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Law enforcement agencies increase presence for July Fourth

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

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After nearly one year of being understaffed, the Wrightsville Beach Police Department became fully staffed last week when two new officers were sworn onto the force.

Accordingly, the Wrightsville Beach Fire Department also added a new member to its crew from the town’s lifeguard squad, giving the town’s emergency response service new and experienced personnel as it rolls into its busiest weekend of the year.

Wrightsville Beach Police Chief Dan House said the new additions bring the force to its budgeted force of 25 officers.

While officers Alexander Melgar and Andrew Terry are now members of the police department, their training isn’t yet over, House said.

“There’s another 16 weeks of field training, plus they need to learn our civil citation system, so there’s a lot more still involved,” n See HIRES Page 5

Lifeguard stand memorial honors former guard

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

The lifeguard stand just south of Crystal Pier marks the spot where the Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue squad meets every morning to train together — where bonds of trust and camaraderie are formed over wind sprints and ocean swims. That lifeguard stand now holds even more meaning for the guards because it bears the name of a former squad member who died in a 2013 mountaineering accident.

When Wrightsville Beach switched out eight of its lifeguard stands this year, town staff allowed members of the public to sponsor stands for $3,500 each. A few businesses saw it as an advertising opportunity, but Grey Liston’s parents, brother and friends saw it as a chance to honor not only Liston’s life and his four years as a lifeguard, but the lifelong bonds ocean rescue creates.

Liston’s memorial plaque on stand No. 12 reads “Stoked to Go Out,” a phrase that describes how he lived his life: enthusiastically and full of activity. During his four years attending UNCW, n See MEMORIAL Page 5

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Boaters anchor in Mason Inlet on July Fourth, 2015.

This year’s law enforcement presence around Wrightsville Beach will be larger than ever to keep up with larger crowds expected as, once again, multiple agencies are preparing a joint effort to keep July Fourth celebrations safe in the region.

The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office will run an incident command center with the Wrightsville Beach Police Department out of the Wrightsville Beach Coast Guard Station at Wrightsville Beach’s south end. Both departments will bring more manpower than last year: the Wrightsville Beach Police Department just hired two more officers so it is fully staffed at 25 and the sheriff’s office will add 40 deputies.

“It’s a larger operation,” said Lt. Jerry Brewer, sheriff’s office public information officer. “But it’s what’s needed … [the crowd] grows every year.” n See FOURTH Page 5

Local paddleboard racer moves into world top 10

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

An adventurous two months of paddling around the United States and Europe have moved a Wrightsville Beach-area athlete into the top 10 of women’s competitive standup paddleboard racers.

After spending her late spring competing on a European paddleboard racing tour, April Zilg moved up to No. 9 in the SUP Racer website world rankings, the highest ranking yet for the paddleboard trainer who organizes races in Wrightsville Beach.

Zilg placed fifth or better in all four of her races on the 11-race EuroTour circuit, her first international competition since 2013.

Zilg described the tour as challenging, noting that each race was approximately the same distance as the noted graveyard course at Wrightsville Beach’s Carolina Cup SUP race.

“It’s like the graveyard, every weekend,” she said. “They were long races.”

And while most of the racing was on flat water similar to Banks Channel, she had her best finish in the last of the four races. Zilg placed third in the San Sebastian Paddle Tour as the northern Spanish coastal city offered conditions not unlike those of Wrightsville Beach.

“I was so happy that it was actually in the ocean and it was windy, so there was wind and swell for me to use,” Zilg said. n See PADDLEBOARD Page 5

Supplied photo courtesy of April Zilg

Paddleboarder April Zilg snaps a photo of herself by Oberhofen Castle in Lake Thoune, Switzerland, on June 1 in between races in Europe. Zilg competed in four races on the EuroTour in May and June, helping her advance into the worldwide top 10 for standup paddleboard racers.

Wilmington boy wants to pay it forward through fundraiser

By Elly Colwell Intern

Supplied photo courtesy of Kate Mejaski

Ten-year-old Mack Mejaski, shown with his service dog Monroe, is working with the Cape Fear Rugby Sevens Tournament to raise money and awareness for paws4people.

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When 10-year-old Mack Mejaski struggles with the tics that stem from anxiety attacks, his assistance dog Monroe tackles him with love, lying on top of the Wilmington boy to apply pressure that his mother says calms him. It’s just one of the ways the dog donated from paws4people helps Mack cope with dyslexia, ADHD, sensory processing disorder and anxiety.

Now, Mack wants tackle the challenge of helping others with development issues have the

benefits of an assistance dog.

During the 42nd annual Cape Fear Rugby Sevens tournament, Mack will help raise money for paws4people while watching his father John Mejaski, known by many as the “Mayor,” compete in the local tournament.

“This is the first time Mack’s been able to take the reins with fundraising. It’s been an amazing experience,” said his mother, Kate Mejaski. “He’s doing this to help someone else in the future and he’s been blown away by how generous people are in the community.” n See FUNDRAISER Page 5

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Coastal fed opens self-guided stormwater runoff reduction tour

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

Starting June 29, the public will be able to take a self-guided tour of Wrightsville Beach’s stormwater runoff reduction projects, many of which people walk by every day as they traverse the John Nesbitt Loop.

The initiative, Walk the Loop for Clean Water, highlights the efforts of Wrightsville Beach and the North Carolina Coastal Federation to prevent polluted stormwater from entering local waters. The Coastal Federation hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony June 29 at 4 p.m. to celebrate the self-guided tour’s opening.

People can follow the stops on the tour by either picking up a brochure from the Coastal Federation’s Salisbury Street office or accessing walktheloop. org. The stops, all of which are

located around the loop, include swales, earthen dams, rain gardens, curb cuts and cisterns. The features divert stormwater away from Motts Channel, Banks Channel and Lees Cut and into Wrightsville Beach Park, where the water seeps into the sandy soil.

The federation was able to create the tour after receiving a $2,500 grant from RBC Wealth Management to create signage, printed brochures and the website.

RBC awarded the grant because the Coastal Federation’s clean water efforts are in line with its Blue Water Project, an initiative to help provide drinkable, fishable and swimmable water for current and future generations.

So far, data has shown Wrightsville’s stormwater reduction projects have been successful in cutting down on pollution in local waters. Outfall pipes along Waynick Boulevard discharge

stormwater from the road into Banks Channel, one of the most popular areas for swimming and paddleboarding. So the Coastal Federation received a grant to retrofit one of the pipes, located at Iula Street, and tests showed the project reduced the discharge of fecal coliform bacteria that previously flowed into Banks Channel from that pipe by 99 percent.

While effective, the Iula Street project was also expensive and required heavy equipment. But most of the projects on the selfguided tour are much simpler.

