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Town braces for Fourth holiday crowds, Arthur By Marimar McNaughton Staff Writer
With Arthur forming off Florida’s Atlantic coast, town officials met Tuesday, July 1, to review the storm forecast model and adjust its plan for enforcement as the storm approaches. Following the briefing, town manager Tim Owens said, “We’re still going along with the Weather Service … sticking with their forecast at this point.” Based on the current prediction that the storm will pass offshore Thursday evening and very early Friday morning, Owens said the multi-agency command center crew will still assemble at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach for July Fourth to monitor Masonboro Island activity. “We’re still going to be vigilant over there with regard to police protection,” Owens said. “We’re all hands on deck for the Fourth.” n See fourth Page A5
Beach town budgets outline similar approaches By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
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Town of Wrightsville Beach Park Ranger Shannon Slocum is interviewed by The Weather Channel correspondent Raegan Medgie on Johnnie Mercer’s Pier about preparations for Tropical Storm Arthur on Wednesday, July 2.
Groups rally at Rich’s Inlet By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
The waterway at Rich’s Inlet was the scene of a press conference held by the North Carolina Coastal Federation, North Carolina Audubon and the Southern Environmental Law Center Wednesday, July 2. Tuesday, July 1, Coastal Federation coastal advocate Mike Giles said the purpose of the press conference was the renewal of awareness of the proposed terminal groin at the north end of Figure Eight Island and to kick off NCCF’s campaign to inform the residents of the private island.
“We feel like the people on Figure Eight are not getting the right story from the few homeowners there that want this groin,” Giles said. “We want to publicize what the issues are and we want to start working with the Figure Eight residents that might not be aware of the issues here because many of them live elsewhere.” Another reason to hold the press conference in the inlet was to show how much the north end of Figure Eight Island has grown. “Since 2009, it has been building up and now there is no need to do anything because there is a big, n See inlet Page A5
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North Carolina Coastal Federation coastal scientist and office manager Tracy Skrabal speaks to a group about the proposed location of a Figure Eight Island terminal groin on the north end of the island on Wednesday, July 2.
Shorebirds return to nesting grounds Experts study WB habitats
Audubon North Carolina will host a bird walk at 9 a.m. Friday mornings throughout July and August. The events are free and depart from the gazebo at Public Beach Access No. 43.
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Shorebird nesting season on Wrightsville Beach is unfolding more successfully than expected, given disturbances at the bird sanctuaries located on both the north and sound ends of the island. Lindsay Addison, coastal biologist with Audubon North Carolina, said four shorebird species are actively nesting on the south end. Black skimmer chicks began hatching the first week of June. Audubon will count the chicks after they fledge in early and mid July. Two pairs of oystercatchers yielded one chick each and two
A black skimmer shades its chick at a nesting site on Wrightsville’s south end on Friday, June 27.
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Federal fishing regulations raise regional concerns By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
A joint enforcement agreement allowing N.C. Marine Patrol to enforce federal regulations in exchange for federal funding is one of many differences the state Senate and House must reconcile to approve a 2014-15 state budget. The Senate budget included a provision stipulating the state cannot enter into the agreement. The governor and the House included the agreement in their budgets. Patricia Smith, a public information officer for the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, said the organization has tried to get the agreement approved by state lawmakers several times. North Carolina is the only coastal state on the East Coast to refuse to adopt the agreement since eligibility was extended to 45 states and territories in the 2007 Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act. Smith said the exact terms of the agreement would be hashed out after the legislature grants authority to proceed, but she suggested it would have little impact on current enforcement. “Whenever there’s a federal fisheries regulation, typically North Carolina will mirror that regulation in state regulations. So we’re already out there doing a lot of this enforcement,” Smith said during a June 30 phone interview, listing snapper, grouper, tuna, wahoo and dolphin fish as federally managed species the state currently enforces. State marine patrol could receive up to $600,000. This figure is up from the $200,000 estimated in earlier efforts, for entering the agreement. The funds can be used to train officers and acquire equipment needed to enforce new standards. When the Marine Fisheries Commission considered a motion in May to support the
agreement, the motion carried 5-2. Joseph Smith represents the commercial and recreational fishing industry on the commission. He voted against the agreement. Smith owns and operates Atlantic Seafood, a wholesale distributor in Hampstead. He said it has become harder to acquire local seafood despite more demand, which he attributes to increased regulation. “People don’t realize it’s not because there aren’t any fish. There’s certain kinds of fish that they’ve got rules on that you should be able to catch,” Smith said during a June 30 phone interview. He is also worried that additional regulations could push the state’s commercial fishermen out of business. “Commercial fishermen are a service to the people of North Carolina. It’s a hard, tough job and it’s a dangerous job. They’re underappreciated. We need to be mindful and supportive of commercial fishermen because we all want North Carolina seafood,” Smith said. Former commissioner Bradley Styron, who owns and operates Quality Seafood in Cedar Island, said the commission rejected similar motions in the past. “I was on the commission for 11 years and it came before us two or three times and every time it was defeated … for the reason that North Carolina sovereignty is worth more than $200,000 a year,” Styron said during a July 1 phone interview. Styron said the federal plan does not offer flexibility to tailor federal regulations to state needs. “That puts us in a quandary. … What’s good for North Carolina is not necessarily good for Massachusetts, and what’s good for Rhode Island is not necessarily good for North Carolina,” he said. email miriah@luminanews.com
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The crew of “Max Steel” works on lighting the scene during filming on May 3 at John T. Hoggard High School.
School board tables policy eliminating film industry privilege By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
After discussing a proposed change to the facility use policy that would charge film crews to use school property, the New Hanover County Board of Education returned the policy to the board’s policy committee for further consideration. Film crews are currently exempt from facility use fees, paying only a staff fee to cover the cost of a custodian or other
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employee working beyond normal hours to provide access to school property. The policy follows the spirit of a 2000 law requiring state agencies to waive fees for film crews using state facilities. Other organizations not related to the students or parents pay the facility use fee, prompting board member Lisa Estep to initiate a conversation about the policy during a June 3 policy committee meeting. Estep said she would like for the policy to be fair and consistent, preferably opening the facilities to everyone, rather than carve out an exception for one industry. Board member Dr. Derrick Hickey said waived fees welcome the film industry to Wilmington and New Hanover County. He said schools could suggest donations from film crews in the amount of fees waived, although he noted that crews typically donate more than the sum of waived fees. Chairman Don Hayes suggested the schools benefit from allowing film crews to use the facilities, not only from donations but also from painting and other improvements film crews sometimes make when using the facilities. Assistant superintendent of operations Bill Hance confirmed that donations exceed what the county would reap in fees. “Over a five-year period, we would have only charged the film industry based on our fees, about $65,000 … and in a short period of two years or less, the film industry has made donations in excess of $40,000,” Hance said.
