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Aldermen uphold 40-foot height limit By Emmy Errante Staff Writer
After listening to strong opinions expressed by town residents during a public hearing Thursday, Jan. 8, the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen unanimously voted down a text amendment allowing planning staff to accept applications for mixed-use projects greater than 40 feet tall. Eight residents spoke against the amendment, saying removing the height requirement would invite the construction of buildings that would change the town’s unique family atmosphere. Although director of planning and parks Tony Wilson pointed out the amendment would merely allow more projects to be considered, not actually constructed, citizens worried where such allowances might lead. “We don’t want to be Carolina Beach or Myrtle Beach,” Charlotte Murchison said. “One of the glories of this beach is we keep it a community area without high-rises. ... This puts a chink in the wall and it’s going to snowball.” Alderwoman Elizabeth King questioned the purpose of allowing applications to be accepted by planning staff only to be denied by the town boards. “I cannot agree with accepting a projStaff photo by Allison Potter ect to look at when we know we’re not The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen rejected a text amendment allowing planning staff to accept applications for mixed-use projects greater n See height limit Page 5
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Local lawmakers are ready for Raleigh By Miriah Hamrick
State flu death toll 54 and rising
Current flu cases likely are a drifted strain, health officials said By Michelle Saxton Contributing Writer
Thirty influenza-related deaths were reported in the state in just one week, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has said. The North Carolina flu-related deaths were reported during the week of Dec. 28 through Jan. 3 and based on provider reports sent to the state Division of Public Health. In total at least 54 flu-related deaths were counted in North Carolina since early October. Of those patients, 42 were 65 years or older, and two were children, DHHS reports show. “Given the dramatic increase in flu activity that began in midDecember, we expect to see a continued rise in the numbers of reported flu-associated deaths over the coming weeks,” DHHS
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After taking an oath of office Jan. 14, New Hanover County’s local delegation in the N.C. General Assembly intend to secure teacher pay raises and education reforms, find funds to improve infrastructure, enable economic development, and more.
Politics in the way of good policy Sen. Michael Lee, R-District 9
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Reps. Ted Davis, Jr., R-New Hanover, and Susi Hamilton, D-New Hanover, talk about historic preservation tax credits during a meeting of the Historic Wilmington Foundation Tuesday, Jan. 6 at the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Lee said he began working to save the state film incentives before he was elected to office. Politics got in the way of good policy during discussions about the incentives, he continued, and he plans to frame the incentives as a boost to small businesses to drum up support. “This is not just a film incentive. This is a small business incentive. A lot of the funds that come through the film and television industry go directly into small businesses in southeastern North Carolina,” Lee said. “I think the small business industry is going to be very involved on that front.” While reinstating the original incentive is ideal, Lee said he will settle to tweak the grant program with more adequate funding and modified eligibility requirements. Lee listed infrastructure development as a top priority that could foster local economic development. n See lawmakers Page 5
Birth of a thriving beach town By Emmy Errante Staff Writer
Hand-made wooden crafts chased each other through the warm waters of Banks Channel, their captains navigating between the low-lying island known as the Hammocks and the rugged outer beach strand. The small boats raced back and forth in front of the solitary building clinging to the barren strip of land, a wooden structure with a wrap-around porch. During the mid 19th century, that building, the Carolina Yacht Club, offered the first glimpse of development on the island that would soon become the town of Wrightsville Beach. At that time the island was called Ocean View Beach. Wrightsville was the name given to the nearby village located on the mainland overlooking the sound. The only passage from Wrightsville village to Ocean View Beach was by boat. n See beach town Page 5
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The steel pier at the Seashore Hotel was built in 1910 and destroyed by storms in 1921.
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discovers boat rental loophole By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
While boat rental companies have operated within the town of Wrightsville Beach for years, town staff only recently discovered the business model is not expressly listed as a permitted use within the town. When prospective Care Free Boat Club owner Scott Weismantel applied for a business permit he had no idea it would require a monthslong process. “I felt bad, I didn’t even know,” Weismantel said during a Tuesday, Jan. 13 phone interview. “I just applied knowing there was an existing boat club and boat rentals in the area.” After receiving Weismantel’s application, town staff alerted existing rental companies Reliant Marine and Nauti Times Boat Rentals that their business was not a permitted use. While both businesses have been allowed to operate as normal since then and will incur no fines, town manager Tim Owens said both would have to comply once the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen decide how n See loophole Page 5
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Wrightsville board’s vote sets flood zone appeal in motion By Emmy Errante Staff Writer
The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen voted to allow coastal engineering firm Applied Technology and Management (ATM) to proceed with the initial phase of challenging FEMA’s preliminary floodplain designations for Harbor Island. Since the maps were released showing illogically high-risk flood zones for much of Harbor Island, the board has been carefully and thoroughly exploring the possibility of an appeal. In October, coastal research specialist Spencer Rogers presented the board with an explanation of the new flood zone designations. Then, in December, the aldermen met with representatives from the state floodplain mapping program to gain a further understanding of the models used to create the designations and therefore determine possible methods for appealing them. Thursday, Jan. 8, the board met with representatives from ATM to hear its plan for a Phase 1 review, during which the firm would identify any areas of FEMA’s study that could be tested and challenged to affect the designation for Harbor Island. The first phase would cost $24,700 from the town’s reserve fund. Senior coastal engineer Fran Way said the firm would determine the accuracy of FEMA’s LIDAR elevation data by comparing the points to elevation certificates on file. Using the new data it would then re-run FEMA’s Wave Height Analysis for Flood Insurance Studies (WHAFIS) model. Way described how the WHAFIS model currently predicted wave action at Wrightsville Beach, with the swells diminishing while passing
over the beach strand and then regenerating in Banks Channel. “They’re saying [the waves are] coming across Wrightsville, breaking, and you get the AE, and then it just hits these lower areas where it’s able to regenerate just enough to get back to the VE,” he said. “But we’ll look at it pretty closely because it doesn’t seem to pass the walking around test.” Way said FEMA runs the WHAFIS model on a strip of land, or transect, it feels is representative of the area. But the WHAFIS model is extremely sensitive to topography, he added, so ATM could run the model on a new strip of land, even just 50 feet to the north or south, to affect the flood zone designations. FEMA didn’t have the luxury of being so selective and precise during the mapping process, Way pointed out, which sometimes affected the accuracy of the results. “When these guys are mapping, they’re mapping entire areas,” he said, “whereas we’re really going to focus on this one little area, and a lot of times when we do that we can find areas where they didn’t spend as much time.” Town manager Tim Owens said the only area re-examined would be Harbor Island, so designations for the rest of the town would not be affected. Furthermore, if at any point ATM’s findings began to indicate the town wouldn’t win an appeal, the process could be halted. “From what we heard today, I don’t see how we can not do it,” Alderman Hank Miller said. Following Phase 1, ATM will provide findings and recommendation to the town as to whether to proceed with Phase 2, a final analysis and appeal submittal. email emmy@luminanews.com
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Winter climate to remain in flux By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
With high temperatures in the mid 60s one day and lows in the teens the next, the start of 2015 has proved erratic in climate for southeastern North Carolina and the weather man says the trend is likely to continue. Steve Pfaff, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service Wilmington office, said local temperatures have not remained below or above average for numerous consecutive days due to one winter storm marching through after the other. “We call this a progressive weather pattern where storms come in, they go out and we are not stuck in any one direction or the other,” Pfaff said. While the extreme portions of southeastern North Carolina dodged the latest storm that dumped freezing rain on areas to the west overnight Tuesday, Jan. 14, the low temperature of 16 degrees Thursday, Jan. 8, broke the record for that day in Wilmington.
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The windows of the Shore Acres Model Home, on Harbor Island, the historically designated property located at 121 Live Oak Drive, are in need of replacement. Property owner and former town alderman Bill Sisson said the windows are severely deteriorated, letting cold air into the house and making the matter urgent. The Wrightsville Beach Historic Landmark Commission met Monday, Jan. 12 to discuss the best method and materials for replacing the windows while maintaining the historical value of the property. “In dealing with the folks in Raleigh, one of the most important things in characterizing the historical value in terms of dollar value and historical value of the house is the doors and windows,” Vice Chairwoman Robin Spinks said.
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In part the fluctuating weather patterns, cooler air temperatures and increased rainfall are due to a weak El Niño system in the Pacific Ocean. That system has also caused an increase in drought conditions around much of the Pacific, including the West Coast of the United States. “The overall big picture look for us is slightly cooler than normal and more precipitation, which is what we have been seeing,” he said. Looking ahead, Pfaff said the next week should remain normal for this time of year with high temperatures hovering in the mid 50s and the possibility for a 60-degree day mixed in. After that, Pfaff said the weather pattern throughout the rest of January should maintain that course with a little higher chance for precipitation than normal and a possibility for higher than normal temperatures. Once into February, Pfaff said temperatures and precipitation levels should remain normal with a break in winter storms and transition to spring beginning mid March.
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The Wrightsville Beach Historic Landmark Commission will meet with the owners of the Shore Acres Model Home on Harbor Island to view proposed replacement window samples before deciding what material will be allowed.
