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Debbie Ayscue, principal of Edward Best Elementary School, announces the Honor Roll for the third nine weeks grading period. To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the A/B Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than an 85.
The United Way of Franklin County Community Spring Food Drive wraps up on Friday, May 20. UWFC Executive Director Kathy Harrelson challenged each UWFC board member to bring a jar of peanut butter and five cans of tuna to the Tuesday morning board meeting to go toward the drive collection. Members were told in an e-mail reminder for the meeting that they would have to eat a peanut butter and tuna sandwich if they forgot to bring the food. Four members “forgot.”
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Some of the “stuff” flowing out of Raleigh recently simply boggles the imagination!
And no, this time we’re not referring to the absurd budget schemes we’ve been hearing about.
This time, the issue is your right to know what your government is doing — and why.
One might think that after all the scandals of recent years, opening up government and its records would be a no-brain-type decision in our state’s capital.
GOOD MORNING: There was something like a 60% chance that we’d get a bit of rain overnight last night (Tuesday) and the same applies for today, but the current weather pattern, ie. partly cloudy/partly sunny with a chance of a thunder boomer appears to the rule these days rather than the exception.
I don’t suspect anyone can go into this weekend and say, with a straight face, there’s nothing to do in Franklin County.
Starting Friday night, the town of Bunn will be lit by football field lights, luminaries and smiling faces as the 16th annual Franklin County Relay for Life kicks off.
Last Week’s Poll
Should pics go public?
Should photo’s of Bin Laden’s corpse be released to the public?
By: EDDIE INGRAM, Superintendent of Franklin County Schools
I am concerned that the General Assembly doesn’t fully understand funding for teacher assistants. I have been working with our Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance, Doug Moore, on this issue, and I want to share the dilemma in Franklin County Schools regarding teacher assistants.
The Cedar Creek Middle School Honor Roll for the third nine weeks grading period has been announced as shown below. To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the A/B Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than an 85.
Shawnee Perry-Manley, principal of Royal Elementary School, announces the Honor Roll for the third nine weeks grading period. To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the A/B Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than an 85.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Town Hall meeting by Rep. Doug Berger and Rep. Michael Wray featured diverse topics, from mental health to education to jurisprudence.
One thing they had in common, Berger said, is that they all would get hammered by the House’s proposed budget.
“What I took from this forum,” Berger said early this week, “is that this House budget is not popular with people.
By: John Edwards, Franklin County GOP
Rep. Glen Bradley faced a diverse audience at his Town Hall meeting Friday evening at the Hobgood Courthouse Annex.
Bradley said he was elected to the legislature to obey the Constitution and restore job growth.
However, Franklin County resident Ray Alexander chastised Bradley for some of his votes and hopes he only serves one term. Bradley responded by thanking Alexander for his opinions.
By: Meg Wyatt, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
Does 4-H still exist?
YES ... Franklin County 4-H is alive and is growing in leaps and bounds.
You may be asking yourself, what is 4-H? Well, 4-H is a community of young people across America between the ages of 5-18 who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. 4-H is all about having fun and learning while doing hands-on experiments.
Charles R. Schaffer, CPS, of Louisburg, recently was awarded the designation of Certified Professional Safetech (CPS) by the Safe and Vault Technician Association (SAVTA), based in Dallas, Tex.
The CPS credential provides an objective measure of an individual’s knowledge and competency in safe and vault security. A Certified Professional Safetech has advanced knowledge of general safe servicing and of many specialized areas.
RALEIGH - Terry Ray McLamb, 51, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Wake Med. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, May 18) at Union Grove Baptist Church, Salemburg. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
HENDERSON - Jeurlene Bartholomew Prechtel, 79, a resident of Henderson and Cape Carteret, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Franklin Regional Medical Center in Louisburg. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, May 15, in the J.M. White Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Tammy Ayscue. On Monday, May 16, graveside services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Robert Oltman at Gethsemane Memorial Park in Morehead City.
FOUR OAKS - Willis “Rudolph” Langdon, 87, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, May 15, at First Baptist Church, Four Oaks, with the Rev. John Norman officiating. Burial followed in Four Oaks Cemetery.
HOLLISTER - Funeral services for Darwin Howard “Clay” Harper, 81, who died Sunday, May 15, 2011, will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Hollister, with the Rev. Linda Taybron, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the Harper family cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Jerry Ray Piper, 55, of Louisburg died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at his home. He was preceded in death by his brother, Charles Piper. Memorial service will be held Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services Chapel.
YOUNGSVILLE - William F. Kellerhals, Sr., 87, of Youngsville, formerly of Port Leyden, NY and Constableville, NY, died Saturday, May 14, 2011. He was under the care of his family, Hospice of Wake County, and the staff of Woodland Terrace.
Roosevelt Alston, principal of Bunn Middle School, announces the Honor Roll for the third nine weeks grading period. To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the A/B Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than an 85.
Michael Jefferson Jr. of Louisburg graduated from Elizabeth City State University on Saturday, May 7, receiving a BS degree in computer science, with a minor concentration in mathematics.
Sara Rebecca Thompson of Louisburg graduated on May 8 from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She plans to further her education at Goldsmith’s University of London, England, where she plans to get her teaching degree in art and teach there afterwards.
Laura E. Lord graduated cum laude from North Carolina State University, May 14, with a BS in Biological Engineering.
She received the Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) Senior Leadership Award and the American Society of BAE Student Honor Award.
Novella Brown, principal of Terrell Lane Middle School, announces the Honor Roll for the third nine weeks grading period. To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the A/B Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than an 85.
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