Tomato paste on pizza crust a vegetable?
Really? A vegetable?
Just when we all thought the collective intelligence of Congress had reached the bottom, they have surprised us again not in a good way!
Proving once again that we get all the government the lobbyists pay for, the U.S. Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch menus and says tomato paste is enough of a vegetable!
Two things, seemingly unrelated, tell us much about the problems facing rural parts of this state and speak volumes about the challenges we face.
The first was just infuriating -- but we can solve it.
The big box stores are opening as early as Thanksgiving evening around the country, making a mockery of a national holiday in a selfish grab for cash.
GOOD MORNING: Yep, it was a bit on the cool side yesterday (Friday) morning — 26.4 out my way at 7:23 a.m. with frost that looked like a young snow. But you know what?
Temperatures are expected to rebound again over the weekend possibly getting into the upper 60’s to low 70’s again early next week.
RALEIGH – Now that the 2011 election cycle is history, voters will begin to turn their attention to next year’s crop of political candidates. They will judge these candidates – for president, Congress, governor, state legislature, and other offices – on the basis of whether they offer sensible and realistic solutions to our economic woes.
What policies do they think will best draw investor dollars into new business ventures and job creation?
Dear Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for the excellent care that I received at Franklin Regional Medical Center. From the Emergency Room to the day I was discharged nine days later, I received professional and caring care from every member of the staff.
YOUNGSVILLE —Funeral services for Eula Lee Teasley, 66, who died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2011, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at Kinches Christian Church, with the Rev. Willie R. Dixon III officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
SUFFOLK, VA - Archie “Mack” Wardrick, a Franklin County native, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at New Hope Baptist Church in Suffolk, Va.
ZEBULON - Douglas Arnold “Fatback” Jones, 47, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at his home. Funeral service was held Friday, Nov. 18, at Richland Community Church in Wake Forest, with Pastor Brian Merritt officiating, followed by a Patriot Guard Riders escort and burial at Brier Creek Memorial Gardens.
FRANKLINTON - William Darnell Perry, 60, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 at the Louisburg Rehabilitation Center in Louisburg. Services were held Thursday, Nov. 17, at Manasseh Chapel Baptist Church in Franklinton, with the Rev. Samuel T. Tunstall officiating.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for James Henry Washington, who died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, will be held Sunday, Nov. 20, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, with the Rev. Ronnie Rorie Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Cemetery on the Hill.
KNIGHTDALE— Wayne C. Pearce, 72, died Friday at Wellington Nursing Center where he had been a resident for the last 17 years. Funeral service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at Pearce Baptist Church, with the Rev. Mark Cottrell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON - N.B. “Salty” Miller, 71, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County and Franklinton are heading to court.
A three-hour court-ordered mediation failed Tuesday night, ending the last chance either side had of settling out of court a water dispute that has stretched on longer than a year.
“Absolutely no (expletive deleted) action was taken,” Franklinton Mayor Elic Senter said before tersely ending the town’s portion of the joint meeting inside the Franklin County Courthouse.
Police arrested a Franklinton man on drug charges.
According to a report by Officer S. Zuniga, he and Franklinton Sgt. K.J. Hornaday were conducting a drivers license checkpoint the afternoon of Nov. 15 when a burgundy minivan approached their position on Winston and Peace streets.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Following his club’s first practice of the preseason in August, Bunn boys soccer coach Benj Daniels told his fiancee that the Wildcats might experience their share of struggles this fall.
One day later, Daniels relayed a much different message to her after Kevin Strassburger showed up for a tryout.
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Five Catawba College players, including Louisburg High School alum Lakeem Perry, have earned post season football honors from the South Atlantic Conference
Named first team All-SAC was Perry, a senior linebacker, and junior cornerback Jumal Rolle (Wilson Beddingfield High School).
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton’s volleyball resurgence continued this fall, and senior veteran Alexis Degrasse once again played a huge role in the Lady Rams’ success.
Degrasse, an outside hitter, helped FHS take second place in both the Northern Carolina Conference Tournament and regular season standings.
‘The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of’ would have been an appropriate title to Jeremy Atkinson’s men’s basketball career at Louisburg College.
Atkinson, an undersized forward from Wilson, played much bigger than his 6-foot-4 frame for the Hurricanes.
He led LC to a pair of Region X Tournament Championships and ensuing appearances in the National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament.
High School Football
FRIDAY
CLASS 2-AA STATE PLAYOFFS
FOURTH ROUND
Sites, Pairings TBA 7:30 p.m.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Corinth Holders lapped the field during the 2011 Northern Carolina Conference cross country schedule -- so it was no surprise that the Pirates and Lady Pirates were represented heavily on the All-NCC XC squad.
CHHS’Anthony Mercado was the Boys Runner of the Year after leading his club to the conference championship.
HENDERSON -- The young Vance-Granville Community College men’s basketball season has not yet produced a victory.
On Nov. 5, the team’s first game of the regular season, and the first for new VGCC head coach Tim James, was a nail-biter.
Jared Fuller enjoyed an outstanding season for the Franklinton Red Rams while earning an Honorable Mention spot on the All-Northern Carolina Conference Team.
Louisburg College men’s basketball fans are certainly familiar with this display -- a dunk from former Hurricane star Jeremy Atkinson, who is a junior starter for the University of North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs. Atkinson is shown sending one down for UNC-A.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
KINSTON -- One play. From three yards out. With the outcome of the game -- and the season -- on the line.
How could you blame Chris Miller for trusting his offense in a one-and-done situation at the end of Friday’s showdown between Miller’s Bunn Wildcats and the host Kinston Vikings in the third round of the Class 2-AA State Football Playoffs?
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November 17, 2011
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By Gary Cunard, Times Publisher
Nine jobs, including three top-level management positions, were eliminated Thursday at Franklin Regional Medical Center in Louisburg.
Included in the surprise reduction of force was Jason Proctor, who had been president of Franklin Regional for about the last year and a half.