The matter of contention between property owners Sisson and wife Joy Miller and the commission was the materials proposed to rebuild or replace the windows. “You’re trying to make it livable at the lowest cost possible, and we’re trying to maintain the historic nature of it,” Spinks said. Sisson and Miller proposed new windows framed by painted vinyl rather than wood. Miller said the cost of using wood-framed windows was astronomical, and vinyl was also more weather resistant. “Our object is not to think about how much it costs, it’s to think about what the final product is,”
Chairwoman Catharine O’Quinn said. Spinks pointed out owners of historic properties receive a tax break to help pay for such renovations. In the interest of preserving historical properties in Wrightsville Beach, the commission uses a set of guidelines to determine the historical appropriateness of any proposed changes. The guidelines mandate any modifications match the design, color and other visual qualities of the original elements. Spinks suggested, based on the guidelines, the windows should be rebuilt using wood and not vinyl. Although wood-framed windows might not comply
with wind-load and energy conservation requirements, building inspector Bill Squires said historical properties don’t have to. It would be possible, then, to rebuild the wood-framed windows. “Possible, but not practical,” he said. “You can get a vinyl window that looks like wood, and performs like a new window . . . but looking at it [you] won’t be able to tell the difference.” The commission members decided to view a sample of the proposed vinyl material before making a decision. They plan to meet Sisson and Miller Thursday, Jan. 15 at the home. email emmy@luminanews.com
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Pay raises for longtime teachers, flexibility with standardized tests and student performance objectives, funding to supply classrooms with needed instructional materials — it all boils down to the success of the students, said teachers and principals to elected officials during a Jan. 8 legislative luncheon hosted by New Hanover County Schools. New Hanover County Schools Teacher of the Year Meredith Kokoski, who teaches English at Laney High School, talked about the tension she feels between preparing students to perform well on a slew of state-mandated standardized tests and what she called the humanity of education and the inspiration of every teacher — nurturing the intellectual and personal growth of her students. “We are the scaffolding that connects these two seemingly discrepant ideologies, and makes them seem less incongruous,” Kokoski said. Test scores present a limited view of the success of both students and teachers, Kokoski said, referring to an additional set of standardized tests recently implemented to rate and evaluate teacher effectiveness. She requested elected officials invest in teachers and return control of their classrooms to them. NCHS Principal of the Year Dr. Robin Hamilton, of Parsley Elementary School, shared suggestions on how elected officials can help public school employees
Wilmington City Council meeting 6:30 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers Note: Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen board retreat has been rescheduled for February.
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Wrightsville Beach School principal MaryPaul Beall speaks with New Hanover County Board of Commissioners Vice Chairwoman Beth Dawson during the annual NHC Schools legislative luncheon Thursday, Jan. 8.
harness the transformational power held by both groups, like offering competitive compensation to attract and retain high-quality and experienced public school employees, including raises for veteran teachers and for principals and assistant principals, who she said sometimes earn slightly less as administrators than as teachers. Some of Hamilton’s requests, like ensured funding to cover student population growth and the driver’s education program, were echoes of superintendent Dr. Tim Markley’s message to officials. Rep. Ted Davis Jr., R-New Hanover, explained the legislature’s decision to award heftier pay raises to beginning teachers in the 2014-15 state budget as a strategy to keep the career a tenable
path for newcomers. He pledged to work to secure raises for veteran teachers during the 2015 legislative session, but warned of the challenge posed by funding shortfalls from lowered income tax rates. Davis said he was inspired by talking to teachers and school staff at the 2014 legislative meetand-greet to visit three schools in his district, experiences he said opened his eyes. Sen. Michael Lee, R-New Hanover, and Reps. Rick Catlin, R-New Hanover, and Susi Hamilton, D-New Hanover, also attended the luncheon. Wrightsville Beach School Principal MaryPaul Beall underscored the message conveyed by Kokoski and Hamilton. She listed
pay raises for veteran teachers and funding for teacher assistants as top priorities she hoped to convey to county and state officials at the luncheon, and also extended an invitation to visit the school and witness teachers in action. “They know they’re all welcome to come into any of the schools at any time. We encourage it,” Beall said, adding that other community members are also welcome. “I wish more people from the Wrightsville Beach community would come to the school and see what’s going on.” County commissioners Jonathan Barfield Jr., Beth Dawson and Rob Zapple also attended the luncheon. email miriah@luminanews.com
Criticism of elections board chairman forwarded to state By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
Requests to remove both the New Hanover County elections director and the chairman of the New Hanover County Board of Elections arrived separately at the office of the North Carolina State Board of Elections last week. Three complaints about chairman John Ferrante were submitted Jan. 6, one day before the county board of elections officially requested the state board fire elections director Marvin McFadyen. The state board will hold a hearing if the complaints against Ferrante suggest a violation of the law, a breach of official duties or incapacity to perform official duties, or participation in intentional irregularities, said spokesperson Josh Lawson. New Hanover County Democratic Party Chairman Richard Poole cited concerns about the flow of public information in his complaint, referring to two resolutions outlining responsibilities for board members and staff, approved 2-1 during a Dec. 11, 2014, meeting. “It tends to centralize all of the authority of the board in one person — the chairman — and effectively cuts out other board members, even to the extent that board staff are prohibited from talking to board members about matters within the jurisdiction of the board,” Poole said. Ferrante said the resolutions were necessary to delineate roles and protocol for board members and staff, and he denied claims that they prevent any communication.
Poole also included a Nov. 20, 2014, confrontation between Ferrante and Republican candidate for county commissioner Dr. Derrick Hickey in his complaint. Poole did not witness the event, but elections board member Tannis Nelson, listed as a witness, said the complaint contains an “accurate reflection” of the interaction. In his defense, Ferrante said Hickey “got very huffy” with him after he initiated a discussion about voted absentee ballots available on the county’s public email server, found by the Hickey campaign. Carolyn Hilliard Bordeaux filed two complaints against Ferrante. In one complaint, Bordeaux recalls her experience sharing a concern with the board about the reaction of election officials at the Myrtle Grove library precinct during the 2014 primary election. Bordeaux said she was denied an opportunity to witness the poll’s closing and was threatened with removal from the property after she restated her request several times. She attended a July meeting of the elections board to share her experience, where Bordeaux said Ferrante was “verbally combative, argumentative, and totally disrespectful” and confirmed she could have been arrested. State election law enables citizens to witness poll closures, and Bordeaux said threats of arrest were unfounded. “I believe his actions rise to the level of misconduct, especially since he was threatening a citizen with arrest over an issue in which
the citizen was acting totally within the law,” Bordeaux said in the complaint. Ferrante said Bordeaux could have been arrested for interfering with the chief judge’s ability to perform his duties, not for asking to witness poll closure. “It went beyond asking. It was pushing the chief judge. It was interfering with the chief judge,” Ferrante said. “That’s what I was referring to as the power of arrest.” In her second complaint, Bordeaux reiterates many concerns in Poole’s complaint, including the confrontation between Ferrante and Hickey. However, Bordeaux was not listed as a witness to the confrontation between Ferante and Hickey in Poole’s complaint. Bordeaux also questions Ferrante and board secretary Marlene Mitchell’s shared connection to The Roger Bacon Academy. Ferrante serves on the board of trustees for charter day school, overseen by the for-profit charter school management company owned by Baker Mitchell, Marlene Mitchell’s husband. Ferrante dismissed the issues raised in Bordeaux’s complaints as politically motivated. “They’re frivolous and they have no basis in reality. She hasn’t shown any. They’re just hollow accusations, and they’re partisan,” Ferrante said. Bordeaux declined to comment about her complaints. email miriah@luminanews.com
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Arrests • Arielle Shana Moore was arrested for driving while impaired. • Matthew Hunter McGee was arrested for possession of stolen goods.
Citations • Arielle Shana Moore was issued citations for driving while impaired, and failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision.
Civil Penalties • One civil penalty was issued for impeding traffic.
Reports • Larceny of a cell phone was reported at Red Dogs. • A motor vehicle accident was reported. • Larceny and possession of stolen goods was reported. Jan. 11
Citations • Joel Barrio was issued a citation for speeding. • Jack Ramage was issued a citation for speeding.
Warning Tickets • Christopher Holzschub was issued a warning ticket for expired registration and inspection.
Reports • A driver’s license was reported as found property. • A driver’s license, military identification and credit card were reported as found property.
BEACH BLOTTER Delayed report A 30-year-old man drove to the Wrightsville Beach Police Department Monday, Jan. 5, to report an assault at Lagerheads Tavern over the previous weekend. The man described the incident as an unprovoked assault by two men but could not provide any definite information about his alleged attackers’ identities. The man said he was knocked unconscious at the time but did not request any police or emergency medical service.
Hovering iPhone thief A 22-year-old female reported to Wrightsville Beach Police her iPhone 5 was stolen from her while she was at the bar in Red Dogs Friday, Jan. 9. The victim said she left her phone on the bar and then turned around to find it missing. While she could not provide any definitive suspect information, the victim said she noticed a man hovering around her that evening.
Stealing the show Wrightsville Beach Police Officers were out on patrol around the downtown Wrightsville Beach bars Sunday, Jan. 11, just after 2 a.m. and saw a man run from 22 North Restaurant and Bar carrying a four-tier light show system. The man, 24-year-old Matthew McGee of Wilmington, had taken the system from the DJ inside the bar and boarded a nearby party bus with it. The officers witnessed the man board the bus and stopped the vehicle shortly afterward. McGee was arrested for possession of stolen goods.
