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Bunn High School grads Nicole Ward, Jessica Fowler and Carrie Reavis pose for pictures.
Franklinton High School graduate Gabby Tate places her diploma inside its jacket moments after graduating on Saturday.
Louisburg High’s Jaron Allen gets just right before receiving his diploma on Saturday during ceremonies at the Louisburg College Auditorium.
County School Board Chairwoman Paige Sayles presents Louisburg High graduate William Wester with his diploma on Saturday.
Front row, from left to right, Morgan O’Neal, Taylor Jones, Reighlah Collins and Chief Marshal Graham Lewis. Second row, from left to right Robert Windsor, Tayla Ricks, Megan Crayton, Toni Franklin and Derek Eason.
From left to right, Chief Marshal Alyssa Folmar, Megan Carper, Autumn McCord, Candace Thomas (front) Crystal Burkett, Brooklyn Lynam and Michael Nastasi.
Front row, from left to right, Devonte Keith, Jazmine Manley, Allison Leonard, Kristen Edwards and Colby Gupton; middle row, Brianna Kosko, Hillary Campbell, Roxie Knight and Ashley Rochseter; back row, Stephen Davis, Molly Campbell, Chief Marshal Kim Baker, Breanna Mitchell and Rhyse McGinnis.
Carleigh Eaves and Summer Jessup announce the birth of their brother, Anthony Tyler Eaves, born June 3, 2009 at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 22 inches long.
The proud parents are Tony and Amy Eaves of Henderson.
Maternal grandparents are Donnie and Anna Hicks of Louisburg.
By: Times photos by Carey Johnson
Hundreds of Franklin County high school seniors took their academic last step on Saturday, taking part in commencement exercises inside the Louisburg College Auditorium. Franklinton High’s graduation was first and Salutatorian Paige Robbins and Valedictorian Cole Arendt provided the message to students. Next, Louisburg High School’s two top seniors, Valedictorian Benjamin Lord and Salutatorian Uriel Quintero delivered the message at their commencement. Bunn High wrapped up the day-long event, allowing their top students, Valedictorian Jessica Barker and Salutatorian Stormie Eaton, to deliver the message.
William and Mary Dunston of Kittrell announce the engagement of their daughter, Malva “Teena” Dunston to Roddrick McMillian, the son of Doris Lee McMillian of Elizabethtown. The wedding will take place on Sept. 19, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Kinches Chapel, Franklinton.
Jacqueline Vann of Henderson and Earl Beasley of Greensboro announce the engagement of their daughter, Atoyas L. Vann of Raleigh to Charles L. Arrington of Raleigh. The groom-elect is the son of the late L. T. Arrington and Nina Arrington of Louisburg. The wedding will be June 20, 2009 at 3 p.m. at Red Bud Baptist Church, Henderson.
Army Pvt. Yolanda S. McCargo has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
As the debate about the government’s approach to global warming heats up, there are some new terms being thrown around, and one of them is “cap and trade.”
Let me say at the outset that I have no ability to judge whether global warming is or is not occurring, nor do I have the training to evaluate the environmental impacts if it is. What I can do, however, is explain the economics of some of the public policy approaches to the issue of global warming and climate change.
Last Week’s Poll
Overboard?
Did the Town of Louisburg go overboard when building their new operations and training center?
This week was one of the most unusual and newsworthy in some time. Let’s try to summarize what we learned.
We learned that people in power have no hesitation seeking favors or privileges for family and friends. The e-mails released this week prove that former Governor Easley had no reluctance to request a job for his wife at NC State University. Those in power appoint, hire, and reward those related to them, those who contribute to them or those who help them.
GOOD MORNING: John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation and publisher of CarolinaJournal.com had it right.
Hood wrote that through-out early June, there was breaking news on the two biggest political scandals in North Carolina: the Easley scandal and the current state budget, which has a massive fiscal deficit.
The former state governor had a massive ethical deficit and Gov. Beverly Perdue has just shanghaied all $300 million of NC’s TIGER funds and plans to rebuild a bridge over the Yadkin River near Salisbury that should have been repaired years ago, in effect, detouring possible U.S. 401 funding to an I-85 Bridge.
Talk about a going away present.
Summer vacation for hundreds of students at two Arizona elementary school’s has been pushed back nearly two months after it was discovered that someone was playing ring-a-ling with the school bell.
Apparently, the law in Arizona, and other places, I’m sure, requires that a school day must be at least 180 minutes.
An internal audit at the school district discovered that 34 days at one school had been scaled back to 175 minutes and they were scaled back to 170 minutes at another elementary school.
FRANKLINTON —Thomas “Tom” Fogg, 89, died Thursday, June 11, 2009.
MIDDLESEX – Maxine Dement Ray, 83, died Monday at her home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Wendell. Burial will follow in the Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex.
BUNN – Carrie Kelley Morris, 97, of Bunn, passed away Sunday afternoon at Louisburg Nursing Center.
Say “Road Gang” and most folks conjure up an image of prison inmates, clad in striped uniforms and dragging a ball and chain, breaking large boulders into small rocks with nothing but a sledge hammer and the “inspiration” provided by an ill-tempered guard.
For many folks, there’s nothing wrong with that picture -- and some will even suggest that a return to those days might be just what this country needs.
We’ll leave that debate for another day, however.
YOUNGSVILLE - Randall Justice, 44, died Friday, June 12, 2009. A memorial service was conducted Monday, June 15, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest, with the Rev. Ray Smeltzer and Pastor Donnie Williams officiating.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Betty Gordon Wilson (nee Poole), 70, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009. A service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at Spotsylvania Presbyterian Church, Spotsylvania, Va., with the Rev. Alan R. Hager and the Rev. H. Carson Rhyne Jr. officiating. Interment will be at noon on Saturday, June 20, in Aquia Episcopal Church cemetery, Stafford, Va.
WASHINGTON, DC— Funeral services for Geraldine R. Dales Frye, 66, formerly of Nashville, who died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, June 17) at Pine Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lois Taybron officiating. Entombment will follow in Rocky Mount Memorial Park.
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