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WB’s oldest home demolished for single-family lots

compete for school board spots

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

Four Republicans and five Democrats are vying for three open spots on the New Hanover County School Board. This week we profile three of the Democrats who will compete for votes during North Carolina’s March 15 primary election. Chris Meek taught for 14 years within New Hanover County middle schools and four years within the county’s high school system. For the past two years he has taught at Northside High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. His aim is to decrease the emphasis placed on standardized test taking and increase the level of critical thinking occurring in classrooms. Sandra Leigh also brings a teacher’s perspective to her candidacy, with 42 years’ experience as a teacher and principal. Her top priority is to help the five county n See CANDIDATES Page 5

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A 22 and one-half ton excavator operated by the D.H. Griffin Wrecking Company crushes the living room of the house on 217 S. Lumina Ave. on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The house was demolished by the property’s new owners to create two lots where single-family homes are expected to be constructed.

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Residents weigh in on brick street policy By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

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With severe weather forecasted on Wednesday, Feb. 24, Wrightsville Beach and New Hanover County prepared for a potentially dangerous thunderstorm by closing schools and some government offices early. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the area until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, adding that the region could see wind gusts of up to 60 mph. A high surf report was also issued for the coastal Carolina area.

Officer awaits ruling on case against highway patrol By Terry Lane Staff Writer

Depending on how a North Carolina court rules, a Wrightsville Beach police officer could be offered back his former job with the North Carolina Highway Patrol. In December 2015, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the North Carolina Highway Patrol wasn’t forced to terminate trooper Thomas Wetherington from the department after he admitted to lying to a superior. Wetherington, who was fired from the force in 2009, joined the Wrightsville Beach Police Department in November 2015

as one of several new hires brought on last fall to fortify a police force that was understaffed during the peak summer season. Police Chief Dan House said the December ruling effectively ended Wetherington’s challenge, as a lower court will now determine how to resolve the case. That could include back pay, damages or even an offer to return to highway patrol. “I think he’s pretty soured on the highway patrol,” House said. “The question is what the state is going to pay him.” Efforts by Lumina News to reach Wetherington were unsuccessful. House said Wetherington

Wilmington residents were able to take part in updating the city’s policy for brick streets Feb. 17 and 18, and they agreed the high cost of maintaining and installing the bricks was worth conserving the streets’ character and beauty, especially in the downtown historic district. Downtown Wilmington has about four miles of street made from historic brick pavers laid in the early 1900s. After a century of use, many of the roads are now patched with asphalt and uneven, but the city’s policy governing their maintenance needs to be updated, said Dave Mayes, the city’s public services director. The policy was created 29 years ago in 1987. The new policy will be shaped by public forums like those held Feb. 17 and 18 as well as by a Historic Preservation Committee work session. The policy will be presented to the Wilmington City Council by late spring. Cost is one of the biggest hurdles to installing the historic bricks. n See BRICK Page 5

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Paid parking returns March 1

By Elizabeth Weaver Intern

Despite the security measures in place to protect the thousands of young adults who attend, a college campus can still be a dangerous place, especially for young women. The dangers facing students on a college campus were highlighted recently when a female student reported being assaulted by three men on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus. After investigating, UNCW police determined the attack didn’t occur as reported. But such

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Shortly after its construction, the beach cottage home at 217 S. Lumina Ave. survived the hurricane of 1899 and every other storm that’s rolled through since. But it could not survive the rising value of the land on which it rested. On Tuesday morning, the wood of the house’s living room creaked underneath the tracks of a 45,000-pound excavator as the house was torn down by the new owners of the land. A real estate agent working on the deal said the house was offered to historic preservation organizations, but the costs to move it were too great. Neighbors watching the destruction didn’t believe that the money couldn’t be found to move the house. One woman came out to see the demolition, watched for only a moment, before turning away in tears. “One by one, they’re ripping the heart out of Wrightsville Beach,” Mary FitzGerald Holst said. “Where the preservation of Wrightsville’s history is concerned, there seems to be no foresight, only hindsight after the fact.” Robert Holst, her husband, said he wished town leaders or members of the business community could have found the money to rescue the house, which was constructed in the style of the Old Nags Head beach cottage. “It’s more valuable than money,” Holst said of the home’s historic character. Known as the Bluethenthal House from its former owners, the structure was first built in 1898. It was placed on the market in June 2015 for the first time since it was purchased by Herbert Bluethenthal sometime after it was constructed. At a price of $3.5 million, the September purchase was the largest home sale in New Hanover County in 2015. However, the two lots on which the house sits are considered to be much more valuable than the improvements, which real estate experts estimating it to be no more than $500,000, giving the land a value of about $3 million.

Starting March 1, visitors to Wrightsville Beach will have to pay to park. Metered parking stays in effect until Oct. 31. Town leaders recently approved several changes to paid parking, including longer hours of enforcement in certain parking lots and more metered zones on Harbor Island. For a full list of parking rules, visit www. townofwrightsvillebeach.com

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Local restaurant owners learn about music licensing By Alexandra Golder Intern

An educational seminar held at Wrightsville Beach’s Bluewater Grill on Feb. 18 served to connect songwriters with local businesses that play their music and create an open forum for a discussion about music licensing. “No one has even brought up music licensing to me before,” said Hunter Tiblier, owner of Ceviche’s Inspired Panamanian Restaurant. Daniel Spears, vice president of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), hosted the event along with the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association (NCRLA). By law, restaurant owners must acquire licensing to play music in order to comply with each song’s copyright status. Within establishments, intellectual property cannot be used without permission from and payment to the owner of that property. Once a business decides to play any copyrighted music publicly, it needs permission from the copyright owners.

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Singer and songwriter Frank Myers performs at Bluewater Grill on Thursday, Feb. 18.

“I’m here today to humanize the process,” Spears said. “Education is our No. 1 priority.” Alyssa Barkley, chief operating officer of the NCRLA, spoke of how the association protects and promotes businesses. “There are some [laws] that business owners aren’t aware of,” she said. When he and his wife Laura first opened the doors to Ceviche’s, Tiblier said he was unaware his business needed a license to play music. “I’m here today to learn if we’re currently in compliance,” he said. Mike Smith, client development representative of Carolina Farmin’, a locally owned Southern market, said many restaurant owners are not aware of the laws regarding music licensing. “Most people don’t know about the laws until they get fined,” he said. Smith attended the event to ensure his customers knew about these licensing regulations. Farmin’ currently serves Oceanic Restaurant, Roberts

Grocery and Jerry Allen’s Sports Bar and Grill, amongst other local businesses. “You are helping fuel the creative process,” Spears said to those in attendance. Spears explained BMI operates on a nonprofit basis to ensure that

“It’s a common misconception that business owners don’t believe where BMI’s money is going.” affiliated songwriters, composers and publishers receive payment for the use of their intellectual property. “We take action on behalf of the writers,” he said. Present with Spears was BMI singer-songwriter and record producer Frank Myers. “As a songwriter, BMI is my lifeline,” Myers said. In these days when people think music should be free, he said, BMI is working on behalf of

songwriters to ensure they receive proper payment for their work. “It’s a common misconception that business owners don’t believe where BMI’s money is going,” said Trish Anderson, account executive of Mood Media, a music provider for businesses. Anderson credits Redix as Mood Media’s oldest customer in Wrightsville Beach. Associations such as Mood Media and the NCRLA serve as intermediaries between businesses and music rights agencies. “A benefit of being a part of the NCRLA,” Tiblier said, “is receiving legal advice and education.” Spears emphasized the best way BMI can market who they are is by having a songwriter present to introduce for whom the company is a middleman. This shows business owners directly where their payments are going. “Today is all about learning how we can be a stronger community,” Barkley said.

