FRONT PAGE
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By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
Franklin Regional Medical Center’s application for a certificate of need to relocate to Youngsville in a partnership with Rex-UNC Health Care has been denied.
A statement was released by FRMC and Rex late Friday that expressed disappointment on the state Division of Facility Services’ decision that “hurts the residents of the county.”
This is the second application for relocation for FRMC to be rejected in the last year to build a proposed $98-million hospital in southwest Franklin County off U.S. Highway 1.
“The state has decided against allowing the expansion of quality health care throughout Franklin County.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
After taking three of the top awards in last year’s International Whistlers Convention, some Japanese performers will have the home concert hall advantage this summer when the event heads to Tokyo.
The 35th annual event is being hosted by the Japan Whistlers Federation in July. It will be at the Culture Hall of the Center of Lifelong Learning in Ushiku — about an hour east of Tokyo.
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By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
Franklin County Animal Control is reinstituting certified rabies vaccinators at the animal shelter.
A commitment from Health Department Director Eric Ireland came Wednesday night following discussion during an Animal Control Advisory Board meeting.
Ireland agreed to have two officers certified through the state to give the shots and one officer’s certification to be transferred over to Franklin County, giving rise to a state statute that has been in place since 1983.
SHEARIN HONORED. Franklin County Commission Chairman Robert Lee Swanson on Monday night presented Emergency Communications Director Christy Shearin with an Employee of the Quarter certificate for the period ending in March. The presentation was made during the board’s meeting Monday night. Shearin oversees an office of 12 other employees, which receives about 57,000 911 calls a year.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Kittrell teen this week, charging him with the county’s first reported hate crime in a decade.
Investigators arrested Stephen Overton, 17, of 2201 Rocky Ford Road, and charged him with two counts of ethnic intimidation.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Louisburg Town Council is holding off on taking control of a right-of-way near the proposed Super Wal-Mart location, giving competing developers time to work out an agreement without town involvement.
Phil Goodson, the man who handled the land deal for Louisburg Plaza (the Super Wal-Mart project) on the west side of U.S. Highway 401, also holds the option on .106 acres on the east side of the highway.
OBITUARIES
OXFORD - James H. “Jimmy” Wrenn Jr. died Sunday, April 20, 2008. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, April 23, at Hester Baptist Church by Dr. Lavelle Waters and Brad Woodlief.
CHARLOTTE - Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys Hicks Daniel, 43, who died Thursday, April 24, 2008, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Louisburg, with the Rev. Timothy Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Muriel Tharrington Clark, 93, died Monday, April 21, 2008 at Louisburg Nursing Center. Funeral services were conducted Friday, April 25, at Corinth Baptist Church, with the Rev. Brent Farrar officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE - Annie Ruth Wall Gay, 79, died Wednesday morning, April 23, 2008 at her home. Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, April 26) at Bethlehem Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dannie Hayes and the Rev. Bill Wallace officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Mrs. Virginia Bridgers Armstrong, 83, died Sunday, April 20, 2008 at her home. Funeral services were conducted Friday, April 25, at Massey Funeral Home in Zebulon. Burial followed in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens.
YOUNGSVILLE - Hilda Smith Holloway, 58, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church in Wake Forest.
FRANKLINTON - Ingrid C. Brooks, 33, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, April 26) at Manasseh Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home.
SPORTS
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON - Football wasn’t the only focus of Kyle Ennis’ college decision-making process.
A member of the National Honor Society -- and 31st in his class -- Ennis wanted to make sure his eventual choice boasted a strong reputation in both academics and athletics.
Ennis feels like he’s found the perfect place -- Guilford College in Greensboro.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- When Jon Pearsall helped start the Franklinton High School wrestling program three years ago, he felt the potential was there to one day claim a Northern Carolina Conference regular season championship.
But this soon? Pearsall hardly anticipated what happened to the Red Rams in 2007-08. FHS won the NCC regular season title with a 7-1 league mark.
ASHEVILLE -- Jessica Monroe continues to climb up the women’s basketball leader at the University of North Carolina-Asheville.
During each of her three seasons, Monroe has seen her playing time consistently increase -- until she earned a permanent spot in the Lady Bulldogs’ lineup for the 2007-08 campaign.
Monroe, a former prep stalwart at Franklinton High, started 28 of UNCA’s 30 games. She was second on the team in scoring (10.1 ppg) and third in rebounding (5.6).
"I've run out of sick days, so I'm calling in dead” -- Not-so-ancient Hawaiian proverb (found on the back of a T-shirt at a West Maui gift shop)
During my 11 years at The Franklin Times, I've e-mailed stories from Washington State, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Alberta and my mother's kitchen in Kentucky (the last one on too many occasions to count).
BUNN -- Listed are the latest results from the Bunn Youth Recreation League’s baseball/softball seasons:
LIFESTYLES
Amy, even though your life was cut short, you had already made an impact on people of all ages. Everyone says how sweet you were, and how hard you worked to get ahead in life.
I remember writing in the June 5, 2004 edition of The Franklin Times about the graduates in Franklin County who had come a long way.
COMMUNITY NEWS
On Saturday, May 3, the concert and symphonic bands from Louisburg High School will perform their 13th annual “turn-of-the-century” concert in downtown Louisburg on the historic courthouse steps.
The concert will begin at 6 p.m. and should last about 45 minutes.
In the event of rain, the concert will be moved to the Louisburg High School Auditorium.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County officials and residents will get a chance on Tuesday night to learn more about the impacts of a high-speed rail project, but the fortunes of two towns are decidedly different.
The Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor is a state and federal project to connect Richmond, Va., to Raleigh, and South Carolina and Georgia.
Novozymes North America was presented Friday night with the first Best Practices Award for its Health and Safety Program from the N.C. Psychological Association.
The awards ceremony was at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill.
Last year, the annual golf tournament to benefit the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund raised about $31,500 to provide scholarships to deserving students. This year, college officials hope to surpass that result with the 24th annual tournament, which will be at the Henderson Country Club on Tuesday, May 13.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — A 75-year-old town store was destroyed by fire last weekend, but its proprietors don’t expect the tragedy to snuff out their desire to stay in business.
Franklinton and Mitchners Crossroads firefighters responded to the Bargain Store on N.C. Highway 56 to find it completely engulfed at about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Three Louisburg College alumni were presented with awards during Alumni Weekend at Louisburg College, April 11-12. The Outstanding Young Alumni Award was established in 1993, and it recognizes and honors an alumnus who graduated within the last 20 years and has achieved significant accomplishments in a profession or in the community.
CARTOON CAPTION CHALLENGE
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Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
This is your opportunity to be an editorial cartoonist. Each issue, we will post a cartoon without a caption and you get to fill in the punchline. Here are a few guidelines that may help you submit the funniest line...
