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DNA data dispels sea turtle mysteries

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

During its meeting Nov. 13, the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen will discuss a proposal by Bailey and Associates Inc. to install 27 boat slips and other amenities at 202 Summer Rest Road, which is located in the direct vicinity of the town’s only sewer connection. Board members will decide whether to formally object to the proposed construction of the facility based on several concerns about the proximity to the 40-year-old pipe, which is the only means of removing sewage from the island to be processed by Cape Fear Public Utility Authority. Construction in the area of the aging pipe could potentially cause it to fail. Docked boats could interfere with the pipe as well if the boats were to sink or deepen their slips. The board will also consider extending the mixed-use conditional-use permit for the Middle

By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer

Large, inflatable kites soar through the air Sunday, Nov. 9 for the Cape Fear Kite Festival at the north end of Wrightsville Beach. See story on page B1. ~ Emmy Errante

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DNA analysis from freshly laid loggerhead sea turtle eggs suggests long-held belief about nesting habits of the protected species might not be completely accurate. Research scientists from the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources began analyzing data in 2008. Originally confined to turtles nesting on the Georgia coastline, the project extended to South Carolina and North Carolina in 2010. The Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project sent its first loggerhead egg sample in 2011, adding 14 samples to more than 33,000 collected to date. While the study is ongoing and no formal conclusions have been drawn from the data yet, Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project coordinator Nancy Fahey said the data already n See turtle Page A5

Uncovering the past, informing the future Students use legal records to trace history of county slaves

By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer

What began as a school assignment morphed into a project preserving a forgotten piece of New Hanover County’s story by giving tens of thousands of slaves a claim in history. So far, students turned archivists Christine Ingram Hockaday and Billy Koch have documented only a fraction of the county’s enslaved population using property records stored in dozens of books in the register of deed’s office. “It’s been hiding in plain sight, literally,” Hackaday said. “We have over 13,000 human beings that lived in New Hanover County that weren’t talked about, weren’t looked at, weren’t n See slaves Page A5

WWII wrecks discovered off North Carolina By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer

When it comes to discussing the naval battles of World War II, attention often turns to the Pacific theater and battles for islands like Midway, but the Atlantic Ocean saw its fair share. Outside of WWII historians and the octogenarians who lived through the mandatory blackouts along the East Coast, few are aware of how close German U-Boats came to shore. The wreckage of U-Boat 576 was discovered in August by a research team only 25 miles southeast of Ocracoke Island, along with the wreck of the Nicaraguan freighter Bluefields. The pair lie just 240 yards from each other. A group of 19 merchant ships escorted by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard known as Convoy KS-520 was en route from Norfolk, Va., to Key West, Fla., delivering cargo in support of the war effort. On July 15, 1942, the convoy crossed the path of U-576 off Cape Hatteras. Rather than continue home for repairs to Germany, the Captain of the U-Boat attacked the convoy and surfaced in its midst, sinking the Bluefields and severely damaging two other ships. The U.S. Navy Kingfisher aircraft providing the convoy’s air cover bombed U-576 as the merchant ship Unicoi attacked U-576 with its deck gun. Badly damaged, both Bluefields and U-576 quickly sank to the bottom of the Atlantic where they remained for 70 years before being located. n See wrecks Page A5

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The German U-576 gets underway. Saint-Nazaire, France, circa 1940-1943.

Aldermen seek public’s input on Poe’s Tavern, Coral Drive By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

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Christine Ingram Hockaday and Billy Koch present their research project on New Hanover County slave deeds, entitled Let It Be Known, at the Northeast Regional Library Monday, Nov. 10.

The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen will invite public input on three agenda items during its Nov. 13 meeting. The board will hold a public hearing regarding a conditional-use permit application for Poe’s Tavern, a restaurant and pub to be located at 212 Causeway Drive, the building previously occupied by the Olympia Restaurant and now serving as Lumina Hall meetings and events center.

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The proposed restaurant would include expanded outdoor seating and indoor renovations. To become compliant with town zoning codes, the board would first have to adopt a text amendment to allow additions to nonconforming situations in commercial districts. There will be a public hearing addressing the text amendment prior to discussion of the restaurant itself. The public will then have the opportunity to offer opinions on granting Poe’s Tavern an updated conditional-use permit and parking exceptions. The restaurant requires

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70 off-street parking spaces and with only 21 available on site, the applicant would need a parking exception for 49 spaces. Aldermen could grant an exception based on the fact that 39 public parking spaces are available within 400 feet of the property. Furthermore, the proposed establishment is consistent with the 2005 CAMA land use plan encouraging the development of commercial establishments providing basic goods and services to year-round residents and visitors. During a presentation to the Wrightsville n See input Page A5

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Annual conference dishes on coastal issues By Cole Dittmer

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For two days a collective of coastal issues experts and officials will convene in Wrightsville Beach for the 17th annual N.C. Beach, Inlet and Waterway Association (NCBIWA) meeting. Planned for Monday, Nov. 17, through Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Blockade Runner Beach Resort, the conference will feature eight sessions throughout the two-day agenda. Topics range from monitoring coastal species to management of Coastal Storm Damage Reduction projects, including updates from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and N.C. Division of Coastal Management. Harry Simmons, Caswell Beach mayor and NCBIWA executive director, said the conference is designed to cover a broad range of topics. “It is a little bit of everything for everybody, which is the point of it,” Simmons said. “It is not so much to make people whole on coastal issues as it is to stir discussion, exchange ideas and try to make people think about things

that need to happen or improve the things we do on the coast of North Carolina.” Simmons said certain hot topics will take center stage this year. “No doubt that the expansion of the waters of the United States is going to be a big topic because that is something the EPA is actively trying to do,” he said. “How we address regional sediment management in the future by not wasting sand that comes out of channels is going to be an interesting topic.” In terms of the relationship between sea turtle nesting protections and Coastal Storm Damage Reduction projects, Simmons said he would be interested to discuss the possibility of requesting flexibility in the window for completing the projects. “We think there may be some flexibility in all of that to make it

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By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer

Sutton Lake, long maintained as a public fishery by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and a wastewater treatment facility for Duke Energy’s nearby Sutton Plant, was reclassified as a water of the state on Nov. 7. The lake was created in 1972 as a cooling pond for hot water generated by the power plant by damming Catfish Creek, a tributary of the Cape Fear River. A boat ramp and fishing dock provide recreational access to the lake. N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources spokesperson Jamie Kritzer said reclassification resulted from a comprehensive review of all coal-fired facilities conducted by DENR and the EPA following the Dan River spill in February. “It’s a soup to nuts kind of review of all water quality issues that could be happening there and the extent of contamination at different facilities throughout the state,” Kritzer said. DENR considered reclassification of the lake in the past, Kritzer said, due to its status as a public recreational lake and its proximity to the Cape Fear River.

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Frank Holleman, Southern Environmental Law Center senior attorney, attributed the lake’s change in status to sustained efforts by the law center, including a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed in September 2013 on behalf of Cape Fear River Watch, the Sierra Club and the Waterkeeper Alliance. A June 2014 ruling on the case by U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan confirmed the groups’ assertion that Sutton Lake is a water of the United States. Holleman also referred to a letter he sent to DENR Dam Safety Engineer Steven McEvoy Oct. 2, requesting the dams containing coal ash wastewater at Sutton be reclassified as high hazard for threats posed to Sutton Lake. “This is the culmination of over a year of hard work, trying to convince DENR to take the right action and protect the public and this lake,” Holleman said. Duke has 60 days to modify itswastewater treatment permit to reflect the change. As a result of the lake’s reclassification, the dams at the Sutton Plant will also be reclassified as high hazard, warranting annual inspections by state officials. Dams at the plant’s two coal ash ponds were previously considered low hazard. One was inspected every five years; the

other was exempt from inspections in 2011 due to an amendment to state dam safety laws. While Holleman sees reclassification as a victory, he said the groups’ work to protect clean water supplies near the Sutton Plant is not finished. He pointed out continuing pollution of groundwater and surface water from the plant’s two coal ash ponds, which he said will only be adequately addressed when ash is excavated and stored properly. “The single most important thing to do is remove the coal ash from those lagoons,” Holleman said. Sutton is one of four Duke Energy facilities deemed high-enough priority to merit excavation of coal ash stored on-site in unlined pits into dry, lined storage in the Coal Ash Management Act of 2013. Cleanup strategies implemented at Duke’s other 10 sites will be dictated by DENR, based in part on the same review that spurred the reclassification of Sutton Lake. “We have to determine where contamination presents the greatest threat to public health and the environment, and use our review to inform the prioritization of cleanup of these coal-ash facilities,” Kritzer said. email miriah@luminanews.com

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approved environmental window of mid-November through May 1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopes to initiate future renourishment projects earlier to finish on time. Stakeholders from coastal storm damage reduction projects (also known as beach renourishment) on Wrightsville, Carolina and Kure beaches, and Ocean Isle Beach were invited to hear updates from the corps Nov. 6. Wrightsville Beach Town Manager Tim Owens represented Wrightsville Beach at the meeting. For the 2014 project, contractor Weeks Marine arrived at Wrightsville Beach on

April 13, more than a month behind schedule, due to increased demand for dredges up and down the coast. Beach renourishment projects are supposed to conclude before May 1 to avoid damage to nesting loggerhead sea turtles. The corps secured an environmental extension through June 13 and lined up Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project volunteers to monitor the beach strand from dusk until dawn while the project continued. The contract to perform the 2014 project was also awarded later than usual, in December 2013. During the Nov. 6 discussion, stakeholders discussed a

strategy to keep future projects within the established timeframe by securing federal funds and awarding contracts by the October preceding the project. The corps released the final cost and sand placement details for the 2014 renourishment project on Wrightsville Beach during the meeting. The $9.7 million project placed approximately 750,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach strand south of Sand Dollar Lane. The corps also presented an update on plans to replenish Carolina and Kure beaches in 2016. email miriah@luminanews.com

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Williams-Bordeaux Cottage alterations approved By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

During its meeting Monday, Nov. 10, the Wrightsville Beach Historic Landmark Commission considered the historical appropriateness for alterations to the Williams-Bordeaux Cottage located at 407 N. Lumina Ave. The home was built in 1922 and is one of 21 historically designated properties on Wrightsville Beach. The property owner, Margaret Daughtry, applied to the town’s department of planning and inspections for a permit to make several changes to the property’s exterior to increase accessibility and safety. Daughtry asked permission to relocate the back steps of the porch to the side of the porch, change the porch railing to match the original handrail style, remove the steps on the north side of the home and replace the

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wooden slats of the back porch. Town planner Zachary Steffey said Daughtry wished to move the front porch steps because of issues involving people stepping over the gate and onto the porch. Daughtry proposed add-

“I think [the shingles] would change the whole look from what historical houses have,” Nancy Faye Craig agreed. “A line of shakes coming down, I’ve never seen that.” Board members voted unani-

“I think [the shingles] would change the whole look from what historical houses have. A line of shakes coming down, I’ve never seen that.” ing shingles to the porch railing to preserve the appearance of the house. “I think maybe she wants to keep the look,” director of planning and parks Tony Wilson said. “Maybe she didn’t think we would let her remove it completely, but to me, removing it completely would be the best thing.”

mously to allow Daughtry to remove the steps and leave the handrail with the added shingles, but they also gave her the option to remove the steps and handrails entirely. “We would recommend the removal of the steps, unless there is a purpose for the shakes, and then we would allow them to stay,” board member Susan

Collins said. The board also discussed the implementation of online mapping of historical properties in Wrightsville Beach. Steffey said the map could be a feature incorporated into the town’s new website, which is currently being developed. The interactive map will mark the location of all of the historical homes on the island; users would be able to click on the homes to view an informational box. Additionally, the map would include red dotted lines showing visitors how to access the properties. Board member Susan Collins suggested hard copies to hand out. Board members were very supportive of the proposed map and voted unanimously to allow Steffey to proceed with the project. email emmy@luminanews.com

Weekend Police Report Nov. 7 Citations • Anthony Stewart was issued a citation for speeding, 41 in a 25 mph zone. • Russell Caffrey was issued a citation for expired registration, inspection violation. • Laura Perry was issued a citation for speeding, 41 in a 25 mph school zone. • Yohana Calle was issued a citation for expired registration and inspection violation. • Jonathan Thompson was issued a citation for expired registration and no operator’s license. • Samuel Hart was issued a citation for speeding.