Police, prosecutors to step up anti-violence efforts Wilmington and New Hanover County leaders said Monday, Feb. 22, they would employ new efforts to get control of youth and gang violence after several high-profile killings have attracted media attention. New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David said he would work with Wilmington’s city attorney to use civil action to help keep suspected gang members from associating together. Civil code could also help bring pressure on hotels in the Market Street corridor where criminal activity is occurring frequently, including possible forfeiture of property. “We live in a city where children are killing children,” David said. Wilmington Police Chief Ralph Evangelous announced that the city’s police force would step

up patrols in the area between Seventh and 13th streets and Castle and Wooster streets. Other steps will include devoting more resources from the sanitation and code enforcement department to further help clean up the area, he said. “They are not going to take these neighborhoods over,” Evangelous said of gang activity in the area. Groups like Monthers-N-Mourning, a support group for parents that have lost a child to violence, were at the press conference where city leaders urged support from the community. Co-founder Brenda Galloway said the group would be working with students at Mosley Performance Learning Center. “The community mindset has to change,” Galloway said. “We’re trying to wake people up. Let’s help our children.” — Terry Lane

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The Cucalorus Film Foundation and the North Carolina Film Office will announce the winners of nine Filmed in NC Fund grants Sunday, Feb. 28 during An Evening on the Red Carpet at the EUE Screen Gems studio.

Cucalorus film grant looks to promote diversity against backdrop of Oscar award nominee controversy By Terry Lane Staff Writer

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This year’s announcement of the nominees for the Academy Awards immediately created controversy due to its failure to include any artists of color in the top four categories, sparking the social media hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. When Wilmington’s film community gathers this Sunday at the EUE Screen Gems studio to watch the award shows, they will also learn about the next wave of North Carolina filmmakers who could bring a more diverse face to the filmmaking industry. During its An Evening on the Red Carpet event on Feb. 28, the Cucalorus Film Foundation and the North Carolina Film Office will announce the winners of nine Filmed in NC Fund grants, several of which will go to projects headed by women or people of color, said Cucalorus executive director Dan Brawley. “It was really important to us, as we launch this grant, to cultivate female filmmakers and filmmakers of color,” Brawley said. “It makes for a stronger industry, all around.” More than one-half of the projects awarded by the grant had a female producer or director and several projects had black directors, Brawley said, offering an opportunity for North Carolina to be home to a diverse new crop of filmmaking talent. The nine grants, which range from

$500 to $2,000, were selected from 63 applications. The NC Film Office sponsored the fund with a grant of $10,000, with the requirement that a majority of the production of the project has to occur in North Carolina and have a budget of less than $250,000. As the film industry discusses how to increase diversity at its highest levels, Brawley said local film festivals like Cucalorus are an ideal place to foster increased participation.

“It was really important to us, as we launch this grant, to cultivate female filmmakers and filmmakers of color.” “The film festival is a critical part of the ecosystem,” he said. “In order to have a healthy ecosystem, we have to support filmmakers of color. Diversity is a problem in every part of the system and we have to be aware where there are barriers to women and people of color. It takes years for filmmakers to develop the networks and to get the attention that they deserve. Film festivals can help young filmmakers learn how to make a living in the industry so they can show up 10 years from now at places like the Oscars.”

Grants like the Filmed in NC Fund can also help strengthen the local film economy, Brawley said. A grant of as little as $2,000 can help a film project raise up to $100,000, as it demonstrates that the project can meet certain criteria. Not only would that money be spent locally, but it would also introduce producers to Wilmington as a filming location, Brawley said. “Injecting money at the bottom of the system can have a profound effect,” Brawley said. “It’s a place where Cucalorus can have a big impact on the future of film in North Carolina. We want young and emerging producers to learn that Wilmington is a great place to make a film, where you can produce a highquality product for less money.” This is the first year that Cucalorus has offered the film grant, but Brawley said that event organizers will be soliciting donations for the fund from guests at the black-tie affair, which raises money for the annual film film festival. Tickets are available at www.cucalorus. org “I’m hoping that people can match the $10,000 in the fund for next year,” Brawley said, adding Cucalorus will also try to build the fund through donations from private foundations. “If we could get the fund to $40,000 or $50,000, the whole scale will shift and it will have a greater impact.” email terrylane@luminanews.com

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For The Record Question and photos by McCall Reeder

The Oscars award show is Sunday, Feb. 28. What movie or performance would you like to see awarded?

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“I’ll say Leo DiCaprio — he’s never won!”

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“‘The Martian.’ It’s the only one I’ve seen.”

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Surfing classes bring the waves to UNCW classrooms By Logan Harle Intern

Many students attend University of North Carolina Wilmington for its 7-mile distance to the beach, but this school year, UNCW is bringing the beach to the classroom by offering two courses on surfing. One, the Physics of Surfing taught by Professor Dylan McNamara, gives students a scientific look at the sport, while the History of Surfing, taught by Professor Peter Maguire, offers a view of how the sport developed. “It is a beach culture campus,”

McNamara said. “This is a new way to introduce to students science, physical science and physics through surfing.” The Physics of Surfing class is a trial course this semester and counts for one credit for students. The class is filled to just about capacity with 72 students enrolled. The class includes a wide variety of surfing knowledge, from the physics of where waves come from, to the dynamics of surfboards and how fins work. The class is developed for a non-science audience so that it has value to a wide range of

students, from fishermen to active water enthusiasts to anyone who has ever lived on the coast and wondered where waves come from. “The true physics of surfing is a very complicated subject,” McNamara said. “I am trying to teach it in a way that you don’t have to have a ton of math and science background to really learn about the subject.” In the future McNamara would like the class to count for a basic science requirement or a university studies class but student Michael Casper said he appreciates the learning environment in

a class filled with students there only to take the class because it interests them. “I certainly think it would take the space of a three-credit-hour course and the amount of information that could be learned is mouth-watering but I enjoy the casual, just-for-fun feeling that it currently has,” Casper said. Even though the class has appeal for non-surfers, Casper said that as a surfer, this class is teaching him new things that are beneficial in the water. “Knowing exactly how buoys show data, for instance, and knowing how that directly

translates to conditions on the beach is much more reliable than looking on Surfline or Swellinfo to say when and where to go surf,” Casper said. The History of Surfing was offered previously at UNCW but has not had an instructor to teach it for the past few years. Maguire, a lifelong surfer with a PhD in American History, has taken on the class to teach students about modern American history through surfing. The class is a 200-level class, offered by the history department and entails how surfing came of age in Hawaii, California, Australia

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and elsewhere. Even though UNCW’s location by the beach makes the class significant for students, Maguire said that the class is valuable for students just about anywhere. “I think the class would be relevant at the University of Indiana. Surfing is part of American social history,” Maguire said. Both courses provide UNCW students with knowledge of the beach culture that surrounds them, while also linking the subject of surfing to college studies. “It is fascinating to channel scientific insight to the pastime most of us enjoy,” Casper said.

