Mr. and Mrs. John W. Barrett, IV of Rocky Mount announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan Lea Barrett, to Steven Thomas Harrington, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Kyle Harrington of Broadway. The wedding will take place on April 9, 2011 at Jones Chapel Meredith College, Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Moseley of Red Oak announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Jean Moseley, to Hassan Marwan Elfaysal, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marwan Elfaysal of Rocky Mount.
North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson conferred 3,157 degrees on 3,018 graduating students when the university held its 2010 Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 18, at the RBC Center in Raleigh.
Candidates for degrees were from 94 North Carolina counties, 33 other states or U.S. territories and 41 foreign countries. NC State holds graduation ceremonies each year in the spring and fall.
Gardner-Webb University recently announced two Nash County students who were named to the Honor Roll during the fall semester.
Nashville’s Kiwanis Club honored students at Cedar Grove Elementary recently with Terrific Kids Awards. Students are nominated by their teachers and receive a certificate and goody bag from the Kiwanis.
Rocky Mount Kiwanian E. L. Daughtridge (left) and Southern Nash Counselor Kim May (right) present Senior Jump Project certificates to Sherrita Wiggins (center), Skylar Konshak (left rear), and Bradley Walker (right rear). The three Southern Nash High School seniors were among 11 finalists in the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools System to be honored for academic accomplishments during the fall 2010 semester.
Senior Jump Project finalist Jessica Jacobs (left center) is congratulated by Nash Central High School Counselor Catherine Flye (left), Rocky Mount Kiwanian E. L. Daughtridge, and Principal Craig Harris (right). Miss Jacobs was one of 11 seniors in Nash-Rocky Mount Schools to receive an academic achievement certificate for fall 2010 term.
Two of the 11 Nash-Rocky Mount School System finalists in the Senior Jump Project for fall 2010 were Northern Nash High School seniors Javonta Payton (left front) and Latifah Joyner (not shown). They were recently honored by Assistant Principal Lorenzo Morgan (left rear), Project Chairman E. L. Daughtridge of the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club, and Counselor Amanda Thompson (right front).
Genevieve Cannon, Tinesha Williams, and Mercedes Ricks (left to right front), and Raymond Wiggins, Principal Leon Farrow, Jamal Taylor, and Capstone Coordinator Jessica Daughtridge (left to right rear) celebrate fall 2010 academic achievements. The Rocky Mount High School students received award certificates from the Kiwanis Club as five of 11 Nash-Rocky Mount School System finalists in the Senior Jump Program.
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi recently announced that Rebecca Watkins, of Rocky Mount, was recently initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi Chapter at North Carolina State University, where she is studying Educational Administration. Watkins is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.
Meredith Holland, Executive Director of My Sister’s House, accepts a check for $1,000 raised by the employees of West, from Gary Dawkins, Supervisor at West. This funds will provide services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Nash and Edgecombe Counties.
Howard R. Isaacs, President of The Moneague College in Jamaica, will be the featured speaker for Nash Community College’s Diversity Month Celebration on February 10, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. Isaacs will speak about The Impact of Slavery on the Caribbean and the Carolinas. The free event will be held in the Nash Community College Brown Auditorium and is open to the public.
Thanks to everyone who came to the Beulah Church of Christ fishfry on Friday night. We had a great turn-out and everyone seemed to enjoy the food and also the fellowship. The weather was really rainy but no one seemed to mind. Everything inside was cheerful. On Sunday morning we had a good service. Sunday school began at 9:30 followed by church at 11:00.
Wallace Edwards brought the Gideon message during the morning worship service on Sunday, Feb. 6 at Red Oak Baptist Church. He shared stories that emphasized how the Gideons are spreading the good news through placement of Bibles around the world and leading others to Christ and how everyone can give to continue to make this possible.
On Sunday, Pastor David Eidson’s message in Word was from Matthew 7:24-27, and quoting from v. 26-27 (ESV) “And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
Live Auction: The Sixth Annual Relay for Life Live Auction will be held on March 12, 2011 at the Farmer’s Market in Rocky Mount. Starts at 6 p.m. with a preview @ 4:30 p.m. Lots of items to be auction off including a two night stay at the Sheraton in Morehead City, a 1 week Mountain vacation, Mudcats tickets, Rudy Theatre tickets, gift baskets, homemade cakes, & lots, lots more!
Sunday marked 202 years since the establishment of Peachtree Baptist as a church. It was on February 6, 1809 that the minutes of the first business meeting of the church were recorded. To commemorate this milestone, sanctuary flowers were placed in the church by Beverly Wilson.
Our attendance was down today (86). Still sickness going around. Earl Nelms had lung surgery Friday at Duke, but is recovering well. Other shut ins are in their normal health conditions, Sympathy is extended to the Doris Young family. Her funeral was today.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
BUNN -- Whitney Bunn’s sharpshooting -- and Chepirah Neal’s free-throw savvy -- helped Bunn withstand a late Southern Nash rally to secure a 58-42 victory over the Ladybirds in a non-conference girls basketball game last Wednesday night at the Bunn Dome.
BHS, which is undefeated overall, scored the first 11 points of the game, thanks in part to its furious, full-court pressure defense.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- The Northern Nash High School Media Center is supposed to be a quiet haven of revenge, but there was plenty of reason to celebrate last Wednesday.
Surrounded by balloons, well-wishers and family members, three NNHS students inked letters-of-intent to continue their careers on the college level in their respective sports.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- As head coach of the Southern Nash High School football program, Brian Foster constantly tells his players that hard work inevitably brings rewards.
Pictured (Above): PAST AND FUTURE BEARS. Southern Nash High School football player Trendell Lynch (front, left) signs a letter-of-intent last Wednesday to join the football program at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Brian Foster (top), who was Lynch’s coach at SN, also played for the Bears. Also pictured is Lorenzo Lynch, who is Trendell’s father. (Graphic photo by Geoff Neville)
RED OAK -- Northern Nash will host the annual Fighting Lady Knights Preseason Jamboree on Feb. 24 at the NNHS Soccer Complex in Red Oak.
Mini-matches will be 20 minutes long. Admission is $4 per person.
The schedule of matches is as follows:
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CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent / Submitted photos by David Hahula
RED OAK -- Just when Nash Central’s boys basketball team was making a run for the Big East Conference title, Northern Nash’s squad put a small road block in its way last Friday night.
On a night where Northern’s seniors were being honored, a sophomore stepped up and willed his team to an easy 75-47 victory over the Bulldogs.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- Christian Buffaloe, the 11-year-old son/student of Kenny Buffaloe, former Nash County resident, recently won the youth division of the Japan-sponsored “2011 Kyokushin Karate U.S. Weight Category Tournament” in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WILSON -- Five teams will represent Nash County at the annual Brittany Girls Soccer Showcase on April 8-9.
This will be the seventh installment of the event, which is staged at Gillette Park in Wilson.
Southern Nash will be the county’s opening participant as the Ladybirds will tangle with Calvary Baptist on Field Three on April 8 at 5:30 p.m.
