HENDERSON - Mattie T. Kearney, 73, died Friday, April 20, 2007. A memorial service was conducted Saturday, April 28, at Island Hill Christian Church in Clarksville, Va., with the Rev. John E. Jefferson officiating.
The Franklin-Granville-Vance Partnership for Children has added new programs for the development of young children this fiscal year with help from additional funding from the state Legislature and the North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC). Several areas of need have been identified that will assist quality child care, parents, and grandparents in their efforts to help the youngest children be better prepared to succeed in school.
Tensie Taylor was honored on April 12 at a banquet that was given by the Division of Humanities at the McKimmon Center on the campus of North Carolina State University.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON - Good teams take advantage of opponents’ mistakes, and Roanoke Rapids needed only one Monday during its Northern Carolina Conference matchup of titans at Franklinton.
Roanoke Rapids scored just once, but it was enough to push the Lady Jackets past FHS 1-0 in overtime in a well-played, defensive-oriented matchup between two quality girls soccer programs.
BUNN - Ashley Driver pitched a no-hitter last Friday -- and came within one batter of a perfect game -- to spark the Bunn Ladycats to a 10-0 home softball victory over Northern Carolina Conference rival Franklinton.
Driver, who whiffed 11 Lady Rams, allowed just one hit batsman as Bunn improved to 6-2 in the NCC, which is good enough for second place behind league leader Roanoke Rapids.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
BUNN - One day after busing home from a weekend trip to New York, Louisburg’s Laura Lord delivered an apple of a performance Monday during the Lady Warriors’ rivalry showdown at Bunn.
Lord, a senior veteran, came through with four goals -- including the eventual winner with less than five minutes remaining -- as Louisburg edged the host Ladycats by a 4-3 margin in a Northern Carolina Conference girls soccer thriller on the BHS campus.
It’s all over but the shouting for one of Franklin County’s true Cinderella Stories.
In a good way.
Nathan Moreschi, a legend if there ever was one, became engaged last weekend to Allison Benjamin
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG - Fifteen home runs, 134 stolen bases and a talented, injury-free pitching staff.
Maybe that hasn’t been a recipe for success for Louisburg College in Region X baseball action in the past, but it’s certainly worked this spring.
LOUISBURG - The Louisburg College fast-pitch softball team will return to the scene of some great memories this weekend.
LC will hit the road for Hartsville, S.C., which will once again be the site of the Region X Tournament. Last year in Hartsville, the Lady Hurricanes claimed the league championship, along with a spot in the national tournament.
SEVIERVILLE, TENN. - A botched suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the ninth nevertheless led Tennessee past Carolina 5-4 at Smokies Park on Sunday in a Class AA Southern League baseball meeting.
LOUISBURG - The 2007 Louisburg College Pro-Tech Soccer Camp will have two different sessions this summer.
LC men’s soccer coach David Sexton will host camps from June 18-22 and July 30-Aug. 3. Times will run from 9 a.m.-noon each day.
GREENVILLE - Sophomore right-hander Josh Dowdy went seven innings allowing two runs on four hits and Jamie Ray was 3-for-4 as No. 25 East Carolina beat Southern Miss 6-3 Sunday afternoon in Conference USA play at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
YOUNGSVILLE - Listed are early-season results from the Youngsville Parks and Recreation Department’s softball and baseball leagues:
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Franklinton wrapped up the mythical Franklin County Girls Soccer Championship Wednesday, but FHS head coach Deran Coe has his sights set on much more pertinent things these days. Such as a Northern Carolina Conference crown.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
BUNN — State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler stood in front of bright, new red vocational education building and a pristine parade of green and yellow tractors.
It was another color, though, that caught Troxler’s attention.
“I look around and I see a lot of gray heads,” Troxler said of the farming community.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Architects representing CVS have petitioned Louisburg to rezone land around a convenience store for a potential relocation. Architects out of Alpharetta, Ga., presented the town’s zoning administrator with plans to rezone land around the Kangaroo gas station at the corner of Bickett Boulevard and N.C. 56 from residential to business.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
The Hope Baptist Church congregation is expected to soon decide its short-term plans. The Youngsville Woman’s Club bought the old Youngsville Christian Church last month, meaning that Hope Baptist members, who had rented the space for five years, will need to move when the club begins plans to turn the space into a town museum.
On Saturday, May 5, the Concert and Symphonic Bands from Louisburg High School will perform in the 12th annual “Turn-of-the-Century” concert on the historic courthouse steps in downtown Louisburg.
The concert will begin at 6 p.m. and should last about 45 minutes. Both bands will combine for the 1918 Sousa setting of the National Anthem, and the concert will conclude with both bands combining once again for the traditional school songs that have been a part of Louisburg for many years.
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Times photos by Carey Johnson
CUTTING UP. Kristen King, the county’s clerk to the board of commissioners, slices up some desserts prepared by county employees who competed in a dessert-making contest. Winners received vacation time and other honors. Once the competition was complete, county employees and their guests got to eat the treats during a county picnic at Joyner Park in Louisburg.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Franklin County Sheriff Pat Green led a group of department heads in pitching budget requests that include increases that could affect the county’s fiscal bottom line. As he sat down before a handful of commissioners on Thursday, Green described his perch as a hotseat.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Sheriff’s deputies have arrested another suspect in a string of recent home invasions and robberies. The first break came April 21 when deputies arrested Norwood Yarborough, 36, of Louisburg.
LOUISBURG - Robert June Smith Jr., 78, died Thursday morning, April 26, 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, April 28) at Red Bud Baptist Church, with the Rev. Leo Lowery officiating. Burial will follow at Mountain Grove Baptist Church cemetery.
HOLLISTER - Funeral services for Mr. Dorie “V.” Coley, 60, who died Sunday, April 22, 2007, were conducted on Friday, April 27, at White Rock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Alonzo West officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
BUNN - Funeral services for Arthur “Peter” Hodge, 72, who died Thursday, April 26, 2007, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Old Phelps Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Elvis Lee Harris Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE - Larry Todd Cassidy, 42, died Sunday, April 22, 2007 at Durham Regional Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest.
