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Captain Henry King of the Rocky Mount Police Department recently received recognition from Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. King, in conjunction with the Secretary of State Task Force and local officers, had been investigating an individual who was trafficking in counterfeit Viagra and Cialis medication.
Promoted to captain earlier this year, King oversees the Criminal Investigation Division (CID).

Brooke Simpson has captured the hearts of America with her performances on the talent competition The Voice but Simpson had the heart of this area long before.
Simpson is from the Hollister area and a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe. She has strong ties to her community and is well known in Nash County as well.
Simpson's dad, Mike Mills, said his daughter has been singing for a long time.

Cedar Grove Elementary School combined the holidays with physical fitness last Wednesday afternoon with a Jingle Walk.
The event was held in conjunction with Walk to School Day, which is intended to promote health, wellness and physical fitness.
This is the third year Cedar Grove has participated in the Walk to School event.

Many who know Tolie B. Harrison know her simply as "Ma Tolie."
On Sunday, friends and family came together to celebrate Harrison's 100th birthday at a special banquet in Rocky Mount.
Harrison was born on December 12, 1917. She was raised in Nashville on Barnes Street and has lived in Nashville her entire life. Harrison lived in the Brooklyn Community for 80 years.

Town Council Chambers at Cooley Library were transformed into a Winter Wonderland on Saturday night.
The town's Library Department, along with Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, hosted Santa Storytime and the Polar Express.
Despite the snowfall earlier in the day, the event brought out a crowd.

Weather last Friday caused the Old Fashioned Christmas in Spring Hope to be postponed until this Friday.
The event will be held Friday, December 15 from 5:30 until 8 p.m. in Downtown Spring Hope.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools (NRMPS) has been approved to open the Center for Industry, Technology, and Innovation (CITI) High School in collaboration with Nash Community College. The Joint Advisory Committee recommended five Cooperative Innovative High School applications to the State Board of Education, the State Board of Community Colleges and the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors for approval to open with funding for the 2018- 2019 school year.

Nashville's Cooley Library will host a Great Cookie Bake Off and Christmas Ornament Making event on Saturday, December 16 from 1 until 3 p.m.
Cookies must be baked before coming to the library, said Library Director Emily Enderle.
"The mayor's wife will be our cookie judge," Enderle added.

The Town of Red Oak is hosting its first ever Christmas Cookie Exchange on Friday.
Town Clerk Tracy Shearin said she was trying to come up with something fun for the community to do around the holidays.
"I wanted to do something to encourage the community to get together," Shearin said.

I was looking for what appears to be an "unusual grocery item" the other day, and the manager of the store told me he couldn't get the item, but I should try a Red & White.
My mind immediately went to our area's most famous -- and perhaps last franchise, now that I think of it -- Smith's Red & White in Dortches.

Unless you live under a rock, you are aware that there is a giant building being built in Nashville right across from the Graphic office.
Nash County is adding onto its courthouse, making additional space for the courthouse but also for the sheriff's office, and clerk of court office.
It's been interesting to watch the process come along.

Dear Editor:
The debate about health care and health insurance has been framed by those who support government paid health care and health insurance as an access issue. Everyone has access to health care and health insurance so access is not the issue. The issues is who pays for the health care and health insurance. Not who has access.

SAFE DRIVERS -- This photo was originally published in The Graphic on December 3, 1981. Nashville Postmaster James Muse, right, is pictured presenting safe driving awards to five postal workers.

The regular meeting of the Town Board of Red Oak on Monday was brief. The board heard an update regarding the town's new website, and re-elected officials were sworn in.
Town Clerk Tracy Shearin gave the update on the website, saying that the cost would be much lower than previously thought. LT Web Design (out of Enfield) will design the new site - redoaknorthcarolina.com. Launch date is set for the end of January.

INCIDENTS
A larceny was reported on 12/4/17 at 110 Sara Drive
An uttering a forged instrument and possession of counterfeit money was reported on 12/5/17 at Walgreens, 703 E Washington Street
An involuntary commitment service was reported on 12/6/17 at Nashville Commons Drive

A larceny from a building was reported on 12/3/17 at 130 N Old Carriage Road
A breaking, entering and larceny, larceny of a firearm and damage to personal property was reported on 12/3/17 at 2010 Lindsay Road
A fraud was reported on 12/4/17 at 5852 NC 48

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from December 4 through 8.

Firefighters were faced with thousands of small dinosaurs all over the highway on Tuesday, December 5th.
Nash County E-911 Center received calls for a tractor trailer fire on 1-95 South at mile maker 130. Fire Departments from Station 4 West Mount and Station 15 Coopers were dispatched.

Teacher Assistant Susan Corbett walks with Makenzie Lee, Hannah Walker and Sanil Lynch (L-R) during Cedar Grove's Jingle Walk last Wednesday.

Victoria Hill wears her festive holiday attire as she walks around Cedar Grove's playground as part of the school's Jingle Walk 2017.

Fifth grader Destiny Wallace participates in the Jingle Walk last week.

Mykenzie Richardson and Raegan Waltz (L-R) walk together during the Jingle Walk last week.

Teachers also participated in the Jingle Walk at Cedar Grove, wearing their best holiday attire. Pictured is second grade teacher Nadia Strickland.

Fifth graders Yusef Williams, Mason Moore, Lucas Valencia and Xzavien Harrison (L-R) hold the banner at the start of the Jingle Walk 2017.

The strength of our nation is our military. The strength of our military is our soldiers. The strength of our soldiers is our families. The military recognizes that no one has given more for our nation than the families of the fallen.
On November 11, several hundred people from across the state gathered at Nash Community College's Brown Auditorium to honor five specific families with Honor and Remember Flags by the North Carolina Chapter's President Kathy Russell Moore.