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WB surfer delivers water to storm-hit islands By Terry Lane Staff Writer
By Terry Lane Staff Writer
The Wrightsville Beach Planning Board on Tuesday advanced two proposed projects on properties that have long been noted as blights on the town’s commercial district. The board unanimously approved both a residential duplex development for the vacant lot besides Johnnie Mercer’s Pier and a plan to demolish the “Middle of the Island” building for parking on Old Causeway Drive. Both properties have been underused or vacant for more than a decade and have often been described as “eyesores” by town leaders and residents alike. Approval by the planning board will send both projects to the Wrightsville Beach Board of n See PLANNING Page 2
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Ben Bourgeois, top in red hat, Jon Rose, right, and other volunteers showed members of the Frederiksted Fire Department how to use the Waves for Water filtration system.
For more than 20 years, local professional surfer Ben Bourgeois has traveled to the British and U.S. Virgin Islands during the winter to enjoy the surf, the warmth and be with the many friends he’s made there. But this year, Bourgeois journey to the islands is part of a humanitarian mission that will help the small, rural islands restore water after reeling from back-to-back hurricanes, after both Irma and Maria hit the islands. Working with Waves for Water, an organization founded by surfer friend Jon Rose, Bourgeois has been in the caribbean for several weeks, helping deliver and teach locals how to use the organization’s water filtration system that is delivering crucial drinking water at a time when the island nation’s infrastructure can’t meet safe drinking water needs. Locals who want to help don’t have to go all the way to the caribbean, however, as King Neptune restaurant is holding a fundraiser for Waves for Water on Friday, Oct. 6. Starting at 6 p.m., $10 gets any patron food and an entry into the raffle for prizes that include surfboards, paddleboards and other prizes. n See WAVES Page 2
‘Pink Ribbon Tree’ decorations honor locals affected by breast cancer
Hurricane project shows storm impact
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By Terry Lane
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Want to know how bad 1954’s Hurricane Hazel really was for Wrightsville Beach? A project by a local Boy Scout gives visitors to the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History a first-hand look at the extent of the storm surge created by some of the most noteworthy hurricanes to hit the area. Dylan Rosbrugh, 16, is a junior at Hoggard High School and Wrightsville Beach resident, set up a 10-foot piling at the museum last weekend that shows how much storm surge the n See HURRICANE Page 2
Wind chimes of ribbons snapped and fluttered from the “Pink Ribbon Tree,” ushering in Breast Cancer Awareness Month after Harbor Island Garden Club volunteers and the Wrightsville Beach parks and recreation staff decorated the iconic live oak in Harbor Way Garden at Wrightsville Beach Park on Friday morning. About a dozen volunteers and staff spent a couple hours straddling ladders as they tied scores of ribbons to the limbs of this oak in this fifth annual event. Each name bore a nameGigi, Mary Ann, Turbo- personalizing the statistics of local breast cancer survivors and victims, where the National Breast Cancer Foundation says one in eight women nationally will suffer from breast cancer in her lifetime. The Garden Club traditionally puts up 100 ribbons each year – this year’s 116 names is a record n See PINK Page 2
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Cindy Jupp, Dot Balkcum, Katrina Morton and Sandy Overbeck prepare pink mesh decor for arbor at the main entrance to Harbor Way Garden on Friday, Sept. 29.
Bottle Throwing, DWI Charges for Calif. Man arrested Twice on Same Day By Terry Lane Staff Writer
Staff photo by Terry Lane
Eagle Scout candidate Dylan Rosbrugh, 16, from Boy Scout Troop 232, stands next to the exhibit he built last weekend at the town’s museum which shows the extent of storm surge from some of the worst hurricanes to hit Wrightsville Beach.
