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LOUISBURG - Jean Marie Wolff-Rossi, 42, died Friday, July 3, 2009 at Franklin Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11, in the Louisburg College Chapel, with the Rev. Robert Parrish officiating.
ZEBULON - Mary Arrington, 97, died Thursday, July 2, 2009.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Amanda “Rabbit” Collins, 82, who died Saturday, July 4, 2009, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 9, at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Thomas Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Patricia “Pat” Mann, 61, died Sunday June 28, 2009. Funeral services were conducted Monday, July 6, at Mount Peace Baptist Church in Raleigh. Burial followed at Saint Delight United Church of Christ, Louisburg.
WAKE FOREST - Lottie Thelma Keith Pearce, 90, died Friday, July 3, 2009 at her home. Funeral services were conducted Monday, July 6, with Pastor Michael Bass and the Rev. Julian Motley officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
MORE AT FOUR GRADS - The More at Four Class at ABC Adventures in Louisburg had a graduation ceremony on Monday, June 8. Dinner was served to families at 6 p.m., with graduation at 7 p.m. Pictured (front row, left to right): Casey Daniel, Michelle Morales, Edgar Requena-Garcia, Raymond Barnes, Maria Serano-Campos, Anastasia Turner; middle row: Yonathan Maldonado, Yahir Garcia, Dekiya Lucas, Ismael Alvarez-Arellano, Stephen Godinez; back row: Christopher Allen, Jasmine Robollar-Sixtos, Richard Buckley, Zebedyah Basnett, Evan Connelly and Amier Durham. Not pictured, Akiyah King. (Submitted photo)
The annual Vance-Granville Community College Cosmetology competition was held on April 27 in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus.
This year, students picked one of four categories in which to demonstrate their skills and creative flair: Barbering, Fantasy, Manikin Cut & Color, Updo, and Nails.
FIRST PLACE— (pictured above) From left, standing, VGCC Cosmetology students who won the top prize in their respective categories at the 2009 competition included Melissa Davenport, South Campus (Cut & Color), Semaj Whitley, Main Campus (Barbering), Jessica Rubinoff, Franklin Campus (Fantasy), Lakesha Evans, South Campus (UpDo) and Elisha Winston, Main Campus (Nails). Models for Whitley, Rubinoff and Evans are seated. (VGCC photo)
Louisburg College will implement a new program this semester aimed at reducing underage drinking. AlcoholEdu is an on-line, interactive, web-based alcohol abuse prevention program funded in whole by the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant. The program, which will begin with the fall 2009 semester and end by December 31, will include online training and webinars; printed materials distributed to students, highlighting the dangers of alcohol abuse; and a contest in which students will design public service announcements aimed at youth regarding underage drinking and drunk driving.
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Freda Clifton, principal of Louisburg High School, announces the Honor Roll for the fourth, fifth and sixth six-weeks grading period.
To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the AB Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 85.
I just wrote a story about some funny water in Franklinton, and I have to believe that some current governors must have stopped in for a drink.
The first to take a sip had to be South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.
Last month, Sanford disappeared for about a week and led his wife, inner circle and everybody else to believe he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Turns out he had jetted to Argentina to be with/say goodbye to a woman with whom he was having an affair.
GOOD MORNING: Hope you had a nice holiday weekend. Frankly, as one who normally has Saturday’s and Sunday’s off anyway, in addition to having some difficulty realizing that Saturday was a national holiday myself, you would probably have had some difficulty convincing grandson Andrew Johnson that Saturday was any sort of holiday either as I rousted him out of the sack early to help with Saturday yard chores as usual.
As North Carolina enters a new fiscal year without a state budget -- and as the state’s economic woes seemingly mount daily -- we want to be supportive when our state senator, Doug Berger, says he is “not going to be intimidated by special interest groups when it comes to taxpayer money.”
If you read our weekend edition, you know that Sen. Berger, who is co-chair of the Health and Human Services appropriations committee, is at odds with the proposed budget for home health services.
GREENSBORO – Devonte Keith of Louisburg and Breanna Mitchell of Franklinton spent June 14-19 at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, participating in the Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders (IFAL), a week-long program for selected North Carolina high school students interested in agricultural careers. The program, now in its 22nd year, is co-sponsored by the North Carolina Farm Bureau and NC A&T State University.
United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County is now accepting applications for the 2010 Regional Artist Project Grant Program (RAPGP). Artists from Franklin, Johnston, Vance, Warren and Wake Counties can apply for grants up to $1,500 to support projects which will further their professional and artistic development. Applications are made through the county the artists lives in.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklinton officials have called a special meeting to discuss infrastructure issues in light of problems at its water plant.
Town staff and officials said that a routine problem reared its head late last week when the plant had to pull more water than usual from a portion of the reservoir where the water is more stagnant.
When that occurred, the water that was pulled into the plant had too much iron and when it was treated with chlorine, it oxidized and created brown colored water.
Franklinton resident Sheila Allers
Members of a church community were recovering this week from an accident that crushed a church van.
According to a report by Trooper T.W. Allen, Sandra Alston, 58, of N.C. 58, was driving a Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church van west on N.C. 561 when another vehicle drove into her path.
According to Allen’s report, Mavis Burnette, 83, of Dorsey Road, was travelling east on N.C. 561 when she ran off the road to the right at about 5:45 p.m. on July 2.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The family of two girls killed by a fleeing suspect has rekindled its lawsuit against the Franklinton Police Department and the town, itself.
The family of Linsay and Maggie Lunsford, 18 and 9, respectively, filed a lawsuit against former Franklinton Officer Michael Dunlap, Police Chief Ray Gilliam, the town and Guy Christopher Ayscue, arguing that they were all to blame for the Dec. 1, 2007 chase and crash that killed the two Granville County sisters.
The chase started when Ayscue raced through an intersection in Franklinton.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
When a baby is born with drugs in their system, there are very few comforts a doctor can provide to ease the shakes, tremors and crankiness exhibited during withdrawal.
Two local law enforcement officers want to at least make it uncomfortable for the responsible parents, pursuing charges against a handful of recent mothers they allege passed drugs on to their babies during pregnancy.
Most often, the issue of drug abuse and pregnancy are handled by social service, community or rehabilitative resources.
Boats anchor in Lake Royale to get a better view of the Fourth of July fireworks. Franklin County residents had plenty to celebrate with Fourth of July events scheduled all over the county on Saturday.
Laura Hall, Maggie Wilder, Noah Wilder, Jan Strickland and Darin Wilder take in the fireworks show at the Franklinton High School football field. The annual event was hosted by the town’s American Legion Post 52.
Matthew Joel Debnam, son of Charles and Cindy Phelps of Louisburg, received academic honors at Wake Technical Community College by making the Dean’s List for the spring semester.
Sarah Malissa Fenske of Louisburg graduated With Distinction (GPA at least 3.5) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on May 10 with a Bachelor of Music degree.
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