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By Tuesday, the list of candidates continued to grow as every local incumbent had filed for re-election, as well as this county’s two state legislators.
The following seats are up for election this year and all, save for U.S. Senator Richard Burr, have filed for re-election. Challengers are listed in parentheses.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Farmers told commissioners that they were just months away from presenting a development and preservation plan that would help guide the business and pleasure of agriculture in Franklin County.
Since the first of the year, Cooperative Extension staff, land use consultants and farmers have met with residents and farmers to gauge issues and concerns affecting farming now and into the future.
Franklinton High School senior Meredith Eason
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton (center) discusses the problems facing small businesses with Shane Mitchell, (left), a Franklin County commissioner and small business owner, and Laureen Jones, Franklin County Schools’ Career and Technical Education director, during a Small Business Roundtable held Tuesday morning in Louisburg.
It’s not often in real life that you get a “do over.”
And it is exceptionally rare when you get a “do over” with money the second time around.
Yet that’s exactly the enviable position that Franklin County finds itself in — and it is imperative that this time our county officials sit up and pay attention.
GOOD MORNING: Well maybe not all that good, but look at it this way. It could have been worse, much worse. Take the last couple of weekends for example.
Tuesday was a good opportunity for area business owners to get some issues off their chest.
It was apparent that their questions, concerns and anger reached the ears of those hosting the Small Business Roundtable discussion.
What’s important, though, is that another part of their anatomy be engaged.
Last Week’s Poll
CHANGE?
Where would you like to see the biggest change made in the 2010 election?
In many Latin American countries such as Nicaragua, Panama, Chile and Argentina, the election of a woman as their country’s leader has become the latest trend. Costa Rica has joined these countries just recently, as they have elected Laura Chinchilla to the presidency of this most stable Central American country.
Arthur Earl Yancey and Charlene Steed Harris were married on Nov. 17, 2009 in a private ceremony conducted at 6 p.m. at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh. The ceremony was officiated by the hospital chaplain, the Rev. Nicholas DeJesus. The groom is the son of Oliver and Joann Yancey of Louisburg. He is the grandson of Leroy and Virginia Yancey of Zebulon and Carey and Velma Thorne of Louisburg. The bride is the daughter of Mckinnie Steed and Virginia Harris of Louisburg. A reception is planned at a later date.
Timothy Earl “Tim” Gupton has rejoined Youngsville real estate firm Stonewood Properties, Inc.
According to Davis Capps, broker in charge, Gupton worked with Stonewood during 2006 and 2007 before going to work with a Wake Forest real estate firm. Also a PGA professional, Gupton specializes in golf course communities in the Wake Forest area.
Brian Pate, vice president and sales manager at the Fonville Morisey Youngsville office, has announced that Donna Thompson and Fred Frizzle have joined the sales team in Youngsville.
The Terrell Lane Middle School Honor Rolls for the second nine-week grading period have been announced and includes:
LOUISBURG - Thomas A. Puetz, 69, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Louisburg. Friar Patrick Wendt officiated funeral services Friday, Feb. 12, at Lancaster Funeral & Cremation Services, Louisburg. Entombment followed on Saturday, Feb. 13, at Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in Sheybogan, Wisc.
DURHAM - Richard Howard Murray, 61, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 at his home. A funeral service was held at Monday, Feb. 15, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Beulah Christian Baptist Church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Jewel Stevens Clark, 68, died at her residence on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. A memorial service will be held in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest, on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends and family 30 minutes prior to the memorial service. A private burial will be held on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Pecks Mill, W. Va.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Eula B. Alston Joyner, 82, who died Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, will be conducted at noon on Saturday, Feb. 20, at Nelson Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Emma Solomon officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
RALEIGH - George Henry Cates, 69, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. Services will be today (Wednesday, Feb. 17), at 11 a.m. at Williford Funeral Home, with the Rev. Larry King and the Rev. Allen Mason officiating. The family will receive friends one our before the service. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
LOUISBURG - Edward Franklin Jenkins, 76, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 at his home. Memorial services were conducted Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Poplar Spring Baptist Church, Zebulon.
WAKE FOREST —Mabel L. Dunston, 77, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church, Wake Forest. Burial will follow in the Wake Forest Cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Tiana Monae “Pork Chop” Crews, 12, who died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Cedar Rock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Sylvester White officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Amy Alston, 82, who died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, will be held Friday, Feb. 19, at noon in the Richardson Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Elbert Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Stephens church cemetery.
Sheila Hanna, 49, of Louisburg, died Thursday, February 11, 2010, at her home. A celebration of her life will be held Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. from the chapel of Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services, 804 N. Bickett Boulevard, Louisburg.
BATON ROUGE, LA - Mattie “Pat” Dickerson Estill died February 14, 2010. She had just celebrated her 90th birthday and is survived by her three children, Nancy Estill David, John Robert Estill, and Alice Estill Mazzocchi; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, Robert Coleman Dickerson.
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