An alleged bottle-throwing incident and a subsequent DWI charge led a California man to be arrested twice by Wrightsville Beach police last weekend. Wrightsville Beach Police charged Ryan Scott Howell, 36, of Encinitas, Calif. with assault with a deadly weapon, intoxicated and disruptive behavior and resisting arrest after police said on early Saturday morning, he
According to Wrightsville Beach police, at about 1 a.m. on Saturday, an officer in the Approximately 12 hours later, police area heard bottles smashing and was told by witnesses that a man on the third-floor of the arrested him again, this time on a Summer Place condos was throwing the bottles. At least one witness was cut by broken DWI charge. glass from a bottle, police said. Police went into the building and found threw beer bottles from a third-floor balcony Howell in the third-floor condo, where the door in the direction of patrons standing near the was open, police said. He tried to shut the door front of the nearby Palm Room, located at 11 on the officers, police said, but one officer was E. Salisbury St. n See ARREST Page 2
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up from 78 names last year, organizers said. Besides the ribbons, club members also decorated the arbor leading into the garden with pink tulle fabric symbols for this month long memorial honoring those impacted by the deadly disease. “We could decorate forever,” club member Elise Running said.“Each ribbon is at least 12-feet-long. They have to be visible. This year we used 550 yards of pink satin ribbons.” Visibility is key to communicating this message to pedestrians, drivers and the frequent visitors who sit at tables and benches under the tree, remembering loved ones. Cancer experts report that breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month began in 1985 when the American Cancer Society and a pharmaceutical division of what is now
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able to use his knee to keep the door open, where they entered and arrested Howell. He was taken to the New Hanover County Jail, where he was released a few hours later after posting a $5,000 bond. Police said they believe Howell was renting the condo. Approximately 12 hours later, police arrested Howell again, this time on a DWI charge. At about 3 p.m. on Saturday, police said that Howell called for assistance, where they talked with him and were convinced he would “sleep
AstraZeneca partnered to promote mammography in the fight against breast cancer. In 1990, Charlotte Haley, a California woman, created the first breast cancer ribbons to raise breast cancer awareness and research funding. Also in 1991, Susan G. Komen Foundation handed out pink ribbons at a New York City race for breast cancer survivors. In 1993, Evelyn Lauder, of Estée Lauder Companies, founded the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and created the pink ribbon as its symbol. Now nearly three decades later, the “Pink Ribbon Tree” stands as part of the ubiquitous pink ribbons and reminders this month as messages of breast cancer awareness, honoring the now more than 3.3 million breast cancer survivors in the United States “People love to look at the tree, “said Evan Morigerato, part of the Wrightsville Beach parks crew there to assist. “We just bring the ladders and help.”
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However, after a brief return to the U.S. this week, Bourgeois will be returning to the islands to continue to deliver the water filtration systems, which he said were simple, didn’t require electricity and could operate for more than 10 years if cleaned properly. “It does take a little bit of training, about 20 minutes, but then they’re good to go,” Bourgeois said. Bourgeois and other volunteers went to St. Croix and other spots in the Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma passed over. It landed them in the path of the next storm, Hurricane Maria. “As we were there, a few days into the trip, boom, Maria hits,” he said. The crew weathered the storm and even made an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America. “We are launching a full scale relief initiative for the Caribbean
Rose said of the project. Already, local businesses have helped out. A fundraiser at Waterman’s Brewery raised nearly $6,000 for the charity. And, in addition to the Friday fundraise at King Neptune at 11 N.
Lumina Ave., Ceviche’s at 7210 Wrightsville Ave. will host a fundraiser on Sunday to raise funds for Puerto Rico, another island that suffered devastation from the recent storms.
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Islands that were ravaged by Irma. We have personal friends who lost everything and thousands more that are in dire need of help. Clean water is at the very peak of what’s needed most and our program speaks directly to that need,”
it off,” police said. However, police said less than 45 minutes later, they saw the Toyota Prius that Howell had been driving pull into the condominium building parking lot. They followed the car into the parking lot and gave Howell a field sobriety test, followed by a roadside breathalyzer test, where he registered blood alcohol content readings of 0.22 and 0.23, more than double the legal limit of 0.08. Police arrested Howell on the DWI charge and he was booked into the county jail on a $1,000 bond.
