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By: By Nathan Moreschi, Franklin County Schools
It’s no secret that regular exercise and a healthy diet can play a big part in living a comfortable and productive life.
But it’s easier to talk about exercising and eating healthy than it is to actually do it. Well, the Franklin County Schools’ Child Nutrition Department took some proactive steps last week in making sure children understand what living a healthy life really is.
The opening meeting of volunteers to assist in managing the 34th International Whistlers Convention is this Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Arts Center at 106 Justice St. in Louisburg.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials emerged from an all-day retreat last week with a road map for the town’s immediate and distant future.
From 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. inside Novozymes, Franklinton’s governing board discussed the roles and responsibilities of the board, key issues facing the town and the most important issues to focus on in the next 18 to 24 months.
District Twenty Order of the Eastern Star held its annual meeting on Feb. 24 at the Louisburg Senior Center.
The Devotional Services began at 9:30 a.m. and were concluded with a sermon by the Rev. Dazale Kearney.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Seven days after edging Bunn by two goals, the Northern Nash Lady Knights had much less difficulty during Monday’s rematch on the NN campus.
Fueled by two goals from wing Danielle Yates, the Lady Knights rolled to a 7-1 home decision over the depleted Ladycats in a non-conference girls soccer matchup.
“We played a lot better this time,’’ said NN head coach Joe McCarthy, whose club maintained its flawless record at 6-0. “We had a lot of breakaways in the first game, but we couldn’t finish. We finished our opportunities this time.’’
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
STANHOPE - Franklinton took all of five seconds to make the first move during last Friday’s non-conference baseball matchup at Southern Nash.
That’s how long it took Landon Vick’s leadoff blast -- on the first pitch of the game, no less -- to sail over the left-field fence.
But while the Red Rams were quick starters, Southern proved to be a fast finisher en route to claiming a 12-2 home victory.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College has lost six women’s basketball games in the past two years. Four of them have come against Georgia Perimeter College.
That’s why LC head coach Mike Holloman wasn’t necessarily thrilled when he found out his Lady Hurricanes had to travel to GPC last Saturday for the district championship, with a spot in the National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament at stake.
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Led by Kai Lucas’ 39, the Louisburg High School golf squad rolled to a 173-199 victory over Franklinton Monday during prep links action at Bull Creek Golf and Country Club, located just outside of Louisburg.
The front nine, par-36 layout at Bull Creek was used, and Lucas fashioned a three-over-par 36 to claim medalist honors for the non-conference, nine-hole matchup.
A haze of intensity is in the air this week at The Franklin Times, and for good reason.
It’s time for the FT’s annual bracket-busting NCAA Tournament Pool, where hopes are raised, dreams are dashed and Kathy Harrelson always seems to find a way to claim victory.
Harrelson, the two-time defending champion, will put her mega-titles on the line beginning Thursday.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Last year’s Senior Day at Franklinton High School signified a new era for the Lady Rams’ fast-pitch softball program.
Not only was FHS saying goodbye to a talented core of seniors, the Lady Rams were also ready to embark on a rebuilding campaign after that pending mass graduation.
ALLENDALE, S.C. -- Strong pitching continues to carry Louisburg College through the early portion of the 2007 baseball season.
The Hurricanes, coached by Tommy Atkinson, didn’t give up more than four runs in a game while taking three of four contests last weekend at Region X rival University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie.
WAKE FOREST -- Louisburg and Bunn will both participate in the Second Annual Friday Night Pigskin Kickoff, scheduled for Aug. 10 at historic Trentini Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest-Rolesville High School.
Tickets are $5 and can be purchased either in advance (from participating schools) or at the gate.
RALEIGH - Claude Edward “Bronie” Perry, 86, died Monday evening, March 5, 2007 at Wake Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, March 8, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest, with the Rev. Dwight Barham officiating. Burial followed in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
RALEIGH - Jackie Cooper Fuller, 65, died Thursday morning, March 8, 2007 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. today (Saturday, March 10) at Trinity United Methodist Church, 4272 U.S. 401 N., Louisburg. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
HENDERSON - Mary Williams Fleming Bunn, 88, a former resident of Edgewood Drive in Louisburg, died Thursday afternoon, March 8, 2007 in a local nursing home. Graveside services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in the Rolesville Baptist Church cemetery by the Rev. Marshall Neathery.
WENDELL - George Washington Denton, 74, died Wednesday afternoon, March 7, 2007 at Johnston Memorial Hospital Funeral services were conducted Friday, March 9, at Central Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Berdie Person Hunter, 93, died Monday, March 5, 2007 at Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Wake County in Raleigh. Funeral services were conducted Friday, March 9, at C.A. Haywood Sr. Memorial Chapel. Burial was at Raleigh National Cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Alice Rogers Hawkins, 89, formerly of Kenmore Avenue and later a resident at Hillside Nursing Facility in Wake Forest, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007 at Wake Medical Center. A celebration of her life was held Friday, March 9, at Kittrell First Baptist Church, Kittrell.
LOUISBURG - Billy Ray “Tinky” Shelton Jr., 28, died Sunday, March 4, 2007. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, March 10) at Bowling Funeral Home, 661 English Road, Rocky Mount.
FRANKLINTON - George Lacy Russell Sr., 73, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 in Franklin Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in the Franklin Funeral Service chapel in Franklinton, with the Rev. Milton Abbott and the Rev. Dr. Ron Wallace officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Vernon Moyer Wilkins, 79, of Louisburg, NC died Saturday, March 3, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family. A native of Baker, WV, Mr. Wilkins was in retail store management, retiring in 1993. He has lived in Louisburg for the past 28 years.
By: By GARY CUNARD / Times Publisher
Expressing concern about the availability of health care facilities to all Franklin Countians, state Sen. Doug Berger on Friday stopped just short of formally opposing the effort by Hospital Management Associates to move Franklin Regional Medical Center from Louisburg to Youngsville.
The state Division of Facility Services has begun its review of Franklin Regional Medical Center’s Certificate of Need application to move the hospital from its current Louisburg location on Bickett Boulevard to its proposed site on U.S. 1 and N.C. 96.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
During a decade of carrying around a guitar and playing gigs, Jason Michael Carroll heard a popular refrain. “People ask me what was the difference before I had a record deal to now,” said Carroll, a Franklinton-raised musician who put his heart and soul into a debut album, “Waitin’ in the Country,” that hit the Billboard country album chart’s No. 1 spot when it was released Feb. 6.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners are scheduled to discuss lobbying legislators, again, for a 1/2-cent sales tax increase Monday night. The board made an initial request to legislators in the spring of 2004 and the matter passed the House, but stalled in the Senate.
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