Backing up Wrightsville Beach Police officers were on patrol around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, in the downtown district when they heard a sound that appeared to be a vehicle crash in the Roberts Grocery parking lot. When the officers arrived they found 22-year-old Arielle Moore of Winston-Salem had backed up into an unoccupied parked vehicle while attempting to leave the parking lot. The officers suspected Moore of driving while impaired and she registered between .17 and .18 percent on a blood alcohol concentration test. Moore was arrested for driving while impaired. Thomas Burgee explains his project to judge Kristi Jarnagin during the Wrightsville Beach School science fair Tuesday, Jan. 13. ~ Allison Potter
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Editorial/Opinion My thoughts By Pat Bradford On this third week of 2015, millions across the world will be polishing their resolutions to make improvements in their health, finances and habits, in hopes of doing a myriad of things differently. This odd ritual is as close as we get, in a world gone crazy, to do-overs. There is a pastor in town at a super big church who encourages his flock each year to choose one word to chew on, study, basically immerse themselves in all year long. Last year, my word, even though I am not a part of his flock, was humility. History, my friends and coworkers are the barometer on how well I embraced 2014’s word. Although, as I move on to a new word, that one is still very much with me. The word I am taking on this year is kindness. My question to you, is kindness overrated? What exactly is kindness, anyway? Kindness is defined in dictionaries as the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate. Synonyms are kindliness, kindheartedness, warm heartedness, gentleness, concern, care, consideration, thoughtfulness, unselfishness, selflessness, altruism, generosity, magnanimity, charitableness, big-heartedness. Christians around the globe know it as a fruit of the Spirit as well; it is the fifth after love, joy, peace, and patience (kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against these things there is no law) Gal. 5:22-23. The Greek word for kindness is chrestotes. It means “benignity, tender concern, and uprightness.” Aesop said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Mark Twain said, “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” My goal in implementing this word would be firmly putting the other person first. Rather than focusing on the circumstances, what is happening at that moment with me, my needs, focusing on my personal inconvenience, to focus on the other person, his/her moment in time. Booker T. Washington said, “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” Imagine the world if we actually could do this. People would not cut us off in traffic, but when they did, we wouldn’t be concerned for ourselves, but for them. When the cashier is taking an inordinate amount of time to check us out, we would be thinking of a way to encourage him/her, rather than how little time we have and all we have to accomplish. When someone treats us rudely, we respond in, dare I say it — love — versus irritation. “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless,” Mother Teresa said. Kindness is, “Yes, I am late, but let me stop and help do that for you, I can see you are struggling.” Kindness is when a member of our team jumps up from a staff meeting to dash outside in the bitter cold in shirt sleeves to make sure everyone involved in a fender bender is ok and staying out until the lady stuck behind the accident can get safely back into the new stream of traffic. Kindness is stopping, even though late, to see if those people walking at 7:30 a.m. on a 20-degree day
could be homeless, in need of a hot meal. Kindness can be magnified when a smile is attached, and hugs are a kindness accelerator. My beloved last pastor and friend, due in town this weekend, gives the best hugs in the world; I simply can’t wait to be enveloped in one. You may never know when the person in front of you last experienced a hug or what a difference it might make to him/her. Sometimes your hug may be the only one that person receives this day, this week, this month. Imagine it. Kindness can be magnified by a gift of well-placed cash. This doesn’t mean a big altruistic gift, although those are awesome; I am not speaking of mega dollars, but more like the cost of a modest dinner out or even that daily latte. Signal the cashier you want to pay anonymously for the elderly woman’s scanty pile of groceries next time you find yourself in the checkout line behind her. Or treat the poorly dressed smelly guy in line at Mickey D’s to his meal, if you frequent fast food. I guarantee, once accomplished, you will be smiling to yourself. I read something a week or more ago in the daily that talked about scarves, many hand knitted, tied at strategic points in the downtown Wilmington area when the temp sank into life threatening. Those who might be out without shelter were free to take them. That was kindness. Last weekend I saw an over-extended hospital RN named Teresa downgrade her pace to very slow motion, with a big smile and soft touch, to make a pain-wracked patient as comfortable as possible. It still brings tears to my eyes. John Hickenlooper, the incoming governor of Colorado, in his inaugural address Tuesday called for a “random acts of kindness campaign,” asking Coloradans to perform 10,000 random acts of kindness by mid-July. And on January 8, a Chick-Fil-A owner in Birmingham, Alabama, confirmed why this chain is so loved. A patron of the store posted on Facebook what happened after a man walked into the store in 35 degree weather to inquire if there was anything he could do to earn a little food. He appeared to be homeless. Here’s is a portion of what the woman posted: “Most businesses would force him out but I watched as the manager walked up to him and asked if he could do anything for him. Before the man could even answer, the manager asked if he had a pair of gloves and walked to the table at which he’d been sitting and picked up his own. As he handed the man his gloves, he asked another employee to get him something to eat. It was wonderful to see your employees being the hands and feet of Jesus, and that my son was able to witness it all. Thank you for putting your money where your mouth is.” Read more by Googling “Chick-Fil-A kindness act goes viral.” Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week is February 9-15. There is even a website dedicated to suggesting how people can engage in random acts of kindness. Let it begin with you.
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“Most people think of roads, but we really have to focus on rail, water, sewer and other utilities infrastructure that enable businesses to locate in southeastern North Carolina,” Lee said. Lee pledged to boost salaries for experienced teachers and support education reform, particularly integration of vocational programs into middle schools in cooperation with local community colleges. Lee said he suspects students decide whether to stay in school before they are legally allowed to drop out at age 16, and he hopes to capture their interest early by teaching practical applications in addition to core subjects. “We can get kids interested and show them that school is not just education, that it can train you to get a job and be able to provide for yourself and a family,” Lee said.
Minimize the damage Rep. Susi Hamilton, D-District 18
Hamilton said her plans for the legislative session are limited, as a Democrat facing a Republican super-majority in Raleigh, and she mainly hopes to minimize damage already inflicted. “I guess at this point, the best I can do is be there and pay attention to what’s going on and ask the appropriate questions, so the public understands the direction in which the state is headed,” Hamilton said.
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spokeswoman Kendra Gerlach said in a Jan. 8 news release. “We have more flu at this point this year than we did at this point last year, as a state,” the New Hanover County Health Department’s personal health services manager, Carla Turner, said Jan. 5. Meanwhile, it was not immediately known how well the current flu vaccine was working, as the strain circulating most right now was different than those included in this season’s vaccine. About 95 percent of current flu strains appear to be a drifted H3N2 strain, said Dr. Paul Kamitsuka, New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s hospital epidemiologist. “It could be that later on in the flu season a different influenza strain will be predominant,” Kamitsuka said Jan. 6. “The season is still young.” Physicians still recommended people 6 months and older get a flu shot to offer protection
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She said she is most concerned about economic development, and she agrees with some requests from Gov. Pat McCrory’s office, like securing funds for the Jobs Development Investment Grant program and reviving the state historic preservation tax credits. “These are programs that have proven beyond a shadow of doubt to be very successful, and to benefit communities throughout the state,” Hamilton said of the programs, which both started 2015 without funding after failing to secure support during the 2014 session. The jobs development program functions as an incentive, offering funds to entice major businesses and corporations to relocate or expand in North Carolina. Fighting for the state incentives once offered to film and TV productions and the $10 million grant program created to replace the incentives is a futile effort, Hamilton said. “Grant programs are for government agencies and nonprofit organizations. For-profit businesses don’t rely on grant programs. They need certainty and a full-blown understanding of the regulatory requirements in order to be successful,” Hamilton said. “... Even if they put $40 million or $50 million in a grant program, I think the numbers will prove over time that we lost a substantial amount of business when we walked away from an incentive that was working,” Hamilton said.
Davis said many of his plans are contingent upon finding funding despite projected revenue shortfalls, including his focus on securing more substantial pay raises for senior teachers, some of whom received less than 1 percent raise compared to the 7 percent average increase for teachers included in the 2014-15 state budget. “I would say that is one of the top priorities the Republican legislature will be looking at. I feel safe saying that, but of course, I have to preface that by saying, if we have the available funds. Because of the lower tax rate, our projected revenues are lower than we expected. We haven’t got the final numbers in for 2014, but from what I’m hearing, there will be less income,” Davis said. The revenue shortfall will also impact the legislature’s ability to revisit film incentives and the film grant program that replaced the incentives, Davis said. “Quite frankly, a six-month grant of $10 million is a joke. That’s nothing. Really, it’s insulting. So, if we’re going to have a grant program and it’s going to work, it’s going to take a lot of money,” Davis said. “But if you don’t have the money upfront to put into a grant program, then we may need to look at something in the nature
against other strains. This year’s flu vaccine includes protection against three or four strains: two influenza A strains — an H3N2 virus and an H1N1 virus — as well as one or two influenza B strains, depending on the vaccine. Because it takes several months to develop enough of the vaccine, health experts determined last February which strains to include for the current flu season. “So there is a significant risk of drifting, meaning genetic change of the circulating strain. And that’s exactly what happened this year,” Kamitsuka said. “Hopefully in the future we will have much better vaccine manufacturing capability, much quicker, so that, for example, if you know in late summer that you’re dealing with a drifted virus they can change the formula and still have enough vaccine in supply.” The flu virus mutates often and changes quickly, Kamitsuka added. Even though Turner and Kamitsuka were unaware of flu fatalities in New Hanover
County, New Hanover Regional Medical Center announced in January that visitors ages 12 and younger are restricted from the hospital campuses. “One of the problems, particularly with young children, is they can be contagious with the flu for several days even before they themselves start to get sick, whereas adults are usually contagious starting, say, one day prior to the onset of symptoms,” Kamitsuka said. Adults with flu-like symptoms were asked to avoid visiting the hospital as well, and patients with flu symptoms must wear a mask. Flu symptoms may include fever, body aches, cough and headaches. People feeling sick with flulike symptoms were advised to stay home. “They don’t need to go to work,” Turner said. “They don’t need to go to Walmart. They don’t need to go shopping. They don’t need to go to church.” People with underlying illnesses who experience flu-like symptoms should contact their
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of what we’ve been doing, and that is to allow the film industry to make certain types of expenditures, and then at the end, get some kind of rebate or reimbursement.” Davis said he is willing to sponsor local bills. He named the historic preservation credits as an example of an important issue in Wilmington, which he said other legislators might be willing to support. “Areas throughout the whole state use that enticement to go in and refurbish old buildings and turn eyesores into something productive,” Davis said.
