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Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year.
The following students at Cedar Grove Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year.
The following students at CITI High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

North Carolina's egg prices were higher on all sizes when compared to last week. Supplies of extra large and large were light, medium moderate to meet a moderate demand. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted Thursday, February 06, for small lot sales of delivered, cartoned, grade "A" eggs was 128.02 for Extra Large, 127.61 for Large, 97.65 for Medium, and 70.00 for Small eggs.

"For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" (Matthew 16:26)
No one was more prepared to speak on the subject of vanity than Solomon. He lived a life chasing all the traps that his money could set for him. After he finally learned that it would get him nowhere, he wrote a book about it and called it Ecclesiastes.

February Greetings fellow followers! For today let's talk about the future and, more specifically, your future.
One of the first characteristics we learn about the serpent in the Bible is that he is a "deceiver" (Genesis 3:13). All satan needs to do is deceive us - cause us to think something true that is really false and something false that is actually true.

Red Oak Baptist Church is offering a Parents Night Out on Friday, February 14. Child care will be provided from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm in the Family Life Center. They will have a sign in/sign out sheet for children as well as an information form to be filled out by the parents. Form will include allergy information, emergency contacts, and concerns.

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) encourages agricultural producers to enroll now in the Agriculture Risk Loss (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. March 15, 2020 is the enrollment deadline for the 2019 crop year.
Although more than 200,000 producers have enrolled to date, FSA anticipates 1.5 million producers will enroll for ARC and PLC. By enrolling soon, producers can beat the rush as the deadline nears.

Peachtree members, family, and friends met Sunday to praise our Lord for the protection He gave us during this terrible storm. We know there were some homes, buildings, a lot of trees, and wires that were damaged. But God guarded our lives. He loves us so much that He was right there with us all the time. We are truly blessed.

Have you ever run from the will of God for your life, thinking, "I could never do that"?
That's what Jonah did. God told him to go and preach to the people of Nineveh. But instead, Jonah went in the opposite direction. He made his way to the seaport of Joppa and boarded a boat headed for Tarshish.

This past week at Cooper's Elementary School, students and staff celebrated the 100th day of school for the 2019-2020 year. Ms. Joyner in the computer lab wore a shirt with 100 computer keys attached. There were also shirts and pants in the school with the number 100 represented in buttons, popcorn, wiggly eyes, sequins, pompom balls, numbers, emoticons, band-aids, gray hairs, bubble gum, play money, smartees, bubble wrap, words and more. What fun!

Red Oak Middle School's MyKal Williams (with ball) helps freeze the ball in the final seconds of the Tigers' victory over rival Parker in Monday's championship showdown of the Tri-County Conference Boys Basketball Tournament.

Red Oak Middle School's Michael Battle goes up for a clutch basket for the Tigers during Monday's victory versus Parker in the Tri-County Conference Boys Hoops Championship.

ROCKY MOUNT -- 'The Bubble' is not a place teams like to find themselves positioned late in the season, but that's exactly where the Nash Central Lady Bulldogs are heading into the closing stretch of the 2019-20 girls basketball campaign.
The latest expert projection has the Lady Bulldogs as the 32nd and final seed out of the East Region for the Class 2-A State Playoffs.

Nash Central's Kia Richardson scores on a breakaway layup for the Lady Bulldogs during last Friday's meeting at Wilson Beddingfield in Eastern Plains Conference action.

BUNN -- Given Southern Nash's unexpected, near-miss struggles in the Big East Conference this season, it was almost a relief when the Firebirds stepped out of league play last Wednesday for a backyard rivalry matchup against the Bunn Wildcats. The clubs were supposed to play back in early-December, but the game was postponed due to Southern Nash's deep run in the Class 3-A State Football Playoffs.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School will need to make a positive late push if the Bulldogs hope to earn a spot in the upcoming Class 2-A Boys Basketball State Playoffs.
The Bulldogs, coached by veteran skipper Renny Taylor, are currently ranked just out of the postseason picture by expert, unofficial projections.

MICHAEL BUNN. Northern Nash High School's Michael Bunn signs a letter-of-intent to continue his football career at North Carolina Wesleyan College. Also pictured are (back, l to r) NN assistant coach Cameron Avery, NN head coach Andrew Farriss and NN Athletic Director Joey Keefe; (front, l to r) parents Eddie and Cyndy Bunn. (Graphic photo by Geoff Neville)

BRIAN HOPKINS, JR. Northern Nash's Brian Hopkins, Jr. signs a letter-of-intent to continue his football career at Elizabeth City State University. Also pictured are (back, l to r) NN assistant coach Cameron Avery, NN Principal (and father) Brian Hopkins, Sr., NN head coach Andrew Farriss and NN Athletic Director Joey Keefe; (front, l to r) Tiffany Hopkins (mother), Kendall Hopkins (brother) and Mike Hopkins (brother). (Graphic photo by Geoff Neville)

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball team split their doubleheader with Eastern Mennonite University (Va.) during opening weekend on Sunday on the NCWC campus in Rocky Mount.
Wesleyan won game one 3-1 before dropping a 2-1 heartbreaker in game two.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College men's basketball team used consistent shooting throughout the game and senior Cameron Martin's career-high 32 points to roll to a 99-77 win over Berea College (Ky.) at home on Saturday.
Wesleyan jumped out to a quick 21-8 lead on Berea thanks to Martin's 5 of 5 shooting and three early 3-pointers before Berea made a run cutting into Wesleyan's lead.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Football League Scores:

NASH COUNTY -- Nash County Recreation & Senior Services hosted the local Junior NBA Skills Challenge on January 26 at Nashville Elementary School for boys and girls ages 9-13.
The top three scorers from the 11-u boys and girls as well as 13-u boys and girls will advance to the regionals on February 16.

ZEBULON -- The 2020 baseball season is fast approaching and the Carolina Mudcats are looking to add to the club's game day staff by hosting a job fair hiring event on February 20 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. inside the Cattails Club at historic Five County Stadium, which is located in Zebulon.
Interested job seekers ages 16 and over wishing to work for the Mudcats are highly encouraged to attend the event.