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... But on Veterans Day, breakfast was. Amedisys Hospice of Franklinton sponsored a free breakfast for veterans and their spouses at the Senior Citizens Center in Louisburg and drew quite a crowd. In the photo above Ed Wilson of Franklinton samples the goodies he earned by serving 20 years in the Army, including two tours of duty in Vietnam. Ready to assist with his breakfast selections is Amy Wood (left) of Amedisys and volunteer Novella Perry.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
In what may have been the first “shot” in a long, intense battle over the nation’s finances, Tar Heel Erskine Bowles and former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming managed to fire up everyone from liberals to conservatives this week.
They made known their plan for stemming the flow of red ink that threatens this nation’s future.
Some traditions are tough to let go and some, well ..., let’s just say “good riddance.”
One of those in the good riddance category is the phone book.
Too thick to level a table, with print too small to read and a bulk so great they are difficult even to recycle, phone books are fast becoming a relic of a bygone age.
GOOD MORNING: Either the weather forecast in the N&O Friday morning was way off mark or it was a whole lot warmer in Raleigh than it was in Louisburg, that’s for sure.
At 6 a. m. the thermometer in my front yard was reading 30.2 degrees as opposed to the forecast low of 38 degrees for Raleigh and vicinity. And two hours later, at 8 a.m. the mercury here had risen only 2.2 degrees to 32.4 degrees.
RALEIGH – As the new Republican majorities in the North Carolina General Assembly begin to sort out their leadership roles and priorities for the upcoming legislative session, the state’s political class is still trying to take in the full import of the 2010 election cycle.
Searching for that perfect Christmas gift? The North Carolina Education Lottery has your solution: $10 scratch-off lottery tickets in the $500,000 Jingle Jackpot. The festive TV ads almost had me convinced to stop at my nearest convenience store to purchase one for everyone on my list.
LOUISBURG – Bobby Owen Young, 67, died Wednesday morning, Nov. 10, 2010. Funeral service was at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home. Burial followed in Lancaster Memorial Park.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Deacon Otis Gill, 94, who died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Allen Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Stanley Dunston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
ROCKY MOUNT - Pearl Burnette Vick, 88, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 at Britthaven of Louisburg. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Nov. 13) at Rocky Mount Memorial Park Mausoleum, with the Rev. Keith Campbell officiating.
RALEIGH - Ialeen Sigman Mode, 89, of the Homestead at Croasdaile, formerly of Franklinton, died Sunday, Nov, 7, at Duke Hospice at the Meadowlands. No services are planned.
GREENSBURG, PA - William Joseph “Bill” Clancy, 77, formerly of Raleigh, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. today (Saturday, Nov. 13) at St. Raphael Catholic Church, 5801 Falls of Neuse Road Raleigh.
CASTALIA - Lowell Eugene Shearin, 68, of Castalia, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 at Pitt Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held, Sunday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m. at Lancaster Memorial Park, with Pastor Billy Henry officiating.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for June Thomas, 72, who died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Quinton Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
WAKE FOREST - Purvis Dixon Howard, 82, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Funeral service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today (Saturday, Nov. 13) at Apex Funeral Home, 550 W. Williams St. (Highway 55), Apex, with the Rev. Ron Brisson officiating. Burial will follow in the Bells Baptist Church cemetery.
With rain forecasted for Nov. 17, the Franklin County United Way Jail-A-Thon has been rescheduled for Monday, Nov. 15.
“This is really a tactical move by the Sheriff’s Office to keep everyone off guard,” Event Co-Chair H.M. Edwards joked, referring to a second rain date rescheduling for the event. “All in all, though, we are now ready for Monday. CenturyLink will be hooking up the phone lines, and the majority of the warrants are in hand.”
On Sunday, Oct. 31, at a ceremony at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, Franklin County Agriculture Agent Martha Leonard Mobley received the 2009 North Carolina “Search for Excellence” Award in Agriculture and Natural Resources. She received a plaque and cash award.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Airport commissioners fine tuned their Transportation Improvement Plan wish list Wednesday night, moving up plans to expand their footprint.
The board discussed updating its annual five-year TIP requests and opted to move up plans to purchase a 31-acre property just northeast of the terminal by two years to 2011.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
YOUNGSVILLE -- Vaughn Ford grew up in bass-fishing country, where most residents like nothing better than an afternoon sitting by a local pond -- or a quick trip to one of the nearby big-boat lakes.
Pictured (Above): CHAMPIONSHIP CATCH. Members of The Reel Thrill boat display their combined 68.79 pounds of king mackerel -- a number that was good enough to win the SKA National Fishing Championship last weekend in Florida. Pictured are (l to r) Derek Ennis (Raleigh), Ryan Brazill (Youngsville), Graeson Ford (Youngsville) and Vaughn Ford (Youngsville).
By: KELLEN HOLTZMAN, Henderson Dispatch
HENDERSON -- John Allen and Tyler Bolton don’t have many similarities on the mound.
Bolton, a hard-throwing right-hander and Franklin County native, blows batters away at the plate with a 90 mph-fastball.
Allen, of Granville County, is a crafty southpaw that relies more on finesse than power.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- It seemed like forever ago -- but it was only in July -- when the Louisburg Warriors were declared the team to beat in the Northern Carolina Conference football standings by www.ncpreps.com.
Certainly, prognositicators for that website underestimated the potential of a Roanoke Rapids club that roared through all of its opponents in convincing fashion en route to repeating as NCC gridiron champions.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
It’s one of the oldest clichés’ in the sporting book -- a tried-and-true axiom to defend what appears to be a ‘smart’ move by a player or coach.
He or she played the percentages.
So bravo to them.
High School Football
FRIDAY
CLASS 2-A STATE PLAYOFFS
Teams, Sites TBA 7:30 p.m
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Three Louisburg College athletic teams will be in action this weekend, including two at home.
LC’s football squad will end its campaign today, while the Hurricanes’ men’s basketball contingent will be at home as part of their annual Roger Taylor Classic.
The LC women’s hoops team will be on the road with a pair of events in South Carolina.
Freshman defender Shaylyn Poppe from Franklinton High School competed for the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs during recent action at the Big South Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament in Radford, Va. Gardner-Webb reached the finals of the tourney before falling 1-0 in overtime against High Point. The Runnin’ Bulldogs closed with a 7-10-5 overall record.
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