LOUISBURG – Elaine Bowden Wood, 86, of Louisburg, went home to be with her Lord Tuesday evening.
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s Girl Scout cookie time in Franklin County — and unloading the goodies is quite a task. The Franklin County Girl Scouts picked up 2,234 cases of cookies on Wednesday — and this line of volunteers handled their fair share and then some. Watch for sales this weekend at area stores.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Henderson man on drug charges during a traffic stop.
Officers charged Robert Milton Wilson, 45, with felony possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
The party in power — or which thinks it is —- wants to appoint a sheriff.
The party out of power — but drooling over the prospects of gaining it — wants to hold an election for a new sheriff.
Such is the dilemma in Franklin County where the economy is in the toilet, jobs have evaporated, the schools are facing a financial slashing not seen since the Great Depression and no one seems to give a flip.
Never in all the years that I have been covering school board meetings have I ever encountered vinegar, baking soda and a lighted candle.
But Monday night they were there — and the science “trick” that followed taught a little science but offered some insight into the challenges our schools face.
GOOD MORNING: I would be hesitant to say that, however, if weather conditions are the same this morning as they were Thursday morning when I went down to pick up the morning paper shortly after 5 a.m.
It had just begun to snow, but fortunately outdoor temperatures were just a tad above freezing at that time and it didn’t amount to much.
Dear Editor:
It has been a real pleasure to read the letters and articles about the ex-sheriff and the abortion issue.
It really touched my heart to read one from a person that feels he could have been one of the 3,000-plus-a-day count. Thanks to his birth mother he wasn’t and now is serving God and mankind every day. To God be the glory!
Dear Editor:
Your Feb. 9 edition included a box showing that 72.6 percent of county citizens favored a special election to replace Sheriff Green, with only 27.4 percent favoring the Board of Commissioners choosing someone to fill the job until the next regular election. I always take polls with a grain of salt, as they can often be slanted to get the answers you want.
Dear Editor:
I agree with Franklin County Republican Party Chairman Jeremy Neal that a special election is needed for sheriff. In addition to Mr. Neal’s Wednesday letter to the editor, we have three Republican and four Democratic commissioners; however, who knows if all of the Democratic commissioners would want to appoint the same person for sheriff as would all of the Republican commissioners?
Dear Editor:
While this article will be brief, I want to begin to tell you about the next one, pending details that are still unfolding.
What happened, Pat? As many will read this article, I was a 2006 and 2010 voter for former sheriff Pat Green and I was baffled by the allegations that have come about.
Last Saturday, the Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) Board gathered for a four-hour workshop, facilitated by Janie Wilson, the Arts in Communities director of the North Carolina Arts Council (NCAC).
The goals of the workshop included budgetary and program planning, as well as a reinforcement of the FCAC’s continued mission to serve the talented individuals and groups of Franklin County.
The Crosscreek Charter Middle School Science Olympiad Team placed in the Fossils category and was awarded a Time Warner Cable-sponsored grant for their first participation in the Olympiad. The Science Olympiad is a nationwide competition organized much like the athletic Olympics, but with science events such as bottle rockets and anatomy.
Mary Louise Hill, seated center, celebrated her 100th birthday party at the Louisburg Nursing Center on Jan. 31. Gov. Bev Perdue provided Hill with a certificate of acknowledgment and congratulations, Sen. Doug Berger presented her with a letter of recognition and Louisburg Mayor Karl Pernell issued a proclamation.
As we celebrate Valentine’s Day, we concentrate on the word ”love,” which can take various directions. As we think of the word love, it can have a variety of related but distinct meanings in different contexts.
It gets even more complicated when we refer to love in other languages and cultures. As we try to understand the concept of love, cultural differences make it a bit difficult to establish a universal definition.
North Carolina’s USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Aaron Martin reminds Franklin County livestock producers that assistance may be available to producers dealing with harsh winter weather, which caused serious harm to livestock and forage.
Sorghum Checkoff is a national, coordinated, self-help marketing program designed to strengthen the position of sorghum in the marketplace, maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign markets and uses for sorghum, and develop new markets and uses for sorghum.
North Carolina’s USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Aaron Martin announced that USDA will not issue partial 2010-crop counter-cyclical payments to Franklin Co. producers of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, soybeans, and peanuts. For all covered commodities and peanuts, market price projections exceed levels that would trigger these payments.
WAKE FOREST - Wake Electric awarded more than $5,000 in grant monies during the 4th quarter of 2010 to nonprofit organizations located in counties served by the co-op.
These grants were made available through the Operation RoundUp program.
The SPCA of Franklin County has been awarded a grant totaling nearly $700, courtesy of The Pedigree Foundation. The funding will assist the Franklin County-based, non-profit organization in continuing its important work: providing low-cost spay/neuter for pets of Franklin County residents.
The Franklinton Domino’s Pizza raised extra dough this holiday season to benefit the children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — $547.00, to be exact. Domino’s expresses appreciation to all of the customers who donated money for the children at St. Jude during the 2010 “Thanks and Giving” campaign.
The Louisburg Lions Club enjoyed a World War II documentary on the life of Edgar “Punch” Parker, a North Carolina hero during the Battle of Okinawa. The film was produced by Robert Poole Jr., who serves as director of the Performing Arts Center at Louisburg College. Standing (L to R) are Poole and Lions program chairman Mark La Branche.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Tradition-rich Louisburg College is used to its home women’s basketball games being all but decided by halftime.
Just not quite in this fashion.
In a key Region X meeting with Guilford Tech, the Lady Hurricanes fell behind by 19 points at the break and never recovered en route to suffering a 64-43 defeat against the Titans at historic Holton Gymnasium.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg’s young-but-accomplished wrestling program reached another milestone Tuesday -- and are only a handful of victories away from even greater heights.
Until Tuesday, Louisburg, despite fielding a strong squad over the past several campaigns, had never gotten out of the first day of competition for the Class 2-A State Dual Team Wrestling Playoffs.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
Chuck Mann doesn’t like to emphasize records, but the one his Bunn High School girls basketball team possesses is mighty impressive.
But it doesn’t guarantee playoff success as the Ladycats -- following a perfect regular portion of their campaign -- will begin postseason action this coming week by hosting the Northern Carolina Conference Tournament at the Bunn Dome.
