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Nancy Nixon has spent the last 34 years working various planning roles. Now, Nixon wants to take on a new role that doesn't involve much planning; retirement.
Nixon's last day as the Planning Director for Nash County is Thursday, February 28. She spent 17 years with the county, 15 years with the City of Rocky Mount and two years with Kinston.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce will announce its Distinguished Citizen and Junior Achievement Award recipients next Thursday at its annual Distinguished Citizen Reception.
District Court Judge and Nashville native Pell Cooper will serve as the guest speaker for the event.

Nashville's Fire Department hosted a CPR, First Aid, Fire Extinguisher and Fire Prevention training last week for all Town of Nashville employees. The seven hours of training was done over three days and was held to make sure employees were doing things safely and were familiar with and could apply first aid and CPR.

The Town of Nashville is hoping to become part of a new initiative aimed at improving rural downtowns.
Council members approved, last Wednesday night, submitting a letter of interest to the NC Department of Congress for its new Downtown Strong Initiative.
The Downtown Strong Initiative was modeled after the Hometown Strong Initiative and will provide downtown revitalization expertise to several incorporated rural communities across the state.

A bill to change the school performance grading scale currently used in the public school system has been presented for its first reading in the North Carolina General Assembly.
The bill, named H.B. 145, or "a bill to be entitled an act to adopt a 15-point scale in the determination of school performance grades," was filed last Thursday, February 21 and passed its first reading on Monday, February 25.

The story of the Nash-Rocky Mount Early College High School isn't a long one but it is a story of growth.
The school's story was recently celebrated during a ribbon cutting celebration at the early college's newly remodeled Building C on the campus of Nash Community College.

Nash County recently honored Bertie Swindell, who served as a nurse's aide with Nash County Home Health for many years. Swindell recently retired and was given a party, where friends, family and fellow Home Health staff also attended.

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

Cadets at Southern Nash High School were recently awarded the Cadet Humanitarian Award.
The cadets were honored on February 13 following their monthly "Reveille and Retreat Ceremony."
Fourteen cadets in the Air Force JROTC Program voluntarily came to Southern Nash High School on September 12, 2018 to help set up around 200 cots and pass out food for over 150 people who were displaced during Hurricane Florence.

My cellphone insulted me the other day.
A few days ago, I took advantage of a special at my "wireless provider" and upgraded my smartphone. It had been a few years since I'd had a new phone, which in tech terms is like using a typewriter or quill.
I'm still learning the new features, and everyone has told me that I need to protect my phone with a passcode.

Dear editor: The State of the State speech laid out opportunities to help North Carolinians overcome challenges. One of those is the lack of healthcare. It's time to close the "coverage gap" for people who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to purchase insurance through the marketplace.

Dear editor: Contrary to popular belief, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is not just a pro-gun organization. We are much more than that. The NRA and Nash County Friends of the NRA support local communities through grants and training programs. Locally, we have funded Middle and High School competitive shooting teams, 4H programs and Junior ROTC units, to name a few.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on May 31, 1977. The local unit of the NCAE installed its officers for the 1977-78 school year at a meeting at Nashville Elementary School. Seated are Treasurer Henry Mercer (left) and Debbie Guthrie, president elect. Standing left to right are David Ghist, president; Brenda Warren, corresponding secretary; and Mary Pittman, recording secretary.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office has released the names of the law enforcement officers involved in the shooting of Jonathan "Jony" Ramirez on February 9.
Sergeant John Winstead, Deputy Stan Ricks and Detective Taylor Neal all have over 40 years of law enforcement experience.
Winstead has been with the Nash County Sheriff's Office 16 years while Ricks has been with the Nash County Sheriff's Office 20 years.

INCIDENTS
A larceny was reported on 2/11/19 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A fraud - credit card/ATM was reported on 2/16/19 at 242 N South Eastpointe Avenue

An assault on a female was reported on 2/10/19 at 10144 Old Middlesex Road
A misdemeanor larceny was reported on 2/10/19 at 7286 US 264A
A domestic was reported on 2/10/19 at 7504 Bucks Road

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from February 18 through 22.

Local actors will bring a well-known play to the Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences this spring.
Jesus Christ Superstar, a timeless rock/opera classic, will run consecutive weeks in March at the Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences.
The cast is made up of more than 40 local actors, ranging in age from pre-teen to their 60s.

A GOOD WEEK at the Shelter for us is one when none of the homeless pets on the adoption floor died. When owners who cared reclaimed their dogs. When both cats and dogs were adopted. When many went to rescues. There was one dog that came into the Shelter injured. It appears that she was hit by a car. Thanks to donations, we were able to send her to the vet for evaluation, then to a specialist. She has broken occipital bone, cuts and a bad concussion.

Several years ago, I attended a funeral at my church where the pastor's message for the family came from the 19th Chapter of Job.
Job is normally not a book of the Bible on which pastors rely for words of comfort to a grieving family. In fact, my pastor readily admitted that Job was not his choice. It was God's. So in obedience to what he genuinely felt was a word from the Lord, he explained to a mourning family that he was going to trust God's instruction, even if it didn't seem to make a whole lot of sense.

Why the lack of urgency? Waking up this morning and sitting in a favorite coffee shop trying to understand some questions that I have. Before I reveal my question, I want to share a story that I heard about 30 years ago.
A group of adults from our local church participated in a short-term missions trip to Poland to assist with the construction of a seminary.