WENTWORTH -- The Vance-Granville Community College men’s basketball team competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II, Region X tournament, held March 5-7 at Rockingham Community College.
When the team took the court on March 5, it was its first game since the tragic death of Vanguards star forward Raymond Dunn on Feb. 20.
Dodgeball Deep defeated Eckerd Target Practice by a 3-2 score in the championship game of the Franklin County Parks and Recreation Department Dodgeball Tournament. The event was held on March 11. Pictured in theabove photo are Dodgeball Deep players (back, l to r) Chris Baker, Jason Crawford, Quintrell Mangum and Troy Shearin; (front, l to r) June Greene, Casey Bolton and Damien Jacobs.
Franklinton’s Alyssa Folmar (left) is grabbed by a Northern Nash player during last Saturday’s championship match at the Brassfield Commercial Shamrock Classic Championship, which was claimed by the Lady Rams at the FHS Football Field.
Bunn third baseman Gabby Brickhouse throws out a Northern Vance batter following a ground ball.
Art classrooms will be added in the foreground; the gymnasium is on the left and the auditorium is on the right.
RALEIGH - Funeral services for Jacquelyn “Jackie” Richardson Cary, 41, who died Friday, March 5, 2010, were conducted Friday, March 12, at the Saint Matthews Baptist Church on Louisburg Road in Raleigh, with the Rev. Ronald E. Avery officiating. Burial followed in the Richardson family cemetery in Hollister.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Olivia “Booty Gal” Closs, 52, who died Monday, March 8, 2010, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, March 13) at Haywood Baptist Church, with the Rev. Luther Coppedge officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON —Funeral services for June Lawrence, 74, who died Wednesday, March 10, 2010, will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at Popes Chapel UCC. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklin County woman was killed Wednesday in a freak accident that emergency responders say is a too-common occurrence.
According to a report by Dep. James Davis, law enforcement and emergency responders were dispatched to Julie McKnight Road just after 4:30 p.m. to find Bobbie Gantt, 56, crushed by a van.
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GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
With a symbolic toss of nine shovels full of dirt, widening of U.S. 401 from the Neuse River in Wake County north to what will be the beginning of the Rolesville Bypass at NC Rt. 2225 (Louisbury Road) began Thursday morning.
In reality, right-of-way clearing has already begun on the 3.695 miles of highway.
This drawing shows U.S. 401 from the Neuse River in Wake County to NC 56 in Louisburg. The project has been divided into four sections by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Groundbreaking for construction of Section A from the Neuse to the Rolesville Bypass was held Thursday (see related story); construction of the Rolesville Bypass is to begin in April of next year; and sections C and D in Franklin County have yet to receive funding commitments.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County airport board approved a list of rules and regulations they want commissioners to give them the right to enforce.
All they have to come up with, though, is a mechanism to punish violators.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Area officers arrested a Henderson man who led authorities on a chase through two counties.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies and the state Highway Patrol charged Quentin Davis, 22, of 1215 Gun Club Road, with fleeing to elude arrest, careless wrong way, driving while impaired, having an open container and driving while his license was revoked.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners are again set to discuss a proposed conflict of interest policy designed to, among other things, squash nepotism.
Commissioner Harry Foy presented board members last month with a conflict of interest resolution with two purposes: keeping commissioners from taking personal actions that could have a negative impact on their service to the board, and keeping employees or board members from having direct authority over an immediate family member.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Rep. Lucy Allen sent a letter to the governor’s office this week, asking Bev. Perdue to remember the little people when taking on Alcohol Beverage Control.
In light of recent errors in ABC operations, most notably publicity surrounding out-of-whack bonuses for ABC officials in New Hanover County, Perdue is exploring the idea of privatizing the ABC system.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Special Olympics is back for a third consecutive year, bigger and better.
This year’s event will feature more athletes and more fun for spectators with the event returning for a third year after a long hiatus.
The free event will also feature a different venue — Bunn High School.
A tour of the new Franklinton High School gave officials an up-close view of the progress that has been made recently in spite of adverse weather conditions. Shown here, left to right, are architect Jon Long, who designed the new school; U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge who requested the tour; George Brennan, project superintendent for Branch & Associates, Inc., the company building the school; and Paige Sayles, chairman of the Franklin County Board of Education.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s health department has fielded a number of calls about the debilitating norovirus, but no outbreaks have been reported.
Still, health officials said it’s important that residents remain vigilant against the stomach virus.
Louisburg College student Daylan Brogdon
The Concert and Symphonic Bands at Louisburg High School will perform their annual Pre-Contest Concert on Tuesday night, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Louisburg High School Auditorium on Allen Lane. The concert is free to the public. Restroom construction in the lobby area has rendered the front entrance temporarily unavailable, so side entrances to the auditorium will be open.
The First Flag #852 Children of the Confederacy and the Joseph J. Davis 537 UDC will hold their 149th Anniversary Flying of the First Flag ceremony at the Franklin County Courthouse in Louisburg on Sunday, March 28, at 2 p.m. It will also be the 20th Annual Flag Memorial Service and Wreath Laying Service.
I have been asked the question: Why has Chile not received as much media attention as Haiti? The reason is simple and makes sense.
Even though Chile’s earthquake was much larger with a magnitude of 8.8 on the Richter scale, the differences were several: Because of strict building codes, Chile did not have as many casualties; the people and government were better prepared to face a disaster of this magnitude because of the many earthquakes this country has had; the police force and the army are also well organized to take care of their citizens in a disaster as serious as this one.
There were interesting developments this week on the education front!
First, on Monday night, part of the discussion at the Franklin County Board of Education meeting focused on ineffective teachers who simply aren’t cutting the mustard and the growing realization that it’s a problem that school officials must solve.
Not sure if it’s talk about building a new building on the Franklin County campus of Vance-Granville Community College or watching the basic structure of a new Franklinton High School beginning to take shape, but something caused me to reflect a little this week.
Nineteen years ago when I first sipped Tar River water — and began to put down roots just as the late Luther Baldwin said happens to a lot of people — the local campus of VGCC was hidden away on Industrial Drive.