The job of elected officials
Rep. Rick Catlin, R-District 20 Catlin’s focus moving into the 2015 legislative session is aligned with his philosophy of what state officials are tasked with accomplishing: maintaining infrastructure, supporting education, and protecting the health and safety of citizens. “I think that’s the job of elected officials: not politics, but infrastructure, education and public health and safety. Sometimes people forget that and get moving in other directions,” Catlin said. Catlin said he is reviewing the governor’s 25-year transportation plan and the corresponding $1 billion in bonds needed to pay for infrastructure improvements, looking especially at whether the jobs and tax revenue created by the
health care providers early on to see if they need antiviral medications, which work best if started within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, Kamitsuka said. “Most of the hospitalizations are going to be because of worsening of underlying illness,” Kamitsuka said. “So if you have an elderly patient who already has heart and lung disease and they get the flu that might make them just sick enough to require hospitalization.” While studies are showing the flu vaccine is not as effective this year as it has been in the past it is still better than not having any protection, Turner said. “It is offering protection, just not as much as vaccines in the past have done,” Turner said. “So it’s still important to get a flu shot.” Between September 2014 and Jan. 13, 2015, the New Hanover County Health Department administered the flu vaccine to 6,046 people. For more information visit: www.flu.nc.gov/ www.cdc.gov/flu/ email michelle@luminanews.com
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to handle the issue. During the board’s Thursday, Jan. 8, meeting, the board directed town planning staff to create an ordinance permitting boat rentals within town limits. “The town attorney and planning staff will develop an ordinance,” Owens said during a Tuesday, Jan. 13 phone interview. “One will be the option to look at it as a conditional use permit or a permitted use with conditions . . . so we are going to let the planning board and board of aldermen look at both of them.” The board of aldermen will have the ultimate decision about which process boat rental companies would have to follow with the conditional use permit option potentially being the more stringent of the two. “The conditional use permit process is usually more restrictive because you have a list of conditions you have to meet but the board may place more restrictive parameters on it depending on the case,” Owens said. Boat rental operations would likely be limited to the town’s C-3 district, which encompasses the businesses along Old Causeway Drive, Keel Street, Short Street, Marina Street and the area around the old Scotchman on Salisbury
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After a potential new boat rental company approached the town of Wrightsville Beach, town staff discovered there were no ordinances regulating boat rental companies and now will work to create one.
Street. Reliant Marine owner Marty Foerster said his business has been in operation for nine years without the town noticing the loophole. “People were renting and chartering boats here already and we started with people owning shared boats,” Foerster said. “We didn’t know it was an issue.” The conditions the town could place on boat rental companies may range from anything like prohibiting boat trailers in visible areas to enacting certain requirements for training and insurance, Owens said.
Both Foerster and Weismantel said their companies ensure boaters are responsible and secure in their operation of the vessel before leaving the dock. While Care Free Boat Club is solely a membership-based club, Reliant also offers a boat club membership and Foerster said locals often join those clubs. “It is for people who continue to use boats on a more frequent basis,” Foerster said. “It makes it very affordable and the people that do that are primarily locals that come to the beach a lot.”
Foerster and Weismantel said town staff assured them the issue will not prevent them from operating their businesses and it is just a matter of time before their businesses are validated. Owens said the drafted ordinance would have to be presented to the Wrightsville Beach Planning Board first before the board of aldermen, which would likely consider the issue during its March 12 meeting. Calls to Nauti Times Boat Rentals were not returned by press time. email cole@luminanews.com
bonds would offset its cost. “Just in roads and bridges, we’ve probably got a need for $60 billion over the next 20 years. That’s $3 billion a year,” Catlin said. “Infrastructure funding has not been on the top of our list, and if we don’t maintain our infrastructure ... we’re looking at an economic disaster and your children and my children, your grandchildren and my grandchildren, are going to be in a crisis situation.” Catlin’s educational focus is developing a pilot program that allows high school students to
follow a career pathway instead of enrolling in a college-bound curriculum. He was inspired to push for more vocational opportunities in high school by his experience owning and operating a business in Germany, where he said dropout rates are low and the pool of skilled workers is plentiful. The vocational pilot program could also offer economic benefits, Catlin said, by developing a skilled workforce and curbing unemployment.
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only three usable floors. The town’s scale for measuring building height has also changed, she added. When the 40-foot requirement was created, structures were measured from the height of the nearest fire hydrant. Then, the town began measuring from street level, so existing 40-foot buildings instantly became nonconforming structures at 42 or 43 feet. One of Bulluck’s main concerns is how the town would rebuild these noncompliant structures in the commercial districts in the event of a catastrophic storm. The current height regulation would not allow the buildings to be constructed as they are now. After hearing the citizens’ input, the aldermen offered their own opinions. They all opposed the text amendment, saying the town needed a broader, more long-term solution taking into consideration whether residents even wanted mixed-use development at the beach. “We’re starting to see that trend of going down a path of losing what little business we have on the beach,” Alderwoman Lisa Weeks said. “Instead of something like this, I would much rather see a comprehensive plan … to sit down and figure out what’s best for the beach … instead of just putting a Band-Aid on it.”
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actually going to accept it because of a height limit,” she said. “I think that’s a waste of time and money.” Overall density on the island was another concern of citizens. “We can barely handle the traffic we have now,” Murchison said. “Residents that live here can’t park their own family cars on the weekends sometimes.” Resident Neal Briggi acknowledged it was necessary to address the future of development at the beach, but said a more comprehensive approach was needed to address multiple issues, not just height. “With the realities of FEMA [regulations] and vacant or declining mixed-use parcels . . . it isn’t going to get better,” he said. “But changing the ordinance tonight doesn’t really deal with the issue.” Wrightsville Beach Chamber of Commerce chair Sue Bulluck expressed similar concerns as she spoke in favor of adjusting the 40-foot limit, saying it was necessary because of changes to the FEMA building regulations and the town’s scale for measuring structures. Bulluck said the 40-foot height limit was originally put in place to allow structures four usable floors. Under FEMA’s new regulations, however, a 40-foot structure has
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The first to spend time at the beach were adventurous campers, fishermen and explorers, as the island had no electricity, bathhouses or running water. In a 1938 issue of the Wilmington Star, Wrightsville Beach Mayor J. A. Taylor recalled those early years. “A small spring near the present location of the Lumina Pavilion was the only source of fresh water and that was covered when the tide rose,” he wrote. “At low tide those camping on the beach would travel to the water hole with all the small vessels they had which were empty and these they filled with fresh water to last them until the tide had again subsided.” Around 1875, a toll road made of shells and dirt was constructed from downtown Wilmington to Wrightsville Sound so residents could make the 1-hour trip directly from the city to the seaside. Today, the shell road is paved and known as Wrightsville Avenue. The Wilmington Star advertised a round-trip ticket on a horsedrawn cart called the Wagonette for the price of $1. Wrightsville Sound became a destination for families to come spend a few days of the summer months bathing and relaxing. In 1887 Wilmington & Seacoast Railroad began construction of a railroad following a similar path to the shell road. A 1-mile trestle over the marsh allowed the railroad to extend all the way to the Hammocks, which is now called Harbor Island. From there, residents walked a footbridge to Ocean View Beach. A hotel and a bowling alley were soon constructed on the Hammocks in response to the inundation of tourists. Shortly after, another railroad company extended the train tracks over Banks Channel and down to the south end of the beach. The open-air passenger cars allowed visitors to feel the sea breeze as they cruised down the beach strand. The new rail lines brought an
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influx of people and created a need for accommodations. The first structures to appear were bathhouses where beachgoers could shower and rent lockers or bathing suits. Lodging was necessary because there were so few permanent residents on the island. The Ocean View Hotel, the Atlas House, the Breeze House and the Seashore Hotel were some of the first hotels to appear. By 1895, 34 cottages also occupied the narrow beach strand, the Wilmington Messenger reported. In 1899, the beach was incorporated and thus Ocean View Beach became Wrightsville Beach. Samuel Northrop took the oath of office as mayor and on May 29, 1899, the board of aldermen met for the first time to discuss improvements to the Carolina Yacht Club. Development of the resort town continued to accelerate, hindered only temporarily by a devastating hurricane later that year. Illustrated postcards from the early 20th century depict masses of swimsuitclad bathers enjoying the ocean or elegantly dressed men and women strolling down the boardwalk or the steel pier of the Seashore Hotel. Around that time, Hugh MacRae’s business, Consolidated Railways, Light & Power Company (later called Tidewater Power Company) purchased the Wilmington & Seacoast Railroad and converted the steam line into an electric trolley. In 1914, the Tidewater Power Company also bought a large portion of Wrightsville Beach for $3,500, or $1.50 per acre. MacRae indicated plans for a massive building project involving dredging the waterway, constructing a large hotel and building more miles of trolley line. His longterm intention, the Wilmington Dispatch reported, was to transform Wrightsville Beach into a tourist destination: a resort town that would thrive during both the summer months and the winter months. email emmy@luminanews.com
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cOMMUNITY nEWS For The Record Question and photographs by Cullen Lea and Emmy Errante
If you could bring back any historical figure, who would it be and why?
Kevin Mateer
Thomas Terrio
Wilkin Hanaway
Lynn Sikma
“I would want Martin Luther King Jr. because of the progress we’ve made, such as our president. He would also help with some of the social issues currently happening.”
“Nelson Mandela should return because he was a remarkable social leader. We need help surrounding the social, religious and race issues happening around the world.”
“I would like Gandhi to come back because we need a non-violent leader these days. There’s too much violence and civil unrest right now.”
“Benjamin Franklin, because I would like to spend a day with him and see what he was like.”
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Charlotte, N.C.
Asheville, N.C.
Chicago, Ill.
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Wilmington, N.C.
“Teddy Roosevelt because he was a great patriot and environmentalist. He wanted to preserve treasures like Wrightsville Beach. He would ban plastic bags.”
StriperFest hooks fun, funds, awareness in the Cape Fear River, learn about fishing rods and observe how marine biologists tag fish to monitor their migration. In addition, visitors may participate in arts and crafts activities, such as designing their own fish on a stick and learn Gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing. “Education is an integral part of this festival,” Yelverton said. “It’s important we inform people and their children about the value of the river economically as well
its water quality and environmental importance.” An event new to the 2015 festival includes touring the research craft RV Cape Hatteras. Those who wish to witness the fishing and discover the Cape Fear River will have two opportunities aboard The Wilmington at 12:30 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. The trips will last approximately 45 minutes. “Overall this is a fun event for the entire family,” Yelverton said.
