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In the U.S. in 1998, hens produced 6,657,000,000 dozen eggs - that's 6.657 billion dozen! After these eggs were laid, about two-thirds were sold in the shell and one third of them were broken - not by accident, but on purpose. Because after the eggs are broken out of their shells, they can be made into liquid, frozen, dried and specialty egg products.

*A hive of bees flies over 55,000 miles to bring you one pound of honey. A honey bee can fly 15 miles per hour.
*Honey bees must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey. Each worker honey bee makes 1/12th teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
*Honey bees visit 50-100 flowers during one honey collecting trip.

Peachtree members would like to have everyone to pray for Ukraine and this world and its people. We hope you spend a peaceful and enjoyable coming week. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement today was lovingly given to honor our Lord by Lynn and David Griffin in loving memory of Jonathan Kerby Griffin.

Axiom Development 3, LLC and Axiom Land Bank, LLC to Axiom Property Development, LLC; 41.04 acres
Carolyn Finch Ellis and Charles Wayne Ellis to Angela Finch Stallings; 9.4442 acres
Angela Finch Stallings to Carolyn Finch Ellis and Charles Wayne Ellis; 9.310 acres

Building Permit
Commercial
Hatteras Stella, 470 Swift Creek School Rd; addition; $10,000
Richard Belk, 4626 Coleman Dr; renovation/alteration; $2,000,000

The Castalia Fourth of July celebration may not happen this year due to finances and lack of committee staff.
Belinda Davis, chairwoman of the town's Fourth of July committee, said this year, the committee is having difficulties finding a firework display provider.
She said the company the town has been using for years has gone out of business and the person used for 2021's Fourth of July celebration is going out of business and turning over his operation to someone else.

Parking is now prohibited on two streets in Spring Hope.
Spring Hope commissioners have voted to ban parking on the south side of East Branch Street and both sides of North Hopkins Avenue.
At both locations, cars would sometimes be parked on both sides of the street which minimized navigation room for drivers.

Nashville Elementary students celebrated Read Across America last week dressing as their favorite book characters. Pictured above, Jace Kelley is dressed as Kicking King and Gracelynn Boone as Quarrelsome Queen.

Nashville Elementary Principal Quintin Mangano presents the book for the One Book Project. Annually, Nashville Elementary staff select a book for all students to read for one month. Mangano said the purpose of One Book Project is to encourage reading and enhance reading skills. This year's book for the project is The BFG.

Filing for the May 17, 2022 primary elections ended last Friday with a few local seats contested.
Thomas Arnold Winstead has filed to run against incumbent Nash County Commissioner Wayne Outlaw on the Republican ticket in District 5.
Reginald Silver, a Nash County Public Schools board member has filed to run against incumbent Nash County Commissioner Gwen Welkins on the Democratic ticket in District 6.