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The Nashville Chamber of Commerce presents its inaugural Business of the Season Award to George's BBQ Sauce Monday morning. The new award will be presented four times annually for each season recognizing a member for their contributions to the community and the chamber. Pictured, left to right: Nashville Chamber of Commerce President Cliff Joyner, Board Member Diane Taylor, George's BBQ Sauce owner Brian Hassell, and Chamber Board Member Bobbie Smith.

NASHVILLE - Nashville's Stoney Creek Environmental Park is now legally protected from most forms of development, with the town council passing a 'declaration of covenants and restrictions' regarding future use. Step two will be to work out a master plan for its uses.
Koy Worrell, Parks and Rec Director, told council members at their Sept. 17 meeting that one stipulation of the $200,000 Environmental Enhancement grant awarded for last year's purchase of 48 acres along Stoney Creek was that the town designate the property for "preservation, conservation, passive recreational and educational uses."

CASTALIA - The Town of Castalia now has a full board for both its town council and planning board after commissioners voted in new members earlier this month.
Commissioners Sadie Atkinson, Lynn Hale and Sylvia Mann voted in Marvin Wood to serve on the town council and William Clark to serve on the planning board at the board's regular meeting this month. Commissioner Jessica Bradshaw was not in attendance.

Months ago, as I prepared to click "Buy Tickets" for a concert, all I could think of was how risky it was to make plans outdoors in North Carolina in September. Add the Wilmington factor in, and it did not seem like a mature decision.
After all, hurricane season would still be in full swing. Not only that, brutal high 90s is not unusual.
But, this was no ordinary concert ticket -- it was the Turnpike Troubadours, a group beloved by both my teenage sons and me.

Apparently I've done something right during my lifetime to be so immensely blessed by the number of people who have graced the doors of this newspaper - bringing so much talent and willingness to be a part of this 129 year-old institution. Many of these people never punched a timecard and would never take even the smallest token of a monetary reimbursement for their time.
Chuck Lewis (Charles Hilary Lewis) dropped by the office shortly after he moved to Nashville.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on April 9, 1953. Sgt. First Class Rommie T. Daniels of Castalia is shown as he greeted his wife, Mrs. Virginia Daniels, and children, Thomas and Sandra, upon their arrival on Okinawa.

With all of our educational advancements, the multiplicity of Bible studies and books available to us, and the abundance of churches in many parts of the world, we've forgotten that following Jesus isn't like choosing which flavor of syrup you want in your coffee.
The call to follow Jesus is a call to forsake everyone and everything other than Him. It's a call to a radical abandonment.

ROCKY MOUNT - Peacemakers will host its annual Picnic for Peacemakers fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 3rd at Englewood Baptist Church.
"We really look forward to this event every year," Peacemakers Executive Director Jesse Lewis said. "It's a time when we can get together with friends and supporters to celebrate all that God has done in our community over the last year, and get energized about what is coming next."

ROCKY MOUNT - The Governor's Crime Commission has awarded one of 18 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program grants to the North Carolina 7th Judicial District and NC Wesleyan University, totaling nearly $500,000. This funding will support critical violence intervention programs, including treatment courts, aimed at addressing community safety and reducing recidivism.

Betty P. Ange and Betty P. Stephens Ange to Mayor's Staff, LLC; property along West Mount Drive
Kimberly W. Boddie and William Lewis Boddie to Nancy Digges Wilkinson; Fairfield Village Subdivision, Section 2, Lot 59; $275,000
Stephen E. Webb II to Carl L. Burgess and Brenda M. Burgess; Castleberry, Section 2, Lot 10; $350,000
Brandy Annette Jones, Brandy Jones and Tayanna Jones to Carl Burgess and Brenda Mercer Burgess; 1711 Bedfordshire Road, Nashville