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At the regular monthly meeting of the town board of Red Oak Monday, Commissioner Barbara High-Tyre was presented with the prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine. According to longleafpinesociety.org, "Since its creation in 1963, it has been presented to honor persons who have a proven record of service to the State of North Carolina or some other special achievement, and to others as a gesture of friendship and good will."

Voter turnout was high for the 2018 General Election, with 55.12 percent of the 67,072 registered voters in Nash County casting ballots.
In local races, all incumbents who were seeking re-election won.
Mary Wells, a Democrat who was seeking her third term on the Nash County Board of Commissioners, defeated Bruce Berry, a Republican.

A Nashville business officially became the first to benefit from Nash County's newly created Retail and Small Business Incentive Grant Program.
Jeremy Bell and Bell's Hardware will receive $10,000 from the grant program as well as a $10,000 match from the Town of Nashville.
Nashville's Council Members approved the allocation on Tuesday night at their regular meeting.

HERITAGE DAYS - Nash County Cooperative Extension hosts Heritage Days each year for area fourth graders, demonstrating how things were done many years ago. Several stations were set up for youth to visit, including animal stations, corn grist, corn shucking, outhouse, quilting, butter churning and honey making. Pictured above, volunteer Sammie Crumley (far left) shows Coopers Elementary fourth graders Ta'Kira Silver, Armondie Silver and Daziah Williams corn after its ground up.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education approved hiring a part-time police officer for Central Office in Nashville.
A Memorandum of Understanding was unanimously approved by the board on Monday night at the board's regular meeting. The agreement approved contracts with Nashville's Police Department to provide a rotating group of off-duty police officers for the school system's central office buildings, which includes Central Office, the Transportation Building and the Technology Warehouse.

A majority of the Nash County Board of Commissioners agreed to rezone a portion of property an Old Smithfield Road from R-40 to R-20.
The request was to rezone 5.52 acres of a larger tract on the east side of Old Smithfield Road and the north side of Friday Road from R-40 (Single Family Residential) to R-20-CU (Medium Density Residential Conditional Use).

Nash County Commissioners recognized long-time Clerk of Court Rachel Joyner with a resolution honoring her service.
Board Chair Robbie Davis presented the resolution to Joyner at the start of the board's regular meeting on Monday
The resolution highlighted Joyner's career, which began as the Assistant Clerk to Jim "Nick" Sills in 1952.

The pumpkin porch at Fisher Farm turned into a bluegrass amphitheater on Saturday for the second annual Barbecue and Bluegrass Fundraiser.
The event was sponsored by the Red Oak Area Historic Preservation Society and was held at Fisher Pumpkin Farm on Saturday, November 3.
The event served as a fundraiser to restore the Red Oak Teacherage, which is located across from Red Oak Elementary School.

A mess left at a home in Spring Hope has become bothersome for one resident.
William Capps lives next door to a home on 503 North Walnut Street. He said the home has tarps covering areas of its roof damaged by a fire.
Over time, the tarps have collected sitting water and are "blowing all over the place." Capps said the property has trash thrown all over the place as well.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the opening of Nashville's newest gym.
Active Fitness opened in July at 603 S Barnes Street. A ribbon cutting was held to celebrate the business last week.
It's the second location for Phanthip Allen and her husband, Clark. The couple also own Active Fitness in Spring Hope, which has been there for around six years.

There was no new business at the regular monthly meeting of the town board of Castalia on Tuesday.
There was some old business. First, the board approved the proposal for park maintenance (including fertilization, weed and fire ant control, and pine straw mulch of certain areas) that was presented at last month's meeting.

It's been a classic love story, really.
I'll never forget the moment we met. An early winter storm had blown into the area and paralyzed the state from here to Raleigh.
We had a baby daughter to worry about, so I kept our generator running. This required me to go outside, add fuel, kick the machine, and curse every three hours or so.

Dear Editor: Leadership is a public trust. Those of us who pastor churches, are elected officials, direct not for profits, preside over companies, operate small businesses, or lead in higher education, have been granted a unique role in our society - moreover, in our community. The residents of our community have entrusted us to lead with integrity and to embrace the fundamental ideals of equity and decency.

This photo orginially published in The Nashville Graphic on July 25, 1968. This group of young girls, ages 8 to 12, had completed a course for beginning seamstresses which was conducted in the Nash County home agents office in Nashville.