WILTON - William Thomas Gooch, 88, died Thursday, May 13, 2010 at Durham Regional Hospital. Funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, May 15) at Banks United Methodist Church by the Rev. Cliff Wall. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
ALERT - Lee Bert Hale, 78, of Alert , died Thursday, May 14, 2010, at his home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Ayscue Hale; son, Myron Hale; and granddaughter, Valerie Hale. He retired from NC DOT in 1976 and Hales Auto Sales in 2006.
LOUISBURG - Myrtle Currin Wrenn, 82, of Louisburg died Thursday, May 13, 2010. She was born November 22, 1927 in Franklin County, NC to the late Eugene Cleveland Wrenn and Minnie Woodlief Wrenn. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Eunice Wrenn Spencer, Gladys Wrenn Watkins, Ella Wrenn Bailey and Lona Wrenn Ayscue; and a brother, George Ruffin Wrenn.
This year’s commencement events began on Friday, May 7, with a breakfast for the graduates. During the gathering, students, friends, faculty and staff watched a slide show of pictures that Mona La Branche had created from the 2009-2010 school year. Each graduate was welcomed as a Louisburg College alumnus/a and given a gift bag containing a copy of the slides on disc, an LC pin, coffee mug, car decal, calendar and alumni magazine.
Late last month, the Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District recognized and awarded prizes to 42 Franklin County students during the 14th Annual Awards Program at Terrell Lane Middle School.
Students won cash prizes, ribbons and certificates for posters or essays centered around this year’s theme — “The Living Soil.”
The Franklinton High School yearbook staff (Franoca) earned the Walsworth Publishers Gallery of Excellence Award. Out of about 3,500 books published, the book is one of only 200 to receive this award this year. Franklinton received the same honor for its 2009 efforts. Erin Mauch leads the FHS group.
June 30 is the last day to file reports on tobacco, soybeans, corn and grain sorghum, or within 15 days of being planted, in order to avoid a late filing charge. Please make every effort to ensure that the acreage reports filed at the Farm Service Agency match the report filed with crop insurance.
Robin Faulkner, principal of Bunn High School, has announced the Honor Roll for the fifth six-week grading period.
To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the A-B Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 85.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Mount Nittany rises majestically over the valley in North Central Pennsylvania, providing a majestic backdrop to the campus of Penn State University.
Fans at jam-packed Beaver Stadium can look to the northeast from the stands and see the mountain, which helped provide the name for the school’s mascot -- the Nittany Lion.
PITTSBORO -- Bunn had a tough draw for the Class 2-A Girls Soccer State Playoffs -- a fact that was evident Tuesday night.
The Ladycats proved to be no match for a strong Pittsboro Northwood squad, which defeated Bunn by a convincing 11-0 margin.
“(Northwood) was a very good team,’’ said BHS head coach Greg Bunn. “They jumped on us pretty heavily.’’
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- In a season filled with strong pitchers in Region X, none were better than Louisburg College freshman left-hander Hunter Ackerman.
League coaches took notice of Ackerman’s excellence, as he has been voted as the Region X Pitcher of the Year.
I ran out of room during my Ty Howle feature story for more of his thoughts about being a member of the Penn State University football team.
So here are a few to add to the story, which can be seen at right:
• On the fan expectations at Penn State, where some folks considered the Lions’ two-loss campaign in 2009 as an unsuccessful one:
SEVIERVILLE, TENN. -- Dave Sappelt and Brandon Yarbrough homered to lead the Carolina Mudcats past Tennessee for the third time in four games 5-3 at Smokies Park on Thursday night in a Class AA Southern League baseball showdown.
Sappelt took out Hung-Wen Chen to lead off the second inning. Then, after the Smokies (21-13) took a 2-1 lead against Dallas Buck (W, 3-3) in the bottom half, Yarbrough drilled a Chen pitch onto the right-field berm with Eric Eymann aboard for a 3-2 lead.
Former Bunn High School standout Ty Howle, now at Penn State, shares some tips with prospective Wildcats’ players during a meeting Thursday morning at the BHS Weight Room. Howle will be returning to State College, Pa., this weekend.
The following personnel matters were approved at the May 10 meeting of the Franklin County Board of Education:
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Nurses at Franklin Regional Medical Center held their annual Teddy Bear Clinic at Bunn Elementary School recently.
Donna Perry and other nurses from various departments within Franklin Regional began this program several years ago to educate children about summer safety and visits to the emergency department.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s Board of Elections rejected an election protest that would have thrown out School Board votes cast for John May, but they did inform the second highest vote getter that she can request a runoff election.
When School Board member John May resigned his District 3 seat, Bobbie Richardson and Kathy Harrelson both waged write-in campaigns to take the seat — which they both thought would be settled during the May 4 primary.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
With only four board members present and no clearcut recommendation from the Franklin County Board of Elections, the county’s Board of Education decided Monday night to table considering a replacement for board member John May.
May resigned in April to accept appointment to the North Carolina House of Representatives, replacing Lucy Allen who left that spot for a seat on the Board of Public Utilities in Raleigh.
Above, workers use scaffolding to renovate the old Scoggin’s building at the corner of Nash and Main streets in downtown Louisburg. The county has agreed with Tribond Properties to lease office space in the building for Child Support Enforcement workers, who will now come under the authority of the county’s Department of Social Services.
A Louisburg teenager was killed Friday evening in a wreck.
According to a report by Trooper C.M. Garner, Kyle S. Lewis, 17, was driving east on West River Road just after 8 p.m. when he ran off the right side of the road while heading into a curve.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
State legislators expect the General Assembly session beginning on Wednesday to be short and sweet, relatively.
The regular session usually takes about six months while the short session, which starts Wednesday, usually lasts about six weeks.
Sen. Doug Berger said the legislature is looking to use that short-time period wisely.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Charlotte company could learn next month whether they get shut out of plans to finish developing Youngsville Crossing.
And, their attorneys are seeking money for their trouble.
First, GE Business Financial Services filed a lawsuit, alleging that Youngsville Crossing’s developer Gemini Real Estate Advisors, defaulted on a $17.8 million loan.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Youngsville Board of Commissioners could be back to full strength come Thursday night.
Long-time doctor and town Commissioner Bert Corpening died in February, leaving a position vacant on the board.
Mayor Sam Hardwick said fellow board members have all pitched in to cover Corpening’s committee responsibilities, however, the board could be ready to appoint a new commissioner at its Thursday meeting.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Just before Louisburg College students grabbed their degrees, its food service staff was grabbing more money.
Union workers with Chartwells, which provides the two-year college with food services, ratified a new three-year contract that will provide a 15-percent pay increase, starting with a 5-percent raise in September.
Bunn resident Jessica Barker