Warning Tickets • Erin Crabtree Martin was issued a warning ticket for speeding. • Kathleen Elizabeth Ida-Turner was issued a warning ticket for speeding.

Nov. 8 Citations • Kimberly Hager was issued a citation for speeding, 43 in a 25 mph zone. • Carla Witt was issued a citation for speeding, 43 in a 25 mph zone. • Jeffrey Pyles was issued a citation for no operator’s license and expired registration. • Ryan Marchi was issued a citation for improper backing. • Tyler Scott Grove was issued a citation for second degree trespass. • David Kent Sheppard was issued a citation for a one-way violation. • Devin Christopher Gorbey was issued a citation for speeding, 50 in a 35 mph zone. • Bradley Thomas Barker was issued a citation for speeding, 45 in a 35 mph zone.

Warning Tickets • Matthew Gorkowski was issued a warning ticket for equipment. • Aaron Chavis was issued a warning ticket for noise.

Reports • Reported found property was released to owner. Staff photo by Cole Dittmer

The Wrightsville Beach Historic Landmark Commission approved changes to the circa 1922 Williams-Bordeaux Cottage on North Lumina Avenue including the removal of the steps on the north side of the home.

• Defrauding an innkeeper was reported.

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Duke strategy to determine groundwater contamination critiqued By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer

Work plans to assess groundwater contamination at Duke Energy’s 14 coal-fired facilities, including the Sutton Plant near Wilmington, were deemed insufficient by the N.C. Division of Water Resources on Nov. 5 and returned for revisions after more than one month of review. Duke was charged with addressing the source, extent and flow of contamination at each site, including any imminent threats to public health and safety, plus plans for mitigation in plans submitted Sept. 26. All 14 work plans must be resubmitted to address concerns within 30 days. Duke spokesperson Jeff Brooks said the utility is already working to improve the plans. “We share the agency’s interest in conducting detailed groundwater assessments. We want to base those on good science and engineering, and we’ll incorporate the state’s feedback to arrive at plans that meet their expectation,” Brooks said. Problems to address in its plans for all facilities include better modeling and additional fieldwork to understand the flow of groundwater,

and type and extent of contamination. Complaints specifically aimed at the Sutton Plant included absence of a plan to sample surface water or sediment from Sutton Lake or the Cape Fear River near outfalls and the need for more monitoring wells. The Sutton work plan was prepared by SynTerra, a South Carolinabased engineering and science consulting firm. Duke is also working to compile excavation plans for Sutton and three other sites deemed high-priority in the Coal Ash Management Act of 2014, due to the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources by Nov. 15. Brooks suggested moving the ash, which contains heavy metals like arsenic, mercury, lead and selenium, away from water sources and into dry, lined storage will remedy groundwater contamination concerns. “We remain focused on closing ash basins, and we believe that will ultimately address groundwater issues,” Brooks said. Duke has 30 days to resubmit the groundwater assessment plans. Once the plans gain a stamp of approval, Duke has 10 days to begin implementing the plans and 180 days to submit a final report. email miriah@luminanews.com

Citations • Hugo Olivera was issued a citation for no operator’s license. • Marta Del-Cid was issued a citation for speeding, 44 in a 25 mph zone, and child restraint violation. • Hae Newkirk was issued a citation for expired registration. • Vasili Egnatashvili was issued a citation for child restraint violation. • Edward Eli Matney was issued a citation for speeding, 52 in a 35 mph zone, and no operator’s license. • Luara Outlaw Zamora was issued a citation for speeding, 51 in a 35 mph zone. • Davis Allen Wiley was issued a citation for speeding.

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BEACH BLOTTER Month-old theft discovered

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The victim of a larceny on Coral Drive contacted Wrightsville Beach Police Department around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, about a larceny that occurred in October. The victim had been out of town and his neighbors informed him their homes had been broken into and suggested he check all of his belongings as well. The man reported a television screen and wireless keyboard missing worth an estimated $3,500. Wrightsville Beach Police believe the theft may be connected to a rash of thefts in October perpetrated by the same suspect, who has already been charged for those thefts.

Wrightsville Beach Police Department officers were downtown near Sweetwater Surf Shop around 2 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, when they heard a loud noise coming from a maroon colored car. It appeared one of the tires was flat and the car was being driven on its rim. The officers got in their patrol car and stopped the car in the Roberts Grocery parking lot. Upon engaging the driver, 39-yearold Indianapolis resident Malia Christie, it was obvious to the officers Christie was impaired and had been driving for a relatively long distance on the rim in an attempt to return to Shell Island Resort. Christie’s blood alcohol concentration registered .23 percent and she was arrested on a $1,000 unsecured bond. Christie was later released to a sober individual.

Payment pending Wrightsville Beach Police Department responded to the Polar Pack Shell Station on Wrightsville Avenue around 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, after the store clerk reported a car leaving without paying for $13.30 worth of gasoline. Officers were able to identify the offender, 38-year-old Wilmington resident Laura Austin, from the license plate number the clerk recorded. WBPD called Wilmington Police Department and officers from WPD convinced Austin to return and pay for her gas so she would not be charged for the offense.

Shorting the cabbie A taxi driver picked up a man from Wilmington and dropped him off at Charlotte Street in Wrightsville Beach around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. The cab fare was $25.20 but the passenger only had $10 and said he would go inside to get more money. However, the unknown passenger never returned.

Wrightsville Beach parking workshop 4:30, Town Hall Chambers Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen meeting 6 p.m., Town Hall Chambers Friday, Nov. 14 Board of Elections canvass 11 a.m., New Hanover Country Board of Elections office Monday, Nov. 17 New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting 9 a.m., Historic New Hanover County Courthouse Tuesday Nov. 18 Wilmington City Council meeting 6:30 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers Wrightsville Beach Marketing Advisory Committee meeting 4 p.m., Town Hall conference room

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Editorial/Opinion My thoughts B y P a t B ra d f o r d

The annual North Carolina Holiday Flotilla is in its 31st year. It will attract upwards of 50,000 people to the town for the lighted boat parade, not to mention those who attend the Friday night dance party and Day in the Park. The question is, why continue to hold this free public event for 50,000? Or, put another way, of the thousands of annual man hours donated by volunteers who stage this event, what is the return on investment that for 2013 totaled between $80,000 – $100,000? Who benefits? Is it the residents of Wrightsville Beach? Certainly the homes and rental units that line the parade route on South Lumina Avenue plus Harbor Island benefit. The flotilla becomes the backdrop for splendid annual Thanksgiving weekend parties with families and friends. This is a wonderful feel-good tradition, and if you can’t have fun at the flotilla, you can’t have fun. But is the logic behind the event the same as that behind the Azalea Festival pre-I40? To spike an influx of business at a normally dead time of year? Except for the hotels and rentals, most beach businesses say the jammed-up traffic actually hurts their receipts for the night, but no numbers are available to confirm these purely anecdotal claims. Certainly businesses on the traffic arteries off the beach stand to benefit on boat parade night as tens of thousands who have been sitting and standing out in the cold, sometimes for hours on end, trickle back to the mainland. A portion of the revenue raised goes for the parade boat prizes. Last year the top prize was a $5,000 boat, then cash prizes for the individual categories, with prizes totaling $14,500 as noted on the nonprofit’s 990 federal filing. So the seller of the boat, if it was purchased and not donated, benefited with a sale. In years before, the same deal: top prize was plane fare, walking around money and a limited stay in someone’s condo located in an exotic location, or very expensive his and hers watches. This year’s flotilla organizers promise all cash prizes, to the tune of $10,500 with the grand prize $5,000 in cold, hard cash. But the skinny on this year’s parade is: The allvolunteer team ran late securing its sponsors, which put them behind schedule for announcing the prize amounts to prospective boat captains, which means in this trickle down economy, very few boats, about seven, were signed up last week when the committee met for the last time prior to the event. Now the chair says there are 12 to 14 boats registered. And the event leaders expect to reach a contingent of 15-20 boats this year. Compare that with 30 applications last flotilla, with a waiting list of 30 additional boats, and the words “falling short” come to mind. The flotilla leadership is disinclined to talk about its lack of sponsors; its big corporate sponsor from last year dropped out and has not been replaced. But the solution is not altogether hopeless; one more corporate sponsor may be waiting in the wings. One reason sponsors may not be ponying up this

year to the extent they did in years past is the vast outpouring of donations to political candidates for midterm elections 2014. Candidates constantly beat the drum locally to replenish war chests in the quest for control. And by the numbers reported, donations poured in. Big corporate donors are also increasingly less inclined to spend shareholders’ money to pay for a blow out party, no matter how feel-good it is, as witnessed by a push from one or more sponsors to see a give back component to the event. As a result of this push back, for the first time an agreement was reached to make a donation in an unspecified amount from flotilla proceeds to the STEM program (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at the DC Virgo Preparatory Academy in the Wilmington inner city. DC Virgo was one of the least performing schools in New Hanover County last year, despite a renovated infrastructure and iPads for students. It is not enough anymore just to give money to something that’s fun; following a six-year economic recession and paradigm shift, corporations want their funds to go to something that benefits the community on a deeper level, something more tangible. It is a great deal easier to explain to shareholders the benefit of $10,000 donated to education versus just a good time. Or maybe it is finally resonating with people how bad our education system really is. In asking, “who benefits,” the answer needs to be schools, kids, the community. Through the town, the TDA contributes heads in beds tax revenue for the approximately $15,000 in fireworks and another four grand toward police/fire presence. Day in the Park covers its expenses. The real lack is in the prize giveaways for best boats, and without boats, the parade fizzles. One thing is for certain, with just two weeks to go, the flotilla needs more sponsors for this year; the prize money needs immediate boosting to attract more boat captains to undertake the laborious and fairly expensive task of decorating a boat, then getting out there on parade night to navigate the often treacherous route so that 50,000 eager people can come line the banks of the channel to watch the collective splendor. Here’s a thought: there has never been a cost of admission. Of those 50,000 people, if just 25 percent of them sent in $2, the flotilla committee would have the funding it needs to put on an excellent boat parade. If half of the houses on the parade route that hold lavish parties would kick in just $50 or $100 each, that would go a long way to sealing the glittering night’s entertainment. Again this year, viewers can text in their vote for their favorite boats, and so if there was a pay-to-text phone app attached to voting, the goal could also easily be reached. However, if one large employer in the county stepped up to the plate, the flotilla could rapidly pull out of this slump and give spectators an outstanding boat parade. Corporate Wilmington, it is time to open your wallets again.

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of the Island project. Nathan Sanders, president of Dominion Land Corporation, requested an extension of the permit that was granted in 2008 and given subsequent extensions by the board of aldermen. The permit expires Friday, Nov. 14. However, Sanders said, if Poe’s Tavern is granted a conditional-use permit as requested, the Middle of the Island conditional-use permit will be terminated. The proposed Middle of the Island project is permitted mixeduse, with 10 dwelling units and a ratio of approximately 43.22 percent commercial to 56.77 percent residential. The requested permit extension is for no less than one year but as many years allowable by the board. In an email to director of planning and parks Tony Wilson, Sanders said due to unfavorable market conditions the project could not yet be started.

