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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that starting Nov. 1, 2017, farmers and ranchers with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety net program may enroll for the 2018 crop year. The enrollment period will end on Aug. 1, 2018.

Monday, November 6 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. at Lakeside Baptist Church, 1501 Sunset Avenue, Rocky Mount
Friday, November 10 from 3 until 7 p.m. at West Edgecombe Baptist Church, 13721 NC 43 N, Rocky Mount
Thursday, November 16 from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at PNC Bank, 134 N Church Street, Rocky Mount

HIGH POINT -- Four members of the Barton College women's soccer team -- Rebekah Beal, Taylor Doeble, Rebecca Fraser and Laisy Scardazzi -- have been named 2017 Second-Team All-Conference Carolinas, the league announced last Thursday.
Beal, Doeble, Fraser, and Scardazzi are all being recognized with all-conference status for the first time in their careers.

KERNERSVILLE -- Northern Nash High School junior standout Jordan Richardson capped off his successful season with a solid performance at last Saturday's Class 3-A Boys Cross Country State Championships at the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Forsyth County.
Richardson, the Big East Conference champion this fall, finished 12th in the state with a time of 16:15.08.

RED OAK -- Despite a rather disappointing season for both Randy Raper's Northern Nash Knights, and Jason Battle's Rocky Mount Gryphons, heading into to last Friday night, records were thrown out the door.
The most heated and longest-running rivalry in Nash County would determine who would grab the last Big East Conference automatic spot in the 2017 Class 3-A playoffs, which would eventually result in being the Gryphons, after their 40-12 slaughtering of the Knights at Death Valley on the NNHS campus.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are the opening-round pairings for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association's Class 2-AA (Nash Central) and Class 3-A (Southern Nash and Rocky Mount) State Football Playoffs:

PINETOPS -- Longing for a return home, Samantha (Slade) Icenhour stepped down from her three-year job at Albemarle High School near Charlotte over the summer and accepted a position as a physical education teacher at South Edgecombe Middle School
As part of the arrangement, Icenhour was also named as the Dragons' volleyball coach -- and had no idea what to expect when tryouts rolled around in August.

ROOKIES WRAP UP SEASON. Gaining experience, learning and having fun are the main objectives of the Eastern North Carolina Football League's rookie team schedule, which wrapped up last Saturday with Nashville traveling to Rocky Mount. Pictured above, a Rocky Mount runner picks up yardage.

RALEIGH -- The 20th Annual Skate with the Canes event will take place on January 7 at PNC Arena in Raleigh from 1:30-4 p.m..
Doors will open at 12:30 p.m.
This event is one of the most interactive, all-access, behind-the-scenes, player-friendly events that the Carolina Hurricanes organization offers each year.

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats have announced their full baseball schedule for the upcoming 2018 Class A Carolina League season at Five County Stadium.
The Mudcats open the new season at home on April 5 with Opening Night 2018 against the Winston-Salem Dash.
The season-opening, seven-game homestand will feature four games versus the Dash before concluding with three games versus the Frederick Keys.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Fall Youth Soccer League scores:

Southern Nash's Quinton Cooley (with ball) avoids a Franklinton tackle attempt during last Friday's Big East Conference football game at Firebird Stadium.

Former Northern Nash High School standout Samantha Icenhour (far right), now the head coach at South Edgecombe Middle School, poses with her players after they capped off an undefeated season last week by winning the Tri-County Conference Volleyball Championship.

A Rocky Mount runner (left) heads upfield for a lofty gain for the Gryphons during last Saturday's home game against Eastern North Carolina Football League opponent Nashville.