Hance said film crews have paid $22,000 for staff fees during the same five-year period. New Hanover County Commission Vice Chair Beth Dawson and Wilmington Regional Film Commission Director Johnny Griffin spoke to the board before the discussion, requesting continuation of the current policy. Griffin said the film industry appreciates the relationship it shares with New Hanover County Schools. He added that production crews have always responded to the commission’s encouragement to make donations in exchange for using school facilities, often choosing to award contributions without fanfare or public recognition. The board also received an update on its 2014-15 fiscal year budget. New Hanover County Schools will operate on a provisional budget drafted with guidance from the state Department of Public Instruction until lawmakers agree on a state budget. The Senate and House proposed markedly different spending plans, especially in funding long-awaited teacher pay raises. Mary Hazel Small, chief financial officer for New Hanover County Schools, told the board the provisional plan assumes no adjustment for salary raises. The provisional budget will be amended when the legislature reaches a consensus. The board will meet for a July 17 work session, where they will discuss the budget among other issues. email miriah@luminanews.com
Planning board votes down fence amendment, Salisbury Street project By Marimar McNaughton Staff Writer
A request to increase fence height in the C-1 Central Business District in downtown Wrightsville Beach was unanimously denied by the Wrightsville Beach Planning Board.
Interpreted by Chairman Thomas “Ace” Cofer during the planning board’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting Tuesday, July 1, parking lot owners may be permitted increased fence heights in areas where there is no ingress and egress. As written, the ordinance already allows operators of
private parking lots to increase fence heights along the Channel Avenue corridor that runs parallel to North Lumina Avenue. Four members of the sevenmember board comprised the voting quorum. In discussion, Cofer, Susan Snider, David Culp and Ken Dull concurred approval of
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increased fence heights could result in enclosures that would in turn encourage debris accumulation and crime. Increased fence heights would not block views of conditions for residents of adjacent properties who have complained of unsightly conditions in recent weeks and would diminish aesthetics in the CBD. The request for the text amendment was submitted by Jerry Allen Lachman, owner of Jerry Allen’s and co-owner of Roberts Market as a result of citizen-driven complaints about the condition of the fence and the degradation of the maintenance agreement conditional to the special use permit that allows Lachman and other downtown merchants to operate private lots. In a 3-1 vote, Cofer was the lone supporter of a conditional use request for a mixed-use project proposed for 100 West Salisbury Street on Lees Cut and Kenan Creek. Town staff supports the project that complies with the 2005 CAMA Land Use Plan and the town’s Unified Development Ordinance. Applicant Jay Short
representing M&M Developers, Inc., site planner Cindee Wolf of Dezign Solutions and Realtor Mark Bodford of Intracoastal Realty presented the proposal for the 9,100-square-foot project of which 49 percent is reserved for three 1,500-square-foot residential units and 51 percent for three custom retail/office spaces. To move forward, an exception for 10 parking spaces requiring the additional burden of parking falling on the availability of public parking spaces on Pelican Drive. The distance, 400 feet, is allowable as the ordinance is written, however, Culp noted the parking exception granted to another mixed use project resulted in the overlap of permissible public parking spaces at the Middle of the Island and Mellow Mushroom locations on Old Causeway Drive. Wolf pointed to the drivability and walkability of the site plan. Bodford suggested possible tenants would operate low-impact satellite offices on the first floor level. No mention was made regarding the remediation or removal of underground fuel
storage tanks at the site of the former Scotchman gas station and convenience store. Dull moved for an unfavorable recommendation. “We only have so many more opportunities at the beach to do something exceptional and this is not it,” Dull said. Culp moved a second. Snider was reluctant to pass on a favorable recommendation without the additional review of absentee members Janice Clark, Andy Hall and Vivian “Zeke” Partin. The planning board’s unfavorable recommendation will pass to the board of aldermen for a final review. Tom Thompson presented a proposal to relax restrictions for dogs on the beach. Planning and parks director Tony Wilson said the BOA would determine if it wished to assemble an ad hoc committee to look into Thompson’s request which was supported by beach resident and parks and recreation advisory committee member Charlotte Murchison. email marimar@luminanews.com
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Wilmington seeks resident input to create future plans By Cole Dittmer taff Writer
After reviewing a year’s worth of public input, the City of Wilmington planning department created six different maps showing alternative future visions for the city. Each of those maps was displayed at Halyburton Park Wednesday, June 25, with around 75 members of the public showing up throughout the day to voice their opinions about the plan. The six alternative future visions include continuing the city’s current development and transportation practices, creating live-work nodes throughout the city, focusing on transit-oriented development, creating urban centers, creating community
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corridors and main streets, and focusing on neighborhoods that are already in a state of transition. “We have created six alternative visions that describe six different ways we could approach growth in the future,” said city planner Brian Chambers. “They all have unique growth strategies and they all identify areas of town that may or may not be appropriate for those strategies.” During the public meetings that took place in the neighborhoods, like the one along the old streetcar line the follows Wrightsville Avenue, Chambers said his department often heard the request to bring back that mode of transportation. Included in the transit-oriented development plan is a glimpse of what a reestablished streetcar line could look
like in the city. Chambers said the future planning initiative was based on the fact that the city has never created a true comprehensive development plan and because the city’s population is projected to grow by 56,000 during the next 26 years. “Whether that projection is right or wrong, we are going to grow,” he said. “Where are these people going to go and in what ways does the city need to grow physically to accommodate that population growth?” Wilmington traffic manager Don Bennett said he often receives many suggestions about improving city traffic, some of which are reflected in the future vision plans. “A lot of these things reduce the need for you to get in your car
to get what you need,” Bennett said. “We can’t build our way out of congestion … we need to find that happy median where the streets are not congested but where we are also not overbuilding just for peak traffic hours.” Following last week’s public event, the city will release one of the six different future planning vision maps once a week to continue the public comment period. At the end of the summer the public comment will close and Chambers said the planning department would begin combining the most desired aspects of each of the six visions to create a future development strategy map for the city. For more information, visit www.createwilmington.com
Weekend Police Report June 27 Citations • William David Butler was issued a citation for driving during revocation. • Catherin E. Coggins was issued a citation for speeding.
