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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
It’s easy to get caught up in numbers, United Way officials said.
These are the important ones for the organization’s 2011-12 campaign season:
• $134,752 was raised;
• 52,000 food items were donated during food drives;
• $95,00 was raised to give 408 students book bags filled with school supplies;
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Commissioners will be asked for a second time on Monday to approve a process by which solar farms can be considered for development in Franklin County.
After fielding questions from concerned residents, commissioners asked planning staff to take another pencil to its plans to modify the Unified Development Ordinance so that it would address solar farms.
RALEIGH — North Carolina gained 8,300 jobs over-the-month and the state’s unemployment rate decreased to 9.9 in February, down 0.3 of a percentage point from a revised January rate of 10.2 percent.
“North Carolina continues to gain jobs,” said N.C. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Dale Carroll. “The state has gained 112,000 jobs over the past two years.
The Franklin County Farm Service Agency has several programs currently running and this is just a reminder of a few dates coming up:
•The agency is currently taking new AD-1026’s (Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) Certification form).
Franklin County Schools officials closed an elementary school on Friday because of water issues — particularly a lack of water.
According to schools spokesman Joe Baisley, staff realized that the well at Edward Best Elementary School was not working and the school had no water.
Louisburg High School students and United Way volunteers Molly Boutwell, Thomas Clifton Jr., and Peyton Shearin helped United Way Executive Director Kathy Harrelson, right, hand out Crystal Awards to volunteers who exhibited key attributes during the fundraising campaign.
Wayne Stallings, center, the namesake of the United Way of Franklin County Volunteer of the Year award and inaugural winner, and past recipient Wayne Champion, right, present Betty Craig with the volunteer honor on Thursday during a ceremony at Louisburg College’s auditorium.
Franklin County government’s holiday schedule has been announced by County Manager Angela Harris.
For the Good Friday holiday, each library will close at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, and remain closed Friday and Saturday of that week.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested two Louisburg area residents following a drug investigation.
Chadwick Lee Foster, 37, and Jessica Nicole Mitchell, 24, were each charged with heroin possession.
Foster faced two more charges that pushed his bond beyond $100,000.
Mitchell was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, making her bond $26,000.
LAKE ROYALE - Ian David Ross, 20, died Monday, March 26, 2012. A memorial service honoring his life was held Friday, March 30, at Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Al Thomas officiating.
FRANKLINTON —James Jefferson Stephens Sr., 88, died Monday, March 26, 2012. Funeral services were held Friday, March 30, at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Millbrook Road, Raleigh. Burial, with Masonic services, was held at Brier Creek Memorial Park, Durham.
ZEBULON – James Ell O’Neal, Sr., 77, of the Pilot community, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
FRANKLINTON – Viola F. Ledford, 56, of Franklinton, died Thursday morning.
LOUISBURG - Douglas Fairbanks Gupton, 81, of Louisburg died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Autumn Care in Nashville. Mr. Gupton was a registered forester and tree farmer. Mr. Gupton also was a Mason with the James A. Johnson Mason Lodge, a member of the Franklin County Shriners and a member of the Eastern Star.
RALEIGH - Nancy Davis Robbins passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, surrounded by her family and loved ones.
GOOD MORNING: I see where Florida’s “Stand Your Ground Law” has sparked an angry debate in the aftermath of the killing of an unarmed black teenager.
The law, one of 21 such laws around the country, gives the benefit of the doubt to a person claiming self-defense, regardless of where the killing takes place.
North Carolinians who value private property and who believe they should have a say before that property is annexed were handed a major setback in a Wake County Superior Court earlier this week.
Judge Shannon Joseph agreed with five cities who contended that the legislature overstepped its authority last year when it passed laws making involuntary annexation much more difficult.
There has been much smoke and fury this week over so-called Obamacare that has been the subject of three partial days-worth of hearings in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Frankly, there is much to dislike about this legislation -- and there is much to like.
More importantly, it seems to me, there are an incredible number of unanswered questions about exactly what will happen and what it will mean.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — While the fate of a water agreement between Franklin County and Franklinton remains in a judges hands, the town has decided to take a hands-off approach to its water plant.
By unanimous decision, town commissioners agreed to let Envirolink operate its water system.
The Bailey-based company provides consultation, engineering work and oversight for a number of municipal systems, including others in the area.
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.
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