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A Nashville woman's artwork is being featured in a magazine dedicated to various art forms.
Rochelle Bass has several pieces of her work displayed in the second edition of Just Mixed Media magazine, including the cover of the magazine.
The magazine is a publication of Scott Publications, which publishes several different art magazines each year.
Bass said she gets another art magazine that Scott Publications publishes and had read that they were accepting photos of artwork for consideration.

I had the good fortune to make my one-year-out-from-transplant visit to UNC Hospitals last week. Don't get me wrong, doctor visits are a drag, but I'm very thankful to have collected the milestone, and more thankful to have done so upright, on two feet.
It was a long day: registration, lab work, then on to a waiting room to see the surgeon. A nurse checked me into the transplant clinic, and then a physician's assistant came in and quizzed me. This was followed by the transplant coordinator, nutritionist, an x-ray, and finally an ultrasound of my liver.

This month will be a busy one in Nashville. I hope that whatever your plans are, you choose to have your fun right here in Nashville, or at least Nash County.
This weekend, of course, is the Blooming Festival. My boys have already started their annual nagging about when the carnival will open up and when they can go.
This is the one time of year they really, really look forward to!
Next weekend, there's a lot going on as well.

This photo was originally published in The Graphic on June 1, 1982. Nash Central's top eighth grade athletes earned honors at the school's athletic banquet. Pictured front row, left to right: Christine Diener, Penny Small, Carol Brown, Sophia Staton, Tim Wilson and Sonya Lawrence. Second row: Steve Burgess, Hope Parker, Sheila Knight, John Adams and Sam Vines. Third row: Fred Pittman, Ronald Tabron and Julius Jones.

INCIDENTS
A possession of stolen property was reported on 4/30/17 at 1118 Sunnyfield Road
A larceny was reported on 5/2/17 at 282 Regency Drive
A possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on 5/2/17 at 1205 Eastern Avenue

A suspicious fire was reported on 4/30/17 at 5138 Old Bailey Highway
An indecent exposure and fictitious info to an officer was reported on 4/30/17 at 5356 Fire Tower Road
A possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on 4/30/17 on Quiet Waters Road
A domestic was reported on 4/30/17 on Frazier Road

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from May 1 through 7.

Mark Thompson, a CIS teacher at Nashville Elementary School, provides encouraging words on sportsmanship and playing as a team after a game of tug-of-war during Field Day at Nashville Elementary School.

Mark Thompson, a CIS teacher at Nashville Elementary School, referees a game of tug-of-war at Field Day.

Shamiya Patterson and Jakaila Hendricks (L-R) show off their hula hoop skills at Nashville Elementary School's Field Day.

Ashley Hyman and Shania Cuffee (L-R) show off their girl power during a friendly game of tug-of-war, where the girls were against the boys. Nashville Elementary School hosted its annual Field Day on April 28.

The Wilson Woman's Club held a "Roast and Toast" of fellow member Pearl Lamm Finch on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Something Different Restaurant.
Nearly 160 relatives and friends celebrated Finch's rich and illustrious life.
Finch was born on October 8, 1927 in Wilson County to Hoover and Icie Flowers Lamm. She was the youngest of their five living children and the only girl.
Finch attended Sims Elementary School and Rock Ridge High School, graduating in 1945.

Bass Plant Farm will turn into a concert venue next Saturday, May 20 at 6 p.m.
The Momeyer farm will host the first ever Grassroots Gospel Concert Series with New Covenant and Triple Knot slated to perform.
Kelvin Bass said the idea came after attending an event in the Raleigh area around Christmas. Bass said he heard the group, New Covenant, singing and approached them to see if they could sing at a Christmas Open House his plant farm hosts each year.

Jason A. Williams, President and CEO of PRTI, will be the 2017 Keynote Speaker for the NorthEastern Entrepreneurial Roundtable (NEER) May 15 annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award banquet.
Previously Williams served as President and CEO of FastMed Urgent Care, a company he founded in 2001 and which grew into the nation's second largest urgent care company under his leadership.

Nash County youth recently participated in the annual Nash Soil and Water Conservation Poster, essay, Computer Design Slideshow and local Environthon programs. As part of the programs, students helped promote natural resources conservation and stewardship while learning why "Soil and Water is Yours for Life," which was the 2017 Contest Theme.
The poster contest is offered to elementary-aged youth in grades 3-5 while an essay contest is offered to sixth grade students.

Winners of the schoolwide poster contest at Cedar Grove Elementary School included (L-R) Aayannah Hedgepeth (2nd place in 4th grade), Brittany Breland (1st place in 5th grade), Ethan Ward (1st place in 4th grade), Joshua L. Evans (3rd place in 5th grade) and Sebastian Perez-Hernandez (2nd place in 5th grade). In addition, Ward received third place in the County Poster Contest for the fourth grade.

Brittany Breland won first place for the schoolwide contest at Cedar Grove Elementary School and also won first place in the county contest.

Pictured are the Essay Contest schoolwide winners at Southern Nash Middle School. Pictured (L-R) is: Eryn Parker (3rd place), Laki Ricks (first place), teacher Teresa Jenkins and Alton Richardson (2nd place).

Isabella Roblero Cherry won first place in the schoolwide poster contest for third grade. She attends Rocky Mount Preparatory School.

Mairiany Salazar received third place in the schoolwide poster contest at Bailey Elementary School for the fifth grade. Pictured is Salazar (at right) with Bobby Joe Fisher (at left), Chairman of the Nash Soil and Water Conservation District.

The Frederick E. Turnage Chapter of the Red Cross is turning 100 and is inviting the community to celebrate with them at their upcoming Centennial Breakfast.
The Centennial Breakfast will be held June 1 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Rose Hill Plantation in Nashville. During the event, the Red Cross will honor our local heroes who demonstrate the seven fundamental principles of the American Red Cross: Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity and Universality. This year's recipients include:

The Print Plant at the Nash Correctional Institution in Nashville was recognized as a winner in the prestigious PICA Awards, presented by The Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA). The announcement was made April 29, 2017, during the 2016 PICA Awards Banquet in Concord, North Carolina, with more than 280 industry professionals in attendance. The PICA Awards competition is celebrating its 51st season and continues to be one of the largest printing contests in the nation.

"POUND" vs "SHELTER" ~
I see it over and over...."Do NOT take to the POUND" when a homeless pet is found. Some people even think it is better to let the pet continue to run loose. I totally disagree with them on that.
If you do that, you may be guilty of contributing to the possibility that it may be hurt or killed in the roads or starve to death or other horrible things.

On a chilly, spring morning Peachtree folks gathered at the church for worship. Sanctuary flowers were given by Julie and Ricky Brantley in memory of James E. Brantley and in honor of James E. Brantley. For the offertory Jane May played "I Worship Him" on the piano. The Adult Choir sang "He Touched me" under the direction of Pastor Whitehouse. Jerry Hobgood sang the solo.

Greetings neighbor! I pray you are walking in the power of the Spirit and the ways of Jesus as we look forward to, one of my favorite weekends of the year - the Blooming Festival. It's such a great time to see neighbors and enjoy Nashville. From the parade to the funnel cakes, I expect it will be a time of fellowship and fun for all. Let's be sure to pray God's blessings and anointing over this event for safety, opportunities for community, and open doors to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to someone who has yet to come to know Christ as Lord and Savior.