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Multiple dignitaries and guests were included in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Nash County Courthouse expansion project.

Superior Court Judge Quentin Sumner speaks during the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Nash County Courthouse expansion project.

Peggy Tyson (left) receives an award for her volunteer efforts at Coopers Ruritan Club. Presenting the award are Jane Tyson (middle) and Charles Ethridge.

Cedar Grove Elementary School held Constitution Day on September 30 with a day full of events. NC Senator Angela Bryant and NC Representative Bobbie Ricahrdson were on hand to talk to students about the Constitution and their jobs as elected officials. James Gailliard and Audrey Mikell were also guests during Constitution Day. At the end of the event, students held an assembly and each grade level shared their work. Pictured above, kindergartners at the school share the signs and flags they made for Constitution Day.

Audrey Mikell (at right) sang with students at Cedar Grove Elementary School. Mikell used music to help explain how the Constitution. Pictured with Mikell is Cedar Grove student Andrea Griffin (at left).

Pre-kindergartner students at Cedar Grove Elementary School clap along with music during the school-wide assembly at Constitution Day.

Cedar Grove students display the United States Constitution during their program at the school assembly on Constitution Day.

Fire Districts in Nashville's Fire Department have received new ratings following an inspection by the North Carolina Department of Insurance Office of the State Fire Marshal.
The fire district within the Town of Nashville received a rating of 3, which is better than its previous rating of 4.
The North Carolina Response Rating System ranges from one, which is the highest rating, to a 10, which is not recognized as a certified fire department by the state.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools (NRMPS) will submit a District Improvement Plan to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) next month.
The plan is in response to the school system being deemed a low performing district.
Because of the designation, staff have to put together a plan for improvement, a District Improvement Plan.
The school system put together a similar plan last school year and made some changes to incorporate updated information for this year's plan.

Nashville's Boys and Girls Club has gone through a big transformation over the past few weeks.
Last month, the club opened up after closing for several weeks to undergo renovations.
Club members are also adjusting to an all-new staff.
Ron Green, Chief Professional Officer of the Boys and Girls Club of the Tar River Region, said after assessing all the clubs at the end of the summer, Nashville's Club needed some work.

Nash County 4-H is trying something new this holiday season.
For the past 15 years, 4-H has hosted its annual Holiday Extravaganza event. But 4-H Extension Agent and Cooperative Extension Director Sandy Hall said this year, it was time to make a change.
"We decided it had its season and served its purpose and was time to try something different," she added.

A local Highway Patrolman was one of 19 Department of Public Safety employees recognized at a ceremony last week.
Trooper Cleveland Atkinson, Jr. was recognized with a Badge of Excellence award for public service and volunteerism at a ceremony held on November 15 at the State Bureau of Investigation's auditorium.
Atkinston was one of 19 recognized with various Badge of Excellence Awards. Atkinson works at the Highway Patrol Office in Raleigh.

THANK YOU ~ We are appreciative of our readers who who spay and neuter, adopt, foster, transport, treat their pets like family, don't buy from breeders, donate to help the homeless pets, keep pets inside safe from the roads and ... the list goes on. If not for you, more homeless pets would die. Some pets are homeless thanks to their owners not being educated or being very poor. Some of them are because they are just not loved. If you are reading this, we are sure you are one that loves your pets.

The Nash County Search Team recently held a real life training exercise that included both water and land training opportunities for members.
Chris Bissette, Deputy Fire Marshal with Nash County Emergency Services, said the training exercise was a great experience for all involved. Bissette was in charge of the training exercise, which was held on November 6.
"It went very, very good," Bissette said. "We were pleased with the outcome."

The Nash Central High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) Unit conducted their annual Area Manager's Inspection (AMI) on Friday, October 28 at the school.
The inspection is an annual requirement for the program and a formal report is sent to the Naval Service Training Command and the Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools (NRMPS) Superintendent. Though this is an annual event, this year's inspection was anything but routine.

Two Nash County residents were among those who recently graduated from the North Carolina Highway Patrol's Basic Patrol School.
This was the 140th Basic Patrol School graduation. The graduation, which was held on November 18, ends 15 weeks of extensive academic and physical training.
Bradley Boone and Christopher Martin, both Nash County residents, were among those who graduated. Both Boone and Martin will be stationed at the Nash County Highway Patrol Station in Rocky Mount.

Nashville Elementary School held its annual Fall Festival on Friday, November 4 on the baseball field at the school.
The event is sponsored by the school's Parent Teacher Association and for the second year, raised money for the school's playground project.
Each grade level at the school came together and developed a game or activity for participants to enjoy during the festival. The event also included music, a hay ride, food and inflatables.

Anyla Wilkins tosses a ball into a spider web at one of the many game stations during Nashville Elementary School's Fall Festival. Anyla is a kindergartner at the school.

Nash UNC Women's Center hosted its fourth annual Walk of Remembrance for Steps Never Taken on Sunday, September 25 at Nash Community College.
The event was started in 2013 as a way to help families heal after the loss of a child.
"For so long, people have suffered in silence," said Karen Joyner, an RN who has certification in perinatal loss. Joyner is one of the organizers for the event.
Erika Barrios, of Spring Hope, has attended all four years of the remembrance event and said it has helped her cope with the loss of her daughter, Johanna, who was stillborn on May 6, 2013.

Did you know two popular Thanksgiving dishes are likely rooted in North Carolina? If your family demands turkey or sweet potatoes this time of year, there's a decent chance those commodities are North Carolina-grown.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, North Carolina comes in number one in the United States, based on 2015 total production for turkey and sweet potatoes.

Fourth graders from area elementary schools attended one of two days of 4-H Agricultural Heritage Days at the Rocky Mount Farmers Market on November 2 and 3 to get a glimpse of how things were done many years ago. The program is put on each year by Nash County Cooperative Extension.
Schools participating in this year's Heritage Days included Englewood Elementary, Middlesex Elementary, MB Hubbard Elementary, Benvenue Elementary, New Life Christian Academy, Rocky Mount Preparatory School, Coopers Elementary, Cedar Grove Elementary, Bailey Elementary, Our Lady of Perpentual Help, Rocky Mount Academy, Swift Creek Elementary and Nashville Elementary.

Suaheed Jones and Dylan Johnson, team members at Chick-fil-A in Rocky Mount, have been recognized as recipients of the Premier Service Provider Award from Strategy Performance Business Solutions, a North Carolina business performance consultancy. This award is presented to members of the business community who have gone above and beyond to provide an exceptional customer service experience, nominated by their customers or employer.

The NCC Foundation awarded $183,000 in scholarships for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Approximately 175 students received scholarships at the Forty-First Annual Scholarship Awards Program held Wednesday, November 2.
Volunteers from the community serve on the NCC Foundation Board of Directors and raise the funds necessary to assist the increasing financial needs of students.

A Prayer for Thanksgiving Day,
Eternal God, you are our source. You are our hope You are our comfort. You've given to us far more than we can even imagine. In sending your Son, Jesus Christ, you've made the way for us to come home to you. In sending your Spirit to live in us, you show us the way of light in the chaos of darkness.
Lord as we live on this side of glory, we confess we've sinned, that we've made idols, that ball, busyness, money, status, and others have taken your place.

This has been a week of the 'Super Moon'. The nights have been beautiful as the moon has shown so brightly. Peachtree folks have been super busy all week.
The men prepared and cooked collards three times. The ladies helped with packaging them for sale. Due to the unprecedented demand for collards, the men will cook another batch next Monday. This has been a time of much work but also a time of good fellowship. Appreciation is expressed to all those supporting this effort, and to those who came by to pick up their collards.