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Aldermen for a vote. The town’s planning board approved the proposed “Atlantic View” project at 19 East Salisbury Street, in the .1 acre empty lot next to Johnnie Mercer’s Pier, after the developers returned with changes requested by the board when it rejected the project on Aug. 1. Developers returned Tuesday after redesigning the project that started
as 11 residential duplexes, converting 10 percent of it to commercial space, which could be a restaurant or other retail shops. While some board members said that they would have liked to see more commercial space included in the project, they acknowledged the developers work to upgrade the design to add the potential for retail. “I’m upset it’s only 10 percent , but the commercial portion does make it palatable,” board member
PUBLIC NOTICE The U. S. Coast Guard (USCG), Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, is announcing the availability of the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed relocation of an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat (WPB) to an existing mooring location at Station (STA) Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The USCG solicits comments as part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. The purpose of the proposed project is to ensure optimum readiness and enable the USCG to effectively meet operational and mission execution requirements in support of maritime safety and security operations. Homeporting of an existing 87-foot WPB and its crew to STA Wrightsville Beach is needed to enable Sector North Carolina to efficiently and effectively execute its operational missions within its area of responsibility. Interested parties are requested to express their views in writing on the EA and the proposed project, giving sufficient detail to establish a clear understanding of their reasons for support or opposition to the proposed work. For additional information on this proposed action, please view a copy of the EA to Relocate 87-foot WPB to USCG STA Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina posted at the
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David Culp said. Several community members spoke to support the project, led by David Monahan, owner of the Causeway Cafe. “Commercial development on the beach is a dream that will never happen,” he said. “They’re bringing in a beautiful project that will improve the north end of the beach.” While she said the project was appealing, Sue Bulluck of the Wrightsville Beach Chamber of Commerce warned that reducing the town’s commercial base could
have negative consequences on efforts to secure beach renourishment funding. Meanwhile, the board also approved a pair of measures that will let the owners of Poe’s Tavern on Old Causeway Drive demolish the neighboring MOI building, which has been vacant for more than a decade. The area would be used for a parking lot for use for Poe’s Tavern diners. However, the properties will remain separate and the restaurant’s owners could use the land to host another commercial structure.
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way is Hazel, which created up to 18 feet of storm surge. Since the museum is nine feet above sea level, storms had to gen-
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erate at least that much storm surge to register on Rosbrugh’s presentation.
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In additional to Hazel, other hurricanes marked on the exhibit include Fran, Floyd, Emily and Bonnie. “It’s a good visual representation of the actual storm surge,” he said. “Eighteen feet can be hard to picture.” The project is part of Rosbrugh’s work to earn Eagle Scout as a member of Boy Scout Troop 232, which meets regularly at Little Chapel on the Boardwalk in Wrightsville Beach. Rosbrugh
from fellow Troop 232 scouts The three painted the signs on Saturday, while Rosburgh also added flags, lighting and a placard that gives more information about storm surge. Rosburgh talked about the storms with visitors to the museum on Saturday. Many said they remembered the storms, but didn’t realize how powerful they were. Museum director Madeline Flagler said that Hazel’s perch high atop the piling helps show the power of the storm that is still considered the worst to ever hit Wrightsville Beach. “A lot of people ask, ‘Was Hazel really that bad?’” Flagler said. “This shows how bad it was.”
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BEACH BRIEFS 24th Annual Bark in the Park this weekend Mighty mutts and playful purebreds will leap to the sky to catch flying discs this Saturday, Oct. 7 at the 2017 Hyperflite Skyhoundz Canine Disc Championships at Wrightsville Beach Park at 11 a.m. A rain d ate is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate and enjoy this free, unique event and applaud the talented canine athletes. Competitors need no previous experience. If your dog loves to catch hard discs, come join the fun. Competitors with the most points in distance and accuracy will be declared winner, with extra points awarded for air catches. And new this year, spectators will vote for the Best Dressed Dog, Best Dressed Team, and Dog Displaying the Most Personality. Dog costumes are optional. To participate, register your dog by contacting the Wrightsville Beach Parks &
Recreation at 910-256-7925. This event is free for participants and spectators.
