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Law enforcement officers from Nash County Sheriff's Office, Spring Hope Police Department and Rocky Mount Police Department recently completed Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training at Nash Community College. CIT is a 40-hour training designed to assist law enforcement officers who respond to incidents involving individuals with a mental health or substance use crisis, or intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The City of Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Department will offer guided nature walks at Battle Park every first Saturday now through December from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Naturalist Tom Stutz will lead the walks, which will highlight identification and uses of trees and plants, wildlife and more.

RED OAK -- Consistency and continuity.
Those are the two intangibles Northern Nash volleyball coach Patricia Haggerty would like to see from her club as the Lady Knights begin the second half of their Big East Conference schedule.

Northern Nash's Haley Hiatt (right) tries to send a dig over Franklinton's Shelby Sykora during last Tuesday's Big East Conference spike matchup.

Northern Nash's Emily Garner rips a serve for the Lady Knights during last Tuesday's Big East Conference home volleyball match against the Franklinton Lady Rams.

LOUISBURG -- Long-standing members of the Big East Conference cross country family weren't sure what to think when Franklinton was named the newest member of the league beginning this fall -- and for the next four years.
While the injury-riddled Red Rams have yet to make in impact in the Big East standings, they certainly made the league take notice when their home course was unveiled during last Wednesday's latest conference showdown.

Northern Nash's Camden Johnson (left) challenges a Wilson Fike runner near the finish line during last Wednesday's Big East Conference Cross Country Meet at Owens Park.

Southern Nash's Artavious Allen leads this group of runners during last Wednesday's event.

TARBORO -- The Nashville Hornets continue to make progress this season on the junior varsity level in the Eastern North Carolina Football League.
The Junior Hornets were faced with a challenge last Saturday as they traveled to Tarboro to take on the youth league version of one of the area's most storied football programs.

Tarboro's Christopher Tillery-Shaw (with ball) picks up yardage for the Vikings during last Saturday's home junior varsity football decision against league opponent Nashville.

LOUISBURG -- After dominating the early portion of the Big East Conference girls cross country proceedings, Northern Nash veteran Mackenzie Proctor couldn't overcome breathing issues en route to taking second place behind Wilson Hunt's Isabel Reed during a league meet two weeks ago at the Hunt layout.
"That was (Reed's) home course and you could tell she was really motivated,'' said NNHS veteran skipper Jeff Dodrill.

Southern Nash's Mitzi Lopez ascends the difficult finishing portion of the course at Owens Park.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Before the football season began, Nash Central High School Athletic Director Kyle Bain brainstormed several ideas to increase attendance and interest in the community for the Bulldogs' program.
And one of the plans he came up with is a beauty that has Nash County buzzing -- both at Nash Central and opposing schools.

RED OAK -- Monday proved to be an exceptional day for Bert Woodburn -- and not just because his Franklinton Red Rams earned a key Big East Conference victory over homestanding Northern Nash.
Woodburn is the former youth pastor of a church in Red Oak, so the outing provided a homecoming of sorts for the Franklinton coach, who saw plenty of familiar faces as part of the proceedings.

ELM CITY -- Here are results from September 16 action at County Line Raceway: