Amazing! Property values in Franklin County have spiraled upward 14.8 percent in the last four years during the worst economic times since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Who would have thought it?
Certainly not I!
GOOD MORNING: I’m having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that it’s midwinter when overnight lows are in the mid 60’s, but such was the case early Friday morning when I drove down to pick up the morning paper.
The indoor reading outdoor thermometer in my front yard was reading 65.3 degrees at 6:30 a.m. and shortly thereafter at 7:10 a.m. dropped to 64.8 degrees, which is considerably higher than the daytime highs expected today and tomorrow.
RALEIGH – Although those involved may wish us to forget, there were actually two attempts over the past year to make a certain statistic, one percent, into a political cause here in North Carolina. Both flopped in telling ways.
We all know that grieving is not an easy process, and that there are all kinds of surprising emotions such as shock, anger, and guilt which people experience. We also know that the degree of these emotions differs from person to person; therefore, some people need more support than others.
BOSTON, MA - Funeral services for Bessie Williams, who died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at God’s Vision, with the Rev. Sidney Dunston officiating. Burial will follow in the Haywood Baptist Church cemetery.
WAKE FOREST- Louise Burnette Fuller, 89, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 at Hillside Nursing Center. Funeral services were held Thursday, Feb. 23, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home. A private burial was held in the Sandy Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Louisburg.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Blanche Williams Gordon, 74, who died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, will be held Monday, Feb. 27, at 1 p.m. at Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Randolph Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Eugene “Gene” Raymond Tomlinson, 65, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 at Wake Med. Funeral service was held Thursday, Feb. 23, at New Hope Baptist Church, Raleigh, with Dr. Richard Childress officiating. Burial was at Stone Heritage family cemetery, Middlesex.
RALEIGH - George Elliott Moore, 76, died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 at Oak Hill Living Center in Angier. A memorial service was held Thursday, Feb. 23, at Montlawn Funeral Home.
LOUISBURG - Mary Magdaline Wall Perry Leonard, 90, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at Louisburg Nursing Center. The funeral services was conducted Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Greater Pentecostal Church, Raleigh, by Bishop Claude Cooke. Burial followed at Walnut Grove Baptist Church cemetery.
LOUISBURG – Mary Helen Harrison, 73, of Louisburg, died Wednesday.
Thanks to a resident, a man and a mother, Franklin County sheriff’s deputies cited a man for leading an officer on a chase.
According to a report by Det. John Whitman Jr., he was patrolling Bunn Elementary School Road when he came upon a man on a dirt bike in the middle of the road.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Guilford Tech played a nearly perfect first half during its women’s basketball showdown Wednesday against the high-powered Louisburg College Lady Hurricanes.
GTCC, a key Region X rival of LC’s over the past several years, had made a slew of long-range 3-pointers while making the transition-oriented Lady Hurricanes play a half-court game.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- A frenzied full-court pressure defense is destined to fuel Bunn’s quest for a deep run into the Class 2-A Girls Basketball State Playoffs.
But another defensive strategy is every bit as pleasing to the Ladycats’ fans.
When BHS head coach Chuck Mann implores his team to drop back into a 2-3 zone, it usually means that the Ladycats have obtained a substantial cushion -- and Mann isn’t about to run up the score on an opponent.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- The high-wire conclusion of Bunn’s playoff thriller with North Brunswick on Wednesday left BHS veteran head coach Gerald Melton crying foul.
Literally.
North Brunswick, leading by one point, missed a pair of free throws with five seconds remaining, one of which came courtesy of a lane violation.
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College remained undefeated on the baseball season Wednesday with a 5-0 home victory against Brunswick Community College at Frazier Field on the LC campus.
Louisburg, now 13-0 overall, received another excellent pitching performance from Tim Brechbuehler, who struck out 10 batters in 7.1 innings of work.
High School Basketball
CLASS 2-A STATE PLAYOFFS
GIRLS EAST REGIONALS
AT CROWN ARENA (ANNEX)
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Defeating a team four times in one season is never an easy proposition -- especially a tall, athletic club like Warren County.
The visiting Eagles gave Bunn some trouble, but the Wildcats were still able to hold on for a 60-52 decision in Tuesday’s first-round game in the Class 2-A Boys Basketball State Playoffs at the Bunn Dome.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
RED OAK -- The roster that represented Bunn High School at Thursday’s Northern Nash Girls Soccer Jamboree won’t resemble the one the Ladycats will boast once basketball season ends.
Six BHS soccer players are currently tied up in the hoops playoffs, either as players or cheerleaders.
Heading that list, of course, is BHS junior Whitney Bunn, who is already one of the most prolific scorers in school history.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Louisburg High School promises to be young on the soccer field this spring -- while being led by a first-year coach.
LHS’ girls will be guided by Georganna Davis, who helped coach the school’s track and field program in 2011.
Davis welcomes a team with plenty of new faces, as evidenced by Thursday’s performance at the annual Northern Nash Girls Soccer Jamboree, which was held in Red Oak.
Bunn’s Brianna Gatson (left) has been a solid contributor during the 2012 playoff stretch.
Bunn’s Jaymes Kingsberry (left) wrapped up his strong career for the Wildcats following Wednesday’s home playoff setback against North Brunswick.
Louisburg electric department worker Paul Jones was part of a crew that cleaned and serviced about 30 light fixtures around downtown Louisburg on Monday.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Residents began getting their revaluation tax notices as early as Tuesday.
And the county’s tax evaluators began getting questions just as fast.
Franklin County’s tax office decided to delay revaluation from 2010 until 2012, figuring that would be enough time for the housing market to settle and reflect more reasonable property tax numbers.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Seated in the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt or P-51 Mustang, dodging enemy fire, Barrie Davis was in his element — enough so that the World War II veteran earned Ace status and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
But, to those who know the 88-year-old who still looks just as much a flyboy, you would hardly learn of his accomplishments by talking to him.
