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For the first time since 2004, Kristi and I will not be sending a young, pliable mind off to a K-12 classroom. It's an odd feeling and I'm not sure how I feel about this new life stage.
Optimism is in the air, sort of like the first week of baseball season, when everyone feels like they have a chance to win the World Series. But then the reality sets in that they are the Colorado Rockies and after three weeks it's still hot and there are 165 more days left in the season and victory seems long out of reach.

The Nashville Graphic's 130th year of publishing was honored by both the Town of Nashville and Nash County with presentations of proclamations to the newspaper.
Being an old school newspaper gal, I'm honestly not used to seeing local governments honor newspapers. Actually, back in the day, newspaper editors and publishers would think something was wrong if a government official thanked them.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on Oct. 16, 1977. Five members of the Nashville Volunteer Fire Department were honored for their completion of certification as emergency medical technicians. In addition, the Nashville Jaycees donated an emergency trauma box to the group to use in emergencies.

A friend of mine is a cancer survivor. She's had a tough time and her recovery has been anything but easy. In fact, I hadn't seen her in several years and would not have recognized her if we had met by chance. But it wasn't due to a loss of weight or hair. She just didn't look the same. Her mother attributes the difference in her appearance to a combination of the side effects of chemotherapy and stress.
As we caught up with each other, I realized that cancer had changed a lot more than her appearance.

Daniel 1:8 CSB
Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king's food or with the wine he drank. So he asked permission from the chief eunuch not to defile himself.
We all make choices. Sometimes we think through these choices before we give our "final answer."

It is said that "the moral law is not always the standard by which we treat others, but it is nearly always the standard by which we expect others to treat us."
Human rights are not grounded in opinion; they are grounded in a common higher authority. That is how organizations like Amnesty International or the International Justice Mission function; they rely upon a common good that is grounded in a Higher Authority, whether they realize it or admit it. This is closely related to the argument from evil, where the atheist claims that the existence of evil in the world proves that there is no God.

The children and chaperones from Red Oak Baptist Church, who attended missions camp at Camp Caraway this summer, shared about their experiences on Sunday, Aug. 3. The children and youth are already making plans for next year's camps and beginning fundraisers for them.
On Sunday, Aug. 10, Red Oak Baptist Church had a Blessing of the Backpacks for the children and youth returning to school. There was also a special prayer time for the teachers and school administration

Malicious conduct by prisoner reported at 100 N. Boddie St., Nashville on 7/20/25
Possession of drug paraphernalia reported at 10972 Old US 64, Spring Hope on 7/25/25
Warrant service at 124 W. Taylor St., Whitakers on 7/24/25
Resisting arrest/hinder and delay; trespass second degree reported at 13000 Tiffany Lane, Whitakers on 7/23/25

DWI at mile marker 458 US 64E, Nashville reported on 7/12/25
DWI; red light violation, fail to stop; fail to stop sign/flashing red light; reckless driving; speeding reported at 479 W. Washington St., Nashville on 7/12/25
Fictitious registration/altered title; possession methamphetamine; driving after controlled substance, alcohol or drugs less than 21; DWI at mile marker 453 US 64 E., Nashville reported on 7/12/25

NASHVILLE - A man and a woman are dead, the victims of flash flooding Wednesday in Spring Hope.
While the victims' identities have not yet been officially released by the Nash County Sheriff's Office, the two were reportedly from Louisburg: 55-year-old Raymond Evans Jr. and 24-year-old Lottie Alston, a 2020 graduate of Franklin County Early College High. They were driving a silver 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan around 2:15 Wednesday afternoon in the area of 687 North NC-581 when the vehicle was swept off the right side of the road about 35 yards into a ravine during flash flooding.

The Joyner family held their annual family reunion at Oak Level Ruritan Club July 18-20. Approximately 100 family members attended the event which has been taking place for the last 55 plus years.
Due to rain, a group photo couldn't be taken. The family provided the photo above which was taken at a prior event showing family members pose forming the letter "J" while a drone photo is taken.

RED OAK- Rough grading of the land surface at the Old Red Oak Landfill, a "Superfund" contamination site, is presently underway, the seventh of ten remediation steps required by NCDEQ.
'Superfund" is the nickname for a federal act created in 1980 to allow EPA to clean up contaminated sites presenting unique risks to the environment and to human health, requiring specialized equipment and training to safely remediate.

NASHVILLE - The old Swift Creek Elementary School, sold off by Nash County Public Schools last year, is going back up on the auction block now that the buyer has backed out of the deal.
Angie Miller, NCPS Special Assistant of Auxiliary Services, Operations and Athletics, first shared the news at a July 28 board of education committee meeting, relaying that the property would be put back up for sale.

ROCKY MOUNT - Nash County's Pet Connection Center re-opened this week to offer adoptions, with August 4th as its first day with open doors. It is, however, still paused on owner surrenders.
The shelter will be also open one Saturday each month for adoptions, beginning with its first Adoption Saturday this weekend, August 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Adoptions come with a standard $50 fee.

NASHVILLE - A special ceremony to mark the 25-year retirement of Sgt. Stanley "Stan" Ricks of the Nash County Sheriff's Office was held Thursday, July 31st, at the historic Nash County courthouse, followed by a caravan of law enforcement to Ricks' home outside Nashville for him to do a radio check off-duty.
Ricks, whose partner, K-9 Pebbles, retired earlier this month, was the subject of multiple speeches of praise, also receiving multiple plaques for his service from Sheriff Keith Stone, from Capt. Bryant from the Civil division, from Capt. Costa from the K-9 Team and from Chief Deputy Alan Wilson for the special response team.