Warning Tickets • Mohammad Sadat was issued a warning ticket for stop light violation.
Civil Penalties • Five civil penalties were issued for glass on the beach and human waste.
June 28 Arrests • Layton Waters was arrested for resist, delay, obstruct, and driving during revocation.
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Citations • Melissa Mintz was issued a citation for no insurance. • Kari Ray was issued a citation for expired registration. • Keith Robinson was issued a citation for driving while impaired.
Civil Penalties • Seven civil penalties were issued for litter, glass on the beach, open container, dogs on the beach, public waste and human waste.
Reports • Assault was reported. • Assault and driving while impaired was reported.
June 29 Citations • Matthew Bailey was issued a citation for no operator’s license, fictitious registration, failure to register, misuse of dealer tags and no inspection.
Civil Penalties • Twelve civil penalties were issued for glass on the beach, dogs on the beach and open container.
Reports • A key was reported as found property. • Larceny of a standup paddleboard was reported. • Found property was reported. • Property damage was reported.
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Eddie Brock, left, and Richard Yang review one of the future visions maps during the city of Wilmington’s public input session at Halyburton Park on Wednesday, June 25.
Permits hike impact special events By Staff Those looking to host events in Wrightsville Beach after July 1 will now have to pay more, even if they previously paid the special event permit fee. The text amendment was the unanimous vote of the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen passed during its June 12 meeting. “Really, we are more or less trying to break even,” town manager Tim Owens said during a phone interview. “With all the events we have, and we do classes, we are trying to bring that in line with what we call true costs.” Those who already had permits approved were notified by email June 13 of the fee increases and were asked to make additional payments, said Katie Ryan, parks and recreation program supervisor. “Mine is going to be a wedding, and at that time it was $100,” said
Laurie Nix, of Milton, Ky. “I live in Kentucky and I do not know if it is common for them to have meetings every year where they change things.” The fee for Nix is now $125, so she will need to pay the additional $25 before her Aug. 11 wedding. Despite the denial of her multiple requests for exemption, Nix said she is not upset about the extra fee, she just wanted to be informed the fee increase was a possibility. “You fill out a contract for a reason,” Nix said. “You just do not expect the extra fee.” Nix said she is also concerned the fee may be raised again, something Owens said is not likely. “These fees are already set, so I do not believe they will change,” Owens said. “Anything is possible, but I am pretty sure they will not be changed again.” Previously, the town had a tier-based system, whereby the amount paid depended upon how many people would attend
an event, Ryan said. “If you look at it, basically the scale changed,” Ryan said. “Some of the smaller ones are only affected by a little bit, maybe $25 or so.” The effect on other events, such as the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Beach Blast hosted prior to the beginning of the school year, will be higher. “We used to end at $500 for events when the number of participants was over 600,” Ryan said. Now the highest fee is $1,000 for events with more than 4,000 attendees, Ryan said. At this point, many people are willing to just pay the extra money, although most, such as Jon Kapell, UNCW’s Director of Campus Activities, will be keeping an eye on possible fee increases in the future. “I think at this point we are using the budget set for us by the institution,” Kapell said. “It is something we will take into consideration going forward next year.”
BEACH BLOTTER Fugitive from Texas
A man wanted for a crime in the state of Texas was apprehended on Causeway Drive around 2 a.m. Tuesday, June 24. Daniel Devane III was driving down Causeway Drive when a Wrightsville Beach Police officer checked his license plate, which showed Devane was wanted for an unspecified crime.
Assault with deadly weapon
A case involving an assault with a deadly weapon is still an ongoing investigation for the Wrightsville Beach Police Department. An officer was conducting a normal patrol of the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission public boat ramp when he noticed a 31-year-old white male bleeding profusely. The other person involved in the case is a
33-year-old white female. A hammer is alleged to be the deadly weapon.
Cross street foot chase
A Wrightsville Beach Police officer on patrol passed the corner of West Salisbury Street and North Lumina Avenue by car on July 1 and noticed a suspicious-acting man, lost on the corner. Because they were also looking for a missing juvenile from Bladen County, the officers stopped to speak with the man. After giving the officer false information, 21-year-old Zachary Michael Paulson from Mebane fled across the street but tripped and was apprehended by the officer. Paulson was wanted on an order for arrest for two counts of felony probation violation in Alamance County.
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Let’s talk trash. It is July Fourth weekend at the beach. Despite the drama surronding Arthur, multitudes of day-trippers will come to town. Houses, cottages and condos have become weekend and weeklong accommodations for inland friends, extended families and rentals, which translates to copious amounts of trash, even if it rains. It is a pretty big effort to keep the town, and beach strand, parks and roadways free of litter and garbage (not to mention waterways). The town has come a long way from the days when every trash can on the beach, in the park and throughout the town was overflowing on Monday mornings. More than 26 percent of Wrightsville’s $12.4 million in annual expenses is for public works. It is common in resort areas and towns for people to disregard garbage and restroom facilities until something goes awry. As a Monday morning photo shows, crowded weekends in the days leading up to this national holiday have seen the downtown Wrightsville area maxed out in terms of garbage and trash left behind. It is hot. The lines at the ice cream stand day and night are deep. The wooden bench in front of the ice cream stand before the trash can was also piled with used ice cream serving cups and spoons. On Tuesday, after asking the town to put out additional trash bins in this area, we were told the ice cream stand merchant has been unwilling to supply any trash receptacle for his customers’ use, leaving it up to the taxpayers to haul away his business’ trash. This particular town receptacle receives a great deal of use, often overflowing with paper plates, pizza boxes, cups and other late-night revelergenerated garbage during the months when the ice cream stand is closed. To add volumes of trash from the thriving ice cream stand is ridiculous. The town is fortunate customers were willing to shove empty containers into the can until it reached maximum capacity, and then stacked cups and spoons on top of and around the can. They could have tossed them every which way. The town needs to get tough on this and quickly. Income-producing businesses should not be allowed to continue to offer food for sale without supplying trash cans for patrons even if they have been at that location for decades. To continue to shift the burden onto the already overburdened town public works department supported by taxpayer dollars is simply unacceptable. There should be a fine levied until the situation is corrected or if the town is unwilling to take that strong approach, public works should drop off one or two green garbage carts per offending business and bill them accordingly. On the other side of the street, the lovely seating area between the coffee and pizza shops should
have trash cans as well. These should be emptied by the business employees whose customers make use of this space. The downtown area has a charming small beach town appeal that rapidly vanishes the morning after. The town has been working with merchants in the central business district, some of which hold conditional use permits to operate. Not long ago, the town hired a contractor to pressure wash the sidewalks in front of these business on both sides of the street in this two- to three-block area. It didn’t last but a day or two; the morning-after stench of beer and human waste was back. The cigarette butts were back, too. Most days it smells like what you’d expect in a third world country. Adding a simple requirement for merchants to clean the sidewalks in front of their establishment would go a very long way in improving the sights and smells in this small but vital section of the beach. The businesses there with parking lots are already required to have trash cans out, but few, if any, do. Again, the town needs to get tough and require businesses to deal with their trash. A knee-high picket fence enclosing the Roberts parking lot once served double duty. Besides making the lot more attractive, it served a practical purpose: the low fence caught blowing trash. The fence is gone, but the posts remain. Once-captured trash is freed to blow all over. Roberts was denied a request for a six-foot-high fence to encircle its parking lot during this week’s planning board meeting. A fence is required under its conditional use permit. A six-foot-high fence in this congested area would be a huge mistake. Thankfully the planning board members know that. Besides the fact, a sixfoot-high fence would totally change the character of this two-block neighborhood, this is an area h-ig-h-l-y prone to flooding. The town’s aldermen need to say no to this fence as well. Now it is time to batten down the hatches for a national holiday weekend. Happy Fourth of July!
