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With the end of state compilation of COVID-19 cases, Nash County health officials will no longer issue weekly updates on local infection rates.
County health officials have reported coronavirus case numbers since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.
Following suit of state health officials, the county will stop reporting case numbers, said Bill Hill, director of the county's Health & Human Services.

A warrant service was reported on 5/16/23
A domestic abuse, neglect of disabled or elder adults was reported on 5/15/23 at 13260 S NC 231, Middlesex
A damage to real property was reported on 5/15/23 at 1456 Macedonia Road, Spring Hope
Two counts of assault on a female and simple assault was reported on 5/18/23 at 1761 N Old Carriage Road, Rocky Mount

ROCKY MOUNT
5/30/2023: 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Arts Education Building, 344 Falls Road
5/30/2023: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., First Presbyterian Church-Rocky Mount, 153 N. Church Street
6/1/2023: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., Peacemakers of Rocky Mount, 2221 W Raleigh Blvd

Charlie and Mary Lewis, of Greenville, enjoy a plate of seafood from a food truck during Saturday's second annual Sweetpotato Festival on Main Street in downtown Bailey.

Nashville Mayor Brenda Brown's seat and two council member seats, Louise Hinton and Lynne Hobbs, are up for grabs this year.
Municipal elections in Nash County are set for Nov. 7. The voter registration deadline is Oct. 20.
Registration and voting at the same time will only be allowed during one-stop in-person early voting. Poll locations and dates will be announced by election officials in late July.

A local Girl Scout has established a miniature free food pantry at Cooley Library in Nashville.
The Take-Some-Food, Leave-Some-Food Station started as a project for the scouts, but ended as a labor of love for people in the area, said 14-year-old Joy Aycock.
"As long as the station helps one person, it was worth it," said Aycock, who for her effort will be earning the Silver Award, one of the Girl Scouts' highest honors.
The instructions for the award tell scouts to find an issue they care about in their local community. That's what Aycock did.

Elks Lodge #1038 at Birchwood in Nashville holds an annual pancake breakfast as one of its fundraisers to promote drug awareness to local children and support local veterans. This year's event was held in memory of George Howell, an Elk member who passed away. Howell was the traditional pancake mixer in the past.
Pictured above, (L-R) Bobby Joe Fisher, Chris Bissette and Brian Puckett chat during the event.

Sadly, some will die. WHAT? Let's look at some hard facts. Sometimes homeless pets at Shelters are euthanized. At Nash, it is by humane injection, as you would when you take your pet to the vet. Sometimes it is for space, they literally run out of a place for all. County Shelters have unlimited intakes. It isn't like a private facility where they can pick and choose. Sometimes euthanasia is for behavior. There are no trainers (rehabilitators) at County Shelters. The longer a pet is at a Shelter, the more likely that they will become stressed and react.

Churches often have "Friend Day" or "High Attendance Sunday". The names may vary, but you get the point. It's the one or two designated Sundays during the year when your church asks you to invite someone who is unchurched.
The pastor will encourage us to, "Make a difference".
Sadly, many of us let that challenge go through one ear and right out the other. "That's going a little too far", we say to ourselves.

Salvation is the term used to summarize God's work in rescuing a sinner from the guilt and pollution of sin, restoring a sinner to a right relationship with Him, and making the sinner an adopted heir of the new heavens and the new earth. Scripture uses the term salvation in two major ways. First, salvation refers to our conversion to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, involving several benefits of God's grace.

Dorothy, Audrey, and Suzy Pearce had a great time with family during the Pearce/Tant Family Reunion at Bunn Chapel Church of God of Prophecy in Bunn on Saturday, May 20!. They had opportunity to meet some family members for the first time. Relatives traveled from Red Oak, Rolesville, Roxboro, Oxford, Dunn, and Angier. Everyone enjoyed the good food, sitting outside in the shade reminiscing, and lots of laughs!

National Day of Prayer was held in downtown Nashville at the steps of the Nash County Courthouse on May 4th.

The Nash Community College Foundation has announced the recent establishment of the Benjamin Michael Langley Memorial Nursing Scholarship by the Langley Family and friends.
The scholarship was created to assist students in the Practical Nursing Program and PN students transitioning into the Associate Degree of Nursing Program.
"Ben was much beloved as he had a servant's heart," said Jamie Langley, mother.

A Nursing Student at Nash Community College has been honored with The DAISY Award for an Extraordinary Nursing Student. The award is part of The DAISY Foundation's mission to express gratitude to Nurses with programs that recognize them for the extraordinary, compassionate and skillful care they provide patients and families. The DAISY Award at NCC is sponsored by ECU Health - Greenville.
"We appreciate the partnership each year to honor our nursing students," said Susan Taylor, Clinical Coordinator/Instructor of Nursing at NCC.

James Erwin Garris to James Erwin Garris and Johnny L. Garris; Lite Wood Acres, Block A, Lot 1
Graceanne Williamson McClamrock to Aniruddh Som; 221 Foxhall Drive, Rocky Mount
CMH Homes, Inc. to Nathan Lee Hommel; Section 8, Creekside Manor, Lot 36; $295,000
Christopher A. Welty, Krista Welty and Krista R. Welty to Headington Properties, LLC; 66 Walbrook Court, 70 Walbrook Court and 74 Walbrook Court, Rocky Mount

BUILDING PERMIT
(RESIDENTIAL)
Felicia Manning; 4838 Newport Court; new single family; $25,000
Ronnie Weaver; 3499 N Old Carriage Road; detached accessory; $72,000

As mentioned last week, Nashville had a lot of hurdles to jump in the '23-'24 budget. Revenues have not caught up with all the things in progress and costs continue to rise in every direction.
I'm never going to point fingers at either side of the aisle, but if our folks in Washington (both parties) don't get their act together and figure out how to agree on something very soon on the debt issue, I'm afraid things are just going to get worse.