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One of the scientific investigators on the mission, John Bright, began studying the engagement as a graduate student enrolled in East Carolina University’s maritime studies program. Two of Bright’s professors, Drs. Tom Allen and Nathan Richards, began discussing the possibility of using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to study naval battlefields. “They started having conversations about applying it to archeological studies and came up with the idea of doing digital reconstructions of battlefields,” Bright said during a Nov. 11 phone interview from Colorado. “We can go to Gettysburg, we can stand on the battlefield … and observe it almost as it was at the time of the battle but the naval battlefields are more transient.” While looking for a naval battle on which to test the method, Bright came across the wrecks of U-576 and Bluefields. “We chose this particular engagement because it was an instance of a U-Boat attacking a convoy, but the convoy was defended by both surface ships and aircraft so we had multiple dimensions,” he said. “It was something complicated enough to put that technique to the test but not so complicated like the Battle of Midway where it would have taken us years to piece it together.” In 2011, Bright and a team from ECU led one of the first search missions to begin to track down the wrecks. It was not until 2014 that the location of the vessels was confirmed using the GIS data and sonar after the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management became partners in the search. Bright graduated from ECU in 2012 and was hired as an

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named. We’ve been able to bring them to light.” Hockaday and Koch discovered a passion for the work during Cape Fear Community College professor James Burke’s critical thinking course in July 2013, when students were directed to pore over dozens of deed books dating back to 1734 to find and record references of slave sale transactions. The flowery old script was indecipherable to some students, but Hockaday and Koch found themselves staying after class to dig through the records and uncover a history neglected for centuries. By the end of the summer, the class recorded 1,323 transactions in a simple database that was published and distributed to local libraries, but a federal work-study program enabled Hockaday and Koch to keep working, capturing additional details and culling transactions from the rest of the colonial period through 1820 to create the first installment

Lumina News — Your Coastal Community Newspaper since May 2002 The board will also discuss resurfacing projects for the 2014/15 fiscal year. The projects consist of resurfacing Shearwater Street, Seagull Street, the 200 block of Cypress Avenue and East Oxford Street. The amount budgeted for the year’s resurfacing projects is $75,800. The town received three bids for resurfacing/repair work, the lowest of which was Southern Asphalt at $69,405. The board continues looking into the process of appealing FEMA’s preliminary flood zone maps. Town manager Tim Owens sent a Request for Proposal (RFP) to 20 coastal engineering firms he believed to be qualified. The RFP should be returned to the town by Nov. 21. In a memorandum to the board, Owens stated the next step would be holding a workshop to review the appeal process, past history of appeals and other relative information. email emmy@luminanews.com

archeologist with the U.S. National Parks Service in Colorado but volunteered his time to assist with the 2014 mission. “I had done all the research as a graduate student and had all the archival data and digital models we made of the battlefield; so as the NOAA team got involved I basically volunteered my time to update the work I had done to help them,” he said. The expedition to locate the vessels took place in August after Hurricane Cristobal swept through the area. Bright said both side-scan sonar and multi-beam sonar were used to locate the wrecks. “When we looked at it initially the default view of the sonar software program is to look straight at the object and it did not look like anything because the U-Boat was on its side,” Bright said. “Then we rotated the image and as soon as we did it was unmistakable.” U-576 now lies on the seabed 690 feet deep, right where the continental shelf begins to fall away, and 240 yards further down the slope the Bluefields lies in 730 feet of water. Although only U-576 contains human remains, both wrecks are considered war graves and Bright said they would never be disturbed or physically investigated. Just knowing his research helped spark the discovery of the two wrecks is enough for Bright. “Most of your graduate school research ends up collecting dust after you print a copy off for you mom and dad,” Bright said. “Growing up in North Carolina public schools and reading David Stick’s ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic,’ it was one of those rare opportunities where I could make some type of contribution to history. It just started as a coffee table discussion at East Carolina University many years ago.” email cole@luminanews.com

of “The Slave Deeds of New Hanover County,” published in April. Hockaday and Koch are only halfway through the county deed books, but their pursuit has led them to look at wills and runaway slave advertisements with plans to investigate death records, coroner reports, apprenticeship bonds, estate records and more — and their goals do not end there. The pair also hopes to expand the reach of the project beyond New Hanover County by digging through the deeds and legal records of Brunswick, Pender, Duplin, Bladen, Columbus, Sampson and Onslow counties, ultimately compiling a free, searchable database of all enslaved people in the Cape Fear region. “We’re really only getting a small picture of slavery in this region, and we want more,” Hockaday said. With such big ambitions, Hockaday and Koch are working to secure support by traveling around the state to talk about the project, now called Let It Be

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suggests new ways of understanding turtle behavior. “They are mysterious. This is a nonintrusive way of learning so much more about them,” Fahey said. “It gives us an opportunity to read so much more into their behavior.” Past methods of learning about the turtles, like allowing volunteers to intercept nesting activity to tag a turtle’s flipper, provided a few shaky theories about where and how often females nest. Loggerheads nest on average three or four times every two to three years. The turtles have been believed to exhibit loyalty to the beaches where they hatched, returning to that beach or one nearby to deposit their eggs. Between periods of nesting, turtles remain a few miles from the shore. Every two weeks, they swim to shore and crawl onto the sand to deposit a clutch of more than 100 eggs. One of the biggest discoveries gleaned from the data so far challenges how loyal nesting mothers are to native beaches. “We’re learning the true story of nest-site fidelity, and that tells us that not all turtles have a strong inclination to return to the same beach,” Fahey said. Data collected on Wrightsville Beach suggests turtles remain within 60 kilometers, or 37 miles, to lay nests, compared to a statewide average of 69 kilometers and a project-wide average of 26 kilometers. The study has found that turtles in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia lay on average 4.71 nests per season, one every eight or nine days. On Wrightsville Beach, the numbers are a little lower at 1.73 nests per female every eight or nine days. Nesting activity on Wrightsville Beach has declined since 2000, dipping to only one nest some years. Many factors could deter the turtles, Fahey said, including unusual sandbar formation, beach erosion and human disturbance.

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Beach Planning Board Nov. 4, authorized agent for Poe’s Tavern Russell Bennett described the restaurant as a family-friendly establishment specializing in gourmet burgers and hand-cut French fries. During that meeting, the planning board was very supportive of the project and voted unanimously to offer a favorable recommendation to the board of aldermen for approval of the permit with conditions. The conditions, to protect the privacy of residents whose property surrounds the proposed site, include no outdoor seating after 10 p.m.

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Research scientists from the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources analyze DNA of sea turtle eggs to learn about their nesting patterns.

She hopes the data ultimately provides a clue suggesting why some beaches see a fluctuation in nesting activity — like in Wrightsville Beach, which hosted eight nests during the 2013 season compared to one in 2014. Fahey wonders if the overall drop in Wrightsville’s nesting activity was in part due to nest relocation to Figure Eight Island and Masonboro Island during the late ‘80s and early ’90s, an activity discouraged by the guidelines that now govern statewide sea turtle projects. “Over the years, the guidelines

have evolved to better preserve the natural behavior of the turtles,” Fahey said. “Moving from one island to another? It could definitely cause some kind of confusion. Who’s to say, but it makes you wonder if that is a reason behind the decline we’ve seen between 2000 and 2010.” She hopes turtles hatched since 1994, when the Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project originated, beginning to reach maturity now, will lead to an increase in nesting activity. Loggerheads are protected as a threatened species. Hatchlings

face a naturally low chance of survival due to threats from terrestrial and marine predators. To participate, Fahey had to extract one egg from each freshly laid clutch found on Wrightsville Beach to submit for testing, which initially made her uncomfortable, but she admits she sees the benefit now. “I don’t really like sacrificing an egg, and at first I resisted it. ... But what we’re learning is so valuable that perhaps sacrificing that one egg is bringing us great return,” Fahey said.

and no amplified music outside. The Poe’s Tavern conditionaluse permit application also indicates a 10-foot-high buffer wall at the south end of the patio would mitigate noise for residences on Seacrest Drive, and recycling and dumping of bottles would be restricted to between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. A third public hearing will concern the allocation of money from a Surface Transportation ProjectDirect Apportionment (STP-DA) grant to the construction of a sidewalk along the eastern rightof-way edge of Coral Drive. The grant money was originally intended to create a dual left turn at the intersection of Waynick Boulevard and Causeway Drive,

but the new alignment was not recommended by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) due to concerns about large trucks conflicting the vehicles in the inner lane. During the board’s regularlyscheduled October meeting, it decided to seek a change in the allocation of the existing STP-DA grant the town received. The two projects being considered are the Coral Drive sidewalk and pedestrian improvements to the area between Waynick Boulevard and Columbia Street. The proposed Coral Drive sidewalk would be five feet wide and run along the eastern right-of-way edge of the road from the existing sidewalk

to Wrightsville Beach School. The Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO) and the NCDOT require the sidewalk be separated from the travel lane a minimum of five feet. The project would also involve the installation of speed humps along Coral Drive to lower speeds and improve safety. Town manager Tim Owens is working with the WMPO to determine if the two projects can be packaged together to take the place of the current STP-DA grant. The total amount of the grant was $292,000 with the town matching the grant at $58,400 and the NCDOT providing funds in the amount of $233,600.

Known, and applying for grants while they continue to collect records. A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, if awarded, will supply funds to vamp up the project’s website with expanded research and analysis of the data. Realizing they have more work cut out for them than two dedicated, passionate people can tackle, Hockaday and Koch are applying for a second grant from the humanities endowment to train a network of citizen archivists through courses at Cape Fear Community College. “There’s a ton of data still out there, and right now it’s just the two of us,” Koch said. Archivists will be able to work from home to collect data from digitized sources. Koch and Hockaday listed a string of characteristics a successful archivist must exhibit: attention to detail, patience, perseverance, and above all, passion for work that is both profoundly terrible and surprisingly uplifting. There are more uplifting stories than one might think. After all,

Koch noted, the first record the group found in the county deed books was the emancipation of a slave, Toney, on March 22, 1734. “That starts it out with hope,” Koch said, who cited other stories of compassion chronicled in the database. “We hold on to those things.” For Hockaday and Koch, the work of reclaiming the past has shaped their future in previously unforeseeable ways. Both plan to invest a minimum of 10 or 20 years to see the project to completion. Hockaday was pursuing a career in social work when she signed up for Burke’s critical thinking class last year. Now she is an undergraduate history major at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who plans to spend her career in public history and library services. “All of a sudden, I fell in love with it. Not only did I fall in love with the project, but with local history in general,” Hockaday said. “My projected future has completely changed because of this.”

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Original artwork by Michael Rigsbee illustrates the cover of “Slave Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina: Series II, Volume I.”

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What amenities does the Wrightsville Beach Park need?

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“I’m at a loss. They’ve got workout stuff already. It’s a great park.”

“All I do is park here and walk the loop. There’s usually plenty of free parking here, so, nothing to add.”

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Breakfast at WB to fund Kids Making It By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer

Nearly ready to show off its new headquarters on Castle Street, Kids Making It will host a fundraising breakfast at Shell Island Resort Thursday, Nov. 20, from 7:30-9 a.m. While unpacking boxes Monday, Nov. 10, Kids Making It founder Jimmy Pierce said he was excited about opening the new shop. “We had a lot of contractors and supply houses come together but in the end it all got done and it is just a matter of getting everything set up now,” Pierce said. “The first goal is getting the shop set up to bring the kids in and we are starting to work on the retail space today.” This will be the fourth Kids Making It Breakfast at the Beach, which will encompass an all-youcan-eat breakfast buffet with only donations accepted in lieu of payment. “There is no requirement that you donate; we just like to leave that up to people,” Pierce said.

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Ashlee Dowd, from left, Elisha Butler and Ashley Butler paint in the current Kids Making It art room while supervised by volunteer Bryan Davidson Friday, Aug. 29. The art room in the new Kids Making It headquarters will be about 40 percent larger.

“The donations range from $35 up to many hundreds of dollars, but people give in the ways they can and are comfortable with.” In addition to the breakfast, Pierce said he would share a little about where the program has been and where it is going, and introduce guest speaker District Attorney Ben David. The donations will help Kids Making It continue to offer afterschool woodworking programs for at-risk youth throughout the year by helping to fill funding gaps. “You can only do so much with grants and donations that come in throughout the year so we have to do some fundraisers,” Pierce said. “Everyone wants to pay for your wood and materials but it is harder to find grants to pay for something like your worker’s comp insurance. It is just not a very exciting expense.” For more information about the Kids Making It Breakfast at the Beach phone 910-512-4686 or 910-262-3452. To attend, email info@kidsmakingit.org email cole@luminanews.com

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of Wrightsville Beach Nov. 8, surveying the hundreds of brightly colored kites decorating the sky or heaped on the sand. “This is a hobby gone amok,” she said with a laugh. “My husband got one kite, just one little kite. And then it was a little bigger kite, and then a little bigger kite. And now I should probably have a Volkswagen for all the kites we have.” Nine years ago, Agner’s husband, Michael, invited fellow kite enthusiasts to gather at the north end of Wrightsville Beach to celebrate a shared passion. Thus the Cape Fear Kite Festival was created. Saturday morning, the Agners erected a vibrant array of banners and flags which proved to be one of the more successful displays on a calm day that reduced many of the kites to colorful piles of fabric on the beach. Despite the lack of wind, few of the participants or onlookers appeared to mind relaxing on the beach waiting for the sea breeze to pick up. Fliers from as far away as New Jersey and Florida mingled under the sunny skies, comparing stories from the kite-flying season. While many of the 70- and 80-foot inflatable kites were grounded Saturday, attention shifted to the small, high-performance kites. Joe Hurdle, who travelled from Durham for the event, sifted through a pile of handmade kites to pull out a delicate, rectangular kite no more than one foot in length. He modeled the kite after the Japanese Buka fighter kites, he said. While authentic fighter kites were made with glass-coated string to slice through an opponent’s kite string, Hurdle opted to use sewing thread. Next to the fighter kites, Hurdle had a collection of college-themed kites. In an effort to remain objective, he brought kites representing Duke University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University — although he admitted the N.C. State kite always seemed to fly the highest. Hurdle said the kite festival made him feel nostalgic for his boyhood days picking out a kite from a box at Rose’s Dime Store. Hoping to help others create similar memories, Hurdle’s friend Paul Rogers brought a pile of extra kites to hand out to children. “I love putting a kite in their hand and saying, ‘Run!’” Rogers said. One such child, 4-year-old Lily

Sullivan, scampered across the sand Sunday, the second day of the festival, clutching the string of her brand-new kite. As her mother, Lauren Sullivan, and her grandmother, Brenda Croom, looked on, she made the kite turn back and forth in the stiff breeze. “We’ve been coming here for the past four or five years,” Croom said. “It’s like a little stay-cation, a girls’ weekend away.” As Lily Sullivan played with her tiny kite, above her a 60-foot inflatable manatee hovered in the breeze. The north wind picked up overnight and the sky was almost completely obscured by kites of all colors and shapes, swaying in unison. On the beach strand, a steady stream of families wandered toward the north end, drawn irresistibly to the mass of kites. Children flocked to a giant black inflatable kite in the shape of the character Toothless from the movie “How to Train Your Dragon.” Jeff and Joyce King brought the kite with them from Annapolis, Md., to make its first appearance at the festival. “We’ve been his caretakers all season long,” Jeff King said, explaining that five identical Toothless kites were commissioned by 20th Century Fox Studios to promote the movie franchise. Searching for experienced kite fliers capable of handling the pieces, the studio reached out to the Kings. Jeff King said this was the pinnacle of his kite-flying hobby, which started years ago when he bought a single kite on a family vacation at the beach. “And every year on vacation, I would pick out a new kite, so after a few years I had a collection of half a dozen,” King said. His hobby evolved into competing in national indoor kite-flying competitions, where he developed a talent for making his four-line kite dance through the air in time to a musical track. The Kings’ kite-flying passion culminated in the commissioning of a 100-foot blue whale inflatable piece, which they acquired in 2009. Jeff King said his next goal is to attempt to create his own inflatable kite in the shape of a flying monkey from “The Wizard of Oz.” King said he enjoys the variety of kites as well as the assortment of people at kite festivals, from the eclectic kite-flying community to the enthusiastic spectators. Whether flying massive kites in festivals around the world or helping organize family community flies at home in Maryland, King said the appeal is always the same. “People say, ‘What do you get out of this?’ And we say, ‘We have a good time, but what we really enjoy is entertaining people. Especially the kids.’” email emmy@luminanews.com

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Families walk to the north end of Wrightsville Beach to see the Cape Fear Kite Festival Sunday, Nov 9. Inset: Four-year-old Lily Sullivan flies her new kite.

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The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Kenan Auditorium, UNCW Thursday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. Admission $5-$30

Art exhibit: “It’s So Me” SALT Studio, 805 N. Fourth St. Now through Friday, Nov. 21 Free admission

Alternative Gift Market and Craft Fair Grace UMC, 401 Grace St. Friday, Nov. 14-Sunday, Nov. 16 Free admission

“Something You Can Call Home” Northeast Regional Library Monday, Nov. 17, 6 p.m. Free admission

The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies will perform their signature blend of swing, ska, funk and punk rock, playing selections from their latest album, “Please Return the Evening,” which celebrates the music of the Rat Pack. For more information, call 910-9623500 or email mancusos@uncw.edu

Celebrated photographer Leeta Harding’s work has appeared in galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe. Her latest exhibit showcases her talents and features photography and video installations. For more information, call 910-376-5720 or email studio@saltstudionc.com

This craft fair features a chance to purchase gifts for friends and loved ones and benefit those in need at home or around the world. Crafts for sale are from the Ten Thousand Villages fair trade organization and are handmade by third world artisans. For complete market hours or more information, visit www.gracedowntown.net or call 910-763-5197.

Scottish filmmaker Rebecca Kenyon presents a screening and discussion of her documentary, which was shot in Wilmington in 2012. The film intimately explores homelessness in the Port City, documenting the lives of four individuals. For more information, call 910-797-6323 or email dhodder@nhcgov.com

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Diligence celebrates 50 years in service By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer

Often a fixture of the downtown Wilmington Riverfront, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Diligence VI celebrated its 50th anniversary last weekend, Nov. 8 - 9. Hundreds of visitors climbed aboard the 210foot ship moored at Water and Princess streets for a tour of its decks and compartments. USCG Ensign John DeCastra said many are surprised at the age of the ship and the fact that it is still a fully operational cutter. “Most people don’t even realize this cutter is 50 years old and 50 years for a cutter is incredible,” DeCastra said. A Coast Guard ship typically lasts 30-50 years, 50 years being on the longer end of the spectrum, he said. The Diligence received an overhaul of its internal equipment, a refurbishing of its

hull and a fresh coat of paint from June through August, recently returning to home port in Wilmington from a 45-day mission to the Windward Pass between Cuba and Haiti. DeCastra was assigned to Diligence 10 months ago and said the ship and its 75-member crew covers a wide range of missions, from commercial fishing law enforcement to migrant control. “We do pretty much everything and operate from as far north as Nova Scotia to as far south as Columbia, [South American]” he said. “We cover domestic fisheries, enforcing fishing regulation and protecting our biomass. Recently one of our boarding officers discovered a new illegal fishing setup that we had never seen before off the coast of North Carolina.” Diligence visitors peered inside the ship and gained an understanding of what life on board

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U.S. Coast Guardsmen lead a tour of the USCG Cutter Diligence Sunday, Nov. 9, as part of the ship’s 50th anniversary celebration.

might be like. The ship’s crew members sleep on bunks stacked three high and each is assigned a locker for a total of 12 cubic feet of space to himself, DeCastra said. “It is close quarters but you make do and you find all types of

nooks and crannies to stick stuff in,” he said, nodding to the boots stuffed in a space in the rafters of a bunkroom. Descending into the engine room, the air is noticeably stuffier and slightly warmer where two locomotive engines producing

5,000 horsepower turn its two 7-foot props. USCG Mechanic I Chuck Anderson said the engine room is monitored by three crewmembers 24 hours a day. The ship sustains a speed equivalent to 18 knots or 20 mph without any issues.

Where the Diligence will be sent next is not yet known. “I have heard some people walk by, especially when we were dry docked, saying they were wondering where the museum went,” DeCastra said, laughing. email cole@luminanews.com

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waterfowl species on the East Coast. For two days, a group trip organized by Halyburton Park will explore these vast natural areas in search of wildlife. Andy Fairbanks, Halyburton Park recreation supervisor, has led this two-day overnight trip or something similar for the past eight years and said the northeast region of the state provides a unique experience for observing wildlife. “Pocosin Lakes is a unique place,” Fairbanks said. “It is an incredibly large wildlife refuge and it is managed for wildlife so there are lots of cornfields out there they put out for wildlife like waterfowl. It also has one of the highest densities of black bears on the East Coast so it is a good place to see them in the wild.” A bus will depart Halyburton Park early Friday, Nov. 21, for a day of bird watching around Lake Mattamuskeet. Mike Campbell, N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission regional education specialist, drove through the Pocosin Lakes and Lake Mattamuskeet areas Thursday, Nov. 6, and said he observed ducks and a few snow geese. However, by the time the group arrives Nov. 21, Campbell said there should be plenty of snow geese in the area. “They usually show up a little after the full moon in November and, especially with a front moving in this weekend, they should be there,” Campbell said

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A black bear walks out of a cornfield in the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

during a Monday, Nov. 10, phone interview. After touring Lake Mattamuskeet, Fairbanks said the group will stay overnight at the Eastern 4-H Environmental Education and Conference Center in Columbia, where he and Campbell will lead a presentation about black bears. Bright and early the following morning those on the tour will have a chance to see all they learned about the bears in person. “The reason we stay overnight is so we can wake up incredibly early and get to Pocosin Lakes before sunrise to observe black bears in the wild,” Fairbanks said. “Morning is a good time to see them because they are coming out to feed.” Fairbanks said those on the trip are encouraged to bring their own binoculars or spotting

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scopes because the bears will be observed from a safe distance. While touring the area Nov. 6, Campbell said he saw nine bears total without stopping in any one spot. While black bears are the focus of the trip Saturday, Fairbanks said that could shift to any other species of interest the group encounters. “The focus is on black bears but there is so much wildlife up there at Pocosin Lakes that if we see other birds or wildlife of interest we will focus on that as well,” he said. “Typically there is no shortage of bald eagles up there or snow geese, which are just starting to arrive for winter.” Fairbanks said the trip costs $100, which includes transportation and lodging. For more information about the trip, phone 910-341-0075. email cole@luminanews.com

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Landfall group’s annual gifts top foundation’s record Area nonprofits were rewarded by the Landfall Foundation Nov. 6 when 72 grants were made totaling $310,000. The Nov. 6 distribution was the largest since the foundation’s inception in 1995. Last year 71 organizations received grants totaling $280,000. Bill Hamlet, Landfall Foundation president, reported a 10 percent increase and pointed toward what he predicted was a growing trend. Proceeds from events conducted throughout the year — the organization’s annual gala, the Landfall Art Show, the Legends tennis tournament, and the Holiday Marketplace, which will be held again at the Landfall Clubhouse Dec. 2, contributed to this year’s awards and the collective sum, more than $3 million. Grants committee co-chairs Mary Brown and Karen Gibson announced recipients in the following categeories: arts, education, and health and welfare.

Coal ash impact concerns expressed through art, film

Arts

18 Projects Totaling $70,800 The Airlie Gardens Foundation, Inc., Summer Exhibit 2015, $3,800 The Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County, Ears on The Arts Listening Tour, $1,000 Brigade Boys and Girls Club, ImageMakers, $5,000 Cameron Art Museum, Closing the Gap, $1,000 Cape Fear Chorale, Inc., Cape Fear Chorale Audience Development Initiative, 2014-15, $2,500 Cape Fear Independent Film Network, Behind the Scenes: The Science and Art of Movie Making, $1,500 Cape Fear Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Park, $5,000 Cape Fear Volunteer Center, Connecting Youth with Culture, $5,000 Cucalorus Film Foundation, Outreach Program, $7,500 The Dance Cooperative, Inc., The Emerging Choreographer’s Showcase, $2,000 DREAMS of Wilmington, Literacy through the Arts, $7,500 Forward Motion Dance Company, Wilmington Arts in Motion, $1,500 The Frank H. Kenan Chapel at Landfall, Community Music Program, $3,000 North Carolina Jazz Festival, Inc., NCJF Musical Workshops, $2,000 North Carolina Symphony, Musical Education Concerts for New Hanover Schools, Grades 3 and 5, $5,000 Thalian Association, Inc., Theatre Arts Education for the Children of the Youth Enrichment Zone, $5,000 Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Pied Piper Theatre Series: Bossy on Broadway, $5,000 Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, 2014-15 Music for Youth, $7,500

Education

26 Projects Totaling $94,642

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Artist Greg Lindquist stands with his partially completed installation, “Smoke and Water,” at the Southeastern Alliance for Community Change Action Center on Castle Street Sunday, Nov. 9.

The Ability Garden at New Hanover County (Friends of the New Hanover County Arboretum, Inc.), Growing Healthy Roots with a Healthy Core, $2,203 Heyward C. Bellamy Elementary School, Time Travelers: Searching our History and Seeking our Future, $4,000 Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts, Open Air Cinema, $2,800 Camp Schreiber Foundation, Send Wilmington Students to Canadian Outdoor Leadership Camp, $3,750 Cape Fear Community College Foundation, Enabling Health Sciences Students to Become

Certified in their Fields of Study and Increase their Opportunity to Become Successfully Employed, $4,000 Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, Building a Better Homeowner with Cape Fear Habitat, $1,884 Cape Fear Guardian ad Litem Association, Growth Adventures Learning about Self, $5,000 Cape Fear Literacy Council, Providing the Effective Learning Environment that Adult Literacy Students Need, $1,600 Cape Fear Museum Associates, Inc., Make it Work Exhibit, $3,000 Communities in Schools of Brunswick County, Inc., Action for Success, $4,500 Communities in Schools of Cape Fear, WIRE Afterschool, $4,500 First Book – New Hanover County, Reading is the Key, $7,000 Gregory School of Science, Mathematics and Technology, Building the Future, $3,000 The Hill School of Wilmington, iPads for Hill 2014, $2,515 John T. Hoggard High School Parent Teacher Student Organization, John T. Hoggard High School Viking with VISION, $2,000 Kids Making It, Hands-On Directed Vocational Training + STEM Leading to Jobs and/or College, $5,000 Masonboro.Org, Island Explorers Program, $3,000 Noble Middle School Technology Department, iPad Learning Cart: The Final Phase, $4,100 North Carolina Coastal Federation Southeast Office, Building Oyster Reefs and Rain Gardens STEM Summer Science Camps, $2,000 North Topsail Elementary School, 21st Century Learners, $3,790 OASIS NC, Landfall Foundation Literacy Lab, $5,500 Operation Legacy Development Corporation, The Waste Not-Want Not Project, $2,000 ROCAME, Annual ROCAME Educational Program and Activities for the STEM Initiative, $2,500 Smart Start of New Hanover County, Smart Start Reach Out and Read, $5,000 Sunset Park Elementary, Guys Read, Girls Read, Families Read, $5,000 Williston School PTA, Improving the Learning Environment at Wilmington’s Historic Middle School, $5,000

Health and Welfare

28 Projects Totaling $144,558 Assistance League of Greater Wilmington, Operation School Bell, $5,000 Bradley Creek Elementary PTA, Helping Hands, $4,000 Cape Fear Clinic, Inc., Hypertensive Patient Support, $5,000

The Carousel Center, Inc., Abused Child Health and Wellbeing in the Tropical Rainforest Project, $7,500 Coastal Horizons Center Open House Emergency Youth Center, Increasing Physical Activity and Providing Healthy Meals to Sheltered Youth, $1,000 Community Boys and Girls Club of Wilmington, Healthy Habits and Healthy Kids, $5,000 Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc., Shelter Security and Maintenance, $7,500 Good Shepard Center, Ending Homelessness for Families and Disabled Seniors, $5,900 Katie B. Hines Senior Center, P.A. System for Senior Center, $2,500 Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, One Hospital Bed for New Wing, $5,000 Making Waves Foundation, Transportation Assistance for those in Need, $5,000 Mary S. Mosley Learning Center, School Uniforms for Families in Need, $2,000 Mary Washington Howe and Johnson Pre-K, Basic Needs for Students, $3,000 Matthew’s Ministry, Matthew’s Ministry Backpack Program, $7,500 Mercy Homeless Shelter, Inc., 20kw Generator for Shelter, $7,500 Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, Gift Cards for Food, $6,000 Murrayville Elementary School PTA, Acts of Kindness, $6,000 Nourish NC, Backpack Program, $7,000 Pender Alliance for Teen Health (PATH), The PATH to Healthy Living, $5,000 Phoenix Employment Ministry, Phoenix Employment Ministry Program: Job Acquisition Retention, Advancement, and Personal Stability, $4,304 Pretty in Pink Foundation, Breast Cancer – continuing to Bridge the gap for the uninsured and/ or underinsured, $6,000 Rachel Freeman school of Engineering, school uniforms for needy students, $4,000 St. Mary Health Center, Acquisition of Cavitron, $6,000 South Brunswick Interchurch Council, Food Pantry Operation, $6,000 Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry (WARM), Landfall Foundation Rebuilds our Community, $7,500 Wilmington Health Access for Teens, Inc. (WHAT), School based integrated mental/behavioral health and primary medical care – New Hanover High School, $5,000 Wilmington Interfaith Hospitality Network, Workforce Assistance Year Two, $6,304 Winter Park Elementary, The Caring Project, $2,050

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The voices and experiences of communities impacted by coal ash pollution will be elevated for reflection through a pairing of art and film during the Cucalorus Film Festival Nov. 13-15. Working Films collaborated with Wilmington-born, New York-based artist Greg Lindquist and journalist and filmmaker Rhiannon Fionn to spark conversation and community engagement on the issue, said project leader Kristin Henry, in an effort that started with screenings of four short films in eight locations across the state this summer, including a June 19 stop in Wilmington. “We see pairing [Lindquist’s] art with film as a new pilot project to create a more interactive and participatory experience,” Henry said. Lindquist, who was already exploring the impact of coal ash pollution with an installation at Flanders Gallery in Raleigh, N.C., earlier this year and another planned for the North Carolina Museum of Art in 2015, seemed a natural fit for the project. He followed the issue from New York, and, troubled by the fragmented narrative portrayed by traditional media outlets following the Dan River spill in February, he created an opportunity to contemplate the people and places impacted through art. “The only time the media pays attention to this is when there’s something visible, that’s undeniable, that you can’t ignore — like ash in the water,” Lindquist said. “This helps bring to light all of those voices, and presents it in a way that people can parse out however they want.” Local volunteers worked with Lindquist Nov. 8-12 to create the installation, titled Smoke and Water, at the Southeastern Alliance for Community Change Action Center on Castle Street. The installation incorporates imagery from his Flanders Gallery work interspersed with facts about involved organizations and reactions from impacted communities, including comments from Wilmington residents compiled with help from Cape Fear Riverkeeper Kemp Burdette. Colin Wiebe, a Cape Fear Community College student from Durham, was vaguely familiar with the controversy surrounding coal ash pollution when he showed up at the community action center Nov. 9 to get extra credit for Jennifer Mace’s art class. Wiebe said he is motivated to learn more after painting an image onto the installation of the candy-striped smokestacks of the old coal-fired Sutton Plant rising above Sutton Lake. “It helped bring more awareness to me about it. I’ll look into it more on my own,” Wiebe said. The installation will be open for gallery hours Thursday, Nov. 13 and Friday, Nov. 14 from noon to 5 p.m. Lindquist is scheduled to talk about his work during opening receptions Nov. 14 from 5-7 p.m. and Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. During the Nov. 14 reception, parts of the installation will be detached and paraded through downtown Wilmington in an effort to reach more members of the community. A screening of Fionn’s documentary “Coal Ash Chronicles” and a discussion with Fionn and film editor Nell Carden Grey will follow at Jengo’s Playhouse from 7:30 -9 p.m. Nov. 14. Tickets for the screening cost $10.

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Mid-November fishing still looking promising By Skylar Walters

The month of November has been fantastic for inshore fishing and has even managed to provide some opportunities for offshore fishing, something that’s not that common this late in the season. Water temperatures are still hanging around in the mid-60 degree range and don’t look to be going anywhere anytime fast. What this all means is that we could see a good fishing season continuing well into the month of December. Of course we need to get through this month first, and as you know, the weather can turn south rather quickly, but until it does, enjoy the fishing! Offshore anglers were given a small chance to see what might be biting in the blue water over

to a pound and a half, mainly coming from sand fleas. That’s not to say you won’t catch a big one with shrimp, but they have a real hard time passing up a flea. Unfortunately, there aren’t many sand fleas along our surf line so most anglers wanting to use them are having to hunt them down around Carolina Beach. Some decent pompano and a few red drum have also been caught the past week with some pompano weighing more than 3 pounds. Inshore, the trout fishing has been on fire with the fish averaging 2-3 pounds with an occasional 5-6 pound fish being reported. Normally those larger fish are loners, so if you’re looking for that trophy you’ll need to

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Three-year-old Sam Horton gets a fist bump from retired Major League Baseball player Tony Womack during the Willie Stargell Celebrity Golf autograph signing at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Mayfaire Town Center Saturday, Nov. 8.

By Emmy Errante

Water temperatures are still hanging around in the mid-60 degree range and don’t look to be going anywhere anytime fast. the weekend and they made the most of it. Wahoo, both blackfin and yellowfin tuna, and a few small dolphin were reported by most of those who headed out. A couple of anglers were also lucky enough to land and release a sailfish. The fishing wasn’t on fire, but anytime you can head out 60 miles during the month of November and bring back fish, it’s a good day. Closer to the beach, anglers are reporting a few king mackerel in the 10 mile range with the better fishing for them being around 15 miles. Bottom fishing starting around 20 miles has been good but areas around 30 miles are producing more variety such as triggerfish and grouper. Along the surf and off the pier, fishermen are catching goodsized Virginia mullet off of fresh shrimp with the larger fish, up

leave the smaller fish alone. Soft artificial baits worked slowly along the bottom are a good choice while some anglers prefer to use live shrimp. Just about all of the creeks and area waters around Wrightsville Beach are now trout. It’s just a matter of finding them and finding when they eat. One area may be good during the rising tide while another location just down the creek may only produce during the falling tide. This is why it is a good practice to make sure you cover the water and give it some time. A lot of anglers will fish a spot for just a few minutes and then leave if they don’t catch anything, when if they had stayed another five or 10 minutes, they would have caught fish. There are still some keeper flounder being found along with some red drum as well.

