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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
YOUNGSVILLE — Think twice before bringing a contour bush-hog attached to a tractor to the Martindale II Subdivision with the intention of limbing out trees. About six community members from the neighborhood confronted two Department of Transportation-contracted workers around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday while they were cutting limbs for right-of-way clearing on Cardinal Drive.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is providing a summer camp for kids to build confidence and career insight. The summer camp, sponsored by the FCSO Explorers Program, is split into two age groups. The first camp will be for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders and will be June 26-29. The second camp will be for high schoolers and will be July 23-26.
ZEBULON - Norwood Greene Martin, 67, (Pilot community), died Wednesday morning, June 13, 2007 at WakeMed. Funeral services were conducted Friday, June 15, in the Strickland Funeral Home chapel in Wendell. Burial followed at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens.
FUQUAY-VARINA - Betty Jo Chambers, 82, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, June 16) at Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Garden, Sanford.
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May 12, 1910 - June 14, 2007
LOUISBURG - Emma Elizabeth Glasgow Morgan, 97, died Thursday, June 14, 2007 at her home on 277 Edward Best Road, Louisburg. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 17, in Lancaster Memorial chapel. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
LOUISBURG - John Daniel “J.D.” Aycock, 88, of 68 Raymond Tharrington Road died Friday morning at his home. J.D. was a son of the late Joseph C. and Rosa Lee Gupton Aycock. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Alberta Moore, Etta Mae Nash and Emily Aycock; brothers, Gilmer Aycock and Grady Aycock.
The Louisburg Planning Board has denied a request by a new business prospect that would have allowed them to complete their project without erecting a fence around the facility.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
The chicken usually crosses the road, oftentimes just to get to the other side, in silly jokes. On Thursday morning, birds of a much less common variety crossed the road to the Louisburg Police Department Training Center for the annual Franklin County Library’s Summer Reading Program kick-off.
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Times photo by John Benning
Louisburg High Principal Chris Blice, above, is with Franklin County Schools 2007/2008 Teacher of the Year Jane Blevins. “She’s one in a million,” said Blice of Blevins. “She can teach anyone, anywhere, in any situation.” Blevins, a 10th- grade English teacher, has taught school for 34 years, with the last 12 being at Louisburg High.
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Alica Eller / LifeStyle Correspondent
Father’s Day is mainly a secular holiday, which originated back in the 20th century to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males. Father’s Day is celebrated on a variety of dates, worldwide, and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.
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Get the cars packed and the sunscreen ready because there’s a brand new team of retirees headed straight for Vacation Town. In a celebration of unwavering dedication to the school system, the Franklin County Schools 2007 Retirement Dinner was Monday night at the Riverside Central Office to wish the retiring staff and faculty a farewell.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG — Brandi Pinnell will be the next Louisburg High alum to get a Peace of the volleyball action in downtown Raleigh.
Pinnell, a senior setter at LHS, has become the fifth Lady Warrior over the past decade to join the successful Division III program at Peace College.
Pinnell signed a letter-of-intent recently to play for Peace, which happens to be the alma mater of her older sister, former LHS stalwart Stephanie Pinnell.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Who says size matters on the basketball court? Certainly not any coach affiliated with Region X Men’s Basketball. If Aaron Denton can take anything away from his first season as the Louisburg College men’s hoops coach, it’s this:
BUNN -- Henry Jones and the Bunn High Ladycats will open another prep volleyball season Aug. 21 at home against Princeton. The non-conference spike matchup is slated to begin at 5 p.m. at the Bunn Dome. BHS’ complete worksheet is as follows (home matches in CAPS):
Andrew Blackburn, Davy Burton and Jackson Sherrod were inducted as Eagle Scouts during an awards ceremony on May 6.
Fox News commentator and political consultant Marc Rotterman will be the guest speaker at the Franklin County Republican Party’s meeting June 14.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County received the first of two grants they need to build a park in Pilot.
In January, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners agreed to buy 18.3 acres from the Pilot Lions Club, agreeing to spend $131,959 — half of the cost.
BLOOMING. Bunn High graduate April Cooke prepares to deliver her mother a flower and a hug during graduation ceremonies at the Louisburg College auditorium on Saturday.
Don’t fall.
That was the limbo I found myself in during that slow, lonely march to my diploma in 2003. That was the danger dangling in front of me as my gown swept the stage. It was one of the most prestigious moments in my life. There were two options. Option one: I walk the tightrope, don’t fall and become a successful high school graduate.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Louisburg officials have begun poring over a budget that represents a decrease in spending and no tax increase, but it will call for residents to pay more for water and sewer service.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The family of a man whose body was recently identified will host a memorial service at a Franklinton cemetery.
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By MASON RIZZO, Times Intern
There is always hope, even in the face of devastation.
Just ask Peachtree Baptist Church members.
They, along with friends and family, gathered Sunday morning to share memories of the old sanctuary and to dedicate the new one.
The Regional Artist Project Grant Program provides financial assistance to artists pursuing projects that will further their professional development.
Kerr Area Transportation Authority has for many years provided door-to-door and point-to-point public transportation not only for Franklin County but Warren, Granville and Vance counties.
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By JOHN BENNING, Times Intern
A sewage spill in Youngsville Saturday night released about 4,500 gallons of untreated wastewater into Richland Creek, a tributary water conveyance to the Neuse River basin.
