The following students were inadvertently omitted from the list of VGCC scholarship award recipients published in the March 24 edition of the Times.
Louisburg College recently hosted a Faculty Day of Scholarship.
On this particular day, many visitors from other colleges were invited to participate and attend the many sessions being offered on what a college can do to retain students in order to get their diplomas.
Outside of the guest speakers, over 130 faculty members were present, and members of the faculty and administration were presenters.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Louisburg’s upstart program met an established Northern Nash contingent, and the result was predictable during girls, non-conference soccer action Thursday.
The host Lady Knights delivered four goals in the first 15 minutes and went on to defeat Louisburg by a 9-1 margin at the NNHS Soccer Complex.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Louisburg and Bunn took a walk on the wild side before the host Wildcats were able to secure a victory in a key Northern Carolina Conference baseball event Tuesday night on the BHS campus.
After a walk-filled first few innings, BHS took the lead, only to see the Warriors rally to tie the score with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth stanza.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Two young teams with an eye toward the future met Tuesday in a key Northern Carolina Conference rivalry softball matchup.
Bunn, however, appears to have the most potential for the present after the homestanding Ladycats rolled to a 10-0 victory over Louisburg in a duel with plenty of playoff implications in the NCC standings.
After a one-year hiatus, the Louisburg Easter Baseball Tournament will be returning this spring -- but with a few changes.
In the past, the event has been held at Frazier Field on the Louisburg College campus.
But this time around, the site will be Louisburg High’s Warrior Field.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Chuck Mann’s final season as the Bunn High School girls basketball coach was certainly one to remember.
Mann led BHS to its third consecutive sweep of the Northern Carolina Conference regular season and tournament championships en route to a 24-7 overall record.
(L to R) Northern Nash’s Jasmine Richardson and Louisburg’s Samantha Calvery tangle for possession during Thursday night’s girls soccer contest on the NN campus in Red Oak.
RALEIGH -- Tarran Senay’s two-out single to right-center field in the bottom of the 11th inning scored Brett Austin and lifted No. 9 North Carolina State (17-6) to 4-3 win over in-state rival and No. 30 East Carolina (16-8) Wednesday night in college baseball action at Doak Field at Dail Park on the NC State campus.
High School Baseball
MONDAY
Wilson Fike at Franklinton 6:45 p.m.
TUESDAY
Bunn at Northwest Halifax 4:30 p.m.
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Bunn High School continued its 2012 girls soccer campaign with a pair of disappointing losses this week, including one in Northern Carolina Conference action.
Monday, BHS took on league foe Corinth Holders in a showdown with plenty of implications for the Class 2-A State Playoffs.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College’s postseason accolades continued with the naming of three players to the All-Region X women’s basketball squad.
LC went 31-2 this past campaign, winning the Region X regular season and tournament championships en route to finishing third at the NJCAA National Tournament.
(Back, l to r) Coaches Chris Perry, Chris McMullen and Brian Leonard; (middle, l to r) Carly Payton, Lucille Ketterer and Sally Ketterer; (front, l to r) Gracie Mills, Lucy Harris, Julia Perry and Madi Leonard.
(Back, l to r) Coach Audra Gupton, Allison Lopez-Reyna, Madison Murray, Cameron Hayes and Jada Norman; (front, l to r) Abigail Gupton, Elizabeth Winstead, Chessie Foster and Emily Winstead.
(Back, l to r) Coach Scottie Martin, Cari jones, Alexis Poyer, Moana Poyer, Crystal Ferrell and Coach Marcie Woodlief; (front, l to r) Rylee Nowell, Dakota Woodlief, Hannah Martin and Kaylee Turner.
Bunn’s Shantia Vines throws out a Louisburg batter after fielding a ground ball at third base Tuesday.
The North Carolina Small Grain Growers Association (NCSGGA) has announced that an Assessment Referendum will be held April 10.
Polling places will be located throughout the state in each county extension office. This assessment is for a six-year period for all Canola/rapeseed grown in the state.
GOOD MORNING: We’re looking at the possibility of more seasonable temperatures thru Friday at least, with daytime highs expected in the mid 70’s today and Thursday, dropping back unto the upper 60’s on Friday. Look for overnight lows in the 40’s Thursday and Friday.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
In the next few weeks, the Franklin County commissioners will receive a request for increased funding of about $1.9 million for schools next year.
The request is about evenly split between operating funds, $967,355, and capital outlay, $928,103.
If approved, the district’s local operating appropriation would be $12,967,355 and its capital outlay appropriation would be $1,853,103.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The death toll in Kentucky rose to two dozen as a result of the March 2 tornadoes that ripped through the South and Midwest.
Over the weekend, missionaries from Franklin County Volunteers in Medicine went down to one of the hardest hit little communities, trying to help those who survived put back their lives the best they can.
TIME TO SPRUCE UP. Spring is most definitely in the air and with the sunshine and warmer temperatures comes the urge to clean up, spruce up and get ready to be outdoors. That’s certainly true in Louisburg where a number of springtime activities and events are planned. Town crews have been doing a little sprucing up around the downtown area in recent days.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s Democratic Party leadership expects to recommend a new commissioner for District 2 this week.
The party’s Executive Committee is scheduled to meet this Thursday and vote on who they want to succeed Penny McGhee on the county’s Board of Commissioners.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
After a 16-month dispute, Franklinton and Franklin County attorneys had their day in court last week.
Neither side knows exactly if or when they’ll have to do it again.
Attorneys presented Judge Paul Gessner with about 10,000 pages of discovery and a few thousand pages of depositions — each trying to convince the Wake County judge to see their side in a water dispute that has cost more than $200,000 in attorney fees so far.
Madison Harding and Maggie Riley
By:
Bill Lord, Franklin County Area Specialized Agent
The combination of a very mild winter, regular rainfall, and gradually lengthening day length is leading to more mosquito activity.
We need to take mosquitoes seriously as they can transmit three different diseases in North Carolina: West Nile virus, Eastern equine encephalitis, and La Cross encephalitis.
