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For years a Nash County man has turned torn down tobacco barns into folk art, popular at local craft shows.
Tobacco barn wood holds up, said Randy Joyner.
"I tore down a tobacco barn that had been burned," Joyner said. "The wood was still good. I knew a guy who made a bed out of charred wood. People love old barn wood."

James Allen Bailey and Margaret Boykin Bailey grew up in the Bailey community; however, they found very little information has been recorded about how the town formed and its settlers.
The couple recently held a book signing at Privette Memorial Library in downtown Bailey and will have a table with books at the Bailey Christmas Celebration and Parade on Dec. 3.

NINTH GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Adam Alzer, Barlah Alzughl, Te'Anna Ausberry, Coryan Avent, Isabel Barnes, Cara Brake, Trevion Cook, Maylee Garner, Chloe Garris, Hannah Garris, Ramsey Harris, Keno Jones II, Ava Lloyd, Casiya Lynch, Ella Mallory, Arleth Mireles-Martinez, Lillian Montalvo, Elijah Moore, Ethan Price,

NINTH GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Sharmiah Alston, Eliana Andrade, Ella Bryant, Denise Conrad, Daylan Cooper, Tamya Coppedge, Martin Davy II, Josh Day, Daniel Edwards, Angelique Garcia, Devonta Jenkins, Isaiah Johnson, Gracyn King, Liam Kopf, Sophia Langley, Blake Lewis, Lillie Long, Khiara Lowe, Emily McFerren,

"But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered." (Romans 6:17)
There is a song that many churches now sing. The chorus says, "I'm no longer a slave to fear, I am a child of God". It reminds me of the scripture where the Apostle Paul said, "You used to be slaves to sin". I didn't understand those words until I was born again. Salvation gave me a whole different perspective about the life I used to live.

Thankfulness is a wonderful virtue. When we really feel grateful, we find it a delightful and refreshing experience. When we observe it authentically in someone else, we find it admirable.
Like a glorious sunset, we don't need to be convinced of the loveliness of thankfulness.

THIRD GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Bentley Gibson, Aryana Rivera, Carter Shoffner, Marley Shore, Sydney Smith, Kyle Trull and Maya Wimberly

THIRD GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Bailey Hepps, Sophie Sims, Elia Taifeh and Emma Wooten

THIRD GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Elijah Arrington, Aaliyah Ellis, Josiah Ellis, Jay'ceon Harrison, Ja'kayla Nicholson, Kyland Peterson, Dylan Richardson, Yousef Sarhan and Ja'leah Wax

THIRD GRADE
A HONOR ROLL
Destiny Baker, Kyndall Brown, Angel Campos-Carreon, Nolan Honabach, Jermane Lucas and Luke Thorne

THIRD GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Jackson Barnes and Saniyah Evans

SIXTH GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Makayla Bakerman, Sara Bakerman, Evie Bulluck, A'dia Cash, Reginald Crooms, Harmony Dupree, Milan Harrison, Conner Ivey, Paisley Jackson, Elin Johnson, Addyson McGuire, Alexis Pennington, Camdon Proctor, Casey Rouse, Cierra Saputo, Robert Schwarz, Hayden Strutton and Kaelyn Sullivan

SIXTH GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Aaliyah Atkinson, Kasen Batts-Wood, Pearson Bissette, Abigail Chandler, Alaina Fisher, Lila Hancock, Ayden Hanlin, Liyah Harris, Lana Hasan, Ava Hicks, Jackson Jenkins, Peyton Long, Evan Mallory, Corey Mercer, Christian Powell, Gabrielyn Rundle, Zoey Sauls, Omar Sowe,

NINTH GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Alyssa Allen, Emma Barnes, Denisse Campos, Adam Collier, Roberto Cruz, Frenchy Davis, Makenzie Edwards, Breea Giles, Nicolas Groesser, Isabel Hernandez, Austin Johnson, Andy Liu, Nissi Perez Hernandez, Jakayla Powell, Adolfo Ramirez, Mary Romanus, Hannah Steele, Mallory Sutton and Olivia Williams

THIRD GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Jamari Dozier, Adaiah Graham, Elijah Keith, Tyrel Moore and Brooklin Smith

Nash Community College recently partnered with the Town of Nashville to plant pear trees in the orchard at Nashville Elementary School. The trees were planted in celebration of Arbor Day, which is November 9 in the Town of Nashville. Elementary students learned about the way trees breathe and drink through their roots and about the new bluebird house that was installed in the orchard. (Contributed photo)

Students from Nash, Vance, Granville and Warren County Sheriff's Offices recently completed Detention Officer training at Nash Community College. The certification includes 177 hours of instruction designed to train qualified participants to function as officers in detention facilities. Governed by the North Carolina Sheriffs' Training Standards Commissions, the course took one month to complete.

Members of Nash Community College's student chapter of the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America recently attended the NC Association of Veterinary Technicians fall conference in Wilmington. First and second-year Veterinary Medical Technology students and instructors attended conference sessions about workplace communication, dental imaging, hands-free radiology, lagomorphs, parasites, emergency medicine and monitoring animals under anesthesia.

Worthy Properties, LLC to Cinch Realty Group, Inc.; 113 Burnett Street, Rocky Mount; $27,500
Cinch Realty Group, Inc. to Day Consultants LLC; 113 Burnett Street, Rocky Mount; $25,000
C.T. Williams Corporation to WJH, LLC; Williams Grove, Phase IV, Lots 36-40 and 85-87; $292,000

BUILDING PERMIT
(COMMERCIAL)
Richard Belk; Renovation/alteration; 102 B Nashville Drive W; $75,000
Joshua Godwin; miscellaneous; 417 S Walnut Street; $29,000

RALEIGH - County governments and nonprofit groups may now apply for funding assistance from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation projects. Applicants have until Dec. 19 to apply.
"The latest study from the American Farmland Trust projects North Carolina losing more than a million acres of agricultural land over the next 20 years," said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler.

Nashville
12/13/2022: 1:30 p.m. - 6 p.m., Nashville Baptist Church, 512 E Washington St

RALEIGH -- An armed drug runner who made his children urinate in bottles so he didn't have to stop will spend 20 years in federal prison after being stopped two years ago by Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone.
Anthony Cyquan Herring, 40, received a sentence last week of 240 months of incarceration for possessing fentanyl and other drugs for distribution, while armed with a loaded handgun.