Letters to the Editor Eyewitness My name is Jackson Sims-Myers and I’m sure that you have no idea who I am. That’s okay. I was deeply saddened to hear that Steve Ruppenthal had passed away on Friday, June 20th. I was also shocked when I read the Lumina News’ coverage of the events that took place the day he was pulled ashore. I am shocked because my account of the events that took place are very different than what has been reported in the Lumina News. I would like to share with you my account of what happened on the beach that day. I was on vacation at Wrightsville beach with my family during the week of the 16th. On Thursday evening my parents and I decided to take a walk along the beach. We had walked left out of one of the beach entrances and continued under the pier. My mom noticed there was someone in the water further down the beach but at a distance it looked like a child was snorkeling in the waves. We continued to walk and then suddenly my mom stopped and pointed to something floating in the waves. The wave rolled in and it became very clear that it was an older man, not a child. Then another wave came along and we all knew something was wrong when his body was pushed by the water and his arms bobbed by his head. I had already begun moving towards the water to be able to see better when I knew something was wrong. I ran into the water, which was only about thigh deep, to try and pull the man ashore. There were two surf instructors maybe
about five feet on either side of the man who had been in the water as my family and I were walking up the beach. Fortunately, when my family noticed, one of the instructors noticed the man and told his partner to go take a look. It took the surfers a few seconds to realize what was happening and as I ran into the water I shouted for one of them to help me. Together, the surfer and I got the man onto the beach and out of the waves. My mom told me she had asked someone to call 911 and there were other people on their phones, too. Almost as soon as we set down the man, a stranger ran up to us and said he was an EMT and began to perform CPR on the man. The EMT told me that he didn’t need my help so I stepped back to give him room. Around this time the man’s family became aware and were all running down the beach towards us. There were kids with the family and my mom and I took the kids away and sat down with them away from the man. Eventually the police, an ocean rescue team, medical professionals, and other professionals were all working to save the man’s life. After around 30 minutes the man was lifted onto a stretcher and then driven away to the hospital. A couple police officers came over to me and took my name and my mom’s name and number since I am only 17. One of the officers on the scene told me that the man had a pulse when he left the beach. I was told on Monday, June 23 that he was alive when he reached the hospital and I saw the Lumina News article today-June 28 saying he passed away the day after the incident. Jackson Sims-Myers
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2014-15 Budget: $12,423,093 2014-15 General Fund Expenditures: $10,254,593 Tax rate: 13.3 cents per $100
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2014-15 Budget: $18,780,632 2014-15 General Fund Expenditures: $12,236,907 Tax rate: 23.5 cents per $100
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$15 per month to $30 per month effective May 2013. Wrightsville Beach instated a 51 cent increase per unit, or 750 gallons of water, in its 2014-15 budget, amounting to an average hike of $22 per bimonthly bill, to begin both short- and long-term improvements. Wrightsville Beach Town Manager Tim Owens said the town hopes to complete infrastructure improvements within a year and a half. The process for long-term improvements will begin with a water needs assessment and a rate study. “The primary goal is to find a long-term source of water. You need to be able to plan for the future and we’ve got a lot of older wells,” Owens said during a July 1 phone interview, adding the town bumps against maximum production levels during
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wide, beautiful beach with a huge shoal,” he said. “There are no houses that are threatened currently on the oceanfront at the north end of Figure Eight.” Possibly because of the development of sand on the north end, Giles said the Figure Eight Island Homeowners Association is now proposing the terminal groin be built further into the inlet than what was previously planned. Roughly one year ago, Figure Eight released the draft
2014-15 Budget: $14,014,088 2014-15 General Fund Expenditures: $13,183,840 Tax rate: 29.3 cents per $100
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Fleet Maintenance 2.6% Beach Maintenance 3.4%
Public Works 8.1% Beach Maintenance 7.6%
Parks & General Recreation Administration 4.4% 5.5%
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busy summer weekends. The town hopes to find a long-term source of water in the island town but due to limited land space, it will also consider a partnership with the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority. Public safety costs are higher in small beach towns than in towns of comparable size inland due to the summer swell in population. Wrightsville Beach allocated $4.66 million for public safety in the 2014-15 budget — almost half of its general fund expenditures — compared to Carolina Beach’s allocation of $3.21 million. Owens noted the town included debt service of almost $600,000 for the public safety building and a new fire truck in the public safety budget, while Carolina Beach puts debt service into a separate category. Wrightsville Beach staffs 24 police officers compared to Carolina Beach’s 27 officers.
