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After an article in Friday's News and Observer revealed a safety score of "D" for Nash General Hospital, Nash County Commissioner Chair Robbie Davis said he began receiving phone calls.
But, Davis added, he's been hearing complaints about Nash County's hospital for years and he's fed up.
"I haven't been happy with the hospital for a long time," Davis told commissioners on Monday during a board meeting.

A Nashville businessman was arrested last week and faces felony and misdemeanor tax charges.
The North Carolina Department of Revenue charged Shawn M. Dwyer, 45, of Nashville, on April 13 with one count of embezzlement of state property, one count of embezzlement of Nash County property and five counts of willful failure to file North Carolina Individual Income Tax Returns.
Arrest warrants allege that Dwyer feloniously embezzled, misapplied and converted to his own use close to $5,000 in North Carolina and Nash County Sales Tax from February 1, 2013 to February 28, 2015.

THERE'S AN EGG! -- Little McKenna Cooper, 3, gets a little help finding Easter Eggs from her father, Dominique , during an Easter Egg Hunt at Glover Memorial Park in Nashville Monday. The event was sponsored by Nashville Parks and Recreation.

The Town of Nashville's Creekside Music Series will kick off on Friday with Matt Begs.
Matt Begs formed in 2012. The lead singer, Matty Russo, is from Wilson, while the rest of the band members are from Rocky Mount. Russo said one of his band members is from Red Oak.
"We're local boys," Russo said.

Nash County Commissioner Chair Robbie Davis tried to ease the concern of residents living near the recently acquired site of the proposed Nash County Play Together Regional Park on Monday afternoon.
Davis spoke just before the board heard a presentation on the proposed park and commissioners unanimously adopted a site specific master plan and authorized the submission of a grant application, which will provide funding for the park, if approved.

A Silver Alert issued for a Bailey teenager early Monday has been lifted.
The N.C. Center for Missing Persons issued the Silver Alert for 14-year-old Candace Renee Couling in the early morning hours on Monday.
The Nash County Sheriff's Office reported on Wednesday morning that Couling had been found and was back home with her family.

Nash County Commissioners approved redrawing several fire districts in Southern Nash County at their meeting earlier this month.
The new districts are a result of the new substation, which was Bailey's Fire Department added on W. Hornes Church Road.
According to Deputy Emergency Services Director Scott Rogers, the station has been rated by the North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"The station is complete," Rogers told commissioners.

Local law enforcement officers and firefighters got a chance to sit down to a hot meal last Friday, thanks to a Nashville community.
The Richardson Court community came together to host a law enforcement appreciation lunch for Nashville's Police Department and the Nash County Sheriff's Office on Friday. The community also invited the fire department to attend.
Hinnant, who organized the event, said the event was a way to recognize and show appreciation for the work law enforcement officers and firefighters do each day.

Nash Arts will wrap up this year's Nashville Showcase Series next Friday, April 28 with a performance by country artist Ray Scott.
Scott is the third performance for the Showcase, said Nash Arts Director Shelly Gray.
The Nashville Showcase brings nationally acclaimed artists to Nash Arts each year.
This year, the Showcase began with Nick Shnebelen performing in February. In March, Bryan Mayer performed.

I'd like to know if any readers heard the phrase "Mother of All Bombs" last week and thought of Slim Pickens riding the bomb all the way down in the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove"?
Maybe others got the image of Wile E. Coyote, who in the age before Amazon managed the quick delivery of an assortment of WMDs. Apparently, after years of desperation and millions of dollars spent with the Acme Company, decided he no longer wanted to make a meal, he just wanted to eliminate the Roadrunner.

Dear Editor:
For the first time in 20 years, North Carolina has taken an important step to strengthen victims' rights on behalf of crime victims and their families. A bipartisan victims' rights bill, also known as Marsy's Law, was introduced in the state Legislature to begin the process of amending our state constitution on behalf of victims of crime.

This photo originally published in The Graphic on June 8, 1972. Joseph A. Martin, Principal of Red Oak Elementary School, is shown with Sherry Hunter (far left) and Charles Williams (far right), winners of Meritorious Service Awards.

INCIDENTS
A possession of stolen property was reported on North 58 and Taylor Store Road
A larceny by an employee was reported on 4/10/17 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A larceny, consuming beer on unauthorized premises was reported on 4/10/17 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

A breaking and entering was reported on 4/9/17 at 7669 S NC 58
A breaking, entering and larceny was reported on 4/9/17 at 8664 Taylors Store Road
A fraud was reported on 4/10/17 at 1738 Green Meadow Lane
A larceny was reported on 4/10/17 at 4683 Dortches Boulevard

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from April 10 through 14.

Rocky Mount High School Gryphon Theatricals will perform Meredith Willson's classic musical, THE MUSIC MAN, May 3-6. Audiences will see how the town swindler, Harold Hill, makes his debut in River City and his shenanigans are caught by Marian, the town's librarian! Set in the summer of 1912, in an all-American small town in Iowa and months after the sinking of the Titanic, this musical explores themes of pursuing one's passion and bringing light and hope to a community during a dark, dismal time.

The biennial Franklin County Historic Homes Tour will feature 11 homes and a church this year and is scheduled for Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 23 from 1 to 5 p.m. The tour is in and around Louisburg.
Among the homes to be open on the tour are the 19th Century Woodleaf Plantation and the Nicholson-Bickett-Taylor House, Circa 1897.
Also part of the tour will be First Baptist Church, circa 1925, that was originally built for an African-American congregation.

Two Nash County towns were among those who received water and sewer grant funding from the NC Division of Water Infrastructure Authority.
Six North Carolina towns received over $6 million in water and sewer grants.
According to Envirolink, a utility management company and a municipal partner to the towns, the grants will be used to improve and assess their water and sewer systems.

Nashville Fire Lt. Chris Jenkins attended the NC Fire and Life Safety Education Conference in Concord February 20 through 24.
The conference provides an array of classes for Fire Prevention Educators to share ideas, experiences, and discover new and innovative ways in educating the public on fire prevention.
Lt. Jenkins attended a child passenger seat course that reviewed new NC Laws pertaining to child passenger seats.