Thomas Winstead, East Division Vice President, Waste Industries in Wilson, received the National Solid Wastes Management Association's (NSWMA) Distinguished Service Award for years of service to NSWMA. NSWMA is the trade association representing private solid waste collection and disposal companies throughout North America. Waste Industries currently operates more than 40 solid waste collection operations in the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Red Oak Elementary students spent their third year jumping for a cause, as they raised over $11,000 for the American Heart Association. This year, students had two faces to go with heart disease. Two of their own students had battled heart problems, both undergoing heart surgery this year.
Cub Scouts Pack 76, sponsored by Nashville United Methodist Church, held their annual Pinewood Derby on March 31.
UPS raised nearly $6,000 for the Rocky Mount Area United Way on Saturday, May 19 during a benefit golf tournament held at North Green Country Club.
On April 14, the Louisburg School of Dance traveled to Supply to compete in the International Dance Challenge dance competition.
Members of Nash County Farm Bureau recently donated science teaching kits to elementary students in Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools. Marie Joyner (right) and Dorothy Fisher (center) met with Ella Batts, Executive Director of Elementary Education, to deliver "Photosynthesis Promenade" kits for use by third grade students throughout the school system.
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From Melissa Mills, director
Come by the library to check out some of our new arrivals or call 459-2106 to reserve a copy today!
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By Geoff Neville, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Let's stick together.
Back during their middle school days, several former Nash Rec baseball performers met and decided to undertake that theme.
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By Geoff Neville, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- A strapping slugger.
That's the look Northern Nash's Jason Gay exudes on the baseball field, and for good reason. At 6-foot-3, Gay certainly appears to be a player who can knock the cover off the ball.
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By Geoff Neville, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- At only 5-foot-6, Northern Nash senior shortstop Andrew Webb doesn't necessarily pass the eye test.
But he sure passes the results test. And in a big way.
ROCKY MOUNT -- The Coleman-Pitt Post 58 baseball team, which features some of Nash County's top prep diamond performers, has resumed another summer American Legion season.
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By Geoff Neville, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- When college coaches inquired about Daniel Moore to Northern Nash baseball coach Al Carter, one description almost always came to mind.
"They would come to games and always talk about how hard Daniel worked,'' Carter said. "Little things like how Daniel sprinted off the field between innings were things that they noticed. He's the type of kid who plays hard all of the time.''
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By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- Coleman-Pitt Post 58 American Legion baseball coach Lance Peck wanted his squad to play some "small ball" in their season-opening doubleheader contests with New Bern Post 24 last Saturday.
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By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- The National Football League is coming to Rocky Mount High School.
No, the Patriots are not playing the Colts in an exhibition game at the Rocky Mount Athletic Complex. The NFL is bringing one of its most important high school player camps to the RMHS campus.
CHAPEL HILL -- Stephen Batts, Jamie Ray and Corey Kemp were named to the 2007 Chapel Hill Regional All-Tournament Team following North Carolina's 6-5 regional championship win over Western Carolina tournament officials announced Monday afternoon.
RALEIGH – Junior Jay Rose had two hits and drove in three runs to lead Pikeville Charles B. Aycock to a convincing 10-2 decision over Southeast Guilford and a sweep of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A baseball championship series last Saturday at Doak Field on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County's Board approved a contract for professional services which will develop a marketing plan for I-95 interchanges.
Planning Director Rosemary Dorsey told board members the plan would look at the interchanges in the Hickory area, Sandy Cross area, and Highway 97 area of I-95.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A tip to the Sheriff's Department led to the discovery of $1.9 million worth of marijuana in a rented cargo truck.
Deputies with the Nash County Sheriff's Office issued a search warrant at 9265 Bray Road in Bailey after receiving an anonymous tip. A search of the home revealed around six pounds of marijuana and paraphernalia inside the residence.
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By Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (N-RMS) board of education is considering the adoption of a 100% tobacco-free program for the system. Currently, N-RMS is one of 31 school districts in the state that has not adopted 100% tobacco-free policies.
Nashville Elementary students were treated to some fun on Friday afternoon when they participated in the AR Idol. Students celebrated their success in the Accelerated Reading (AR) program with a contest in the gym. This year, a total of 30,474 points were earned for the Accelerated Reader program, up 4,067 points from last year. The boys and girls competed in the program. The boys won the contest with 15,935 points, leaving Principal Beth Lucas to kiss a donkey.
The girls earned 14,539 points. Had the girls won, Assistant Principal Doug Davis would have shaved his head. Pictured left, Ms. Lucas plants a wet one on a donkey Friday afternoon.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Water and sewer rates may not increase after all, Spring Hope Town Manager John Holpe told commissioners during a second budget workshop meeting Monday night.
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By Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Red Oak Commissioners met with representatives from the Wooten Company to discuss the preliminary draft of a sewer feasibility study. Engineers Chris Thomson and Gary Hartong presented the report at regular monthly business meeting on Monday, June 4.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A manufacturing company will soon move to Nashville, Jeremy Stratton of Carolinas Gateway Partnership announced during Nashville's Town Council meeting Tuesday night.
GRIMESLAND – Rose E. Hedgepeth, 68, died Saturday, June 2, 2007. Funeral services were to be today (Wednesday, June 6) at 1 p.m. at First Timothy Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor John Neal officiating. Burial was to follow in the Gardens of Gethsemane cemetery.
ROCKY MOUNT – Thomas Junior "Curly" Lynch, 38, died Monday, May 28, 2007. Funeral services were held on Friday, June 1, at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Linda Taybron officiating. Burial followed in the Pleasant Grove Church cemetery.