Paws4people On Saturday, Oct.7, 2017, from 12-3 pm at UNCW’s Warwick Center Ballroom, paws4people will hold its graduation ceremony for 27 teams that successfully completed public access training and passed their public access tests on Friday, October 6, 2017, including 11 assistance dogs are placed with veterans, service members, military-related medical treatment providers, and military dependents with physical, neurological, psychiatric, and/or emotional disabilities through the paws4vets program. Also, 10 assistance dogs are placed with adults, children, and adolescents with various physical and psychiatric disabilities. In addition, five facility dogs placed with professionals for use in their workplace settings successfully completed their facility observation tests and will graduate on Saturday.
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Carmine and Gianni Marchioni are shown sitting atop the bench that they repaired this week in Lee’s Nature Park at Wrightsville Beach. They had noticed the bench in a broken condition on a walk around the Loop last year. They wanted to repair it as a service project for which they enlisted help from their uncle and grandfather. Earlier this year, Carmine sent his savings of $240 to Hurricane Irma relief.
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Arrests • Kendall Grady was charged with being intoxicated and disruptive and resisting arrest and cited with loud and boisterous behavior. • Ryan Scott Howell was charged with assult with a deadly weapon, intoxicated and disruptive behavior, and resisting arrest.
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• Micheal Andre Riley was cited with driving while license revoked. • Irving Leedell Greene was cited with exceeding the posted speed. • Martin Gracia Zamudio was cited with no operator’s license. • Robert Allen Braswell was cited with impeding traffic.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Arrests • Ryan Scott Howell was charged with a DWI and cited with possession of marijuana paraphernalia. • Malcolm Jamal Blaine, Ricky Lee Jr., and William D. Geisler were charged with DWI.
Citations • Keith Shakuur Frink was cited with a revoked registration, expired registration, and expired inspection. • Andrea Wilks Mahoney and Sarah Beth Imber were cited with expired registrations and expired inspections. • Jessica Ellen Munto was cited with an expired registration. • Kenneth Ernest Wunderlich was cited with a seat belt violation. • Malcolm Jamal Blaine, Ricky Lee Jr., and William D. Geisler were cited with DWI.
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CAMA LAND USE PLAN UPDATE Notice is hereby given that the Wrightsville Beach CAMA Land Use Plan Steering Committee will meet on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, at 5:15 p.m., in the Town Hall Conference Room located at 321 Causeway Drive, Wrightsville Beach, NC. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the preparation of the Town’s CAMA Land Use Plan Update. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend. For additional information, please contact Tony Wilson at (910) 256-7937 or twilson@towb.org. Additionally, information relating to the preparation of the CAMA Land Use Plan Update is available at www.planwrightsvillebeach.com.
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Editorial/Opinion County Manager’s Message By Chris Coudriet New Hanover County Manager
New Hanover County is Planning, Measuring & Strategically Investing Since 2012, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners embraced a five-year strategic plan that has guided and directed county decisions and initiatives. The strategic plan established three focus areas to meet the needs of our citizens; and through effective county management, we have planned, measured, and strategically invested in our community to become a model of good governance.
Intelligent Growth and Economic Development
Ensuring that our community has a strong, diverse economy with high-quality jobs has been a top priority for New Hanover County. The county has helped to create an environment where economic development can organically happen. By commissioning the strategic and targeted study on our community’s strengths and assets in 2014, known as the Pathways to Prosperity study, the county helped to identify target industries for our community and ways to encourage growth in these industries. As a measure in the strategic plan, we knew we would be successful if the private sector created 6,000 new jobs in the county. Our community has exceeded that goal, creating 14,338 new jobs overall in the past five years, as of the first quarter of 2017 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Another measure of success was to create an environment where it was easy for people to do business with the county, thereby encouraging the private sector to enhance and grow the tax base by at least $1 billion. Five years later, the private sector has invested $1.93 billion in this community. The county’s efforts to extend sewer and water service along US Highway 421, build effective regional partnerships that promote this area and expand the local innovation economy, and provide incentives to help create new jobs and expand the tax base have all supported intelligent growth and economic development. Using core business principles and innovative programs, the county has lowered the landfill tip fee by 19% over the past four years, all while doing more to increase recycling efforts and enhance Environmental Management services. By partnering with the private sector to create the only Materials Recovery Facility in southeastern North Carolina, the county has diverted waste out of the landfill — increasing its life and improving our environment — while also increasing exports, supporting manufacturing, and creating 30 new private-sector jobs. Through federal, state, and local partnerships, the county has worked to keep sand on our beaches and restore inlets, protecting tourism and our environment. And the county’s first-ever Comprehensive Land Use Plan was approved, outlining how the
county can attract growth and accommodate this growth in a sustainable manner over the next 25 years.
