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Congratulations to Jackson Ennis, Chase McIntyre, and McKenzie McIntyre who were baptized Sunday, June 11 at Red Oak Baptist Church!
Please be in prayer for the youth and chaperones who traveled to Louisville, KY on Sunday, June 11 to spend the week at MFUGE! The missions camp will be held at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The group will return home on Saturday, June 17.

Over 700 students graduated from Bob Jones University Friday, May 5.
In addition to 570 students earning bachelor's degrees, 94 students received master's degrees and 58 students received associate degrees. Three candidates earned doctorate degrees.

Nash County residents were among those who recently graduated from Appalachian State University.
Graduates include Hannah Danielle Grant, of Nashville, who received a Master of Social Work in Social Work, Elizabeth Carol Lamm, of Spring Hope, who received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Jasmine Lisette Salazar, of Bailey, who received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Elizabeth Gray Strickland, of Whitakers, who received a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Technology.

BUILDING PERMIT
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Tim Glasgow; 3600 Eastern Avenue; sign; $7,000
Steve May; 6685 US 64A; addition; $90,000

Due to a press issue some pages of June 8th edition were omitted. We are publishing building permist from the June 8th edition in addition to this week's transfers. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nora Stroud saved her best for last -- and when it mattered the most -- to close out her pole vault career at Nash Central High School.
Stroud defied expectations by soaring to a height of 9-6 -- her personal best by an entire foot -- to win first place at the Class 2-
A State Track and Field Championships in Greensboro.

FRANKLINTON -- Northern Nash's ascent toward the top of the Big East Conference boys standings -- and Rocky Mount's continual stay there on the girls side -- were among the many storylines this spring in the always-competitive league.
NN ended Southern Nash's recent reign in the Big East by taking first place overall at the annual Conference Track and Field Championships, which were held in late-April at the Franklinton High School Football Field.

NASH COUNTY -- Regular season, league tournament and state playoffs -- in every category, it was a banner spring for high school baseball in Nash County.
Northern Nash rolled through the Big East Conference's regular season slate as the Fighting Knights, coached by Joey Keefe, repeated as the league champions in convincing fashion.

LYNCHBURG, VA. -- Gregory Barrios had a RBI single in the ninth, but the visiting Carolina Mudcats fell a run shy of a late comeback while falling to the Lynchburg Hillcats 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Bank of the James Stadium.
Jheremy Vargas paced the Carolina offense with two hits in the loss.

Nash Central High School's medalists at the Class 2-A State Track and Field Championships were (back, l to r) Emily Winston and Nora Stroud; (front, l to r) Trevor Rountree, Jaaziah Jones, Aaron Brown and Jeremiah Jones.

Nash Central's Aaron Brown (left) runs with the back during his leg of the Boys 3200 Relay at the Class 2-A State Track and Field Championships.

NASH COUNTY -- The Nash-Halifax Swim League will dive into its 2023 summer schedule next Thursday when Nash Rec hosts defending team champion Westridge at the NRST Pool in Nashville.
The season will run through the annual N-HSL Championships, which are slated for July 29.

STANHOPE -- Talent alone doesn't often translate into an opportunity to play sports on the collegiate level. Other intangibles are usually involved, including hard work, dedication and a commitment to consistently get better.
Those aspects are sometimes difficult to measure, but not in track and field, where times and distances -- and slow but steady betterment of those numbers -- are easy to gauge.