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The season for barbecue marinades, salad vinaigrettes, and recipes featuring citrus zest and other grated delicacies is in full swing. And nothing spices up your favorite summertime meal like finely grated citrus in your barbecue rub or chocolate shavings on your crowd-pleasing dessert.
Grilling has become the new great American pastime with families spending more time in their back yards firing up the grill to prepare their favorite fare. According to a survey of consumer grilling preferences conducted in mid-June by the Hearth, Patio and Barbeque Association (HPBA), 83 percent of U.S. adults cook on an outdoor grill, and for most, it is a year-round occurrence.
By: By MASON RIZZO, Times Intern
It is hard to let go of something loved so much.
Just ask Sabrina Baker.
Baker, 18, of Louisburg, has been an avid swimmer since she was 11 years old and is about to complete her last season on the Town and Country Swim Team.
“I’m going to miss it a lot,” she said.
“I’ve been doing it for so long it just seems natural to keep on, and now I can’t anymore.”
By: By MASON RIZZO, Times Intern
Town and Country could have used a few extra fins in last Thursday’s swim meet.
The Stingrays got stung by the Finley Swim Team out of Raleigh on Thursday in a 101-259 loss.
Louisburg Parks and Recreation Department is accepting soccer registrations for children 4-12 for the fall soccer season.
By: By MASON RIZZO, Times Intern
Peak physical condition is essential to success in practically every sports genre.
The Louisburg High School Lady Warriors have been in the gym all summer working on that element of an already strong game.
Rock-and-roller Gibson J. Haynes once sang that it’s better to regret something you have done than something you haven’t done.
Maybe that’s an oversimplification in today’s decision-filled world. Life goes by so fast -- and so continuously -- that you often don’t have time to think about regretting your choices. And sometimes, it’s best to err on the side of discreet caution.
CLAYTON — Vera Beth Eatman, 48, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007.
Graveside service were Saturday at 11 a.m. at Amelia Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Melton Tyson officiating.
By: By MASON RIZZO, Times Intern
Vance County District Court Judge H. Weldon Lloyd was a hero to many. Lloyd, 55 when he passed away of a heart attack on June 20 while at a judges’ conference at Wrightsville Beach, spent almost every waking hour in a wheelchair, having been handicapped by a type of muscular dystrophy since childhood.
By: By JOHN BENNING, Times Intern
YOUNGSVILLE — A special called meeting of the Youngsville Board of Commissioners Thursday night proved short-lived. Vickey Willis’s request for rezoning and appeal for variance of the lot at 311 Cross St., which Willis was prepared to purchase, were both withdrawn by the petitioner before any discussion took place.
GREENSBORO – Hallie Summerlin Oliver, 84, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today (Saturday, July 21) at South Elm Street Baptist Church, with Dr. Lawrence Clapp officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memorial Park.
ZEBULON – Fred Patrick “Pat” Corbett, 70, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007.
A funeral service was Friday, July 20, at Union Hope Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
CASTALIA – James E. “Kelly” Martin, 72, died Thursday, July 19, 2007. Funeral services will be Sunday, July 22 at 2 p.m. at the Richardson Funeral Home chapel. Burial will follow in the Kelly-Martin family cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE – Sue Ray Strickland, 72, died Monday, July 16, 2007. A funeral service was July 20 in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest. Burial followed in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens.
FRANKLINTON – Warren D. Wilder, 62, died Monday, July 16. A funeral service was to be today (Saturday, July 21) at First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Cutchins Funeral Home.
FRANKLINTON – Elizabeth N. Williams, 73, died July 17, 2007. A funeral service will be held Sunday, July 22, at 2 p.m. at Hawkins Chapel Baptist Church in Franklinton. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
By: December 11, 1965 – July 19, 2007
Darren Jackson Hall, age 41, of Dacula, GA, went to be with his Heavenly Father and his earthly Father, Troy Jackson Hall, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
By: By JOHN BENNING, Times Intern
The decision Monday by the Franklin County Board of Education to request a stand-alone school bond referendum in August 2008 will be discussed in a special joint meeting of the BOE and the county Board of Commissioners next month.
By: By JOHN BENNING, Times Intern
As Mike Anderson looks around his small backyard woodworking shop, which would seem cluttered, hot and uncomfortably tiny to most, he pauses, gazing fondly over the hand tools, wood shavings and stacks of wood piled in the corner. Hanging on the wall is a diagram of “Il Cannone,“ a violin made in 1742 by the great Italian luthier Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Elections is looking at another location to host its one-stop, early voting. Since there is no statewide election scheduled this fall, early voting will still take place of the Board of Elections Office.
By: BY MASON RIZZO, Times Intern
The Franklinton Board of Commissioners adopted a grant resolution Tuesday that appropriated $25,751 for the Governor’s Highway Safety Program from the town budget. The mission of the GHSP is to promote highway safety awareness and reduce the number of traffic crashes in North Carolina by way of good planning and execution of safety.
By: By JOHN BENNING, Times Intern
The Louisburg Board of Adjustment on Friday approved a request to allow a local historical home to operate as a bed and breakfast. “Wolfpit,” a 19th century plantation home owned by Fleet and Betsy Benning at 1501 U.S. Highway 401 South, received a conditional use permit from the board after Assistant Town Administrator Tony King made a presentation explaining the property’s zoning and use restrictions.
By: Times photo by Mason Rizzo
New Image Fitness owners Doug and Sheryl Dunne are in front of their new business in Louisburg. New Image Fitness, formerly Titans Gym, offers free and cable weight machines, a 1,125-square-foot aerobic room, nine cardiovascular machines and a computer software program that helps members keep track of nutrition information. The center is at 1048 S. Main St. and is having free weight-loss seminars on Friday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 6 p.m. For more information on memberships call (919) 340-1835.
By: BY MASON RIZZO, Times Intern
Franklin County has a new face for toy donations. It’s cute and fuzzy, too. Bears of Love Inc., a non-profit charity organization started by Marie Rosales-Mateo, is on its feet, replacing Operation Toy Box Inc., which closed down in Louisburg three years ago.
By: Alica Eller / LifeStyle Correspondent
Most of us learn a foreign language, not as a child, but later in life, which is, believe it or not, more difficult than you think. This is true especially when people believe they can learn another language by taking a so-called conversational course. If you try to learn a foreign language later in life, and not as a child, you must understand the structure of the language and apply that grammar as often as you can.
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