Superior Public Health and Public Safety
Superior public safety has also been a top priority for New Hanover County. In 2012, criminal justice experts in our area encouraged the county to focus on the community’s youth and combatting crime early on. A measure of success was to reduce juvenile recidivism, the rate by which first-time offenders reoffend, by 5%. In five years, through investments in the Sheriff’s Office, Community Justice Services (CJS), and by directing departments to focus on early childhood engagement, the county has reduced juvenile recidivism by 16%. Before the county began focusing efforts on juvenile recidivism, 21% of youth would reoffend again; now, only 5% reoffend. This marked improvement and the county’s efforts are going to have a lasting effect on our community and on our youth. To reduce obesity and ensure long-term health, the county has innovatively enhanced park services to encourage active lifestyles by adding a splash pad, all-inclusive playground, skate park, outdoor gym, expanded parks space, and miles of new walking trails. And in just the past year, New Hanover County’s Senior Resource Center has helped 669 of our older adults save more than $600,000 on prescription costs and improved seniors’ health throu gh evidence-based programs.
Superior Education and Workforce Preparing students to be successful and improving workforce readiness skills are also top priorities for New Hanover County. Through the Board’s leadership, we have increased county funding to New Hanover County Schools (NHCS) by $13.3 million over the past five years. Our children in public and charter schools now receive $2,700 in county funding per student. We have expanded Pre-K, creating 45 new seats for three and four-year olds, to help prepare them for kindergarten. And we have supported the growth of Cape Fear Community College with voter-approved bonds to construct Emerging Technology buildings, Union Station, and the Wilson Center.
Moving Forward
New Hanover County has accomplished a tremendous amount over the past five years and there is still much more to do to ensure our community is safe, healthy and secure. The Board of Commissioners has directed county administration to refresh the strategy map and develop new measures and targets that will guide the work of the county for the next five years. These updates will be presented for the board to consider by the end of the calendar year.
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Hook, Line & Sinker October Fishing Starting Off Strong in Typical Fall Fashion By Skylar Walters
The official start of fall started almost two weeks ago and finally we have some conditions that represent the true definition as far as fishing is involved. Lower temperatures, much less humidity, and dropping water temperature are a few changes, and for those who like to head offshore, unfortunately, some very breezy and stiff winds out of the north and north-east are also a given when fall arrives in full force. But this is to be expected during the month of October and the days leading into the weekend are no different. Water temperatures are reading in the mid seventy degree range and fishing has been fairly steady and decent. Inshore, the red drum bite around the docks and creeks has been very good for slot sized fish. Artificial baits have been working decent along with fresh cut bait and live finger mullet on Carolina Rigs. With the falling water temperatures, the fish have definitely become more active and the times during the cooler mornings and late afternoons has allowed for some spectacular top water action for those willing to put in the work and effort. And with the cooler waters, the speckled trout have started making more of an appearance around the Wrightsville Beach area, and while the fishing for them is far from good, it’s a step in the right direction. As the month progresses, there should be many more reports of the speckled trout being encountered in the normal go to areas first and then spreading out into some of the adjacent creeks and channels. Flounder fishing has also
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started improving and will continue to do so well into the month. For both the trout and flounder, the better and bigger fish are being found in areas around Carolina Beach and the Cape Fear River and that’s pretty much always the case when quantity and quality are priorities, but there are and will be some very decent fish found in local areas during the month with the areas around the Masonboro Inlet Jetties producing some good speckled trout action for citation sized fish in the coming months. Lots of large, over slot, citation sized red drum have been caught and released near the inlet and along Masonboro Island the past few weeks and while it will slow down eventually, the fishing has remained steady. Surf anglers are reporting some decent luck with virginia mullet and small pompano using fresh shrimp with sand fleas producing some larger species. Cut bait has resulted in some red drum and bluefish and black drum have been biting both. Pier anglers have started reporting some good runs of spots and although sporadic, there’s hope of some significant catches when the temperatures dip just a tad more. Offshore action has been limited due to sea conditions, but wahoo and dolphin in the Gulf Stream will be normal encounters when boats can get back out. Closer to the beach, the king mackerel fishing has been decent in the fifteen mile range and the spanish mackerel fishing has been good right along the beach.
