Dear Editor:
As the nation, and indeed the peace-loving world celebrates the demise of mass-murderer and terrorist Osama bin Laden, I want to salute our military and intelligence personnel for their tireless efforts to achieve this ultimate service of justice.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects who vandalized street signs in the Youngsville area.
According to an April 28 report by Dep. Nathan Rinker, stop signs, littering signs and other miscellaneous signs were vandalized in the areas of Mays Crossroads and Tarboro roads, Fleming, Bert Winston, Hill, Old John Mitchell and Husketh roads.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
BUNN — The results of the Bunn Fun Run are in.
While runners crossed the finish line at a fast pace, the first time event also raised money that the town and organizers eventually plan to use for area recreation.
ZEBULON - Mildred Werner Young, 96, formerly of Williamsport, Penn., died Sunday morning, May 1, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 6, at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service Chapel, 944 Old Knight Road, Knightdale.
ZEBULON - Douglas MacArthur Hinton, 67, died Thursday, April 28, 2011. Funeral services were Sunday, May 1, at Strickland Funeral Home, Wendell. Entombment followed with full Masonic Rites in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens mausoleum.
The Crosscreek Charter School Eighth Grade Water Warriors are participating in a service learning project in cooperation with Project H2O.
This project is designed to educate our local community about the water crisis in the world and to reach out to the water-deprived children of Kenya.
Franklin County Arts Council’s new photography guild met Saturday morning at De Hart Botanical Gardens in Louisburg for a photo shoot.
Allen de Hart greeted Anthony McGirt, Jim Liestman, Dorothe Orr, Chris Haynes, Lindsay Harrison and Donna Campbell Smith in the parking lot as they unloaded their gear for a morning of picture taking.
By:
Kim Jackson, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
No matter how you define a weed, it is simply a plant whose undesirable qualities outweigh the good qualities.
What one considers being a weed depends on your personal opinions and activities.
In nature there is no such thing as a weed. We humans simply define any plant out of place as a weed, however although we manipulate nature for our own good, nature is persistent.
Wake Electric has awarded 17 college scholarships equaling a total of $22,000.
The $2,000 Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship is awarded to Kenan Lee Wilkinson Drum of North Raleigh Christian Academy.
Four generations of the Williams Family celebrated the dedication of six-month-old Anthony Jeremiah Alston at My Father’s House Church, Louisburg, on April 17. Pictured are (from left) Anthony Jeremiah Alston; Dalila Williams, mother; Derrell Williams, uncle; Dorothy Green (Dottie), grandmother; and Barbara Williams, great-grandmother.
Hannah Kristin Spohn and Christopher Shaun White were married on April 12, 2011 during a 3 p.m. ceremony at Rolesville Baptist Church. The officiating minister was the Rev. Dr. Randy Bridges of Rolesville.
The bride is the daughter of Michael Spohn of Virginia and Christie Andrews of California.
Ashleigh Smith and Raymond May Jr. are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Haleigh Brooke May, born April 22, 2011 at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Kim Joyner and Woody and Shelly Smith, all of Louisburg.
Safe Space Inc. held its Ninth Annual Reverse Raffle Fund-raiser recently at Louisburg United Methodist Church. The agency raised more than $13,000 at the event. Guests purchased $100 tickets admitting two people. A “Wild Wild West” dinner was prepared and served by Grace Haven Baptist Fellowship of Youngsville. The Wake Forest Singers entertained with western music, which was a prize in itself!
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Senior Night brought one final opportunity for Franklinton’s girls soccer upperclassmen to defeat ultimate rival Roanoke Rapids.
Stakes were high for the contest, as Franklinton could have moved into a first-place tie with RR in the Northern Carolina Conference regular season finale for both squads.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Kristen Shuford rolled the dice and found her college fortune during a showcase volleyball camp in December in Greensboro.
Appropriately enough, the event is known as the Lucky Dog Showcase, and it featured over 500 senior spike standouts who were looking to draw interest from collegiate coaches in attendance.
Former Franklinton High School boys soccer standout Josh Woodburn experienced plenty of Franklin County ‘firsts’ during his career at FHS.
The list is lengthy, including first East-West All-Star participant, first All-State selection and first Division I signee -- among many others.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Heavy can be the head that wears the expected champion’s crown at the annual Region X Baseball Tournament.
Winning the league’s regular season title is certainly no guarantee of success -- as evidenced by past history.
That’s why Louisburg College head coach John Thomas is savoring his club’s No. 6 seed for the tourney, which will begin Saturday and run through next Wednesday at the Burlington Athletic Stadium in Alamance County.
LOUISBURG -- The Louisburg Parks and Recreation Department will host sectional action of the Pitch, Hit and Run Competition on May 15 at 2 p.m. at the Louisburg High School Softball Field.
The sectional will feature youngsters from Eastern North Carolina -- from East Raleigh all the way to the Outer Banks.
The sectional winners will advance to compete at an event later in the year at a Major League Baseball game.
Franklin County resident and Vance-Granville men’s basketball coach Avery Wilson (left) presented ‘Most Inspirational Player’ Awards to Joshua Coles (second from left) and Moise Somadjagbi (second from right) during the recent VGCC Athletic Banquet. Also pictured in the photo is Vanguards’ assistant coach Chad Wilson (right).
SEVIERVILLE, TENN. -- James Avery pitched seven brilliant innings, and a three-run seventh inning broke a scoreless deadlock as Carolina won its second straight over Tennessee 4-1 at Smokies Park on Sunday afternoon in a Class AA Southern League baseball game.
GREENVILLE -- John Wooten drove in three runs, while Corey Thompson and Mike Ussery added a pair of RBI as No. 29 East Carolina University (28-16, 9-9) defeated No. 15 Southern Miss (32-11, 11-4) 7-6 Sunday afternoon in Conference USA baseball action at Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
(L to R) Roanoke Rapids’ Kayla Miller and Franklinton’s Megan Crews converge on a loose ball during Monday evening’s Northern Carolina Conference girls soccer contest.
LOUISBURG – Ashlynn Dawn Ball, infant daughter of Lerin Gilliam and Scott Ball, died Friday, April 22, 2011.
RALEIGH - Susie Naomi Cannon, 90, died Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Uni-Health Care of Raleigh. Funeral service was held Thursday, April 28, at Maple Temple Church.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- The steamy cauldron that is the heated Louisburg College-Pitt CC softball rivalry finally boiled over Tuesday.
With the foes engaged in another intense battle, Pitt’s Kristen Garner was caught in a rundown between second and third base in the top of the third inning of the key Region X matchup.
