Reaching the campaign goal was just announced, and already, United Way leaders are gearing up for Campaign 2011-12. The United Way campaign is scheduled to officially launch on September 8th and will run until mid-November engaging more than 130 businesses, schools and organizations across the Twin Counties.
Daylan Collins, a first grader at Nashville Elementary, recently received an Accelerated Reader Pin and the Outstanding Achievement Award for reading 225 books during this year’s program. Eight-year-old Daylan passed 211 out of the 225 books, the most read out of all the first grade classes.
Sunday, June 12 from 1 until 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 1029 Claude Lewis Road, Middlesex
Monday, June 13 from 3 until 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, 200 South Church Street, Rocky Mount
Tuesday, June 14 from 4 until 8 p.m. at Harrison Family YMCA, 1000 Independence Drive, Rocky Mount
Middle Schoolers at Rocky Mount Academy recently raised $2240 for Cure JM, a non-profit organization created to find a cure for Juvenile Myositis, from which RMA eighth grader Haneen Soufan suffers. The 6th-8th graders held a charity dodge ball tournament and a walkathon to support Soufan and all children suffering from this rare autoimmune disease.
Super Flame Gas Company, Inc. was named Small Business of the Month by the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce.
Having served the Rocky Mount area for 58 years, Super Flame Gas is a family-owned and operated company guided by its faith-based mission statement of glorifying God through its commitment to integrity, professional excellence, superior service, and the development of people.
By:
KENT WHEELESS, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- The Nash Central High School Bulldogs bowed out of the NCHSAA Class 3-A State Softball Championships to eventual 3A state champion D. H. Conley Vikings in the fourth round of the playoffs on May 27 at Conley in Pitt County.
Conley was the third team out the Coastal Conference to face the Bulldogs in the playoffs.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Three senior students known for excellence on and off the field grabbed the top honors during the recent Northern Nash High School Athletic Awards Ceremony.
Amanda Griffin took home three major awards as she was selected as NN’s Triple Crown, Female Athlete of the Year and Roger Shearin Award winner.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School head football coach Kevin Crudup will host the annual Lil’ Dawgs Football Camp from June 20-22 on the NCHS campus.
Ages 7-14 are welcome for the event, which will run from 9 a.m.-noon each day. The cost of $50 includes a T-shirt, awards and a final-day cookout.
NASH COUNTY -- Here are updates game results from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department:
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Fresh off their best-ever season, the accolades continue to pile in for the Nash Central High School fast-pitch softball squad.
Central, which was one victory away from reaching the Class 3-A State Semifinals in Raleigh, posted an impressive 19-6 record despite having only one senior -- outfielder Kristen Shuford.
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CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent / Submitted photos by David Hahula
WILSON -- A solid spring by Rocky Mount High School preserved its winter points lead and allowed it to claim the Big East Conference’s 2010-11 Wachovia Cup title for the third straight year.
The award is given to the school which has the best overall varsity sports program each year based on its league finish in 18 varsity sports.
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CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent / Submitted photos by David Hahula
AHOSKIE -- Rocky Mount Post 58 stayed red-hot Monday evening with its 5-1 American Legion baseball win over Ahoskie Post 102 at Hertford County High School.
The victory was Post 58’s fifth straight win and it moved to 7-3 on the season, and 3-0 in conference play -- all over Ahoskie.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. -- Elian Herrera drove in four runs to lift the Chattanooga Lookouts past the Carolina Mudcats 10-4 at AT&T Field on Sunday afternoon in a Class AA Southern League baseball showdown.
Herrera went 2-3 with a two-run double in the sixth inning to extend the Lookouts’ lead to 10-3 in the sixth.
RALEIGH -- Listed are last weekend’s final results from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Softball Championships:
RALEIGH -- Here are the final results from the 95th Annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s State Baseball Championships:
ELM CITY -- With absolutely perfect weather, drivers & fans filed into County Line Raceway last Saturday night for a full night of racing action, as well as the ever popular Kids Bike Races & the 2011 crowning of Miss County Line -- Misty Little.
ARRESTS
Quintin Stample - 5/16/11 - charged with failure to appear for driving while license revoked charge; also charged with expired registration and expired inspection
Desmond Sorrell Whitaker - 5/17/11 - charged with failure to appear for noise ordinance violation
Nash Health Care’s HealthFirst Wellness Center will offer Safe Sitter classes this summer at its facility at 1051 Noell Lane in Rocky Mount. Safe Sitter is a national, not-for-profit organization devoted to babysitter training. Safe Sitter’s 900 teaching sites have offered safe babysitting classes to more than 500,000 teens and pre-teens since 1980.
ROCKY MOUNT – Blanche Lee Hill, 49, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, died on Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
SHARPSBURG – Clara Battle, 77, of Sharpsburg, North Carolina, died on Friday, June 03, 2011 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
ROCKY MOUNT – Jakwan E. Pittman, 33, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, died on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount, NC.
Edward Ray Johnson, 58, passed away on Monday, June 6, 2011.
NASHVILLE – Dollie R. Upchurch, age 99, died Monday, June 6, 2011.
Mary Ann “Doddie” Alston, 64, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Funeral services were held Sunday, June 5, 2011 at Richardson Funeral Home in Nashville. Burial followed at the Philadelphia Church Cemetery.
By:
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Partisan lines were clearly drawn as Nash County approved its budget for 2011-2012 fiscal year by a narrow margin. Much of the controversy stemmed from the fact that the proposed budget does not increase funding for Nash Community College.
Before the budget vote was taken, Commissioner Danny Tyson (Rep.) made a motion that $400,000 be taken from the county’s fund balance and be given to Nash Community College as a one-time gift for use in capital projects.