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Oct. 5–11, 2017
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Sports
Olympic gold medalist Larry Cain returning for Surf to Sound Challenge Larry Cain is a paddle monster. At age 21, Cain captured the Gold medal in sprint canoe for Canada in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic games. Today, at age 54, Cain is three-time and reigning standup paddleboard champion in the 31-mile Tennessee River Chattajack and won four of the past six titles in the elite 6.5-mile North Carolina Surf to Sound Challenge. November 3-5, 2017, Larry Cain returns to North Carolina to defend his 2016 Surf to Sound Challenge Championship in Wrightsville Beach. The Challenge begins on the beach with elite paddlers sprinting into the Atlantic Ocean, battling the open sea to the mouth of Masonboro Inlet, navigating through the inlet’s rushing and unstable waters, then competing in channel currents to the finish line at Blockade Runner Beach Resort. “It’s like a condensed version of the Graveyard Race at the Carolina Cup in the spring,” said Cain. Surf to Sound is a weekend of family activities, paddle clinics, vendor displays, and races designed to include all Olympic Gold Medalist Larry Cain. skill levels. “Every race, whether you’re paddling inside or outside, throws unique Other races on the weekend schedule obstacles to test you – waves in the ocean, during Surf to Sound include the sceinlet waters, wind, tides, all kinds of inter- nic 4-mile Harbor Island Outer Loop, esting and fun challenges,” said Cain. circumnavigating Harbor Island; the “Wrightsville Beach is such a beautiful 9-mile Blockade Runner Flatwater place to paddle and the water is better than Championship, challenging the endurvirtually anywhere I’ve ever seen.” ance of experienced flatwater paddlers;
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the 11-mile Froth Race, a new soundside and ocean race designed especially for experienced ocean canoe and surfski racers; and the popular Kid’s Race, for children 7 to 14. “I started training seriously for sport when I was 14 years old and have
followed a training program since that time,” said Cain. “I got to the highest level in my first paddle sport, and never let myself go when I retired. My first standup paddleboard race was the Cold Stroke Classic in Wrightsville Beach in January of 2011. I feel best when I’m active and
moving, so I’ve been able to maintain that level of fitness to a large degree that I built up as an Olympic athlete.” A science and sports teacher for 18-years and trainer of the Canadian national kayak team before the Rio Olympics, Larry Cain now coaches and trains a global school of 320 paddlers through an online subscription service. In addition to Cain, the coaching staff includes OC-1 World Champion Travis Grant of Australia; six-time World Surfski Champion Teneale Hatton of New Zealand; and Olympic strength coach, Chris Chapman of Canada. A paddleboard clinic taught by Cain and open to the public will be on the soundside at Blockade Runner on Thursday and Friday. “It’s a privilege to travel all over the world and compete with people of different ages and backgrounds,” said Cain. “I love paddling and enjoy meeting everybody and sharing this common experience with them. I’ve always been on the water, and wake up every morning thankful that I found this sport.” Presented by the Wrightsville Beach Paddle Club, North Carolina Surf to Sound Challenge is hosted by Blockade Runner Beach Resort and sanctioned by the World Paddle Association (WPA). The North Carolina Coastal Federation, supporting a healthy coast, is the designated charity for Surf to Sound Challenge.