IMPORTANT DATES Tuesday, March 1 Wilmington City Council meeting, 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall, 102 N. Third St. New Hanover County Board of Education regular meeting, 5:30 p.m., Board of Education Center, 1805 S. 13th St., Wilmington

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Downtown Wilmington to host public hearing on coal ash By McCall Reeder Intern

As the state continues to ramp up regulations on Duke Energy over how it handles the waste created from coal used at power plants, Wilmington residents will have a chance to learn how new rules could affect the local environment and speak out about the regulations. On March 1, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (N.C. DEQ) will hold a hearing in downtown Wilmington, one of 14 statewide public hearings scheduled to explain the draft proposed classifications for all of the Duke Energy coal ash impoundments. One of those coals ash facilities is at the Sutton Plant, located northwest of Wilmington. “The meetings will all be held in the month of March, which marks the beginning of a robust public participation process that will help

inform the public of the proposed classifications,” said Mike Rusher, communications director for environmental protection for the N.C. DEQ. While the N.C. DEQ is hosting the hearing, the Southern Environmental Law Center’s Kemp Burdette, the Cape Fear Riverkeeper, will also be in attendance. Both parties are encouraging locals to attend the hearing and engage in the public participation process. “Everyone is welcome to attend,” Rusher stated. “Copies of the comprehensive classifications will be made available in each county with a coal ash facility at the local health department and a local library.” The meetings come after the 2014 decision by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to close four coal ash facilities, including the Sutton facility, Rusher stated. A long string of court hearings and trials following the coal ash spill

in the Dan River, located through Stokes and Rockingham counties, prompted McCrory’s decision. The Dan River spill occurred on Feb. 2, 2014, and dumped tens of thousands of tons of wet coal ash into the river along with 27 million gallons of polluted water, prompting the N.C. DEQ to shut down the facilities responsible for the spills and runoff to rivers across the state. However, some think the response of the state’s requirements for Duke Energy to clean up the coal ash across the state and pay for the damage done has been delayed and half-hearted. Kathleen Sullivan, senior communications manager at the Southern Environmental Law Center, said submerged coal ash is a threat to many North Carolina communities. “While coal ash is being removed at Duke Energy’s Sutton site to safer, dry lined storage away from Sutton Lake and the Cape

Fear River, which we support, Wilmington is also downstream from Duke Energy’s Cape Fear coal ash pits along the river, and other communities across North Carolina also face the prospect of having coal ash left submerged in groundwater sitting in leaking, unlined pits next to rivers, lakes, and drinking water supplies,” Sullivan said. Sutton Lake has been contaminated with selenium that has killed about 1 million fish per year and deformed even more, she continued. The leaking caused some groundwater contamination that threatened the public water supply, though Duke Energy moved to provide a new water line since the pollution was found. The public hearing will take place in room N-202 on Cape Fear Community College’s downtown Wilmington campus, 411 N. Front St., on March 1 at 6 p.m.

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Editorial/Opinion Our thoughts By Simon Gonzalez A little piece of history was crushed on Tuesday. The oldest house on Wrightsville Beach was rapidly demolished, flattened under the weight of a 22-ton excavator. The Bluethenthal House at 217 S. Lumina Ave. had stood on the beach since 1898. It survived hurricanes, wars, tides, and time. But it couldn’t survive the profit motive. It was destined for destruction last June, when it was placed on the market. The house was large — the original main building and a three-bedroom annex added in 1998 together totaled 3,333 square feet, with an additional 2,500 square feet of decks — and beautiful, according to those who had been inside it, with authentic pine walls and hardwood floors. But historic, quaint and original aren’t key selling points for oceanfront homes these days. The house never had a chance of remaining in its current configuration. Or even of being renovated. Not when there are plenty of well-heeled buyers willing to pay a premium for an opulent mini-mansion at the beach. It sold in September for nearly $3.5 million to investors who intended to raze the house, divide the large lot into two, build a couple of 5,000-square-foot manors, and sell at a profit. To be fair, at least one of the old owners knew the importance of the house and explored ways to preserve it. There were dreams of relocation to Wrightsville Beach’s historic square, but the reported $500,000 price tag was prohibitive. A Realtor quoted in the February issue of Wrightsville Beach Magazine said the new owners looked into lifting and moving the structure 17 feet onto one lot and just building on the second. But that too apparently proved to be prohibitive. And so the new owners filed for a permit to demolish the building, and nearly 120 years of history and a monument to a bygone age was destroyed in hours. The Lumina News posted a video of the demolition on Facebook. It was hard not to get a little sad watching the house be crushed, listening to the sounds of windows shattering and wood snapping, even for those of us who didn’t grow up in Wrightsville Beach.

It was tragic for those who do have deep roots here, reading a sampling of Facebook comments. “I have walked by this house for many, many years. Slowly, each summer, we have watched the fine old homes that were part of WB history disappear. The realization that no one sees value in the renovation and rehabilitation of these lovely old girls but only see the value in the new new new!!” … “That’s too bad. The property is gold but the history isn’t. But Wrightsville made this decision long ago.” … “The non-locals should not be able to buy up our hometown just because they have money... and greed will end this world.” … “Greed has ruined the town that I grew up in.” … “Heartbreaking, another precious reminder of Wrightsville’s glory days bites the dust.” … “That’s what non-locals do they don’t care about history.” … “Money has no conscience.” Some of the comments are a little harsh. Like it or not, the land has a value, and the value is in an oceanfront home, not in preserving history. Nostalgia has a great deal of worth and can certainly factor into our emotional wellbeing, but it’s always going to be trumped by the bottom line — especially when the bottom line is measured in millions of dollars. Greed is a problem as old as the world — the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils — but there’s nothing intrinsically immoral in making a profit. It’s the motivation behind starting businesses, the impetus to job creation, and what fuels our economy. In truth, the “old” Wrightsville Beach faded into the mists of the past a long time ago. Common folks can’t afford to live in the town anymore, not when even a very modest twobedroom, 1,100-square-foot house that’s over 65 years old lists for half a million. In another story in the February Wrightsville Beach Magazine, people who grew up on Wrightsville in the 1970s lamented that middleclass families have been priced out of the town. The demolition of the Bluethenthal House is not tragic — it’s a tale of greed winning out over history. However, it is very sad, because it’s yet another reminder of old ways and old days passing away.

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The price of buying one block’s worth of historic bricks is $130,000 and installing them is another $120,000. Purchasing and installing asphalt is $45,000. Non-historic brick pavers are also available. Maintaining the streets is also difficult, because many of them have been patched with asphalt. Removing the asphalt is challenging and expensive, Mayes said. In some places the asphalt covers large stretches of the road and in other spots asphalt has been used to patch a small area after the bricks have been removed to make repairs to the utilities below. Underground utilities will also present problems, Mayes added, because they are as old as the bricks above them. “It’s not a matter of if those utilities are going to need to be replaced, but when,” he said. The new policy must also take into account updated ADA requirements and how to address the curbing. Most brick streets have granite curbing, which tends to sink, Mayes said, so replacing or resetting the curbing should be part of rebuilding a brick street.

Intracoastal Realty real estate broker Mark Bodford said the owners will now try to sell each lot separately for the purpose of building single-family homes on the lot. Bodford said the lots were ideal for single-family homes, noting that each lot could hold up to 5,000-square-foot homes. He said the lots were purchased

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incidents do take place at the university. Statistics have fluctuated as reporting methods have changed. In 2012, three sexual offenses were reported to campus police, followed by nine in 2013, 16 in 2014, and more recently, eight in 2015. In 2014, UNCW changed its reporting methods to allow for anonymous accounts of a sexual assault. UNCW Police Chief David Donaldson said the university’s department actively works to maintain a safe college environment by offering security escorts, random patrols of the residential areas, community feedback on areas that feel unsafe, and by offering safety awareness classes. “We do more than 100 different programs each year,” Donaldson said. “We do community feedback on areas that feel unsafe. We are patrolling the residence halls unannounced and we are here 24 hours a day. There are anonymous reporting mechanisms. You can report by phone, email, or text. We partner in so

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Residents take part in a public information session Wednesday, Feb. 17 to help shape Wilmington’s new policy on brick streets.

After learning about the considerations in updating the policy, residents — many of whom lived downtown on brick streets — offered opinions. The consensus, repeated several times, was “we love our brick streets.” They also agreed brick streets in the historic district should be prioritized during the process of maintaining the streets. Not only do the bricks add historic character to the neighborhood, residents said, but they also last longer than pavement and allow stormwater runoff to drain through.