Topsail Beach employs 8 officers with a public safety budget of $967,111. Competitive employee compensation was a priority in the Carolina Beach budget, which provided a 2 percent cost of living adjustment and a 3 percent merit raise for employees. Cramer said he arrived at those numbers from a N.C. League of Municipalities survey, which reported an average of 2 percent for cost of living adjustments and between 2.5 and 4 percent merit increases for 2014-15 fiscal year budgets. Owens said the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen will consider a 2 percent merit increase for town employees in December. Town employees received a 2 percent cost of living adjustment in the 2013-14 budget plus a 1 percent merit increase. Topsail Beach employees received a 2 percent merit increase in the 2014-15 fiscal
year. The beach communities also emphasized the importance of maintaining healthy general fund reserves. “Beach towns have two strikes against them when it comes to reserves,” Owens said. “One, you don’t start getting your tax money in until January-ish. So you’ve got to survive off your reserves. That’s one of the reasons you have your reserves, in order to pay your bills until that money trickles in. But the other is, in the event there is a storm, most of the storms are reimbursable events. You’ve got to go out and fix what you need to fix and over time, you may get reimbursed.” Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach both maintain fund reserves with 50 percent of their total budgets. Topsail Beach currently operates with a fund reserve of 22 percent of its total budget. Topsail Beach Town Manager
environmental impact study for the proposed terminal groin and Southern Environmental Law Center director Derb Carter said a new location for the terminal groin would be another reason for a new environmental impact study. “Our review was that the draft was so inadequate in assessing the environmental impacts that they should be required to prepare another draft for public review before they go to a final environmental impact statement,” Carter said during a July 1 phone interview. “The first document
was inadequate and in addition they have now changed the location of the terminal groin, which is a circumstance that should require a new statement.” Figure Eight Island Home Owners Association submitted the draft EIS to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Carter said the corps would decide if a new draft is required. If the terminal groin is built at the north end of Figure Eight, Giles said the entire spit of sand north of the groin would wash away into the inlet. That sand is habitat to nesting shorebirds.
Giles said its loss would be a hit for species like the piping plover and also for land entitled to public trust. That land has also been accreting for the homeowners on the inlet side of the island, Giles said. “You have these intertidal sand flats that have created a nesting habitat for thousands of shorebirds … and places for people,” Giles said. “Right now what we feel like is it is a critical time to say, why does Figure Eight need any kind of project?”
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A black skimmer chick rests at Wrightsville’s south end on Friday, June 27.
Waterbird Management Area on the north end of the island. “We haven’t been monitoring that area so I can’t say categorically that it hasn’t produced any fledglings but any reproductive effort there would be really low due to conditions,” Addison said. The waterbird management area was created as a requirement of the 2002 Masons Inlet relocation permit. Audubon monitored nesting bird activity there until 2013, when some monitoring requirements were suspended while the county works with the U.S. Army Corps
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n shorebirds pairs of common terns are nesting again after they lost their first chicks to fire ants. Addison said fire ants are attracted to egg white stuck on the chicks immediately after they hatch, and since ants are natural residents of the dune system, bird volunteers can only react to harm inflicted by the ants. “You find chicks with ants all over them. If they’re still alive, you can remove the ants and place the chick a little distance away but there’s not a way to prevent the ants from finding the chicks in the first place,” Addison said. Addison suspects willet pairs have also nested on the south end. She said they hide their nests but the parents’ regular appearance at the posting suggests they are tending nests. Some least tern pairs attempted to nest at the south end even though the open, sandy habitat they prefer was dredged away during the beach renourishment project. No nests were successful. “We went from having over 250 nesting least tern pairs at the colony last year, and almost 600 least tern pairs in 2012 to having seven nests that failed within two days of them being laid,” Addison said during a June 25 phone interview. Some least terns also attempted to nest in the Mason Inlet
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of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to permanently alter requirements. “We haven’t asked them to report on the number of nests and eggs. We have asked them to go out there regularly and have someone that’s capable of identifying nests to make sure that the posting encompasses those nests,” said Kathy Matthews, biologist at the Fish and Wildlife Service, during a June 26 phone interview. On June 24, Matthews surveyed the site with corps officials to determine if recent county maintenance efforts
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brought the area into compliance with the permit. Both entities have been working with the county throughout bird nesting season, requesting additional posts, string and signage to ensure north end visitors are aware of the nesting birds. Matthews said the groups asked the county to add more posts following the June 24 visit, including posts to enclose a least tern nest found outside the posted area. Matthews said the groups did not actively look for nests inside the posting. Layton Bedsole, county shore protection coordinator, said the county added posts and signs to the area but did not enclose the nest because they did not know where it was. He said county and corps officials plan to meet on site July 10 to secure approval for the work and locate the nest. Bedsole said he hopes increased beach traffic during Fourth of July weekend will notice and adhere to the signs. Addison said Audubon volunteers will stand watch over the south end bird sanctuary during the holiday weekend to keep an eye on the area and introduce beachgoers to the chicks. “That’s what the volunteers want, to have these fun encounters with people where they’ve never seen a chick … and then they do and it’s like a whole other world. They get pretty excited,” Addison said. email miriah@luminanews.com
Public Safety 7.3%
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Tim Holleman said big expenditures, like the town’s $5 million contribution to beach renourishment every five or six years, have strained reserve funds. Topsail Beach does not receive federal assistance for beach renourishment. The town is focusing on restoring its reserves in coming years. “Our biggest thing is rebuilding
the fund balance,” Holleman said during a June 27 phone interview. Topsail Beach officials hope to secure federal authorization for beach renourishment in the future. A higher percentage of the 29.3 cents per $100 tax rate is earmarked for beach renourishment in the meantime.
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while storm conditions persist. “They may be experienced swimmers in a lake or a river but swimming in the ocean we have these conditions and it’s just a very different situation,” Smith said. In the event of a hurricane warning issued 36 hours prior to the appearance of hurricane force conditions, town officials will prepare residents and visitors for an evacuation. The town’s board of aldermen approved a hurricane plan revision in June that includes a change of venue for satellite operations during a catastrophic event. Elected officials and key staff will occupy rooms at the Residence Inn on Military Cutoff, adjacent to Wilmington Fire Station No. 9 and the county’s Northeast Regional Library and Executive Development Center where post-storm residents may seek assistance. “Fourth of July weekend is always challenging just because of the sheer number of visitors we have on the beach,” Smith said. Ensuring safety — water safety and emergency medical operations — are the biggest concerns, as is involvement in the unified command operation to monitor Masonboro festivities. “Fireworks are illegal in the State of North Carolina for a reason Smith said. “They injure people seriously; they start fires and in a community that’s as densely packed as Wrightsville Beach is over the Fourth of July, it’s just an extra risk we don’t need.” Though the storm is still a developing situation, Smith said, “Small changes in the track or the strength can make big differences for us. Everyone needs to stay tuned and act accordingly whatever that may be.”