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Oct. 5–11, 2017
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CLASSIFIED
Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-719-9180 • classifieds@luminanews.com LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 478 NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DAVID A. ESBER AND WIFE, ANGELA ESBER DATED August 17, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5221, PAGE 646, NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, TO BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, TRUSTEE. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by DAVID A. ESBER AND WIFE, ANGELA ESBER dated August 17, 2007 to BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, recorded in Book 5221, Page 646, NEW HANOVER County Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit foreclosure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of NEW HANOVER County, North Carolina; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the property conveyed in
said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of NEW HANOVER and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 50 of Channel Haven Subdivision as the same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 7 at Pages 59-60 of the New Hanover County Registry. PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCATION: 202 Marsh Hen Drive Wilmington NC 28409 DATE OF SALE: October 6, 2017 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M. LOCATION OF SALE: NEW HANOVER County Courthouse RECORD OWNER(S): David A. Esber TERMS OF THE SALE: (1). This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies. (2) The property is being sold
“as is”. Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property. (3) The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale. (4) At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period. (5) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving this Notice of Foreclosure Sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of ter-
mination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this Notice of Foreclosure Sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(919) 250-2000 Fax: (919)250-2211 September 28 and October 5, 2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ruby Pulliam Morton, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned, c/o Jill L. Peters Kaess, 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 26th day of December, 2017, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
(6) An order for possession of the property being sold may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §4521.29 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. (7) If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Substitute Trustee.
This the 21st day of September, 2017. Alan Brent Morton, Executor of the Estate of Ruby Pulliam Morton Jill L. Peters Kaess Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400 Wilmington, NC 28401 September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 2017
This the 22nd day of August, 2017. SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKE SAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P. Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute Trustee P. O. Box 26268 Raleigh, NC 27611-6268
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Gerald Wayne Long, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned, c/o Jill L. Peters Kaess, 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 8th day of January, 2018, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 5th day of October, 2017. Tanya Bellamy Long, Executor of the Estate of Gerald Wayne Long Jill L. Peters Kaess Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400 Wilmington, NC 28401 October 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executors of the ESTATE OF EDITH H PATELOS, deceased of Wilmington, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 8TH day of JANUARY,
2018, or this Notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment. Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the undersigned at 1017 Deep River Road, Sanford, NC 27330. This the 5th day of October, 2017. LISA J POOLE AND N. PATRICK PATELOS ESTATE OF EDITH H. PATELOS James A. MacDonald The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 October 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017
HOMES FOR SALE Landfall Subdivision Spectacular lake/golf front home. 170 feet of lake frontage. 5 bdrm, 4 ½ bath, lg screened porch, overlooking lake & golf course. Spectular views of No. 1 fairway & green. Priced $200,000 below recent bank appraisal. Asking $879,000. Full refundable membership available. Owner/broker. Call 910-233-2125. (Short Sale)
Church Services NEAR THE BEACH LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE BOARDWALK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.)
WRIGHTSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Patrick Thomas Rabun, pastor 2 W. Fayetteville St., 910-256-2819, ext. 100 www.littlechapel.org Informal Worship Service at Beach Access No. 4: 8 a.m., May-September Early Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School (for all ages): 9:15 a.m. Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m. Nursery provided.
Doug Lain, senior pastor 4 Live Oak Drive, 910-256-4471 Worship Services: 8:30, 9:45, 11:15 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
ST. THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. Trent Watts 209 S. Lumina Ave., 910-256-2471 Mass: Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Tuesday – Friday, noon.
ST. MARK CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Patrick A. Keane 1011 Eastwood Road, 910-392-0720 Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday Masses: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. en Español Monday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Masses: 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Thursday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Friday Mass: 8:30 a.m. followed by Adoration with Benediction at 9 p.m.
ST. ANDREW’S ON-THE-SOUND EPISCOPAL
BETH SIMCHA MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATION
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH BAPTIST CHURCH
Congregational Leader/ Rabbi Marty Schilsky 7957 Market St. Wilmington, N.C. 28411 910-681-0117 Shabbat Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday
John McIntyre, senior pastor
101 Airlie Road, 910-256-3034
601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682
7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m.
The Rev. Richard G. Elliott, rector
Traditional Worship: 9-10 a.m. Sunday School for all ages: 10:10-11 a.m. Contemporary Service: 11:10 a.m to 12:20 p.m
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