CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are last Friday’s results from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Football Playoffs:
CHAPEL HILL: Listed are Friday’s third-round schedule for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Football Playoffs:
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Listed are last weekend’s game and individual winners from The Franklin Times’ Football Contest:
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Lester Wilder’s grand return to the sidelines at Franklinton High School had the makings of a celebration.
Until the fourth quarter.
Wilder, a long-time legend who has returned to coach the FHS girls basketball team following a one-year retirement, saw his club fall 46-34 to Northern Vance in the Lady Rams’ regular season opener Tuesday night at the FHS Gymnasium.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
HENDERSON -- Emily Bunch learned all about success during her career with the tradition-rich, championship-grabbing Enloe High School swim team.
Bunch hopes to translate some of those lessons to the Franklinton Red Rams and Lady Rams, who are entering their third season of pool competition.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
HENDERSON - For the first time in school history, the water may turn upside down with the Bunn High swimming program.
Every season, BHS has produced a strong girls squad, while the boys were short in numbers and, despite the attempts of a small group of energetic swimmers, low on results in the Northern Carolina Conference.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin Regional Medical Center joined forces with Rex Healthcare this week in new efforts to relocate its hospital from Louisburg to the outskirts of Youngsville.
During a telephone conference Friday morning, Rex President David Strong and FRMC CEO Brian Gwyn confirmed that the two have formed a single entity and filed a certificate of need (CON) application on Thursday to relocate the hospital.
THE WARRIORS AND THE TORNADOES. Youth at the Boys & Girls Club of Franklin County came in third place in competition Tuesday in a high-tech showdown of speed and skill. Teams from Franklin, Ind.; Ft. Myers, Fla. and Las Vegas also participated. Web cameras and speakerphones allowed competitors to hear and see each other during the contest. The teams answered trivia questions and e-mailed answers.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Engineers expect to have a traffic light operating at one of the most dangerous intersections in Franklin County by the end of the year.
Workers had installed the lights at the intersection of U.S. 401 and Tarboro Road this week.
Duke University Health System announced Friday it has filed a certificate of need (CON) with the state of North Carolina for a proposed 548,420-square-foot expansion of Duke University Hospital that would modernize 160 of its licensed 924 beds and add 16 new operating suites. The requested expansion, along with related enabling expenses, will cost an estimated $596 million.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Commissioners will discuss on Monday whether they will put a referendum before voters that could drive up the sales tax or put a tax on land transfers.
In July, the General Assembly authorized counties to put before voters a land use transfer tax or a quarter-cent sales tax increase as revenue options to help offset raids the state made on other county funding it will use to pick up Medicaid expenses.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Residents had their second and third opportunity this week to provide input that will shape Franklin County for the next few decades.
County staff, with the aid of state planners, are updating the county’s Comprehensive Development Plan.
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By GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Making a dramatic U-turn from educating and counseling children to the hectic world of running a car dealership has put Phyllis Culbreth in exactly the place she says she wants to be.
At least with one exception –– and she’s hoping that exception will be quite temporary!
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklin County man received $10,000 after settling his case alleging that a sheriff’s deputy assaulted him.
James Denton, 72, filed a lawsuit in March 2005, alleging that Deputy Andy Ayscue bumped him, sprayed him with mace, pushed him to the ground and knelt on his back to make an arrest on May 9, 2004.
It is hard to define “dance,” since it depends on so many components found in society, culture, and in the mores of a given country. Dancing can be described as a non-verbal communication between humans.
In the 200 countries of the world, all have their own music and rhythms that characterize their culture.
Guardian ad Litem staff attend statewide meeting Nov. 7-8. Mary Jo Van Horne, district administrator; Robin Darone, GAL recruiter; Alice Johnson, program assistant and Wynona Thomas, program supervisor, attended. The GAL attendees were from Judicial District 9 (Vance Granville Warren and Franklin counties).
ZEBULON – Ollie Glen “Jim” Brown Jr., 76, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Nov. 17) at Cove Baptist Church in Woodbury, Ga., with burial following in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG – Willie Junior Smith, 80, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2007. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Randolph Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
NASHVILLE – Funeral services for Peggy Y. Brewer, 67, who died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, will be today (Saturday, Nov. 17) at 1 p.m. at Union Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas McCullers officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
PITTSBORO – Maybelle Jacobs Perry, “Mary B. Perry,” formerly of Franklinton, 66, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. Funeral services were Nov. 16 at the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg. Burial followed in the Manasseh church cemetery.
LOUISBURG – James Dewey “Jim” Milon, 61, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Nov. 17) at Jordan Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. James Barham officiating. Burial will follow in the Milon family cemetery.
LOUISBURG – Thomas E. Sutton, 42, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Funeral services will be Monday, Nov. 19, at 1 p.m. at Faith Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Kelvin G. Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
ROCKY MOUNT – Paulette Elizabeth Gregg, 64, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the St. John Baptist Church with the Rev. James Douglas officiating.
YOUNGSVILLE – Ricardo J. Gobantes, 45, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. A memorial service was Nov. 14 at Cutchins Funeral Home in Franklinton.
YOUNGSVILLE – Darlene Price, 53, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2007. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Montlawn Funeral Home in Raleigh.
