.
Brother Bob welcomed everyone to Sunday school. We had 76 in attendance with three visitors. Several regular members were gone off for the weekend. Those of us present enjoyed a good lesson from the book of Song of Solomon. In my class our regular teacher was gone, so I led a discussion on the lesson. It turned out to be some interesting comments and an enjoyable lesson on love between a husband and his wife and also the love Christ has for His bride, the church.
Sunday at Beulah Church of Christ there were several members and friends who were in the hospital. Some of them were Mrs. Lois Hedgepeth, Mrs. Maebelle Hardy, and Mrs. Fay Nelms. Helen Tyner will have some surgery this week. Jimmy Nelms will have surgery in November. We pray for all these people and hope all goes well and they will be blessed with good health in the near future.
The glory of God filled the sanctuary. The priests retreated from their places of ministry. King Solomon dedicated the new temple with a display of God’s approval. Then Solomon offered this prayer. “May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Himself” (1 Kings 8:57-58).
Andrew Pardue, a senior at Nash Central High School , was named the Kiwanis Student-of-the-Week for October 17 through 21. He currently holds the top ranking in his Senior Class of 244 students. He has applied to flagship universities in North Carolina, and to several Ivy League schools. He plans to study political science and government.
Wednesday, November 2 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Edgecombe Community College, Room 613, 225 Tarboro Street, Rocky Mount
Monday, November 7 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. at Lakeside Baptist Church, 1501 Sunset Avenue, Rocky Mount
Tuesday, November 8 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Community Health, Inc, 800 Tiffany Blvd, Rocky Mount
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Two plays was all it took for the Nashville Hornets to take control of their Eastern North Carolina Football League varsity finale last Saturday against Rocky Mount.
On the second snap from scrimmage, Hornet standout Kedrick Bell took a handoff and sped away 47 yards for a touchdown that gave Nashville the lead for good.
WILSON -- Nash Central’s Dynamic Sister Duo of Randi Price and Kaley Price rolled to the doubles championship at last weekend’s Class 3-A East Regional Girls Tennis Tournament, which was held at the Barton College Courts.
In last Saturday’s finals, the Prices defeated C.B. Aycock’s Brooke Barfield and Ashton Walker by a score of 6-2, 6-3.
NASH COUNTY -- Here are last weekend’s high school football results from across North Carolina:
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
WILSON -- Every statistic in the book went Nash Central’s way last Friday night in its football fight with Wilson Hunt for the Big East Conference lead -- except for the final score.
The Bulldogs more than doubled the Warriors on offense (378 yards to 175) and punted just once all night. But key turnovers and penalties, categories Nash Central also led the evening in (two to zero in turnovers; flagged 11 times to four), were the costliest as Hunt prevailed 23-21 at Warrior Stadium.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. -- The Battling Bishop football team of North Carolina Wesleyan College fell to Christopher Newport by a 51-33 score in front of more than 6,100 fans at CNU’s Pomoco Stadium last Saturday night.
Junior Dwayne Hollis recorded a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, and freshman Jacques Alston tallied three rushing scores, but Wesleyan was unable to overcome five critical turnovers on the evening.
RALEIGH -- Baseball America has ranked NC State’s current 13-man crop of new players as the fourth best recruiting class in the country, the magazine announced Thursday.
The Durham-based publication, which specializes in player development and the Major League Baseball draft, gives extensive coverage to minor league, college and high school baseball.
NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated results from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s Fall Soccer League:
ELM CITY -- Nash County’s Firebirds concluded regular season action in the Eastern North Carolina Football League last Saturday with a road tip to tangle with the Sharpsburg Gators at Elm City Middle School.
Here is a look at each of the contests:
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
NASH COUNTY -- Few would ever have thought that the Wilson Fike-Wilson Hunt football season finale would be this important.
After all, Hunt was picked to finish first in the Big East Conference in the coaches’ preseason poll. Fike was voted to tie for last place with Rocky Mount.
Nashville’s Tyshun Green (left) tries to get past a pair of Rocky Mount players during last Saturday’s Eastern North Carolina Football League matchup.
On a beautiful autumn Sunday morning, Pastor Whitehouse brought a sermon titled, “Does Jesus Live Where You Live?” It was based on Galatians 5:19-26 and was about the Fruit of the Spirit. When God has free reign in a person’s heart then he will have peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. God’s presence enables a person to have these traits.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Executive Committee of the Nash County Democratic Party will recommend Anne Melvin to complete the term of the late Barbara Sasser, who served as Register of Deeds for 19 years.
The Nash County Board of Commissioners will consider the recommendation at their next meeting on November 7.
By:
Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
“Excellence is deliberate — it doesn’t just happen,” Dr. Anthony Jackson, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) superintendent told the board at their retreat this weekend. His main concern, he said, is what students are able to do after they graduate from NRMS high schools. And his plan to get there is to provide challenges for every student.
