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Northern Nash grad Annabella Daughety, left, fixes a tassel for Michael Daniels, right.

Southern Nash grad Ann Marie Cauble, right, gets help with her honor cords from Zuriel Curtis, left.

MOMEYER - "The course of true love never did run smooth," Shakespeare wrote, and the same could be said of the process of town ordinance revision in Momeyer, where contention has arisen between the mayor and the planning board.
At issue is requested feedback on suggested ordinance changes to be made to consulting firm Mid-East Commission, expected to produce a rough draft of the updated ordinance by June 30. A meeting between Mid-East and the planning board members has been set for that night.

RED OAK- Ongoing renovations to the Red Oak Teacherage, the only surviving building on what was once the campus of the Red Oak Farm Life School, have passed another milestone, that being porch replacement and the launch of roof repairs.
Roy Garner and Brandon Moore, both on the Board of Directors for the Red Oak Area Historical Preservation Society (ROAHPS), took The Graphic on a lantern-guided tour of the historic building, a somewhat adventurous undertaking because there are presently no lights.

CASTALIA - Castalia is looking to update its Comprehensive Plan to prepare for all the anticipated growth.
Commissioners voted unanimously last Tuesday to update the town's comprehensive plan as well as its zoning ordinances and to also look at establishing an Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, or ETJ, for the town.
An ETJ is the area outside of the city limits where the city can exercise zoning and land use regulations.

NASHVILLE - Nash County commissioners have passed the FY2026 budget ordinance, but not by unanimous vote. There were also some last minute budget adjustments and contention over two previous issues.
"No new items have been added since your June 2nd board meeting, when we held the public hearing," began Stacie Shatzer, county manager.

NASHVILLE - The second business to take up shop in the Nashville Junction, Eagle Eye Management's CEO Training & Wellness Center, has opened its doors and is accepting clients, both in-person and online.
Owner Latanya DeBois started Eagle Eye in 2008 with the idea of helping non-profits develop strategic financial planning but realized that much of any business's success stems from its Executive Directors.

RED OAK - Red Oak's Family Freedom Celebration is coming up at Ennis Park Sunday, June 29th, with planning "full steam ahead," according to Averi Parker, town clerk, who updated council members on planned events at their June 9 town meeting.
Parker said 19 food vendors were in place, with the variety of foods considerable.

RED OAK - Red Oak town officials have voted to approve the FY 2025-2026 budget, and are now taking pen to paper - or rather sharpie to maps - to figure out where to put in new sidewalks, should a grant be approved to do so.
There was no public comment and no commissioner comment, other than unanimous vote, on the 2026 budget at the June 9 council meeting. A budget public hearing held May 12 also produced no public input.

A Versute sharpshooter leaf hopper finds a moment of rest on a Carolina horsenettle petal in the early afternoon.

RALEIGH- Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone has been appointed to a new governor's advisory council on cannabis.
A June 5 press release from the office of Governor Josh Stein stated that Sheriff Stone's commitment to combating Guns, Gangs and Drugs "falls in line with the governor's desire to protect young people from the unregulated cannabis market."
Stein said that vape shops sell unregulated intoxicating THC products, with no legal minimum purchase age required.

NASHVILLE - In response to requests from school bus drivers for paid online training opportunities, less than 5% of bus drivers or monitors have signed up, a situation met with disappointment on the part of Nash Schools' Board of Education.
A transportation report provided to BOE members June 2 by Michael Baier, Director of Transportation, focused on incentives, including retention bonuses paid out at the end of the school year.

Maybe someone is trying to tell me to spend less time on my phone and laptop because my social media feeds have gotten really weird lately.
The so-called "algorithm" is not working right. I'm an expert at this stuff because I watched "The Social Dilemma" back in 2020. It explains in 89 minutes how social media manipulates and reads people's minds to manipulate them.
In our history, this has been completely unheard of except for when newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, AOL and Barney the Purple Dinosaur did the same thing.

If you're a regular reader of this column, there's no doubt you know I'm a sucker when it comes to saving an old building!
This week's edition brings an update on the incredible restoration project of the historic Red Oak Teacherage. The Red Oak Area Historical Preservation Society has done an outstanding job planning and implementing significant details of the restoration process. A huge hats off to the folks who have worked, on a volunteer basis mind you, to save this monumental piece of Red Oak's history.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on August 27, 1964. Roger Strickland, Stanley Gardner and Huel Bunn (left to right) examine a field of Gardner's tobacco which was riddled by a hail storm in the Stanhope section.

One of the points I try to stress to you every week is that no problem is too difficult for the Christian who is willing to reach out in faith and trust Christ.
As you already know, I often use personal experiences of my own, or others that have been shared with me to examine biblical truths. The stories may change but the bottom line is always the same: "When we stand on God's promises and apply biblical principles to the problems that everyday living brings, nothing can defeat us".