By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College’s final -- and maybe best -- chance to defeat season-long nemesis Patrick Henry Community College could come Sunday in the finals of the Region X Women’s Basketball Tournament.
But the Lady Hurricanes have one pertinent order of business to take care of first -- a semifinal showdown Saturday versus Catawba Valley.
NEWPORT -- Franklin County continues to mark dramatic progress in its quest to be regarded statewide as a top-notch wrestling area.
And this time, everyone is getting in on the fun.
Following last weekend’s action at the Class 2-A East Regionals, the county will have an unprecedented eight performers who will participate in the Class 2-A State Championships.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Five Franklin County teams qualified for the Class 2-A State Basketball Playoffs, but only two were remaining following Monday’s opening night of postseason competition.
Both Bunn’s boys and girls, playing at home as part of a doubleheader, were able to come away with victories.
BHS’ girls defeated Cedar Ridge (see story on page 10), while the boys claimed a 60-53 decision against Durham School of the Arts.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- With such a young team, it was almost expected that the Bunn Ladycats would have a bit of the opening-game jitters during the Class 2-A Girls Basketball State Playoffs.
That’s exactly what happened as favored Bunn struggled at times to put away Cedar Ridge in Monday’s postseason opner at the Bunn Dome.
GREENVILLE -- Second-ranked Virginia (2-1) held off a late rally by No. 11 East Carolina University (1-2) Sunday afternoon and took the rubber-match of the three game series 14-11 at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Heading into the bottom of the eighth, the Cavaliers held a commanding 13-4 lead before the Pirates came roaring back by putting a seven spot on the board in front of 4,774 fans cutting the lead to two, 13-11.
Bunn swept the championships last Friday night at the Northern Carolina Conference Basketball Tournament, which was held at North Johnston High School. After the victories, members of the BHS boys and girls teams posed with their trophies.
Louisburg College’s Ashton Paige smacks a leadoff home run on Wilkes’ first pitch of the opening game.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Tiana Monae “Pork Chop” Crews, 12, who died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Terrell Lane Middle School, with the Rev. Sylvester White officiating. Burial will follow in the Cedar Rock Church cemetery.
The list of honor students at Laurel Mill Elementary School for the second nine-week grading period has been announced and includes:
Mattie Reddick carefully measures soup servings for to-go orders on Thursday as the Youngsville Woman’s Club hosted its annual Soup and Sandwich fundraiser at the town’s Community House. The club uses the recipe that Reddick’s mother, Helen Green, conjured up more than 70 years ago.
Wake Electric is seeking applicants for a $1,000 scholarship plus a one-week all expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. for the 2010 Rural Electric Youth Tour.
The trip will be from June 11 – June 18.
Students chosen to attend the Youth Tour will join 1,500 high school students from across the U.S. to learn about U.S. government, American history, and electric cooperatives.
Franklin County’s attempt to fund improvements to U.S. 401 from Wake County to Louisburg with federal Transportation Improvement Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) funds has failed.
Franklin County received none of the $66 million it was requesting in TIGER funds -- and the state Department of Transportation was granted only $10 million of the $300 million it was seeking for improvements to the Yadkin River Bridge on Interstate 85.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Long-time friend Joe Cutchins sat in his son’s room, looking at an old autographed picture of Jim Bibby, figuring out how to properly reflect on a friend he’s known for half a century.
One of the most important things about Bibby, friends said, is that for a man who reached some of the greatest heights in the world, he didn’t just leave pictures behind in his hometown.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
During a town-hall like session over eggs and bacon Friday morning, Congressman Bob Etheridge said the country’s road to recovery may wind a bit, but efforts continue to smooth the path.
Etheridge held the session at the Murphy House, inviting residents, businessmen and educators to address the challenges facing the business community, rural North Carolina and other matters withing the second congressional district.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklinton police arrested a Bunn man this week charged with going armed to the terror of the public.
The arrest and messy investigation, police said, highlights growing concerns for law enforcement — rising gang and drug activity, and communities that are held in terror by criminals.
Following what appeared to be a shootout on Monday night, police arrested Brandon Alexander Teasley, 19, of Dead Road and charged him with going armed to the terror of the public and discharging a firearm in city limits.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s health department ranks just outside the top third in the state, according to a national study released this week.
The University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation combined to rank each county in each state based on broad measures of health risk behaviors, outcomes, and associated health determinants.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials agreed on Tuesday to spend more than $11,000 to make emergent repairs to the dam.
More serious and expensive steps were discussed during a two-day commission retreat on Wednesday and Thursday.
The town’s dam dates back to the 1960s and, recently, has begun to show its age as heavy rain events caused erosion and highlighted the need for repairs.
No injuries were reported in this three-vehicle wreck that shut down a section of Bunn Road Thursday afternoon. The driver of the big rig, foreground, was making a wide right turn, causing the driver behind him, Latitia Bowden, to slow down in her Nissan, the middle car. However, April Cooke, the driver of a Honda, the car to the far left, failed to slow, rear-ending Bowden and nearly sending the car into the truck’s trailer. Cooke swerved her vehicle into a bush on the side of the road.
Bunn resident Jessica Nicholson
Students at Franklinton Elementary school have the opportunity each morning to walk in the gym to music along with the PE teacher, Israel Johnson and parent volunteers. The number of students has grown from about 30 students to over 125 walking each day. Students walked over 2,000 laps. Students are encouraged to bring in healthy snacks and to become physically fit by taking part in walking, jumping rope, or dancing.
“Listening is far better than talking . . . . And listening is not enough.”
With those words, Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton kicked off a business roundtable session Tuesday in Louisburg.
The goal was to give local businesses a chance to meet with Dalton and tell him what they like and dislike about state government these days — and what they would like to see changed.
Willie Mays didn’t hit a grand slam homer every time at bat — nor did Mickey Mantle or even The Babe.
And they played in beautifully manicured stadiums with officials who monitored the rules and made sure everyone played by them — more or less!
By now you know that the county’s 401 Citizens Action Committee didn’t hit a “home run” in its request for $66 million in federal TIGER stimulus funds this week.
GOOD MORNING: Needless to say, I’m eagerly looking forward to the sunny, warm weather forecast for this weekend. In addition to warming my tired old bones, hopefully it will melt away the last vestiges of the snow that has been banked up around our house for the past couple of weeks.
LOUISBURG - Thomas A Puetz, 69, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Louisburg. Fr. Patrick Wendt officiated funeral services Friday, Feb. 12, at Poole Funeral Home in Washington, Wisc. Entombment followed on Saturday, Feb. 13, at Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in Sheybogan, Wisc.