The first people to take the tour, before the self-guided aspect was introduced, were young students, because the projects demonstrate such straightforward stormwater reduction methods.

“A lot of these are so simple, just a matter of rerouting your downspout from your driveway to your lawn,” said Nina Quaratella, an

AmeriCorps member stationed at the federation. “So even a second grader can look at that and say, ‘Oh, I can talk about that with my parents and do that at my own house.’ It’s not a complex concept like fixing climate change. … These are simple techniques that are easy to apply to anyone’s house or office.”

Quaratella said about 75 students, ranging from second graders to Ashley High School’s Marine Science Academy, toured Wrightsville’s stormwater reduction projects in May. The feedback from both students and teachers has been positive so far, she said, so they’re planning to bring more classes on the tour this fall.

Many of the teachers have admitted learning new information from the tour, she added, and they’ve noted that it’s a good balance of content and activities. One of the best parts, she said, is that because the projects are so accessible, students can come back and see them anytime with their parents.

“When they walk or drive around the loop, they’ll notice these things now, and they can apply it to other places,” she said.

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Volunteers to collect Masonboro trash July Fourth

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As the sun sets July Fourth, Masonboro.org vice-president Jack Kilbourne expects the organization’s 75 volunteers will haul 5,000 pounds of trash off Masonboro Island. Picking up after the sprawling party that overtakes the island’s north end every Independence Day is hard work, he said, but he’s worried that if they don’t, boaters could all lose access to the uninhabited island year round.

The organization was formed in 2009, after July Fourth partiers left enough trash on Masonboro to prompt leaders and officials to question whether they should restrict public access to the island. Kilbourne co-founded Masonboro.org in 2009 with Richard Johnson and Haywood Newkirk to “protect public access, promote responsible use and preserve the traditions of Masonboro Island.”

Masonboro.org volunteers will walk the island July Fourth from 8 a.m. until dark wearing red shirts and carrying trash bags to collect partiers’ empty cans and other debris. The volunteers are community members who, Kilbourne said, like to visit the island on a quiet midweek evening and don’t want to lose that privilege because

of events that occur once a year.

“Threats of closing the island were made to us law-abiding citizens,” Kilbourne said. “Why punish those people because of the acts of a stupid drunken group of people?”

Cleaning up after partiers feels like “a double edged-sword,” he admitted, like they’re enabling the irresponsible behavior. But

“Threats of closing the island were made to us law-abiding citizens, and why punish those people because of the acts of a stupid drunken group of people?” because the party only occurs July Fourth, it’s worth it to him to preserve responsible boaters’ access the other 364 days of the year.

“This is not a holiday weekend phenomenon,” he said. “This is one day a year, a very isolated incident.”

The increase in law enforcement presence on the island has helped control the celebrations, he noted, saying, “Thank goodness for the

sheriff’s department.” But the littering issues continue because of the large number of partiers who pick up a Styrofoam cooler and beverages from the store and hitch a ride to the island by water taxi.

“Ninety percent of the trash that is left on the island is by [those people],” Kilbourne said. “At the end of the day, they flag the first person they can find to take them off the island, and the last thing they’re thinking is, ‘Hey, I need to go grab my bag full of trash.’”

Besides taking everything you need, including potable water and sunscreen, Kilbourne offered simple advice to those planning to celebrate July Fourth on Masonboro.

“Make sure you have transportation to and from the island, and take your trash with you,” he said.

With the cooperation of partiers and the help of volunteers, Kilbourne hopes to preserve the island “so that in 100 years it looks exactly like it does now,” because, he said, “There are so few places like this left in coastal North Carolina.”

And because most days other than July Fourth, he said, “it’s our little, secret, eight and onehalf mile gem.”

To sign up to volunteer for Masonboro.org on July Fourth, visit www.masonboro.org email emmy@luminanews.com

North Carolina enacts tougher laws on drunken boating

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

While it won’t be in effect for the holiday weekend, North Carolina enacted a new law on Monday that will increase the penalties for those convicted of operating a boat while intoxicated, bringing them more in line with DWI penalties.

The bill, named for 17-year-old Sheyenne Marshall, who was killed on Lake Norman last year by a drunken boater, was unanimously approved by the North Carolina General Assembly. Gov. Pat McCrory signed Sheyenne’s Law on June 27 during a ceremony at her Cox Mill High School in Concord, North Carolina.

The law won’t take effect until Dec. 1.

“This bill cannot bring Sheyenne back to us, but it can help save others by sending a strong message that drunk driving in a boat is just as dangerous as in a car,” McCrory said in a press release. “With summer here and millions of people flocking to our state’s lakes and beaches, I want to remind everyone not to drink and drive.”

The law makes a fatality or serious injury

occurring from drunken boating a felony. Current state law classifies drunken boating a misdemeanor with a minimum $250 fine.

During a May press conference in Wrightsville Beach, state law enforcement officials said there would be extra enforcement on the road and on the water during holiday weekends, including checkpoints by boating ramps to deter drunk boating.

North Carolina Mothers Against Drunk Driving executive director LaRonda Scott said the problem of drunken boating can be magnified once boaters leave the water, towing a heavy boat from the ramp while still under the influence.

“Those thousands of pounds turn into a weapon on the highway,” Scott said during the press conference.

During the press conference, District Attorney Ben David said the proposed increase in penalties was needed to bring boating laws in line with laws that restrict drinking and driving.

“Boating accidents can result in much different punishment, even though they are no less fatal,” David said.

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For The Record Question and photographs by Terry Lane

What is your favorite Fourth of July tradition?

John Bolognesi

11 years old, Durham “Eating hot dogs.”

Deems May

Giles Hall

12 years old, Charlotte

10 years old, Eaton

“Swimming at the beach.”

“Seeing the fireworks.”

Michael Hall

construction on the street to make repairs. Depending on how much traffic the street attracts, in some cases, streets that have been paved over with asphalt could be restored under the policy proposal.

The policy reflects the city’s recent campaign to gather public opinion on whether, and how, to preserve Wilmington’s historic brick streets. Through an online poll and two public input meetings, the public overwhelmingly backed preserving the streets, regardless of costs, land use or ride quality.

Sylvia King Kochler, president of the Residents of Old Wilmington, said the policy didn’t go far enough and wanted the city to establish a far-sighted

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The Wilmington Historical Preservation Committee unanimously approved a brick-streets policy on Thursday that could be reviewed by the Wilmington City Council as early as August. In a 12-page document, city staff laid out how it planned to preserve brick streets, and potentially restore brick streets that are now covered with asphalt.

“If there are bricks on the road now, we will preserve it,” said Dave Mayes, the city’s public works director.

