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By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent
PINETOPS -- Some baseball coaches would just assume see conference tournaments go the way of the dinosaur - and disappear.
They say it's a waste of time and pitching staffs get depleted for the postseason.
But you might get an argument about that from Southern Nash's Jeff Flowers.
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By Geoff Neville, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK - Perhaps no NEW-6 Conference team -- regardless of the sport -- has been as dominant this season as the Wilson Fike girls soccer squad.
Fike, with a 23-0 record, has cruised past its competitors this year, playing only a single one-goal game (a 2-1 victory over West Forsyth at The Brittany Tournament last month).
ROCKY MOUNT -- No surprises here -- the Northern Nash boys and the Rocky Mount girls, as expected, soared to team titles last Wednesday as the NEW-6 Track and Field Tournament at The Dawg Pound on the Nash Central High campus.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Gary Smith couldn't have asked for a better close to the regular season for his Nash Central High School girls softball squad.
Last Friday at home, the Lady Bulldogs scored their first ever league victory as NC edged NEW-6 Conference rival Southern Nash by a tight 8-7 margin in eight innings.
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By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- Rocky Mount High School senior Brandon Arrington picked the right night to break out of a conference hitting slump.
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College assistant diamond coach Jerry Edwards, a Rocky Mount native, will oversee the annual Louisburg College Baseball Camps this summer on the LC campus.
Nashville's Town Council held an emergency meeting Tuesday to notify the public that the $2.3 million had been appropriated by the USDA for a new town hall and library complex. Though not finalized, the project will have the town hall moving into Joyner's Grocery and the library locating in Nashville Plaza. The current town hall will become Nashville Police headquarters and the current police station will make room for the fire department to expand.
The Nashville Chamber of Commerce holds an annual contest through the Blooming Festival for Nashville's Mother of the Year. The public can cast votes for 50 cents each to nominate candidates for the title.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County Manager Bob Murphy expressed his concern over high Medicaid expenses to area legislators during a special meeting at Benvenue Country Club in Rocky Mount last week. Medicaid will cost the county close to $5 million in 2006, Murphy told board members and Senator A.B. Swindell, Representative Lucy Allen and Representative Bill Daughtridge.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Concerns over the use of Glover Park has prompted Nashville's Board to take a look at extending hours into the weekend. The discussion was prompted during the board's May 2 meeting after Ellen Bobbitt, of Indian Trail, came before the board questioning whether the park was in fact, a park, or a recreation facility and whether it was intended to be a public facility.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Spring Hope's Board approved a rezoning request which will allow a local business owner to expand his business and bring jobs to the town.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville's Junior Fire Department experienced an all-nighter April 28 through 29, but it wasn't to help put out fires. The 15 junior firemen and women were fighting cancer.
ROCKY MOUNT - Otho Bunn Smith, 89, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006. He was born in Nash County, January 28, 1917 son of the late William Albert Smith and Susan Eason Smith
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Bobbie and Joan Smith are self-proclaimed connoisseurs of second hand goods. It's not unusual to find the mother-daughter pair browsing the yard sales first thing Saturday morning in search of the best buys. Their love eventually spawned into Twice Smitten, a resale shop located at 708 S. Alston Street in Nashville. Though open for about three months now, Twice Smitten celebrated its grand opening and ribbon cutting celebrations recently.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Being an avid sportsman, Nashville resident Carl Smith felt locals should have somewhere close to buy their fishing and other sporting gear, so he decided to open Papa C's Bait and Tackle Shop.
Wow, it's too bad we can't find a way to run our cars off all the complaining about high gas prices.
You know a phenomenon has reached a crescendo when the TV news people are creating a news story out of it.
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Letters to the Editor
A few days ago, I read that the town of Nashville had re-applied for USDA funds. These funds are to be used for a new library and town hall. I agree that this is a worthy cause and I am sure that many, many towns are in need of the same type grant. My question is simple. What in the hell-o is USDA doing in the library and town hall business?
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Letters to the Editor
There's a lot at stake. NAFTA and granting amnesty for 3 million illegal immigrants in 1986 is a complete failure. Homeland Security is a joke. Securing the U.S. borders and ports should be a top priority of the White House and Congress. We're losing our sovereignty as we lose control of our borders.
Rocky Mount Academy announced recently that its new Head of Lower School (Grades PK-5) will be former Englewood Elementary School Principal Beth Barbour Covolo. She will assume her new duties on July 1, 2006.
Longtime readers of this column are well acquainted with my affliction, er, I mean affection with the Carolina Hurricanes and ice hockey in general.
So, you can imagine that these times are good for me and my family, what with the Stanley Cup Playoffs taking a turn for the better after a shaky first week. We have trekked to Raleigh twice to sit in our airline sized seats — which seemed to cost about as much as a flight to Atlanta — and cheer the Hurricanes on.
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The news media is precious. They are jumping all over the gas companies for higher gas prices. As usual they have blinders on and are looking in the wrong direction. Our governments are the problem. They make 40 to 50 cents per gallon (remember Kerry – he wanted to add 50 more cents). The oil companies make about half that.
Normally on a day as beautiful as Sunday was, you wouldn't catch me inside on the sofa watching television, but due to spring allergies and a touch of the flu, or something similar, I quickly became a couch potato, dozing much of the day.
Remember our monthly fish fry at the annex on Reges Road. It is Friday, May 5, from 5-8 p.m. We hope to see many of you there.
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By LOTTIE LOU DICKENS
Rev. Tony Futrell's message on Sunday morning was "From Foolishness to Power," taken from 1 Corinthians 1:18-31.
