PILOT COMMUNITY- Marie Langley Bufkin, 89, formerly of Zebulon, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 at Eugene H. Bloom retirement center, Emporia, Va. Funeral service was Friday, Aug. 20, at Pilot Baptist Church. Entombment followed in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens.
ZEBULON - Terry Glenn Baucom, 62, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. A memorial service will be conducted at 6 p.m. today (Saturday, Aug, 21) at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service Chapel, 944 Old Knight Road, Knightdale, NC 27545.
GODWIN - Iantha White Mitchell, 100, died at her home Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. Funeral service was Friday, Aug. 20, at Baptist Chapel Church, with the Rev. Alan Roberts and the Rev. Paul Honeycutt officiating. Burial followed in the family cemetery.
In July, Madison Tyson, from Greenfield School attended the 8th Annual Shelton Challenge at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Madison is the daughter of Mike and Bridget Tyson of Bailey. As former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hugh Shelton often reflects on how his experiences as a youth prepared him for the opportunity to serve his country.
Vance-Granville Community College held a pinning ceremony for its 2010 Medical Assisting program graduates on Aug. 5 at the college’s Franklin County Campus in Louisburg, where the program is conducted. As VGCC’s program is nationally accredited, graduates are now eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ (AAMA) certification examination to become Certified Medical Assistants.
Thirteen Welding Technology students at Vance-Granville Community College recently earned their national certification according to the standards of the American Welding Society, bringing to 589 the total number of certified welders produced by VGCC since 1972.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Emily Regan didn’t know what to expect heading into her first match as the volleyball coach at Franklinton High School.
Now, she expects even more.
Regan’s club shined in her debut, rolling to a 25-16, 25-11, 25-21 victory against Southern Nash in Tuesday’s regular season opener at the FHS Gymnasium.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn’s Answer Women took to the court three times this week, intent on finding solutions to the questions that Coach Henry Jones has for them.
Jones has been at Bunn for 16 seasons, but rarely has the successful program had to rebuild as much as this fall, when the Ladycats must find a way to replace seven standout graduates from a 24-3 squad.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- After a season-opening victory Tuesday over Northern Nash, first-year Bunn head coach Ben Daniels hoped to keep things going in a positive direction Thursday afternoon against backyard rival Southern Nash.
Things certainly started well for Bunn, which took a one-goal cushion into intermission.
Fishermen bemoan the whopper that got away. Golfers reflect on just-missed puts that hang on the lip of the cup. Basketball players never forget free throws they clanged off the rim in clutch situations.
We all have our personal hang-ups -- things we can’t seem to accomplish. Some of these failures can be forgiven as simple bad luck.
High School Football
FRIDAY
Southern Nash at Bunn 7:30 p.m.
Franklinton at Northern Vance 7:30 p.m.
Louisburg at Ravenscroft 7:30 p.m.
LOUISBURG -- The annual Safe Space Inc. Golf Tournament was held Aug. 13 at Green Hill Country Club.
All proceeds from the tourney went to support the services of Safe Space Inc., a domestic violence services organization.
This year’s winning foursome was Ricky Raynor, Ryan Raynor, Brian Johnson and Dan Edwards.
ZEBULON -- Kyler Newby gave the Mobile BayBears six strong innings to pick up his third win of the season as the BayBears defeat the Carolina Mudcats 6-1 at Five County Stadium on Thursday night in a Class AA Southern League baseball matchup.
Bunn’s Savanah Hopper rises for a kill during the Ladycats’ road loss Thursday against Northern Vance.
Franklinton’s Tamara Williams (center) goes up for yet another kill during a key stage in the second game of the Lady Rams’ home conquest Tuesday against Southern Nash.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Southern Nash picked up right where it left off during Friday’s season-opening football matchup at Franklinton.
Last year, the Firebirds made a historic run to the Class 3-AA State Playoff Semifinals before dropping an overtime heartbreaker to South Johnston.
BUNN -- First-year quarterback Andre Davis is expected to spearhead Bunn’s spread offense with his arm during the 2010 season.
But Davis used his sprinter’s legs to help the Wildcats get past C.B. Aycock by a 21-13 margin in the football opener for both teams Friday on the BHS campus.
Former Bunn resident John Kostandin receives an award from SFC Brindell for his continued support of the US Military in Iraq.
Taylor Martin, Class of 2012 at Elon University in Elon, was elected Student Government president for the 2010 – 2011 school year.
As president, Taylor is responsible for a six-figure budget, presides over the student senate meetings, is the liaison between the students and school administration, and conducts judicial hearings and grade appeals.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects who stole a kitchen sink.
And a bunch of other stuff, too.
A Knightdale construction company representative reported on Aug. 15 that someone stole the sink, refrigerator, dishwasher, a commode and 49 more pieces of household items from a property at 56 Hogwood Road.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
County commissioners agreed to use bond money approved in a 2008 election to pay for a new modular building to house the Early College High School.
A public hearing on Monday night drew two residents on opposite sides of the fence, however, the board’s decision to use excess money from the $53 million school bond was unanimous.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — A journey that for many riders began in Creedmoor and wound its way through Franklinton before concluding in Youngsville was in honor of those whose journey never ends.
The Franklinton Chapter of Rolling Thunder, a group committed to searching for and educating the community about prisoners of war and those missing in action, held a ceremony in remembrance of the 43 members of North Carolina’s military that are still POW/MIA.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Louisburg High School rising senior drowned Monday in what investigators are calling a freak accident.
According to investigators, Markeith Kearney and a group of friends had gone to another friend’s house at 1512 East River Road to swim in a pool.
The friend was not home, but another man at the residence — Charles Mayo —warned the group that the pump was not working on the pool and water was dirty and advised them if they swam, it was their decision.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A car show in its third year of raising money for the Franklin County Boys and Girls Club is not running out of gas.
Organizers held their annual event in the Johnny’s Barbecue cruise-in lot on Saturday, raising $1,010 for the community program.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Zebulon man will remain in custody while the state Supreme Court decides if it will hear an appeal.
A jury convicted Robert Lee Pastuer in April 2009 for his role in the fall 2006 death of his estranged wife, Narskelsky Pastuer.
In July, though, an appellate court ruled that prosecutors did not meet the burden of proof necessary to convict.
