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The 2018 Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games concluded June 3 in Raleigh, Cary, Morrisville and Holly Springs, ending a weekend of competition for nearly 1,900 athletes and Unified partners from across the state in athletics, bowling, cheerleading, cycling, gymnastics, powerlifting, softball, swimming and volleyball, according to Keith L. Fishburne, President/CEO of SONC. Unified partners are individuals without intellectual disabilities who train and compete alongside Special Olympics athletes.

The Coastal Credit Union Foundation hosted and sponsored its third annual one-of-a-kind event - The Power of Sharing - highlighting the efforts of 25 area nonprofits. Coastal's business partners and the Foundation awarded just over $600,000 combined in charitable grants and in-kind giving to organizations that are making a significant impact in our communities, including the Strategic Twin Counties Education Partnership (STEP) in Nash County.

Nashville resident Sarah Fairman was named to the Dean's List at UNC Asheville for the Spring 2018 semester.
The Dean's List is made up of full-time students who have achieved between 3.5 and 3.99 grade point average.

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

Members of Nashville's Chamber of Commerce were treated to a cool treat on Monday, as Sunset Slush celebrated its opening in Nashville with a ribbon cutting.
The chamber hosted the ribbon cutting for the business, which officially opened its doors on April 3 at 922 Eastern Avenue.
The business is owned by independent operators Amy and Joel Bryant and Lee High.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate the new location of Headliners Hair Salon.
The salon moved to 915 Eastern Avenue in Nashville.
Headliners has been in business for 19 years. The salon was started by Darlene Floyd and was first located on Nashville Drive before it moved to 625 E. Washington Street, where it was located for around 17 years.

Nash UNC Health Care has named Shawn Hartley as the organization's new chief financial officer (CFO). Hartley currently serves as CFO for UNC Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, NC.
"Shawn has dedicated his career to working with rural health systems and has led several financial turnarounds," said L. Lee Isley, president and CEO of Nash UNC Health Care.

Christmas came in June for Spring Hope's Police Department.
The department received keys to three new police cars on Friday afternoon.
The vehicles were made possible thanks to grant funding from the USDA Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants program.

The community celebrated the graduation of Recruit Firefighter Training Academy #012218 at Nash Community College on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. In a ceremony held in Brown Auditorium, five cadets were awarded badges and certificates of completion.
Nash Community College's fire training program is designed to provide individuals and firefighters the information and skills needed for modern firefighting through a variety of learning experiences and training scenarios.

The Nash County Arts Council will host a four-day Poetry Workshop with poet, author, and teaching artist, Phillip Shabazz, June 25-28.
In this workshop, participants will write new poems inspired by poetry writing prompts that are specifically designed to awaken and revive their inner poet, as well as read aloud and share poems.

Several years ago, I attended the Annual Legislative Conference of the National Association of Counties in Washington, D.C. I told my wife that I had an uneasy feeling about this trip. We left two college-age children at home to fend for themselves and we took two teenagers with us. "Lord," I thought, "Have mercy upon us".

Continue to be in prayer for the youth and chaperones from Red Oak Baptist Church who are currently at MFUGE in Philadelphia, PA. They will be returning home on June 23.
The Baptist Men had their monthly breakfast on Sunday, June 17.

Chances are that during our lifetime we are going to experience times of drought. Actually chances are not just high - they are guaranteed. I should first probably note that I am not speaking about a drought of rain, but a drought of a spiritual kind. You know the type of drought where we don't feel the presence of God. The type of drought where our souls run dry and we seek relief.

Thursday, June 21 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Tri-County Industries, 1250 Atlantic Avenue, Rocky Mount
Sunday, June 24 from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Word Tabernacle Church, 821 Nashville Road, Rocky Mount
Monday, June 25 from 3 until 7 p.m. at Sandy Cross United Methodist Church, 3725 Sandy Cross Road, Nashville

Waste Industries partnered with local charity Peacemakers and donated $7,500 through the Education & Scholarships charity class of the Full Circle Project (FCP), Waste Industries' customer driven charity effort created to help strengthen high impact local community charities.
Peacemakers, originally identified as an FCP candidate by Waste Industries General Manager Crystal Slone and Senior Field Manager Thomas Winstead, is a community development organization that provides a full range of educational support services to at-risk children and youth.

