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Nashville's Harold D. Cooley Library has been approved for its third grant this year.
Library Director Tikela Alston wrote, requested and received the SLNC Cares LSTA 2020-2021 Grant in the amount of $10,000 for the library.
The title of the grant is "Cooley Goes Digital."

The first in a series of Samuel Beckett's radio plays, All That Fall, will stream live from the Imperial Centre Theatre on October 1st at 6 p.m.
Eleven local actors have been rehearsing for the past two months to for the event. This production will be free to the public to listen online.
A simultaneous listening group will meet at Larema Coffee House located at 106 S Washington Street, Rocky Mount.

Gene Braswell and Bill Strickland enjoy a tailgate lunch at the annual Veterans Appreciation Lunch at Brenda Stallings Middlesex home.

Brenda Stallings and District Court Judge Beth Freshwater-Smith talk to Robert Flowers after delivering his fish plate to him during the annual Veterans Appreciation Lunch, which was held as a drive-thru this year.

Middlesex Police Lt. J. Amos and Chief Mike Collins volunteered to hand out meals during the drive-thru appreciation event last week.

Pictured above, Sellers walks in downtown Nashville carrying a cross in which people have signed at the locations they have stopped.

Often, this column is about the absurd.
Sometimes it's the absurdities of the author, but lately it's been about the absurdities of this country in 2020.
A few weeks, I wrote about a kid who had the police called on him because during his online class, his teacher saw a BB gun on the wall in another room.
For some reason, the nutjob teacher considered this bringing a gun to school as did the principal.

Dear editor: The time to be quiet and stand back and do nothing is over.
It is time to stand up, honor, respect, and live by the word of God. There have been a lot of things happening in the course of the last several years, but my faith remains.
The Bible teaches us to hide the Word in our hearts.

This photo was originally published in The Nashville Graphic on January 24, 1963. Andrew Tyson, (No. 10) of Nashville High School drives in for a layup as Ronnie Pace (No. 24) of Spring Hope High School tries to slow him down.

The following deeds were recorded with the Nash County Register of Deeds from September 21 - 25.

A warrant service was reported on 9/26/20
A seat belt violation in the front seat and simple posession of a schedule VI controlled substance was reported on 9/23/20 at 10527 Baldy Hill Road
Manufacturing marijuana was reported on 9/22/20 at 11009 Taylors Store Road, Nashville
A package was reported on 9/22/20 at 1101 Instrument Drive, Rocky Mount

Building Permit
(Commercial)
Hiram Montalvo; 2070 S First Street; sign; $450
Rachel Taylor; 3057 Town Hall Road; sign; $28,000

The Nash County Sheriff's Office J-CAT, or Joint Criminal Apprehension Team, made several arrests over the past week for trafficking on I-95.
On Wednesday, September 23 at around 4:08 p.m., a member of the J-CAT team attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on I-95 Southbound, near the 142 mile marker.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and State Farm Agent Sandy Frazier are teaming up with the Nashville Fire Department to support Fire Prevention Week, an annual public awareness campaign promoting home fire safety.
State Farm Agents are delivering Fire Prevention Week toolkits to more than 2500 fire departments across the country.

Eden Curtiss, a 2020 graduate of Rocky Mount High School, has been awarded PFLAG-RM's annual $1000 scholarship for her work to move equality forward in the schools and community. A strong advocate for LGBTQ+, black lives matter, and animal rights, Eden is a first year honors student at UNC-Chapel Hill, majoring in political and environmental sciences. She is the daughter of Philip Curtiss and Sherry Sutton of Rocky Mount.

"For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again." (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
My wife and I went through a terrible storm several years ago, one of those storms that life brings your way. It was ferocious. Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for us, the wind would pick up and the rain would begin to pelt even harder.

No matter our circumstances, God responds when we turn to Him. When we are in a right relationship with Him and walking in obedience and submission, He determines the limits of our trials and suffering. This doesn't mean He'll remove all pain and trouble from our lives, but He guards us through it. And even if we lose our lives, He promises that we will immediately be in His presence (2 Cor. 5:8).

Southern Nash Middle School received their first students since March this past Monday. The teachers were very excited to see the students and the students were glad to finally be back in school.
An Evening of Academic Excellence was held at Southern Nash High School this past week.

Hi Fellow Followers! What follows is Part 2, this article will make much more sense if you read Part 1 found in the September 24th edition of The Graphic.
The earth is prone to death, disease, and decay. Along with this, there is a deceiver with designs to destroy. These are ideal opportunities for the devil to destroy through division. Remember, the devil is an opportunist.

Congratulations to Matthew and Brittany Bass Ard who were united in marriage Saturday, September 19! Brittany is the daughter of Greg and Kim Bass.
The Fisher Pumpkin Farm is open for business! Whether it's for decorating inside and out or for cooking those famous fall dishes, the Pumpkin Farm, located on Hwy 43, is the place to be.

The Peachtree Baptist Church WMU will participate in the 2020 Appalachian Christmas Outreach Backpack Ministry. The Appalachian Coalfield Ministry is seeking to meet the physical and spiritual needs of those living in the Appalachian area. The sign-up sheet is in the narthex. We will only be taking names this Sunday and next. Statewide goal is 18,000 backpacks.

A local leader in education has been tapped to lead the Division of College and Career Readiness (CCR) at Edgecombe Community College.
LaShawnda Washington, who has worked at ECC since 2006, also is a member of the Nash County Public Schools Board.
She has served College and Career Readiness students in a variety of capacities, including as a distance learning instructor, English as a Second Language instructor, and coordinator of Basic Skills Plus.

The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission (NCSPC) has launched K-12 curriculum to help teachers and parents educate students about the state's vegetable, the sweetpotato. In addition to highlighting the numerous health benefits of the orange superfood, the lesson plans teach students about various aspects of agriculture using STEM-focused curriculum.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Three in a row. And counting.
Nash Central High School's dominance of the Eastern Plains Conference's Wells Fargo Cup standings continued during the 2019-20 school year as the Bulldogs earned the crown for the third consecutive campmaign.
The Wells Fargo Cup is presented by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association to the all-points season-long leader in each league in the state.

Nash Central High School was hoping to increase its Wells Fargo Cup standings lead in the Eastern Plains Conference in the spring, thanks to heroics from the likes of track and field pole vaulter Athen Drew.