The proposed policy primarily affects how streets are to be treated in the event that utility companies need to perform

plan to guide brick-street policy 20 years or more into the future.

“It’s a start, but it’s still a work in progress,” Kochler said. “We need a plan to cover an extended period of time that addresses how to uncover brick streets.”

Mayes and other city staff said that money to repair or restore brick streets could be made available as part of the capital improvement budget for 2018.

Kochler said while brick streets are more expensive to install upfront, there’s less maintenance over time and that can represent a cost savings. She argued that the brick streets help attract the film industry and make Wilmington a desirable travel destination.

“It is iconic,” she said of the

7 years old, Wilmington

“Watching the parade.”

Wilmington City Council to review brick streets policy

By Terry Lane

Wiley Reddick

11 years old, Eaton

brick streets. “It is unique to this city.”

Finding replacement bricks can be a challenge, as there are few vendors that supply authentic historic brick, Mayes said.

While there are some towns that will sell the bricks, they can be of poor quality, he said, adding there are ways to make modern bricks have a historic look that can be used to help meet demand.

The policy also has to take into account the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires that cross walks be handicap accessible. Mayes said there were ways to build crosswalks to be compliant with disability standards while still maintaining an appearance of authenticity.

“Jumping in the Laurel Lea pool after the parade.”

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BEACH BLOTTER No hands, open warrants Wrightsville Beach police arrested a Wilmington woman on Friday, June 24 on charges of failure to appear in court after she was spotted by an officer using both hands to type on her mobile phone while driving and using her knees to steer. Police placed Megan Vandergriend, 31, of Wilmington, under arrest after running her license and registration following a stop that started with officer seeing her texting and driving. Vandergriend had two outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court on charges of driving with a revoked license, resulting in her arrest. Vandergriend told police she admitted to texting and driving, which resulted in a citation. and police said they also cited her for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and driving with a revoked license. The police report said an officer first noticed she was driving while using both hands to hold a phone after traffic from the drawbridge began to move at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

Parking lot road rage A case of road rage may be behind a Wilmington man’s arrest by Wrightsville Beach police on Thursday, June 23. Police arrested Joshua Popkin, 41, on a charge of assault by pointing a gun after police investigated a confrontation that occurred on Wednesday, June 22 at 5:36 p.m. in the parking lot in front of Bluewater Grill at 4 Marina St. The police report states the victim was pulling into a parking space when a man driving a dark Volkswagen drove by, motioned with his left hand and pointed a gun out the window with his right hand. The report noted that three other people were in the car driven by the victim. After the suspect left, police searched but were unable to find the car, however, the victim gave police a license tag number that resulted in police locating Popkin on Thursday and placing him under arrest after interviewing him about the incident.

Stolen truck returned to Wrightsville Beach man A Wrightsville Beach man had his truck returned to him on Saturday by Wilmington police after he reported it stolen on Friday morning to Wrightsville Beach police. The man’s 2007 GMC Sierra truck was found by Wilmington police in the parking lot at 2909 Market St. on Saturday after being reported stolen at 6 a.m. Wrightsville Beach police said the man left the door of the truck unlocked, and the keys in the center console, while parked at a residence on East Atlanta Street.

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or the seventh consecutive year, masonboro.org volunteers will once again be active on Masonboro Island on this 4th of July holiday. Our mission is to: PROTECT PUBLIC ACCESS, PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE USE AND PRESERVE THE TRADITION. This mission is fulfilled in several ways. Volunteers monitor the 4th of July activities, pass out trash bags and encourage and assist island visitors with trash removal. Secondly, in partnership with the Coastal Reserve and Carolina Ocean Studies, Masonboro.org raises funds and coordinates our Island Explorer Program. This program transports New Hanover County 5th graders to the island for an interactive scientificbased field trip. The intention of the field trip is to provide the “environmental stewardship” spark at an early age.

Members of the public wishing to learn more are encouraged to visit our website or Facebook page

Tom Hackler, President, Masonboro.org

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Weekend Police Report FRIDAY, JUNE 24 Arrests • Kenneth Rothrock was charged with drunk and disruptive behavior.

• Jeffrey Hannah was charged with driving while intoxicated.

• Megan Vandergriend was charged with possession of schedule IV narcotic, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a revoked license, texting while driving and failure to appear in court.

Citations • James VanFleet was cited with speeding.

• Kenneth Williamson was cited with having glass on the beach.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25 Citations • Alan Philip Braun was cited with speeding and passing on the right.

• Hayes Richard Alexander was cited with possession of marijuana.

• Joseph Lee Byrd III was cited with impeding safe movement.

• Cedrick Williams was cited with driving on a revoked license.

• Lukas Bugher was cited with glass on the beach.

• Tim Payne, Amy Gorman, Joshua Jacobs and Angelo Sosa Jr. were cited with alcohol on the beach.

• Theodore Sword was cited with a docking violation.

• Casey Darby was cited with impeding traffic.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26 Citations • Erik Moreno was cited with driving with a revoked license.

• Shamel Roberts was cited with simple possession of marijuana.

• Tamara Osejo, Ben Gorden, Patricia Brock, Halei Martins, William Randall, Shivani Patel, Bridgete Murphy, Ryan Vibbert, Colin Mulligan, William Silva and Robert Martin were cited with alcohol on the beach.

• Brooke Bollinger, Christian Farner, Casey Decker and Camden Fraley were cited with glass on the beach.

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

Monday’s 5-3 Supreme Court ruling striking down Texas requirements on doctors and clinics to meet certain medical standards and qualification to provide abortions stirred great emotion in me as I observed on C-SPAN so many young and old celebrate what they saw as a victory.

A woman’s right to choose, they call it; the government should not tell a woman what she should and should not do with her body. It is hers.

Is it really?

I have been around the block on this, which in some small way gives me the right to express my opinion on it with a bit of grace.

You see, I was almost the victim of an abortion.

It was 63 years ago when the law was restrictive, as were the Texas standards struck down by the highest court in the land this week. As the family story — my story — goes, it was legally possible to obtain an abortion in the state of Florida in the 1950s if the mother’s health was endangered, but a woman needed the signatures of three medical doctors.

My mother, a native of Georgia residing with my father in north Florida, found herself pregnant after already having given birth to three girls and, just nine months prior, a much-longed-for boy. She sought those three physicians’ signatures to abort.

To abort me.

Two doctors gave their opinions that yes, indeed, the health of this woman in her early 40s would be at risk if she gave birth to this baby. They signed off on the paperwork. But a third doctor could not be found.

A woman’s right to choose. That right for my mother was foiled by a law that required three signatures before being able to terminate the life of an unborn child.