There must first be a correction to a church page article in the May 31, 2018 edition of The Nashville Graphic. However involuntary or however accidental, the mistake in need of correction is glaringly obvious and big. The sermon delivered in Acts Chapter Two was delivered by Peter, not Paul!
This sermon was also delivered to Jews who were gathered in Jerusalem for one of three annual feasts which required their pilgrimage and attendance according to Jewish law.

The Rocky Mount Toastmaster Club#8957 had a successful Open House Event on Monday April 23rd at Braswell Memorial Library in Rocky Mount.
It was well attended by current members, friends, family members, community guest, Greenville Club member(TM Stephenie McLean VPE) and one Charter Member TM Victor Jones.

The Coopers Ruritan Club recently donatedmoney to Nash County 4-H to send a youth to 4-H Summer Camp. Pictured is Mike Glover, Vice President of the Coopers Ruritan Club and Chairman of the Business and Professions Committee, far right, presenting a check to Sandy Hall, Nash County Cooperative Extension Director and 4-H Extension Agent, far right.

The Halifax Resolves Chapter NC SAR awarded the SAR Flag Certificate to the Bojangles Restaurant #1043 in Rocky Mount. The certificate is presented "In Recognition of Exemplary Patriotism in the Display of the Flag of the United States of America." Store Manager Pauline Williams accepted the award on behalf of Bo Jangles. Halifax Resolves chapter member Ken Wilson presented the certificate.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School continues to enjoy unprecedented success on the baseball diamond -- and Colby Carter and Payton Bass have played huge roles in that success.
After helping the Bulldogs to the Eastern Plains Conference Championship this past season, Bass and Carter will continue their careers on the collegiate level.

Nash Central High School's Colby Carter (front, center) signs a letter-of-intent to join the baseball program at Wake Tech Community College. The Eagles compete on the junior college Region X level. Also pictured are (back, l to r) NCHS baseball coach Willie Langley, NCHS Principal Victor Ward, NCHS Athletic Director Kyle Bain, NCHS Assistant Athletic Director Juan Jackson and Caroline Carter (sister); (front, l to r) parents Julie and Jon Carter.

NASHVILLE -- Following a 10-month hiatus, Nash Rec has picked up right where it left off in the Nash-Halifax Swim League.
The Sharks finished off last summer's strong season by taking the crown at the annual N-HSL Championships.
Nash Rec is expected to be a factor for the title once again this summer -- a fact that was accentuated by last Thursday's regular season opener at home against long-time rival Westridge out of Rocky Mount.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Travis Griffin and Alex Nobles were leaders on their respective sides of the ball this past season for the prolific Nash Central High School football squad.
Griffin helped the Bulldogs put up unprecedented numbers on offense from his quarterback position, while Nobles was a standout linebacker that led the way for the stingy NCHS defense.

Nash Central High School quarterback Travis Griffin (front, center) signs a letter-of-intent to continue his football career at Fort Scott Community College, a junior college located in Kansas. Also pictured are (back, l to r) NCHS Assistant Coach Ricardo Jerome, NCHS Athletic Director Kyle Bain and NCHS Football Coach Chris Lee; (front, l to r) Terry Griffin Jr. (brother) and Carla Griffin (mother).

RED OAK -- Northern Nash High School capped off another sports season by hosting its annual Athletic Awards Ceremony recently on the NNHS campus.
Markela Avent was saluted as the Female Athlete of the Year, while Davontae Wiggins took home Male Athlete of the Year honors.
The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Triple Crown Award recipients were Emily Garner and Silas Gonzalez, and McKenzie Estep claimed the prestigious Roger Shearin Award.