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More than 40 celebrities from sports and entertainment gathered in Wilmington Nov. 7-9 for the 12th annual Willie Stargell Celebrity Golf Tournament, which raised $76,000 to fight kidney disease. The weekend’s activities drew more celebrity guests than ever before, many of whom personally knew the late Pittsburgh Pirate whose legacy the tournament honors. The event began Friday when several of the celebrities visited patients undergoing dialysis treatments in the Willie Stargell Kidney Dialysis Unit of New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC). Tournament president Margaret Stargell said part of the funds raised from the event would likely support the dialysis unit, which already has

state-of-the-art dialysis machines. Retired track and field coach Russ Rogers said visiting the patients made him appreciate his own health and upbringing, factors that put him in a position to help those less fortunate. “You see people who are more or less disadvantaged and you really appreciate life,” he said. “I try to give back because it was so easy for me, being an athlete. … You make the Olympic team and become the Olympic coach and everything just falls in place, so you just want to make other people around you feel the same.” Saturday morning from 9-10 a.m., the celebrities signed autographs at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Mayfaire Town Center. The signing was free and open to the public, and event director Michelle Hackman said a line was already forming when she arrived at 8 a.m. to set up. “It was wonderful. It is the

largest crowd we’ve had for the autograph signing,” she said during a Nov. 10 phone interview. “It was our first time doing it at Dick’s Sporting Goods, so it was interesting to see how it was going to work out. Once we opened at 9 a.m. the line went past the Marshall’s front door.” Courtney Adam, who brought a football for the celebrities to sign, said it was very convenient for people to be able to purchase merchandise in the store and immediately have it signed. In addition to getting the autographs, Adam added, she enjoyed chatting with the players and hearing their stories. “You get to know the real person,” she said, “not just their TV persona or their stats. They are all hilarious.” Saturday night, the celebrities and public mingled again at the Country Club of Landfall for the sold-out dinner and auction.

Sunday morning, sponsors and celebrity guests played a round of golf, which was won by track and field Olympian Harvey Glance and his teammates from Landfall Park’s Hampton Inn & Suites. The compassionate spirit of the weekend’s events was embodied by two of the younger celebrity guests, Ma’ake and Chris Kemoeatu. The brothers played for rival NFL teams until Chris Kemoeatu was forced to retire due to kidney disease. Ma’ake’s kidney was found to be a good match for a transplant, so he also retired to donate his kidney to his younger brother. “This is our first year doing the event,” Ma’ake Kemoeatu said, “and it’s just good for the fans, good to support the [Willie Stargell] Foundation, Willie Stargell’s family, and it’s for a great cause — fighting kidney disease.” email emmy@luminanews.com

Fat bikers race to claim king title By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

A biathlon like no other will be held Saturday, Nov. 15 as competitors race on the beach strand vying for the title of King of Wrightsville Beach. The inaugural King of Wrightsville Beach Biathlon is a bike and run competition held entirely on the beach. In place of the typical streamlined racing bicycles, most competitors will ride bikes with specialized 5-inch-wide tires for coasting over the soft beach sand. Fat bikes were originally designed to ride over snow, race director Shawn Spencer said during a Nov. 6 phone interview. He now sells them in his shop, Bike

Cycles, and said the biathlon is a good opportunity to show the public how the bikes perform over sand. “It’s super low impact on the beach,” he said. “They can be ridden on the sand … but then you can also ride them just as a normal bike on the street. They’re about 10 percent less efficient comparatively but about 80 percent more fun, so it’s just a neat machine.” Race organizers will have several fat bikes on site race day, Spencer added, so curious onlookers can try them. Spencer said he has lived in Wilmington his whole life,

competing in or organizing various triathlons and paddleboard races. He decided to create the King of Wrightsville Beach Biathlon to introduce a new type of competition and racing equipment to the active local fitness community. The race begins around 9 a.m. in front of the Blockade Runner Beach Resort. Bikers will traverse a 1.6-mile loop to Johnnie Mercer’s Pier and back, weaving through the thick, soft sand as well as the hard-packed sand near the water’s edge. Competitors will complete four laps, which Spencer said makes the event very spectator friendly.

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Taylor Milleson rides a fat bike near Bike Cycles in Mayfaire Town Center Friday, Nov. 7.

The racers then run to the south end of Wrightsville Beach and back, a total of 3.2 miles, finishing in front of the Blockade Runner. Spencer said he expects participation to be low this first year, but he sees the race becoming a special event for the town in the future, bringing competitors from all over the country to the beach during the off-season. “We see an opportunity to be the first in the country to have such an event,” he said. “It’s just going to take an inaugural year of people seeing and understanding how these bikes work.” Competitor Dane Britt said he was one of the first people in Wilmington to buy a fat bike, but he has seen interest in them grow recently. “Six months or so ago they came on the scene, and now they’ve gotten really popular really fast,” he said. “In the underground there’s a craze about them but we’re trying to show mainstream bicycle riders that these things are awesome. Riding down the beach on one of these, it’s euphoric.” No matter how much fun the biathlon competitors are having on their bikes, Britt added, they will still be racing to claim the title of King of Wrightsville Beach. “We’re all friendly and highfiving and stuff … but don’t worry, I will be kicking Sean [Spencer’s] bicycle over at some point,” Britt joked. “There’s a lot on the line!” A portion of the race’s proceeds go to the Wrightsville Beach Foundation. For more information or to register, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/ king-of-wrightsville-beach-biathlon-tickets-13709628869 email emmy@luminanews.com

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Active Listings: 190 New Listings: 6 Went Pending: 3 Sold Units 4 Absorption Rate**: 10 Sold last 12 months: 240

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ore than 100 people gathered at Wrightsville Beach to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Preservation North Carolina with tours of four historic cottages and the Midcentury Modern Blockade Runner Beach Resort Nov. 9. Gareth Evans, executive director of the Preservation North Carolina-owned Bellamy Mansion Museum, said he wanted to host one of a handful of events organized statewide at Wrightsville Beach to showcase the diversity and scope of preservation efforts. “It’s not one monolithic thing,” Evans said, listing statewide preservation projects ranging from shotgun houses to abandoned mills. “Instead of just doing something at the Bellamy Mansion or in Tryon Palace, we wanted to think outside the box, where else preservation might be happening.” While Wrightsville Beach offered one cottage dating back to the late 19th century, it also offered the 50-year-old Blockade Runner hotel, which barely qualifies as historic under the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s definition. Evans noted a movement afoot to showcase buildings of the recent past. “That’s the other end of preservation. Fifty years is what the national trust calls historic. We’re in a historic building, even though because of its style and placement, people don’t necessarily think that,” Evans said in the Blockade Runner lobby. Evans presented a sea oats-colored Historic Wilmington Foundation plaque, reserved for use on beach properties, to the Blockade Runner during the celebration. Blockade Runner co-owners Mary Baggett Martin and Bill Baggett were surprised and honored when they learned the hotel would receive a plaque. “We were both really flattered, to be recognized by the preservation community like that. It’s very kind, as hard as so many people have worked to preserve the historic district of Wilmington and keep the efforts to preserve our heritage alive,” Martin said. Martin and Baggett confirmed efforts to maintain décor and design cohesive with the hotel’s Midcentury Modern roots, especially during a recent remodel of the hotel’s first floor. Blockade Runner is one of a handful of Wrightsville Beach properties that have received a Historic Wilmington Foundation plaque. Others include the Churchill Cottage on East Charlotte Street, the Davis-Patteson Cottage on North Lumina Avenue, the Shore Acres House

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on Live Oak Drive and the John G. Myers Cottage originally on West Salisbury Street, now home of the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History. Wrightsville Beach Museum director Madeline Flagler painted a picture of the history of Wrightsville Beach and the Blockade Runner for attendees gathered at the hotel before they dispersed to visit the cottages. The land beneath the Blockade Runner has hosted hotels since 1897, when the cream and white Colonial Revival-style Seashore Hotel sat atop it. Hotels on the site fell victim to fires, hurricanes, and transfers of power leading up to the town of Wrightsville Beach’s acquisition of the site in 1955. Knowing a large hotel was necessary to restore the beach to its former prominence, former Wrightsville Beach Mayor Michael Brown petitioned Lawrence Lewis, East Coast Hotel Company president, to develop the Blockade Runner Motor Hotel, which opened its doors March 22, 1964. The hotel was so popular it underwent an expansion after its first year in business. Lewis sold the hotel in 1971 to Four Seasons Management Services, which Dr. Joseph Baggett co-headed. Baggett’s family continues to operate the hotel today. One of the cottages featured on the tour, located at 225 S. Lumina Ave., is owned by the Blockade Runner. Like other historic cottages on Wrightsville Beach, the focus is on outdoor spaces with covered porches that offer access to waterfront views and salty breezes. Outdoor features of the Bellamy-Fishblate House at 315 S. Lumina Ave., portions of which dates back to the late 19th century, include a pergola to greet guests exiting from the trolley that once ran along Lumina Avenue and a two-story oceanfront porch. It is especially important to support preservation at the beach, Evans said, because disproportionately high property costs can encourage homeowners to replace lessvaluable historic buildings with new construction. “A lot of these properties are under financial threat, because the land underneath them is worth more than the buildings,” Evans said. “So for families that keep these houses going, these beach cottages going, that’s a really important historical statement they’re making.” The Glenn Hotel on Nathan Street bore a Historic Wilmington Foundation plaque and landed twice on the annual list of most threatened properties before it was demolished in 2008. email miriah@luminanews.com

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Top: Gareth Evans, left, executive director of the Bellamy Mansion Museum, presented Bill Baggett, co-owner of the Blockade Runner Beach Resort, with a Historic Wilmington Foundation plaque Sunday, Nov. 9. Above: The Blockade Runner Beach Resort’s recent remodel reflects a Midcentury Modern aesthetic.

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Real estate consulting and communications company REAL Trends will explain what drives today’s consumers and how agents can understand where leads come from, how to drive more leads and how to secure and maintain contact with prospective customers. The webinar is free for association members.

Kim Brand, bird-friendly communities coordinator for Audubon North Carolina, will outline building practices that create hazards for birds and summarize current legislation on bird-friendly design. Audubon North Carolina and the N.C. Cooperative Extension helped organize the event. The cost is $15. Lunch from Tidal Creek Co-op is provided.

Network with other women in commercial real estate during Cape Fear CREW’s November luncheon. Julie Wilsey, Wilmington International Airport deputy director, is the guest speaker. The cost is $25 for members and $15 for guests. For more information, contact Dana Pellizzari by emailing dana@dpellizzarilaw.com

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SurfSet rides into town

Money Matters Love and marriage and finances Provided by RBC Wealth Management and Dave Dupont The cost of a wedding increases annually as couples focus on creating a unique, personal experience for their guests. In March 2014, the popular wedding website TheKnot.com released its annual Real Weddings Study that captures detailed information on the average cost of a wedding as well as other trends and statistics related to American weddings. In 2013, the average wedding cost excluding the Dave Dupont honeymoon was $29,858. If saving for a wedding wasn’t a financial goal leading up to marriage, newlyweds are likely to enter wedded bliss with the burden of debt.

Determine your financial personality

Staff photo by Cole Dittmer

100 Percent Fitness owner Patrick Smith demonstrates the capabilities of the SurfSet Fitness system in his studio Monday, Nov. 10.

By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer

For those accustomed to surfing on the East Coast, it is a given that long spells without waves are the norm and staying in surfing shape can be a challenge, especially during the winter months. Local surfer and personal trainer Patrick Smith has brought the first set of SurfSet Fitness apparatuses to the Wilmington area for just that reason: to provide surf conditioning and introduce a fun workout alternative. Founded by Mike Hartwick, a former professional hockey player who loved to surf during the offseason, SurfSet Fitness boards are designed to recreate on land the balance required in surfing. The concept was featured on ABC’s “Shark Tank.”

