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The Spaulding Alumni Association is once again the highest bidder on the former Spaulding Middle School site.
The association's bid of $60,100 is good through Thursday, June 8.
The facility, which includes close to 28 acres, has been up for grabs since January. Since that time, numerous bids have come in for the facility using the upset bid process. The Spaulding Alumni Association has been the top bidder several times but each time is outbid, causing the process to start over again.

Nash County 4-H Alumni and Friends recognized graduating seniors and announced a new scholarship during an ice cream social held on Sunday afternoon.
Four seniors were recognized and presented with their 4-H sashes.
Lauren Dew will graduate on Saturday from Northern Nash High School. She is the daughter of Renee Helms and James Dew. She is a member of the Red Oak Acorns 4-H Club and plans to attend Nash Community College.

REST in PEACE...
Last week I talked about a survivor. A dog that was saved after almost starving to death. Sadly, I now bring you the news that she has passed. She wasn't a young dog and although her blood work, her urinalysis and the prognosis looked good, all of a sudden she stopped eating as much and obviously wasn't doing well. She already had a heart murmur, but now she had arrhythmia.

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. We offer our sincere gratitude to all veterans, present and past and know all they gave for our great country - some gave their all - may them and their families be blessed.
On Mother's Day, several people came forward after accepting Christ as their savior and were baptized at the White Level Baptist Church.

"There's nothing new under the sun." Ever heard this little snippet before? I know I have and I know it to be true. We might live in 2017, but when you read about and study history from decades and centuries before us, it's clear we face many of the exact same problems people back then faced. Sure, they might look different on the surface, however, their root problem is the same. We might be more "advanced" in our current context by labeling certain conditions in certain ways, however, I'm apt to believe that the conditions we face now, are nearly identical to the conditions faced back then.

Congratulations to Greyson and Lauren Davis on the birth of their son, Jack Felton Davis, born on May 25! Proud grandparents are Frank and Michelle Davis.
Congratulations to Jonathon and Allison Saunders on the birth of their daughter, Evelyn Blair Saunders, born on May 26! Proud grandparents are George and Donnye Saunders and proud great-grandparents are Russell and Barbara Griffin.

The Nashville Elementary Beta Club sponsored a school-wide supply drive to benefit Peacmakers Freedom School. Freedom School is a summer enrichment program designed to help children fall in love with reading. By partnering with a local organization, Nashville Elementary students were able to give back to the local community.

Romnie Makayla Mills successfully finished her first year at Spelman College in Atalanta, Georgia, making the Dean's List both her fall and spring semesters, with a 3.89 GPA. Mills was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, a national society of collegiate scholars and will serve on the 2017-2018 Executive Board for the Spelman College chapter.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
The following students at JW Parker Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Linda Shepherd, far left and Margaret Cobb, far right, members of the Micajah Pettaway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution delivered a meal from the chapter to the Men's Christian Home for Veterans. Accepting the food was Bobby Perry (second from right) and Phil Rogers (second from left), residents of the home.

Nash Community College received an On Track with Healthy Foods grant of $10,000 from The Conservation Fund.
Sponsored by CSX, the program helps increase access to healthy foods in vulnerable and underserved communities in the Twin Counties. This grant will support Nash Community College's Healthy Campus Initiative, which focuses on providing healthy food options at the campus cafe and building capacity to preserve food donations.

Michael Beacham is the most recent Nashville Boys and Girls Club's Spotlight member. Beacham is a 14 year old eighth grader at Nash Central Middle School. Michael has attended the Nashville Area Unit for the past four years. A few of his favorite things about coming to the club are his friends, the Triple Play Plus program and brushing up on his basketball skills. In school, his favorite subject is science.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
The following students at GR Edwards Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
The following students at Rocky Mount Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

RED OAK -- Even though she comes from a sports-oriented family, Maddie Lamprecht felt no pressure to become an athlete when she was younger.
But some things come naturally, and Lamprecht's prowess on the softball field was evident from a young age.
Lamprecht would go on to become a four-year starter at Northern Nash, but her career won't stop there as she has signed a letter-of-intent to continue her career at the University of South Carolina-Union.

RED OAK -- Symbolism was abundant when Northern Nash hosted a signing ceremony last Thursday for three decorated senior members of the Fighting Knights' basketball squad.
Long-time friends and teammates on and off the court, Darius Spragley, Raymond 'Goody' Bullock and Demonte Williams worked well together while helping Northern Nash to one of its best boys hoops seasons in school history in 2016-17.

RED OAK -- Listed are the honorees from the recent Winter/Spring Sports Awards Ceremony at Northern Nash High School:

RED OAK -- Though he is known for his distance off the tee, Northern Nash's Zach Ward won't be traveling too far to continue his golf career.
Ward has signed a letter-of-intent to join the links program at North Carolina Wesleyan College, which isn't too far away from his home.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Friendly competition among teammates can be a good thing.
Just look at the Nash Central High School baseball program the last few seasons, where Zach Patterson and Cameron Taylor have had plenty of 'discussions' about which one of them is the Bulldogs' pitching ace.
"If you asked each one who was the ace, they would answer it was them,'' said NCHS coach Willie Langley. "The fussed about it over and over again.''

ZEBULON -- Troy Stokes Jr., Isan Diaz and Lucas Erceg each had two-out, run scoring hits in the eighth and Jake Gatewood drove in the game winner with a bases loaded walk-off single in the ninth as the Carolina Mudcats rallied back for an 8-7 win versus the Dash at Five County Stadium on Sunday afternoon in a Class A Carolina League baseball showdown.
Erceg set a new career high with four hits after going 4-for-5 with three RBI in the series-opening home win against the Dash (19-38).

The first-place team finishers from the recent H. Earl Coley Golf Classic at Belmont Lake Golf Course in Rocky Mount were (in no particular order) Reggie Pryor Jr., Reggie Pryor Sr., Butch Foust and Desmond Cofield.

The second-place team finishers from the recent H. Earl Coley Golf Classic at Belmont Lake GC were (in no particular order) Reggie Cooper, Horace Blue, James Mosley and Charles Wiggins. Also pictured are OD Moore Scholarship Foundation President and Nash Central Senior High Alumni Association Vice President Allegro Cordell (left) and OD Moore Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors member and Nash Central Senior High Alumni Association Treasurer Goldie Moody (right).

The third-place team finishers from the recent H. Earl Coley Golf Classic at Belmont Lake Golf Course were (in no particular order) Y.C. Spencer, Shack Wiggins, Larry Edwards and Bennie Hagans. Also pictured are OD Moore Scholarship Foundation President and Nash Central Senior High Alumni Association Vice President Allegro Cordell (left) and OD Moore Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors member and Nash Central Senior High Alumni Association Treasurer Goldie Moody (right).

Nash Central High School's Cameron Taylor signs a letter-of-intent to continue his baseball career at North Carolina Wesleyan College. Also pictured are (back, l to r) NCHS Principal Victor Ward, NCHS assistant coach Kent Cox, NCHS Athletic Director Kyle Bain and NCHS head baseball coach Willie Langley; (front, l to r) Bobby Taylor (father) and Serra Taylor (mother).

Nash Central High School's Zach Patterson signs a letter-of-intent to continue his baseball career at North Carolina Wesleyan College. Also pictured are (back, l to r) NCHS Principal Victor Ward, NCHS assistant coach Kent Cox, NCHS Athletic Director Kyle Bain and NCHS head baseball coach Willie Langley; (front, l to r) Rocky Patterson (father) and Cindy Patterson (mother).