Troop 37 was on the move recently sending 14 youth members and adult leaders to Fall Camporee at the West Edgecombe Ruritan Club. On the weekend of November 5th through 7th over 140 scouts from the Tar River District of the East Carolina Council gathered to earn merit badges that have not been offered since the 1950’s.
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CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent / Submitted photos by David Hahula
RED OAK -- Probably the last thing Northern Nash wanted was to face a conference rival that it beat in the regular season in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-AA State Football Playoffs.
That’s exactly what happened last Friday when Southern Nash made its second trip this season to Death Valley to tangle with the Knights.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- John Matthews’ first season as Southern Nash’s boys soccer coach was certainly one to remember.
Matthews guided the Firebirds to a 14-8 overall mark -- the highest total in SNHS school history.
The Firebirds would eventually reach the Class 3-A State Playoffs before dropping a heartbreaking loss at Southern Lee in the opening round.
NASH COUNTY -- The Big East Conference Swim Season will begin next Monday with a meet at the Harrison Family YMCA in Rocky Mount.
The Big East competitors will be Nash County schools Southern Nash, Northern Nash, Nash Central and Rocky Mount, along with Wilson Hunt and Wilson Fike.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- Nash County will begin defense of its Statewide Athletics Committee Tournament Championship with a home game this Saturday against the SouthWest Edgecombe Cougar Clubs.
Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Firebird Stadium on the campus of Southern Nash High School.
RED OAK -- North Carolina Wesleyan College’s football team celebrated Senior Day last Saturday by turning in a 28-13 win over Averett University at the Northern Nash Football Complex.
The win secured a share of the 2010 USA South regular season title, marking the Blue & Gold’s third conference championship in the past four seasons.
CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are last Friday’s scores from the opening round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Football Playoffs:
GREENVILLE -- Three junior college players and 10 high school seniors have committed to play baseball at East Carolina University in 2012, head baseball coach Billy Godwin announced last Friday.
The latest group of standouts will enroll at ECU in the fall of 2011 and will take the diamond for the Pirates in 2012.
Jalen Hendricks and the Nash Central Bulldogs wrapped up their 2010 football campaign last Friday with a tough loss at West Carteret in the first round of the Class 2-AA State Playoffs.
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November 12, 2010
Kaitlyn Storme Pittman, age 15, has been reported missing
Saturday night at the Beulah Church of Christ annex we had a great turn-out at the Fall Festival. We want to thank everyone who attended and also everyone who helped make it a great success. On Sunday morning, Sunday school began at 9:45, also with good attendance. This was followed by church services at 11. Welcome and announcements were given by our minister, Daniel West, then a song of call to worship by our choir, “Thou Art Worthy”.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
NASHVILLE -- Numbers didn’t lie this season for the Nashville Hornets’ junior varsity football team -- and not just with its won-loss record.
Nashville dominated foes in the Eastern North Carolina Football League en route to an undefeated campaign and an overall championship.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County has purchased two properties with plans to expand the Nash County Senior Center.
The County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of two homes, at 104 and 108 E Washington Street, following a closed session during its October 4 board meeting. The board approved a $140,000 purchase price for both homes.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
In order to take full advantage of the new high school and to relieve overcrowding at other schools, the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education will look at redrawing attendance lines.
The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education and Nash County Commissioners met in a joint meeting last Thursday to discuss several school-related items, including updates on capital projects and enrollment projections for the next five years.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Town of Spring Hope will move forward with applying for a Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) grant to renovate its park, commissioners decided on Monday night.
Kathy Nall, who serves on the Community Park Committee, came before the board to request applying for the grant and to provide an update on park plans.
Yvonne Taylor, first grade teacher assistant at Nashville Elementary School, (right) takes orders at McDonald’s with help from employee Alanna Moore (left) during the school’s McDonald’s Night, where teachers and PTO members worked at the restaurant. A portion of all carry-out and eat-in sales were donated to be used towards the PTO Mobile Computer Lab fund.
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Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Castalia commissioners met on November 2 to discuss strategies to increase the ability for the town to obtain grants for the proposed Castalia Park. Monique Edwards, a representative from Elizabeth City State University, was on hand to help plan a campaign to survey members of the Castalia community, in order to seek input as to the recreational needs of Castalia.
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Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) board approved the administration’s revised district improvement plan, as well as individual school improvement plans, at their work session Monday night. The system’s achievement goals include decreasing the drop out rate, increasing use of effective teaching strategies, and improving student learning.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Town of Middlesex is hoping to get its residents into the Christmas spirit this year with its first ever Christmas Parade.
Cindy Ridgway, with the help of her family and a few others, is working hard to make the Christmas Parade an annual event.
Ridgway said the town has held a children’s Christmas parade for years.
“It was for kids,” Ridgway said. “They decorated their bikes, four-wheelers and go-carts.”
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Write-in candidates had no effect on the outcome of last week’s election. However, some candidates will have the opportunity to request a recount due to voting margins, Nash County Board of Elections officials confirmed on Tuesday afternoon.
At a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Nash County Board of Elections tallied up the write-in candidates from last week’s general elections for school board districts two and six. The results determined whether or not a runoff could be held.
A Nashville man was killed after being struck while riding his bicycle on a rural road in Nash County.
According to a spokesperson with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Larry Dean Hull, 56, was traveling west on Harrison Road in the center of the lane when a vehicle, driven by 21-year-old Milton Earl Harvey, Jr., of Nashville, came up behind Hull’s bike and struck it from behind.
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Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men for drug trafficking following a joint investigation.
The two-month investigation between the Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Rocky Mount Police Department and the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office ended with the arrest of 47-year-old John Edward Rogers of Indian Trail, Nashville and 47-year-old Byron Langley, of Kaitlin Road, Rocky Mount.
Ward Drug Company of Nashville recently announced a Three-Year Accreditation award in Durable Medical Equipment and Diabetic Supplies by the American Board of Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics, Inc. (ABC).
Ward Drug Company is recognized for achievements in the areas of Organizational Management, Patient Standards, Quality Assurance, Supplier Compliance and Facility and Safety Management.
ROCKY MOUNT - Robert Nolan Hubbard, age 46, of Rocky Mount, passed away on November 5, 2010. He was born in Fayetteville, on May 1, 1964.
NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Minnie B. “Toot” Marshall, 57, who died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010 were 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 at Pleasure Hill Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery with the Rev. Melvin Johnson officiating.
