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By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
“Can you imagine spending 17 years in prison — going to bed night after night knowing you were absolutely innocent? I can’t imagine anything much more horrible,” said I. Beverly Lake, former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, who was the featured speaker at a Louisburg Lions Club meeting Tuesday evening.
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Franklin County Schools and The Franklin County Homebuilders’ Association held their 25th annual Designers of Tomorrow awards program on Thursday at Cedar Creek Middle School. Students from all three middle schools in Franklin County participated in this annual competition.
Hayesville Precinct: Feb 28, 7 p.m., at the home of Carlton Eaves, 8543 N.C. Hwy 39 South, Henderson. Contact James Eaves for more information at jeaves@centurylink.net.
Cypress Creek Precinct: Feb 28, 7 p.m., GOP Headquarters, 101 W. Nash St., Louisburg. Contact Jeremy Neal for more information at FCRCNEAL@aol.com.
There were smiles all around as local residents greeted Dr. David Seaman (right) Thursday night at an open house at Franklin Regional Medical Center. Shown here with the general surgeon are (from the left) Louisburg council member Joe Shearin, Mayor Karl Pernell and Town Administrator Mark Warren. Dr. Seaman is nationally board certified in general surgery and also specializes in vascular surgery.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
While it’s not time to break out the bubbly and celebrate, there was some good news seeping out of Raleigh this week if you believe in open, transparent government.
House majority leader Paul Stam presented new rules about how the GOP caucus meetings will operate from now on.
He said the meetings will be “more relaxed” about who can attend.
Can you imagine 19 years?
Sure you can, easily.
But that’s not exactly what I. Beverly Lake Jr., a former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, was talking about Tuesday evening when he asked that question.
GOOD MORNING: While I’ll have to admit that I’ve been enjoying this unseasonably warm weather, we’re getting into a bad situation on account of a lack of rainfall and little or no relief appears to be in sight.
As of the time of this writing we had a deficit of close to 3 inches for the year to date, and close to 9 inches for the season to date.
As Chairman of the Franklin County Solid Waste Task Force, I fully support Bob Kochersberger’s call on 1/27/11 for an N.C. bottle bill, for numerous reasons. Bob Kochersberger directs the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at NCSU and can be reached at bobkochs@gmail.com. It is not just a coincidence that Gary Cunard’s editorial on 1/29/11 also addressed the disgraceful state of our littered roadsides and the difficulty in finding a solution.
With so many of our fellow citizens unemployed or underemployed, our top priority must be putting people to work, easier said than done when all the talk is about cutting and capping. But there is one cap we should all embrace.
Governor Perdue briefly mentioned NC CAP in her State of the State address this week, an acronym meaning North Carolina Capital Access Program.
PILOT - David A. Frye, 49, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, after a long battle with cancer. A graveside service was held Friday, Feb. 18, at Bethlehem Baptist Church, with the Rev. Archie Stevens officiating.
YOUNGSVILLE - Benjamin M. Brown, Jr., 65, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. The family will receive visitors on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 1:30 p.m. at Youngsville Baptist Church in Youngsville. A memorial service will follow at 3 p.m. in the church sanctuary. A private burial will be held in Nichols, S.C.
YOUNGSVILLE (Wake Forest) - Elizabeth Wilmer Connell, 74, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 at Wake Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday Feb. 20, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Harold Woodlief officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens.
ZEBULON - Ida Jacquelyn Honeycutt Morgan, 67, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 18, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dwayne Reece officiating. Burial followed in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens in Zebulon.
ZEBULON - Laura Fay Hill Brantley, 71, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. A graveside service was held Friday, Feb. 18, at the Brantley family cemetery.
OXFORD - Robert C. “Bob” Hill, 80, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 at Granville Medical Center. Funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. today (Saturday, Feb. 19) at Oxford Baptist Church by Dr. J. Steven Bolton. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery.
ZEBULON - Cynthia Carol Cooke Evans, 46, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Funeral service will be at 3 p.m. today (Saturday, Feb. 19) at Union Chapel Baptist Church, with visitation from 1:30 to 3 p.m. prior to the service. Interment will be in the New Hope Christian Church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON - Laurenzo Smith King, 79, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, at Franklin Regional Medical Center in Louisburg. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 16, at First Baptist Church in Franklinton, with Dr. Coolidge McCoy officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Essie Virginia “Jennie” Edwards Bowers, 89, a resident of Franklin Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. A graveside service was held Friday, Feb. 18, at Sunset Gardens, with the Rev. Ricky Easter officiating.
LOUISBURG - Bettie Corine Smith Murphy, 89, of Louisburg, died Friday, February 18, 2011, in Nash General Hospital. She was born November 14,1921, the daughter of Joseph Eugene Smith and Naomi Hayes Smith. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where she served on the deacon board and was church treasurer for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Murphy; her son, Donald Murphy; her brothers, Julian, Newell, Marshall, Ira and Edward Smith. She was a supervisor at Sportswear in Warren County and Louisburg and Tom Togs in Youngsville where she retired.
YOUNGSVILLE - On Feb. 22, The Youngsville Public Library will host a timely event for parents – Keeping Kids Safe: An Internet & Mobile Safety WorkshopTM.
Delivered by Mary Cofield, a Certified Internet & Child Safety Advocate, the 45-minute workshop addresses cyber-safety issues impacting today’s youth and strategies for effectively dealing with these challenges.
Keiran Campbell, who began studying the cello at the age of 8, will be the featured performer at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Cherry Hill Plantation. He will be accompanied by pianist Nancy Johnston. They will present a program including Bach’s Suite No. 6 for Solo Cello; Beethoven’s Sonata No 4 for Cello and Piano in C major and Popper’s “Spinning Song.”
The Louisburg United Methodist Church Men and the Louisburg College community joined together to show hospitality and appreciation to members of the Devere Construction crew by holding a lunch in their honor.
The crew has been working through a difficult winter to improve and extend the infrastructure of the town of Louisburg. The crew suffered a tragic loss when one of their own died in an accident on the construction site.
On Feb. 8, I went at 11 a.m., as always, to attend the service at Benson Chapel of Louisburg College.
The Rev. Alice Wade Davis, chaplain of the college, has been having several faculty members to speak at chapel about a topic that would interest students as well as faculty. The topics have been most interesting and spiritually uplifting.
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