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The Bible reports that sometime between his crucifixion and his resurrection, Jesus went to hell. In fact, Ephesians 4:9 says that Jesus "first descended into the lower parts of the earth". Why? The Bible says it was to set the captives free and to take the very keys to hell away from Satan. Otherwise, how could we ever claim to have victory over death?

The Christian life is a race. The writer of Hebrews said if we are going to run the Christian life with no distractions and not get off track, we must keep our eyes carefully focused on Jesus.
I. Start well
Since the Christian life is a race, let us examine the racecourse. We know how it starts and how it finishes.

The Nash Community College Foundation has announced the recent establishment of the Nanoria C. Hilliard Memorial Nursing Scholarship by Jackie Avent and Building Up People, Inc.
The scholarship was established in memory of Avent's mother, Nanoria C. Hilliard, who was a nurse at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount for many years.

Building Permit Residential
Shahzaib Khan, 2411 Reges Store Rd; renovation/alteration; $16,621
Linwood Turner, 4009 Loop Rd; addition (covered); $27,988.43

Middlesex
10/18/2022: 1:30 p.m. - 6 p.m., Stony Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 9649 Stony Hill church Road
10/18/2022: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., Antioch Baptist Church-Middlesex, 8490 NC-39

Nash County deputies arrested a fugitive from Rocky Mount after he allegedly crashed a rental car into a state trooper's cruiser during a high speed chase into Wake County last week.
Joe Albert Ashley Jr., 30, faces charges of fleeing to elude arrest and careless and reckless driving. He is wanted in Virginia and Maryland for probation and drug violations.

Rocky Mount native Clifton Barnes, who was a news/features reporter and sports editor at the Nashville Graphic in the 1980s, has won a national writing award for an online post promoting high school classmate Buck Williams for inclusion in the basketball hall of fame.
Writing for his CapitalSportsNC.com website, Barnes won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2022 Awards for Publication Excellence competition.

NASHVILLE - Nash County is promoting two employees to lead its Emergency Services department and the Soil and Water Conservation District.
Nash County deputy and retired state trooper Tony Cameron will direct emergency services and Cole Strickland, a natural resource conservationist, will lead Soil and Water.

An in-house parking study was presented to the Downtown Nashville Strong Advisory Board last week during their monthly meeting.
The study was conducted by Averi Parker, who is serving as an intern for the towns of Nashville and Red Oak. Parker recorded cars parked in the downtown area on three occasions, from August 22 through September 26.

NASHVILLE -- Cade Edwards' recent four-wheeler crash came at the worst possible time for his farming family. Not only are his parents Mike and Hope Edwards worried to death for their hospitalized son, it's harvesting time.
"You watch the news and think it's all bad people out there, but something like this happens and you find out it's not," said Al Edwards, Mike's brother and uncle to 15-year-old Cade.

NASHVILLE -- A fixture in Nash County news reporting, Lindell Kay has covered the area for multiple newspapers since 2015. He began this week with The Nashville Graphic covering news in Nash County.
An O. Henry Award-winning investigative reporter and editor, Kay has worked at several daily and weekly newspapers in eastern North Carolina during his 20-year career.

Progress continues on the new Red Oak Elementary School and plans are for some students to begin class in the new facility after Christmas break.
Shannon Davis, Director of Maintenance, provided an update on the new school at a Board of Education Administrative Services and Operations Committee Meeting on September 26.

NASHVILLE -- The Nash County Sheriff's Office is using grants to create a new traffic safety team.
The four-deputy team will focus on school zones, high traffic areas, speeding and seatbelt enforcement, said Sheriff Keith Stone.
"Nothing frivolous, these are things that save lives," Stone said.