I don’t know the particulars, how many said no, but when I say my prayers at night, I often cover that one man or those unnamed men. (I say men because women doctors were few and far between back then.)

So much has changed in this country, but some things never change.

A life is still a life, and in this case mine hung in the balance of just one signature, so it is very personal.

Two gave a thumb up, a third could not be found to acquiesce — the baby lives.

Yay! But what about the mother’s health, you ask?

No ill effects were ever observed or mentioned as resulting from the birth of this fourth daughter, and fifth child.

My mother was a workhorse until lung cancer took her in her 70s. Always in motion, she and a friend began a community newspaper in our kitchen when I was just beginning high school. In the ’60s that was a big deal. That newspaper, the Ponte Vedra Recorder, lives on today.

The story of my near abortion was told repeatedly in my household growing up. Siblings can be cruel. I will never comprehend the need or the desire to share such a story with children, but nonetheless, it was not something I was shielded from. Quite the opposite.

I was never told why she wanted the abortion. With two teenaged daughters already in the home, a teen son by marriage, a toddler and a not quite 1-year-old boy, it might just have been a matter of convenience.

I read in her letters, just nine months after my uneventful birth, she and my father left us in the care

of others to enjoy a Caribbean cruise and the Christmas holiday in Cuba.

I’d like for the story to turn here and share that at gazing upon this latest daughter my mother’s heart melted and she so regretted wanting to abort this towheaded infant, or when I took my first step, or won my first swim meet or with countless other small victories in my life, but it didn’t. She handed a bottle and a diaper to my second oldest sister, Diana, and went on with her life.

Perhaps she was just worn out, I’ll never know. Her whys were not ever something she discussed with me, rather it was a story that swirled around my head, one of my earliest memories, in fact.

I grew up always trying to earn my place. I had great empathy for the Cinderella character before the big fairy godmother entrance and the pumpkin carriage — a part of a family, but not.

Perhaps it was a sharp arrow from my father’s quiver, used to wound her at will in their constant war of words, either not realizing or being so caught up in self that neither considered the damage being done by their words to the child whose life hung on one doctor’s signature or even those siblings who bore witness to and added to the heartbreak each time the story was retold.

So Monday’s celebrations that racked the politics of this country and reverberated around the world kicked me back down memory lane and into prayer.

Prayers for a people who are so blinded that they don’t know what they do.

Prayers for all those unborn children, lives not lived, one of which came close to being me, except for the grace of God in that missing third signature.

Prayers for my momma and forgiveness for the woman so blinded by self she couldn’t see me.

Rebellious in my younger years, I became deceived, getting caught up echoing the misguided cries for a more modern society, an enlightened, progressive one where the woman had a right to choose — it is my body, it is all about me, me, me — never considering the overriding rights of the precious unborn children to live and grow and be all they were destined to be.

Science, bless its heart, has since proven what we should have realized all along: it was, it is and always will be a very precious life.

Take the life of another and they call it murder. Take the life of a mother with an unborn child and the charge is double homicide.

But go to a doctor and do it of your own accord, and it is a woman’s right to choose.

As for me, my soul is restored. There is so much freedom and joy in forgiveness.

I’ve repented, am forgiven for the things I thought and did; the lack of understanding the truth of who I am. Who each of us is.

And I am so grateful for that doctor who withheld that yes.

You should be too, because you, dear reader, without realizing it, were just one signature in 1953 away from never holding this newspaper or reading this story.

No me, no newspaper.

Whatever I will accomplish here on Earth hung in the balance of just one signature.

Three thumbs up, no Lumina News, no Wrightsville Beach Magazine or anything else the Lord has left for me to do.

Imagine that.

Letters to the Editor Dangerous blasting

I’ve grown up going to to be harmed by offshore drilling or seismic blasting. Dangerous seismic blasting is the first harmful step to offshore drilling in the future and will harm our fisheries and endangered wildlife.

Wilmington beach citizens agree with me and strongly opposed offshore drilling and seismic blasting off our coast. The public comment period to show the government that we oppose seismic blasting will be open soon. Show the Obama administration that we don’t want to continue this unnecessary exploitation of our coast.

Mackenzie Dalton

The Obama administration removed the Atlantic Ocean from the offshore drilling plan for the next 5 years, however seismic blasting is still a danger to our beaches.

Thanks to many people’s hard work North Carolina was removed from the offshore drilling plan. Yet we have only won half the offshore drilling battle.

I’ve visited the beaches on the Gulf of Mexico scattered with oil rigs and compared that to the pristine Carolina beach. I never want my beach that

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June 30–July 6, 2016

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House said. “But at the moment, we are completely staffed.”

House said the new additions are helping improve the morale of the department that was stressed by staffing shortages last year.

“There’s a lot of new faces here,” House said. “There’s a positive, energetic atmosphere in the police department right now.

It’s fantastic, things are going very well.”

Sam Proffitt started his new role as firefighter June 7. He filled a vacancy that opened earlier this year. Fire chief Glen Rogers said he was chosen because of his experience working as both a Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue member and a volunteer lifeguard.

Proffitt, who is also a paramedic, started working for Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue in 2000. Since then, he’s completed two master’s degrees and worked part-time as a volunteer firefighter for the town. He also recently bought a house on the island, which he

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he was a member of Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue, and the Seahawks’ swim team. He loved climbing, hiking, biking, swimming and skiing.

The plaque also reads “Lifeguards for Life.” Liston’s father, Rick Liston, chose the phrase because he has heard ocean rescue members around the nation use it as a slogan of sorts. Ocean rescue squads get to know one another when they face off at regional and national competitions, contests that foster both rivalries and respect between opposing beaches.

But Rick Liston didn’t fully grasp the meaning of “Lifeguards for Life” until shortly after Grey died, when another guard sent him a social media post showing a lifeguard stand in Florida with its warning flag at half mast.

Liston wasn’t aware of any particular connection his son had to that beach, but the photo caption stated the flags were lowered in Grey’s honor. “Lifeguards for Life,” it read.

That sentiment was apparent within Wrightsville Beach’s ocean rescue squad when Rick Liston travelled from his home in Raleigh to see the newly installed plaque June 24. All the guards on duty that day — nearly 30 of them — gathered around the stand with Liston to pose for a photograph.

While Rick Liston doesn’t

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More than 70 teams from across the country will compete in the tournament that consists of short, 20-minute games with seven players on each team. The games will take place at Ogden Park beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, July 2-3.

During the tournament this weekend, paws4people will be providing Port City Java coffee, information pamphlets on their organization and lots of puppy love from assistance dogs in-training. The tournament is open to the public and admission is free, though Mejaski said donations are greatly appreciated.

