Vance-Granville Community College honored 12 people who completed the college’s year-long Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic program on Nov. 9.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- During the first half of last Saturday’s regular season finale, Louisburg College football coach John Sala was probably as exasperated as he has ever been during his tenure with the Hurricanes.
And for good reason.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- If time of possession was the sole determining factor in the outcome of a football game, Bunn never would have made it past the first round of the Class 2-AA State Playoffs.
But the Wildcats used their big-play machine to counter North Pitt’s grind-it-out attack, and the result was a 21-20 victory in Bunn’s favor in opening-round action last Friday in the East Regional portion of the postseason.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Head coach Mike Holloman wasn’t quite sure how his Louisburg College women’s basketball team would respond to its first road trip of the season last weekend.
After all, LC was slated to face a Clinton Junior College club that had defeated the Lady Hurricanes two weeks ago at Holton Gymnasium.
In rather uncharacteristic fashion, Carey Johnson came up with an interesting point at the office this week.
I know, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile, or something like that.
Johnson was contemplating how, for some reason, the media is obsessed this year with which National Football League team is the best from week to week.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College’s strong start to the 2010-11 men’s basketball campaign continued last weekend with an effective performance at its annual Roger Taylor Classic at historic Holton Gymnasium.
LC went 2-1 for the weekend, but don’t be fully deceived by that record -- the setback was against perennial powerhouse Hargrave Military Academy, which boasts its usual array of Division I talent.
CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are last Friday’s scores from the opening round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Football Playoffs:
TABOR CITY -- It took Franklinton just one electrifying play to gain South Columbus’ undivided attention during last Friday’s opening-round showdown in the Mideast Regional portion of the Class 2-A State Football Playoffs.
But after FHS struck first, the host Stallions dominated the rest of the way to earn a 43-7 decision over the Red Rams.
Undefeated and top-seeded South Columbus improved to 11-0 overall, while Franklinton wrapped up its season at 5-7.
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg High School’s boys and girls basketball teams will open the 2010-11 season on Dec. 3 with a home game against the Runnin’ Raiders from Southern Vance at the LHS Gymnasium.
Louisburg’s complete ledger is as follows (home games are listed in CAPS):
Several Bunn defenders, including Derrick Vause (55), team up to tackle North Pitt’s Tyrone Perkins (with ball) during last Friday’s’ first-round matchup in the Class 2-AA State Football Playoffs. Bunn, coached by Chris Miller, defeated the Panthers by a 21-20 score.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County elections officials certified their results Friday morning, and provisional ballots impacted only one tally — Renee Ellmers picked up one more vote.
Nine other counties were continuing efforts to certify their elections at press time.
If Congressman Bob Etheridge remained within 1 percent of Ellmers, he was expected to request a recount.
FRANKLINTON - Annie Louise Moss, 89, died Tuesday evening, Nov. 9, 2010 at Hillside Nursing Center in Wake Forest. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Nov. 13) at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, Franklinton Chapel, 504 E. Mason St., Franklinton. The Rev. Jonathan Chandler of Union View Baptist Church will preside. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
At a breakfast designed to reach out to community leaders this week, Jason Proctor, CEO of Franklin Regional Medical Center, discussed the mission, vision and values of the Novant-owned hospital — and talked about how it is doing now and what future may hold.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Thursday was an opportunity to recognize those who have served and sacrificed for this country.
Brigadier General Karlynn O’Shaughnessy made sure that the women who have done so received just as much recognition as the men who have served this country.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Civil Rights activist who taught its importance to generations died this week.
Otis Gill was 94.
Friends and family who recalled his life said Gill was a gentle giant, a farmer who took just as much pride in providing his family sustenance as he did in providing them a strong moral and civic compass.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners are scheduled to discuss renewing its Code of Ethics this week, however, the document doesn’t do enough to quell one commissioner’s request that the governing board adopt a conflict of interest policy.
In March, Commissioner Harry Foy presented the board with a proposal similar to one approved by the Kerr Area Rural Transportation System board of directors that prohibited members from engaging in activity that created a conflict of interest.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Plans to document hazardous materials, prevent spills and compile drainage information is moving along, airport consultants said, but once installed, it will have practical consequences — pilots won’t be able to keep their planes clean at Triangle North Executive Airport.
Law enforcement located a Cedar Creek Middle School student who wandered away from campus.
The 14-year-old girl, Sheriff Pat Green said, has a history of seizures and, for whatever reason, left the school.
The girl’s parents called her on her cell phone to alert authorities that the girl was missing.
Louisburg College ROTC Cadets, from left to right, Quinton Hill, Johana Lopez and Ryan Wegener fold a flag that was previously flown at the college. The ROTC, students, professors and administrators took part in the flag retiring ceremony Thursday — Veterans Day. The cadets raised a new flag that had been flown at the state’s Capital.
Bunn resident Aubrey Anderson
Youngsville Parade
The Town of Youngsville will have its annual Christmas parade on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 10 a.m. Lineup will start at 9:30 a.m. at the old Tom Togs Building at 321 N. Nassau Street. Anyone interested in participating, contact the Town Hall at (919) 556-5073.
... 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.
