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RED OAK -- Red Oak Middle School's fall sports schedule began this week and will run though late-October.

Nashville's Branon Pridgen looks for a running lane during last Saturday's varsity game.

Southern Nash's Jordan Vick tries to slide past a Nashville defender during last Saturday's Eastern North Carolina Football League game at Glover Park.

Northern Nash's Joseph Dees surges ahead of this group of runners during last Saturday's action at the Knights Invitational Cross Country Championships.

Northern Nash's Jordan Richardson finishes off his first-place performance in the boys race at last Saturday's Knights Invitational Cross Country Championships at the Red Oak Middle Course.

Southern Nash's Logan Saunders (right) hauls in a two-point conversion pass for the Firebirds during last Saturday afternoon's road vicory over the Nashville Hornets in Eastern North Carolina Football League action at Glover Park in Nashville.

Preliminary data released by the State Board of Education have the Nash-Rocky Mount School System once again on the list of low-performing districts.
This is the third year the school system has been on the list.
Low-performing schools are identified annually as those that receive a School Performance Grade of D or F and do not exceed growth. Low-performing districts are districts where the majority of schools received a School Performance Grade and have been identified as low performing.

A retired educator has started an autism support group to provide resources and support to Nash County residents.
Barbara Batts recently started up the Nash County Chapter for the Autism Society of North Carolina.
The goal of the Autism Society of North Carolina is to improve the lives of individuals with autism, support their families, and educate communities.

If you haven't made plans to participate in Nashville Elementary School's Hometown Heroes 5K race, don't worry, there's still time.
Registration will be accepted on Saturday morning, September 16 until 7 a.m., just before the race.
The second annual Hometown Heroes Race will kick off at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The 5K course will start behind Nashville Elementary School, on E. Green Street near the baseball field.

HARVEY RELIEF - Students in the National Honor Society at Northern Nash High School decided they wanted to play a role in collecting items for victims of Hurricane Harvey. On Friday, students from the Honor Society, along with Skills USA, the Knight's Ambassadors, Red Oak Middle School, Hubbard Elementary and Red Oak Elementary Schools brought several carloads of supplies to the Nashville Church of God, which was a drop-off point for the Eastern NC Men and Women of Action, who planned to pick up the donations this past Saturday and take them to parts of Texas. Pictured above, Lauren Israel unloads a case of water.

High Schools in the Nash-Rocky Mount School District were selected to participate in a program that will provide internet access to low-income students.
The school system was recently awarded 680 personal internet hotspot devices as part of the Sprint 1Million Project.
The 1Million Project is an attempt to bridge the digital divide and help close the "homework gap" for 1 million low-income high school students who are lacking home internet access.

Nash County Cooperative Extension recently welcomed a new Livestock Agent to serve Nash and Edgecombe Counties.
Kelsey Lichtenwalner started in the shared position on September 1.
Lichtenwalner comes from Warren County, where she served as an Agriculture Extension Agent for the past three years.

At its regular monthly meeting on Monday, the town board of Red Oak voted on several structural improvements and community events.
This fall Red Oak United Methodist Church will host a forum on the opioid crisis affecting our county. Brian Mims of WRAL will moderate, and several of those on the front lines in fighting the epidemic will speak. Presenters will include the Nash County EMS, Sheriff's Office, Nashville Police Chief (HOPE initiative), and others.

Northern Nash High School students stand with members of Nashville Church of God and supplies that were collected to deliver to Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas. The church collected donations for the Eastern NC Men and Women of Action, who planned to deliver the items this week. Sherrill Bateman, a member of the Church of God, said if more than enough supplies were collected, it was likely that supplies would also be given to victims of Hurricane Irma.

The Town of Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources will host a movie night on Saturday, September 16.
This month's movie is "Moana." There will also be a luau along with the movie.
The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with free crafts and games. Afterwards, the movie will begin when the sun goes down.

Most of us had to learn a little something about evolution in school.
It upset folks who believe in evolution, and those who believed in creation, and left the rest of us who felt like it didn't have to be an either/or conversation.
For example, it doesn't take a scientist to know that as a species, we are quite a bit larger than we used to be, yet still somewhat wild. If you doubt this, you've maybe never made a run to Wal-Mart after midnight.

The State Board of Education recently released its state report cards and if you are able to understand the report at all, then good for you!
From what I can gather, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools didn't do so well in its latest round of scores. A few schools did see letter grade improvements, a few saw letter grade drops and the rest remained the same as the last go around.
I suppose we should be concerned about the scores.

Dear Editor:
Like so many of my fellow Nash County residents, I have lived in Nashville more than 60 years, and have always been proud to call this small town my home.
As I write this letter, I have to say that right now I am not so proud - of myself and several of our town council members.

Dear Editor:
Governor Roy Cooper has called upon the North Carolina Historical Commission to meet and that it approve the removal of three Confederate monuments from the grounds of the State Capitol in Raleigh.

4-H WINNERS --This photo originally published in The Graphic on July 2, 1981. Shown above are winners in the North Central District Activity Day 4-H competition held in Durham. Pictured, left to right, are: Lisa Sykes, small animal demonstration; Kenneth Sykes, pork cookery: Nancy Fisher, livestock production.

A member of the United States Air Force committed suicide in Nash County on Friday night.
A be-on-the-lookout was sent from the Ontario County Sheriff's Office in New York, where the Veteran's Crisis Center is located, regarding a suicidal service member that was thought to be traveling through Nash County.

INCIDENTS
An assault on a female, kidnapping and damage to property (vandalism) were reported on 9/5/17 at Laser Wash, 101 W Washington Street
A breaking and entering a residential was reported on 9/5/17 at 200 Village Court
A larceny and obtaining money/property by false pretense was reported on 9/6/17 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

A breaking and entering a motor vehicle and damage to property was reported on 9/3/17 on Harris Road
A breaking, entering and larceny was reported on 9/3/17 at 8498 W Tarboro Road
A felony larceny was reported on 9/3/17 at 2881 N NC Highway 581

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

Chris Pridgen, Senior Storm Drainage Maintenance supervisor for the City of Rocky Mount, was recently recognized for placing third in the very first American Public Works Association NC vs. SC Backhoe Rodeo. Pictured are (l-r) Chris Pridgen and Mayor David Combs.