Seven students from four area high schools have been awarded scholarships to attend Kiwanis International’s Key Leader program.
Cristen Resendiz of Northern Nash High School, in Air Force Junior ROTC, received his award given in honor of Col. Roger McCausland, U. S. Air Force retired.
Courtenay Wells was recently crowned Teen Miss Glamour Girl at the Cary, NC Glamour Girl Pageant Systems Event. She is the daughter of Meta and Ricky Wells of Red Oak. Courtenay is an 11th grader at Northern Nash High School and enjoys drawing, singing, dancing, swimming, soccer, Girl Scouts and Community Service. Courtenay will compete again at the State competition to be held in February.
Angela Blankenship of AB Photography in Nashville, has earned the Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) designation from the Professional Photographic Certification Commission.
Blankenship earned this designation after meeting rigorous requirements measuring her artistic and technical competence.
The North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition (NCBC) recently honored Nash Health Care with two awards in recognition of its outstanding support and promotion of breastfeeding. Nash Health Care received the “Breastfeeding Friendly Business” and the “Breastfeeding Friendly Employer” awards. These awards are given annually to organizations that that have made accommodations to welcome breastfeeding mothers and employees into their places of business.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Richard Price hopes the four days of hard training he provided to 16 law enforcement officers last week will pay off.
Southern Police Canine hosted the training last week for 15 officers from across North Carolina, including four from the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, and one officer from the York Regional Police Department in Canada.
The Down East Partnership for Children recently recognized Alaya Reynolds, a sophomore at Nash Central High School, for her volunteer efforts over the summer. Reynolds volunteered at the Down East Partnership not only for credit in her Health Science Academy, but because she would like to work with children and hoped to gain some job skills.
Teachers at Cedar Grove Elementary School were able to purchase supplies for their classrooms, thanks to Walmart’s Teacher Rewards Program.
Associates of Nashville’s Walmart recently selected Cedar Grove for the program. As part of the program, 10 teachers were given $100 rewards gift cards to purchase classrooms supplies from Walmart.
The Northern Nash Marching Knights sponsored its 24th Annual Roundtable on Saturday, October 1 at the Northern Nash Football Field, “Death Valley.” The Roundtable is a marching band competition with this years event including bands from Bailey, Cary, Clayton, Deep Run, Roanoke Rapids, Wilson and Glen Allen, Virginia. The Northern Nash Marching Knights will perform in exhibition.
Congratulations to two families who had new additions recently! Chris and Christi May welcomed their son, Cameron Andrew May, on Sept. 13 and Chad and Heather Thompson also welcomed a son, Brody Chad Thompson, on Sept. 21.
We had 89 present for Sunday school. Bob Watkins welcomed everyone. We sang “Happy Birthday” for all those with a birthday in Oct. Those with wedding anniversaries were also recognized. Each were given a piece of candy. Matthew Morgan read the Bible verse for today.
Mark your calendars for a busy week-end at Beulah Church of Christ. This Friday, from 5-8 p.m. will be the monthly fish fry at the Beulah Annex on Reges Rd. This is a great event the first Friday night in each month and we always look forward to seeing all of you.
To encourage them, before Jesus went to the cross, to the grave, and then to heaven, He made a promise to His weary and heartbroken disciples. “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth” (John 14:16-17). This promise indicates an important attribute of the Holy Spirit. He is the Sprit of truth.
Southern Nash High School will be hosting a local Fields of Faith event on October 12 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. on the Firebird football field.
Fields of Faith is a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) led event that gathers parents and students across the nation on the same day to hear God’s word, share testimonies, and pray.
The Daughters of the American Revolution’s Micajah Pettaway Chapter met September 15, 2011, 10:30 a.m. in Braswell Memorial Library’s Warner Room. Hostesses Toni Wade, Chairman, Roslyn Gragg and Sylvia Andracchio served refreshments.
There was a foretaste of winter in the air as Peachtree folks gathered to worship on Sunday morning. Pastor Whitehouse’s sermon topic was “God’s Design for Christian Living”. It was based on Paul’s message to the Galatians from chapter 5:16-18.
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Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
Last Saturday we sent nine dogs north to New York, of which eight of them were going to Canada. Recently we sent four cats to Germany and two dogs are slated for the UK. We are sending them everywhere because the people here don’t care enough. It is expensive to rescue. But there are no choices, unless we just want the pets to die.
Laura Haynes of Rocky Mount was selected as the North Carolina PeriAnesthesia Nurse of the Year by the NC Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. The award was presented at a statewide conference in Hickory.
“Laura exemplifies excellence in all nursing-related roles,” stated Marlene Everette, RN, the perianesthesia manager who nominated Haynes for the award.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WILSON -- With a rivalry matchup looming against the Nash County Firebirds, Nashville first had to get past the Wilson Boys and Girls Club during last Saturday’s Eastern North Carolina Football League varsity action.
Nashville passed the road test in strong fashion, scoring early and often en route to obtaining a 42-6 decision over the Jets in a game that was played at the Wilson Fike High School Football Field.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WILSON -- Three weeks remain in the regular season, but the Nashville Junior Varsity Team will be hard-pressed to top the heroics from last Saturday’s key showdown against the Wilson Boys and Girls Club.
Trailing by six points in the fourth quarter, the Hornets rallied for 17 unanswered markers to remain undefeated with a 17-6 decision over the Jets at Wilson Fike High School.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
BUNN -- A heavy dose of local knowledge helped Rachel Bissette outlast her competition on Monday at the latest Big East Conference Girls Golf Match at The River Golf and Country Club at Lake Royale.
The River is known for its trickery, and being familiar with the course is always a plus.
Bissette and her Southern Nash teammates practice daily at The River, and the Ladybird veteran put that knowledge to good use en rout to earning medalist honors.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School remained perfect in 2011 girls tennis action with a pair of Big East Conference victories last week.
The Lady Bulldogs bested Northern Nash and Wilson Fike by identical 9-0 scores under veteran head coach Susan McCarthy.
NASH COUNTY -- Here are last weekend’s scores from the 2011 North Carolina High School Athletic Association football season:
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CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- Rocky Mount was in a giving mood Monday evening in the Gryphons’ Big East Conference opener against Nash Central at the Rocky Mount Athletic Complex.
The Gryphons had nine fumbles, and the Bulldogs only recovered two of them.
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CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
NASH COUNTY -- One thing can definitely be said about this week’s Big East Conference football contests.
Every one of the teams will be playing on a short week.
All six teams played Monday evening, so no one will have a longer period of rest over anyone else.
That being said, as in every week, there will be some intriguing matchups coming up Friday night.
DANVILLE, VA. -- Wideout Jarret Coffield hauled in a career-high nine receptions for 119 yards, and fellow senior Javon Boddie returned an interception 23 yards for a touchdown to lead North Carolina Wesleyan College’s football team to a 29-0 shutout of homestanding Averett University last Saturday.