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Owens said the public can expect to see an increased presence of lifeguards on duty into the evening hours of Thursday, July 3. “They’re going to be fully staffed anyway. One of the things we’re going to do is keep them later on Thursday … probably closer to dark. A lot of times you’ll see folks — depending on whether it’s raining or not raining — they’ll go swimming a lot later, like they’ve been doing this whole week. It’s been hot.” The worst-case scenario, said Wrightsville Beach Fire Chief Frank Smith, would see sunny conditions while the storm passes offshore. “It looks like a nice day. The ocean looks inviting; it doesn’t look rough; you don’t have the big churning waves; you don’t have howling wind; but you have these big swells that make very dangerous rip currents. That’s the most difficult condition to get folks to understand,” Smith said during a July 1 phone interview. “It just looks nice and the danger is hidden under the surface.” “At this point the major risk will be rough seas, dangerous rip currents, which is always a hazard,” Smith said. “At a time when you have so many visitors in town, and many visitors who of course just aren’t familiar with the ocean and rip currents and things of that nature, we’re really going to try to very actively make announcements on the vehicles going up and down the beach and warn people about the dangerous conditions when they arise.” Smith cautions beachgoers to heed lifeguard advice and to limit themselves to their capabilities
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cOMMUNITY nEWS For The Record Question and photographs by Henry Liverman and Sarah Thomas
How do you plan to observe the Fourth of July?
Theresa Frederick Raleigh, N.C.
“Probably stay on the beach, or go out on a boat offshore.”
Martina Frederick
Paula and Fred Griffith
“I’m going to try my luck fishing.”
“We’re going up to the mountains this year. We alternate between them and the beach.”
Raleigh, N.C.
Charlotte, N.C.
Emily Lamb
Gary McClain
“Working all day, but I may go see the fireworks.”
“Hang out by the waterfront and check out the bands at Southpoint.”
Wilmington, N.C.
Oak Island, N.C.
Cooking class inspires little chefs By Samantha Santana Intern
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Haley Thomas, from left, Claire Parker, Isabella Bufalini and Haley Wood eat manicotti and monkey bread that they helped prepare during the Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation’s Kids’ Cooking Camp Friday, June 27 in the Fran Russ Recreation Center.
Wearing their blue aprons, elementary school-aged children gathered around the Fran Russ Recreation Center’s kitchen countertop Friday, June 27. The children were part of the Kids’ Cooking Camp, one of the summer camps provided by Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation. Cooking instructor Stephanie Avery-Taylor has been teaching the camp for a little more than two years. “We have students learning to cook recipes so they can cook at home,” Taylor said. “We already made cheese fries from scratch … calzones for lunch … and for dessert, snickerdoodles and homemade ice cream.” The summer camp’s mission is to teach students basic cooking
strategies and recipes. “It’s to help them learn how to prepare healthy foods for themselves and their families,” Taylor said. The camp also allows children to have a delicious and rewarding experience. “I think [the camp] is good and fun,” said 10-year-old Hayley Thomas, who was also registered during the summer 2013 cooking camp. “My family says the food is really good, too.” Many parents are also enjoying the extra set of small hands around the kitchen. “I’ve got four kids so I figured 8 and 11 years old are perfect ages to start helping mom out in the kitchen,” said Stacey Bufalimi, mother of 11-year-old Isabella and 8-year-old Olivia Bufalimi. There are two five-day summer camp sessions. Camp one session ran from June 23-27 and was
open to rising third through fifth graders. Camp two session will run from July 28 to Aug. 1 and is open to rising sixth through eighth graders. Both sessions are held from 1-4 p.m. at Wrightsville Beach Park’s Fran Russ Recreation Center. There is a $150 fee for Wrightsville Beach residents and $180 fee for nonresidents. Preregistration is required. Students will cover basic kitchen practices such as measurements, safety, identifying utensils, washing dishes and preparing meals and snacks. “It’s fun and I can make stuff like new foods with my family,” Isabella Bufalimi said. “Sometimes, I bring food to them. My sister and brother really liked the calzones we made.” For more information or to register, visit www. townofwrightsvillebeach.com
Foundation focuses on downtown, calendars By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
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Soon supporters of the Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue competition team will be able to take their favorite lifeguard home. The Wrightsville Beach Foundation’s inaugural lifeguard calendars will be available for preorder at the next Wrightsville Beach Farmers’ Market Monday, July 7, at the foundation’s booth. Foundation co-president Jim Smith said ocean rescue director Dave Baker, Jackie Whitaker and Jordan Wiegman served as photographers for the calendar. The calendars will sell for $15. Although the calendars are a couple of weeks late in coming out, Smith said they should raise significant funds to send WBOR to the 2014 Unites States Lifesaving Association competition. “We are excited about it, and have some awesome photographs and great sponsors,” Smith said. “We are going to be able to raise plenty of money to send the ocean rescue team to competition this year.” Wrightsville’s ocean rescue team took home first place in last year’s USLA southeastern regional competition. The beautification of downtown Wrightsville Beach will also continue to be a focus of concern for the foundation after the town of Wrightsville
Beach secured a federal grant for intersection and pedestrian walkway improvements. The Surface Transportation Project-Direct Attributable grant will provide $233,600 in federal funding for the project with a required match of $58,400 from the town, which was approved by the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen in May. Wrightsville Beach Town Manager Tim Owens said the grant funding carries the timing restrictions of permitting completed by Aug. 21, 2015, and project completion by April 30, 2016. “At some point in the near future the board is going to have to sit down and figure out where they want to go with it all,” Owens said. Smith said one of the things that helped the town secure the grant was the commitment from the foundation to also provide funding for the project. One source of funding the foundation is currently working on is the sale of the first Wrightsville Beach flag. Bordered in light blue with the town seal in the middle, foundation volunteer Linda Brown said the first order of the flags has already sold out. All proceeds from the flag sales will be used for foundation projects like the downtown beautification plan. For more information, visit www.wrightsville beachfoundation.org email cole@luminanews.com
IMPORTANT DATES Monday, July 7 Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting, 4 p.m. Town Hall Chambers Tuesday, July 8 Wrightsville Beach Marketing Advisory Committee, 4 p.m. Town Hall Conference Room Wilmington City Council meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers Wednesday, July 9 Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Board meeting, 9 a.m. Harrell Conference Room at Government Center Wilmington-New Hanover Port, Waterway and Beach Commission, 4 p..m. Finance Conference Room at Government Center
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Lifestyles Bringing the Beach Together
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rightsville Beach resident Bill Creasy is a man with an intimate knowledge of beach happenings dipping back into the early 20th century. Creasy’s remembrances of July Fourths past tell the story of a different time and a different Wrightsville Beach.
