Franklinton Elementary is off to a great start! We have wonderful students, supportive parents and hard working staff members. We have many exciting activities going on to reach and teach our students. I am very proud to be the principal at FES.
HENDERSON — Henry Jones’ first presumption that something was amiss came when he was welcomed by Southern Vance head coach Darlynn Oxendine before Tuesday’s key Northern Carolina Conference volleyball matchup.
“Darlynn was wearing a T-shirt from (local powerhouse) Cardinal Gibbons,’’ said Jones, Bunn High’s veteran spike mentor.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Even though they have only won three volleyball matches so far this season, the Franklinton Lady Rams have certainly been efficient.
Two of those victories have been in Northern Carolina Conference action, meaning Franklinton is currently tied for first place in the competitive league at 2-0.
LOUISBURG -- Host Louisburg High School topped Bunn 20-35 in a boys cross country matchup Monday afternoon on the LHS campus.
I hope you still respect our newspaper, even if we allow non-qualifiers to be a part of our team. Chuck Amato’s negative words toward Akron cried out ‘sour grapes’ after the Zips scored on the final play of the game last Saturday to defeat the favored Wolfpack.
HENDERSON -- For Franklinton High School boys soccer coach Deran Coe, winning the Burger King Classic meant much more than just carrying home a first-place trophy. “This shows how much we have progressed,’’ Coe said.
BUNN -- For the second week in a row, Bunn’s defense pitched a shutout, this time as part of a 14-0 home victory Friday over Fairmont. While improving to 5-0 overall, the Wildcats allowed the visitors just 90 total yards of offense, all of which came on the ground.
WELDON -- Franklinton’s offense continued to sputter Friday during a 44-0 road setback against non-conference foe Weldon. FHS, which has tallied just one touchdown all year, collected 59 total yards, 40 of which came in the opening stanza of action.
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.
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 - 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.
Members of the Bunn High School graduating class of 1961 met at Bunn High School for their 45th reunion Saturday, Aug. 26.
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By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
A princess for a day, Emily Pearl Honeycutt sat in front of a window in the reception room of White Level Baptist Church with her tiara sparkling in the sunlight as much as her smile was.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Residents and county, state and federal leaders paused Monday to reflect upon the lives lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks five years ago.
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By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
The Board of Education will ask commissioners for roughly $12.5 million to build an elementary school in the Franklinton/ Youngsville area.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
In life, Raeford and Mary Conn gave much to their community and its children.
They felt so strongly for youth that their last will and testament speaks to their convictions from beyond.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Youngsville man who had already gone through a life-threatening incident on Capital Boulevard lost his life there last week.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A group charged with spurring tourism in Franklin County figures it may need some administrative help.
A new dean of applied technologies and public service is on the job this fall at Vance-Granville Community College. VGCC named Bobby Van Brunt to succeed Dean James Wheeler, who returned to the classroom.
Merchant Marine Midshipman Asher James Johnson of Portland, Texas, has received a Gold Star at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., for academic achievement during the second term of 2006. Johnson was honored at the annual Academic Awards Ceremony at the Officers’ Club in Melvill Hall on April 19.
“My Soldier” is a program that puts politics aside and lets U.S. soldiers know that someone back home cares.
LOUISBURG - Sudie Adele Champion, 80, died Sunday afternoon, Sept. 10, 2006. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 13) at Saints Delight Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Lancaster Memorial Park.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Funeral services for Thurston Roosevelt Alston, 55, who died at Huntsville Hospital on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home in Huntsville.
CREEDMOOR - Faye Jones Fuller, 94, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006 at Brantwood Nursing Center in Oxford. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 13) at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with Dr. Marc Tilley officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Gardens.
