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GREENSBORO -- One of the state's grandest gridiron stages welcomed a pair of Nash County standouts last Wednesday -- and neither player disappointed.
Southern Nash's Lamont Williams and Northern Nash's Davontae 'Crank' Wiggins played key roles for the East Team during the annual North Carolina East-West All-Star Football Game, which was held at historic Jamieson Stadium on the campus of Greensboro Grimsley High School.

A rezoning request for property on Stoney Hill Church Road has once again been put on hold.
The request was to rezone around 25 acres at 3645 Stoney Hill Church Road, Bailey from R-40 to RA-20. The property is owned by L&F Farms and the Cecil Williams is the prospective developer of the property.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual membership meeting last week honoring their 2019 Business of the year.
Chamber Vice-President Cliff Joyner presented the award Thursday night to long-time small business proprietor Jill Boone who owns Jody's of Nashville.
Joyner explained the criteria for the annual award includes longevity of the business (a minimum of five years), growth and development, support of local merchants, demonstration of good business practices, appearance of the business, active community members including volunteer activities, support of local charitable events and organizations, customer service and courtesy of staff.

Nashville Chamber President Mary Grace Daughtridge (background) announces three scholarship winners during the annual meeting. Hailey Hyatt, Kaitlyn Crusenberry and Victoria Proctor each received $500.

Filing has been extended for the Town of Castalia.
The Nash County Board of Elections announced on Friday that filing had closed for all municipalities except for the Town of Castalia.
"The Nash County Board of Elections has voted to leave filing open for five days for the Town of Castalia Board of Commissioners," Elections Director John Kearney said. "Currently, there are two candidates that have filed and there are three seats available.

Nash County Senior Services Supervisor Morgan Doughtie was honored with a statewide award last week at an annual training conference.
Doughtie was named the 2019 SHIIP Statewide Coordinator of the Year for North Carolina.
SHIIP is a division of the North Carolina Department of Insurance that offers free, objective information on Medicare, Medicare prescription drug coverage, Medicare Advantage, long-term care insurance and other health insurance issues.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education held a special called meeting on Thursday, July 18 at 6 pm. After adopting the agenda, the board heard from William Marshmon.
His appointment as a member of the Nash Community College Board of Trustees had expried, and he appeared at the meeting to request reappointment.

Allie O'Leary and Addison Roughton tried to beat the heat recently by selling cool glasses of Kool-Aid in their Nashville subdivision for 50 cents a cup.

Castalia churches are coming together to host the second annual Family Fun Day in the Park.
This year's event is set for Saturday, August 3 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Castalia Missionary Baptist Church, Castalia Baptist Church, Luther Chapel Holiness Church, Church of God are joining the Town of Castalia to host the annual back-to-school event, which will feature food, entertainment and resources.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the final semester of the 2018-2019 school year.
The following students at the Spring Hope Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

In last week's column, I started the telling of the saga of how my "new" refrigerator had presented some issues and that resolving them seemed to be an overly complicated process.
The first issue was shortly after I bought the appliance. It stopped working and when I called the big box store about getting it fixed or replaced, I was told it was my problem because I didn't buy the extended warranty.

The Nashville Chamber of Commerce recognized Jody's of Nashville as its 2019 Business of the Year last Thursday night -- and what an excellent choice!
Owner Jill Boone was basically baptized by fire setting out on a new venture in the retail world when she became the owner of Jody's in 2005.
Today if you ask her what owning a retail business is like she will tell you that you start over every day and nothing is promised.

This photo of the 1969 Little League Champions from Spring Hope originally published in The Nashville Graphic on July 31, 1969.

As we celebrated Independence Day this month, we also remember the sacrifices and service of members of our military who protect us and safeguard our democratic values.
July is Military Consumer Month and I want to highlight some of the ways my office is dedicated to protecting servicemembers from harmful scams.

The Nash Community College Foundation Board of Directors completed a successful community campaign which began in March and ran through June. Led by the NCC Foundation's volunteer board, the annual campaign raises funds to support deserving students seeking help with their educational expenses and assists with instructional needs of the college.

A simple assault was reported on 7/14/19 at 2557 Wintergreen Road
A breaking, entering and larceny was reported on 7/14/19 at 3914 Taylors Gin Road
A felony larceny was reported on 7/14/19 at 5336 W Castalia Road

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from July 15 through 19.

The State of North Carolina has presented the Nash-Edgecombe Counties 2019 Governor's Award for Volunteer Service to Down East Radio Reading Service, Inc. and Dr. Glenda Lawrence-Knight.
The Governor's Volunteer Service Award honors the true spirit of volunteerism by recognizing individuals, groups and businesses that make a significant contribution to their community through volunteer service.

The VOICE of Nashville met on June 17 with Cliff Joyner, Vice President of Nashville's Chamber of Commerce, as the guest speaker.
Joyner talked about the purpose of the Chamber during his time. The Chamber promotes and develops business in the surrounding area and is made up of volunteers.

Cooley Library hosted a Community Helpers storytime on Monday, July 1. Dental assistants from Dr. Lloyd's office spoke about dental hygiene to those in attendance. After the presentation, those in attendance got to look at fire trucks and police cars. Pictured above, Ethan Smith checks out binoculars from a Nashville police car.

The Nash County Senior Center hosted a Fire/EMS Appreciation event last month. Members of the Nashville Fire Department and Nash County EMS were treated to a hot dog lunch to show appreciation for what they do. Pictured above, Ruby Davis (at left) talks with Brian Brantley, Director of Nash County Emergency Services (at right), during the appreciation event.

Nashville's Cooley Library hosted a special Lego Robotics Workshop on Wednesday, July 3, with Megan Oteri, Founder and CEO of Brick Scholars, attending. Those in attendance had a chance to build a robot using Legos. Pictured above, Isabella Walton and Matthew Cooke work together to build a Lego robot.