FRONT PAGE
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Franklin County staff and area environmentalists had a public forum Thursday night to tell residents what efforts are under way to protect the environment.
While public attendance was not ideal, the number of protective efforts is, said County Manager Chris Coudriet.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Residents will get a chance to discuss a funding strategy that commissioners are proposing to use to build a new school, animal shelter and address utility needs, including a sewer line to the proposed new hospital location.
In October, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners agreed that it would let staff pursue certificate of participation bond money to cover about $15 million needed to pay for renovations and school construction that a $30-million bond failed to do.
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Times photos by Carey Johnson
WINNERS. Strawberry Festival cooking contest winners Friday, top from left to right, are Dottie Wrenn, Hailee Tyler, Sandra Stafford, Shelly Dickerson, Evan Cassidy, Megan Cassidy and Sean Cassidy.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Law enforcement officers, Department of Aging staff and state representatives will host an event next week to keep scammers at bay. The Franklin County Department on Aging is hosting its second Scam Jam on Tuesday, inviting law enforcement, AARP of North Carolina, representatives from the state Attorney General’s Office and the state Insurance Office to give the county’s elderly population tips on how to avoid scams and frauds.
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TOP OF THEIR GAME. Shirley Harris, left, and Rosa Johnson were honored this month as the Franklin County Schools’ employees of the quarter. Harris’ voice is the one callers hear first when greeted when they call the school system. The receptionist and her colleague, who is the N.C. Wise data manager at Laurel Mill Elementary, were praised for their dedication and positive attitudes.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
The Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce is looking for a national approval rating. The board of directors on Thursday agreed to pursue accreditation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
OBITUARIES
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Evangelist Ethel Ward, 95, who died Saturday, April 28, 2007, were conducted Thursday, May 3, at Mt. Hebron Holiness Church, with Evangelist Joseph Leonard officiating. Burial followed in the M.H. Jones cemetery.
ZEBULON - Julian Elson Mitchell, 85, a WW II veteran and retired farmer, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, May 3, at Union Chapel Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery with military honors.
LOUISBURG - Jerry Olive“Wahoo” Baker, 61, died Saturday, April 21, 2007 at his home. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, April 24, at New Hope Christian Church, with the Rev. Steve Barham and the Rev. Ricky Beddingfield officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON - Verlie Moseley Hicks, 92, of Franklinton, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 in Guardian Care in Henderson. She was a life-long member of Mountain Grove Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School for a number of years.
LOUISBURG - Willis Winfield Nash, 83, of Louisburg, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at his home. Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2:00 p.m. from Louisburg Baptist Church, with Dr. Reggie Rushing officiating. Burial followed in Lancaster Memorial Park. A Georgia native, Mr. Nash came to North Carolina in 1949 as a dealer for International Paper Company.
FRANKLINTON - Edna A. Dause, 77, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home, Franklinton.
SPORTS
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN — Quality — not quantity — was the keyword for Bunn High School’s fast-pitch softball Senior Night festivities. The ceremony lasted just five minutes Tuesday evening, mainly because the Ladycats had only two upperclassmen this season.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN — With veterans Jimmy Tanner, D.J. Scott and Brandon Strickland on the staff, pitching wasn’t expected to be a problem this season for the Bunn High School baseball team. Bunn’s rotation has lived up to expectation, but the Wildcats’ bats have disappeared during some of the club’s most important contests of the spring.
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Geoff Neville / Sports Column
Jeremy Arrington is truly one of Franklin County’s greatest success stories -- on and off the football field. During his days at Louisburg High, Arrington became the school’s all-time leading rusher -- along with one of the state’s top rushers in history. Following a bad experience with a junior college in Kansas that had given Arrington some false promises, he refused to quit and instead ended up at Division II powerhouse Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tenn.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Andrew Blackburne tried to play Mr. Nice Guy, especially since it a feel-good Senior Night for his Louisburg High School girls soccer team.
But midway through a sluggish first half, the usually low-key Blackburne had seen enough.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
HENDERSON -- Mass graduation losses have decimated the Bunn High School girls track and field squad over the past several years. But the Ladycats always seem to have the ability to reload and dominate once again, especially in the Northern Carolina Conference standings.
LOUISBURG -- The Louisburg High School golf squad wrapped up regular season action with a pair of impressive victories this week.
Thursday at Bull Creek, the Warriors posted a score of 320, compared to 372 for Franklinton and 381 for Rocky Mount Prep.
COMMUNITY NEWS
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Developers who have proposed building a CVS store in the current Kangaroo convenience center location withdrew their rezoning petition at the last moment on Thursday. The Louisburg Planning Board was scheduled to discuss a petition to rezone land around the convenience store on Bickett Boulevard from residential to business to accommodate the development.
Louisburg police officers are looking for suspects who stole antique furniture from a house of worship. Parishioners of St. Paul Episcopal Church reported on April 28 that someone stole an old marble top table valued at $500 and two oak chairs valued at $500 each.
Eight months doesn’t seem like a long time to create a bond, but Ricky Powell and Marshal did it. As a Hospice patient, Powell received a great deal of comfort from the Sheba Inu, often more than even his family could do, his mother, Mary Elswick said.
Following is a list of real estate transfers amounting to $5,000 or more in Franklin County for the time period April 9-10, 2007, as recorded in the office of the Franklin County Register of Deeds.
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