“From our banquet on Friday to the tournament and education day on Saturday, there’s something to do for everyone.” The event will conclude at 4 p.m. Jan. 17 with the announcement of the tag and release tournament winners. Prizes and bragging rights include the most fish tagged and the biggest striper caught. To purchase tickets and find more information, visit www. capefearriverwatch.org
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Cape Fear River Watch board member Melissa Juhan teaches children about anadromous fish in the Cape Fear River at StriperFest Education Day Jan. 18, 2014.
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Restoring the Cape Fear River’s striped bass fishery is but one ambition of StriperFest. During the weekend of Jan. 16-17 the Cape Fear River Watch launches its seventh annual festival to help raise awareness and funding for the nonprofit’s revolving restoration efforts. Frank Yelverton, Cape Fear River Watch associate director, said the festival includes a banquet and auction, education day and fishing tournament. “This is the CFRW’s biggest
fundraising event of the year that directly benefits our cause,” Yelverton said. Festivities kick off with the banquet and auction at the Coastline Convention Center on Friday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $50 per person or $350 for a table of eight and will include a catered dinner and entry into the live auction. Bid items include vacation getaways, surfing lessons, art pieces, tote bags, fishing rods and more. “Local businesses do a great job of helping us raise awareness for our mission,” Yelverton said. “We’ve had restaurants donate gift cards and shops supply
paddleboards and kayaks for our raffle.” The itinerary for Saturday, Jan. 17 includes workshops and activities, chiefly the tag and release Striped Bass Fishing Tournament starting at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m. the Coastline Convention Center will provide the Fisheries Science Forum, showcasing the value of tracking and tagging fish as well as restoring their populations in the Cape Fear River. StriperFest will host all ages with its free Family Fun Community Education Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Children can build models of fish found
THE TOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS The Town of Wrightsville Beach is now accepting applications from Town residents who are interested in serving on the Historic Landmark Commission. Appointments will be made by the Board of Aldermen at their February 12, 2015 meeting to fill one full two-year term to expire January 2017 and one partial term to expire January 2016. Applications are available on the Town’s website (towb.org) and at Town Hall, 321 Causeway Drive, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, February 5, 2015. For additional information, please contact Sylvia Holleman: 239-1771 or sholleman@towb.org.
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Tables of clothes, books, new and gently used clothing and home décor will fill The Terraces on Sir Tyler during Lump to Laughter’s sixth annual Sip, Swap and Shop event, Jan. 31 from 6-10 p.m. Before attending the fundraiser, shoppers must donate at least one new or gently used item. Drop off-locations and dates include High Tide Home (Jan. 17), Crabby Chic (Jan. 19), Munchies (Jan. 24) and The Terraces on Sir Tyler (Jan. 31, 9 a.m. to noon). During the fundraiser, Supplied photo courtesy of Connie Hill patrons can sip beverages Deb Hays, from left, Connie Hill and Jane Dodd show off some of the paired with hors d’oeuvres merchandise during the 2014 Sip, Swap and Shop fundraiser benefiting and take home donated Lump to Laughter. items free of charge or shop at a live auction, a silent auction, ven- financial assistance program for women underdor booths or raffles. Jewelry from Perry’s going treatment. Emporium, a Dooney & Bourke handbag and “[In 2014], we sent out 70 Hope Packages Costa del Mar sunglasses will be available for and donated $7,000 through the Angel Fund,” purchase. Hill said. “This year, we hope to double what All proceeds will benefit Lump to Laughter, a we gave last year.” local nonprofit organization that provides emoHill hosted the first Sip, Swap and Shop event tional and financial support for breast cancer in her home. patients. Event organizer Connie Hill and her “I had 50 people,” she said. In 2014, she close friend, Renee Ballard, founded Lump to hosted the fundraiser in Poplar Grove Barn; Laughter after receiving breast cancer diagno- 100 shoppers helped raise $12,000. After learnses within six weeks of each other in 2003. ing the 2015 participant list will include more “We started Lump to Laughter because we than 200 people, Hill moved the event to The couldn’t find the support we were looking for. Terraces. ... We wanted a place where people could feel “We’ve grown out of our old space,” she said. hope and joy,” Hill said during a Jan. 12 phone Hill is also excited to have help from the interview. Alpha Phi sorority and PIKE fraternity from Sip, Swap and Shop will fund Lump to the University of North Carolina help her set Laughter’s Hope Packages, care packages for up and clean up the event. women who have recently been diagnosed. “We’ve been blessed,” she said. The packages include Hill’s memoir, “From Tickets are $50. For more information on Lump to Laughter — A Story of Grace,” and Lump to Laughter or Sip, Swap and Shop, cards inscribed with Biblical scriptures. The visit www.lumptolaughter.org or email fundraiser will also support the Angel Fund, a Connie@ConnieHill.com
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Lifestyles Bringing the Beach Together
Opening your home
By Cole Dittmer, Staff Writer
Each year a handful of families around the lower Cape Fear region open their homes to foreign exchange students from around the world through organizations like International Cultural Exchange Services.
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eorge Barley, ICES local coordinator for the tri-county area of New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties, said he is busiest around January and July trying to place new students with the dream of experiencing life in the United States. Two young girls Barley helped to bring to southeastern North Carolina are 15-year-old Ratima Jamjod from Bangkok, Thailand, and 17-year-old Victoria Strand from Trondheim, Norway. Hosted by Landfall residents AJ and Courtney Aliah, Strand said she knew she wanted to spend a year in the United States after living in England for a few years. However, it was late in the exchange student process that Strand actually heard she would be coming to America. Because of that quick turnaround she did not overthink the move, Strand said. “When I was in Norway I knew that I was coming here five days before I left,” Strand said. “I got the message, packed and left, so I didn’t have enough time to think about it too much.” Courtney Aliah said this is the first time her family has hosted a foreign exchange student but she had experience with a similar situation in hiring an au pair for her three children. “We had an au pair so we knew what we were getting into as far as sharing space,” Aliah said. “Fortunately we knew how to deal with that because it is like a guest that doesn’t leave. There is an adjustment period where she had to get used to our quirks and we had to get used to hers . . . but she fit right in the mix.” Strand immediately connected with the Aliah’s oldest daughter, 10-year-old Marley. The two especially bonded through a shared love of music and have even begun recording songs together at Low Tide Studios. Now, when asked what she will do when Strand has to move home in June, Marley only exclaimed, “I don’t know!” That feeling of attachment is common among host families, Barley said, and is evident at the home of Richard and Marsha Roush with Ratima Jamjod, or Tina, as the Roushes call her. When Barley first asked the couple if they would be interested in hosting a student, Richard Roush said they were hesitant because of their ages. “At first we said no, we are both in our late 70s, had been there, done that, and we just thought we were too old for this,” Roush said. “[Barley] asked us to just be a welcome family for three months. … But then we met Tina and her family and we decided that wouldn’t be fair to her because she would have to go to another family and probably another school after the three months.” Now, five months into hosting Jamjod, Roush said they also do not know what they are going to do when she leaves. “We were concerned if we would be able to deal with a teenager and that can be a tough age but none of that shows up for her,” he said. “She just fit into this household like she was born into it and she has really become like our own daughter.” Like Strand, Jamjod spent time abroad in England before deciding to spend a whole school year away from her family and home. “I tried to find a goal for my future so I decided to be here and maybe I will find something here,” Jamjod said. “I didn’t want to wish for anything because I didn’t want to be disappointed but it
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Above: From right to left, Courtney, AJ, Reif, Marley, Norwegian exchange student Victoria Strand and Jude on a recent ski trip to Snowshow Mountain, W.Va. Left: Richard and Marsha Roush stand with Thai exchange student Ratima Jamjod, who the Roushes are hosting for one school year through International Culture Exchange Services.
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is more than I expected.” One of the things Jamjod particularly likes about American culture is the amount of cheese varieties available. “There are so many kinds of cheeses here and in Thailand there is really only one kind of cheese,” she said. Adjusting to life in an American high school can be difficult for any teenager, let alone one from halfway around the world. However, social media and video conferencing services like Skype make it easier for students like Jamjod and Strand to keep in touch with their parents regularly. After seeing how easy it is for Strand to communicate with her parents in Norway, Aliah said she would feel more comfortable with her own children studying abroad.
“It is less of a shock than even 10 years ago and it is now much easier for the parents because you can Skype or they can just keep up with you through Facebook or Instagram,” Aliah said. “As a parent, if Marley ever wants to go, we wouldn’t feel as separated.” Barley said he is always searching for more families to serve as hosts for exchange students and he has thoroughly enjoyed his experiences as a host as well. “Most of these kids have dreamed of doing this their whole lives and seeing that dream come true gives me a lot of pleasure,” he said. “You form an attachment and their going home is the hardest part of hosting.” For more information about ICES and hosting an exchange student, visit www.icesusa.org or email Barley at george.barley.ices@gmail.com email cole @luminanews.com
What’s coming down the pipeline this weekend?