Since the city’s supply of historic brick is limited — it has enough spare bricks for about one block — another issue is whether bricks should be removed from streets with only a few bricks in order to complete streets with more bricks. One group of residents said bricks should be taken from streets less than halfway covered with bricks and given to streets more than halfway covered. As far as the cost, they said the benefits of the brick streets should somewhat offset the cost and that should be taken into account. They

suggested the brick streets could create more tourism revenue, attract certain film productions and cause real estate values to go up. Whether a street is located in a commercial or residential location could also affect how to maintain it, Mayes added. In that case, several residents felt residential streets should receive higher priority. The city council will have the final vote on the policy in late spring.

many areas.” A sexual assault can be defined as anything from groping to a forcible rape, said Sgt. Jennifer Paluck of the UNCW Police Department. “This is just the number of people who reported it to the police. There are, unfortunately, cases that are only reported to CARE,” Paluck said, referring to the Collaboration for Assault Response and Education, a crisis intervention service offered at UNCW for cases of relationship abuse, sexual assault, stalking and harassment. In the case of the last week’s investigation, Donaldson said it wasn’t likely that the student would be charged for making a false report, partly because there was evidence an assault took place, just not at the time and place she reported. Donaldson added that charging her with filing a false report may discourage victims of sexual assault from coming forward. “Every opportunity that we have to win confidence in reporting, we want to take that opportunity,” Donaldson said. Even the numbers reported to

CARE are likely low, said Adam Hall, the assistant director of violence prevention for the service. “I will always fall back to sexual violence, stalking, any form of sexual harassment, as being under reported,” Hall said. “There is far too much fear associated with it. There is just so much anxiety that people aren’t going to report.” The UNCW Police Department offers a class for female students who want to know how to protect themselves by learning self-defense methods. Through its popular Rape Aggression Defense, or RAD, course, women can learn self-defense methods that can help prevent abduction or an attack. “Having gone through the course myself I walked away being a lot more aware of my own strengths and perhaps limitations of my strengths,” Donaldson said. “So much of the course is about awareness and personal safety.” Paluck leads the class, which focuses on how to react to attacks and on preventative steps to avoid at-risk social situations. Paluck’s goal is to teach women

to avoid abduction. The RAD classes are divided up into four sessions throughout a course of two weeks. Participants learn defensive blocks, kicks, punches and other self-defense moves. On the last day of the class, participants undergo a simulated attack from the “Redman,” a male officer protected by padding. Each class participant uses the skills she has learned to defend herself from the “Redman” long enough to escape. Paluck laughed when asked how the men felt about being punching bags for college-aged women. “I think they get a little bit upset if you don’t hit them hard enough,” she said. “We have a very special group of males that work here. They care about what RAD does as far as helping these girls and they understand how important it is.” RAD is free to any woman, not just students, and those interested in signing up should contact Sgt. Paluck at the university police department at 910-962-2222 or at paluckj@ uncw.edu.

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schools that received failing grades in the state’s new school grading system to recover. The goal of James Jamison Jr., who is not a teacher but instead a community ambassador as a fulltime reverend at a church on South 14th Street, across Greenfield Street from Houston Moore, is to represent and provide a voice for the needs of the lower socioeconomic class within New Hanover County. Democratic candidates Kevin Spears and Emma Saunders did not return Lumina News’ calls as of press time. Saunders has more than 30 years’ experience as a teacher and administrator for New Hanover County Schools. Kevin Spears in the president of a local initiative to prevent youth gang involvement called Peace for the Port.

Chris Meek

As a 20-year public school teacher in New York and North Carolina, Meek has witnessed many students not fulfilling their potential because they were poor test takers. One pupil, whom Meek described as a brilliant student, was even withdrawn from school because her test anxiety was so extreme. “The psychological and emotional strain that these assessments have put on these kids all these years in the name of student achievement has done more harm to these kids than good,” he said. Instead, he wants to help create a public school classroom environment that mimics that of charter schools like Cape Fear Center for Inquiry. “They follow the inquiry model of learning,” Meek said, “where the students follow their interests in the classroom.” Reducing schools’ overcrowding is another goal Meek would like to accomplish in office. But he would oppose the county’s proposed suspension center, he said, calling it a “dumping ground for students who cause trouble in the mainstream schools.” While Meek acknowledged the state legislature is responsible for many of the education issues he’d like to change, he said if New Hanover County can lead by example, other counties could follow, affecting education statewide. “I want people coming to us and saying, ‘What is New Hanover County doing that’s working? Let’s copy it.’”

Sandra Leigh

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was on a training assignment this week. Wetherington was terminated from the highway patrol after a unique case that drew some national media attention. The court documents state Wetherington was fired after he lied to his superiors about how he lost his hat. While Wetherington said it was crushed by a truck on the highway, it was actually

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found by a motorist and returned to the highway patrol office, which led his superiors to raise questions about his original report. Once Wetherington admitted to being untruthful about the original story, the highway patrol argued in court that it had no choice but to fire Wetherington for violation of the code of conduct. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the highway patrol wasn’t obligated to

terminate Wetherington and could have evaluated other disciplinary measures. While lower courts ruled that the firing was unjust, the state supreme court did not take a position on the termination, only sending it back to a lower court for reconsideration. House said that Wetherington was open about the incident during the hiring process, when at that point the case was still being considered by the supreme court. House said the incident prompted the department to “dig extra hard”

into Wetherington’s background, but the background investigation showed no incidents that raised concerns. Since his dismissal from the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Wetherington has worked in other police departments, House said, including the small force in Bethel, North Carolina. Background investigations included reviews of Wetherington’s internal affairs profile. Candidates for the job are also

Leigh worked as a teacher and principal in San Francisco, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Hoke County, North Carolina, before retiring last year. This is the first time she has run for any public office. Leigh’s primary goal is to help Rachel Freeman Elementary, Gregory School of Science, Math and Technology, Williston Middle School, Snipes Academy and D.C. Virgo raise the failing grades they received in North Carolina’s A-F school grading system. She wants to create more socioeconomic diversity in neighborhood schools, but not simply

reviewed by a three-member panel, which for Wetherington included Lt. Valerie Blanton, Lt. Jason Bishop and former Captain Paul Burdette, who has since left to become the police chief in Beaufort, North Carolina. In addition to the interviews and background checks,

by a pair of investors. Bodford said that the house’s original owner had offered to donate it to a historical group, but that the cost of moving it was too prohibitive, citing estimates that it could cost up to $500,000 to relocate the structure. “They tried to give the home to the museum or to the town, but it was really expensive to move it,” Bodford said. email terrylane@luminanews.com

by busing students from further away. She said the recent relocation of the Forest Hills language immersion program to the lowperforming Gregory School was another method of creating more diversity, but the switch must be implemented properly. During her teaching career she has seen similar special programs added to neighborhood schools to create integration and diversity, but if measures aren’t taken to place neighborhood students in the program, those students don’t actually benefit. Leigh wants to require that onefourth of the language immersion program’s kindergarten classes be students from Gregory’s district. Gregory parents should be educated about the benefits of their children speaking a language that those parents don’t speak themselves and options — like tutoring and homework clubs — should be established for students who won’t get homework help from their parents. If such measures and careful monitoring aren’t taken, Leigh worried, “the program could be a failure. And that would be a shame.”

Rev. James Jamison Jr.

