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Northern Nash High School students were honored last Sunday by a parade of their parents, relatives and friends driving by while students lined the streets in Red Oak. Parade participants decorated cars, trucks, even made homemade floats cheering on their 2021 graduating seniors.
Pictured above, Northern Nash High School seniors gather for a photo prior to the parade.

Some friends of ours have a daughter, Caroline, that just graduated from Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Robbie and I recalled a story from when she was a small child. She attended the Christian school operated by our church but had a close friend that attended a public school. When she was five, Caroline and her mother passed by a Publix Supermarket. "Mom", she asked, "Is that the Publix School that John goes to"?

For this purpose, the Lord will intentionally put adverse conditions in our path so we will choose to believe Him rather than focus on our circumstances--which is what usually gets us in the most trouble.
We know from Scripture that David had to remind himself of God's promises and renew his faith in the Lord often because of the adversity he was experiencing.

BBQ is good. Gnats are a bother. Humans are followers.
These are simple truths that seem to be timeless. Now, as you can imagine, the rest of this article will center around the last of the aforementioned statements, humans are followers. Whether we realize it or not, we are not leaders, we are followers - we've all been formed by certain people, places, and events.

Graduate Sunday was held May 23 at Red Oak Baptist Church. High school and college graduates were recognized for their accomplishments with a gift from the church and a lunch for them and their families. High school graduates participating included Maycee Aycock, Whitley Brantley, Meredith Cary, Brandon Griffin, Michael Pullen, and Brooke Thompson.

Kingdom International Church celebrated Youth Sunday. Vine Youth led the praise and worship and also did several mimes. The morning message was given by Youth Pastor Grant McGlothlin. On Monday night, KIC hosted the IPHC NC Association Mission Dinner. The KIC Love Ladies met on Friday night. They enjoyed an hour of shopping with In His Hands Mobile Boutique followed by a catered dinner and dessert.

Thank God Peachtree Baptist Church still continues to be blessed. Sunday our members welcomed a new couple as members of our church. They are Dr. Wendy and Ray Edwards. Wendy and Ray have been friends of Peachtree Baptist Church for many years. Praise the Lord for these new members.
Special music: Jane May performed a piano solo.

The following deed transfers were made May 17 - 21, 2021 in Nash County.

Incident reports
A simple possession was reported at mile marker 461 US 64W on 5/20/21
A larceny was reported at 700 E. Washington Street on 5/21/21

Identity fraud was reported at 12070 Burgess Rd., Middlesex on 5/18/21
Larceny by employee was reported at 1242 Construction Dr. Rocky Mount on 5/20/21
An assault on a female was reported at 13200 Tiffany Lane, Whitakers on 5/22/21

Commercial
Tony Stewart, 11906 Lodge Rd; misc.; $17,000
Kenneth Long, 5603 Red Oak Rd; new construction; $15,496,530

ROCKY MOUNT -- Southern Nash's boys and Rocky Mounty's girls were the team winners, but there were plenty of strong performances from all schools during last Monday's Nash County Track and Field Championships at the Rocky Mount High School Football Field.
Fueled by a solid effort from Jalen McCalston and others, the Firebirds took the top spot in the boys team standings for veteran coach Sterling Leonard.

NASH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL JUMPER KYLEE PITT

SOUTHERN NASH HIGH SCHOOL'S THOMAS COPELAND

RED OAK -- Northern Nash took on all comers through the first half of the Big East Conference girls tennis schedule -- and made its way through the gauntlet virtually unscathed.
NN is slated to play 10 league matches this spring, and the Lady Knights have starged their first six -- all impressive team victories.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash once again controlled the softball proceedings in the Big East Conference -- so it was no surprise that the Ladybirds claimed three of the four major postseason awards in the competitive league.
The Ladybirds were once again the Big East Conference champions and went undefeated in the league -- and wrapped up another BE regular season title with a final-game, last-inning victory over rival Franklinton.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash seemed well on its way to a successful series start against Franklinton last Tuesday in Big East Conference baseball action on the SNHS campus.
But everything changed in one swing -- and not in Southern Nash's favor.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 48 teams that will compete in the 2021 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.
Six teams will compete at eight regional sites.
All regionals will use a double-elimination format. A total of 42 conference champions qualified automatically.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Soccer Match Scores:

SALISBURY, MD. - Ernesto Martinez hit his fourth home run of the season and Joe Gray Jr. collected two hits, but the Delmarva Shorebirds homered three times and scored in double digits for the second straight game while defeating the Carolina Mudcats 13-3 in the final game of a six-game series on Sunday evening.
The loss clinched a series victory for Delmarva (13-5) as they took the six-game set four games to two.

RED OAK -- Northern Nash delivered a bit of a surprise during last Wednesday's Big East Conference home wrestling match against the Franklinton Red Rams.
Most Big East pundits would have considered Franklinton to be the favorite coming in, but Northern Nash was able to come through with a clutch 42-36 decision over the Red Rams at the historic NNHS Gymnasium.

GREENSBORO- Seven members of the No. 15 North Carolina State University baseball team were named to the 2021 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Teams, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon.
Jonny Butler, Terrell Tatum and Jose Torres were all named First Team All-ACC, Tyler McDonough and Austin Murr earned Second Team All-ACC honors while Reid Johnston and Evan Justice were tabbed Third Team All-ACC.

NASH COUNTY -- December 14, 2002.
Funny how, almost 19 years later, Mark Wooten can still remember the day when Northern Nash traveled to Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill to play Asheville in the Class 3-A State Football Championship Game.