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The youth of Red Oak Baptist Church attended MFuge the week of June 11-17 in Louisville, KY. They all had a great time while there participating in missions opportunities in the area such as working with children, yard work, and visiting residents. They also had the chance to visit the Ark Encounter in Kentucky before coming home. On Sunday, June 25 several of the youth and chaperones shared their experiences with the congregation at church during the morning worship service.

THIRD GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Payton Bissette, Isaias Castrejon, Mallory Clarke, Lily Collins, Justin Coppedge, Kaidence Costa, Austin Daniels, Daniel Duong, Tiana Farr, Arianna Garris, Adeline Hancock, Caroline Harvey, Kingston Miller, Joshua Minchew, Lylah Mitchell, Brynlee Moore, Ryleigh Price and Jamiyah Revis

Nash Central High School has announced its fourth nine weeks honor roll.

Nash County officials lined up last week to thank a long time employee upon retirement.
"I'm going to miss it, but it's that time," said Scott Rogers, the county's assistant manager who has worked in county government for 33 years.
The former director of Nash County Emergency Services moved up to assistant county manager a year ago.
During the county commissioners most recent meeting, the board approved a resolution showing appreciation for Rogers' years of service.

Another subdivision is in the works in Spring Hope, a small Nash County town with nearly 400 new homes in development.
"It was an overlooked town for so long," said Tom White, of Axiom Development, which is developing two subdivisions in Spring Hope.
The town's planning board recently approved developer plans for the first phase of Pinewoods Farm, a 35-acre subdivision on Green Road. The neighborhood will have 30 homes on three-quarter-acre lots.

Multiple July Fourth celebrations will be held in Nash County including Castalia, Red Oak and Rocky Mount.
Red Oak will host its annual event on Sunday, July 2. Rocky Mount's event is Monday, July 3 and Castalia's event takes place on Tuesday July 4.
See inside today, pages 6-7-8 A, for complete details on area holiday events.

A new field house is in the works for athletes at Northern Nash High School, as the Nash County Board of Education approved a low bid from Berry Building Group for the new facility on Monday night.
The low bid amount was $4,731,000. Angela Miller, Executive Director of Athletics, School Nutrition and Wellness, told board members that Nash County had committed $3 million to the project, leaving $$1,731,000.

For more than a decade, Ramona Houston's smiling face and cheerful attitude has greeted drive-thru customers at the McDonald's in Nashville -- and she wouldn't have it any other way.
Houston, 53, has taken cheeseburger and fry orders and payments at the window for 12 years.
"I'm quite happy at my window," Houston said. "I love what I do."

The N.C. State Highway Patrol is running two drunken driving campaigns for the July 4 weekend.
Operation Firecracker Booze It & Lose It and Operation Dry Water launched Wednesday.
Law enforcement statewide, wildlife and traffic safety officials are involved in the campaigns to catch impaired drivers.

The Oak Level Ruritan Club awarded four student scholarships this year.
The scholarships are worth $1,000 each, said club President Kay Boone.
The club usually awards three scholarships annually, but handed out four scholarships this year, Boone said.

It is a great feeling when you find out you've been accidentally doing something healthy.
Scientists from the United States and the United Kingdom conducted a study on 378,932 subjects from ages 40 to 69 and found out that napping is good for the brain. The study was published in Science Alert, which sounds fake now that I think about it, but also appeared in Sleep Health, which is maybe a mattress store or a magazine, but I've never seen it in the checkout line at Harris Teeter, so I'm not sure.

Today's edition has a story on page one which is a bit different than our typical page one news coverage or news feature.
I received several phone calls recently from local people about a lady - but none of them knew her personally. Each person described this woman in the same fashion as being someone who brings a ray of sunshine into their life in the mornings as they move through a drive-thru at a Nashville restaurant.
After several phone calls, all from people who probably don't even know each other, I thought there's a reason we need to follow this lead.

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on July 9, 1974. Mrs. Lucy Ham (right) packs her suitcases into the trunk of her car for a trip to Miami, Fla. to attend the 53rd Annual Convention of Pilot Club International.

Two felony breaking and entering and larceny after breaking and entering were reported on 6/21/23 at 10335 W Old Spring Hope Road, Spring Hope
A misdemeanor larceny was reported on 6/23/23 at 10601 E NC 97, Rocky Mount
An assault on a law enforcement officer and involuntary commitment was reported on 6/24/23 at 10929 Street Road, Bailey

INCIDENTS
A misdemeanor larceny and misdemeanor breaking and entering was reported on 6/18/23 at 1185 Eastern Avenue
A breaking and entering a trailer, damage to real property, damage to personal property, first degree trespass and felony larceny was reported on 6/19/23 on N Eastpointe Avenue

Nash County continues to expand high speed internet with an ongoing public-private partnership.
With more than $1 million in investments from Nash County, internet infrastructure company CloudWyze will keep expanding broadband in rural areas around Red Oak and other local small towns.

We have been taught that there is a time and a place for everything. Sadly, Christians have confused submission with apathy for so long, many of us won't even talk about Jesus until Christmas.
Dr. William James - who is often referred to as the Father of Modern Psychology - once said, "There is nothing so absurd, but if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it".