ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats (28-42) ended the first half of the Class AA Southern League baseball season on a positive note with a 5-4 victory Sunday over the Chattanooga Lookouts (29-41) at Five County Stadium.
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By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent
RED OAK -- It's been a well-guarded secret around Northern Nash's campus all spring. Everyone's been wondering who would be on new head coach Chad Smith's football staff.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The USA South Athletic Conference has released its 2006-2007 Academic All-Conference Team, sponsored by Bank of America. A student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 GPA in each of the two semesters of a given year to be eligible.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Following November elections, Mayor Warren Evans will turn over his title and two council members have expressed an interest in running for the position.
On July 6, filing for elections will begin and councilmen Tommy Rogers and Donald Street have both expressed their intentions to run for the mayor's seat.
The Boice-Willis Clinic is pleased to announce that Maggie "Nikki" Leonard, a senior at Nash Central High School, has been awarded the 2007 "Anne McBride Smith Memorial Scholarship".
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
To Nash Arts, membership is everything. New members equals new, better events so it's important the Nashville arts center reaches its goal of $25,000 during its current membership drive.
Over 1,000 students graduated from Nash-Rocky Schools Saturday morning. W.L. Greene Alternative School held graduation services Friday, June 9, with 24 students graduating, the largest the school has had. Pictured left, Nash Central High School students take a minute to pose before graduation begins. Pictured above on the front row is Ryan Fitzgerald. On the back row (L-R) is Drew Fairman, Dustin Faithful and DJ Fox.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
You can find Frank and Bette Sue Hunt in front of the television every Tuesday night. That's because their son, Andrew, has a chance to win $1 million dollars and a shot to direct a movie.
Featured on the newest reality show, "On the Lot," Andrew is competing with other contestants for a shot to make a movie. Each week, contestants make a short movie, which is critiqued by judges. And, like all other reality shows, a contestant is voted off each week.
The Nashville Graphic received 14 North Carolina Press Association awards recently for its winning entries in the 2007 Best Ad Contest.
The advertising staff merited six first place awards, including Best Niche Publication for its Guide to Nash County which has received numerous compliments from around the entire county.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Local soldiers are preparing for deployment to Iraq and hope the community will fill up Englewood Baptist Church to wish them farewell.
The 1132nd Military Police Company of the North Carolina National Guard, headquartered in Rocky Mount, will deploy to Iraq in a few months after training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Over 100 soldiers are expected to deploy, including Nashville resident Staff Sergeant Timothy Spence.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Spring Hope pastor came before the board concerned with rumors that his church was not paying their rent on Spaulding Auditorium.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville's sidewalk project is wrapping up and will put the town one step closer to being a walkable community.
LOUISBURG – Alton Wayne Freeman, 86, died Friday, June 8, 2007. A gathering to celebrate his life was held on Tuesday at Forest Hill Cemetery in Nashville with Father Phil Tighe officiating. Burial followed in Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville.
Donald Glenn Chappell, 41, passed away, Friday, June 7, 2007. He was born October 1, 1965 in Edgecombe County. He was preceded in death by his father, Roger Wayne Chappell.
Frances Lorine Davis, 83, passed away June 5, 2007. Graveside services were at 2:00 pm Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at Pineview Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Johnson Funerals and Cremations.
ROCKY MOUNT – Lancey Herbert Winstead, 86, died Thursday, June 7, 2007. A gathering to celebrate his life was held Sunday at Johnson Funerals and Cremations. Burial followed in Samaria Baptist Church Cemetery.
Army Pvt. Eric J. Glassey has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
It was awhile back when I was researching some ancestors that I came across an interesting character in my family.
Listed in some places as Wright Stephen Batchelor and others as Stephen Wright Batchelor, this old fellow joined the Confederate Army as a private in 1862 at age 33.
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Letters to the Editor:
Once again it is my pleasure to invite and welcome you to "Castalia, the place to be on the Fourth of July." This year may be the very best ever; the July 4th committee has been busy for months and has put together a day of events that will appeal to all ages. It takes endless hours of work and dedication to create an event of this magnitude. I commend this committee for their job well done!
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Letters to the Editor:
It is amazing how the news people lie to us and get away with it. Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, in a recent article, "U.S. needs an energy policy," states, "The vast majority of scientists tell us that global warming caused by our burning of fossil fuels is a real danger."
Many letters to the editor come through our office. We run most letters as long as they follow our guidelines. We at The Graphic don't always agree with these letters but that's the great thing about America: You are entitled to your opinion.
Angie Miller, Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Healthful Living Coordinator, announced first year results for "Hot Feet in Action," a fitness program created to assist students in the development of positive fitness habits beyond standard physical education classes.
Nash County residents were among the 1,400 spring graduates at Appalachian State University.
North Carolina State University Chancellor James Oblinger conferred 4,074 degrees on 3,828 graduating students when the university held 2007 Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 12, at the RBC Center in Raleigh.
Avada Hearing Care Centers, the operating subsidiary of Hearing Healthcare Management, Inc. (HHM), honored Jeff Hartney, Becky Israel and Allison Vaughn as the select few chosen to receive the organization's 2006 All Star award.
