The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center has awarded 18 grants totaling $5.5 million to create new jobs, expand health services and provide clean water in rural counties. The grants will create 585 jobs and assist projects in 16 counties, including Nash County.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WILSON -- Familiar foes with not-so-familiar faces will be on display Friday when Southern Nash opens regular season football action with a renewal of the Sweet Potato Bowl against the SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars.
The long-time rivalry was temporarily halted two campaigns ago with the demise of the NEW-6 Conference.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
BUNN -- A lesson learned translated into a victory earned Monday for the Bunn Ladycats against Nash Central in the regular season volleyball opener for both teams.
But it wasn’t easy for BHS as veteran head coach Henry Jones decided to sit out two starters for the first game after they were late for the match.
RED OAK -- Northern Nash High School began its 2011 volleyball slate on Tuesday at home against the Bunn Ladycats.
Northern’s complete ledger is as follows, with home events listed in CAPS:
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- In an uncharacteristic development, Northern Nash’s boys soccer team failed to reach the Class 3-A State Playoffs for the first time in over a decade in 2010.
NNHS head coach Joe McCarthy hopes that’s an aberration and not a trend as the Knights get into the swing of things this fall.
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CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
NASH COUNTY -- The 2011 high school football season will get underway Friday as all four Nash County teams will hit the field.
Game time for all four contests is 7:30 p.m.
CHARLOTTE -- A new season of Time Warner Cable’s Game of the Week kicks off Friday with more games and the best high school football matchups from across the state.
Along with great competitions in Charlotte, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Wilmington and Newport, Time Warner Cable is also featuring the best in North Carolina private school rivalries.
WORLD SERIES CHAMPS. The Carolina Lookouts 12-Under Girls Fast-Pitch Softball Team recently went to Myrtle Beach to take part in the 2011 WFC A Class World Series. The Lookouts dropped only one game at the event and won the World Series.
ZEBULON -- Carolina’s Pedro Villarreal tossed his first complete game of his 50-start career, shackling the Montgomery Biscuits with a four-hitter as the Mudcats evened their series with the Biscuits thanks to a 6-2 victory at Five County Stadium on Sunday afternoon in a Class AA Southern League diamond event.
Louisburg High School wide receiver Jordan Perry tries to avoid a Southern Nash tackle attempt during last Friday night’s action at the Wilson Fike Football Jamboree.
By:
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
The Town of Red Oak is considering a challenge to the most recent population data sent to the town from NC State Demographer Jennifer Song. Commissioners for the Town of Red Oak discussed the recent data at a regular business meeting held Monday, September 5.
The most recent data sent from the state places the population of Red Oak at 3443.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A 19-year-old woman was killed after running off the road and into a tree early Saturday morning.
According to Trooper Michael Davidson, of the NC Highway Patrol, Candace Perdue was traveling east on Bend of the River Road, between I-95 and NC Highway 58, around 4 a.m. when she went into a left-handed curve, ran off the road to the left and collided with a tree. Davidson said Perdue died at the scene.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville’s Town Council approved a resolution recognizing Dr. Joseph Liverman for his many years of service to the Town of Nashville.
Liverman retired on August 31 after 55 years of practicing medicine in Nashville. Liverman came to Nashville on December 28, 1956 after practicing medicine in the United States Air Force for three years. He’s been in Nashville practicing medicine since.
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Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
At its meeting Thursday night, the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools board approved a partnership with three organizations for 2011-12 school year: Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), Communities in Schools (CIS), and East Carolina University (ECU) Department of Psychology.
Graham Nelson, Sales Consultant with Davenport Autopark, shows Somora Anstead a GMC Acadia at Nash Central Middle School prior to Anstead going for a test drive. Every person that came out to the school on August 23 to test drive a car earned $10 towards the school’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA). This was the first time the dealership has done a program like this in conjunction with a school PTA.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Nash Health Care Board of Commissioners heard an update on its business plan from CEO Larry Chewning during the board’s regular meeting last Thursday afternoon.
The business plan consists of 18 items that were established during planning sessions. The items are all goals that Nash Health wants to focus its attention on this year.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County Farm Bureau is moving its offices to a new, larger location behind Wendy’s off of Eastern Avenue.
A groundbreaking was held last Thursday to celebrate the start of construction, with board members, employees and the architect and contractor in attendance.
A Middlesex woman was arrested for stealing lottery tickets from her employer.
Agents with the N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement Division arrested Candice Joan Sawatzky, 44 on August 22 for allegedly stealing lottery tickets from the Wendell convenience store where she worked.
The Coopers Ruritan Club recently awarded a scholarship to Christopher Poland of Elm City. The Coopers Ruritan Club wish much success to Christopher in his efforts to achieve his educational goals. Pictured (L-R) is Peggy Winstead, Scholarship Committee of Coopers Ruritan with Christopher Poland, the scholarship recipient.
Trent Mohrbutter, center, principal of Early College High School on the campus of Nash Community College, spoke to the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club on August 25 about this unique curriculum programming offered by Nash Rocky Mount Schools.
Twenty-two cadets recently graduated from Nash Community College’s thirty-third Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) class. These students represent the largest graduating BLET class in the College’s history. During the twenty-seven week training, students learned essential skills required for entry-level employment as law enforcement officers with state, county, or municipal governments, or with private enterprise.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Nashville man was killed Saturday morning during Hurricane Irene after a tree fell on him while he was out feeding his horses.
Captain Pat Joyner, of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, said 63-year-old Ricky Webb, of Pinetree Lane, went out around 5:30 a.m. to feed his horses. Joyner said Webb’s wife went back to sleep and when she woke up around 10:15 a.m., discovered that part of a tree had fallen on him.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County farmers are in a race to save what crops they can, after Hurricane Irene tore through the county and damaged thousands of acres of fields.
Charlie Tyson, Nash County Cooperative Extension Director, said tobacco was hit the hardest. The county has 9,000 acres of tobacco whose profit could be cut in half as a result of the storm.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County’s C&D Landfill will need more room in 2018 and commissioners are moving forward with the long process of preparing for an expansion of the current landfill.
Vance Moore, who serves as the county’s Solid Waste Engineer, spoke to commissioners about the proposed expansion at a work session on Monday, August 22. Moore went over the process the county would have to go through to get the expansion approved, including letting the public know about the process.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Volunteers are like pieces of a puzzle and for the Nash County Senior Center, they are essential pieces.
Two volunteers received special recognition last week at the Senior Center’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Social.
Senior Center Director Christy Southall presented the award for Senior Center Volunteer of the Year to Judy Stallings.
