RALEIGH -- Louisburg’s strong 2009 football season began with a clutch home victory against Ravenscroft.
The Ravens, this time playing on their own field, returned the favor Friday.
Connor Gonet, the son of Ravenscroft veteran head coach Ned Gonet, scored four touchdowns as the Ravens rolled to a 36-18 decision over the Warriors at Stefanou Field.
RALEIGH - Horace Sygmund Pace, 94, died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 at his home. Funeral services with military honors will be held at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Aug. 28) at Montlawn Funeral Home chapel. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Burial will be private.
LOUISBURG - T. Allen Gardner, 71, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010.
RALEIGH - Roberta Walker Jeffries died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 26, at Lea Funeral Home. Interment followed at the Baptist Grove Church cemetery.
ZEBULON - George Stephenson Currin, 90, died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 at Guardian Care. Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 26, at Hephzibah Baptist Church, Wendell, with the Rev. Bill Sanderson officiating. Entombment followed in the church cemetery.
These three youngsters were among those attending a Children’s Camp this summer that was sponsored by Safe Space, Inc., and funded by the North Carolina Governors’ Crime Commission. Safe Space held three weekly camps for children 7 through 15. The children who attended were from families involved in domestic violence or were referred by Juvenile Services.
Shown above, left to right, are the Franklinton Lions Club officers for the year 2010-2011: George Harris Jr., chaplain; Bill Day, secretary; Ann Goswick, Tail Twister and Lion Tamer; and Frank Edwards, president. Not pictured: Mark McArn, treasurer, and George Buck, vice president.
You still have a little time to comment on one of the most ridiculous government boondoggles to come along in many a year.
But you’d better hurry! More about that in a moment.
In the meantime, it’s important to understand that this concept of creating a network of so-called high speed rail service across the U.S. is running into a good dose of American common sense.
As this was being written a host of workmen — at least nine — swooped in on the Nash Street/Bickett Boulevard intersection just north of our office and began work on a storm drain ... which wouldn’t make news except that they had to take down the rat’s nest of signs everyone has been making fun of recently.
GOOD MORNING: At long last, I finally understand why days during the latter part of August are referred to as the “dog days of summer.” The weather, with the possible exception of this weekend, has been sweltering and everyone has bailed out of Dodge City, as the saying goes, or they’re staying inside out of the heat, one or the other.
Dear Editor:
I write to again share our concerns regarding the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail corridor, and the proposal’s effects on the Town of Franklinton. As many in Franklin County are aware, the proposed rail crossing closures will have a dramatic and immediate impact on the Town of Franklinton, as well as our ability to serve our citizens, to remain united and grow as a community.
Dear Editor:
My experience at the Franklin County Cancer Center has been very positive. Dr. Robert McLaurin spends as much time as needed answering any and all questions of concern to the patients.
LOUISBURG – Laura Horton Perry, 70, of the New Hope Community, died Wednesday morning, Aug. 25, 2010, at her home. Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 27, at the Strickland Funeral Home Chapel, Wendell. Burial followed in the New Hope Christian Church cemetery.
The Board of Directors of Union Bank and Trust has elected R. Gene Edmundson as chairman, succeeding Stanley H. Fox, who was the bank’s first chairman.
Fox was instrumental in organizing the bank, which opened in April 2006. Edmundson, too, is an original board member, and the board has remained intact during all four years of existence.
A long and narrow coastal country located on the west side of the Andes Mountains needs, once again, our prayers and thoughts. This narrow country, 2,880 miles long and only 265 miles wide, has been hit again after the devastating earthquake this past February.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- The always-competitive volleyball rivalry between Southern Vance and Louisburg has seen its share of intense matches over the years.
This wasn’t one of them.
Louisburg roared to an early lead in the first game and never looked back en route to a sweep of the Lady Raiders on Tuesday at the LHS Gymnasium. Scores were 25-14, 25-18 and 25-14.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- The first Northern Carolina Conference girls tennis match of the season was also the opening one of the overall campaign for both Louisburg and Franklinton.
The event would be dominated by the host Lady Warriors, who rolled to a 9-0 decision over Franklinton in NCC action on Thursday afternoon at the LHS Tennis Courts.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn’s volleyball defeat at the hands of powerhouse Wakefield wasn’t all that it seemed Thursday -- at least to BHS head coach Henry Jones.
Jones’ club would prove to be no match for Wakefield, as the Class 4-A Lady Wolverines rolled past BHS by a score of 25-16, 25-8 and 25-15 at the Bunn Dome.
The recent drop in temperatures -- however slight -- made me realize that fall is right around the corner.
And if you’re a transplant like myself -- someone who just can’t get used to those sweltering July and August days -- you can’t wait.
Clean off the grill. Grab the steaks. Dust off the deck chairs and table. Find the hiking shoes.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Nobody can accuse the Bunn Wildcats of avoiding area heavyweights during the non-league portion of the 2010 boys soccer schedule.
Through two weeks of action, Bunn has already tangled with usual area titans Rocky Mount, Northern Nash and Tarboro -- along with rapidly rising Southern Nash, which is currently undefeated.
High School Football
FRIDAY
Ravenscroft at Franklinton 7:30 p.m.
Bunn at Granville Central 7:30 p.m.
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College’s football season will begin soon, but Hurricanes’ fans will have to wait a little longer to see them in person.
LC’s schedule will kick off next Saturday with a road game at Erie Community College, which is located in suburban Buffalo in Western New York.
ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats overcame a four-run deficit and scored five runs in the third inning to take the final outing of a three- game series from the Birmingham Barons 8-5 on Wednesday night at Five County Stadium in a Class AA Southern League baseball event.
Louisburg’s H-Wang Eban returns a forehand during Thursday’s matchup against Franklinton.