Politics and Prose
Everyone is Beautiful
Groovy Disco Party
Folk Dancing
Book reading Jan. 15, 7 p.m. Pomegranate Books
Fashion show Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. Pine Valley United Methodist Church
“Sunday Night Fever” Jan. 18, 6 p.m. Blockade Runner Beach Resort
Saturday Contra Dance Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church
Former University of North Carolina Wilmington Chancellor Jim Leutze will share entries from his latest work, “Entering North Carolina: Set Clocks Back 100 Years,” about the history of North Carolina politics and education. Admission is free. For more information, email pomegranatenc@ gmail.com
A fashion show featuring people with disabilities will raise funds for the Miracle League of Wilmington. The event includes a raffle and donations will be accepted. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information phone 937-408-3370 or email pollockangela@ymail.com
The Thalian Association stages this disco redux with cocktails, dinner and a show extolling the classic decade of music and dance. Admission is $60 with $25 benefitting The Thalian Association and Thalian Association Children’s Theatre. For details phone 910-256-2251 or email brittany. burdine@blockade-runner.com
Cape Fear Contra Dancers will gather to boogie to an evening of Irish, New England, Scottish and French-Canadian music. Newcomers are welcome, no partner is needed. Admission is $5 to $10 and dancing begins at 8 p.m. For additional information phone 910-619-9686 or visit www. wilmingtoncontradance.info
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A salute to the great what-if Reenactments and more, to honor the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Fisher By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
The last year of the Civil War sesquicentennial anniversary will kick off in North Carolina on the battleground at Fort Fisher Jan. 17 and 18, where Confederate and Union soldiers will return to recreate the battle that turned the tides of the war and charted the course of the country. The Friends of Fort Fisher and Fort Fisher State Historic Site staff worked for more than one year to plan the two-day commemoration, which will feature two reenactments of the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. For one hour and 15 minutes on both days, more than 700 reenactors will fight for the last lifeline of the Confederacy: the port of Wilmington and the blockade running operation vital to the South’s successional subsistence. Less than 90 days after the Confederate surrender at Fort Fisher, the Civil War ended. Friends of Fort Fisher Executive Director Paul Laird said he hopes the reenactments and other events slated for the sesquicentennial weekend will shine a spotlight on the battle’s historical significance, both locally and nationally. “It’s a good way to showcase Fort Fisher because Fort Fisher played a very strategic role during the Civil War, but it has been overshadowed by the larger, better-know land battles: the Shilohs, the Gettysburgs, the Chancellorsvilles,” Laird said. “But since ours was on the coast, a major amphibious operation, and it came so near the end of the war, it has been glossed over by historians. We think it deserves a spotlight.” The future of the country hinged on the battle at Fort Fisher, said John Moseley, Fort Fisher State Historic Site assistant manager and historic interpreter. He hopes this message will be communicated to visitors.
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A regiment of Confederate infantry reenactors lead a bayonet charge at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site Jan. 18, 2014.
“Fort Fisher’s a great what-if,” Moseley said, “and I hope they get an understanding of what the sacrifice was to make sure this nation would be healed.” Events are planned each year to commemorate the battle’s anniversary, with a reenactment every five years. This year, organizers plan to demonstrate the sacrifices made by soldiers on both sides to fight and then bring the war-torn country back together. “This is an observance, a recognition, of all the sacrifices that our ancestors made to give us the country we have today. Really, when Fort Fisher was surrendered at the end of that campaign, and then the surrender and evacuation of Wilmington roughly a month later, that really was the death nail to the South’s war effort. But as soon as that happened, the reunification of the country could take place,” Laird said.
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The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Fisher will feature two reenactments, speakers and children’s activities to educate guests about Fort Fisher’s role in the Civil War.
Battle reenactments will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 17 and 10 a.m. on Jan. 18. The reenactments only tell a part of the story of Fort Fisher, Moseley said. “This isn’t just about the Union and the Confederacy. This is a real human story. Through our speakers, through the reenactment, through our kids’ activities, through all of the programs, we hope to tell snippets of that story,” Moseley said. The historic site will open at 9 a.m. on both days. The opening ceremony at 11 a.m. on Jan. 17, featuring a keynote address by former National Park Service Chief Historian Ed Bearss, is expected to draw state and local officials, including Gov. Pat McCrory, and high-ranking military personnel. Other confirmed speakers include Rod Gragg, Dr. Chris E. Fonvielle Jr., Michael Hardy, Jamie Martinez and Richard Triebe. All parking for the event is located off-site at the Fort Fisher Air Force Recreation Area, where a free trolley service will transport visitors to the historic site. email miriah@luminanews.com
Dance showcase encourages feedback, creative process By Pam Creech Contributing Writer
On the third Sunday of each month, dance enthusiasts gravitate toward the Cameron Art Museum for the Works-in-Progress Showcase, an event that allows choreographers to present their works and receive constructive criticism from an audience. The series is hosted by The Dance Cooperative, a Wilmington-based nonprofit dance company. The next event will take place from 2-4 p.m. Jan. 18. All Works-in-Progress Showcases are free to the public. Samantha Williams, a modern dance teacher at the Dance Cooperative, explained the showcase series is not a performance, but an opportunity to hear reactions. “The informal showing series is not a show or a performance,” she said. “There are no costumes. It’s an opportunity for anyone in the community to present a work and receive feedback.” Williams said The Dance Cooperative choreographers must present their pieces during at least two of the informal showcases before presenting them as a formal show. “You get to see the evolutionary process,” she explained. While the Dance Cooperative is the only studio that presents consistently at each informal showing, choreographers from other local studios, such as Forward Motion Dance Company and Studio 1 Dance Conservatory, have brought works to the showcase. “Every showing every month is completely
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t o n t , t n o a n w e Wast Builder recycling program extends life of landfill By Miriah Hamrick, Staff Writer
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urrows Smith left the county landfill with more questions than answers. The Wrightsville Beach native and veteran in the local building industry toured the landfill’s construction debris recycling operation grounds with New Hanover County Environmental Management Director Joe Suleyman during the 2014 summer. Observing two workers and a front-end loader sort through materials dumped on site, Smith thought the county’s effort required unnecessarily high labor costs. “I went home and started thinking about it. I guess I’m one of those people that questions everything. I just thought, ‘There’s got to be a better way.’ That’s when I saw a little light bulb come on,” Smith said. He proposed an idea to Suleyman: What if builders separated the debris before transporting it to the landfill, and in exchange, the landfill waived tip fees for the materials? After meeting with county management and earning a green light from the New Hanover County Commissioners, Smith’s idea was enacted as a pilot program. From Aug. 25 through the end of 2014, builders and developers saved almost $76,000 in waived tip fees by separating more than 1,700 tons of clean concrete, shingles, sheetrock and wood before bringing it to the landfill to be ground up, recycled and reused. The landfill, in turn, has been processing more material with less labor. “All we’re doing when they dump it on the ground is inspecting it and pushing it in a pile. So we can process a lot more, instead of having to turn the pile and pick out all the potato chip bags and pop bottles and things like that.” Suleyman said. Early results do not account for all materials recycled, landfill manager Sam Hawes noted, only the amount that arrived completely clean and ready to be processed. Many developers and builders are still trying to figure out how the program works, Hawes said, and call to doublecheck which materials qualify for the waived tip fee. “Like wood waste. It seems like it would be self-explanatory, what wood waste is, but a lot of products don’t qualify as wood waste if it’s a laminated wood product or if it’s wood that has shingles still attached to it,” Hawes said. “If that shingle’s attached to the wood, it can’t be ground up and used as boiler fuel, for instance, because of air pollution controls at these biomass plants that burn the fuel. So it’s got to be clean. One hundred percent clean does mean 100 percent clean.”
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Above: Shingles accepted as part of the New Hanover County Landfill’s construction and demolition debris diversion pilot program can be ground and added to asphalt in road resurfacing projects. Concrete, brick and granite, left, and lumber, top, are just a few of the materials accepted free of charge from developers as part of the New Hanover County Landfill’s construction and demolition debris diversion pilot program.
Smith is recycling some of his materials onsite at the River Bluffs development in Castle Hayne, grinding untreated scrap lumber into mulch to stabilize embankments and mark paths for walkways and nature trails weaving through the development, and stabilizing the shoreline along the Cape Fear River with scrap brick and concrete. He said builders involved in his project are catching on to the concept, especially when they see savings from waived tip fees. “These guys, they’re going to do whatever makes them money. They’re in a business. It helps, it makes sense, to get to the bottom line,” Smith said. Smith has mentioned the program to some other builders and developers, especially ones working on large, multi-family apartment buildings and communities, but he expects the savings to speak for themselves. “It takes a while for things to catch on, but if builders see somebody doing something that makes sense, they generally jump on it with both feet,” Smith said. The Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association has also helped spread the word about the pilot program to its members. Executive officer Cameron Moore expects the home builders
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By Cameron Moore
Snapshot of the new 2015-16 legislature
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he 2015-16 legislative session will officially convened Jan. 14, and lawmakers will immediately begin tackling some new issues and revisit some reoccurring issues as well. The N.C. House consists of 120 members. There are 74 Republicans and 46 Democrats, which means the Republicans hold a supermajority (a three-fifths edge). There are 15 new faces in the N.C. House, which is a stark difference from the 32 new faces during the 2014-15 General Assembly. Of the N.C. Senate’s 60 members there are 34 Republicans and 16 Democrats, which means the Republicans hold an almost supermajority, but clearly the edge. There are six new faces in
the Senate. Upon convening, new leadership changes will immediately take place, predominantly in the House. One of the first orders of business will be electing a new Speaker, who by all accounts will be Rep. Tim Moore, a Cleveland County Republican. Rep. Moore beat out six lawmakers, including three from the Charlotte area, running for the job. Rep. Susan Fisher of Asheville will be Deputy Leader and Rep. Larry Hall of Durham will retain his position as Democratic Minority Leader. In the N.C. Senate, President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Guilford, Rockingham, will remain Senate Leader with
Sen. Louis M. Pate Jr. R-Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, as Deputy Pro Tempore and Sen. Harry Brown, R-Jones, Onslow, as Majority Leader. Sen. Daniel T. Blue Jr., D-Wake, will retain his role as Minority Leader. Newcomer Senator Terry Van Duyn of Asheville, appointed last April to serve out the term of longtime Sen. Martin Nesbitt of Asheville, who died in office, will be the Democratic Minority Whip. With new leaders come new committee assignments for both bodies, which will be made during the early days of the session. Some of the more noteworthy committee assignments are Transportation, Environment, Appropriations, Finance and Rules.
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Employee Solomon Harvey leaps from a trampoline into one of the foam pits at DefyGravity Wilmington, the area’s first indoor trampoline park.