What was Fourth of July like in Wrightsville Beach when you were growing up? My memories of the Fourth of July are mostly from the 1930s and 1940s when I was a teenager because it meant the most to me then. I had all kinds of friends down here and we had a bunch of little activities that didn’t amount to much but they were things we enjoyed doing. On the Fourth of July they would couple up about four or five of those cars and load them up with every kind of person you could imagine and they would head down here to the Lumina. The Lumina was the attraction on the Fourth of July … they used to have a lot of athletic events like a foot race, sack race, greased pole climb and all kinds of things like that. Of course on Fourth of July night there was always a dance at Lumina, but I was too young at that time to care anything about dancing. The sack race entertained me more than anything. They would tie a sack around your legs and try to hop along.
Did you ever have a boat to race? I was just a spectator; I was never able to have one. I would wander along and ask each one of the drivers about his engine and where he was from. Those little engines burned ether and castor oil because ether was very volatile and castor oil was a good lubricator, and when they were out there racing, about the only thing you could smell was the ether and castor oil. They had bigger boats, too, that mostly had 22-horsepower Evinrudes or Johnsons. That was the biggest engine back then. Why did you like the smaller boats more?
The thing I remember most about the Fourth of July was in the 1940s when I was a teenager growing up and it was the boat races.
I don’t know, because they were small, I guess. They appealed to me and when they got about five or six of them out there it sounded like a bunch of bumblebees because they had a real high pitch with that ether burning in there.
Were these sailboat races?
When did you get your first motorboat?
I was interested in motorboats, the sailboats never appealed to me too much because they were too slow. I was mostly interested in the little hydroplanes that used Johnson and Evinrude nine-horsepower motors and they would come from all over the Southeast to race down here around the Fourth of July. They held them right in front of the old Seashore Hotel in Banks Channel and they would start early in the morning and go all day because they had different classes.
When I was about 8 years old my dad got me a little two-horsepower Evinrude engine. He bought it secondhand from somebody and probably got the whole thing for $25. I had more fun with that little boat up until gas got short, so that is when I got my sailboat. I traded the engine for a Keystone movie projector; I never will forget that, and I started collecting 16-millimeter film. I kept the boat and I had a set of oars so I could row my boat.
Was there one aspect of the holiday that you remember most?
Above: Longtime Wrightsville Beach resident Bill Creasy vividly remembers the small boat races that would take place in Banks Channel every Fourth of July until the beginning of WWII. Creasy, shown in this photograph wading through the water next to the boats wearing white shorts and a khaki shirt, would often check out each racing boat. Top: A typical Fourth of July crowd gathers at the Lumina Pavilion around the late 1930s and early 1940s, where there would be multiple athletic events held throughout the holiday.
What do you do on the Fourth of July now? Now I usually sit on the porch with some kind of cool drink and watch all the boats and people come by. I can sit on this porch and I can see all the boat activity out there and I can sit on the other porch and see all the street activity. I get it all right here in the downtown area. I guess you see more standup paddleboard races in the channel now. Yeah, that is all you see nowadays, paddleboarders. I think that is probably a fad anyway. First it was windsurfing, then it was something else and then it was wakeboarding. What watersports did you like? I used to waterski but you never see anybody waterskiing anymore. All you see now are boats dragging people along on a tube and that is because it is the easy thing to do and they don’t want to do the more difficult thing. It took me probably two or three weeks to actually stand up on skis and another two weeks to go from two skis to one. It was an accomplishment. Did you start skiing at a young age? There wasn’t anything like skiing when I was a teenager though; what we had back then was called an aquaplane. It was a big, wide board with ropes on it that you hold onto. It was a humongous, big board and if it ever hit you it would kill you. It was like a big door. Last time I skied I was about 55 years old and I was worried about falling and breaking something, but back then we didn’t think about breaking anything. Our favorite thing was to ski between here and Carolina Beach. That was a good ski and it would wear you out. But like anything it faded out and something else took its place.
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Gone are the days of Lumina and the motorboat races in Banks Channel but Bill Creasy, seen here June 27, 2014, still enjoys each Wrightsville Beach Fourth of July from the comfort of a rocking chair on his porch facing Banks Channel.
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What’s coming down the pipeline this weekend?
Fourth of July
Stars and Stripes Forever
Kids’ Independence Celebration
Fireworks Cruise Henrietta III Riverboat Friday, July 4, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Downtown Celebration Riverfront Park, downtown Wilmington Friday, July 4, 5 p.m.
Children’s Museum of Wilmington Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 6, 1-5 p.m.