A more diverse school board is needed in order to represent a diverse school system, Jamison said. Jamison retired in 2015 from 11 years as a safety and security coordinator with the Wilmington Housing Authority. Jamison said he could better represent the needs of the lower socioeconomic classes and different races because he can personally relate to their situations. “I’m an African-American male, so I’m not thinking as an upper middle-class white guy. I’m thinking like a middle-class black guy who came from the projects,” he said. The current members of the school board mean well, he said, but “they’ll say, ‘This might cost parents 15 cents or a quarter, and that’s not that much,’ whereas I come from a world where I knew $15 was a fortune, so when we make our decisions, I’ll bring that up.” Jamison said he would also meet regularly with the community to listen to their needs and bring their requests back to the board. Jamison’s other priority is making sure teachers don’t have to provide school supplies for their students. “Teachers are supposed to teach,” he said, “not gather stuff to get ready for their class, it’s ridiculous.” He already works to gather school supplies for teachers through his involvement with the Wilmington Ministerial Alliance, which this year compiled 1,000 book bags of supplies. Other organizations in the community do similar donation drives, so he wants to implement a system in which all the supplies are donated to a central location and teachers can come “one stop shop” for exactly what they need. “It’s just a more efficient way to do what we’re already doing,” he said. email emmy@luminanews.com

candidates for the Wrightsville Beach Police Department are also put through an “emotional intelligence” test that is similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test, which helps evaluate a candidate’s ability to react with the public, House said. email terrylane@luminanews.com

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LIFESTYLES Making a Difference in the Cape Fear Region

Buddy’s bids goodbye

A Wrightsville landmark closes its doors By Terry Lane, Staff Writer

t was early in the day when Buddy Wiles had a unique visitor to the bar he had just opened on North Lumina Avenue. The old man, a tourist from Florida, ordered a glass of wine and chatted with Buddy for a few minutes before being the first person to do something that would become an integral part of the atmosphere at Buddy’s Crab House and Oyster Bar. “I’ll probably never be back,” the old man said, as he took a dollar from his pocket and wrote on it with a marker that Buddy gave to him. “But you’ll see the results of that dollar bill.” With that, the old man used Buddy’s staple gun to attach the dollar — which now carried the words “Thank God for Trends” — to the wall of Buddy’s and he was never seen again. But the dollar bills kept coming and now line the walls of the beach bar that’s been a fixture for Wrightsville Beach locals and visitors for more than two decades. “It was true,” Buddy said of the man’s prophetic statement. “People always come back to see the dollar bills. It’s been an important part of our business.” When Buddy’s opens its doors on Friday night, Feb. 26, it will be the last opportunity for a generation of patrons to visit their dollars, as Buddy’s will stop operations after 25 years in business. While the new owners of the building will reopen a bar or restaurant at the location, it won’t bear Buddy’s name, nor will it be the “Buddy’s” that the clientele have come to know. Since news broke in January that the bar would close, loyal patrons have been flocking to get one last visit, said Matt Wiles, Buddy’s son who now manages the bar. “People from all over the country are coming in this weekend,” Wiles said. “Some of the best people I have ever met have come through these doors.” One of those people, Wiles said, is bartender Audrey Holloman, who has worked on-and-off for the bar for 22 years. She started when she was just 15, parking cars and splitting the proceeds with Buddy, who also promised to keep her in the latest swimsuit fashions as part of her compensation. Like many of her patrons, Holloman said she is devastated by the news of the bar’s closing. “It felt like my heart got ripped out,” she said. “People have come in here and cried.” From fundraisers to theme nights to pranks, she recounted the many antics that the staff and customers have engaged in over the years. One patron who left his unlocked bike out in front of the bar soon found it hanging from the ceiling, decorated like a Christmas tree. On another occasion, Holloman brought the beach to the bar by hauling in “literally, a ton of sand,” some of which is still in the corner. She wore her best buccaneer outfit to work on Dress Like a Pirate Day.

“Funny, wacky things happened here. You’d have to see it to believe it,” she said. For Holloman, Buddy’s offered a sense of family and community to its patrons, and she strove to return the love she felt from her customers. Holloman organized at least 30 fundraisers over the years, including benefits for Masonboro.org, Surfers Healing and Frank Fest, to raise money for a former bartender’s cancer treatment. Her “Thanksgiving with Friends” was a potluck for displaced patrons that weren’t able to be with their families. “We took in everybody,” she said. Buddy concurred. “We never had any trouble. We sure enjoyed the people,” Buddy said. “We made about a zillion friends. They are our friends, they’re not just patrons.” The dollar bills that wallpaper Buddy’s were sold with the building. At least $7,300 was on the walls at the bar’s original location, which is now Lagerheads Tavern. In 2002, Buddy and Matt Wiles moved the bar, and the dollar bills, to its current location by Johnnie Mercer’s Pier. And while the dollar bills can be counted, their value to Buddy’s can’t. “If I had to put a sentimental value on them, Rockefeller couldn’t have bought it,” he said. email terrylane@luminanews.com Above: Audrey Holloman has been a bartender and manager at Buddy’s Crab House and Oyster Bar off and on for 22 years. Left: Patrons of Buddy’s Crab House and Oyster Bar have papered the walls and ceiling with their dollar bills.

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W H AT ’ S C O M I N G D O W N T H E P I P E L I N E T H I S W E E K E N D ?

Local History Lesson

International Affair

Cozy Crafting

The Twilight Bark

The Wilmington 10 Book Discussion Friday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m., Free Pomegranate Books

Full Belly Feast Saturday, Feb. 27, 6-10 p.m., $50 Coastline Conference and Event Center

Make a Blanket Day Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Free Northeast Regional Library

“101 Dalmations” Friday, Feb. 26 to Sunday, Feb. 28, $12 Hannah Block Second Street Stage

University of North Carolina professor of AfricanAmerican and Diaspora Studies Kenneth Janken will read from his book, “The Wilmington Ten: Violence, Injustice, and the Rise of Black Politics in the 1970s,” and discuss how the group spearheaded a historic movement for racial freedom and equality. For details, visit www.pombooks.net/events

The Full Belly Project will host its 14th annual fundraiser to support its mission to provide income-generating agriculture devices to rural communities worldwide. The evening will include international cuisine, live music by Axiom, and live and silent auctions. Purchase tickets at www.thefullbellyproject.org

Calling all crocheters, knitters, quilters and fleece-crafters: the Northeast Library will host a blanket-making day and donate all of the finished products to Project Linus, a nonprofit organization that provides blankets to children in need or in crisis. Volunteer blanket-makers can drop by at any time during the scheduled hours. For more information about Project Linus, visit www.projectlinus.org

Thalian Association Youth Theater will present “101 Dalmations,” directed by Thom Behm and choreographed by Tina Leak and Katie Auletti-Smith. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7 p.m. while Sunday’s matinee begins at 3 p.m. Advance ticket sales are available at http://thalian.org

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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 www.littlechapel.org Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School (for all ages): 9:15 a.m. Traditional Worship: 10:30 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. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH BAPTIST CHURCH John McIntyre, senior pastor 601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682 Traditional Service: 9-10 a.m. Sunday School: 10:10-11 a.m. Celebration Services: 11:10 a.m to 12:20 p.m. WRIGHTSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Doug Lain, senior pastor 4 Live Oak Drive, 910-256-4471 Worship Services: 8:30, 9:45, 11:15 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. ST. THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Joe Vetter 209 S. Lumina Ave., 910-256-2471 Mass: Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Monday, noon; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday – Thursday noon; Thursday noon followed by Eucharistic Adoration ST. MARK CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Patrick A. Keane 1011 Eastwood Road, 910-392-0720 Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday Masses: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. en Español Monday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Masses: 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Thursday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Friday Mass: 8:30 a.m. followed by Adoration with Benediction at 9 p.m. BETH SIMCHA MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATION Congregational Leader/ Rabbi Marty Schilsky 7957 Market St. Wilmington, N.C. 28411 910-681-0117 Shabbat Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday

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February 21, 2016, 6:23 p.m. Repentance 2

All the trials of your relationships can be set free by repentance The ills of disagreement between all people is not a life sentence Open your heart and forgive every occurrence of mistrust you have perceived It is not the giver that holds all the blame but part is on the head of the receiver Repentance will free you to love and receive the full blessings heaven can give How great would it be to walk free and without stress, what a way to live! Anything that troubles you lift high to the heavens where it will be received Removed from your life and taken captive no longer your life it will deceive From one to another your highest goal is to forgive each other Walk side by side with all the believers and treat them like your sisters and brothers Without repentance a great divide will separate the people of all nations Keep your focus on the fact that each one of you is My creation Wholly loved and made for My pleasure are the faithful in the land Search your heart and soul to see if there is any baggage you keep on hand Things of the past that were left unattended to fester and create a sore Once you see and recognize the hurt your repentance will not allow it to trouble you anymore

