Spring Hope News

The Southern Nash boys 4x200 relay team won a state 3-A championship recently at N.CA&T University.

By KEN MURCHISON Oak Level residents were very happy last week after the North Carolina House approved two bills that would halt involuntary annexations.

By JAMIE GWALTNEY Final exams began on Wednesday for students at Southern Nash and will end on June 4. The retest days will take place on the June 5 and 6, with the final school day on June 7. In the days before exams, teachers started the review process in preparation.

North Carolina's reputation as a progressive, forward-looking state, already battered by a dumbed-down legislature, is suffering another blow by efforts in Raleigh to repeal the laws of nature.

BARBARA GREENE A funeral service was held May 24 at Ephesus Baptist Church for Barbara Ann Miller Greene, 68, of Spring Hope, who died May 23.

Recognized at the annual FFA banquet for their accomplishments during the past year were Brandi Deans, Sierra Massey, Andrea Smith, Claude Archer, Larranda Spivey, and Jacy Barnes.

The class of 2012 gathered for a group picture during their class picnic held on May 18 on the soccer field.

Linda Lynch, Elementary Bus Driver of the Year; Dementra Alston, High School Bus Driver of the Year and NRMPS Bus Driver of the Year; Matthew Hunter, Middle School Bus Driver of the Year; Early Cooper, Third Place, Bus Road-E-O; Tim Riggins, First Place, Bus Road-E-O; Charlie Barnes, Second Place, Bus Road-E-O; Binford Sloan, NRMPS Director of ... (more)

By KEN MURCHISON The Nash County Board of Commissioners sat down with two area state legislators recently to discuss issues facing the county.

By KEN MURCHISON A new restaurant could be opening soon in Bailey. The town's board of commissioners Monday followed the planning board's advice and unamiously rezoned a piece of property on Deans Street from residential to commercial-special use district so Mary and Richard Wilson can open a restaurant, The Leaning Tree, in a former residence.

Nash County Parks & Recreation has announced scores from last week's T-ball, softball, baseball , and soccer games.

By KEN MURCHISON Nash County's Board of Commissioners are going to think about updating the animal control ordinance next month.

By KEN MURCHISON The Nash-Rocky Mount Public School System has added new administrative positions even though budget cuts are forcing cuts in other areas, including teachers.

Melvin Penny weighs squash for a customer during a special early session of the Spring Hope Farmers' Market last Saturday.

Taryn Reams, four-year-old daughter of Southern Nash High School varsity softball coach Christy Bailey-Reams, receives a special Baby Ladybird award from her mother at Monday night's Spring Athletic Awards Ceremony honoring all athletes in spring sports.

MARILYN D. LEVY A funeral service was held May 19 at H.D. Pope Funeral Home in Rocky Mount for Marilyn Delores Levy, 79, of Bailey, who died May 12 at LifeCare Hospitals in Rocky Mount.

Contributors to the Summer Camp Fund: Anonymous, $65 Sarah and Frank Gentry, $50 Anonymous, $50 Nancy Dabbs Loftin, $100 Anonymous, $150 Anonymous, $500 Betty Calvert, $50 Dorris Goodyear, $100 Melinda and Joseph Bostick, $200 Anonymous, $100 Adelaide Ingle, in honor of Eliza Bagby, $100 Karen Trigg, $300 Anonymous, $20 Anonymous, $150 Patricia D.

About 45 residents of the Stanhope community met recently at the William Bunn Fellowship Building to discuss re-establishing a Community Watch program in the area.

A memorial service for former Spring Hope resident and mayor Edward Brady, 85, who died Oct.

By KEN MURCHISON Area residents will be able to take a trip back to the cornfield and help fund the fight against cancer this Saturday as Lee's Chapel Baptist Church in Middlesex will host its own version of the long-running television show, Hee Haw.