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LOUISBURG -- Two new companies are set to establish their first pilot facility and future manufacturing center in Franklin County.
TerraSafe Materials, Inc. and its sister company, DisSolves, Inc., are establishing a facility that will create 20 new full-time jobs - with an average annual salary of $100,000 - with over $10 million invested between the combined companies. The new facility will be located at 35 Weathers Street in Youngsville.
"We are thrilled to welcome TerraSafe Materials and DisSolves to Franklin County," said Economic Development Director Barbara Fiedor.

LOUISBURG -- Almost everyone has heard the line of prayer that states, "Give us Lord, our daily bread."
One Franklin County organization is making that prayer the literal cornerstone of its goals -- and they define "bread" very, very broadly.
Community Cares of Franklin County is an organization that addresses food and hygiene insecurity for students attending Louisburg Elementary, Terrell Lane Middle and Louisburg Magnet High Schools.

Filling all those food bags and making sure the mix of items was the same in all of them was a huge -- and heavy -- task. But the Scouts were up to the challenge and in short order completed the task they faced, helping ensure that others had a Merry Christmas. Shown here in the foreground putting a bag together are (from the left) Adeline Schneider, MacKnzie Mayor and Riley Monsees.

LOUISBURG -- Because of illness and timing, the Franklin County Animal Services Board was not able to achieve a quorum at its November meeting.
But, Interim Animal Services Director Jerry Jones touted continued improvement at the shelter, in terms of personnel, practices and empowerment during the meeting.
The county has hired an outreach coordinator for the department.

Brianna and Grayson Lewis

Sometimes, believe it or not, we Franklin Countians receive a major gift about this time of the year -- and this year was no exception.
This gift was delivered by a fellow named Reed Palmer who must volunteer as one of Santa's helpers, although in real life he is a civil engineer.
And despite the fact that he came to town bearing a huge gift, he didn't look a bit like Santa himself, so it's likely he's one of Santa's helpers.
Reed doesn't have a large, bushy white beard, didn't wear a bright red suit for his visit and apparently arrived in a motor vehicle, not a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

If you've seen the December editions of The Franklin Times, you know that Santa, or at least his proxies, has been to every corner of Franklin County -- from Bunn to Youngsville to Franklinton to Louisburg to Alert and White Level -- spreading joy and good cheer.
So, as what has become sort of a tradition for my Christmas column, let's see what Santa can bring to our communities.

Before they started packing, these three Scouts took a good look at the task before them -- and came up with a plan. Shown here are, from the left, Briarlun Currin, Addison Galloway and Tytha Knott.

While Josephine Stover holds a bag open, Emily Dickerson makes sure to add the food.

Above, Gracie Williamson carefully fits items into another bag under the watchful eye of Nicole Williamson. The young ladies were careful to be sure that all the bags were essentially the same.

Grace Craig, Mackenzie Roberson, Elania Carrillo Galeana, Brooklyn Rogers, and Leah Ellis use teamwork to pack boxes of food.