(Mat 3:11 NRSV) “I baptize you with water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (Luke 5:32 NRSV) I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 15:7 NRSV) Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. (Luke 17:3 NRSV) Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. (Acts 19:4 NRSV) Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” (2 Cor 7:9 - 10 NRSV) 9 - Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance; for you felt a godly grief, so that you were not harmed in any way by us. 10 - For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. (Heb 6 ;4 – 6 NIV) 4 - It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 - who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 - if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

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Trusting in our own actions will never grant us access to God. We may be better than others, but who wants to be the best sinner that ever went to hell? We have all sinned and come short of perfection which is what God requires (Rom. 3:23). The only one who was ever good enough to earn right standing with God is Jesus. And His righteousness is offered as a gift to anyone who will put their faith in Him as their Savior. Jesus offers us a righteousness by faith that is so far superior to the self righteousness that the Pharisees had that there is no comparison. This is the righteousness that we need and which is available to us only through faith in Christ.

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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NUMBER: 16 SP 11 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF LAND COVERED BY THAT CERTAIN DEED OF TRUST GIVEN BY JNJ NC ENTERPRISES, INC. TO D. ROBERT WILLIAMS, JR. TRUSTEE for FINANCIAL HOUSING SOLUTIONS, LLC AND WAGONER’S HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC., 401K PLAN AND SUBSEQUENTLY JERRY A. MANNEN, JR., SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE DATED: October 3, 2014 Recorded in Book 5843; Page 884 Substitution of Trustee Recorded in Book 5941; Page 1066 New Hanover County Registry NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE BY VIRTUE of authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust from JNJ NC Enterprises, Inc. to D. Robert Williams, Jr., Trustee, and subsequently to Jerry A. Mannen, Jr., Substitute Trustee, dated October 3, 2014, and recorded in Book 5843; Page 884 of the New Hanover County Registry, and by virtue of the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of New Hanover County, North Carolina, pursuant to Chapter 45 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to do and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained, I will on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 12:00 P.M. (Noon) at the Courthouse Door of the New Hanover County Courthouse, 316 Princess Street in Wilmington, North Carolina or the usual and customary location at the New Hanover County Courthouse in Wilmington, North Carolina offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for Cash, the following described lands: BEING all of Lot 2, Block 9 of Sunset Park, as the same is shown on a Map recorded in Map Book 3, Page 40 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Also being the same property described in that Deed to Benjamin Belmont recorded June 14, 2006 in Book 5036, Page 2915 of the aforementioned Registry. FURTHER SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO ALL OUTSTANDING AND UNPAID TAXES AND ALL PRIOR LIENS, ENCUMBRANCES, EASEMENTS, OR EXCEPTIONS OF RECORD. The above-described property contains the land and improvements together with all the appurtenances and fixtures thereunto, appertaining of JNJ NC Enterprises, Inc.; and, is more commonly known as 242 Central Boulevard, Wilmington, North Carolina, New Hanover County, 28401. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned the current owner(s) of the property according to the New Hanover County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the Posting of this Notice is/are JNJ NC Enterprises, Inc. The terms of the sale are as follows: A cash deposit of the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount bid or seven hundred fifty ($750.00) dollars will be required at the sale; balance due upon delivery of the Deed. 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 Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed. This sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. This sale will be made subject to all outstanding and unpaid taxes and all prior liens of record and any assessments that may be due or past due. 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 and the property will be sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”. 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 for such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of Bankruptcy prior to the completion of the sale and/or the reinstatement of the loan. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: 1. That 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. 2. Any tenant who resides in a residential real property containing less than 15 rental units that is being sold in a foreclosure proceeding 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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement under this section, the tenant is liable for the rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination payable at the time that would have been required by the terms of the rental agreement. The tenant is not liable for any other rent or damages due only to the early termination of the tenancy. This the 28th day of January, 2016. Jerry A. Mannen, Jr. Substitute Trustee North Carolina State Bar No. 17498 102 N. Fifth Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28401 Telephone: (910) 762-2421 Facsimile: (910) 251-9247 Email: jmannen@yfmlaw.com YOW, FOX & MANNEN, L.L.P. ATTORNEYS AT LAW February 18 and 25, 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NUMBER: 16 SP 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF LAND COVERED BY THAT CERTAIN DEED OF TRUST GIVEN BY JNJ NC ENTERPRISES, INC. TO D. ROBERT WILLIAMS, JR. TRUSTEE for FINANCIAL HOUSING SOLUTIONS, LLC AND WAGONER’S HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC., 401K PLAN AND SUBSEQUENTLY JERRY A. MANNEN, JR., SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE DATED: February 10, 2015 Recorded in Book 5867; Page 1060 Substitution of Trustee Recorded in Book 5941; Page 1072 New Hanover County Registry NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE BY VIRTUE of authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust from JNJ NC Enterprises, Inc. to D. Robert Williams, Jr., Trustee, and subsequently to Jerry A. Mannen, Jr., Substitute Trustee, dated February 10, 2015, and recorded in Book 5867; Page 1060 of the New Hanover County Registry, and by virtue of the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of New Hanover County, North Carolina, pursuant to Chapter 45 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to do and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained, I will on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 12:00 P.M. (Noon) at the Courthouse Door of the New Hanover County Courthouse, 316 Princess Street in Wilmington, North Carolina or the usual and customary location at the New Hanover County Courthouse in Wilmington, North Carolina offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for Cash, the following described lands: BEING all of Lot 75, Section 6 of Highland Hills, as the same is shown on a Map recorded in Map Book 7, Page 80 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular descrip-

tion. Also being the same property described in that Deed to William Stacey Cherry and wife, Jean Lee Cherry recorded Book 1342, Page 923 of the aforementioned Registry.

recorded on May 2, 2007 in Book 5177 at Page 860 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on April 23, 2012 in Book 5634, Page 2874, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

FURTHER SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO ALL OUTSTANDING AND UNPAID

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 March 1, 2016 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:

TAXES AND ALL PRIOR LIENS, ENCUMBRANCES, EASEMENTS, OR EXCEPTIONS OF RECORD. The above-described property contains the land and improvements together with all the appurtenances and fixtures thereunto, appertaining of JNJ NC Enterprises, Inc.; and, is more commonly known as 1943 Knollwood Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina, New Hanover County, 28403. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned the current owner(s) of the property according to the New Hanover County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the Posting of this Notice is/are JNJ NC Enterprises, Inc. The terms of the sale are as follows: A cash deposit of the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount bid or seven hundred fifty ($750.00) dollars will be required at the sale; balance due upon delivery of the Deed. 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 Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed. This sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. This sale will be made subject to all outstanding and unpaid taxes and all prior liens of record and any assessments that may be due or past due. 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 and the property will be sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”. 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 for such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of Bankruptcy prior to the completion of the sale and/or the reinstatement of the loan. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: 1. That 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. 2. Any tenant who resides in a residential real property containing less than 15 rental units that is being sold in a foreclosure proceeding 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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement under this section, the tenant is liable for the rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination payable at the time that would have been required by the terms of the rental agreement. The tenant is not liable for any other rent or damages due only to the early termination of the tenancy. This the 28th day of January, 2016. Jerry A. Mannen, Jr. Substitute Trustee North Carolina State Bar No. 17498 102 N. Fifth Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28401 Telephone: (910) 762-2421 Facsimile: (910) 251-9247 Email: jmannen@yfmlaw.com YOW, FOX & MANNEN, L.L.P. ATTORNEYS AT LAW February 18 and 25, 2016 15 SP 856 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 Nicholas Wayne Moss and Suzanne Moss to Douglas K. Simmons & Associates, Trustee(s), which was dated May 1, 2007 and

