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By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Topics ranging from an update on the area’s newest industry, to wrapping up a long-running utility project, to honoring a former member and even hearing complaints about its police department (see related story), the Louisburg town council had an eventful session Monday night.
A good portion of the meeting centered around Palziv, the area’s newest industry, when its CEO, Greg Brooker, brought the council an update on his company.
By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Owners of a local business, recently hit hard by smash-and-grab burglars, are also upset with the Louisburg Police Department and brought their concerns to the town council Monday night.
Jeremy Neal, who with his father, Dwight, operates Tar River Trading Co., on Bickett Boulevard in Louisburg, said someone threw a cinder block through the front window of the store about a month ago and quickly scooped up about $50,000 worth of gold and silver and fled.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Youngsville and Franklinton police combined efforts to slow down speeders.
It was the second time that Franklinton police teamed up with the state Highway Patrol’s motorcycle unit to employ LIDAR to identify speeders along U.S. 1.
And it was the first time they teamed up with Youngsville police to crack down on speeders along one of the county’s main thoroughfares.
The Louisburg High School student who allegedly brought a .22-caliber pistol to school in the glove compartment of his car is facing a misdemeanor charge of taking a weapon on educational property.
An earlier news report in The Franklin Times indicated that Clayton Williams, 17, was facing federal felony charges. However, because the gun was in a car and not brought into the school, misdemeanor charges were filed.
Ava Hayden, 4, is ready for Santa’s visit
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
For the past year and a half, a health care group has been dealing with dental issues that have been downright offensive.
In response, they held a DENTAL BLITZ last weekend to try and stem the tide, helping nearly 30 patients.
Wayne Champion, right, organizer of the Coats for Christmas campaign, stands with John Rouse and Joyce Rowe of Safe Space, which is helping to house some of the coats and provide them to those in need. The coats are being collected at drop-off sites, including the Youngsville Library, the Farm Bureau Insurance Office, or the Village Cleaners in Louisburg.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
When we paused a moment after putting together last Saturday’s edition, we were struck by the two very different pictures of our community that were represented in one edition.
Page 1 was, unfortunately, the stereotype of a newspaper’s front page, although not typical for a community paper like your Franklin Times.
GOOD MORNING: The Christmas/New Year countdowns are underway and it looks like it’s going to be a pretty wild ride for us here at the Times for the foreseeable future.
The Wednesday MIDWEEK editions of the paper will go to press as normal, but the Saturday WEEKEND editions will go to press a day early for Saturday delivery.
As Christmas approaches, I figured it was the perfect time to check my Christmas list to old St. Nick.
The first thing I hope Santa Claus will bring is the end to all of these closed sessions.
I’ll be honest, I’ve lost count of the number of doors that have been closed in my face as town and county officials have elected to go into closed session to discuss county business.
In the 2012 NC house and senate races, do you see yourself voting for a candidate not from Franklin County?
Is it just me or are we more interested in dwelling on our problems, focusing on what we don’t have, complaining about what’s not working and pointing fingers of blame than in finding solutions to our problems?
We constantly tweak our current systems, largely creations of the 19th and 20th centuries, putting new wine into old wineskins, so to speak but today’s circumstances require new, out-of-the-box thinking.
RALEIGH – One of the ironies of the holiday calendar is that Christmas follows closely after Thanksgiving. Many of the Pilgrims and Puritans who helped make Thanksgiving an American tradition were appalled by and opposed to the celebration of Christmas.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Youngsville-area man accused of assaulting a woman over a period of hours.
Michael Severn’s mother, though, told authorities the claims were baseless.
Andrea Horton reported on Dec. 18 that she and her boyfriend, Severn, had gone out the evening before and when they returned to their Beechwood Drive home, Severn became violent.
By: Bill Lord, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
Many people have seen flies of various types near creeks and rivers. If you like fishing, you may recognize some of these names: mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, dragonflies and dobsonflies.
Did you know that these critters are needed for the ecosystem? Most of these flies begin their life cycles in the stream and are food for fish.
Franklin Regional Medical Center of Louisburg is one of the “healthiest employers in the Triangle area,” according to The Triangle Business Journal.
The inaugural Healthiest Employer Award was presented to Franklin Regional, and 19 other Triangle businesses, in honor of its commitment to making health a top priority.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Gracie Crudup Goode, 70, who died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Gregory Lee Hicks, 29, who died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at Mt. Hebron Holiness Church. Burial will follow in the Hicks family cemetery.
RALEIGH - Linda Salmon Barbour, 76, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. A memorial service will be held at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 300 St. Mary’s Street, Raleigh, on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 6 p.m. The family will receive friends following the memorial service at the funeral home.
RALEIGH - Samir “Sam” Fawry Rizk, 71, died suddenly on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 while on vacation in the Grand Cayman Islands. Funeral service was held Sunday, Dec. 18, at Middlesex Church of God Worship Center in Middlesex. Graveside services with Hebrew prayers followed at the Murray family cemetery in Nash County.
By: Martha Mobley, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
Cattle Herds
Cattle are comfortable in temperatures around freezing. As temperatures fall below freezing and snow or other moisture occurs, cattle will need extra care to keep warm and functioning. Most cattle can make do with windbreaks. A wooded area is often adequate for this purpose.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BETHLEHEM -- Head out of Louisburg on SR 561 and travel into Centerville before taking a left at the big intersection.
Go across a bridge into Warren County and undertake a few turns before encountering a small sign for a modest subdivision.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- With time short before Christmas, Bunn took advantage of every moment for a pre-holiday flurry of wrestling action.
Thursday night, BHS, under first-year head coach Randy Kagarise, hit the road for Henderson to take on the Northern Vance Vikings.
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Roanoke Rapids currently holds the league through the fall season in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Wells Fargo Conference Cup Standings for the Class 2-A Northern Carolina Conference.
Thanks to league crowns in girls tennis, football (share) and boys soccer (share), the Yellow Jackets closed the fall with 40 total points.
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