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When Robbie and I were dating, I broke up with her. Since I was relocating to Georgia, I didn't think I was willing to leave her parents and siblings to move with me five hours away. I just didn't want to put her in the position for her to make that choice.
Several months after we broke up, I realized how much I really loved her. How could I have been so stupid to look at a gift from God like that and say, "No thanks"? I would never find anyone else like her.

Maria, as a result of a heart attack, died in the emergency room of a hospital. While doctors and nurses frantically worked to resuscitate her, Maria experienced an out-of-body event that she later described as drifting through the ceiling and outside of the hospital. While outside, she observed a tennis shoe on the hospital's third-story ledge. Maria proceeded to describe the tennis shoe in great detail: "A man's shoe, Left-footed, dark blue, with a wear mark over the little toe and the shoelace tucked under the heel." The tennis shoe was found exactly as Maria had described it.

NASHVILLE - What began 50 years ago with 25 children and a handful of teachers has grown into a program serving 115 children with a staff of 20.
But as generations of Nashville Methodist Church Weekday School families gathered on Sept. 26 to celebrate the program's 50th anniversary, those who have helped carry it forward said its mission has remained much the same.
"Without the community support, it wouldn't have lasted 50 years," said Denise Helms, a retired educator and former chair of the Weekday School board.

SPRING HOPE - Less than one month after one of its officers received the prestigious Carnegie Medal for risking his life to save another's, the Spring Hope Police Department took some not-so-friendly fire at the last town council meeting from one town commissioner, who questioned patrols on Highway 64. The commissioner also claimed that officers were sleeping in patrol cars.
Antonio "Danny" Toney, commissioner, seemingly came out of left field with his questions after Jonathan Allen, town manager, presented the September report of police activities, including 490 calls for service and 400 traffic stops.

ROCKY MOUNT- The Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport has just received $5 million dollars, fueling hopes that the facility may become the "best regional airport in the state."
Rep. Allen Chesser, presenting an oversized check to Garry Hodges, Chairman of the Airport Authority Oct. 13th, said that combined with the CSX Intermodal Terminal and area's highway system, he felt that planned expansion would set the airport up to be "competitive, not just in North Carolina but up and down the eastern seaboard."

ROCKY MOUNT - Three "cells" designed to handle stormwater runoff at Northern Nash High school are nearing cleanup completion, thanks to volunteer muscle from students, volunteers from Cummins Rocky Mount Engine Plant, Keep America Beautiful and the Sound Rivers environmental group.
Melinda Romero, biology teacher and science deptartment head at NNHS, said that two student groups at the school- the Environmental Club, which has 63 members, and an almost equally large Garden Club- would be taking over maintenance of the rain gardens, which are planted in low-lying areas of the school to help absorb stormwater runoff.

NASHVILLE - Nash County has a new Parks and Recreation Director: Devonte Speller, whose first day on the job was Sept. 28th. He was introduced to county commissioners at their Oct. 5th meeting.
Speller, whose immediate background was seven and one-half years with the City of Rocky Mount Parks & Recreation, has a master's in business administration with a concentration in sports management and a bachelor's in sports studies, both from East Carolina University.

NASHVILLE- With one half-million dollar grant in hand for Stoney Creek Environmental Park Renovations, the town of Nashville is forging ahead to parlay those funds in a bid to land another two grants.
Koy Worrell, Parks and Rec Director, laid it out to town council members at their Oct. 6th meeting regarding three-phase development of the park. If the latest round of grant applications are successful, Phase two improvements would include:

ROCKY MOUNT - Stonewall Manor is steeping itself in hands-on, upfront local history for its upcoming Heritage Day on Saturday, October 24th .
"This should be an exciting day for history buffs, kids and adults," said Renny Taylor, an Advanced Placement U.S. History teacher at Nash Central High School. Taylor also volunteers at Stonewall Manor.
The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with admission $5 for adults and $3 for students.

NASHVILLE - Downtown Nashville will be home to little witches, princesses, ghosts, ghouls and anyone willing to put on the Halloween spirit on Friday, October 30th, for its annual children's event "Trick or Treat Street."
Planned and organized by Nashville's Parks and Recreation Department, and supported by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Police, Fire and Public Works Departments, the Cooley Library, Nash County and the Nash County Sheriff's Office, the event will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m.