BEING all of Lot 144, Section 2, of Fawn Creek Subdivision as shown on that map of section 2 of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 29, at Pages 169 and 170 in the Office of the Register Of Deeds of New Hanover County. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3712 Antelope Trail Drive, Wilmington, NC 28409. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Nicholas Wayne Moss and wife, Suzanne Moss. 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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. 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.: 15-20745-FC01 February 18 and 25, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 719 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Linda F. Eddie to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of March, 2008, and recorded in Book 5305, Page 2005, 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 March 1, 2016 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 the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the eastern line of Anderson Street, 33 feet North of its intersection with the northern line of Miller Street and runs thence northwardly along the eastern line of Anderson Street 33 feet, thence eastwardly and parallel with Miller Street 99 feet; thence southwardly and parallel with Anderson Street 33 feet; thence westwardly and parallel with Miller Street 99 feet to the point of beginning, the same being part of Lot 5, Block 255, according to the official map of the City of Wilmington. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 604 Anderson Street, Wilmington, North Carolina. Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Linda F. Eddie, single by First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company in a North Carolina Special Warranty Deed executed 9/27/2004 and recorded 9/30/2004 in Book 4510, Page 597 of the New Hanover County, North Carolina land records. 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 Forty-Five 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 deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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. 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. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property 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 receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1169192 (FC.FAY) February 18 and 25, 2016 113081-06476/ 15-SP-209 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 Darren D. Taylor, dated December 30, 1998 and recorded on December 30, 1998 in Book No. 2495 at Page 0669 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 Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on March 2, 2016 at 11:00 AM 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: 442 Cathay Road, Wilmington, NC 28412 Tax Parcel ID: R07816-002-007000 Present Record Owners: Darren D. Taylor 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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Substitute Trustee 2550 West Tyvola Road, Suite 520 Charlotte, NC 28217 (704)442-9500 February 18 and 25, 2016 12-SP-1546 AMENDED 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 Ockert Van Heerden and Amy Van Heerden dated November 22, 2006 and recorded on November 28, 2006, in Book 5110 at Page 1324, 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 of Poore Substitute Trustee, LTD (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, on March 1, 2016 at 11:00 AM, 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 in the above referenced Deed of Trust: Address of Property: 1201 Spring Valley RD, Wilmington, NC 28405 Tax Parcel ID: R04216-001-004000 Present Record Owner: Amy Van Heerden 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. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308 (a) (1). The real property described above 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 required by law. If the Trustee or Substitute 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 title include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without knowledge of the Substitute Trustee(s). If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee(s), in its/their sole discretion, if it/

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LEGAL NOTICES they believe(s) the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. 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 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 receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the Notice that is at least ten (10) days, but no more than ninety (90) days, after the sale date contained in the Notice of Sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the Notice of Termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of such termination. 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. Attorney at Law The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC Attorney for Poore Substitute Trustee, LTD Substitute Trustee February 18 and 25, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16-SP-009 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made JAMES BRYANT SYKES, JR. AND JESSICA O’HERRON SYKES to PHILIP E.GREER, Trustee(s), dated the 4TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2007 and recorded in BOOK 5228, PAGE 2386, 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 MARCH 8TH, 2016, 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: LYING IN THE COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 192, SECTION 10, LORDS CREEK SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON THAT MAP RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 39, AT PAGE 322, NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, REFERENCE TO WHICH MAP IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Said property being located at: 6620 WEDDERBURN DRIVE, WILMINGTON, NC 28412 PRESENT RECORD OWNER BEING: JAMES BRYANT SYKES, JR. AND JESSICA O’HERRON SYKES 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. 7A-308 (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 bid-

der 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 (e). 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 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 receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the Notice of Sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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. N.C.G.S. 45-21.16(b)(2). This 9TH day of February, 2016. Michael W. Strickland, as Attorney for and President of ANDERSON & STRICKLAND, P.A., Substitute Trustee By: STUART EGERTON, Agent 210 East Russell Street, Suite 104 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 (910) 483-3300 February 25 and March 3, 2016 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 764 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Allison E. Andrews to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 3rd day of April, 2007, and recorded in Book 5164, Page 1674, 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 March 8, 2016 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 240, Section 6, Lord’s Creek Subdivision, as shown on that map recorded in Map Book 37, at Page 0300, New Hanover County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 703 Burroughs Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina. SUBJECT to the Protective Covenants of Lord’s Creek Subdivision, Section 1, recorded in Book 2107, Page 0360, and that Amendment to Covenants of Lord’s Creek Section 6 as recorded in Book 2311, Page 132 and all amendments thereto as recorded in The New Hanover County Registry and all easements, rights of way, and restrictions of record, all governmental land use statutes, ordinance and regulations including zoning, subdivision and building regulations. 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 Forty-

Five 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 deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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. 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. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property 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 receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1148447 (FC.FAY) February 25 and March 3, 2016 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 767 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Alexander L. Mozingo to Karen Mawyer, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of June, 2013, and recorded in Book 5743, Page 1103, 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 March 8, 2016 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 19, Raintree Subdivision, Section 1-A, as the same

is shown on map of Section 1-A of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 27 at Page 192 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5716 Oak Bluff Lane, 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 deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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. 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. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property 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 receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1163659 (FC.FAY) February 25 and March 3, 2016

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 481 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lisa M. Gutierrez and Curtis F. Josey to Kathleen M. Hough, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of June, 2006, and recorded in Book 5044, Page 962, 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 March 8, 2016 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: BEGINNING at a point in the Eastern line of Third Street, sixty-six feet North from the Northern line of Ann Street and running thence Northwardly along the Eastern line of Third Street sixty-six feet to a point, thence Eastwardly and parallel with Ann Street, sixty-two feet; thence Southwardly and parallel with Third Street two feet; thence Eastwardly and parallel with Ann Street fifty-five feet; thence Southwardly and parallel with Third Street sixty-four feet; thence Westwardly and parallel with Ann Street one hundred and seventeen feet to the Eastern line of Third Street, the point and place of beginning; the same being part of Lot 5, in Book 128, according to the official plan of the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County Registry. ALSO BEING that property conveyed, or intended to be conveyed, by Deeds of record in Books 3462 at Page 154; and 1776 at Page 1243 all of the New Hanover County Registry. Together with improvements thereon said property located at 219 S. 3rd Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 Parcel# R05405015-003-000 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 deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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. 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. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property 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 receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the

notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1137299 (FC.FAY) February 25 and March 3, 2016 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 Louise Marks Cobb 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 13th day of May 2016, 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 11th day of February, 2016. Anne W. Reiner, Executrix 330 R L Honeycutt Drive Wilmington, NC 28412 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/3/2016 Executor’s Notice to Creditors The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Gerda M. Smith, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of May, 2016, 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 the 11th day of February, 2016. Michael Brian Smith, Executor 622 Bonham Ave. Wilmington, NC 28403 February 11, 18, 25, and March 3, 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Jackie Louis Stevens 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 13th day of May, 2016 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 11th day of February 2016. Christine Louise Stevens, Administrator 1221 Crooked Run Road Willard, NC 28478 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/3/2016 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 James Lee Musselwhite 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 13th day of May 2016, 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 11th day of February, 2016. Daniel Musselwhite, Executor 1712 Field View Road Wilmington, NC 28411 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/3/2016

