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The Star Squad performs at the Nashville Elementary Talent Show. Pictured are Mariah Suggs, Haley Smith, Aniyah Richardson and Kailyn Whitehead. (Graphic photo by Amanda Coppedge)

Kiersten Williams performs at the Nashville Blooming Festival. (Graphic photo by Jo Anne Cooper)

A SURVIVOR....
Dogs have been domesticated for so long, they have lost many of the skills to survive on their own. They rely on us. So when a dog shows up at the Shelter as a stray, that is a skeleton, we wonder where she came from and if she ever was loved. Here is a dog that you can count every bone. She is a lab mix and should have weighed a minimal of 50 pounds.

Well it happened again. I guess I knew eventually it would occur again in my life. Though it's been over a decade, it's just as miserable as the multiple times it happened to me as a young lad growing up. What, happened, you ask?
Poison Ivy happened, or as I like to call it, the "ultimate sign of the curse put on creation."

On a beautiful spring morning, Peachtree folks gathered at the church for worship. The service on this Memorial Day Sunday was one that honored and remembered those who have served and/or died in the military service. The worship hour opened with a Memorial Day video presentation. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was led by CW02 Doug Hayes, who wore his army dress uniform.

The Bible is the inspired, infallible, written Word of God. The books of the Old and New Testaments, written in the original languages of Greek and Hebrew, are the Word of God written.
You see, the Holy Spirit acted upon the writers of the Bible so that the very words penned by them are God's words. God prepared these men.

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins on Wednesday, June 15, 2017.
"County committees allow farmers and ranchers to make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally to best serve their needs," said Acting FSA Administrator Chris Beyerhelm.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
The following students at Swift Creek Elementary 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 Benvenue Elementary 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 Spring Hope Elementary 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 Baskerville Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Imagine being able to spend a beautiful day outside with friends, playing a great sport for a good cause.
That's what 40 lucky people enjoyed last Friday as part of the Eighth Annual H. Earl Coley Golf Classic, which was held at Belmont Lake Golf Club near North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount.

NASH COUNTY -- Nash Central High School enjoyed a girls soccer renaissance this season -- and everyone else in the Big East Conference took notice.
The Lady Bulldogs secured their best-ever victory total (14) under Coach Ryan Ruiz and also earned a first-round triumph in the Class 3-A State Playoffs -- also a first during Ruiz's tenure at NCHS.

NASH COUNTY -- The North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association's Class 3-A Region 3 flexed its overall muscles this spring as several girls squads made regular season and playoff contributions.
Corinth Holders in Johnston County advanced all the way to the state finals, while Rocky Mount won the Big East Conference championship on its way to reaching the third round of the Class 3-A State Playoffs.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School will host a basketball camp for boys and girls from June 13-15 at the NCHS Gymnasium.
The event will run from 6-8:30 p.m. each day and is open to children in grades 1-9.
Cost is $35 per camper, which will include a T-shirt and basketball.

NASHVILLE -- The annual Nash-Halifax Swim League summer schedule will begin on June 15 and will run through July 29.
The four-team league will feature Birchwood, Nash Rec, Westridge and Roanoke Valley.
The June 15 matchups will feature Birchwood at Nash Rec and Westridge at Roanoke Valley.

ZEBULON -- The host Carolina Mudcats committed a season-high six errors while losing to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 6-3 in Monday's Class A Carolina League baseball series finale at Five County Stadium.
The loss dropped the Mudcats into a four-game series split with the visiting Pelicans and back into third place in the Carolina Southern Division standings.

EDENTON -- North Carolina hosted its NC B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Qualifier at Bayside Marina out of Pembroke Creek on the Chowan River on May 19-20.
A total of 110 anglers competed to represent the NC BASS Nation at the 2018 BASS Regional hosted by B.A.S.S., with all hoping to continue on the road to qualify for a shot at the Bassmaster Classic.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the latest results from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department's Spring Youth Soccer Season:

RALEIGH -- Having won 14 of its last 17 games, the North Carolina State University baseball team has been selected to compete in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
The Wolfpack, coached by Nash County native Elliott Avent, will be the No. 3 seed in the Lexington (KY) Regional and play second-seeded Indiana in its first-round matchup Friday night at 7 p.m. at Cliff Hagan Stadium in the Bluegrass State.

Gerald Spooner sends on off the tee and toward the fairway on the par-5 18th hole during last Friday's action at the H. Earl Coley Golf Classic at Belmont Lake Golf Club in Rocky Mount.

Tiffany Foster follows the flight of her approach shot on the 17th hole during last Friday's H. Earl Coley Golf Classic at Belmont Lake Golf Club. Foster was a high school basketball standout in Nash County in the late-1990s.

Jean Horton watches her shot go toward the green during last Friday's action at the Eighth Annual H. Earl Coley Golf Classic at Belmont Lake Golf Club in Rocky Mount.