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This photo was found in The Nashville Graphic's December, 1970 archive. The photo was taken at Tarrytown Mall during a Christmas event held at the tall Christmas tree the mall was historically known for.

Nash UNC Health Care's COVID Task Force has approved updates to the current visitor restrictions to improve the patient experience while maintaining a safe environment for staff, patients and visitors.
"We know how important family presence is for our patients and their healing process," said Dr. L. Lee Isley, president and CEO of Nash UNC Health Care.

Beginning on Monday, August 23, the city of Rocky Mount Energy Resources department will be conducting a phone survey to assess its efforts in educating the public about natural gas safety. The survey will include citizens of Rocky Mount and the surrounding areas.
A federal regulation requires natural gas utilities to measure how effective their public education efforts are in communicating natural gas safety information to customers and the public.

The Rocky Mount Police Department is aware of recent fraudulent phone calls being made to residents. The phone calls allege fraudulent financial activity and pending warrants for arrests by local police departments. These calls are in no way connected to the Rocky Mount Police Department. To protect personal information, it is important to remember the following:

Battle, Tarek Lee - DWI on 08/10/21
Clark, Rashon - resisting arrest/hinder & delay on 08/09/21
Clark, Rashon - assault serious bodily injury on 08/09/21

Warrant service at 100 N. Boddie St., Nashville on 8/8/21
Damage to real property at 11235 Cedar Lake Dr., Middlesex on 8/14/21
Missing persons reported at 12298 Ward Rd., Whitakers on 8/10/21

Nash Rocky Mount Rotary club installed new officers at a recent meeting. Officers are (left to right): Lank Dunton, Treasurer; Shawn Lucas, Foundation Chair; Anthony Engrasssia, President; Brenda Shaw, Representing Rocky Mount Rotary and Inductee for new Officers; Margaret Sharpe, President Elect; Blake Tharrin, Secretary (pictured in the back).

"And He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God." (Revelation 21:10)
You know exactly who I was talking about when you read the title, didn't you? Ron Popeil coined that phrase many years ago and became a millionaire using it.

The Baptist Men had their monthly breakfast on Sunday, August 15.
Congratulations to Justin Carp in his recent commissioning into the US Navy Chaplain Corps! The service was held Sunday, August 15 at Red Oak Baptist Church with over 200 in attendance. Justin most recently served as pastor of Darlington Baptist Church, He and his wife, Lisa, and their 2 children, Analeigh and Liam will be moving from this area as they begin their new adventure. Our best wishes and prayers for the family!

The Peachtree Baptist Church Members and Pastor Gene prayed for our church members that are sick, our community members that are sick and in need, all the Covid-19-DV sick, the fall of Afghanistan, all those affected by the lawless, and all our children starting back to school.
We praised God for all the loving blessings He has given us and asked that He watch over us.

Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." Baptism and the Lord's Supper are symbols of salvation. But they are not mere symbols. They are living illustrations that teach us what it means to be in Christ. In this message, we will study the nature, meaning, and practice of the Lord's Supper.

Commercial Building Permits
Jackie McDowell, 101 E. Evans Dr.; addition; $21,000
Buddy Laws, 1050 S. NC 581; addition; $24,999
Buddy Laws, 1050 S. NC 581; sign; $500

Scott Windham and Malory Overton Windham to Thomas Lane Harrell Jr.; Tar Island Drive, Rocky Mount
John Paul Hammer and Megan Hammer to Omar Munther Omar Bayyari and Ahmad Munther Bayyari; 3261 Winstead Road, Rocky Mount; $245,000
Carlton Wayne Pullen, Karon Lynch Pullen and Kenneth Ray Pullen to Carlton Wayne Pullen and Karon Lynch Pullen; lots 1 and 2 along the Nashville Red Oak Road

Rocky Mount
8/20/2021: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Englewood Presbyterian Church, 100 South Englewood Drive
8/21/2021: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., West End Community Center, 813 West End Street

STANHOPE -- Looks can be deceiving when judging a Southern Nash football scrimmage only by results.
Such was the case last Friday as the Firebirds hosted a solid Wilson Hunt club for a session at historic Firebird Stadium on the SNHS campus.
Hunt, coached by former Nash Central assistant Juan Jackson, seemed to get the better of the play, but that wasn't much of a concern for first-year SNHS skipper Brian Batchelor.

Southern Nash High School's Tralon Mitchell picks up yardage for the Firebirds during last Friday night's home football scrimmage against the Wilson Hunt Warriors at historic Firebird Stadium.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Veteran head coach Chris Lee feels much better about his Nash Central football team than he did two weeks ago -- and that's a good thing with the Bulldogs' regular season opener looming Friday night at Southeast Halifax.
Nash Central's summer participation wasn't as high as Lee hoped for, and he lost a few of his top players to transfers in the off-season.

RED OAK -- One of the most exciting games from Northern Nash's 2021 spring football campaign was its season-opening 7-0 victory against SouthWest Edgecombe.
While the game, which took place on a chilly February evening in Pinetops, was deemed "ugly" by most of the socially-distant crowd, it was an exciting one where the Knights emerged victorious, setting the tone for their 4-2 record last season.

BETHEL -- Nash Central was able to deliver a trio of goals, but it would not be enough for the Bulldogs to earn a victory during Monday's road boys soccer contest against North Pitt.
In a duel between former Eastern Plains Conference rivals, the Bulldogs were tied with North Pitt at intermission, but the hosts rolled down the stretch en route to registering a 5-3 decision.

ZEBULON -- Sal Frelick went 5-for-6 with a RBI, Ashton McGee hit a three-run home run in the sixth, Ethan Murray and Freddy Zamora hit back-to-back triples in the second and Micah Bello had three hits as the homestanding Carolina Mudcats defeated the Augusta GreenJackets 10-4 in Tuesday's baseball series opener at Five County Stadium in Zebulon.