Franklinton’s Kevin Williams (left) soars for two more points for the Red Rams during their double-overtime boys basketball conquest Tuesday night against the Louisburg Warriors at the LHS Gymnasium.
Franklinton’s Dustin Newton (with ball) tries to take the baseline while being defended by Louisburg’s Rommaine Gobourne during Tuesday’s contest at the LHS Gymnasium.
Bunn’s Michael Collins connects on a 3-pointer for the Wildcats during Monday’s tourney meeting against Holly Springs High School.
Two Franklin County youth recently received the second installment of their $1,000 college scholarships during the Franklin County Cattlemen’s Association Christmas meeting on Dec. 10. Left to right: Gilbert Wheeler, son of Ed and Laurel Wheeler near Franklinton, and Matt Cooke, son of Keith and Connie Cooke in the White Level Community, are given checks for the upcoming semester from Greg Wheeler, president of the Cattlemen’s Association. Gilbert is attending NC State University in the Agriculture Institute Program and Matt is attending Vance-Granville Community College. The scholarships are awarded by the Franklin County Cattlemen’s Association.
Organic farming is one of the fastest growing segments in U.S. Agriculture. The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) provides specific opportunities for organic producers and those transitioning to organic farming. North Carolina farmers who are transitioning to organic or who are currently certified organic can now apply to receive assistance under the Organic Initiative through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced Jan. 15 as the deadline to qualify for the first application period of the 2010 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in North Carolina. Landowners who wish to participate in this initial ranking period should have their applications submitted to their local NRCS Field Office by close of business on Jan. 15.
The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), is a voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat on private land. Through WHIP, NRCS provides both technical assistance and financial assistance to establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat. NRCS has announced Jan. 15 as the deadline to qualify for the current WHIP ranking period.
WAKE FOREST - Betty L. Terry, 70, of Wake Forest died Thursday, Dec. 17 at WakeMed.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Louisburg utility crews had to shut off power and reroute traffic after a water line ruptured during rush hour on Friday.
The town’s Public Works department got word at about 4 p.m. on Friday that water was running down N.C. 56 east just before Ronald Tharrington Road.
When crews arrived, water was shooting through cracks in the street.
“It was coming out good and hard,” said town Public Utilities Director Ray Patterson.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
By any measure parts of Afghanistan can be a desolate, bleak and very, very dangerous places if you happen to be an American service member stationed there.
In addition to the normal hazards of war like ambushes, snipers, unexpected attacks and the insidious roadside bombs that have caused so many casualties, there is the loneliness that seems to be most severe at this time of the year.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
By 10 a.m., Wednesday, 27 Franklin High School students were in the infirmary, suffering from nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and cramps.
An hour later, 16 more students were infected.
Shortly thereafter, the school’s office and 911 lines are lighting up with reports of illness and parents wanting to know what’s going on.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
ALERT — Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested two Warren County men for attempting to shoot up a house.
The family of Steven and Kenneth Hunt said the two men were going to a home on Schloss Road around midnight on Saturday to rescue a woman who claimed she had been sexually assaulted.
Turns out the woman had not been raped and investigators said the two men were wrong for trying to take the law into their own hands.
The Franklin Times’ editorial cartoonist, Jay Lamm, has been published in the “Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year - 2010 Edition.”
The book, published by Pelican, was released last week and features 400 editorial cartoons from 168 cartoonists, three of which are Lamm’s.
The book is part of a series of 38, compiled and edited annually by Charles Brooks, who served as editorial cartoonist for the Birmingham News for almost four decades. Brooks is a former president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A group of Lake Royale residents began a civic group in search of a cause.
Since it was chartered in June, the Cypress Creek Franklin County Civitan chapter has been busy helping residents at the Lake and are looking beyond the private community for causes and memberships.
“We really want to grow,” said club president-elect Norm Bell. “We are a service organization and we’re looking for new membership.
This year -- especially this year! -- a Christmas Day tradition will continue at The Murphy House Restaurant in Louisburg.
A community Christmas Dinner is being planned for 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Friday, the 34th year the event has been held.
Served will be a traditional Christmas Dinner -- and anyone is welcome -- organizers said.
Five-year-old Chance Walker
Fifteen cadets graduated Dec. 16 from the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) course at Vance-Granville Community College in a ceremony held in the Civic Center on Main Campus. After passing the state certification exam, all 15 are authorized to work in any law enforcement agency in North Carolina.
Students who are learning basic kitchen skills at Franklinton High School learned about how they might continue their education when they visited Vance-Granville Community College’s Culinary Technology program on Dec. 4.
VGCC’s two-year degree program, based at the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford, prepares students for entry-level professional positions in restaurants, hotels, catering operations, health care facilities, schools and other institutions. Chef Ross Ragonese, head of the VGCC Culinary program, told the high school students about what the college offers.
The Vance-Granville Community College chapter of the Student North Carolina Association of Educators (SNCAE) recently elected officers for the 2009-10 year. They include (pictured, from left) parliamentarian, Tina Noblin of Bullock; assistant treasurer, LeEtta Nyquist of Henderson; assistant secretary, Sandra Hargrove of Norlina; vice president, Patricia Edwards of Franklin County; treasurer/alternate Student Government Association senator, Tina Burwell of Henderson; president/SGA representative, Ramona Schronce of Henderson; and secretary, Nellie Henderson of Manson.
PFC Matthew Medlin graduated Fort Benning, GA Basic Training on November 24th.
He is now stationed at Fort Gordon for AIT.
Medlin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen & Lisa Medlin of Youngsville.
We would like to wish you a joyous Holiday Season! In addition, we would like to provide some information that you can use to help keep yourself and your loved ones safe during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
If you have been driving or riding in a car anytime during the past few weeks then you know that this is one of the busiest times of the year on our roads and highways. Anyone who has looked for a parking place at Louisburg’s new shopping center or at one of Raleigh’s shopping malls has experienced this first hand. Were you also aware that the holiday season is the most dangerous time of the year to travel by car?
Members of the Rolling Thunder NC-7 Chapter in Franklinton present Army veteran and Louisburg Manor resident, Judge Cardwell, center, with a Christmas gift pack on Saturday. Members handed out more than 30 gift bags at nursing homes in Louisburg and Henderson. From left to right are Ann Deal, Monica Cash, Randy Tingen, the Rev. Charlie Morgan and Bud Mayse.
‘Tis almost the night before Christmas -- as every kid in Franklin County will gleefully inform you -- and soon not a creature will be stirring, except, of course, all those perplexed parents trying to fit Bolt B into Hole 37C so that nut 14-11(j) will hold piece G13-8-2 in place while someone finds an 11/32 box-end wrench with a short, preferably bent handle! No wait, it’s got to be a metric wrench!
It’s rather amazing that such a talented guy as Santa can arrange to get all those toys built in his North Pole workshops and deliver them all around the world in a single night regardless of the weather -- but can’t seem to get assembly instructions written so they make sense to native speakers of English!
GOOD MORNING: Approximately 200 aspiring young musicians, members of the 6th-, 7th- and 8th-grade bands at Terrell Lane Middle School, in combination with the 150 member Louisburg High School Band, under the combined direction of Brian D. Miller and Tracie D. Winstead, ushered in the Christmas Holidays with their annual Winter Concert before a packed house at the Louisburg College Auditorium this past Thursday night.
