By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Scouts look at Dusty Ayscue’s 6-foot-3 frame and see plenty of room to grow -- and room to improve.
Ayscue, a senior pitcher at Louisburg High School, signed a letter-of-intent Wednesday to continue his career at Wingate University -- a Division II school located just east of Charlotte near Monroe.
Persistence paid off for Mars Hill College during its recent search for a head softball coach.
Earlier in the fall, Louisburg College’s Monica Gordy was contacted by administrators at MHC -- only to turn them down.
Gordy, however, would eventually accept the position, and she resigned earlier this week after three strong seasons in charge of the program at LC.
High School Football
FRIDAY
CLASS 2-AA STATE PLAYOFFS
Sites, Pairings TBA 7:30
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
YOUNGSVILLE -- Numbers tell a true tale when dissecting the 2011 boys soccer season for the Cedar Creek Middle School Jaguars.
Over 11 matches, the dominant Jaguars scored 91 goals compared to just nine for opponents.
Cedar Creek compiled an amazing seven shutouts and reached double digits in scoring on four occasions.
ELKIN -- Braving the wind, frost, and cold temperatures of the North Carolina mountains near Elkin, the Louisburg College Hurricane golfers won the 36-hole Fourth Annual Region X Fall Championship.
Surry Community College hosted the golf tournament on November 5-6 at Cedarbrook Country Club.
Bunn’s Matheus Mell (left) tries to defend Durham Arts’ Lucas Villanueva during Wednesday night’s Class 2-A State Playoff third-round matchup.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
After a clandestine meeting regarding redistricting maps drew criticism on Monday night, the county’s Board of Commissioners agreed to host a public meeting before approving a plan that will affect voting for the next decade.
Commission Chair Sidney Dunston arranged a by-invitation-only meeting between select members of the African American community and a Mel Black & Associates consultant charged with presenting the county with redrawn district maps.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners agreed to pursue legal means to retain its political sway in the General Assembly.
Legislators have proposed redistricting maps that have been criticized for marginalizing the African-American vote, among other things.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The Franklin County Board of Education got its first official look at the various proposed school board districts Monday night -- and were flatly told that their input on creating the districts wasn’t sought in advance.
“We were retained by the county. Our client is the county,” said Chris Heagarty of Mel Black & Associates, the Raleigh law firm that developed the various possible districts.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Roosevelt Alston, principal of Bunn Middle School, has been selected as the 2012 Principal of the Year for Franklin County Schools.
Alston now moves on to compete with other local award recipients from the North Central Region of the state. After the state selection process is completed, one principal will be selected as the 2012 state Principal of the Year.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
LAKE ROYALE — For World War II veteran Anne Capucille, the American flag is more than stitches and a pattern.
It represents a dignity, liberty and freedom that every American soldier has been willing to die for.
“It was given to you by somebody’s family, by their father, their brother, their uncle,” she told those gathered inside Lake Royale’s Club House to hear her cap off Saturday morning’s Salute to Veterans program.
There were contested races in four of the county’s five municipalities Tuesday, but turnout was sparse.
By 8:10 a.m., four people had cast a ballot at Faith Baptist Church — the polling place for West Youngsville Precinct No. 2.
“It’s important for people to come out and vote,” said voting precinct chief judge Susan Moss.
“But turnout is still slow.”
Bunn resident Cort Radford
Franklinton police decided to exercise caution on Tuesday afternoon when gunshots were heard near an elementary school.
According to school officials, a parent picking up a child at Franklinton Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon heard some gunshots in a nearby wooded area.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments, based in Henderson, North Carolina received a 2011 Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation for the Summer Cruising- Teacher Enrichment Program.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Don’t look now, but Thanksgiving is merely two weeks and a day away!
Don’t ask how that can be possible because we don’t have a clue about how another year has sped by so quickly.
But it has, and we’ll be in the thick of the holiday season in the blink of an eye. In fact, some stores started putting out Christmas merchandise before they put the Halloween stuff away.
GOOD MORNING: Good morning to you, good morning to you, we’re all in our places, with sunshine in faces, oh what a great way to start a new day!
And that’s exactly, as best I remember, the little ditty we sang each weekday morning in “Miss Onnie Perry’s first grade at W. R. Mills School here back when I began school in 1934.
While waiting for a crush of voters to turn out on election day on Tuesday, I had time to think.
And I came to a conclusion — regular, honest folks just don’t run for office anymore.
Or, more to the point, they won’t run for public office anymore — at least not the most powerful and influential posts.
And why would they.
The hours are terrible.
Do you believe evidence found during the SBI’s investigation of the missing money from the Sheriff’s Office only incriminated Pat Green?
RALEIGH – I drive cars. I like cars. I want my car to be reliable, safe, and efficient.
That means I am the best expert you will ever find about how I feel about my car. That does not make me an authority on cars. If you ask me detailed questions about which car you should buy, how much you should pay for it, or how to maintain it, you would be well advised not to risk your money or life on the answers.
FRANKLINTON— Deborah Mortensen Allen, 57, died Thursday evening, Nov. 3, 2011 at the Hospice of Wake County care facility in Raleigh. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, in the Franklinton Chapel of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 504 E. Mason St. in Franklinton. The Rev. Samuel Williams will officiate.
LOUISBURG - Walter Greenwood Wheeler Jr., 70, died Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury.
ZEBULON - Hildreth Gray Bunn Perry, 76, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Funeral service was held Sunday, Nov. 6, at Pilot Baptist Church. Burial followed at Gethsemane, Zebulon.
HILLSBOROUGH— Alastair Lennox Muirhead died Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 at his horse farm in Hillsborough. Services for the family were private.
