Nashville’s Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for A Place to Grow Learning Center last Wednesday. Pictured on the front row (L-R) is: Renee Davis, Bruce Daughtry, Nashville Mayor Donald Street, Owner and Co-Director Ginny Thacker, Co-Director Angela Neville and Nashville Councilwoman Louise Hinton. On the back row (L-R) is: Jill Boone, John McDanel, Nashville Councilman Tommy Rogers and Larry Wood.
Cooley Library hosted a tea party on Thursday, July 21. Young ladies came out to listen to a story and had tea and snacks while also learning about tea times in other countries. Pictured above, Kylie Grace Billups and Bethany Williams (L-R) enjoy tea and snacks during storytime.
Local resident, Shanna Bottoms has joined the Raleigh branch of AXA Advisors, LLC.
“We’re extremely pleased to have Shanna join our team at AXA Advisors,” said John Erwin, executive vice president of the National Division of AXA Advisors, LLC and manager of the Raleigh branch. “We look to her to carry on our commitment to our clients and professional leadership.”
Last week, I reminisced in this spot about what life was like in the summer when I was a kid and the things I did to entertain myself.
Despite all the technology my family – and many others as well– enjoy, when it comes down to it, kids still like doing the same things, generation after generation: digging holes in the yard, playing with water hoses and confounding adults.
If my memory serves me right – seems like back in 2001, the predictions were that Nashville’s economy was going to explode due to the 1,000 or more new jobs that were coming due to the opening of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company just outside of town. The $130 million project was at the top of most all conversations – some for it, some against it.
I had the pleasure recently of getting to know the Dempsey family after interviewing them about their pending adoption of a little girl, Anna Carson.
I had seen the Dempsey family around Nashville before and have actually taken pictures of their two little boys, Rylen and Coleston, at different events.
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A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
This photo was originally published in The Graphic August 22, 1963. Little Kimberly Jean May sits atop a pile of golden tobacco while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis May of Corinth, look over a bill of sale at the Rocky Mount market.
Nashville Police Officer Steve Glover gets a fingerprint from two-year-old Max Bastian, of Nashville, during an Ident-A-Kit program. The program was a partnership with Cooley Library. Officers from Nashville’s Police Department took fingerprints and photographs of children 12 and under to help parents keep up with important information on their child in the event of an emergency.
A 12-year-old organist, pianist and composer who began studying music at the age of three will be one of the highlights of the Summer Music Festival and Camp at historic Cherry Hill in nearby Warren County.
The organ concert by Michael Bennett is planned for July 31. He will speak informally about his background and experiences at 2 p.m. and begin his concert at 3.
Nash Community College received national media exposure after a Bloomberg News campus visit in April. While at the college, Bloomberg print reporter Craig Torres and TV reporter Lizzie O’Leary conducted interviews with Electric Lineman students and faculty for a story in their series on employable careers in non-tradable markets.
North Carolina Wesleyan’s Board of Trustees and its chair, Velma H. Johnson, have appointed a trio of experienced leaders to serve the College on its Board. The upcoming term will feature newcomers Howard N. Lee, Joseph H. Nelson, and A. Donald Stallings. This brings the total number of elected trustees to 28, with Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr. as an honorary member and President Jim Gray ex-officio.
Stephanie Griffin, an occupational therapist at Nash Day Hospital, recently earned her certification in hand therapy, making her one of an estimated 5,400 certified hand therapists worldwide. Hand therapy focuses on rehabilitation of the wrist, elbows, hands and shoulder area.
Coopers Ruritan Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Matthew Jones of Nashville under the EC Pearce Scholarship Program. Pictured presenting the award to Matthew is (left) Ron Hawley, Coopers Ruritan Club President, and (right) Danny Tyson, chairman of the scholarship committee.
Spring Hope Elementary School (SHES) hosted a reception this week to welcome new principal, Eric Mitchell, to the Spring Hope community. The SHES staff had the opportunity to meet Mr. Mitchell and enjoy a refreshing lunch together. Previously Mitchell served as assistant principal at Southern Nash High School.
Coast Guard Seaman Christopher Douglas Joyner, son of Brenda Lynch, of Nashville, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center on June 3 in Cape May, N.J.
As part of his training, Joyner satisfactorily completed: seamanship, fire fighting, small arms, manual of arms, close order drill, military drill, first aid and CPR.
Michael and Cheryl Belcher of Raleigh are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Nicole Belcher, to Thomas Brent Woolard, the son of Tommy and Susan Woolard of Rocky Mount. The wedding will take place September 10, 2011 at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Raleigh.
Nash Community College (NCC) recently announced that two of faculty members have been promoted to its professorate class. Computer Engineering Technology Professor Dianne Boseman and Business Technologies Professor Lee Parker have demonstrated outstanding support of Nash Community College’s mission through teaching excellence, student support, community service and awareness and have been promoted from instructors into Nash Community College’s professorate class.
Kitchawa Roulac is currently undertaking her clinical rotation at Ward Drug Company in Nashville during the month of July.
Her extreme excitement and enthusiasm about coming to Nashville to enhance her community practice experience and learn more about the programs at Ward Drug Company that promote health and wellness in the Nashville community has touched each patient that she greets in her smile.
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Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
I’m sure by now, you know that we wish for the Nash County Animal Shelter to be open for adoptions on Saturdays and will even staff with our volunteers. BUT do we want people like the person who adopted a dog on Friday? NO WAY
The Nash Community College Betsy B. Currin Child Development Center has been selected to receive the Shape NC $3,000 grant made possible with support from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation.
With many still on vacation, our attendance for Sunday school was down to 72. Allie Farmer read the Bible verse for today.
Our choir sang “I Will sing of the Mercies” for the call to worship. Pastor Rogerson welcomed everyone and prayed the invocation.
The heat wave continues but attendance was good at Peachtree on Sunday morning. Pastor Whitehouse brought the concluding segment of his sermon titled “Who is Your Mother?” It was based on Galatians 4: 24-31. Here Paul is speaking to the church at Galatia to warn them that salvation is the gift of grace – not of works.
Now is the time to purchase your Christmas gifts (Christmas in August gifts, that is). The GA’s and RA’s are promoting Christmas in August and asking everyone to contribute to this project which will support the ministry of Bill Viel, North American missionary, living and working in Rocky Mount. Lists are available with specific items needed.
Here is my favorite Bible verse. “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me” (Galatians 2:20).