Each RipSurfer X board is 5 feet 10 inches long and is shaped like a surfboard with padding on top. The board sits atop three medium-sized exercise balls with bands that attach the board to the base, creating the feeling of a surfboard in the water. With four routines designed for the board ranging from plyometric exercises to resistance band training, Smith said the focus is all on core strength and balance. As a longtime surfer, Smith said the board has helped him with his overall performance and stamina. For the beginner surfer or someone who has never been on a surfboard, Smith said the board provides a good introduction to the balance and flexibility required. “For the beginner, it is great to do it before you get in the water,” Smith said. “This helps people explore other water adventures that

are out there.” More than anything, Smith said, training on the board brings some fun to exercising. “The main thing is to have fun with fitness instead of the intense fitness atmosphere you see at some places,” he said. “I just wanted to make a difference in the community and bring some fun, adventurous training to the table.” Smith has seven SurfSet Fitness boards in his studio, 100 Percent Fitness off Market Street in Ogden, which will have its grand opening Saturday, Nov. 15. In addition to offering SurfSet Fitness classes and programs, Smith will also use his eight years of experience as a certified personal trainer to concentrate on sports-specific training and general fitness. email cole@luminanews.com

A first step is to have an honest conversation with your significant other. If you haven’t already, sit down with your betrothed or new spouse and have a heart-to-heart talk about your financial picture. This means discussing everything — salary, current savings and investments, assets and debt, etc. This should also include a discussion about future short- and long-term goals. Do you plan to go back to school for your MBA? Do you want children? Will you need a bigger house? When and where do you hope to retire? These are just a sample of the many issues that need to be discussed. This conversation can be a first step toward learning each other’s financial personalities. Everyone looks at money and finances differently depending on their experiences and how they were raised. These differences are why conflicts can arise. When it comes to wedding debt, one person may assume it will be paid off immediately to reduce interest payments while the other may be content to make payments over time. Going into marriage with an understanding about how you are going to approach finances as a couple is important. From there, determine how to blend your finances and who will be responsible for day-to-day bills or long-term financial obligations. Decide a minimum threshold for big purchases that requires a discussion with your significant other so a car showing up in the driveway one day doesn’t result in a big fight the next day.

Committing financial “until death do you part”

Despite its inclusion in the wedding vows, most newlyweds don’t want to think about death. But taking action early may prevent you from the need for more difficult conversations down the road. Once the nuptials are completed, change your beneficiary documents, including insurance policies, retirement accounts, benefits, wills, trusts or any document that requires the designation of a next of kin. Give your spouse power of attorney and designate him/her as a health care proxy in the event of illness or disability. This article is provided by Dave Dupont, a Financial Advisor at RBC Wealth Management. RBC Wealth Management does not endorse this organization or publication. RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets LLC, Member NYSE/ FINRA/SIPC

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There’s a lagoon called Kapupu near the island of Kapupu in the sunny North Pacific just west of the Elabaob Islands in the Palauan archipelago of Micronesia. Sherman the Shark, his wife, Megan, and a host of other ocean occupants call it home. Occasionally, the hairless beach apes with their so-called civilized human ways try to encroach on the Lagoonies’ tropical paradise. So, there’s bound to be high jinks in this coral-reef heaven...

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Little Chapel On the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Rev. Patrick Thomas Rabun, pastor 2 W. Fayetteville St., 910-256-2819, ext. 100 Early Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School/Children’s Choir: 9:15 a.m. Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m. Children’s Church: 10:45 a.m. Nursery provided St. Andrew’s On-The-Sound Episcopal The Rev. Richard G. Elliott, rector 101 Airlie Road, 910-256-3034 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. St. James episcopal church Mt. Lebanon Chapel (Near Airlie Gardens)

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Signs and Born Again

Week 14 in a multi-part series

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The greatest sign and wonder that will ever take place on this Earth is the miracle of the “new birth.” I will never begin to insinuate that I understand the complete mystery of what takes place when someone is truly “born again,” but Jesus gives us some insight into this miracle in the third chapter of John. A religious leader by the name of Nicodemus comes to Jesus seeking truth. Nicodemus, like most other Jewish religious leaders, believed that good works and keeping the Jewish Law would earn them a place in heaven. Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again’ (John 3:3 -7 NKJV). Jesus begins two of the above verses with “Most assuredly, I say to you,” expressing the importance of these truths. First it is important to note that when we are “born of water” or “born of the flesh” this represents a natural birth.

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Every human being is born with a sin nature that is inherited from the first man, Adam. Among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others (Ephesians 2:3 NKJV). Paul is also speaking of this sin nature in Romans 7:14-25: For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out (Vs. 18 NIV). For unbelievers, it is not their individual sins that keep them from the life of God and the Kingdom of Heaven. It is the sin nature or “old nature” that qualifies them as sinners. Being “born of the Spirit” or “born again.” is the only way to change this old nature. No amount of self-discipline or self-righteousness can change this, it has to die. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin (Romans 6:6 KJV). By believing on and receiving as your own, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ the Son of God, the old sin nature is crucified with Him. Miraculously at this point we are “in Christ” or “Born of the Spirit” with a new nature and a new life. This whole scenario is played out symbolically in water baptism. Our old self, or sin nature, is buried with Christ, and we are raised to new life in Him. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; all old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (II Corinthians 5:17 NKJV).

Buddy and Maude Dawson are the founders and directors of the River of Life Worship Center, 3504 Carolina Beach Rd., Wilmington, NC. therolwc.org/buddydawson@ec.rr.com

Living H2O

C a r l W a t e rs

March 16, 2014, 6 p.m.

Created In the beginning I created everything Animals and people to walk the earth and birds with wings All that I have created will worship Me Your future will rain down upon all to see The good things in your lives are all from Me Refresh yourselves for a long journey without end At the end of your earthly journey My Son I will send He will gather all the faithful who have prepared A bounty of love and My word to share Look to your Father in heaven as He will be The final Glory that you will ever see Prepare your hearts for the final battle Your enemies I will lay at your feet like cattle Yours to direct and hold dominion over Prepare your hearts to reproduce like clover My thoughts you must focus upon now Keep the path before you blessed with My love that makes you bow Be humble and worship only the things from Me Prepare your hearts for all to see your blessings come from Me

(Gen 1:1 NRSV) In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, (Gen 1:21 NRSV) So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. (Gen 1:27 NRSV) So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Mal 2:10 NRSV) Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors? (Eph 2:10 NRSV) For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. (Heb 1:2 NRSV) but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.

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November 13 THE “OLD MAN” IS DEAD Mark 14:41 “And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.” MARK 14:41 It is not our individual acts of sin that make us a sinner. It is our sin nature that makes us commit individual acts of sin. Adam’s one sin produced a sin nature in all men that in turn, caused each person to commit individual acts of sin. Jesus not only dealt with the original sin that contaminated the human race, but He also dealt with each individual act of sin. Anyone who is trying to obtain righteousness through their actions is totally missing the point. Believers are made righteous through faith in Christ, independent of their actions. It’s the same way that everyone was made a sinner: through Adam’s one sin, not through

our individual sins. At salvation, our old man (Rom. 6:6) or sin nature died, but the tendency to sin remains in the thoughts and emotions that the old man left behind. No longer does the Christian have a sin nature that compels him to sin, but he must simply deal with renewing his mind. Sin ruled like a king through condemnation to bring death upon everyone. Condemnation is like the general of sin that enforces its power. Likewise, God’s grace now rules like a king through righteousness to bring all who are in Christ into eternal life. Righteousness is the general of grace who defends us against all the wiles of the devil. Remove guilt or condemnation and sin loses its strength to rule (1 Cor. 15:56). Remove the knowledge of righteousness by faith, and grace loses its power to release eternal life into our daily lives.

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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 SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 14 CVS 2925 US Bank NA as Legal Title Trustee for Truman 2013 SC4 Title Trust Plaintiff, v. Daniel Grover Adams, Jr. aka Daniel G. Adams; Stacy Adams; Ford Motor Credit Company LLC Defendant(s). To: Stacy Adams; Daniel Grover Adams, Jr. aka Daniel G. Adams Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: 1. That the Court determine that the Deed of Trust recorded in Book 4731 Page 304 was drafted and recorded in a manner sufficient to give a reasonable title searcher notice of the interest of the Plaintiff’s lien on the property located at 7355 Bright Leaf Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28411. 2. That the Court reform the Deed of Trust recorded in Book 4731 Page 304 in the New Hanover County, North Carolina Public Registry to include the legal description as follows: BEING all of Lot Number 33 of Willow Brook Subdivision, Phase 3, as the same appears on a map of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 34 at Page 305 of the New Hanover County Public Registry 3. That the Court further reform the Deed of Trust as if recorded after the vesting Deed. 4. That the Court enter an Order that such reformation relate back to the original recording date of the Deed of Trust on March 28, 2005. 5. The Court declare that the Deed of Trust is a valid first lien on the Subject Property as drawn; 6. That the Court’s Order, granting the reformation of the Deed of Trust, shall be duly recorded in the New Hanover County Register of Deeds, and indexed according to those parties named in said Deed of Trust. 7. In the alternative, that the Court declares that Defendants Daniel Grover Adams, Jr. and Stacy Adams hold the Property described herein subject to a constructive trust and equitable lien to the benefit of the Plaintiff; and 8. For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than December 10th, 2014 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This, the 28th day of October, 2014. BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC Thomas E. McDonald, NC Bar # 40498 Attorney for Plaintiff PO Box 3004 Wilmington, NC 28403 Telephone: (910) 392-4988 x 4238 Facsimile: (910) 202-2929 October 30, November 6 and 13, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 312 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Daniel D. Mahn and Cynthia C. Mahn to Reuben M. Harris, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of February, 1995, and recorded in Book 1853, Page 0878, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina

and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 18, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 51, Oleander Estates as per map thereof recorded in Map Book 8 at Page 49, New Hanover County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2221 South Live Oak Parkway, Wilmington, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. 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. 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1132305 (FC.FAY) November 6 and 13, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 731 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ronald Lee Wormwood, married male to Dennis F. Hardiman, Trustee(s), dated the 31st day of March, 2011, and recorded in Book 5556, Page 635, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 18, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 53 of Tidalholm Village at Tidewater Plantation Subdivision, Section 3, as the same appears on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 36 at Page 236 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Being the same property conveyed from Lynda Gail Maultsby to Ronald Lee Wormwood by deed recorded August 31, 2001 in Book 3035, page 304 in the registrar’s office of New Hanover County. Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 207 Adele Court, Wilmington, NC 28412.Parcel ID : R07800-006-029-000. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. 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. 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1132528 (FC.CH) November 6 and 13, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 745 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael Curtis Reiber, an unmarried man to Donald P. Eggleston, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of September, 2012, and recorded in Book 5675, Page 1566, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebt-

edness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 18, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 53, Phase Two, Section 1, of Village Square Townhomes as shown on map recorded in Map Book 36, Page 136 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is made for a more particular description. Being the property conveyed to Michael Curtis Reiber by deed filed 11/17/2004 in Book 4571 at Page 806. Parcel R04915-003-060-000 Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 5143 Lamp Post Circle, Wilmington, NC 28403. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. 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. 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICA-

TION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 12497 Charlotte, North Carolina 28220 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1139488 (FC.CH) November 6 and 13, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 741 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Charles A. Miller and Luella M. Miller, both unmarried, (Luella M. Miller, deceased) to Ned M. Barnes, Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of February, 2009, and recorded in Book 5384, Page 1796, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 18, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 26 of Carolina Beach Village, Section One, as shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 35 at Page 247 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description; and as shown on Map of Revised Section One, Carolina Beach Village, recorded in Map Book 36 at Page 268 of the aforesaid County, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 106 Lighthouse Drive, Carolina Beach, NC 28428 Parcel ID Number: R08814-003069-000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. 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. 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 12497 Charlotte, North Carolina 28220 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1137771 (FC.CH) November 6 and 13, 2014 14-SP-713 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Betty Hamilton, dated April 27, 2009 and recorded on May 1, 2009 in Book No. 5402 at Page 445 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County

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L E G A L N O T I C ES Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on November 19, 2014 at 11:00AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 5913 Watermill Way, Wilmington, NC 28409. Tax Parcel ID: R07619-002-016007 Present Record Owners: Vickie Lee Sears and Walter Thorpe McCartney III. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: 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. 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. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Goddard & Peterson, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 3803B Computer Dr., Ste 103, Raleigh, NC 27609-6507 (919)755-3400 020267-00095 P1116748 11/6, 11/13/2014

