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Dear Editor:
I am mindful of the difficult task ahead for lawmakers in Washington as they decide how to best reduce the deficit. However, I want to make the case that the fight against cancer be made a national funding priority.
Dear Editor:
Why are people blaming the President for the sad mess the country is in, when everybody knows George W. Bush messed up everything: the economy, the war and everything else.
Dear Editor:
I read with great memories of my own the great person that Jeanette (Mullen) was by helping and doing for others.
A single-car wreck on Saturday night killed two Franklin County men.
According to a report by Trooper B.R. Simmons, Joshua Lee Ford was driving west on West River Road near Hodges Road at about 6:30 p.m. when he rounded a curve and lost control of the car he was was driving.
The car hit a tree, killing Ford, 31, of Franklinton, and his passenger, Rasheen A. Crudup, 27, of Louisburg.
Nash County and points east in North Carolina were hammered by Hurricane Irene Saturday. This stretch of Business 64 between Spring Hope and Momeyer was closed for a time as utility crews patched up the damage caused by the passing storm. Nash County sustained serious wind damage but it was further east where a combination of wind and water showed the power of Mother Nature to its fullest extent.
High winds during Hurricane Irene snapped in half this billboard along U.S. 1. The storm did not create any flooding issues, but there were sporadic reports of power outages across the county. All power was expected to be restored some time Wednesday.
By:
Rachel Monteverdi, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
Are your children ready for learning? What can we, as parents, do to get them ready?
Hopefully, we’ve gone to open house, met some of the teachers who will be teaching our youth and have taken the school supply list to the store to purchase the tools our kids need to be successful in school this year. So, what now?
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training will be offered in Warrenton for Law Enforcement, School Resource Officers, 911 Telecommunicators, & Magistrates, Oct. 3 – 7, at the Warren County Campus of Vance Granville Community College. The training is free for sworn law enforcement officers.
FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton’s decision to play last Friday night proved to be a profitable one on the scoreboard.
While some area clubs moved their football contests up to Thursday -- or back to this coming Monday -- the Red Rams opted to take to the field despite the potential for poor weather.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- For the second time in a one-week span, the Southern Vance Lady Runnin’ Raiders picked up a volleyball victory against Louisburg.
But LHS head coach Erica Wammock saw a world of improvement from her squad during Monday’s rematch, even though Southern Vance was able to earn the win courtesy of a three-game sweep.
Carey Johnson says that he isn’t ready to make his annual National Football League predictions.
Neither am I.
As if waiting would somehow improve our ineptitude with the touch of a magic wand.
Like those old oil filter commercials, do you want us to stink now or stink later?
So here were go:
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Listed are the results from Week Two of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s 2011 prep football campaign:
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Due to the weather, Bunn’s football squad has only been able to play one game over the past several days.
The waiting game.
But that’s OK with BHS head coach Chris Miller, who has rescheduled his team’s meeting with Wilson Fike twice over the past 96 hours.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- If the third time is indeed the charm, the Louisburg Warriors will finally get in their scheduled football game with Ravenscroft on Sept. 12.
Maybe.
The clubs were supposed to play last Friday, but the event was postponed because of the pending threat of poor weather.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. -- Isaias Velazquez had three hits and two RBI to lead Montgomery past Carolina 4-3 at Riverwalk Stadium on Sunday afternoon in a Class AA Southern League baseball matchup.
Trailing 4-1 in the ninth, Carolina loaded the bases with no outs against closer Zach Quate.
LOUISBURG -- League play in the Northeast Football Conference’s 15th season will open this weekend when Louisburg College begins its inaugural season of NEFC play by hosting Erie Community College.
Game time is scheduled for noon on Saturday at historic Patterson Field on the campus of Louisburg High School.
Franklinton High School quarterback T.J. Wall (left) tries to escape Northern Vance’s Joseph Mitchell during last Friday night’s non-conference gridiron matchup, which was claimed 20-7 by the host Red Rams at the Old FHS Football Field.
YOUNGSVILLE - Patricia “Sis” Abbott Hill, 66, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 at Duke Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Flat Rock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Gary McNair officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
PILOT – Mary Magdalene Lewis, 85, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 26, at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Wendell. Interment followed in the Lewis family cemetery.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- After two tough losses to regarded foes to open the season, members of the Franklinton High School boys soccer team found things more to their liking Wednesday afternoon.
That’s when the young but potential-filled Red Rams earned their initial conquest of 2011 with a 5-0 decision over a rebuilding Northern Nash contingent at the Franklinton Recreation Park.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s emergency services crew spent much of this week preparing for Hurricane Irene.
They hope she’s a swift guest who’s in and out.
Meteorological forecasts have the storm traveling across the North Carolina Coast, making landfall at about 2 a.m. on Saturday near Cape Hatteras.
Locally, forecasts call for about one to three inches of rain, with sustained winds of about 20 mph.
Gusts could reach as high as 40 mph.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials took no action following a closed session to discuss their water impasse with Franklin County, but officials said their offer to sell the county water at a lower rate remains on the table.
If no resolution is reached at the staff and elected official level, the courtroom awaits.
“We hope this ends with the best possible solution for everyone,” said Mayor Elic Senter.
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Angela R. Ballentine, currently the college’s vice president of instruction, to be interim president of the institution.
Her appointment is effective Sept. 1. She will take the reins from Dr. Randy Parker, who is leaving VGCC to become president of Guilford Technical Community College.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
More than 8,300 students returned to the classroom Thursday as classes began at a majority of Franklin County’s schools.
Youngsville operates on a year-round calendar and began its school year back in July.
The system’s Early College High School, which operates under the same calendar as its host institution, Vance-Granville Community College, began on Aug. 9.
