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CONTRIBUTED - Troop 7 recently honored five new Eagle Scouts who earned their rank this past fall. Mac Lord, Chandler Gazaway, Ethan Everette, Paul Larimer and Edward Barnhill IV each passed their Eagle board requirements.
Edward Barnhill chose to help the Peacemakers after school program.

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

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

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

Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) Fireman Isaac Edge, from Rocky Mount, inspects a fuel sample aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) during the ship's brief stop for fuel in Augusta Bay, Italy, Oct. 16, 2018. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its fifth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.

At the Nash Community College board meeting held Monday, November 19, 2018, Damian Tucker was sworn in by Superior Court Judge Quentin Sumner as a new member of the NCC Board of Trustees. Tucker was appointed by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to fill the seat of Keith Harris whose term expired. Harris began serving as a Board member in 2014.

YOU are the SOLUTION - Fix Your Pets!
You are a pet owner and want to do the right thing by them. When you fix (spay/neuter) your pet many things good thing occur.
Female pets live longer, healthier lives. Helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer. Myth: one litter good for them.

The Young Adults Missionary Ministry of Union Hill Church, or YAMS as they are better known, recently spent some time at the Bassett Center in Rocky Mount, providing needed supplies.
Xavier Harrison, who works with the youth ministry along with Stephanie Brown and Pastor-Elect Rev. Sidney Dunston, said the group holds monthly meetings and from those discussions around the lessons, periodically finding service projects in the community to participate in.

I am writing most of this column from my hotel room in Washington, D.C. in 2000 where I spent the first weekend in March attending the Annual Legislative Conference of the National Association of Counties. It's a story that I didn't want to go stale on me before I returned home to tell it. It's still fresh over eighteen years later.

A Gift Wrap Fundraiser will be held at Red Oak Baptist Church on Saturdays, December 1 and 15 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and on Wednesday, December 19 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the fellowship hall in the main building. Monetary donations accepted. Fundraiser benefits the youth and children's summer camp.
The First Annual Red Oak Christmas Tree Lighting will be Saturday, December 1 with festivities beginning at 3:00 pm.

ROCKY MOUNT -- As part of its recent rebuilding phase, Barton College's baseball program has accentuated the fine art of local recruiting.
That quest as paid off as several area standouts have signed with the Bulldogs, including the likes of Nash Central's Payton Bass and Bunn's Davie Morgan.
Another name can be added to that burgeoning list as another Nash Central standout -- senior pitcher Hunter Robinson -- inked a deal last week to continue his diamond career at Barton, a Division II school located in Wilson.

RED OAK -- The annual Northern Nash I-95 Duals Wrestling Tournament had an all-inclusive Nash County flair this time around.
That's because Southern Nash made its first-ever appearance at the latest installment of the duals, which were held last Tuesday at the NNHS Gymnasium.
Long-time entrants Rocky Mount, Nash Central and host Northern Nash also participated, giving observers an early glimpse of how the 2018-19 mat campaign might go in Nash County.

NASH COUNTY -- Back in the Fall of 2017, Nash Central High School Athletic Director Kyle Bain was all smiles when he made a trip to Rocky Mount HS to present a Bulldogs' T-shirt to RM AD Mike Gainey.
The shirt swap was part of a friendly wager made between the schools before the annual NC-RM football game, which was won that year by the Bulldogs.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2018 All-Conference awards for football.
Methodist University's Vontre Howard was named Offensive Player of the Year while Brevard College's Dalton Cole earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors.
North Carolina Wesleyan College's Antonio Johnson collected Defensive Player of the Year accolades.

NASH COUNTY -- Last Friday's action in the Class 3-A State Playoffs proved to be cruel for both the Southern Nash Firebirds and Rocky Mount Gryphons.
Nash County's prep football campaign came to an abrupt end in the second round as the Firebirds were stunned by a 57-56 margin at home against Eastern Alamance, while the Gryphons were defeated 30-0 on the road versus Fayetteville Terry Sanford.

MILWAUKEE - Baseball America has named the Milwaukee Brewers as its 2018 Organization of the Year.
The announcement was made recently by Executive Editor of Baseball America J.J. Cooper.
"We honored the Brewers as our Organization of the Year not just because they had a very successful big league season," said Cooper.

HICKORY -- A thrilling season of Lenoir-Rhyne Football continues this weekend with a road trip to top-seeded Valdosta State on Saturday in the NCAA Division II Football Playoffs.
The Valdosta State Blazers are ranked in the top five nationally and are coming off a 50-point win over Bowie St. in the Second Round of the NCAA Playoffs.

CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are the brackets for the Class 3-A State Football Championships, which will enter the third round this week:

SOUTHERN NASH'S LUKE COBLE

NASH CENTRAL'S BRITTAIN MARKS

Former Southern Nash star Jaquay Mitchell and the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears will play Saturday at Valdosta State in the third round of the NCAA Division II Football Playoffs.

NASH COUNTY PARKS AND REC
8-U BOYS ALL-STARS

NASH COUNTY PARKS AND REC
10-U BOYS ALL-STARS

NASH COUNTY PARKS AND REC
14-U CO-ED ALL-STARS

The Second Coming of Christ is not something to figure out, but a truth to live into. Jesus said it, the angels confirmed it - He will return to this earth to fully establish the reign of God, where without question, God will reign, without rival. In short, Eden will be restored and the Kingdom will be established in fullness, as death will die and those in Christ shall walk in the cool of a garden with God.