RALEIGH - Aileen Pipkin Medlin, 94, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Chattanooga, Tenn. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Jan. 29) at Inwood Baptist Church, 3700 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The following personnel decisions were approved at the Franklin County School Board meeting on Monday, Jan. 24:
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Northwest Halifax and Bunn currently share the top of the Northern Carolina Conference boys basketball mountain.
But steady-climbing Roanoke Rapids isn’t far from the summit.
RR continued its uphill quest Tuesday by registering a 66-50 road victory at Louisburg in an important NCC showdown at the LHS Gymnasium.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
HENDERSON -- Cameron Capell knew that committing to a college would be one of the hardest decisions of his life.
Decommitting from one proved to be just as difficult.
But after a whirlwind year, Capell felt like his final choice was the right one, as he recently signed a letter-of-intent to continue his baseball career at area and national junior college powerhouse Pitt Community College, which is located just south of Greenville.
In Erica Wammock’s estimation, some of the banners inside the Louisburg High School Gymnasium have been around longer than she has.
Wammock was a multi-sport athlete at LHS in the late 1990s, so she knows a thing or two about the history of athletics at the school.
BUNN -- Needing a victory to stay in the hunt for the top spot in the Northern Carolina Conference, the Bunn Wildcats came through Wednesday with a 59-42 triumph over Northwest Halifax in a league boys basketball showdown at the Bunn Dome.
The decision moved Bunn into a tie for first place in the NCC, along with Northwest Halifax. Both clubs have one league loss, as they have split their season series.
STATE COLLEGE, PA. -- Ty Howle is taking his academics just as seriously as athletics during his tenure at Penn State University.
Howle, a redshirt freshman football player at PSU under the legendary Joe Paterno, has once again been selected for the All-Big Ten Academic Team for the fall of 2010.
High School Wrestling
TUESDAY
Bunn at Franklinton 6 p.m.
WAKE FOREST -- In theory, this was a road game for Louisburg College, but it wasn’t a very long journey.
It was, however, a profitable trip as both the Hurricanes and Lady Hurricanes recorded victories Wednesday against Wake Tech Community College in Region X basketball action.
Veteran wing Ashton Mayers grabs a rebound for the Louisburg Warriors during their home conference basketball game on Tuesday night against Roanoke Rapids.
In the coming weeks, Girl Scouts will be ringing doorbells across central and eastern North Carolina, but when you answer your door, remember that it’s more than a box of cookies — it’s a lasting investment in our communities.
Girl Scout cookies offer the great familiar taste—from the Girl Scout Thin Mint to the Caramel de-Lite—but they also allow you to help provide funds for the premier leadership program for girls.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklinton officials were scheduled Tuesday to ponder a proposal to squash a months-long water debate.
At the same time, a sewer dispute is bubbling to the surface.
During the Tuesday meeting, which took place after press time, Franklinton staff were expecting to review a county proposal that officials hoped could resolve a water impasse that has been in place since late September.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
An early morning fire sent a Louisburg family scrambling into the cold darkness on Sunday.
By the beginning of the week, Jared and Gerri Taylor said they were fortunate to be seeing brighter days in the future.
That’s the feeling they hold dear and its the message they’re sharing with their four children, who escaped the fire unscathed.
“... The main thing is, just think if one of us didn’t make it,” Jared said. “We all got out with not even a scrape.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Police are looking for a suspect who has preyed on unsuspecting people.
Three more people reported that someone broke into their vehicles this past weekend, bringing the total number of victims to 10.
The only link is that their vehicles were unlocked.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
A few minutes after learning that its current construction projects are in the final stages, the Franklin County Board of Education confronted a projection of its needs through the 2015-16 school year.
That estimate totaled about $17,532,504 and, while significant, it paled in comparison to facility need projections of recent years.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Three public forums that will focus on the potential impact of state budget cuts to the Franklin County school system have been planned over the next few weeks to give officials a chance to update the public on the situation.
The forums include:
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklinton officials have scheduled a work session for Thursday, giving them a chance to gauge progress and chart the future.
The day-long retreat begins at 9 a.m. in the new Town Hall Annex.
“The first part of the retreat will focus on year-end reports,” said Mayor Elic Senter.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Volunteers responsible for the balance of the town’s festivals, events and activities held their first meeting under one umbrella — OneFranklinton.
The meeting provided contraction and expansion at the same time.
Louisburg resident Dora Perry
Customer service is the foundation upon which two Franklin County natives are building one of the county’s newest retail businesses, Family Pharmacy of Louisburg.
“We want customers to feel welcome, said pharmacist Jarrett Southall who, along with partner Patricia Person, has opened the new business at 339 S. Bickett Boulevard in the Food Lion Shopping Center.
The first concert of 2011 at Warren County’s Cherry Hill will feature the Duke Pegram Trio. The concert is to begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13.
The trio includes Hsiao-Mei Ku, violin; Leonid Zilper, cello, and Benjamin Ward, piano. They plan to perform works from Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Arensky.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
If you care about public education in Franklin County, please mark your calendar for at least one of these three dates:
Each is a public forum on public education in our county:
• Bunn High School, Monday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m.
• Franklinton High School, Monday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
• Louisburg High School, Monday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.
GOOD MORNING: Didja see that editorial cartoon in the N&O Sunday calling attention to the fact that “50 percent of all Americans under 65 have pre-existing medical conditions that may prevent them from getting insurance while 100 percent of the 249 congressmen voting to repeal health care have their health care plan paid for by those same Americans?”
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