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By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
CREEDMOOR -- During a season-opening loss to Bunn, the South Granville Vikings led in the fourth quarter, only to be done in by a kickoff return for a touchdown.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Maybe the level of opponent was decidedly different, but that didn’t mean that Louisburg College head football coach Rick Mohlmann was able to see decisive improvement from his Hurricanes.
Former Louisburg High running back Jeremy Arrington -- one of the greatest football players in Franklin County history -- made a homecoming last Saturday as a member of the Carson-Newman University gridiron squad.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- It’s easy to tell that Erica Wammock comes from ‘old school’ Louisburg High School volleyball.
WELDON -- Franklinton’s offense continued to sputter Friday during a 44-0 road setback against non-conference foe Weldon.
WENDELL - John Deward Bobbitt, 87, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006. Funeral services were conducted Friday, Sept. 15, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Wendell. Burial followed in Carolina Biblical Gardens.
RALEIGH - Rose Frances Culek Heinsohn, 88, of Spring Arbor Assisted Living died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. A funeral mass will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Sept. 16) at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 2718 Overbrook Drive, Raleigh, with the Rev. John Forbes officiating.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
CREEDMOOR -- During a season-opening loss to Bunn, the South Granville Vikings led in the fourth quarter, only to be done in by a kickoff return for a touchdown.
SG literally returned the favor Friday, with the Louisburg Warriors as the victims.
Down by three points with 7:15 to play in the game, the Vikings got a clutch 45-yard punt return from Tony Cole and went on to defeat Louisburg 26-20 in non-conference action at the SGHS Football Field.
LOUISBURG - Denver Skye Alley, infant, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006 in Maria Parham Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Fairview Cemetery.
BUNN - Tuna T. Mitchell, 85, of Bunn died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006 at her home. Graveside services were conducted Thursday, Sept. 14, in the Bunn Cemetery, with the Rev. Michael Spain officiating.
LOUISBURG - Therese Marie Havlik Reynolds, 72, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006. Funeral Mass will be at 12 p.m. today (Saturday, Sept. 16) at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Greenmount Cemetery.
RALEIGH - Andrew Martin Marcinko Jr., 80, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006 at his home. Private graveside services will be conducted at Raleigh Memorial Park. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pa., where he lived most of his life and worked for Kennametal, Inc. in Latrobe, Pa.
ZEBULON - Robert Lindsey Stallings, 66, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006 at Rex Healthcare. Funeral services were conducted Friday, Sept. 15, at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service Chapel, Knightdale. Burial was private in the Stallings family cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Joseph G. Fuller, 78, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006. Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Home.
By: Feb. 16, 1933 – Sept. 12, 2006
CASTALIA – Jane Woodlief Wilder Williamson, 73, of Castalia, formerly of Franklinton and Henderson, NC, passed away on September 12 at her home.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The United Way will tip off its 7th annual All-Star Basketball game in two weeks, and the war of words has begun. The event is the official kick-off for the United Way fund-raising campaign, and the often hard-fought game will pit friends against each other.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
State transportation staff tried to build a bridge of communication with Mitchner’s residents this week, but a new bridge across Buffalo Creek won’t be done until next year. In June, rains from Tropical Storm Ernesto intensified rushing water underneath the roadway and wiped out a culvert that supports the integrity of the road.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Town and county leaders presented residents with a picture of growth and development on Tuesday night and what they’re doing to capture it. Novozymes served as the host site for a Franklin County Chamber of Commerce forum on infrastructure.
By: Times photo by Kathy Harrelson
ANOTHER RAINY-DAY FISH FRY. For several years in a row, the Franklin County Shriners Fish Fry has fought against rain and cloudy skies. But, this year - on Wednesday - like the other events, the community comes out in full force to support the fund-raiser for crippled and burned children. Janice McKnight and Joyce Eaton, right, who work at the Department of Social Services, headed home with two plates each. More photos in Community News.
By: By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
The feel is universal. The gesture is inspirational. When Volunteers in Medicine Director Beverly Kegley tossed out an idea to notable Raleigh artist Ken Braak about showing the magnitude of the uninsured and under insured in the country, she got his creative attention.
The classified and legal ads in this edition of The Franklin Times are sporting a new look, thanks in large part to an upgrade of the newspaper’s computer system and software.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
This Monday, Franklinton residents will have one other option for basic health care in town. SmartCare Family Medical Center will open one of its practices inside the Kerr Drug store in Franklinton Square off U.S. Highway 1.
By: Times photos by Kathy Harrelson
HOT SAUCE OR GREEN BEANS? Shyheme Faye, 7, a Bunn Elementary School student pours on the hot sauce at the 38th annual Franklin County Shriners Fish Fry.
By: By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
As principal of Franklinton Elementary School, Linda Frederickson has been getting a lot of attention lately.
So have her 620-plus students and 80 faculty and staff members.
Last month the school failed AYP for the second consecutive year. Average yearly progress is a measurement set by the federal government through No Child Left Behind.
The attention hasn’t been so bad, Frederickson said, but it’s an added pressure that has been dealt with head on.
By: By DR. BERT L’HOMME, FCS Superintendent
By the time you read this column the new school year will be a month old. We had a great first day. I was able to visit each school, and overwhelmingly, I was greeted by smiles and expressions of appreciation. The grass was cut, the floors shined, supplies had arrived, and except for a few minor glitches, the buses were on time.
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