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FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Listed are last weekend’s individual and game winners from The Franklin Times Football Contest:
Several Louisburg High School defenders, including Dante Walker (middle) team up to tackle Bunn’s Scott Harrison (3) during last Friday’s Northern Carolina Conference showdown.
Reed Wheless, right, poses with Mary Copeland and the .75-pound bass he pulled out of the lake during the Take a Kid Fishing competition hosted by the Franklin County Community Foundation.
Posted on: November 10, 2009
The threat of inclement weather on Wednesday has caused Franklin County to move its Veterans Day ceremony from the Franklin County Courthouse steps to inside the Louisburg High School Auditorium. The event is still slated to begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Merdith Mae Richardson, 67, formerly of Louisburg, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s municipal elections didn’t bring out a lot of voters, but it did produce change in three town governments.
Elections in Bunn, Franklinton and Youngsville resulted in one incumbent each being ousted, giving way to candidates fresh to politics.
In Bunn, two commission seats were up for grabs and challenger Charlene Clay took one spot and incumbent Margie Winstead retained her spot, leaving incumbent Linda Pippin on the short end of the stick.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Rep. Lucy Allen has returned from China very much with the eye of the tiger.
The UNC Center for International Understanding sponsored a trip for Allen and 10 other legislators to China, giving them a first-hand chance to understand the factors affecting China’s emergence as a global economic power.
Allen said she plans to take those lessons learned and share them with business and economic development leaders in her community.
A team of United Way organizers and inmates raised just more than $19,000 on Thursday during the group’s Jail-A-Thon.
The event allowed people to take out warrants on various county residents who had to call friends, family or whoever else to help post their bond to be sprung from a jail cell set up in the old Walmart parking lot.
The money raised goes to United Way, which raises money annually to help Franklin County non-profit agencies as they address health, human, social and educational needs of the people of Franklin County.
By: Amanda Clark, Special to The Times
Clarence Bender and Jeanette Evans were the top two vote getters for Castalia’s Board of Commissioners during elections Nov. 3. But Evans’ name wasn’t even on the ballot.
Enough citizens wrote in Evans’ name during elections to put her on Castalia’s Board. Evans received 27 votes while Bender received 29 votes. Allison Roberts received the third highest number of votes with 22 votes.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Veterans and others will have ample opportunities this coming week to recognize those who fought and continue to battle for the freedoms shared in this country.
First, Franklin County is hosting its annual Veteran’s Day ceremony on Nov. 11 on the steps of the Franklin County Courthouse.
TLMS football fan Ella Wright
Sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects who vandalized a Youngsville agri-tourism institution.
According to Dep. Christy Smith, she responded to a report of vandalism at Hill Ridge Farms on Tarboro Road the night of Halloween.
When she arrived, Smith and Dep. Nathan Rinker noticed a sexually explicit picture and spray painted letters DMX on a Porti Potty.
How can you tell if your child is using drugs or alcohol? It is difficult because changes in mood or attitudes, unusual temper outbursts, changes in sleeping habits and changes in hobbies or other interests are common in teens.
What should you look for?
You can also look for signs of depression, withdrawal, and carelessness with grooming or hostility. Also ask yourself, is your child doing well in school, getting along with friends, taking part in sports or other activities?
The North Carolina Meat Goat Producers, Inc. have scheduled a pick-up and market for goats and lambs on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 1 p.m. at the collection station in Louisburg, off Highway 56 West. There are no commissions or sales fees.
This event is for members of the organization. Anyone who would like to join and participate in this opportunity, call Larry Smith, vice-chair of the NCMGP, at 336-573-4155.
Jail-A-Thon Judges Nancy Neal, second from left, and Debra Brodie, second from right, share some light-hearted moments with United Way of Franklin County Executive Director Kathy Harrelson, right, and Shelley Rohring, left, with CenturyLink. In all, judges on the day were Louisburg College President Dr. Mark La Branche, Maribeth Allen, Al Foster, Jay Lamm, Tom Eaves, County Commissioner Shane Mitchell, Dale Byrns and Youngsville Commissioner Graham Stallings. Head Boss was county jail administrator H.M. Edwards, who was assisted by Harrelson and Bosses No. 3 and No. 4, Kelly Ayscue and Frances Willard, respectively.
While there was much good news in the recently issued “report card” for Franklin County and other school districts across North Carolina, there were some troubling signs as well.
A couple of points deserve a little emphasis, at least in our opinion.
Here’s what the report card said about Franklin County schools:
GOOD MORNING: Temperatures locally were expected to be below the freezing mark this (Sat.) morning, but then after the frosty 33.4 degree reading we experienced Friday morning, it shouldn’t come as any big surprise to anyone.
STILL WAITING IMPATIENTLY: You know, It’s been a little over 10 years now since State Representative Jim Crawford, then Chairman of the N.C. House Transportation Appropriations Committee, made the front page of the June 2, 1999 issue of The Franklin Times with a promise that “U.S.401 funding would be in the budget.”
The worst job of the week award this week must go to the major general that the Pentagon trotted out to explain why alleged terrorists at “Gitmo” are going to get H1N1 vaccinations before millions of law-abiding, tax-paying American citizens.
That poor guy -- who will remain nameless because he’s probably trying to get into the Witness (or Witless!) Protection Program -- was forced to stand before the national media and explain that the swine flu vaccine is being given to alleged terrorists as a means of “force protection.”
When the Golden Leaf Foundation was formed to receive 50 percent of North Carolina’s portion of tobacco settlement funds, there were great hopes this organization would make a significant impact on a state impacted by the decline of the golden leaf. The foundation has never lived up to its promise and a recent audit by State Auditor Beth Wood indicates more than a few serious issues.
RALEIGH – The 2009 election cycle is a prime example of how political trends are sometimes hard to spot when they’re approaching, hard to describe when they arrive, and hard to flag when they’ve run their course.
Around the country, conservatives and Republicans were jubilant about the outcome of two gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey watched closely this year for signs of a GOP resurgence. But the story was a bit more muddled here in North Carolina.
Dropping temperatures are giving November a chilly start, which means home heating systems will soon start to run. To help customers hold down monthly heating costs, PSNC Energy recommends taking a few inexpensive measures.
• Replace your old thermostat with a programmable model that automatically lowers the temperature when you are away from home and raises it before you arrive.
GOLDSBORO - Zachary Nathanael Wiggs, infant son of Brian and Audrey Wiggs, died Friday, October 30, 2009.
ZEBULON - Guilford “Buck” Bufkin, 89, died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
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