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A breaking and entering and damage to personal property were reported on 4/8/18 at 11124 Christian Road
A possession of marijuana was reported on 4/8/18 on US 64 Eastbound at the 453 mile marker
A driving while intoxicated was reported on 4/9/18 at 3176 Southbrook Road

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from April 9 through 13.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Board of Education approved Brian Littke as the Director of Transportation on Thursday, April 12, 2018 during the April Board Meeting.
Littke previously served as the Assistant Director of Transportation.

With the appointment of Councilmember Lamont Wiggins as a North Carolina Superior Court Judge, the Ward 3 council seat will become vacant in late April. It is the Rocky Mount City Council's responsibility to fill the Ward 3 vacancy.
Residents of Ward 3 who are registered and eligible to vote may apply to be formally considered for appointment.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2017-2018 school year.
The following students at Tar River Academy made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Braswell Family Farms, the second largest Eggland's Best franchisee in the United States, recently announced its first pasture-raised farm.
The farm is located in southern Virginia and is a state-of-the-art facility with one hen house and 21 acres of organic pastureland for hens to roam.
"The creation of our pasture-raised farm allows us to supply a growing area of the egg market that is important to our customers," said President Trey Braswell.

Early voting for Primary Elections is now underway and will go for just over two weeks.
Primary Election Day is May 8.
Early voting began on Thursay, April 19 at 11 a.m. at the Agriculture Center in Nashville and will run through Saturday, May 5.

Nashville's Cooley Library will be replacing its adult computers in the upcoming budget year, thanks to a state grant.
Library Director Emily Enderle said the library recently received notification it was one of the recipients of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) EZ Edge Technology Grant. The library will receive around $8,000.

Two years ago this week --Thursday to be exact -- I was lying in a hospital bed in Chapel Hill.
I was dying of liver failure, caused by cirrhosis, caused by Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), something almost 25 percent of Americans have. Many of them don't know it.

Lately, The Graphic and other media seems to be the scapegoat for a lot of issues going on locally and around the world.
It's easy to blame media and reporters, I suppose.
I will say, as a disclaimer, that the larger news networks are a bit disappointing.

Dear Editor: Time flies and we sometimes are so busy that we don't take the time to thank the people who help us in times of stress. I want to do a shout out to the EMS members of Spring Hope squad for their help with my husband Philip, when he fell, or when he would need transport to the hospital or to be brought home.

This week's Backward Glances photos were taken at Momeyer Baptist Church Bible School in June of 1961. (Submitted)

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

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

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

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

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

The Winstead Family Skilled Trades Scholarship was established at Nash Community College in 2017 by Thomas and Peggy Winstead of Nashville. The scholarship will be awarded annually to recognize students in short-term trades related courses. Students are eligible if they are enrolled in a Continuing Education course that leads to a credential.

Edgecombe Community College and the Rocky Mount Fire Department partnered in March to provide area firefighters with cancer prevention training. Shown are Tyler Jenkins of the RMFD with Mellisa Wheeler, director of disparities and outreach at the Levine Cancer Institute of Atrium Health in Charlotte. Wheeler led the training.

I have been lazy about writing. Actually I took a break from volunteering except for some temp fostering. Life intervened. I had been blessed with a husband, Philip, who encouraged me to be engaged in helping the homeless pets of Nash. This note is an ode to him. That is his hand in the photo helping to feed an orphaned pup a few years ago.

"This is the Word of God, for the people of God...thanks be to God." No matter which worship service it is at Nashville UMC we respond with this historic cry before we sit down after hearing the Word of God proclaimed. It's one of my favorite times of the service and when I'm preaching, it becomes so much more special because I'm reminded that when we preachers, preach, we are responding to the Word of God that has been read from the Bible.

Joel Hemphill, a great southern gospel songwriter, wrote a hit song in the 1970's entitled "He's Still Working On Me," The first verse goes like this:
"There really ought to be a sign upon my heart,
'Don't Judge Me Yet There's An Unfinished Part'.

On a beautiful spring morning, Peachtree folks gathered at the church for worship. Sanctuary flowers were given by Fran and Bobby Bunn in honor of their 53rd wedding anniversary. Special music was a solo by Marta Whitehouse. Other music was played by Mary Jane May.
Pastor Whitehouse's sermon was titled "You Have a Sacred Relationship with the Lord."

What is a family? There are many different models of family today. For example, there are a growing number of single-parent families and I hear about more and more grandparents taking responsibility for raising their grandchildren.
No doubt, every family is different. But I want to say a little about my family. I want to give a shout out to my grandparents.

Congratulations to Matt and Sarah Pullen on the birth of their son, Brantley Ward! He was born on April 10 weighing 7 pounds. Proud granparents are Mitch and Sylvia Pullen and Peggy Outlaw Webb.
Women in Action of Red Oak Baptist Church met at the church on Thursday, April 12.