A portion of all funds raised will be given to paws4people and Mejaski said Mack’s fundraising goal is to bring in $10,000 for the organization.

Monroe, a chocolate labrador retriever, is helping Mack develop confidence as he works to face his issues and now the Wilmington boy is looking to “pay it forward” by helping the next child gain the benefits of an assistance dog from local nonprofit paws4people.

This will be the first year that the tournament has partnered with a nonprofit, and Mejaski said it seems fitting for the

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Sam Proffitt was recently hired as Wrightsville Beach’s newest firefighter.

said is beneficial because he can respond quickly to incidents, if needed, even if he’s not on duty.

For those reasons, Proffitt believes the transition into his new role will be seamless.

know many members of the current squad, he said his family is still close with the squad members who guarded the island alongside Grey and his brother Seth. Those guards continue to show their support for the Liston family by participating in Grey’s memorial open-water swim year after year.

Lifeguard captain Jeremy Owens, who worked with Grey, explained the strength of the bonds formed between the guards, which he described as a brotherhood.

“That brotherhood is eternal,” he said. “You’re going to have that bond with the people you work with out here forever.”

“I’m already familiar with the way things are here in the department,” he said. “But equally importantly, the department was familiar with me as well, and they felt I would be a good fit.”

Proffitt will continue working ocean rescue shifts on his days off from firefighting. Many of the other lifeguards also double as firefighters or paramedics, he said, because they are in the same department and perform many of the same functions.

Proffitt joked that one of the most significant adjustments he has had to make transitioning from lifeguarding to firefighting has been wearing real clothes to work.

“It’s hard to get used to,” he said, laughing. “You’ve got to wear your shirt in the station.”

But, Proffitt added, he is thoroughly enjoying his new role so far and he’s excited to work full time in the Wrightsville Beach community.

“Fire service is the best job in the world,” he said. “I love coming to work every day.”

Staff writer Terry Lane contributed to this report.

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He remains good friends with the guards he worked with when he started in 2003, he said.

“I would never hesitate to call any of them, and none of them would hesitate to call me if they needed something,” he said. “We’re just always looking out for each other.” email emmy@luminanews.com

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The officers will be spread between Masonboro Island and Wrightsville Beach. The sheriff’s department will also put 10 deputies at Mason Inlet. The inlet, which separates Wrightsville Beach and Figure Eight Island, did not receive police presence until a boy almost died there on July Fourth two years ago, Brewer said.

Because the sheriff’s office is running the command center, which monitors boating activities and Masonboro Island, Wrightsville Beach police will focus just on the island and the surrounding water, police chief Dan House said.

“We’ll be mainly focused on the quality-of-life issues that are generated by alcohol consumption,” he said.

While the county will have the lead on enforcement of Masonboro Island, Wrightsville Beach police will have its police boat in the water throughout the weekend and will target illegal water taxi service coming from the town, which comes at a fine of up to $10,000 if captains don’t have the proper credentials.

The sheriff’s office will also be looking out for both illegal water taxiing and issues created by legal water taxiing. Brewer has seen more legal water taxiing lately because some boat captains have deemed it a worthwhile investment to get licensed, but the practice still creates large enough crowds at public docks to warrant police presence.

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A plaque on lifeguard stand No. 12 honors Grey Liston, a former Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue squad member who died in a 2013 mountaineering accident.

team to support an organization that has given so much to Mack and his family. Late last year, paws4people gave Mack his new canine friend, Monroe, to help him work through some learning challenges and to increase his functioning at school and at home. He and his family are using this fundraiser as an opportunity to give back to paws4people for the next recipient of an assistance dog.

“This partnership is a win-win for everybody,” Mejaski said.

The Mejaski family began working with Monroe in Dec. 2015, and they are looking forward to late summer when the dog will come to live with them full time and be a constant part of Mack’s life.

“Monroe will impact many aspects of his daily life, helping him work on literacy skills, managing his body and activity levels, providing a distraction from tics, applying calming pressure and helping him sleep,” Mejaski said.

There is no fee to receive a dog, however, while paws4people’s support for Mack came free of charge, the organization encourages recipients of the assistance dogs to fundraise for the next recipient.

Paws4people specifically supports children like Mack to better work through their

disabilities as well as supports veterans and active-duty service members. The military focus of the organization is close to the hearts of The Cape Fear Rugby Club, where many of the members are veterans or currently active in the military, Majaski said. Like many of the other dogs trained by paws4people,

Monroe is named for a fallen member of the armed service, honoring U.S. Army Specialist Anthony W. Monroe, who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom in October 2004.

To directly support Mack’s fundraising goal, visit www. paws4people.org/give/ mack-mejaski.

The European tour gave Zilg the chance to race against a group of other women of her caliber, as well as compete on an advanced board. While most women’s races in the United States have women compete on 12-foot, 6-inch boards, Zilg’s sponsor Hobie sent a 14-foot board for her to compete on in Europe.

Zilg’s tour started May 21 in St. Maxime, France, a town on the southern coast just west of Cannes, where she finished fifth in the 12-mile race in the Mediterranean Sea that was split over two days.

From France, Zilg traveled to Brombachsee, in the Bavarian region of Germany, for a weekend of racing called the Lost Mills, named for the centuries-old mills that decorate the landscape around Lake Brombach. In addition to the 18-kilometer race, where she finished fourth, the event also featured a competition for “Fastest Paddler on Earth.”

While Zilg finished sixth on her Hobie brand board in the 200meter race that tested paddlers on their quickness, she finished second in a running of the race that put each competitor on the same inflatable board.

After Germany, Zilg and her Hobie teammates competed in two races in Spain, the first in Bilbao, and then to neighboring

“Last year, there were so many people on that [Trails End] boat ramp, they almost sank the dock,” Brewer said.

The deputy at Wynn Plaza will monitor anyone officers bring back from Masonboro Island for illegal activity, like underage drinking. Masonboro Island has become a hub for young people across the East Coast to come party on July Fourth, Brewer said.

He remembers a time when July Fourth on Masonboro Island simply resembled a typical holiday weekend. About three to five years ago, college students — specifically, fraternities — started making Masonboro their July Fourth destination, and word spread through social media.

“Now, we have people coming from colleges in Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, all over the East Coast,” Brewer said.

In addition to underage drinking, he also anticipates dealing with injuries around Masonboro.

Low tide is at 2 p.m. this July Fourth, so the oyster beds will be exposed during the busiest time of day.

To deal with any cuts, scrapes or more serious injuries on Masonboro, the sheriff’s office will have help from a State Medical Assistance Team (SMAT).

Brewer’s advice to those planning to spend July Fourth in the waters around Wrightsville Beach is, “just use some common sense. It will work out much better.” emmy@luminanews.com

San Sebastian, her final stop with the tour. In Bilbao, the racers paddled by the famous Guggenheim Museum on the Nervion River.