Alternative activity spaces bounce into town By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
With three other trampoline parks already established in North Carolina, DefyGravity expanded again. Husband and wife team Paul and Lauren McCallum opened DefyGravity Wilmington two days before the start of 2015. Occupying the former location of Britt Motorsports in the 6400 block of Market Street, DefyGravity Wilmington contains 24,000 square feet of indoor trampoline space with various different settings. Lauren McCallum was the first hire by DefyGravity Durham when the company launched, and eight months ago the McCallums were asked to head the new Wilmington location. “Overall the numbers didn’t make sense to come here with the population, but not having anything like this in the surrounding counties also made us think we could pull from those as well,” Paul McCallum said. “We were not expecting it to do what it has done. It has blown up in Wilmington and the area has been great to us.” The building was the only available preexisting structure in Wilmington that met the ceiling height requirement, 24 feet. The
construction and installation crew spent more than two months remodeling and outfitting the space, which includes a large open area with more than 60 connected square trampolines, a trampoline dodge ball court, multiple foam pits with slack lines and trampolines, three party rooms and a lounge that overlooks the floor. In addition to regular jump hours, specialty times are reserved for children ages 6 and younger from 9-10 a.m., special needs patrons every first Tuesday of the month and Club Gravity from 9-11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday nights for patrons ages 15 and older. While it may be fun, the McCallums said constant trampoline activity is a workout in itself. Lauren McCallum developed the first trampoline-based fitness program for DefyGravity Durham and said GravityFit classes would begin in February at DefyGravity Wilmington. McCallum said the fitness program’s focus is cardio and endurance activities tailored to the trampolines. Paul McCallum said they have received a number of inquiries about the fitness programs and will most likely run five classes per week. Patrons will either be able to pay per class or for weekly memberships, he said. “It is not your typical treadmill, elliptical
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As the calendar flipped from 2014 to 2015 many Americans made New Year’s resolutions. If you are like most, your resolutions concern your physical health — eat better, exercise more, stop smoking or drinking, lose weight. While improving your physical health don’t forget to take a look at your financial health. Just like with physical fitness, small changes can make a Dave Dupont big difference. Review last year’s spending and savings to make a realistic budget — Review end-of-year credit card statements and bills. In addition, don’t forget to review end-of-year statements from your investment and benefit accounts to fully understand your income stream. Once you know your true financial picture, make a realistic budget. Start saving or increase your savings for retirement — If your employer has a 401(k), invest at least enough to get the match, if available. If not, contribute to an IRA. If you already contribute, consider raising your contribution by 1 percent. You aren’t likely to notice the difference now but the compounded interest you gain with this small increased investment will be a big boost to your retirement savings over time. Invest in your children’s future — College costs are increasing faster than the cost of living. But there is good news: early investing means compounded interest over time. So, the money you invest when your child is born will be worth much more when they are preparing to go off to college. But saving for your children’s future education doesn’t mean skimping on your retirement savings. Set up an emergency or opportunity account — We’ve all heard we should save for a rainy day. But, saving for a rainy day doesn’t always mean an emergency. Rather than letting the opportunity pass or accruing more credit card debt, wouldn’t it be nice to have a nest egg you can tap? Consider setting up or increasing deductions into an investment or savings account. The money will be there for the unexpected life event or opportunity that comes your way. Look at insurance coverage, including disability and longterm care — The Health Industry Association of America states that during the course of your career, you are three and one-half times more likely to be injured and need disability coverage than you are to die and need life insurance. With advancements in medicine, diseases that once used to kill people now disable them, requiring sustained healthcare needs. These are expensive and can quickly deplete savings. Consider making an investment in your future healthcare needs by purchasing disability and longterm care insurance. The information included in this article is not intended to be used as the primary basis for making investment decisions. RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Member NYSE/FINRA/SIPC
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January 15 GOD LOOKS FOR AVAILABILITY Luke 2:24, “And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” The Old Testament passage being quoted is from Lev. 12:6-8. There the Lord commanded a lamb and a young pigeon or a turtledove as the prescribed sacrifice. If the woman was unable to offer a lamb, then two young pigeons or two turtledoves were acceptable. Mary would not have offered the lesser offering if it had been in her power to provide the lamb. This reveals that Joseph and Mary were not well off financially, yet the Lord chose them to be the earthly parents of His only begotten Son. The Lord doesn’t choose the way man chooses. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart (1 Sam. 16:7).
Mary and Joseph were chosen when they were without: without fame, without position, without money. God entrusted the most precious gift He had to a couple who would surely have been overlooked if men had been conducting the search. God isn’t looking for ability, but rather availability. D. L. Moody once heard a preacher say, “The world has never seen what God can do with one man who is totally yielded to Him.” In response, D. L. said, “By the grace of God, I’ll be that man.” This uneducated man went on to shake three continents for God. God will choose you too, if you’ll make yourself available to Him (1 Cor. 1:26-28).
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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com L E G A L N O T I C ES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY File No. 14-SP-496 New Hanover County, North Carolina Under and by virtue of the Declaration recorded in Book 2090, Page 0612, New Hanover County Register of Deeds, and the provisions of Chapter 47F of the North Carolina General Statutes, and because of the Respondent’s failure to pay assessments duly assessed by Breezewood of Wilmington Condominiums (“Association”) as shown by the Claim of Lien for Assessments filed on April 3, 2014, File No. 14-M-300, in the Office of the New Hanover County Clerk of Superior Court, and pursuant to an Order Allowing Foreclosure of Claim of Lien for Assessments entered by the New Hanover County Clerk of Court on July 30, 2014, the undersigned Trustee will expose for public sale at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at 11:00 a.m. on the 22nd day of January 2015, at the Courthouse door, New Hanover County Judicial Building, 316 Princess Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, the following property (including any improvements thereon) located in New Hanover County, North Carolina: BEING all of Section 1, Building 8, Unit 4110-E, of Breezewood of Wilmington Condominiums as the same is shown on a plat or plats thereof recorded in Condominium Plat Book 11 at Page 95 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Also commonly known as 4110 Breezewood Dr. Apt. 201-E, Wilmington, NC 284125161. The record owner of the abovedescribed real property as reflected by the records of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds ten (10) days prior to posting the Notice is Sheryl L. Vought. The above-described property will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” and is subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, judgments, unpaid taxes, easements, conditions, restrictions, and other matters of record, including, but not limited to, Deed of Trust recorded in Book 4987, Page 2400, of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds. The successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders a deed for the property. If for any reason the Trustee does not tender a deed for the property, the successful bidder’s sole remedy shall be a return of the deposit. To the extent this sale involves residential property with less than fifteen (15) units, you are hereby notified of the following: (a) An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to § 45-21.29 of the North Carolina General Statutes in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold; and (b) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the Notice of Sale, terminate the rental agreement upon ten (10) days written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. THE UNDERSIGNED IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This the _____ day of Decem-
ber 2014. Charles D. Meier, Trustee N. C. State Bar No. 13039 MARSHALL, WILLIAMS & GORHAM, L.L.P. 14 South Fifth Street Post Office Drawer 2088 Wilmington, NC 28402-2088 Telephone: (910) 763-9891 Facsimile: (910) 343-8604 E-Mail: cdm@mwglaw.com January 8, 2015, and January 15, 2015 14 SP 571 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Douglas R. Corbett and Janice C. Corbett to Donald W. Courtney, Trustee(s), which was dated January 30, 2012 and recorded on January 31, 2012 in Book 5614 at Page 2657, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 27, 2015 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 9, Section 1, Weatherwood @ Summerfield subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 29 at Page 195 in the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 6816 Wood Sorrell Road, Wilmington, NC 28405. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Douglas R Corbett and wife Janice C Corbett. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-13913-FC01 January 15 and 22, 2014 14 SP 80 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Frankie G. Rhue and Generva Rhue to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated November 21, 2007 and recorded on November 27, 2007 in Book 5254 at Page 2843, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 27, 2015 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 98, Section 5, Marquis Hills, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 11, Page 41, New Hanover County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 502 Voltaire Place, Wilmington, NC 28412. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are All Lawful Heirs of Frankie G. Rhue. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the
party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-00227-FC01 January 15 and 22, 2014 13 SP 972 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Helen B. McCahan to TRSTE, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated January 28, 2005 and recorded on January 31, 2005 in Book 4656 at Page 110, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 27, 2015 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: All of Lot 90 in Huntington Forest Subdivision, Section 6, as the same is shown on a revised map recorded in Map Book 33 at Page 279 in the New Hanover County Registry, and being the same lands described in the recorded in Book 2339 at Page 341 in said Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1005 Balfoure Drive, Wilmington, NC 28412. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-
mental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are All Lawful Heirs of Helen B. McCahan. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-28873-FC02 January 15 and 22, 2014 13 SP 733 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Cecil Kent Lee, Sr. and Dianna Hall Lee to TRSTE, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated October 27, 2005 and recorded on October 27, 2005 in Book 4927 at Page 2344 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on January 13, 2012 in Book 5611, Page 635, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 27, 2015 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 164, Section 10, Woodberry Forest Subdivision, as shown on map of same recorded in Map Book 30, at Page 112 in the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3401 Amber Drive, Wilmington, NC 28409.
