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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Parole officials say a Henderson man convicted of killing a Franklin County store owner and clerk decades ago, met all the criteria needed to be released from prison.
And the victim’s family had all available avenues, by law, to express their concerns.
A jury found Howard Lee Alston guilty of killing R.W. Bobby Foster and Jack Stainback on Feb. 9, 1981.
Franklin County schools are reaping the benefits of a strong United Way fundraising campaign.
United Way of Franklin County held its annual Education Grants Ceremony Thursday night and awarded 28 grants totaling $29,259.59.
“We were very excited to see so many great grant applications this year,” United Way President Dale Byrns said.
Trevor Fuller, 18 months, Louisburg
Granville Little Theatre will present its children’s play, “Willy Wonka Jr.,” at the Oxford City Hall Auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors/children.
The play, based on the book “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl, will feature 46 children from Granville and Vance counties. Songs will include “The Candyman,” “I Want It Now,” and all the Oompa Loompa songs.
The North Carolina Boys Choir and Chamber Choir will present their annual Christmas Concert in Duke University Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m.
The global outbreak of H1N1 influenza is a hot topic in 2009, but English instructors at Vance-Granville Community College recently demonstrated that epidemic disease has been a topic of interest to writers for centuries. Instructors James Powell, Dr. Tanya Olson and Maureen Walters talked about the intersection of epidemics and literature in the VGCC Civic Center on Nov. 18. Their seminar was the final installment in a three-part series on epidemics organized by the college’s Arts and Sciences instructors. The earlier seminars focused on how environmental factors shape the spread of disease, and on the importance of epidemic disease in the history of the South.
Perry’s Alumni Association held its annual “100 Men Attired in Black” celebration at the Perry’s School auditorium on Friday, Nov. 27. Master of ceremonies was the Rev. Dr. James Walter Smith. Music was provided by the Perry’s Baptist Church All Male Chorus and William Hunter. Guest speaker was Judge Quon Bridges. A full course meal was served. Radio personality “Willie C” provided entertainment with songs from the 50s and 60s. Special guest was the school’s former English and French teacher, James L. Nicholson, who now resides in Temple Hills, Md. Former students, friends and loved ones also attended.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alejandro E. Vargas, son of Ruth I. Diaz of Louisburg and Jose A. Vargas of Lehigh Acres, Fla., along with sailors and Marines from the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG), Norfolk, Va., and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Camp Lejeune, recently departed the 5th Fleet and entered 6th Fleet’s area of operations after traveling through the Suez Canal and entering the Mediterranean Sea.
A HON security guard is slated to appear in Franklin County District Court on charges that he damaged more than $12,000 in equipment, including a burned fork lift.
According to a report by Dep. Nathaniel Rinker, between the evening of Nov. 21 and the early afternoon of Nov. 22, a U.S. Security Services senior field advisor alleges that one of his security employees, Raymond Daniel Bryant, 20, caused the damage at the manufacturing warehouse, which is slated to close at the end of this year.
Criminal Justice Technology students at Vance-Granville Community College recently continued their tradition of giving back to their communities with the annual Criminal Justice Club Thanksgiving food drive for families in need.
On Tuesday night as President Barack Obama discussed America’s future in Afghanistan, many Americans of “a certain age” probably were recalling an iconic image of the 1960s.
In a long-ago photo, President Lyndon Johnson was seen slumped over a long table, head down on his forearm which was on the table. His other arm was hanging virtually limp at his side.
It was a photo of a president facing an agonizing decision -- one not entirely unlike that faced by our current president.
GOOD MORNING: Right you are Anon e mouse, December 7 is on Monday this year. My bad, but for me and millions of others, December 7th is and will always remain synonymous with Sunday.
And Mack, it wasn’t until late that afternoon while walking home from Ed and Nick Perry’s along with Bobby and Lewis Frazier, who lived just down the road from us, where we had been playing softball, when Ed and Nick (both now deceased) came running down the road (N.C. 561) behind us yelling, “the Japs have bombed Pearl Harbor,”— that I heard the news that roughly18 months later would find me wearing the uniform of the U.S. Navy.
Fair warning: We’re going to ask the Franklin County commissioners to do something that is technically not their job.
And we hope they will give serious consideration to our request because it’s focused on economic development, job creation and safety issues that are their concern.
The “we” is the 401 Citizens Action Committee and the request will (hopefully) be made at the Monday night county commissioners’ meeting.
RALEIGH – I know that Gov. Beverly Perdue and incoming Senate Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt are intelligent individuals. I don’t know why they continue to advocate foolish ideas.
The problem is, again, budgetary. Recent headlines point to another rough fiscal year for North Carolina government. From July to October, state revenues fell 1.5 percent short of the already dreary forecast lawmakers had assumed when crafting their 2009-10 budget. By itself, that doesn’t constitute another crisis, given a budget cushion the governor put in place back in July.
Dear Editor:
As a child, imagine waking up to screaming, cursing, crashing of items in your house and hearing the sound of someone being beaten. How would you feel? Frightened, scared, afraid? This is what the children of domestic violence have to live with in a home where there is family violence. It may be every day, once a week, when they come home from school, while they are sleeping or playing outside.
LAKE ROYALE - Robert W. Benton, 75, owner and operator of Lake Royale ERC died Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at his home. The memorial service was conducted Friday, Dec. 4, from the chapel of Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services.
HENDERSON - Funeral services for Hezekiah “Jock” Johnson, Jr., 78, who died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, will be conducted Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at 3 p.m. from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Patricia Clifton officiating. Burial will follow in the Haywood Church Cemetery.
RALEIGH - Dennis Ray Mann, 58, died Sunday, November 29, 2009. He was the son of the late Charles L. and Cola Parrish Mann. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Danny Ray Mann.
ZEBULON - A memorial service for Robert Gary Williams, 69, who died at home on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, was conducted from 1 - 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 at his home.
LOUISBURG - Annie Laura Smith Burgess Wardrett, 70, died Thursday, December 3, 2009. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 7 at Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Timothy Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the Spivey family cemetery.
BUNN - Robby Lynwood Heath, 69, died December 2, 2009 at Duke Medical Center.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Ericka Wilkins didn’t just have to build a roster when she became the Louisburg High School girls basketball coach in the spring.
She needed to provide a much-need boost of confidence to a club that claimed just one victory during a frustrating 2008-09 campaign.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- By anyone’s estimation, Chase Ragland, Elmer Rayo and Y-Monh Eban are three of the greatest players in the young history of the Louisburg High School boys soccer program.
All seniors, the members of the Tremendous Trio closed out their careers in style this fall, leading the Warriors to a berth in the Class 2-A State Playoffs.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Keeping pace -- and exceeding it -- will be a crucial key this season for the Louisburg High School boys basketball team.
Just look at the result of Tuesday’s home opener against Rocky Mount Prep for evidence.
The Warriors are loaded with speedy guards, but not as strong up front following the graduation of Rasool Kearney.
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