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 John Francis Appaneal 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 20th day of May 2016, 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 18th day of February, 2016. Robert P. Balland, Executor 7309 Fisherman Creek Drive Wilmington, NC 28405 2/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the ESTATE MACK R. FANN, deceased of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of May, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment. Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the undersigned at 216 Gardenview Court, Leland NC 28451. This the 17th day of February, 2016. Kristy Fann Boone, Executor Estate of Margaret V. Leary James A. MacDonald The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 2/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the ESTATE DAVID A. PYLE, deceased of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of May, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment. Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the undersigned at 4209 Craven’s Point Road, Wilmington NC 28409. This the 17th day of February, 2016. LINDA H. PYLE, Executor Estate of Margaret V. Leary James A. MacDonald The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 2/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

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Hook, Line & Sinker Anglers gearing up for the arrival of spring By Skylar Walters

The month of March begins next week, then the official arrival of spring just over three weeks away, and anglers can’t wait for each benchmark to occur. While we occasionally see some winter-like weather during the month of March, the arrival is a sure sign that things in the fishing world will pick up rather quickly. Water temperatures have crept back into the lower 50s but are sure to fluctuate a few degrees on either side of 50 until a permanent warming trend starts. Once again, the weekend isn’t looking fishable for the offshore boaters and may be marginal with those fishing inshore as well, mainly due to the winds. The past week, however, did supply just enough of a break in the weather that

mark. This weekend doesn’t look very favorable for that to occur either, as gale warnings look to be posted for both the offshore waters and those closer to the beach, if in fact they’re not already in place as of press time. As far as the inshore fishing, there were not very many reports from over the weekend, something that’s not uncommon during this time of year. But those fishing did report a little action coming from the bays in the lower Cape Fear River as well as the upper Cape Fear River producing some decent action from striped bass. First, the lower bays did harbor a few reports of anglers finding some speckled trout and sporadic red drum, but before you load up and head

While we occasionally see some winter-like weather during the month of March, the arrival is a sure sign that things in the fishing world will pick up rather quickly. some fishing and catching was done by a few who still refuse to give up their tackle during the winter off-season. A handful of boats managed to get off the beach a few miles and reportedly those that did had some good success with the black bass in the 10-20 mile range. While seas were reported as “a little sporty,” it didn’t prevent those who were prepared and had been cooped up the past few weeks from trying their luck. Those fishing in the 10-mile range found plenty of black bass but had to work through them to get enough for dinner. Those who fished a little further off the beach also found plenty of small fish but also found the larger fish were more numerous. Due to sea conditions and the narrow window of opportunity, it doesn’t appear that any made it much past the 20-mile

out, know that the anglers who did find fish had to work for them for hours just to have a little action to brag about. Of course if your idea of fun doesn’t have to include catching fish, then by all means, there is opportunity. Elsewhere, those anglers who continue to find striped bass along the riverfront and locations north of there during this time of year have reported they’ve had some very good fishing the past week continuing into early this week. The fish were reported to be on the smaller side but were also schooled up in areas and provided for some excitement. Bucktails and paddletail baits both worked as did swimming minnow replicas. Remember, the fishery for striped bass in this area is only catch and release.

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Sports/Marine Crews cruises to half marathon finish line By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

Wilmington runner Hugh Crews felt strong when he crossed the finish line to win a local half marathon Feb. 21, which he said is a good sign since he’ll double that distance next month during the Quintiles Wrightsville Beach Marathon. Crews finished first overall in Wilmington’s second annual Race 13.1 with a final time of 1:21:05. Fellow Wilmington athlete Scott Perry paced alongside Crews for most of the race and finished 22 seconds behind him in second. “I was just trying to hang with him,” Perry said after the race. The two local runners led the pack of 612 half marathon participants on a course that started in Lumina Commons and followed the Gary Shell Cross-City Trail along Eastwood Road and through UNCW’s campus. Raleigh runner and businessman John Kane created the Race 13.1 series in 2014 and held half marathons in five North Carolina cities that year. Since then the series has grown, and this year organizers plan to hold 25 races in 10 different states. Organizers brought the series to Wilmington for the first time in 2015, not only because they thought the event would be a good fit for the city but because race director Dan Mercer has a personal connection to the area. He played basketball at UNCW, he said, and he found several ways to involve his alma mater in the event. Not only did the course meander through the college’s campus, but some of the event proceeds benefitted UNCW’s volleyball team, whose players volunteered at one of the race’s aid stations. Compared to last year’s event, Mercer described this year’s race as “just a little bit bigger and better in every way.” The event also offered a 10K and 5K — won by Durham’s Gene Burinskiy and Fayetteville’s Derrick Barcliff Jr., respectively — which brought total participation up to 975, about 400 more than last year. Organizers also added another aid station, where volunteers handed out water and cheered on runners, and adjusted the course

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Hugh Crews wins the second annual Race 13.1 in Wilmington on Sunday, Feb. 21.

slightly based on last year’s feedback. Participants traveled from all over the East Coast to participate, but local knowledge paid off for the winner. “I train on the Cross-City Trail all the time,” Crews said, “so it’s very familiar.”

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Hoggard girls basketball advances, boys suffer upset loss By Terry Lane Staff Writer

The Hoggard High School girls basketball team advanced in the state playoffs by defeating East Chapel Hill 60-46 at James Hebbe Gym on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The win advances the sixthseeded Vikings to the second round of the 2016 NCHSAA 4A girls’ basketball tournament, where the team will face 11thseeded Heritage out of Wake Forest on Thursday, Feb. 25. However, fans of Hoggard basketball also faced disappointment on Tuesday when the boys team followed the girls’ win with an unexpected first-round playoff loss to underdog Green Hope out of Cary. The 11th-seeded Viking boys fell behind by six points at halftime and weren’t able to

keep pace with the 21st-seeded Fighting Falcons, which outscored Hoggard by 10 in the final quarter to pull away for a 70-54 win. Despite the boys team’s loss, Hoggard athletic director Scott Braswell said both teams have seen great success this season. Both the Hoggard High School girls and boys basketball teams won the end-of-season Mideastern Conference Tournament. The girls team, which is riding a 22-5 record and 9-1 conference record, won the regular season conference championship for the second consecutive year. The boys team, which went 19-9 and 9-3 in the conference, won the conference tournament for the second consecutive year. The girls are hoping to continue their success from last year, where they advanced to the “Final

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Four” of the 4A tournament as the fifth-seeded team. The team’s success is a testament to the effort of coach Boubacar Aw, a former player at Georgetown University, Braswell said. In defeating East Chapel Hill on Tuesday, senior guard and team captain Emma Hayward, as she has all season, led the Hoggard girls team, scoring 21 points, hitting all six of her free throws, and chipping in five assists and five steals. Hayward leads the team in scoring this season, averaging 11.8 points per game. Junior point guard Tara Poteat scored 11 points for the Vikings while junior guard Alani Fisher added another 10 points. On the season, the Vikings got significant contribution from the team’s other captain, senior center Aleah Thompson, who contributed nearly seven points and seven rebounds a game. Fisher was the team’s second-leading scorer, averaging 7.5 points per game. While the Hoggard High School boys basketball team suffered a disappointing loss to end the season, it won a thrilling game against cross-town rival New Hanover High School to take the conference tournament

on Friday, Feb. 19. Braswell said New Hanover missed a late three-point attempt to tie the game, giving the Vikings the 60-57 win over the Wildcats in the third meeting between the teams this season. New Hanover won the MAC conference regular season, beating Hoggard in both meetings during the season. Senior guard Jack Bagley paced the Vikings with 16 points against the Wildcats, hitting four threepoint shots during the game. Senior center and team captain A.J. Frye scored 19 in the win over New Hanover. This season, Frye led the Vikings with a 14.1 points-pergame average, while senior forward Xavier Johnson added 12.1 points per game and Bagley contributed 9.2 points per game. Braswell said the success of the school’s basketball programs comes down to the success of coach Aw and boys team coach Brett Queen. “We get kids with a great work ethic and that’s a reflection of their families and the way they were raised,” Braswell said. “Our coaches do a great job of running good programs that allow the kids to be successful.” email terrylane@luminanews.com

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