14 SP 623 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 David J. Prenatt and Maria Prenatt to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated April 18, 2007 and recorded on April 19, 2007 in Book 5171 at Page 333, 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 November 18, 2014 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: In New Hanover County: BEING all of Lot 7 Section 5 Woodbridge at Landfall as shown on map recorded in Map Book 36 at Page 326 New Hanover County Registry, reference to which map 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 1927 Hallmark Lane, Wilmington, NC 28405. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE

HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). 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. 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 The David and Maria Prenatt Family Trust. 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.: 14-15588-FC01 November 6 and 13, 2014 13 SP 1221 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 Scott C. Spivey and Sheila P. Spivey to Charles Myers, Trustee(s), which was dated March 8, 2010 and recorded on March 12, 2010 in Book 5473 at Page 1, 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 November 18, 2014 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 Lots 12 and 12A, Section 7, Harbour Point, as the same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 41, Pages 394 of 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 228 Silver Sloop Way, Carolina Beach, NC 28428. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). 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. 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 Scott C. Spivey. 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.: 13-25618-FC01 November 6 and 13, 2014 12 SP 1533 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 Kenneth Lee Thompson a/k/a Kenneth L. Thompson to Ricky J. Carothers or Karren P. Bates or Richard Smith, Trustee(s), which was dated November 23, 1994 and recorded on November 23, 1994 in Book 1831 at Page 1125 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on September 9, 2003 in Book 4002, Page 751, 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 November 18, 2014 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 1 OF GEORGIA PLACE SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN UPON THAT PLAT RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 33 AT PAGE 329 OF THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 727 Navaho Trail, Wilmington, NC 28409. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). 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. 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 Kenneth Lee Thompson.

South 03 deg 25 min 00 sec East 55.18 feet to an existing iron pipe located in the northern right of way of Peninsula Drive. Thence running with said right of way South 70 deg 32 min 51 sec West 81.69 feet to an existing iron pipe. Thence running with said right of way South 70 deg 32 min 51 sec West 81.69 feet to an existing iron pipe. Thence running with a chord bearing and distance of South 73 deg 14 min 38 sec West 35.95 feet and having a radius of 381.77 feet to the point of

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.

BEGINNING, containing 0.16 acres and being shown on an exhibit map prepared by Hobbs Surveying Company, Inc. Dated November 20, 1996.

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.: 10-14006-FC02 November 6 and 13, 2014 FOURTH AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14-SP‑101 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by ANDREA M. WALKER to PHILIP E. GREER, Trustee(s), dated the 25TH day of JUNE, 2007 and recorded in BOOK 5201, PAGE 1511, NEW HANOVER County Registry, North Carolina, Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, ANDERSON & STRICKLAND, P.A., having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of NEW HANOVER County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door, in the City of WILMINGTON, NEW HANOVER County, North Carolina at 11:00 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2014, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of NEW HANOVER, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Property at 220 Peninsu1a Drive in the Town of Carolina Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina, which s part of Lot 72 and all of Lot 72A in Pleasure Cay Subdivision, Section 1, as the same are shown an map recorded in Map Book 18, Pages 74 and 74A in the New Hanover County Registry and as more particularly described in deed recorded in Book 2154, Page 577 said Registry and more particularly described as follows; BEING all that certain parcel or tract of land lying and being located in Federal Point Township, New Hanover County, North Carolina and being bound on the North by (now or formerly) Drew Noyes as recorded in. the New Hanover County Registry in Deed Rook 1895, Page 685, Bound on the East by Fred J. Kremer and wife, Marjorie F. Kramer in Deed Book 1185, Page 206. Bound on the South by the 50 foot public right of way of Peninsula Drive. Bound on the West by a portion of Lot 72 of Pleasure Cay, Section 1 in Map Book 18, Page 74: and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an existing concrete monument located in the 50 foot right of way of Teakwood Drive and running North 80 deg 11 min 10 sec East 248.69 feet to an existing iron pipe located in the northern right of way of Peninsula Drive and said iron pipe being the southwest corner of Lot 72 and the southeastern corner of Lot 71 of Section 1, Pleasure Cay, the point of BEGINNING. Thence running North 18 deg 03 min 36 sec East 104.54 feet to an existing iron pipe. Thence running South 84 deg 55 min 00 sec East 76.05 feet to an existing iron pipe. Thence running

The above description being that same property identified as Lot 72R on map of survey prepared by Hobbs surveying Company, Inc. dated 20 November, 1996. TOGETHER WITH all f of Lot 72A, Section 1, Pleasure Cay, according to map of same recorded in Map Book 18 at Pages 74 and 74A of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. ALSO, ALL OF LOT 1, HARBOUR POINT, AS THE SAME IS SHOWN ON A MAP THEREOF DULY RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 36 AT PAGE 230, OF THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE NOTE: The above described property is also described as follows: TRACT ONE: All of Lot 1, Harbour Point Development, as the same is shown on a map thereof duly recorded in Map Book 36, Page 230, New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Tax Parcel ID Number R08806-004051-0000 Property Address: 220 Peninsula Drive, Carolina Beach, NC 28428 TRACT TWO: All of Lot 72A, Section One, Pleasure Cay, according to a map of same recorded in Map Book 18, Pages 74 and 74A, New Hanover County Registry. Tax Parcel ID Number R08810-006017-000 Property address: Canal access to the end of Teakwood drive (shown by the New Hanover Tax Department as 100 Teakwood Drive, Carolina Beach, NC 28428. Said property being located at: 220 PENINSULA DRIVE, CAROLINA BEACH, NC 28428 PRESENT RECORD OWNER BEING: ANDREA M. WALKER Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Should the property be purchased by a. third party, that person. must pay the statutory final assessment fee of forty-five cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. 7A308 (a) (1), and any applicable county and/or state land transfer tax and/or revenue tax. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid, in cash or certified check, at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such. deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance of the purchase price so bid, at that time he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in N.C.G.S. 45-21.30(d) and (c). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee or the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/ security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. That an Order for possession of the property may be .issued pursuant to N.C.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 receiv-

ing 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. This the 22nd day of October, 2014. Michael W. Strickland, as Attorney for and President of ANDERSON & STRICKLAND, P.A., Substitute Trustee 210 East Russell Street, Suite 104 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 (910) 483-3300 November 6 and 13, 2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, Kaitlyn Nicole Rockwell, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Ivan Roy Rockwell, Jr., Deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Decedent to exhibit same to the said Ivan Roy Rockwell, at the address set out below, on or before January 23, 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 22nd day of October, 2014 Kaitlyn Nicole Rockwell EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF Ivan Roy Rockwell c/o ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR. 219 RACINE DR., SUITE A6 WILMINGTON, NC 28403 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/2014 14 SP 287 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 Mark Bodford A/K/A Mark P. Bodford to Rebecca W. Shaia, Trustee(s), which was dated November 22, 2006 and recorded on November 28, 2006 in Book 5110 at Page 2081 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on November 30, 2009 in Book 5453, Page 2032, 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 November 18, 2014 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 1, Airlie Sound Subdivision, as shown on a map of the same recorded in Map Book 41, Page 79, New Hanover County Registry, reference to said map being 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 1323 Airlie Road, Wilmington, NC 28403. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). 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. 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 Mark P. Bodford. 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.: 14-06251-FC01 November 6 and 13, 2014 13 SP 1007 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 James Robert Jackson to Pamela S. Cox, Trustee(s), which was dated January 11, 2007 and recorded on January 11, 2007 in Book 5128 at Page 843, 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 November 25, 2014 at 11:30AM, 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 20 in Willow Woods Subdivision as the same is shown on map recorded in Map Book 7, Page 98 in the New Hanover County Registry, and being the same lands described in instrument recorded in Book 1774, Page 450 in said registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 405 Linden Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). 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. 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 James Robert Jackson and Tiffany Layne Chase. 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 rent-

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ately due and owing. 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 Phyllis J. Charnoff. 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.: 09-23304-FC02 November 13 and 20, 2014 14 SP 157 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 Joseph B. Cameron to Donald W. Courtney, Trustee(s), which was dated February 21, 2012 and recorded on March 19, 2012 in Book 5626 at Page 131, 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 November 25, 2014 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: The following described real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, to-wit: Being all of Lot 73, Shearin Hills Subdivision, Section 4, as the same is shown on a map of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 15, Page 11, of the New Hanover County Registry. Reference is hereby made to said map for a more particular description. Being that parcel of land conveyed to Joseph B. Cameron and wife, Mildred S. Cameron from The United States of America, acting through the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture by that deed dated 10/6/1976 and recorded 11/3/1976 in Deed Book 1080, at Page 348 of the New Hanover County, NC Public Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 210 McClure Circle, Castle Hayne, NC 28429. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). 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. 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 Joseph B. Cameron. 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.: 14-01217-FC01 November 13 and 20, 2014

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, Patricia L. Persico, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Frank Persico, 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 January 24, 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 23nd day of October, 2014 Patricia L. Persico EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF Frank Persico c/o ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR. 219 RACINE DR., SUITE A6 WILMINGTON, NC 28403 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER In the Matter of the Estate of ERIC W. KRIER, Deceased IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK 14-E-1187 NOTICE TO CREDITORS BLAIR D. KRIER, having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of ERIC W. KRIER, deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit same to the said Blair D. Krier at the address set out below on or before January 28, 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 23rd day of October 2014. BLAIR D. KRIER, Administratrix Estate of ERIC W. KRIER, Deceased c/o MARSHALL, WILLIAMS & GORHAM, L.L.P. 14 South Fifth Street Post Office Drawer 2088 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-2088 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/2014

BEFORE THE CLERK FILE # 14 E 1265 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTRIX of the Estate of DONNA R. SHANNON, 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 30th day of January, 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 30th day of October, 2014 HOLLY M. BARHAM, Executrix of the Estate of DONNA R. SHANNON c/o PAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY 107 N. 2nd Street, Suite C Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 Telephone: 910-769-2896 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20/2014 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 Sue L. Britt 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 29th day of January 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 30th day of October 2014. William Britt, Executor 50 Borough Spur Rd Currie, NC 28435 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20/2014

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

This is the 6th day of November 2014. James N. Sidbury, Executor 1425 Suncourt Villa Drive Wilmington, NC 28409 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/2014 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 Velma Oleta Thompson Friedman 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 12th day of February 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 13th day of November 2014. Gwendolyn H. Johnsen, Executrix 1131 Forest Hills Drive Wilmington, NC 28403 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of February, 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 13th day of November, 2014 WILLIAM ROBERT TURNER, III, Executor of the Estate of DOROTHY BRINKLEY TURNER C/O PAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY 107 N. 2nd Street, Suite C Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 Telephone: 910-769-2896 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/2014 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY In the Superior Court First Bank v. John D. Fife, Jr. (New Hanover Co. Superior Court; 13 CVS 4201) To: Defendant John D. Fife, Jr. Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-captioned action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: First Bank seeks judgment for money owed pursuant to a home equity line of credit dated December 18, 2008, or alternatively, for unjust enrichment, and costs, attorneys’ fees, and interest. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days from November 13, 2014, the same being December 23, 2014; and upon your failure to do so, First Bank will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 13th day of November, 2014. James R. Holland, Esq., SMITH MOORE LEATHERWOOD LLP, 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, Attorney for First Bank. November 13, 20 and 27, 2014

EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of James Charles Haas, 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, 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 9th day of February, 2015, 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 6th day of November, 2014. Carol J. Haas, Executrix of the Estate of James Charles Haas Jill L. Peters Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301 Wilmington, NC 28401 November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

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The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Carolyn Rogers Cox 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 12th day of February 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 13th day of November 2014. Hillary Wells, Executrix 1211 Upper Reach Drive Wilmington, NC 28409 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

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