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Colton Gibbs, from Edward Best Elementary School, was awarded second place in the N.C. Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts poster contest.
The contest is open to third- through sixth-grade students and the state event was held April 30 in the offices of the NC Division of Soil & Water Conservation in Raleigh.
The Louisburg Lions Club recently enjoyed a program presented by Gail Yashar, Family Services supervisor with Duke Homecare & Hospice. Franklin County is one of the many communities served by this organization. Standing, left to right, are Lions President Phil Mueller, Ms. Yashar, and Lions program chairman Walter McDonald.
Ralph Davis and Gwen Wood were married on May 8, 1960. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 8, 2010, with family and friends, at a dinner party hosted by their children, Dawn Davis and Pamela and Adam Nelms, and their grandchildren, Madison and Emma Nelms. (Submitted photo)
Kala Bacon of Louisburg graduated from Navy boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill., on May 7.
She is the daughter of Donnie and Penny Autrey and a 2008 graduate of Bunn High School. She is studying to be a machinist mate.
Students from Franklin County who made the Fall 2009 Dean’s List at N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro are as follows:
A Louisburg woman and her two grandchildren escaped serious injury Monday morning after a downed tree forced the truck she was driving off the road and into a group of trees. Emergency responders said Donna Arnold, 57, was traveling north on U.S. 401, just before the Cascine Plantation, when a tree fell, shattering the windshield and obstructing Arnold’s view.
prank
noun
a practical joke or mischievous act.
That’s the official definition of a prank.
By contrast, here is the definition of a threat:
GOOD MORNING: When you come to think of it, the large majority of us have a lot to be thankful for every morning that we wake up, but that was especially true here in Franklin County last week when an alert “community member” discovered an apparent plot by perhaps as many as three students at Terrell Lane Middle School here in Louisburg to assault one of their teachers with knives while surfing a social networking website and, thank God, blew the whistle on them, thereby possibly preventing a great tragedy.
The idea of manufactured homes is always a touchy matter.
One person’s castle could be another person’s eyesore.
For some time now, city/county Code Enforcement Officer Griff Gardner has been the beholder.
After Monday night, he could also be the bearer of good news.
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A Zebulon-area toddler who captured the hearts of Franklin County residents and those beyond died this past weekend.
Ethan Benoit, who battled a rare genetic skeletal disease, died on Sunday according to family and published reports.
Benoit was three.
Funeral arrangements were not complete by press time.
Louisburg police are looking for a suspect who assaulted a pizza delivery person.
According to a report by Officer R.J. Harris, Christy Renee Holden, a Domino’s Pizza employee, was in the parking lot of the In & Out Store on S. Main Street when someone assaulted her at about 10:15 p.m. on Saturday.
ZEBULON - Alice Pope Wall, 94, died Sunday, May 16, 2010. Funeral service will be at 3 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 19) at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel, 211 W. Third St., Wendell.
FRANKLINTON— Robert Edward “Bo” Perry, 81, died Friday afternoon, May 14, 2010 at Wake Medical Center. Funeral services were Sunday, May 16, at Franklinton Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Averette officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.
ANGIER - Doris Finch Zacny, 87, died Sunday, May 16, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, May 19) at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home chapel in Angier, with burial to follow at the Angier Primitive Baptist Church.
BUNN – Cory James Wells, 30, died Sunday morning, May 16, 2010.
RALEIGH - Malcolm Edward “Mickey” Dobbins, 83, died Sunday, May 16, 2010. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 20, at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 1701 E. Millbrook Road, Raleigh. Burial will immediately follow the service at Raleigh Memorial Park.
WENDELL - Douglas E. “Doug” Rife, 66, of Britthaven in Louisburg, died Monday, May 17, 2010. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, May 19) at Greenmount Cemetery in Wendell.
CHARLOTTE - Harriet Harris Hicks, 76, died Saturday, May 15, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 21, in Murfreesboro at the Murfreesboro Methodist Church.
The short session of the General Assembly has convened in Raleigh and the primary emphasis will be on filling an estimated 800 million dollar shortfall in the state budget that begins July 1. The elephant in both chambers, however, is November’s elections. All 170 seats are up for election and lawmakers know voters don’t like the direction our state is headed, are highly dissatisfied with both political parties and are unhappy with incumbents.
Have you heard the good news? Many economists think the recession is actually over. Indeed, these economists say the economy has been recession-free since last summer. If true, this means we’ve been in an economic recovery for almost a year!
By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The Louisburg town council quickly and unanimously adopted a Code of Ethics Monday night and took a brief, pictorial tour of about 15 properties that are in violation of various town ordinances.
The Code of Ethics is now required by state law and the council passed Louisburg’s version despite the fact that Mayor Karl Pernell said ethics “haven’t been much of a problem here -- except with a past governor in Raleigh,” an obvious reference to the ongoing investigation of former Gov. Mike Easley.
Angela D. Morris-Manning, daughter of Thomas and Sandra Morris of Louisburg, received her master’s degree from Vanderbilt University in Knoxville, Tenn., on May 14.
Sydney Dickerson, daughter of Dick and Susy Dickerson of San Antonio, Tex., and granddaughter of Beth and R.C. Dickerson of Wake Forest, graduated from Texas A&M University on May 15 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical science.
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