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The "Walk of Remembrance for Steps Never Taken" is a local celebration of life established to honor all children lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant demise. The 7th annual walk will be held at 3:00 on Sunday afternoon, September 29th, beginning at the Bryant T. Aldridge Rehabilitation Center on the Nash UNC Health Care campus.

Monday, September 30 from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Edgecombe Community College, 2009 West Wilson Street, Tarboro
Thursday, October 3 from 3 until 7 p.m. at the Spring Hope Community Building, 104 Community Street, Spring Hope
Thursday, October 10 from 12 until 6 p.m. at Englewood Presbyterian Church, 100 South Englewood Drive, Rocky Mount

NASHVILLE -- Nash Central Middle School appears to have the components in place in order to be competitive this season in the Tri-County Conference football standings.
But as veteran coach Matt Lancaster knows, that is only part of the equation.
Central flashed some of its skill last Thursday during the Trojans' regular season opener at home versus Parker Middle School out of Rocky Mount.

Nash Central Middle School's Tyquan Jones avoids a tackle attempt and picks up yardage during last Thursday's game versus Parker.

BUNN -- After dealing with its own untimely mistakes for the majority of three quarters, Northern Nash took advantage of a huge one from Bunn in the fourth stanza to rally past the host Wildcats last Friday in a non-conference football showdown.
Trailing by two points in the final frame and plagued by penalties and special teams issues, the Knights looked to be in trouble with the Wildcats drove into the red zone and appeared on the verge of adding to their cushion.

RED OAK -- After winning seven matches in a row to begin their tennis season, the Northern Nash Lady Knights saw their incredible start derailed with back-to-back losses against Big East Conference court titans Wilson Fike and Rocky Mount.
Due to the defeats, Northern Nash faced an important standings matchup last Thursday at home versus Wilson Hunt -- and the Lady Knights accepted the challenge in impressive fashion.

Northern Nash's Paige Ward sends back a volley at No. 4 Singles for Northern Nash versus Hunt.

RED OAK -- Northern Nash and Nash Central's annual "Battle of the Bridge" football game is one of the most anticipated athletic events of the year in Nash County.
As a result of that, administrators and athletic directors from both schools decided to join in on the fun.
Beginning a few years back, it has become an annual tradition that the losing Principal and Athletic Director must serve lunch at the winning team's school.

RED OAK -- Nobody seems to know an answer to counteract Franklinton High School's amazing volleyball success in the Big East Conference. FHS joined the league three years ago and has yet to lose a match. The Lady Rams are also the two-time regular season and tournament champions. Conference opponents appeared to have a glimmer of hope heading into the 2019 campaign as Franklinton had been riddled by graduation, along with the resignation of long-time head coach Crystal Barnes.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Soccer League Scores:

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats have announced the club's full 2020 season schedule for the upcoming 30th anniversary season at Five County Stadium.
The 2020 season will officially begin on TApril 9 with the Mudcats hosting the Winston-Salem Dash for Opening Night 2020 at Five County Stadium and will feature a weekend heavy home schedule once again for the Mudcats and their fans.

Northern Nash High School quarterback Thomas Engelking (with ball) runs behind his blockers during last Friday night's road football meeting against Bunn.

RED OAK -- Head Coach Tristan Marshall is looking to change a few things in year one of his new job leading his alma mater, Northern Nash High School, in boys' soccer.
Marshall is the program's fourth coach in four seasons, beginning with the irreplaceable Joe McCarthy's retirement at the end of the 2016 season, which led to Stephanie Hardison being named the head coach during the 2017 campaign.

WILSON -- Northern Nash High School swept the boys and girls individual championships during last Wednesday's latest Big East Conference Cross Country Meet at Wilson Hunt.
NNHS sophomore Elana Griffin was sharp in winning the girls race with a time of 21:50 -- 94 seconds ahead of Rocky Mount's Zahnetta Wilkins.
Northern Nash's Camille Dunn also enjoyed a Top-10 effort as she closed in eighth place at 25:15.

NASHVILLE -- This past Saturday saw the second day of Youth Soccer League action at Glover Park in Nashville.
The 12u started the day off with another faceoff between MGD Realty Group and Taylor Made Jewelry.
It was another close matchup with Derek High scoring three goals for MGD Realty and Aven Strickland making sure that Taylor Made Jewelry answered back with one goal.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash UNC Health Care, Carolina Regional Orthopaedics, and UNC Orthopedics at Nash have teamed together to offer a sports medicine program for student athletes at Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools (NRMPS).
"The Nash UNC Health Care Sports Medicine Program is a collaboration of our community hospital and orthopedic surgeons to offer student athletes the best possible care when faced with a sports-related injury," said Lee Isley, president and CEO of Nash UNC Health Care.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The #16-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan College men's golf team finished 2nd as a team at their annual home tournament, the Don Scalf Memorial Invitational on Monday afternoon.
The Bishops finished behind first-place Averett University (Va.) by two strokes, 579-581. Wesleyan shot an even par 288 in the first round on Sunday to sit in third place at the Belmont Lake Golf Club in Rocky Mount.

RED OAK -- At the conclusion of the 2018 season, Northern NashHigh School football coaches and fans were concerned about what they would do about the offense.
Losing both starting quarterback Davontae "Crank" Wiggins, as well as the year's leading receiver TaRod Brown, there were questions about who would be throwing, catching and carrying the ball for the Knights.

If you own a phone, you've probably been annoyed by unending robocalls. When I travel across our state, this is the number one concern people share with me. We're receiving spam calls at all hours of the day, on our cell phones and our landlines. They're not only frustrating, they're also harmful. They give scammers an easy way to reach us, scare us, and take our money.

Greetings Fellow Followers! Grace and peace in the name of Jesus to you and yours this day.
Let's pause for a moment and survey where we are... last week in our "Storyline of Scripture" we looked briefly at Abraham and the wild, but sure, promise God made to Abraham of being a blessing to the nations. Before that was the fall of humanity and creation.