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NASHVILLE - One of Nash County's Cooperative Extension agents, Colby Griffin, has been promoted to the top rank of an internal three-tier promotion ladder of the NC Cooperative Extension as "full" Agent. He was also granted non-tenure track faculty status with NC State University.
Griffin was recognized for his achievements at the July 13th Nash County Board of Commissioners meeting by Stacie Shatzer, county manager.
In addition, Griffin was the recipient of three statewide awards last month at the North Carolina Association of County Agriculture Agents (NCACAA) in Cherokee.

NASHVILLE - Nash County is still working to untangle and clarify its committee information; an issue first coming to light when a commissioner complained about a lack of minutes and now, as of this month, about not being informed about who is serving, or members' terms.
Unanswered from June are questions about what committees constitute public bodies, which mean they are open to the public and "noticed," or advertised.
More questions emerged during discussion of Planning Board and Board of Adjustment (BOA) member appointments at the July 13 Nash County board of commissioners meeting, with no answers readily available.

Opposition to data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations is growing in Nash County, with one municipality banning them outright and multiple others, including Nash County itself, enacting or working towards temporary moratoriums.

ROCKY MOUNT - Thirty-five years after Raymond Whitaker Jr. passed, and 57 years after his meritorious military actions in Vietnam, Whitaker, the father of a Nashville man, was honored during a flag-raising ceremony July 18th in Rocky Mount. Whitaker, awarded the Bronze Star five times for his actions, was also honored by Congressman Don Davis, who attended the event at Jack Laughery Park.
Davis, who shared with the crowd that his own son had just begun his military service by arriving at Pope Army Airfield at 3:21 that morning, said that Americans needed to honor veterans for what they did, and do, to provide the securities that we enjoy today.

Cpl. Suzi Sannes Detachment 1262 of the Marine Corps League members are shown folding the US Flag after being taken down. The flag had been flown in honor of David Wayne Stallings, Sgt., U.S. Air Force. The flag was presented to his widow Theresa Stallings of Middlesex. A new flag was then raised in honor of Raymond Whitaker, Jr. 57 years after his tour in Vietnam.

RED OAK - Tired over confusion between Red Oak Boulevard and Red Oak Road, town officials have decided to begin the process to see if they can get the name changed on one of those.
Red Oak Road, councilmen said at the July 13th town council meeting, used to be called "Red Oak Nashville Road," but it was changed, first by NCDOT and then by Nash County 9-1-1 Telecommunications.

ROCKY MOUNT - "Back on the farm"; the phrase may evoke relaxing, idyllic scenes of rows of neat crops, animals grazing, lemonade on porches, and relaxation at sunset - but the real-life nitty gritty aspects of earning a living from the land are as far from that as Disneyland is from Newfoundland.
Nearly any job can have stressors - but for farm families, those stressors, including financial uncertainty, high operating costs, adverse weather conditions, changing markets, and labor or trade disruptions - have effects that many people are not aware of.

BAILEY- Another step towards independent functioning has been taken by the Country Doctor Museum in Bailey, with the 'Country Doctor Museum Foundation' now listed as the owner of three land parcels transferred from ECU July 5th and July 6th.
The three parcels transferred are the original doctor's office at 6629 Vance Street, now referred to as the "Freeman-Brantley building", assessed at $48,760; 7089 Peele Road, the main museum headquarters, with a "carriage house" outbuilding which has an assessed value of $151,300; and an undeveloped parcel at the corner of Main Street and Peele Road that is an unpaved parking lot. It has an appraised value of $49,200.

SPRING HOPE - Planned street repaving in several town areas has been put on hold for at least a month after questions arose about bid differences at the July 6th board of commissioner meeting.
Jonathan Allen, town manager, shared quotes from three contractors - Weaver's Asphalt & Maintenance, Rian's Paving & Patching, and Marshall's construction, for the following paving projects: Virginia Street (the entire length), Second Street (between 3rd and 1st Street), and all of Cherrington Court, including the intersection with Walnut Street.

Elks Lodge 1038 Scholarship Recipients are (left to right) Kaydin Shook of Northern Nash High School, $1,000 Education Scholarship; Tressa Bissette, Chris Bissette; Cyndi Carpenter, scholarship committee leader; Alyson Sharp of Southern Nash High School, $1000 Ag & Tech Scholarship. Not pictured is Alely Velazquez of Southern Nash High School, $1000 Nursing Scholarship.

Nash County is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Marion as its new Human Resources Director. Marion brings more than 30 years of human resources experience to Nash County, including more than 20 years in strategic leadership roles. She started her career in the federal government, where she developed a solid foundation in public-sector human resources, organizational development, and regulatory compliance. Throughout her career, she has led initiatives in talent management, employee relations, organizational development, workforce planning, and leadership support.

NASHVILLE - Most people, but especially anyone in agriculture, knows that the Nash County Cooperative Extension exists.
But many people may not have any idea of the number of lives it affects, or how.
Heather Glennon, Nash Extension Director and Livestock Agent, one year after her hire date, laid it all out May 18 in her "2025 Report to the People."
Glennon, speaking to Nash commissioners, listed core areas as: Agriculture and Food; Health and Nutrition, and 4-H Youth Development.

Daledrick Henley, Brittany Henley and Brittany Nicole Henley to Daledrick Henley and Brittany Nicole Henley; 3865 Baker Pond Trail, Nashville
GCC, LLC to Cory J. Lydon and Carrie B. Lydon; 4040 South Hathaway Boulevard, Sharpsburg; $187,500
East Coast Timberland, Inc. to Joseph Scott Batchelor and Deborah Braswell Batchelor; Section 1, Peachtree Creek, Lot 8
WJH, LLC to Brandol Pahuamba Hernandez and Yeni Coreas; 9424 Harrison Street, Castalia; $250,000