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The Nash County Farmers Market has received a $2,000 grant from the DeLeon Carter Foundation to fund events like, "How 'Bout Them Apples."
This event focuses on NC apples and fall produce grown locally. Children attending the market on October 16th had the opportunity to go on a scavenger hunt and shop for items on a market list. Lists, bags and instructions were obtained at Market information booth.

Students from Nash, Granville and Edgecombe County Sheriff's Offices completed Detention Officer training at Nash Community College on Friday, November 5, 2021. The certification includes 177 hours of instruction designed to train qualified participants to function as officers in detention facilities. The course is governed by the North Carolina Sheriffs' and North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commissions.

"'Good teacher', he asked, 'what must I do to inherit eternal life?' 'Why do you call Me good?' Jesus answered." (Mark 10:17-18)
While surfing the internet, I stumbled across a book entitled "Questioning Evangelism". It provides a practical framework for winning souls to Christ.
People seem to forget that the Great Commission is our challenge from the Lord. Why? So others can understand what words like joy, peace, grace, and mercy really mean!

Norma Banesa Flores and Jessica Flores to Norma Banesa Flores and Jessica Flores; .92 acres
Sepro Development Company III, LLC to 360 Forest Products, Inc.; 401.78 acres
Anastasia Sweeney to William Wade Sweeney; Section 2, Carter Grove, Lot 50

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James Norton, 8719 Davis Store Rd; Addition; $24,000

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central came up with a clutch 13-6 home victory over South Granville last Friday night in the second round of the Class 2-A State Football Playoffs at The Dawg Pound on the NCHS campus.
Now 7-5 overall, the Bulldogs will advance to tangle with top-seeded and undefeated Princeton this Friday on the road in Johnston County in a third-round matchup.

Nash Central running back Raequan Fernandez churns for extra yardage for the Bulldogs during last Friday night's home playoff decision against the South Granville Vikings.

A pair of Nash Central defenders hurry South Granville quarterback Charlie Vestal during last Friday night's football playoff game at The Dawg Pound on the NCHS campus.

SANFORD -- Under normal circumstances, there is little certainty for the Southern Nash High School football program heading into a particular season.
It's become almost taken for granted through the years that the Firebirds will be strong, will compete for the Big East Conference Championship and win at least one game -- and sometimes more -- in the Class 3-A State Playoffs.

Southern Nash's Tralon Mitchell picks up yardage for the Firebirds last Friday night against Lee County.

Southern Nash High School's Zyshone White makes a quarterback pitch to a teammate during last Friday night's road playoff showdown versus the Lee County Yellow Jackets.

RED OAK -- Coming off a one-score squeaker of a win in the Class 3-A State Football Playoffs in the first round, Northern Nash set its sights on the 15-seed Smithfield-Selma Spartans last Friday night, with SSS riding high on what has been by far the school's best season in over a decade.
Behind a four-touchdown performance from star running back R.J. Loring, the Knights engineered a 39-21 win to advance to the third round of the state playoffs for the first time since 2010.

NASH COUNTY -- Northern Nash's Chloe Harrington and the entire Rocky Mount High School team were the big winners during the 2021 Big East Conference girls tennis season this fall.
Harrington, a senior, once again went undefeated during Big East action on her way to yet another league singles championship.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA. -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College men's basketball team cruised to a monster blowout win over Mount Aloysius College (Pa.) 93-37 on the road at Mary Washington (Va.) last Saturday afternoon in the Hyatt Tip-Off Classic.
Senior wing Damon McDowell led the NCWC offense with a season high of 31 points on 11 of 17 shooting overall including 6 of 11 from three-point land.

NASH COUNTY -- The complete All-Big East Conference Volleyball Team for the 2021 campaign is as follows:

FAYETTEVILLE -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College football team fell 38-7 on the road at Methodist University last Saturday evening in their season finale.
With the loss, the Bishops finished 4-4 in the USA South Conference and in a tie for 4th place while finishing 4-6 overall.
After MU got on the board first in the first quarter with a 50-yard touchdown pass, the Bishops came right back in the second quarter to tie the game with a 33-yard TD run from freshman RB Trevon Crank that completed a 6-play, 80-yard drive.

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