A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Cecil Kent Lee, Sr. and wife, Dianna Hall Lee. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 10-28427-FC02 January 15 and 22, 2014 14 SP 79 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joel O. Schenkel to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), which was dated March 29, 2007 and recorded on March 29, 2007 in Book 5161 at Page 226, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 27, 2015 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the
highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 167, Phase Three (3), Section One (1), Carleton Place Townhomes, as the same is shown on a map of Carleton Place Townhomes, Phase 3, Section 1, which map is recorded in Map Book 49, Page 395, New Hanover County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with and subject to all the rights, privileges, easements, and responsibilities appurtenant thereto, as set forth in the Declaration for Carleton Place Townhomes, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time, as recorded in the New Hanover County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 314 Monlandil Drive, Unit 167, Wilmington, NC 28403. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Joel O. Schenkel. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-28401-FC01 January 15 and 22, 2014
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L E G A L N O T I C ES STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Janet I. Yaggi of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 26th day of March 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 25th day of December 2014. John M. Peck, Executor 458 Robert E. Lee Dr Wilmington, NC 28412 12/25/2014, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE # 14 E 1561 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR of the Estate of ELIZABETH S. PETZAL, deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present
them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 31st day of March, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This, the 25th day of December, 2014. WILLIAM N. BURNER, Executor Of the Estate of ELIZABETH S. PETZAL c/o PAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY 107 N. 2nd Street, Suite C Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 Telephone 910-769-2896 12/25/2014, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, Linda C. Gibson, having qualified as the Executrix of the Estate of Ruby M. Campbell, Deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Decedent to exhibit same to the said Frank Persico, at the address set out below, on or before April 12, 2015, or this notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said Decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below. This the 7th day of January, 2015 Linda C. Gibson EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF RUBY M. CAMPBELL c/o ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR. 219 RACINE DR., SUITE A6 WILMINGTON, NC 28403 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2015
EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Elizabeth J. Bosso of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 9th day of April 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 8th day of January 2015. Elizabeth B. Crawford, Executrix 3964 Bud Geddie Road Wade, NC 28395 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2015
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Patricia Michelle Creech of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 9th day of April 2015, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 8th day of January 2015. Ruby Gail Herouvis, Executrix 5491 Pointe Repose Dr NE Leland, NC 28451 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER In the Matter of the Estate of THOMAS W. HOLDERNESS, Deceased IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE # 14-E-1481 NOTICE TO CREDITORS JENNIFER WALKER, having qualified as EXECUTOR of the Estate of THOMAS W. HOLDERNESS, deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit same to the said Jennifer Walker at the address set out below on or before April 10, 2015, or this Notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below. This is the 8th day of January 2015. JENNIFER WALKER, Executor Estate of THOMAS W. HOLDERNESS, Deceased c/o White & Hearne, L.L.P. J.C Hearne, II
PO Box 179 Wilmington, NC 28402 910-313-3336 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Camilla Jean Jacobs of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 9th day of April 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 8th day of January 2015. Catherine Chafin, Executrix 1213 Essex Drive Wilmington, NC 28403 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 15 E 000028 In the Matter of The Estate of: JoAnn S. Clark
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Sports/Marine Hook, Line & Sinker More fishing and more fishing opportunities
By Emmy Errante Staff Writer
By Skylar Walters
Here we are right smack in the middle of January 2015 and anglers are still talking fishing. Not just fishing, but catching; obviously not like fishermen would be in, say, May or October, but fishing nonetheless. Unfortunately conditions haven’t been the best the past week and they are definitely not that great this week, either, but there is always the weekend if you are one of the die-hards who refuse to call it quits just yet. Water temperatures are still reading in the low 50s, still plenty warm for some species. If the sun decides to finally shine again, who knows what might wind up on the other end of your line. As far as the fishing goes, the striper fishing has been relatively good in the upper Cape Fear River near downtown. Bucktails and paddle tail soft plastics thrown along the banks and around structure, of which there is plenty, are all working fairly well. As noted, there’s plenty of structure so be prepared to lose some tackle and be even more prepared to replace it. Down to the south, also in the river, the speckled trout fishing is fairly good, however, with this week’s rain, there’s sure to be an abrupt slowdown in the coming days. The lower river always seems to hold some fish year round, especially when the water temperatures are still somewhat warm, so it shouldn’t be
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long before anglers find some fish again. Fishing off the beach has been pretty much nonexistent, mainly due to the weather. For those days when the winds lay down, there have been reports of some decent fishing for black sea bass within just a few miles of the beach. Several reports suggest the black bass are just about everywhere and some anglers are catching limits of keeper fish on both cut bait and artificials within sight of the beach. For those anglers who have retreated until springtime, there’s one more fishing opportunity that you might be interested in and even manage to make a few bucks doing it. That would be the 10th Annual Johnnie Mercer’s Pier Dogfish Tournament held Saturday, Jan. 24 from 1-8 p.m. Entry fee to fish the tournament is $5 per rod in addition to the normal pier pass of $8 per rod. Cash prizes will be awarded for first through third place, as well as raffle and door prizes. This tournament has grown larger every year and draws interest and fishermen from all over the United States. For more information, visit the North Carolina Fishing Pier Society website or on Facebook, or contact Al Baird at 704-2935524 or Johnnie Mercer’s Pier at 910-256-2743. More fishing school information will follow next week. Good fishing!
Outdoor water sports are not typically associated with mid-January. But that is the reason Coastal Urge co-founder Jeoffrey Nathan decided to create the Cold Stroke Classic seven years ago. “We brought in paddleboards in August and a bunch of people bought them … and then put them away in the garage for winter,” Nathan said during a Jan. 12 phone interview. “I figured, let’s do something like this so we can keep the boards out of
the garage and on the water during the wintertime.” The race was the first flatwater paddleboard competition on the East Coast, Nathan said. In the subsequent years Wrightsville Beach has become an epicenter for the sport. During the 2015 race, to be held Jan. 17, competitors braving the frigid waters around Harbor Island will have the option of entering the 3.5-mile recreational course or the 7-mile elite course. The 2014 elite race offered a photo finish with Jeremy Whitted battling through cold 25 mph winds to barely hold off
competitor Ron Gossard. Whitted said the chilly weather wouldn’t deter him from traveling from Charleston, S.C., to compete again this year. “The cold just adds a little bit of excitement,” he said during a Jan. 9 phone interview. “You don’t want to fall down so that adds another element of apprehension.” Whitted said he frequently makes the four-hour drive north to train alongside some of the local paddlers in the thriving Wrightsville Beach paddleboarding community. “The water [has] bigger swell
and moves quicker,” he said. “I hang out at the [Carolina PaddleBoard Company] shop like a barnacle, they say.” That community atmosphere is the emphasis of the Cold Stroke Classic, Nathan said. “Our race is a fun race for the whole family,” he said. “It’s about the paddling camaraderie. … People come to this race and make lifelong friends.” Proceeds from the race benefit the Community Boys and Girls Club of Wilmington. For more information, visit www. coldstrokeclassic.com email emmy@luminanews.com
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Competitors attempt to stay warm as they wait for the start of the 2014 Cold Stroke Classic on the Blockade Runner Beach Resort’s soundside beach Jan. 18, 2014.
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A triathlon facility unlike any in the world could break ground soon on a 1,100-acre piece of land adjacent to the northeast Cape Fear River just outside of Wilmington. Nearly a decade ago, the facility’s chief executive officer Bill Scott first imagined the concept of a self-contained racing and training venue, where triathlons could be held without road closures and other strains put on the residents of the host community. In 2010, he sat down with a civil engineer and an architect to begin turning the idea into a reality. From their efforts emerged TriHabitat, a proposed facility containing a 6.5-mile run loop, 14-mile paved bike loop and 25-acre lake complete with transition areas, outdoor illumination and spectator stadiums. “It will be kind of the Disney World of the sport of triathlon,” Scott said during a Jan. 10 phone interview. TriHabitat was still merely conceptual until October 2014, when the Pender County Board of Commissioners granted the project a special use permit for construction and operation of the facility. During the Oct. 20 meeting, commissioners expressed enthusiastic support for the project and the positive impact it could have on the county’s economy. One of the few questions raised was why Pender County had been chosen for the worldclass facility. Scott said as a Wilmington resident he has seen the area become a hotbed for triathlons over the past 20 years, and North Carolina has the fifth highest number of registered triathletes in the country. The city is also located halfway up the East Coast, making it no more than a one-day drive for athletes traveling from New
York City or Miami. “That’s critical in the sport of triathlon,” Scott said. “Because if you’re packing and shipping a bike on an airplane it’s like buying another ticket. … To be able to drive here in one day is a big advantage.” Furthermore, Scott said, because the city is a tourist destination, it has the existing infrastructure of hotels, restaurants and shops capable of handling the crowds of athletes the facility will draw to the area.
“Because if you’re packing and shipping a bike on an airplane it’s like buying another ticket. … To be able to drive here in one day is a big advantage.” And a large number of those athletes will be coming during the spring and fall, boosting the economy during the slower shoulder season. While Scott said he plans to hold 15 to 20 triathlons every year at TriHabitat, he also envisions the facility functioning like a gym with yearly memberships and daily fees. The triathletes will have the advantage of being able to run, bike and swim over the lighted courses without worrying about automobile or boat traffic. Scott said not only will this draw world-class athletes — the United States Olympic triathlon team intends to train at the facility, he said — but it will encourage more casual participants to get into the sport. “Maybe they’ve been a little leery of getting on their bike and riding down Eastwood Road or River Road,” he said.
The safety of the closed course would also allow more young people to get involved, Wilmington-based professional triathlete Matthew Wisthoff pointed out. “Local high schools can have a triathlon club,” Wisthoff said during a Jan. 11 phone interview. “They can go train on their bikes and swim and the parents won’t have to worry about the kids going out and riding on open roads.” The races would be more engaging for friends and family, Wisthoff added, because they would able to view much of the racecourse from stadium seating. “You drag your friends and family to a race and then you’re out there for hours and hours and they don’t see you but for a few seconds here and there,” he said. “This gives people the opportunity to see more of the race and feel like they’re not just sitting there wondering, ‘Oh man, is he okay, did he crash?’” Scott said in addition to triathlons, the TriHabitat could potentially host a variety of athletic competitions. “We’ll have some night swim races under the lights … and running races over the bike course because it’s wider and longer. We’re going to build an obstacle course similar to the Spartan challenge … and [hold] stand-up paddleboard races and kayak races,” Scott said. TriHabitat is still in the final stages of a capital raise, Scott said, but receiving the special use permit from Pender County in October was key to attracting investors. “We fully expect to break ground in the next couple months, I can’t be exact on that right now but we’re getting close, and we’re looking at a window of 12 to 14 months to build this thing from start to finish,” he said. For more information visit www. trihabitat.com email emmy@luminanews.com