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Hundreds of students at Bunn Middle School traced the outline of their hands onto a sheet that will be on display at Safe Space’s 12th annual Candlelight Vigil at Louisburg College on Oct. 19. The traced hands were part of the pledge that students at Bunn Middle, Bunn High, Franklinton High and Louisburg College have made not to use their hands for violence.
First of all, this is Oct. 13, and I am so sleepy from trying to watch the rescue operation of the 33 miners last night, as well as this morning. This is an incredible, emotional rescue, one to be remembered through history, forever.
I could not begin this article without mentioning the Chilean miners and their rescue to safety. What a blessing from above for everyone involved in this successful operation.
The Franklin County sheriff’s office held an open house for their new satellite office in Bunn on Oct. 7. The new office is at 382 N.C. 98 West. It’s the second satellite office, as there is one in operation in Youngsville at 888 Park Avenue. Pictured, from left to right, Sgt. Travis Philbeck, Deputies Matthew Tharrington, Chad Evans were among the many deputies who attended and enjoyed refreshments.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Finally, a couple of ideas we all can sink our teeth into!
And, like many things in a county where agriculture roots run deep, this small “seed” of an idea could grow into something really impressive.
No federal institution that I can think of has more influence, over a longer period of time, on your life than the U.S. Supreme Court.
Its role is complicated, often controversial and always far-reaching.
But, as with most things, there are “back stories” to the court and its activities that don’t often get told but which can be fascinating.
GOOD MORNING: Brace yourself! It looks like the weather locally is getting into harmony with the economy, in the mornings at any rate. Temperatures out my way yesterday (Friday) morning down in the mid-40’s and a degree or two cooler than that in some parts of the county. But then, this is mid-October, right?
It is January 26, 2011, opening day for the new session of The North Carolina General Assembly. Republicans have won control of both houses for the first time since the dawn of the twentieth century. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger has a comfortable 27-23 working margin of Republicans to Democrats that will help his party pass legislation, but House Speaker Thom Tillis faces a tougher challenge with only a 62-58 Republican plurality.
Dear Editor:
It is my hope that North Carolina citizens will not be one-issue voters during the mid-term elections. A few of the top issues are the budget, immigration, the New York mosque, abortion, and jobs.
ZEBULON - Anne Williams Riker, 89, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 at her home. Funeral service was Friday, Oct. 15, at Pilot Baptist Church, Zebulon, with Pastor Mick Bowen officiating. Burial was in the Williams family cemetery, Clyde Pearce Road, Zebulon.
YOUNGSVILLE —Perry E. “Pete” Grissom, 66, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, Oct. 15, at Neuse Baptist Church on Gresham Lake Road in Raleigh. Burial followed in the Bethel Freewill Baptist Church cemetery in Four Oaks.
MIDDLESEX - Eunice Radford Chinnis, 82, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, at The Laurels of Forest Glenn. Graveside services were held Friday, Oct. 15, at Oakwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Michael Courtney officiating.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Henrietta M. Booze, 90, who died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bobby Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.- Funeral services for James Davis, 74, formerly of Louisburg, who died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Haywood Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the Davis family cemetery.
ZEBULON - Timothy Wayne May, 56, died Sept. 6, 2010. A memorial service was held Friday, Oct. 15, at Massey Funeral Home, Zebulon www.masseyfuneralhome.com.
ZEBULON - Jimmy Dale Alford, 57, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, Oct. 16) at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service chapel, 944 Old Knight Road, Knightdale. Burial will follow in the Zebulon Town Cemetery.
PILOT - Willie F. Robbins, 70, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Arrangements by William Toney’s Funeral Home, Spring Hope.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Mae Helen Harris, 90, who died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at Mt. Hebron Holiness Church, with Evangelist Joe Henry Leonard officiating. Burial will follow in the Mary H. Jones cemetery.
WAKE FOREST-Donna “Dee” Ray, 56, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 at Wake Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Virginia Dees officiating.
ROLESVILLE - Barry T. Perry, 60, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 at Hospice of Wake County in Raleigh. Funeral services will be held at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Body of Christ Church in Raleigh. Burial will be at Pine Forest Memorial Gardens, Wake Forest.
The Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce held their fall golf tournament on Sept. 23 at The River Golf Course & Country Club. Above, Joe Jones, member of the Chamber’s board of directors and owner of Youngsville Truck Tires & Services, far right, congratulates 1st place winners, Ag Carolina Financial.
Franklinton police are looking for a suspect who may have compounded his headache.
According to a report by Officer R.L. Burger, a Wilco-Hess employee came across surveillance footage of a short, stocky white man with long black hair swiping BC Powder and Goody’s headache medicine on Oct. 6.
The theft at the U.S. 1 store was reported on Oct. 7.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Senior Night proved to be a celebration of the present -- and the future -- for the Franklinton High School volleyball program.
Thursday at the FHS Gymnasium, the Lady Rams saluted just two upperclassmen -- Morgan Tharrington and Kim Smiley.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn’s Ladycats will be the No. 1 seed for this coming week’s Northern Carolina Conference Volleyball Tournament.
All eight of the NCC’s clubs will have first-round matches on Monday at the higher seed.
The back-to-back semifinals will be played Tuesday at the highest remaining seed. Barring a monumental upset of the Ladycats on Monday by Northwest Halifax, those events will be played at the Bunn Dome.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Serving as a boxing coach in the early portion of his adult life, Rocky Winstead switched to teaching a much less puglistic endeavor in 1971.
But against a foe no less challenging -- in the form of a golf course.
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