Zilg said the tour was filled with memorable sights and landmarks.

Zilg didn’t take the tour alone, as she was joined by two members of the Hobie race board team, with the three traveling by car between the stops. Traveling by car gave her the chance to paddle and tour other parts of Europe, including some scenic stops in Switzerland.

Her European tour was wedged in between an active period of domestic SUP race touring.

Following her eighth-place finish at the Carolina Cup in April, Zilg won the Key West Paddle Classic the following weekend. She also won a race in Connecticut and competed in Maryland after returning from Europe.

Since her target was the Carolina Cup and Key West races, Zilg said she knew she couldn’t keep up the fitness or nutrition levels for her competition in Europe, so her main focus was to work on race strategy against other athletes of her caliber.

“Here, I’m either in front or at the back,” Zilg said. “I was seeking out people that were at a similar speed and I found them. It was really great to race alongside of them.”

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Sunset SUP series to raffle off paddleboard

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

For the fifth summer, the Blockade Runner Beach Resort is hosting free weekly paddleboard races. This season, one participant will win a 14-foot paddleboard.

The Sunset SUP races are held every Thursday evening, June through August, at the Blockade Runner’s sound-side beach.

Participants arrive at 6 p.m. and races start at 6:30 p.m. Paddlers can either enter the community division, the elite division or the kids’ division, depending on age and skill level.

Organizer April Zilg will create a different racecourse every week based on tide, wind and swell.

The different courses are aimed at keeping the races interesting for those who come back week after week.

The 14-foot board will be

Staff photo by Emmy Errante

Participants in the Sunset SUP series paddle through Banks Channel on June 23.

raffled off at the end of the season. Each week, every paddler earns at least one raffle ticket, and

race winners get extras based on their order of finish.

The races usually draw a few of the area’s top paddleboarders,

who use the weekly competition as practice for the handful of prestigious paddle races held at Wrightsville Beach throughout

the year, like the Carolina Cup and the Cold Stroke Classic.

But the Sunset SUP series also presents an opportunity for new

paddlers to gain racing experience in a low-key setting.

One of the June 23 racers, Bill Peters, had never entered any race before. The Cary, North Carolina, resident, who makes regular trips to Wrightsville Beach, just bought his board recently.

Conditions were testing, even for the experienced paddlers, but Peters showed determination to finish the community race. He stroked across Banks Channel through the stiff current to reach the turnaround point. On his way back, the 20-knot south wind threatened to sweep him off track, so he lowered to his knees to cut the resistance.

Despite the rough conditions, he had fun, he said, walking over to join the growing group of finishers who left their boards on the sand and were laughing and chatting over cold beverages. email emmy@luminanews.com

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The schedule for the annual Wrightsville Beach Wahine Classic is set, with this year’s surfing tournament scheduled for Aug. 19-21 on Wrightsville Beach. The event is one of only a handful of surfing events for women on the East Coast. The event will feature professional shortboard and longboard divisions, where each board class offers a $1,000 purse split between the top four finishers. Amateur longboard and shortboard divisions are divided into age groups, while the standup paddleboard surfing division is open to women of all ages.

Wrightsville Beach featured an all-women’s surfing tournament from 1997 through 2011. After a one-year hiatus, tournament organizer Jo Pickett helped bring the tournament back after popular demand from the surfing community. The tournament will be held near Wrightsville Beach Public Access Nos. 37 and 38, south of Crystal Pier.

“Girls from Virginia to Florida make their way here to compete,” Pickett said.

“They love this competition because they get to know each other and learn from each other in a supportive environment.”

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Julia Eckel and Carley Carter do tricks during the tandem final at the Wrightsville Beach Wahine Classic on Aug. 16, 2015.

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It’s hard to believe that the month of July and the holiday weekend is already upon us. With the month’s arrival, unfortunately, comes the typical weather patterns one can expect for this time of year. For those wanting to spend some quality time on the water wetting a line, the forecast is looking just a tad iffy with scattered thunderstorms and some wind to boot as a front is stalled across our area. Making matters just a tad worse for the outdoor activities, the extended forecast calls for a low-pressure system to ride that front later in the weekend, bringing with it a better chance for rain and wind. Of course, all extended forecasts are subject to change, so don’t let the threat of some weather coming through ruin your plans, but be aware you may just need to make adjustments.

Water temperatures are reading in the lower 80s but the fishing has remained good despite the warm conditions. Inshore, the flounder fishing has been really good on both live baits fished on Carolina Rigs and soft artificial baits. There are plenty of finger mullet, mud minnows and peanut menhaden available in the creeks for those who can throw a net. With the heat, the fish are holding in the deeper waters of the creeks, channels and inlets. Anglers have found some decent-sized fish in the Cape Fear River while those fishing around Wrightsville Beach have had success in the creeks and around the docks. A lot of the fish being encountered are in the 16- to 18-inch range with a few larger fish being reported, mainly from areas to our south.

Red drum are also being found around the area docks and are eating the same baits as flounder, as well as cut bait fished on Carolina Rigs. The area docks are holding some good fish but managing to keep a hooked fish away from the pilings requires some stout tackle and a little bit of luck.

The creek mouths are holding good numbers of fish during the falling tide.

Surf and pier anglers fishing with cut shrimp are reporting some pompano and Virginia mullet as well as a few black drum. Cut bait is enticing bluefish, black and a few red drum and flounder.

Jigging Got-Cha Plugs off the pier has produced some Spanish mackerel and bluefish.

Just off the beach the Spanish mackerel fishing has slowed because of the heat but there’s still plenty of opportunity to catch them. The fish have been holding in water depths around 35 feet and targeting them early and late in the day when they are more active will increase your chances of being successful. There are still some cobia being reported around the inlets and being found around the bait pods cruising just off the beach. King mackerel have moved in close and have been reported from just off the beach out to 10 miles.

Whatever species you are targeting this week, weekend or anytime, make sure you stay abreast of any changes in rules or regulations and always visit the North Carolina Department of Marine Fishery (NCDMF) webpage for important changes and updates before venturing out. And as always, pay attention to up-to-date forecasts, listen to the weatherman and know your limits.

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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 Beach Service: 8 a.m., Public Beach Access No. 4 Sunday School (for all ages): 9:15 a.m.

Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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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., 11:15 a.m.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH BAPTIST CHURCH John McIntyre, senior pastor 601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682 Traditional Worship: 9-10 a.m.

Sunday School for all ages: 10:10-11 a.m.

