By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- However unlikely, an intense rivalry has developed on the gridiron between Bunn and Nash Central in recent campaigns.
The schools are 25 miles apart, so geography isn’t the reason. Nor is it because of conference affiliation -- it’s always a non-league showdown.
BHS head coach Chris Miller thinks he has the answer, though.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Precious few are the seasons that are considered rebuilding ones within the tradition-rich men’s soccer program at Louisburg College.
This, however, might be one of them.
Through the years, LC head coach David Sexton has been a master at reloading his roster on the fly -- even in the face of extensive graduation losses.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Just before the match started, first-year Bunn coach Ben Daniels stressed to his team to not back down -- or be intimidated -- by Roanoke Rapids during Monday’s key Northern Carolina Conference boys soccer showdown on the BHS campus.
Most NCC have plenty of reasons to fear the Yellow Jackets. After all, they are the long-time kings of the conference, aside from a recent few-year string of success by Franklinton.
Louisburg College’s Carlos Reyes (right) gets tangled up with a Darton College player during last Friday’s men’s college soccer showdown.
Bunn’s Caleb Watts (left) jousts for position with Roanoke Rapids’ Johnny Tripp during Monday’s Northern Carolina Conference boys soccer showdown on the BHS campus.
After a nice block from teammate Ezel Rogers (55), Franklinton’s Kevin Williams (left) speeds upfield for the Red Rams during last Friday’s home game against Oxford Webb.
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September 20, 2010
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County public utilities staff has put Franklin County water customers under a water boil advisory.
RALEIGH - Carol Medlin Hardee, 69, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 in Raleigh. A celebration of her life was held Friday, Sept. 17, at Inwood Baptist Church. Burial followed in the chuch cemetery.
Emergency crews work to remove Dorothy W. Crews from this Nissan Maxima involved in a two-car wreck on Bickett Boulevard at about 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the report by Louisburg Police Officer Anthony Holtz, Crews was traveling south on the roadway when James W. Bartley was driving behind her in a Cadillac.
ZEBULON - Howard Aaron Creech, 70, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Funeral service was Thursday, Sept. 16, at Strickland Funeral Home in Wendell, with burial following in Union Chapel Baptist Church cemetery.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
In an effort to “better align the hospital for the future,” Franklin Regional Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Jason Proctor announced a 17-employee workforce reduction on Thursday.
The reduction, about 6.6 percent of the hospital’s workforce, came from eight departments “all over the hospital,” Proctor said.
GOOSE CREEK, SC - Bertha Hall Woodby, 89, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in a North Charleston hospital. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Woodby family cemetery.
HAMPTON, Va. —Funeral services for John H. Gallatin, 52, formerly of Franklinton, who died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg. Burial will be in the Davis family cemetery.
The Kerr‐Tar Regional Council of Governments (COG), based in Henderson, received a 2010 Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation for its RLF Front End Financing for Emerging “Green” Companies. The award was presented at NADO’s 2010 Annual Training Conference held Aug. 28-31 in San Diego.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
FRMC’s top man, Jason Proctor, knew he was in for a difficult day Thursday -- but the way it started shocked him.
He got a call asking why two Raleigh television news crews were setting up in front of the hospital -- and ran out to see what was going on.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County received the funding necessary to bring traffic from one of its main thoroughfares to its proposed economic development hub.
The county expects to pair a recently earned $1.7 million U.S. Economic Development Administration grant with $900,000 in state money to build an access road — connecting U.S. 401 with the Triangle North Franklin business park on Airport Road.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
When is a baby doll not just a baby doll?
When it’s carefully handmade, given a name and comes with a personal message ... and is presented to a very special someone who is dealing with very troubling circumstances.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The second time was the charm as Angel Johnson received a life-saving transplant on the eve of a golf tournament to be held for her benefit.
She was diagnosed with a deadly form of liver cancer earlier this year, forcing her to seek care at Emory University in Atlanta.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials will consider extending a moratorium on Sweepstakes cafés through December, effectively limiting the number of operations in town to one.
The town placed a six-month moratorium on the computer-operated businesses in March, but not before a Raleigh couple had already petitioned the town for a business.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Ever wonder what it’s like to view the U.S. Supreme Court up close?
That’s the perspective Robert Barnes will bring to a presentation at Louisburg College next month.
Barnes will talk about “A View from the Top: A Correspondent’s View of the Highest Court in the Land.”
Barnes is the Supreme Court correspondent for The Washington Post newspaper.
Louisburg resident Shade’ Goodson
It’s time again for the “Feed the Folks that Feed the Hungry” food drive at the Louisburg Farmer’s Foods store.
This year the event will be held Sept 23.
Last year, 700 pounds of needed food was collected for the Care & Share of Franklin County organization.
This year’s event is planned to be extra special since the Triangle Blues Society is bringing two bands to the event.
The Franklin County Community Foundation has announced the availability of small grants to teachers in Franklin County from its Education Fund.
The mini-grants program was established to encourage creativity in effective teaching throughout the Franklin County School System.
The $1.7 million federal grant for an access highway into the county’s hub site — formally known as the Triangle North Industrial Park — is indeed good news.
Without an adequate highway to the park with the inexplicable name, there is little chance of getting an industry there.
But the access road — funded through efforts of U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge — is only one step down a long ... er, pardon the pun, road to success.
