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Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Nashville Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

"Let us come before him with thanksgiving." (Psalm 95:2)
Satan has a stronghold on Thanksgiving. Have you noticed?
In our neighborhood, people started decorating for Christmas as soon as they took their Hal-loween decorations down.

A joint meeting last week of Nash County Public Schools (NCPS) Board of Education members and Nash County Commissioners shed some light on some of the pressing issues the public school system is experiencing along with some good news concerning capital improvements.
Topics at the meeting included the recently approved state budget and its impacts on NCPS, capital improvements and projects, facility capacities, teacher retention and recruitment, and supplement pay, vaccination clinics, and a refresh plan for technology.

HOLIDAY SCENES - Jennifer Bull of Nashville (left, standing) completes multi-scene holiday artwork on eight windows at the Nashville Recreation Center on Boddie Street. Pictured with Bull are her helpers, April Mowatt and Keenan Richardson. Graphic photo by Jo Anne Cooper

Nashville's Annual Christmas Celebration will take place on Saturday, December 4th starting at 3:45 p.m.
The free event is sponsored by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and this year co-hosted by Nashville's Park, Recreation and Cultural Resources.
A new partnership between the two agencies has been developed in hopes of growing the event for future generations.

Nash County's Board of Education released a statement last Thursday afternoon reporting it had "entered a settlement agreement with Dr. Shelton Jefferies regarding reimbursement of funds that were expended by Dr. Jefferies for travel expenses and use of a school system vehicle during his tenure as Superintendent of Nash County Public Schools."

The Nashville Police Department's first ever K-9 unit has passed his certification assessment and is ready to patrol the streets to protect the community.
Renzo the German Shepard is the newest officer of the police department. He aced a six-week certification course at Southern Police Canine, Inc., a police canine training facility, and earned his certification on November 12. This certification confirmed Renzo and his officer handler as a handler canine team.

Nashville's 4th annual Christmas Decorating Contest has kicked off for the holiday season. Homes and businesses within the town limits are eligible to participate. Entries are due by 5 p.m. on December 2nd.
Participants are required to complete an entry form to be judged. There is no entry fee. Forms are available at Nashville Town Hall or online.

The Town of Nashville is close to finalizing agreements for the Nashville Junction.
Council members met Tuesday, November 16 in a special called meeting to discuss agreements for the Farmers Market and land donation.
The town is planning to hire the Nash County Farmers Market Manager Maurine Brown to help with the town's market.

Giving thanks can mean a lot of different My first job offer as I was about to graduate college was with a major investment firm and promised compensation of much more than I make now, 30 years later ... and that's not adjusting for inflation.
They were going to pay for my training and certifications and the big boss made a point of showing me that the saddest car in the parking lot besides mine was a three-year old BMW.

Imagine you've just learned there is a request for rezoning in your neighborhood for a substantial development - one which concerns you due to either increased traffic or possible burdens on the infrastructure. You learn about a public hearing by reading your local newspaper - but it's something called a Quasi Judicial Public Hearing.

Dear Editor: Deforestation is a problem in the Amazon Rain Forest. Property owners in the region are laying waste to forested land to make for more room for grazing animals, cattle and such. The land owners are burning the forests up.
Gotta feed all the humans, don't you know!

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on October 23, 1958. FFA Officers for the 1958-59 year of the Nashville Future Farmers of America Chapter were pictured.

Nash County Foster Care is struggling to find foster families within the Nash County community.
Kimberly Nicholson, Social Work Program Administrator, Nicole Glover, Adoption Services Supervisor, and Stephanie Grischow, Foster Care Supervisor all joined together to share the struggles the foster program is facing and the need for the community to step up.

Two years ago, Nash County locals Tim Fisher and his son Ross Fisher discovered a gold dredge on property they had purchased. Since their initial discovery, they have begun the process of further excavating the dredge, learning its history, and developing a park/campground.
"This is the only known dredge of its kind in existence in the eastern United States, and it's even rarer because it's a New Zealand style, wooden, bucket-line dredge," said Ross.

The Nash County Public School Social Worker team organized and sponsored a district-wide community service project to raise money for local community partners raising $5,395.25.
The money raised will be donated to the following agencies:

The Watercolor Society of North Carolina has announced that Marion Clark Weathers is the winner of the Eastern Region Award for her painting, "Viewpoints" exhibiting October 3 through November 12 in the 2021 Watercolor Society of North Carolina Annual Juried Exhibition.
The Juror for this competition, renowned and internationally acclaimed watercolorist Tom Francesconi, announced the winners of this state-wide competition on Sunday, October 3 during the WSNC Annual Meeting and Award Ceremony held online.

Thanksgiving is almost upon us, and of course that means Christmas is close. Often we put a lot of emphasis at this time of year on Christmas, because retailers are pushing us in that direction. In the process, we can very easily forget this beautiful holiday called Thanksgiving. Originally established by President Washington in 1789, it initially was a religious holiday and, more to the point, a Christian holiday.

The Peachtree Baptist Church Congregation gathered to worship and to celebrate the coming Thanksgiving Day. Beautiful service.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday is presented to glorify God by Bob and I to celebrate Thanksgiv-ing Day and all the blessing the Good Lord has provided.
Mrs. Jane May, Pianist, played a beautiful solo.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Coopers Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first grading period of the 2021 -2022 school year. The following students at Spring Hope Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.