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Each Sunday at Peachtree become more exciting. We, as the member, welcomed many more visitors to Peachtree. With some becoming new members. GOD IS GOOD.
The sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was presented to glorify God and present the wonder of His creations to adorn the world.

The Nash County Health Department is reporting the county's eighth and ninth COVID-19 related death.
The eighth was a male patient in his early 50's who died Friday afternoon from complications associated with the virus. The ninth death, also a male patient, was in his early 80's. He died Saturday morning. The two are not related, both had underlying conditions.

A message from Pastor Gene Whitehouse of Peachtree Baptist Church. "Love in the Bible can be directed from person to person or from a person to things. When directed toward things, love means enjoying or taking pleasure in those things. Love towards persons is more complex. Loving persons may mean simply enjoying them and taking pleasure in their personalities, looks, achievements, etc. But there is another aspect of love that is very important in the Bible.

Nash County Public Schools presented a draft version of its 2020-2021 reopening plan on Monday evening, a day before Governor Roy Cooper announced the state's plans for reopening for the upcoming school year.
Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen announced on Tuesday afternoon that Schools would open for in-person instruction under an updated Plan B that requires face coverings for all K-12 students, fewer children in the classroom, measures to ensure social distancing for everyone in the building and other safety protocols.

Little Mary Claire Bissette, 2, holds the first cotton bloom of 2020. She is the daughter of Candice Bissette (holding her) and Josh Bissette (not pictured.) Mary Claire's big sister, Caitlyn Bissette, is also pictured. Also pictured are Candice's parents, Carolyn and Stewart Philips. The cotton bloom was found on the children's great uncle Burt Philip's farm in the Battleboro community. They brought the bloom to the newspaper office on July 13.

Nashville citizens who reside on Western Avenue could become neighbors to a large apartment complex.
Six three-story apartment buildings, each housing 24 units equating to a total of 144 apartments, are proposed to be developed at 608 Western Avenue in Nashville.
The property is 9.45 acres, however only six acres will be developed with the remaining property left as green space.

The number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Nash County.
As of Tuesday night, July 14th, Nash County was reporting 691 positive cases. In just a week, there have been well over 100 new cases reported in Nash County.
Health Director Bill Hill said the increase in numbers is due to more virus in the community but also due to more testing going on.

Filing for the Nash County Public Schools Board of Education has garnered four candidates so far.
Filing begin on July 6.
There are six seats up for grabs on the board of education.

Residents of Indian Trail Subdivision voiced concerns over recent flooding during Nashville's Town Council meeting last Tuesday night.
Three residents addressed council members during the public comment portion of the meeting.
Diane Parker, who lives on Apache Trail, said the most recent flooding, which occurred a few weeks ago, affected her home's air conditioner unit and an outbuilding.

It was not a day I was looking forward to, I have to be honest.
Nash County Animal Control was having a rabies shot clinic for $5 last week and that's a deal. This would be the ideal time to take our stray that showed up a few months ago and make him legal.
The only problem was that I figured everyone else in Nash County would probably have the same idea.

The effects of COVID-19 continue to wreak havoc on everyone, and now the shortage of coin circulation seems to be causing panic in some areas and a bit of short-sighted customer service at some big-box stores.
A loyal reader stopped by the office today to show me his receipt from a big box store where he purchased three items and attempted to pay with cash.

REMEMBER THE HULA HOOP? - This photo was originally published in The Nashville Graphic on September 25, 1958 captioned: It's the way you twist that sends the hula hoop whirling round and round, and the proper technique is demonstrated here by Elton Abernethy, Connie Brantley and Nancy Raley. The hula hoop fad had swept the country attracting adult fans as well as youngsters.

A notary fraud was reported on 7/7/20 at 10840 Lancaster Store Road, Castalia
A felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance and possession of heroin was reported on 7/8/20 at 1336 W Raleigh Boulevard, Rocky Mount
Recovered property was reported on 7/7/20 at 1725 Rocky Cross Road, Spring Hope

According to court documents, Priscilla Evans, 65, conspired with others to file false tax returns for the 2013 through 2016 tax years for clients of Community Tax Services LLC located in Rocky Mount. Evans and her co-conspirators filed tax returns that claimed false education credits, among other illegitimate items, in order to fraudulently generate clients' tax refunds.

Building Permit (Commercial) Chelsea Tucker; 10174 Pace Road; miscellaneous; $15,000
Regina Jones; 107 W Nashville Drive; renovation/alteration; $8,362

"Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly." (2 Timothy 2:16)
I was in church recently when an old friend of mine came to visit. It was the strangest thing. My wife and I were just talking about him. He was out of work and we felt so sorry for him.