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Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from February 25 through March 1.

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

Four high school seniors from Nash County received the honor of representing our community at the Distinguished Young Women of North Carolina program. They spent a week in Greensboro leading up to the program finals. During their week they gained invaluable interview and public speaking skills. Distinguished Young Women is a national scholarship program that rewards young women for excellence in the categories of Talent, Fitness, Self Expression, Interview, and Scholastics. Ann Sumner Thorp received preliminary awards in Talent, Self Expression, Interview, and Scholastics before being named as 1st Runner Up.

Deborah Tucker (right), member of Micajah Pettaway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, presented a gift of appreciation to Evan Chavez. Evan is with Capital Broadcasting and was the guest speaker at the February meeting of the chapter. She talked about the past, present and future plans for the Rocky Mount Mills.

Jacquelyn Price, CEO Harrison Family YMCA, is pictured accepting the Commander's Award from the United States Marine Corps Reserve for outstanding support of the Toys for Tots Program in Nash, Edgecombe and Martin counties.

Edgecombe Community College recently announced its President's List for the Fall 2018 semester. Full-time students earning a 4.0 grade point average earn a place on the President's List.

Erin Binkley, of Nashville, was named to the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2018 Fall Semester. Binkley is in the ASL-English interpretation program.
Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.

Charleston Southern University has named Laura Elizabeth Brown, of Nashville, to the Dean's List for the fall 2018 semester. Brown is a senior majoring in Graphic Design.
Students named to Charleston Southern's Dean's List earned a 3.5 GPA or better and earned 12 or more credit hours for the semester.

A zoning text amendment for an internet a Spring Hope resident intends on creating has been tweaked and approved by the Board of Commissioners.
Steve Batchelor owns an empty building on 803 East Nash Street which he intends on creating into an internet café.
Town Manager Jae Kim said Batchelor recently requested for the property to be rezoned to the Light Industrial (LI) district.

Cedar Grove Elementary School held a spelling bee in January. Pictured are winners, first place Isabella Richardson, a fourth grader in Ms. Battle's class, and second place Joseph Richardson, also a fourth grader in Ms. Battle's class. Both were sponsored by Mrs. Hicks. Both will move on to the district competition.

Nash County Recycles Day will take place from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 at the Nash County Courthouse parking lot. The Nash County Courthouse is located at 234 W. Washington Street in Nashville.
The event invites residents from Nash and Edgecombe counties to gather their personal documents to be shredded, along with items like old electronics and prescription medications.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2018-2019 school year.
The following students at Tar River Academy made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

IDs & MICROCHIPS Save Lives!
Some dogs show up at the Nash Shelter that may not even be from our area. We have seen reports of pets that were many a mile away from home. Perhaps they went that far themselves, perhaps they were stolen and escaped at some distance from home.

Nashville Pack 76 Scoutmaster Sid Curtis (far left) presented trophies to the top three winners of the Pinewood Derby on Saturday. Pictured (L-R) with Curtis is: Dalton Robbins, first place; Timothy Flanagan, second place, and Joseph Gibson, third place.

Wesley Whitehead, at left, won Best in Show for his Pinewood Derby Car for Nashville Boy Scout Troop 76. Pictured with Whitehead is Scoutmaster Sid Curtis.

Jacob Gibson, at left, won first and second place, for the Pack 76 Pinewood Derby's Akila Race while Dominick Robbins, at right, won third place.

North Carolina Wesleyan College recently announced the promotion of Taylor Stone to Director of First Year Experience (FYE) Programs.
In this role, Stone is responsible for providing vision and direction for New Student Orientation. She will lead the design of Wesleyan Transition, the College's first-year seminar course, and oversee training for its instructors.

North Carolina Senator Rick Horner will deliver the address at the Nash Community College curriculum commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 6 p.m. in Brown Auditorium. President William S. Carver, II, Ed.D. and Board of Trustees Chair Paul S. Jaber will preside over the ceremony.
Horner is in his second term representing North Carolina's 11th District, and co-chairs the Senate's Committee on Education and Higher Education working with school districts and colleges across the state bringing increased urgency and accountability to NC education.

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

The Momeyer Ruritan Club recently presented a donation to the Southern Nash High School FFA Alumni. Pictured (L-R) is: Ruritan Edward Jackson and Stuart Parker, Chapter President of FFA Cassidy Joyner, Ruritan Jordan Jackson and Alumni President Chris Winstead.

I understand exactly what the Apostle Paul meant when he said, "You used to be slaves to sin." However, I didn't understand it until I was born again. Salvation gave me a whole different perspective about the life I used to live.
The truth is I can't believe some of the things I did, not to mention some of the things I said. It never registered with me that the lifestyle I had chosen was nothing more than a life of sin.

Hi Fellow Followers, thank you for sticking with me as we continue in our journey of why the sanctity of life matters. I want to let all readers know why I am doing this series. There are two primary reasons that our current cultural climate calls for writing such as this; it's high time we followers open our mouths and live out actions about the witness of the Bible concerning the sanctity of human life.

The Peachtree Baptist Church Congregation and friends met Sunday.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was presented to glorify God by Fran and Bob Bunn in honor of her father, Jake's, 94th birthday and their grandson's, Giorgie - 8th, and JR's - 16th birthdays.

Senior Darius Edmundson was exceptional this season for the Southern Nash boys hoops squad.

RED OAK -- In front of a loud, sold-out, and rowdy crowd on Tuesday night, Northern Nash looked to exercise its fourth-round demons in a contest against third-seeded Eastern Alamance in the Class 3-A Boys Basketball State Playoffs.
Despite having a strong home-court advantage, the No. 2 seed Knights lost a 81-75 heartbreaker, ending their season with an "Elite Eight" loss for the second time in three seasons.