Contemporary Worship: 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

I have given you a sign that change is on its way to restore this nation Be prepared for all that you know to go back to where all have a good relation Love and kindness will dominate the mood and the air we all breathe in Nothing can come against My change and believers will celebrate a great win Every sign points to what can be when the commoners take back control All will be returned to a time more gentle and possessions returned the enemy stole The sign is clear and nothing can come against the change I have for you It is clear that the sound of My voice will dominate every thing you do Walk out in faith and do not look behind for what has passed, has passed What I bring with the change will make joy and happiness for everyone last My spirit will fall upon many and words will be commonplace every day Open your hearts and minds as you listen to the spirit within for He has something to say Every sign that I place before you must be understood and looked at carefully When you see a sign let all the believers know and speak of it cheerfully All around the world My spirit has started change that will multiply From nation to nation a sign of change will be spoken about and amplified (Gen 9:11 - 13 NIV) 11 - I establish my covenant with you: Never

again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 - And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 - I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

(Psa 86:17 NRSV) Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

(Mat 12:39 NRSV) But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

(Mat 24:30 - 31 NRSV) 30 - Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see ‘the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven’ with power and great glory. 31 - And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

(Luke 2:12 NRSV) This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.”

(1 Cor 14:22 NRSV) Tongues, then, are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.

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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

THE COST OF LIVING FOR CHRIST June 30 Luke 9:58 “And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.”

MATTHEW 8:18-22; LUKE 9:51-62 This verse has often been used to support the misconception that Jesus and His disciples lived in poverty. However, in this instance, the fact that Jesus had nowhere to lay His head was because of persecution. The Samaritans, because of a religious prejudice, had just refused Him hospitality and a place to stay as He journeyed to Jerusalem.

Persecution is part of the cost of living a Christian life. Jesus was communicating to this man that not having a place to stay at times was part of that cost.

There are many forms of persecution. Having your life threatened because of your faith in Jesus is one way you can be persecuted, but it is not the most damaging. History shows that the Church has always

flourished under persecution with increased numbers and zeal. During intense, life-threatening persecution, people’s priorities get straightened out and the Lord assumes His rightful place. This always works for our good, regardless of what our outward circumstances might be.

A far more deadly form of persecution is men simply speaking evil of you or separating you from their company. It’s more deadly because it’s more subtle.

Many who would never directly deny the Lord will fall into self-pity or strife because of someone’s criticism. This will render one just as ineffective as a negative reaction to having one’s life threatened would.

It helps to recognize that it is not you that they are persecuting, but rather Christ in you. You are actually becoming a partaker of His sufferings and will share His rewards. With this in mind, we can actually shout and leap for joy in persecution!

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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com LEGAL NOTICES DRA 97357253 NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK 16 SP 260 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY LAURA ELISABETH CLAY a/k/a L. ELISABETH CLAY DATED October 6, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5240, PAGE 2521, NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, TO BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, TRUSTEE. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by LAURA ELISABETH CLAY a/k/a L. ELISABETH CLAY dated October 6, 2007 to BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, recorded in Book 5240, Page 2521, NEW HANOVER County Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit foreclosure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of NEW HANOVER County, North Carolina; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder

for cash, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of NEW HANOVER and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Condominium Unit 1-E of Sands at Wilmington Beach Condominium V, according to the Declaration thereof recorded on June 26, 1984 in Book 1257 at Page 1870 of the New Hanover County Registry, made a part hereof by reference, and further according to the Unit Ownership Plans of the building of said condominium recorded in Condominium Book 6 at Pages 160-162 in the New Hanover County Registry together with all appurtenances thereof including a 5.556% undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of said condominium as provided in the said declaration. The land committed to unit ownership by virtue of the aforesaid declaration was conveyed to Robert O’Neill by deeds dated August 22, 1983 and recorded in Deed Book 1231 at Pages 1605 and 1610 in the New Hanover County Registry. This conveyance is subject to said Declaration of Condominium of Sands at Wilmington Beach Condominium V, recorded on June 26, 1984 in Deed Book 1257 at Page 1870 in the New Hanover County Registry, and to the Unit Ownership Plans of the building of said condominium recorded in Condominium Book 6 at Pages 160-162 in the New Hanover County Registry and to the Articles of Incorporation and

Bylaws of the association of the unit owners of said condominium and to Chapter 47A of the North Carolina General Statues, the Unit Ownership Act, all of the foregoing as now written and as duly supplemented or amended hereafter.

concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property.

PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCATION: 1423 S. Lake Park Blvd.

Carolina Beach NC 28428

(3) The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale.

DATE OF SALE: July 6, 2016 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M. LOCATION OF SALE: NEW HANOVER County Courthouse RECORD OWNER(S): Laura Elisabeth Clay a/k/a L. Elisabeth Clay TERMS OF THE SALE: (1). This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies.

(2) The property is being sold “as is”. Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations

(4) At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period.

(5) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving this Notice of Foreclosure Sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of 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 this Notice of Foreclosure Sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon

termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

(6) An order for possession of the property being sold 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.

(7) If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Substitute Trustee.

This the 7th day of June, 2016.

SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKE SAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P. Lauren V. Reeves, Attorney for Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute Trustee P. O. Box 26268 Raleigh, NC 27611-6268 (919) 250-2000 Fax: (919)250-2211 June 23 and 30, 2016 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 300 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert L. Jordan, Jr., (Robert L. Jordan, Jr.,

deceased)(Heirs of Robert L. Jordan, Jr.: Unknown Heirs of Robert L. Jordan, Jr.) to Donna M. French of Norfolk, Virginia and David Shoop of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of December, 1995, and recorded in Book 1967, Page 489, 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 July 5, 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 23rd Street, said point being located 116 feet southwardly from the intersection of the eastern line of 23rd Street with the southern line of Lyndon Avenue, running thence southwestwardly along the southeastern line of 23rd Street, 60

feet; thence eastwardly and parallel with Lyndon Avenue 136 feet; thence, northwardly and parallel with 23rd Street 60 feet; thence westwardly and parallel with Lyndon Avenue 136 feet to the point of beginning. Same being a portion of Lots 4 and 5 of the Market Street extension as shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 2, Page 47, of the New Hanover County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8 North 23rd Street, 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 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,

