For worship at Peachtree on Sunday morning sanctuary flowers were given by Patricia, Bill and Bart Wood. They were given in memory of Patricia’s husband and Bill and Bart’s father, James Madison Wood.
Pastor Whitehouse chose as his sermon topic “Being Right with God is about Believing, Not Achieving.”
Eric and Gina Whitesell and sons, Jeff, Joseph, and Jayden of Brazil, Indiana were guests in the home of Roger and Eileen Shanks recently. They journeyed to Atlantic Beach with Dax and Erin Joyner where they visited the Aquatic Museum and other sites. Then they went on to Washington, DC where they planned to visit Gina’s cousin, Tracy Shanks.
Barbara Phillips Artis and her committee held a Tar River Elementary School Reunion Gala on Saturday, April 23, 2011, at the Gateway Center in Rocky Mount. Tar River Elementary School was an all-black elementary school, grades first through eighth. The school was in existence for about 20 years, closing for good in 1968.
Communities in Schools held their annual 7th Grade Financial Literacy Retreat at the Nash Community College Brown Auditorium on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Area students learned about personal finance and gained skills in basic financial decision making. Nash Community College students and community volunteers assisted the seventh graders with their “checking accounts” and real life scenarios.
On Sunday morning Rev. Dougald McLaurin delivered God’s message from Hebrew 5:11 and 2 Peter 3:14-18 as he discussed growing in Christ. We should all be growing in our walk with Christ. If you are not, something is wrong with your relationship with Him.
By:
KENT WHEELESS, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT - After making a first-round exit from the Class 3-A Softball Championships last year, the Nash Central Bulldogs softball team is making every effort to continue its season this time around.
The Lady Bulldogs advanced to the third round with a pair of wins last week and were scheduled to face Whiteville’s South Central Falcons Tuesday night.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
WILSON -- The Big East Conference released its All-Conference baseball teams last weekend and Nash County squads Rocky Mount and Nash Central each landed four players on the squad, while Northern Nash had three and Southern Nash had two selected.
Rocky Mount, which placed second behind conference champ Wilson Hunt, saw its lone seniors, Benton Moss, Thomas Berry, Matthew Berry and Taylor Clontz, honored on the first team.
NASH COUNTY -- Thirteen Nash County players -- and one coach -- have been honored with spots on the 2011 Big East Conference Boys Tennis Team.
Nine of those performers made the First Team, while four more were saluted with positions on the Honorable Mention group.
CHAPEL HILL -- Here are the results through two rounds of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3-A State Fast-Pitch Softball Playoffs:
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School saw its dream baseball season come to an end last Tuesday night as North Lenoir beat the Bulldogs 5-2 in the second round of the NCHSAA Class 3-A State Playoffs at the Dawg Pound.
After the two teams played a scoreless game after three innings, the Hawks put four runs up in the fourth and made them stick.
GREENVILLE -- On the heels of recording its first Conference USA series sweep of the season, East Carolina University (37-18, 14-10) earned the No. 3 seed at the 2011 Conference USA Baseball Championships, which begin Wednesday at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss.
ZEBULON -- A season-high crowd of 6,678 saw the Carolina Mudcats defeat the Chattanooga Lookouts 4-1 to take a 2-1 series lead at Five County Stadium on Sunday afternoon in a Class AA Southern League baseball showdown.
Kyle McCulloch (W, 1-1) notched his first organizational victory in the Cincinnati Reds chain, pitching six innings, allowing just one run on three hits.
NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated scores and information from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department:
ASH COUNTY -- Young Champions of America is a national organization offering low-cost, high-quality martial arts instruction to children ages 4-18 through local towns, schools and organizations.
The program emphasizes growing the student as a strong, well-rounded individual of mind first and then body.
Lindsey Sharpe has excelled on the mound and at the plate this season for the Nash Central Lady Bulldogs. Nash Central was scheduled to meet Winterville South Central in the third round of the Class 3-A State Softball Playoffs.
A Havelock runner crosses home plate as Nash Central catcher Caley Bass tries to find the ball (at far left) during last Friday’s softball playoff showdown.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man suspected in a Nash County homicide.
According to Captain Pat Joyner of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, Eusevio Salazar-Mendoza and Corrello Ramiro were arguing at a home they shared at 7942 Buck Road in Castalia when Salazar-Mendoza shot Ramiro.
Ramiro was dead when deputies arrived at the home around 7:30 on Saturday night.
By:
Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) superintendent Rick McMahon said 2011-12 budget cuts of $7.4 million will be presented to the board at their June 13 meeting.
While sharing the current state budget update with the board at their work session Monday night, McMahon said the system must not only prepare for these state cuts but also $2.2 million in federal cuts for next school year.
Approximately 230 people attended the Nash County Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual appreciation lunch held at Rose Hill last Thursday. For more than 30 years, the district has held a luncheon every spring to promote conservation efforts and to show its appreciation to the people and agencies who support those efforts. Pictured above Tommy Macias and Linda Burgess volunteer serving crawfish.
By:
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
The first of several legal challenges related to the Sanderson Farms project will begin this week in a Pitt County Courtroom. According to Attorney Tom Terrell, who will help represent Nash County in the proceedings, Judge Russell Duke is slated to hear preliminary motions on Thursday, May 19.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Spring Hope’s Park will be getting a makeover, thanks to a grant from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF).
The town recently received word that it had been awarded the $55,000 grant, which will require a $55,000 match from the town. The grant money will be used to renovate the town’s existing park.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County Commissioners received a tight budget for the upcoming year during a recessed meeting on Monday morning.
Nash County Managed Bob Murphy presented the $85 million budget to commissioners and said it was a very flat budget.
“It has been a tough one to compile,” Murphy said.
The proposed 2011-2012 budget is only .27 percent higher than the current year’s adopted budget.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville’s long-awaited Comprehensive Plan is now official, as council members adopted the plan at the last regular board meeting.
The Comprehensive Plan is a 10-chapter plan that envisions where Nashville wants to be in the future. The very first meeting for the Comprehensive Plan was held in 2006 and a committee has been working hard since to put together the plan, with the help of town staff.
ARRESTS
Ahmad Akeem Mercer - 4/20/2011 - charged with larceny from a motor vehicle
Derrick Lashon Harrison - 4/18/2011 - charged with possesion of drug paraphernalia
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Bailey man who went missing on Friday night was located safe near his home.
The NC Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert for 52-year-old Eddie Thomas Whitley late Friday night. Whitley was last seen at 7349 Longmire Lane in Bailey. Whitley suffers from dementia or other cognitive impairment.
