United Country Real Estate recently announced that United Country—Raynor & Associates Realty in Louisburg has achieved the company’s Master Salesman Award for 2008.
Air Force Airman Nicholas M. Williford has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Army National Guard Pvt. Jonathan E. Prince has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Lerin A. Savo, daughter of Marylee M. and Frank P. Savo of Franklinton, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N. J.
LOUISBURG - Barrett Delano Ray, 80, retired Airman 1st Class with the U.S. Navy, died Saturday, April 11, 2009. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, April 14, at Pearces Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery with military honors.
AIKEN, S.C. - Asa Jones Cooke, 84, died Friday, April 10, 2009. A memorial service will be announced.
LOUISBURG – Joseph Phillip Allen, 46, died Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Franklin Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, at New Hope Worship Center Church of God, 7428 Pearces Road, Louisburg.
WAKE FOREST - Aaron B. Smith, 70, died Friday, April 10, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at New Bethel Baptist Church in Rolesville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
WAKE FOREST - Master Sergeant (Retired) Delmas P. Hudson, 75, died Friday morning, April 10, 2009. Funeral services were conducted Monday, April 13, at Oak Level Christian Church, with the Rev. Gary Williams officiating. Burial followed in the Falls Community Cemetery.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. One of the ways Safe Space, Inc and others across the nation recognize this month is by wearing a teal ribbon in honor of those affected by sexual violence and to show our continued support.
As a community, we have a responsibility to support each and every individual whose life has been impacted by sexual assault and other forms of sexual violence and to speak out against this devastating problem. Only by speaking out can we make our community safer and begin to prevent.
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April 14, 2009
The Vollmer Farm will have its 2nd Annual Strawberry Jam 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, April 25.
All of the proceeds from this year’s event will go to support the Bunn High School Relay for Life team and the Bunn High School Marching Band. The race starts at 10 a.m. and registration begins at 9 a.m.
Back in the fall, when conservatives and a few lonely liberals tried to stop the first in a series of massive federal bailouts of the nation’s financial-services and auto industries, one of their best arguments was that it would prove extremely difficult to disentangle Washington politicians from what used to be private companies. The principle of limited, constitutional government would take a severe blow, they said.
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My disdain for cell phones is no secret.
I have one, but I try to only use it as a last communicative resort.
But there are people who blab incessantly on the devices — no matter the occasion — and I just want to wring their necks.
It seems that a UPS driver in Cincinnati felt the same way.
But instead of getting mad, he decided to get inventive.
GOOD MORNING: The April showers I can put up with, but these March-like winds and cooler than average temperatures are a horse of a different matter.
Pity, we can’t save some of this type of weather for later on when we’d really appreciate it.
Other than the weather, which can’t seem to make up its mind, the hummingbirds are returning and it’s beginning to look like spring.
Sometimes truly special ideas come from unusual places.
And that’s exactly what we gleaned from a blogger’s comment on our website over the weekend -- and it’s so good we thought we’d pass it along and perhaps underscore it a little.
Responding to Carey Johnson’s story about the successful Special Olympics held last week, a parent sent her thanks to the organizers of the event for another successful year.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Attorneys for Franklin County, the sheriff’s office and its insurer settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of a pedestrian killed by a sheriff’s deputy.
Marcus Coppedge, 23, was killed the evening of Dec. 31, 2007 when he was hit by Deputy Crystal Mitchell as he tried to cross N.C. Highway 39 near Ingleside.
Cortney Goldman, left, cradles her daughter Chloe while helping Hailey bag goodies from the county’s Easter egg hunt at Franklinton Park on Saturday.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Town commissioners adopted a resolution telling the state to keep their hands off their liquor.
Legislators in the Senate and House filed bills on March 24 to modernize the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control system and one of the tenets of that plan is to merge local ABC boards into one each per county.
Currently, there are 175 local ABC boards.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — A foot patrol led police to arrest three Henderson men accused of leaving illegal tracks in three different counties.
Youngsville police arrested Quindarius Rainey, Mario Steed and Rashem McCoy, all 20, on charges of possession of burglary tools and possession of stolen property.
After processing evidence and digging more into their past, local officers discovered the trio were suspected of breaking into vehicles in Vance, Wake and Durham counties.
By:
Gary Cunard, Times Publisher
For most “old house fanciers,” saving the structure and creating a home is the goal.
But for Joe and Sonja Webb, that’s the easy part.
Their challenge is figuring out a way to save the structure while making sure restoration is done in a way that the house will contribute to its own survival long after they are gone.
The Webbs, both Franklin County natives, are restoring the Timberlake House, a beautiful, two-story house a mile south of Louisburg along U.S. 401 -- and one of the county’s most visible landmarks.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklin County jury gave Melissa Battle peace of mind on Monday after convicting a Zebulon man of taking away her mother and best friend.
Robert Lee Pastuer was sentenced to life in prison for killing Narskelsky Pastuer. Mrs. Pastuer’s body was found in the trunk of her car just before Christmas in 2006.
The first case against Mr. Pastuer ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked 8-4 to convict following a week-long trial in September.
A Zebulon man was sentenced to life in prison on Monday after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder.
The jury deliberated for less than an hour on Monday before finding Robert Lee Pastuer guilty of killing his estranged wife, Narskelsky Pastuer, in the fall of 2006.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Senior Zollie Woodlief blasted his team-leading seventh homer un of the season on Wednesday afternoon, a grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning that erased a two-run deficit and gave his Bishops an eventual 6-4 victory over Greensboro College at Bauer Field.
Former Louisburg High School pitcher Jonathan Shearon claimed the decision on the mound for the Bishops.
