COMMUNITY NEWS

YOUNGSVILLE -- Operators of Wake Preparatory Academy are hoping to use a $135 million bond project to take ownership of the southwestern Franklin County charter school's building.
The Industrial Development Authority of Sierra Vista, Arizona would issue the Education Facility Revenue Bonds, the proceeds of which would go to Wake Prep Holdings LLC -- a limited liability corporation for which the academy is the sole member.

Franklin County Democratic Women recently put together cleaning supplies and personal kits for Safe Space domestic violence shelter. Safe Space is a non-profit organization that is committed to reducing relationship violence and sexual assault. It is a refuge for victims of violence in Franklin County and nearby communities.

Chaney Rae Leonard and Ava Proctor, members of the Eagles in Flight Franklin County 4-H Club, traveled to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival the first weekend of May, where they were each awarded a heritage breed sheep through the Youth Conservationist Program.
Chaney included this information on the importance on heritage breed sheep in her YCP application "Heritage breeds of livestock protect our food and fiber systems, both now and in the future.