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LEGAL NOTICES 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: 1177082 (FC.FAY) June 23 and 30, 2016 15 SP 181 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Clifton F. Cash to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated June 22, 2006 and recorded on June 27, 2006 in Book 5042 at Page 2369 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on August 12, 2009 in Book 5431, Page 531, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 12, 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: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COWRIE LANE, SAID POINT BEING LOCATED SOUTH 70 DEGREES 03 MINUTES EAST 84.0 FEET AND SOUTH 44 DEGREES 23 1/2 MINUTES EAST 95.0 FEET FROM THE EASTEN CORNER OF LOT 5, SECTION 1, SHELLBANK SUBDIVISION, THE SAME BEING RECORDED IN MAP BOOK11, AT PAGE 17 OF THE SAID NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, RUNNING THENCE FROM SAID BEGINNING POINT WITH THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY OF COWRIE LANE, NORTH 44 DEGREES 23 1/2 MINUTES WEST 95.0 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE NORTH 27 DEGREES 35 1/2 MINUTES EAST 160.0 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 45 DEGREES 36 1/2 MINUTES WEST 200.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN AN INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 900 AT PAGE

828, BOOK 626, PAGE 198 OF THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY AND SUBJECT FURTHER TO THE RESTRICTIONS THAT NO DWELLING OR OTHER STRUCTURE OF ANY KIND SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY NEARER THAN 50 FEET TO THE FRONT LOT LINE, FRONTING COWRIE LANE NOR NEARER THAN 15 FEET TO THE SIDE LOT LINES, NOR NEARER THAN 25 FEET FROM THE BACK OF THE LOT LINE OF THE SAID LOT. BEING THE SAME PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED AS TRACT 2 OF DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 940 AT PAGE 685 OF THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. TOGETHER WITH EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND REGRESS AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 1220 AT PAGE 1106 IN THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 125 Cowrie Lane, Wilmington, NC 28411.

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 Clifton F. Cash.

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.: 15-25070-FC01 June 30 and July 7, 2016 15 SP 766 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Freddie Glen Adams a/k/a Freddie G. Adams and Betsy N. Adams to Rebecca W. Shaia, Trustee(s), which was dated December 20, 2006 and recorded on December 27, 2006 in Book 5122 at Page 1487 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on July 23, 2007 in Book 5210, Page 1295, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted

as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 12, 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: Being all of Lot 11R, Block 45, Landfall Subdivision II at Landfall Subdivision, according to the plat and survey thereof as recorded in Map Book 37, Pge 239, New Hanover County Registry, reference to said plat being hereby made for a more particular description.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 2209 Moreland Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Freddie G. Adams and wife, Betsy N. Adams.

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.: 15-09498-FC01 June 30 and July 7, 2016 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 616 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ronald A. Cohen and Carol Cohen to MIchael C. Gerald, Trustee(s), dated the 31st day of May, 2005, and recorded in Book 4833, Page 744, 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 Sub-

stitute 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 July 12, 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 1R as shown on a map entitled “Reconfiguration of Lots 1 & 2, Section 1 of Harbor Villa,” prepared by Arnold W. Carson, PLS and recorded in Map Book 47, Page 259 of the New Hanover County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4300 Masonboro Loop Road, 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 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: 1161939 (FC.FAY) June 30 and July 7, 2016 16 SP 295 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 Barbara D. Harrison to John C. Wessell, III, Trustee(s), which was dated January 27, 2011 and recorded on January 27, 2011 in Book 5542 at Page 1093, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of

the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 12, 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: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Southern right of way line of Fanning Street (66’ right of way) with the Western right of way line of North 11th Street (66’ right of way) and running thence along the said right of way of North 11th Street South 02 degrees 32 minutes West 66.00 feet to a point; thence parallel with Fanning Street, North 87 degrees 28 minutes West 58.00 feet to a point marking the Southeastern corner of a tract deed to Alberta Allen by instrument recorded in Book 1179, Page 1584, New Hanover County Registry; thence parallel with North 11th Street North 2 degrees 32 minutes East to a point in the Southern right of way line of Fanning Street; thence along said right of way of Fanning Street, South 87 degrees 28 minutes East 58.00 to the point of beginning.

Being part Lot 1 in Bock 271 of the City of Wilmington, and being that property described in that deed recorded in Book 3188, Page 767 in the New Hanover County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1016 Fanning Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.

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 Barbara D. Harrison.

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.: 11-27374-FC04 June 30 and July 7, 2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Patrick Carpenter, Jr. late, of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them in care of the undersigned at 2064 Harrison Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 on or before September 9, 2016 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 9th day of June, 2016.

James Ralph Powell Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Patrick Carpenter, Jr. Douglas A. Fox, Attorney YOW, FOX & MANNEN, LLP 102 N. 5th Avenue Wilmington, NC 28401 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, & 6/30/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Ancillary Administrator of the ESTATE OF CARL EUGENE MCBRIDE, JR., deceased of Los Angeles County, California, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 12th day of September, 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 639 Airlie Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403.

This the 12th day of May, 2016.

Robert O. McBride Estate of Carl Eugene McBride Jr James A. MacDonald The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, & 6/30/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of CLARA M. BISHOP, Deceased, of New Hanover County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before September 16, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 16th day of June, 2016.

DAVID ALLEN BISHOP Executor c/o PETER B. VON STEIN Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 867 New Bern, NC 28563-0867 6/16, 6/23, 6/30 & 7/7/2016 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 Eleanor Sneeden Davis of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 26th day of September 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 23rd day of June, 2016.

John C. Davis, Jr., Executor 10601 Marabou Court Raleigh, NC 27614 6/23, 6/30, 7/7, 7/14/2016 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 Dallas E. Stoudenmire of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 26th day of September 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 23rd day of June, 2016.

Sylvia Orrell Stoudenmire, Executrix 5905 Turnstone Court Wilmington, NC 28409 6/23, 6/30, 7/7, 7/14/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Ancillary Administrator of the ESTATE OF MICHAEL A. ATKINSON, deceased of Wilmington, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having

claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of October, 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 121 Buckeye Drive, Wilmington, NC 28411.

This the 30th day of June, 2016.

Joyce J Atkinson Estate of Michael A. Atkinson James A. MacDonald The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 6/30, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT The undersigned, having qualified as the Limited Personal Representative to Provide Notice to Creditors Without Estate Administration for the Estate of PERCY T. BARBOUR, also known as P.T. BARBOUR and PERCY THURMAN BARBOUR, Deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, (New Hanover Probate File #16E858) does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before October 3, 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 30th day of June, 2016.

DENNIS THURMAN BARBOUR, Limited Personal Representative c/o Richard A. Horgan, Esq. Attorney at Law 1213 Culbreth Drive Wilmington, NC 28405-3639 (910) 256-0202 June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Mary T. Sipple, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned c/o Misty L. Piekaar, Attorney at Law, 8801 Fast Park Drive, Suite 301 Raleigh NC 27617 on or before the 29th day of September, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 30th day of June, 2016 Elizabeth Sipple, Executrix of the Mary T Sipple estate Misty L. Piekaar Attorney at Law 8801 Fast Park Drive, Suite 301 Raleigh, NC 27617 June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2016

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