Spring Hope Elementary School hosted a parent’s breakfast on Thursday, March 10 in the school cafeteria. The school cafeteria puts on the event every year during school breakfast week to allow parents the opportunity to have breakfast with their kids. Pictured above (L-R) is: Spring Hope Elementary staff Peggy Owens, Marsha Winstead, Billie Odom and Hope Murray.
Friday, April 8 from 7:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. at Southern Nash High School in the gymnasium, 6446 Southern Nash Road, Bailey
Monday, April 11 from 4 until 8 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 305 South Halifax Road, Rocky Mount
Forrest Brown of Rocky Mount has been chosen as the winner of the Gen. Hugh Shelton/Caldwell Fellowship. The Shelton/Caldwell Fellows Scholarship is granted each year to an NC State freshman who has shown academic excellence, critical thinking and creativity, extraordinary promise for leadership, exceptional character, and the desire and commitment to engage in the Fellows rigorous program of leadership development.
The Zeta Pi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. presented 8 area high school seniors and juniors to society during the 2011 Rhomania Scholarship Ball. The Ball was held on March 26, 2011 at 6 p.m. at Cornerstone Family Life Center, located in Greenville.
The Northern Nash band program is thriving and very active this spring. The Winterguard is competing with JV and Varsity squads, the newly formed Percussion Ensemble spreads its wings, and the concert bands are hard at work. On February 5th, twenty-six musicians from Northern Nash performed with the All-District high school bands in Greenville at ECU’s Wright Auditorium; and on March 12th, fifteen of these auditioned for the North Carolina All-State band.
RALEIGH - The 2011 Special Olympics North Carolina Eastern Basketball Tournament was held in Jacksonville on Saturday, March 5, and offered a full day of competition for more than 300 athletes, according to Keith L. Fishburne, SONC president/CEO.
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Carol Vierela / Nash County Animal Friends’ Notebook
Let’s just talk about male dogs! Recently, I heard a story that a man wanted to fix (neuter) his dog so he would be better behaved and not roam. However, he didn’t like the idea that his dog would no longer look “manly.” So surgery included artificial enhancements. *snicker* However, the poor dog had trouble sitting down so they had to be removed.
Matthew Pope, a junior at Nash Central High School, has been selected to be among 1,000 attendees at West Point’s prestigious Summer Leaders Seminar (SLS) in June.
More than 4,000 juniors nationwide applied to SLS, which offers outstanding high school juniors the opportunity to experience life at West Point.
Eight students recently graduated from Nash Community College’s five week Detention Officer Certification Course. The state accredited course is designed to teach the latest skills necessary for service as a sworn detention officer in North Carolina.
Rocky Mount Academy has announced its second trimester honor roll.
The following students earned A Honor Roll status for the grading period:
A Civil War Living History Weekend is set to take place April 2-3 at Historic Stonewall Manor in Rocky Mount, across from Battle Park.
The event will run from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, April 2 and from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, April 3.
The Four Sisters Gallery at NC Wesleyan College will be first to host Quilting: A Community History: Quilters from the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Community of Hollister. It will next travel to the Guilford Native-American Art Gallery in Greensboro. With the support of a grant from the NC Arts Council for Folklife Preservation, curator Karen Lynch Harley has assembled an exhibit and interviewed the eighteen quilters included in the exhibition.
It’s spring, which means the Country Doctor Museum resumes a full operational schedule.
Operating hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Tours are guided and run approximately 45-60 minutes. Tours begin on the hour each day, and the last tour of the day begins at 3 p.m.
Nash Arts kicks off its spring season with back-to-back weekend shows.
Guitars & Friends, a unique musical group comprised of area musicians, will perform Saturday April 2 at 7 p.m. Admission is $12 for general public and $10 for Nash Arts members.
Nash Community College Advertising and Graphic Design students will display their work at an art show in the College’s Brown Auditorium on Thursday, April 14 from 6-8pm. The event is free and open to the public. For more information on the art show or Nash Community College’s Advertising and Graphic Design program, call 252-451-8256 or email nneal@nashcc.edu.
The Tar River Swing Band will perform Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dunn Center on the NC Wesleyan College campus featuring hits of WWII.
Admission is free and VIP seating for WWII Veterans. Uniforms are welcome or just bring dog tags, emblems, insignia or military ID that verifies WWII service.
The cold of winter returned on Sunday, but love warmed the hearts of those who attended church at Peachtree. Pastor Whitehouse preached the concluding part of his sermon titled, “Conflict in the Church” based on Galatians 2: 11-14. He said that the first century church had issues within the church that give to the twenty-first church great truths.
Redeemer’s Inn held an open house on Sunday, March 27 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m, followed by a dedication ceremony.
The Redeemer’s Inn is a transitional home, helping women to bridge the gap between incarceration and living successfully in the community.
We had 91 in Sunday school, with one new member. Welcome everyone. I trust you enjoyed studying the Word with us. I liked Brother Bob’s quote for today, “I may not be what I ought to be, but I thank God that I am not what I was.” That should be true of all Christians.
Second Chance Prom: “Atlantis Forever” 2nd Chance Prom will be held on April 2, 2011. Doors Open at 6:30 p.m. Red Carpet Entrance at Rocky Mount Moose Lodge. Tickets are $75 per couple. 21 and over!
“Ambassadors for Christ” Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church Layman League Ministry is on the move. At their February 2011 meeting, discussion centered on ideas to further encourage Junior Laymen (ages 9-18) in attending meetings, speaking engagements, community service, workshops and their willingness to work in ministry.
Eileen Shanks, Suzy Pearce, and Audrey Pearce attended the NRBA WMU Associational Leadership Team met Saturday, March 26 at the Associational Office in Dortches.
Several Women on Mission groups will be meeting soon.
On Sunday morning, Pastor David Eidson’s message was “According to His Promise” from Romans 8:26-29. From verse 27 (NASB) “and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God”. Even when you do not know the right words to pray, the Holy Spirit prays with you and for you.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Buckling down on defense and scoring some timely goals will be Northern Nash’s recipe for girls soccer success during the 2011 campaign.
It’s a mix that has worked well for the Lady Knights during a recent two-match winning streak in Big East Conference action.
