It is true that women come through for each other when times get tough. It is especially true among women of the Methodist churches throughout the nation and the world. Each circle of the United Methodist Women from a number of Methodist churches around the country are united to strongly support the activities of the Global Mission of the church as a whole. These women share with each other and with women, children and youth here at home and around the world.
Carla Jo Faulkner and Jonathan Stephen Sands were united in marriage at the Carthage United Methodist Church in Carthage on Nov. 7, 2009. The Rev. Dr. Debra Samuelson from The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, located in Atlanta, Ga., officiated, and scripture was read by the Rev. Steve Barham from New Hope Christian Church in Louisburg.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
WAKE FOREST - Unlike most parents of teenagers, Lena Webb isn’t worried about her daughter, Shana, getting into trouble.
“She’s really too tired for that,’’ Lena Webb said.
Shana’s days are filled with commitment, responsibility and sacrifice -- all for the sake of something she loves.
Shana, a 10th-grader at Franklinton High School, rises at 4:30 a.m. at least three days per week for figure skating lessons at the Polar Ice House in Wake Forest.
The weather has warmed up -- at least temporarily -- and things will be heating up soon in the area’s sporting circles.
Louisburg College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are in the heart of their Region X schedules. LC’s baseball and softball squads will start their campaigns in less than one month.
And on the high school level, Franklin County’s basketball clubs are jousting for supremacy in the tough Northern Carolina Conference. County wrestlers are getting ready for next month’s region and state activities.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- After spending his entire career as an assistant, Bunn’s Hancel Phipps wanted just one chance to prove that he can be a head football coach.
He’ll get that opportunity at Pasquotank.
Phipps, who took last season off from coaching, has been selected to oversee the Panthers’ grid program.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Few schools have the luxury that Franklinton did when it came to replacing the head softball coaching vacancy.
When Lisa Lawrence stepped down after three seasons, FHS already had a viable replacement in house -- and one with experience as a player on the collegiate level.
Lindsay Dehart, a former standout at Lenoir-Rhyne College, will succeed Lawrence as the Lady Rams’ head fast-pitch coach.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Ask a junior college basketball coach, and they will inevitably tell you that most teams are slow to get back into the swing of things following a prolonged Christmas Break.
That, however, has certainly not been the case this season for the Louisburg College women’s hoops squad.
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High School Basketball
TUESDAY
Roanoke Rapids at Louisburg 6 p.m.
Franklinton at Warren County 6:30 p.m.
Northwest Halifax at Bunn 6 p.m.
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College will begin its 2010 men’s golf schedule by participating in the Johnston Community College Spring Invite on March 11-12.
The Hurricanes, coached by Charles Sloan, are annually one of the top Division III junior college golf programs in the nation.
LC’s complete worksheet is as follows:
Former Louisburg High School hoops standout Jessica Perry is enjoying a strong sophomore season as a member of the North Carolina Wesleyan College women’s basketball team. Perry, a guard, has come off the bench to play in eight of the Bishops’ nine games. She is averaging 2.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per outing while playing 13.5 minutes of action for the Rocky Mount school.
(L to R) Syerra Hicks, Shana Webb and Alexis Olsson work on a routine during a recent figure skating practice session at the Polar Ice House.
Syerra Hicks (middle) receives assistance from coach Slava Petukhova during a recent practice session at the Polar Ice House.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- There’s a reason that the Louisburg Warriors don’t match up well with the Rocky Mount Prep Jaguars.
And it was on display last Friday at the RMP Gymnasium.
Louisburg committed 23 turnovers and was defeated the Jaguars -- for the second time this season.
RMP scored the final six points of the contest and went on to defeat the Warriors by a 52-46 margin in a non-conference boys basketball matchup.
By:
Gary Cunard, Times Publisher
The Franklin County Board of Education has asked that a temporary restraining order received last week by suspended Louisburg High School coach Phillip Mueller be thrown out.
In the school system’s response to Mueller’s restraining order which was filed Monday, attorneys for the school board and Supt. Eddie Ingram argued that the school system is “justified in refusing to accept” Mueller’s resignation because it believes it has the right to seek his termination.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Witnesses to a terrifying wreck said that the two Louisburg High School drivers involved might have been horsing around prior to impact.
According to Louisburg Police Capt. Jason Abbott, Eric Gupton was traveling south on Bickett Boulevard next to a red Chevy S-10 pickup driven by Justin King just after noon on Tuesday near First Citizens Bank.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Deputies and troopers arrested a Louisburg man following a chase on Saturday morning.
Investigators allege that Travis Morgan Person, 20, of Heatherwood Trail, ran from police following a hit and run.
According to a sheriff’s report, the incident began when Dep. Allen Batchelor responded to a hit and run call at Sims Bridge Road and West River Road at about 1:45 a.m.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County authorities arrested a Louisburg man on domestic violence charges over the weekend.
Norwood Yarborough, 38, of Alston Pruitt Road, proved to be no stranger to the law.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Sgt. A.R. Roberts was dispatched to Walter Collins Road at about 1 a.m. on Sunday to a burglary and domestic violence call.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County staff and other stakeholders are thinking green — the environment and money.
With commissioner support, county staff is developing an Energy Conservation Program to help the county become more environmentally responsible while also becoming more fiscally efficient.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
H1N1 has not turned out to be the epidemic predicted, however, health care professionals urge residents not to take the flu strain lightly.
National and local health departments are using this week — National Influenza Week — to drive that point home.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has set aside Jan. 10 to 16 to remind the public of the dangers that persist as the peak of flu season arrives.
By:
Gary Cunard, Times Publisher
The Franklin County Board of Education decided Monday night it didn’t need the 18-item Code of Ethics proposed by the North Carolina School Boards Association and quickly pared the code to just five items.
“You could have 100 items, many of these are just feel good items,” said board member John May as he proposed paring down the list.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Youngsville Elementary released students and teachers early on Tuesday after a water main break forced maintenance crews to shut off water.
School system spokesperson Nathan Moreschi said a maintenance worker noticed the busted main at about 6:15 a.m.
It was not clear what caused the problem to the line, which is located behind the school’s cafeteria where shipments are received, but it could have been weather related.
Franklinton resident Lena Webb
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s roads will be paved with green, Rep. Lucy Allen and Gov. Bev Perdue announced this week.
According to the Governor’s Office, Franklin County will receive $2.3 million in federal stimulus money to preserve 8.1 miles of N.C. 98 outside of Bunn and nearly two miles of roadway on U.S. 1-A just outside Franklinton.
And Franklin County is set to get another $2.1 million in routine maintenance improvements.
Louisburg police are looking for suspects who ripped off some car stereos.
According to reports by Officers Anthony Holtz and Travis Lincoln, the first incident was reported in the Britthaven parking lot.
According to that report, Cynthia Louise Orr of Kittrell reported that someone broke into her vehicle just before midnight on Jan. 5.
