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STANHOPE -- In the past, there would have been a certain hoopla surrounding the opening day of fall football drills at Southern Nash High School -- especially since the Firebirds are fresh off their Elite Eight state finish one campaign ago.
But due to the nature of full-time work, Monday was just another day at the office at Southern Nash -- with the exception of heavy rains that tried to interfere with drills.

Nash Community College's Veterinary Medical Technology program will soon be up and running, with its first cohort of students gearing up for the start of class this fall.
The students will be the first to start in the college's newest program, which will be one of only six Veterinary Medical Technology programs offered in North Carolina and the only one in the northern and eastern region of the state.

Stephanie Collins has spent her first two months as manager of the Nash County Farmer's Market getting to know the ins and outs of the market.
Collins, of Rocky Mount, said while she has a background in marketing, the agricultural side of things was a bit new so she's made sure to get out and meet all the farmers and learn more about agriculture.

PACKING BAGS -- Shirley Sullivan and Linda Fenner (L-R) put folders in a bookbag on Monday evening in preparation for a bookbag giveaway event in Castalia. Local churches, along with the Town of Castalia, are coming together to host the event at the Castalia Community Park on Saturday, August 4 at 11 a.m.

Nashville's Fire Department has four new firefighters on duty.
The department recently hired Jimmy Sherrod, Cody Goff, Harrison Lancaster and Dwayne Perry to fill spots left by others who were recently promoted.
Fire Chief Chris Joyner said the four new hires are a good addition to the department. Joyner said one of the four is local while others are from Pinetops, Youngsville and Zebulon.

Rocky Mount Police are investigating two separate homicides that occurred on Saturday.
Officers responded to the 4300 block of Carrol Avenue around 4 a.m. on July 28 in response to an aggravated assault call. When officers arrived, they located 32-year-old Cerron Fox, of Rocky Mount, who had been stabbed. Fox was transported to Vidant in Greenville where he succumbed to his injuries.

A long-time community church will celebrate a new name and vision on Sunday.
Beulah Church of Christ will soon change its name to "Community Christian Church."
The name change will take place on Sunday, August 5 during a special ceremony at 1 p.m. The ceremony will follow a celebration meal, which will be served at 12 p.m.

Family, friends and even a miniature pony visited Brekenridge Retirement Center last Thursday to celebrate a resident's 100th birthday.
The celebration was for Louise Undean Bass Edwards, of Momeyer.
Edwards, who is known as "Miss Jackie," is a lifelong Momeyer resident. She was born July 26, 1918 to William Lee Bass and Mary Lillian Hinton.

American Legion Post 110 Commander James Irvin (left) presents past Commander Jim Boehm with the 100 percent Post Renewal Retention Award. In 2006 Post 110 had 65 members. The post has grown to 161 members in 2017 and 2018.

Current American Legion Post 110 Commander James Irvin (left) presents a Certificate of Achievement to past Commander Jim Boehm in appreciation and recognition of the post reaching 100 percent membership for 2018 by May 11th and 100 percent Post Renewal Retention in 2017.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office is hosting its first "Back-to-School Bookbag Giveaway next Saturday, August 11.
The event will be held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Nash County Courthouse parking lot.
The bookbag giveaway will be held in conjunction with the second Hot Dog for Kid's event.

No one has yet to file for two of the five available seats on the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education.
Filing ends on Friday, August 3 at 12 noon.
The District 2 and District 4 seats, which are currently held by Wendy Wilson and Brenda Brown, are still up for grabs. No one has filed for those seats as of the Graphic's press deadline.

Emma Cahoon cuts up ingredients for a dish she and her teammates prepared during a Farm to Table Chef's Camp last week. The camp taught youth about food safety, knife skills and cooking techniques. On the final day, youth competed in a "mini chopped" competition, where they were challenged to work in small groups and create a recipe from a basket of ingredients. They were judged on food safety, taste and teamwork.

A Spring Hope couple is upset that nothing has been done about a neighbor's dog who they say is terrorizing the neighborhood.
Police were called to 205 E Bunn Lane on July 12 just before 6 a.m. in reference to a dog chasing a woman into her home.
Rebecca Bonner said her neighbor's dog had gotten off his chain and came on her porch.

How did your Monday start?
Mine began shortly after daylight when I was awakened from a seriously good dream that involved me and a million dollars and N.C. State University sending a truck full of Howling Cow Ice Cream to my house once a month.

"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it."
I try to think about that little nugget of advice from Proverbs 22:6 as often as I can.
Raising kids is super hard and it helps to have that guidance sometimes, well, all of the time.

This photo was originally published in The Nashville Graphic on January 20, 1972. The Rocky Mount Business and Professional Women's Club presented new robes and doctors' coats for use during examinations at the Cancer Detection and Diagnostic Clinic at the Health Department in Rocky Mount.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office apprehended a Wal-Mart meat thief on Monday.
Keith Jordan allegedly stole over $100 worth of steaks from Nashville's Wal-Mart, putting the steaks down both of his pants legs before walking out of the store and not paying.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from July 23 through 27.

A larceny of a motor vehicle was reported on 7/22/18 at 8206 West Mount Drive
A larceny of a motor vehicle was reported on 7/23/18 at 5105 Doe Run Court
A possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on 7/23/18 at 1464 Brookmead Court

INCIDENTS
An identity theft was reported on 7/23/18 at 503 E Elm Street
A possession of marijuana was reported on 7/24/18 at W Washington Street and US 64

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (DKG), a professional organization of women educators, provided an intense two-week 2018 Leadership Management Seminar. Educator Tobey Worthington was one of 30 participants. This program, a custom designed training in collaboration with DKG and The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, provided learning experiences that develop leadership, communication and management skills.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the fourth semester of the 2017-2018 school year.
The following students at Baskerville Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash Community College has joined forces with Strategic Twin Counties Education Partnership (S.T.E.P.), along with numerous partners in education and business to present the Twin-Counties Education & Business Leaders' Summit. The event will be held Thursday, August 9, 2018 in Keihin Auditorium on the campus of Edgecombe Community College in Tarboro.