Franklinton resident Shatory Yarborough
World War II veteran and Times Associate Editor Asher Johnson holds still while Marcela Casals makes a mold of his right hand on Monday. His and four other bronzed hands will be part of a veterans display in Fayetteville.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
And so it begins ...
Monday night, with little fanfare, the Franklin County Board of Education began what is likely to be a long, arduous effort to deal with a financial “cliff” that top school administrators have been predicting for months.
GOOD MORNING: The snow last week was nothing compared to the fallout that resulted from the news that veteran County Register of Deeds Linda Stone is planning to step down in the near future. Stone, a veteran of some 30 years in the Register of Deeds Office, is expected to continue in office until a replacement is named and comes on board, probably within the next month or so.
Really?
That’s the best we got?
Over the weekend, it was reported, thousands of red-wing blackbirds came raining from the sky, falling dead in the tiny Arkansas town of Beebe — population 5,000.
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Dear Editor,
I was surprised to see in a recent Times article that The Keep America Beautiful President’s Circle Award had been awarded to Franklin County. From my observations at the Solid Waste Recycling Centers, we exercise very little effort at focusing on maximizing recycling and waste reduction and reducing what is taken to the landfill. This type of effort is described in the article as one of the core focus areas of the Keep America Beautiful program.
Sheriff’s deputies brought in this new year investigating an old problem — home break-ins.
Patricia Hart reported on Jan. 1 that someone broke into her 2653 Mays Cross Roads Road home between that morning and the evening of Dec. 31.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A New Year’s Eve argument led to one Spring Hope man being shot and another arrested.
According to Spring Hope Police Chief Tim Denton, 27-year-old Benjamin Reshon Hicks and 22-year-old Christopher Jerome Howard reportedly got into an argument on Friday, December 31 around 2 p.m. The argument quickly escalated and Hicks allegedly shot Howard in the leg.
FUQUAY-VARINA—Linda Forsythe Jones, 66, died at her home on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. A funeral service was held Saturday, Jan. 1, at Catawba Springs Christian Church.
RALEIGH - Fred “Pogo” Stephenson, 70, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 at Rex Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 3, at Hayes Barton United Methodist Church, Raleigh. Burial followed at Historic Oakwood Cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Paul Walsh, 74, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Arrangements by Joann Marotta Funeral Home, Durham.
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January 4, 2011
LOUISBURG – Sandra Rose Pearce, 67, of Louisburg, died Sunday afternoon at her home.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
CREEDMOOR -- Between them, Franklinton head coach Clarence Walker and long-time assistant George Hale couldn’t remember the last time the Red Rams won a Christmas Boys Basketball Tournament.
That skein came to an end last Friday as the Red Rams celebrated New Year’s Eve with a 49-44 victory over Cardinal Gibbons in the championship contest of the South Granville Holiday Classic.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FOUR OAKS -- Louisburg High School continues to put itself in position to win in boys basketball action.
But the Warriors simply haven’t been able to get over the hump to date, and the result has been a winless start to the season for first-year head coach -- and former LHS player -- Dontae Lassiter.
BUNN -- Bunn High School will be hosting its 2nd Annual Franklin County Baseball Clinic, which is scheduled for January 29.
The clinic will begin in the Bunn High School Gym and move outside after lunch, weather permitting.
The cost of the camp is $35 per person, which includes lunch.
Mark Vanderslice considers the next few days as ‘halftime’ for his Louisburg College men’s basketball squad.
After three weeks to exhale -- and celebrate the holidays -- the Hurricanes are back on campus, and have only a few days to prepare for what is expected to be one of their most intense games of the year.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- A journey that began with a daily, one-block walk to the local rec fields culminated in December for Sheilah Cotten -- some 3,000 miles from her humble beginnings in Fuquay-Varina.
Cotten, the long-time coach at Louisburg College who retired in 2005, was honored as the lone member of the 2010 National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame class at the annual National Fast-Pitch Coaches Association meeting in San Diego, Calif.
WAKE FOREST -- Wake Electric is providing all-expenses paid scholarships for one deserving young woman to attend the Kellie Harper Basketball Camp at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and one young man to attend the Roy Williams Basketball Camp at UNC-Chapel Hill this summer.
Franklinton senior guard Kevin ‘Rock’ Williams was outstanding for the Red Rams as they won the championship at the South Granville Boys Basketball Holiday Tournament last Friday in Creedmoor.
Nikki Bell and the Franklinton Lady Rams hoped for a strong effort Tuesday night on the road against Corinth Holders in conference girls hoops action.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FOUR OAKS -- After taking one week off to celebrate over the holidays, the Louisburg Lady Warriors were destined to need some time to shake off the rust during Wednesday’s first-round action at the annual North-South Christmas Tournament at South Johnston High School.
LHS’ opponent, however, wasn’t about to give the Lady Warriors the opportunity.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Democratic Party has called a special meeting to determine who will be the county’s next Register of Deeds.
Linda Stone is planning to retire from the position before her term is up after being Register of Deeds the past 10 years and serving in the office for 30.
Wayne Champion, second from left, continues to coordinate the Coats for Christmas effort, collecting about 300 coats to give to those in need this holiday season. The coats are collected at a number of places around the county, including libraries and businesses and Chinh Nguyen, right, with Village Cleaners, cleans the coats at no cost.