Board the Henrietta III for a cruise along the Cape Fear River, while watching the Battleship Blast fireworks display from 9:05-9:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.cfrboats.com
The City of Wilmington presents a Fourth of July celebration with music provided by the 440th Army Band, street food vendors and more. Fireworks over the Cape Fear River begin at 9:05 p.m. For more information, visit www.wilmingtonnc.gov
The Children’s Museum of Wilmington features a weekendlong Fourth of July celebration with themed program activities, an indoor fireworks show and more. For more information, visit www.playwilmington.org
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Artists reveal Wrightsville Sound scenes do that, was a real treat,” Hair said. The painters had three hours at each site to Staff Writer set up, compose and paint a picture. While Hair Scenes from four historic properties in listed weather and bugs as two notable obstacles Wrightsville Sound, composed and painted on plein air painters face, van Fossen suggested site by plein air painters, were on display at the changing light and time constraints as main Latimer House June 30. difficulties. Heather van Fossen, volunteer program coorPainters were allowed to touch up work after dinator with the Historical Society of the Lower each session, but paintings needed to be essenCape Fear, organized a group of 19 local painters tially complete at the end of each three-hour and secured access to the sites. The resulting 63 session. works of art were compiled Hair has been a plein and exhibited at the show. air painter for years. Her “Being allowed to go to these first plein air workshop Van Fossen said this is the second plein air art show beautiful properties, that the took place at Wrightsville the historical society has Beach but the passion has organized. In 2013, paint- homeowners allowed us to do landed her many places ers gathered at the Latimer over the years, including House, where models in Niagara Falls and Europe. that, was a real treat.” period dress posed in the She often organizes trips garden. This year, the group through email corresponwanted to reach into the community. dence with a group of other plein air painters, “We wanted to do something different so I was many of whom participated in the Wrightsville able to find some people with the connections to Sound sessions. get access to historic areas of Wrightsville Sound Even though van Fossen is not an artist, she that no one gets to see,” van Fossen said. said the opportunity to experience the artists’ The painters took six trips to four sites: the camaraderie was the most rewarding part of the Beane farm on Airlie Road and the Sweeny prop- event. erty on Summer Rest Road twice each, plus the “It was fun. I just liked to go and see everyRussell property on Bradley Creek Point Road body and watch everybody paint,” she said. and Mt. Lebanon Chapel. Attendees voted for a people’s choice award, Ann Hair, one of the plein air painters who which went to Cheryl McGraw for her painting participated, said the opportunity to visit those “Summer Rest Road, the Porch.” areas was one of her favorite parts of the After the art show and reception at Latimer experience. House, the paintings will be split up, some mov“Normally, you would not be invited to places ing to Dixie Grill and others finding a home like that. Being allowed to go to these beautiful at the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History. properties, that the homeowners allowed us to email miriah@luminanews.com By Miriah Hamrick
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A river runs through her Beverly Tetterton launches new title
By Marimar McNaughton Staff Writer
A prolific Wilmington historian releases her next title Monday, July 7. “Maritime Wilmington,” by Beverly Tetterton, published by Arcadia, follows the template of the imprint’s familiar Images of America series. With almost 120 pages dedicated to illustrations, Tetterton first maps then follows the history of the Cape Fear River. Told in photographs and in-depth captions, the chronology unfolds with both broad brush strokes and textural details. Tetterton, now retired as a career librarian in New Hanover County’s North Carolina Room, has published volumes of books about Wilmington’s lost architectural legacy and launched, with co-author Dan Camacho, a walking tour e-book of some of the city’s most noteworthy sites. The maritime history book may be perceived as something of a departure. “Once I really delved into the history of houses — houses are built and added onto, and part of them may burn, and then they’re rebuilt, or they take another building around the corner and put it on the back of it, or take the front off and the street’s made — there’s very few houses that are totally and completely intact. Vessels are the same way, reincarnated over and over again; sometimes they’re rebuilt from the paddlewheel. For me that’s the relationship. I think buildings are beautiful and ships are beautiful, they just have this long life.” With the City of Wilmington approaching the conclusion of its expansive Riverwalk project, Tetterton thought the time was
right to launch a book about the river for residents and visitors. “I don’t think they can imagine what the river looked like historically … not all that long ago,” she said. Tetterton explained during a June 27 phone interview that she has a great love of vessels. “Everybody thinks I just love houses and buildings,” she said. “I’ve lived downtown since 1981 and I think I’ve visited every ship that’s visited Wilmington.” One of the book’s strongest images in the early chapters is a 1915 photograph of The Wilmington, an excursion steamer that carried up to 2,000 day trippers downriver to Southport. “When I first started working at the library, there were people around that told me about being on The Wilmington. I think when Capt. Marshburn bought The Henrietta and brought it into Wilmington, I just think people thought it was a smashingly beautiful boat but I think there was this whole romantic, long history that they liked, too,” she said. Personally she loves the image of Amy Hotz’s family making barrels, and images of turpentine. Also acquainted with dock hands who worked the river their entire lives and railroad workers who remember the freighters coming into port, Tetterton says her newest book is also a salute to the City of Wilmington for investing in the infrastructure to complete the Riverwalk between the Cape Fear Memorial and the Isabel Holmes bridges. She considers the Cape Fear River the city’s main street and as the former chair of the committee that decorated the Wilmington Convention Center,
Tetterton was deeply attached to the library’s stock of archival images that mirror the city’s history in its waters. The response to the black-and-white enlargements placed throughout the center’s corridors near windows framing waterfront viewpoints has been overwhelmingly popular, she said. “Riverfest was basically started just to get people to go back downtown and enjoy the river,” she added. “I like the historical photos but I like bringing it up to modern day, too.” When she developed the chapter that spans the World War II years, she purposely chose images that showcased women. “The WACs and the WAVEs, that was kind of fun to give women a little bit of extra press,” Tetterton said. “I really enjoyed learning about how women served in the Marines and the Army and Navy.” Other favorite photographs include late 1950s images of the Navy’s mothball fleet anchored up the Brunswick River. The scene is reminiscent of one from Tetterton’s childhood years. She grew up near the James River in Virginia, a hub of maritime culture, shipbuilding and a mothballed fleet. From her family’s Piankitank River house in Gloucester to her girlhood home in Williamsburg, Tetterton’s affinity for old homes and buildings, ships and boats, comes into focus with the shared common denominator, the river. Tetteron will sign copies of her book, “Maritime Wilmington,” at the Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts, Monday, July 21, 6:30 p.m. email marimar@luminanews.com
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New parish hall designed for reflection, growth By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
A growing congregation of more than 800 members at St. Andrew’s On-The-Sound Episcopal Church celebrated completion of a new parish hall in June 2014. Because the parish hall was built in response to St. Andrew’s growing community, church leaders spent years gathering input from parish members to determine what they wanted and needed in the new building before ground broke on Aug. 18, 2013. “It’s a building that grew out of a vision that came from the heart of the congregation,” said Reverend Richard Elliott. “We’ve needed to find ways to expand, and this vision came out of the heart of the parish.” New programs and opportunities are already welcoming parish members to inhabit the space designed with their suggestions in mind. An added weekly service is available in the parish hall
on Saturday evenings, plus Elliott hosts a spiritual orientation class that helps parishioners stay present in the moment. “We live constantly with weapons of mass distraction. We’re constantly being pulled away by cell phones, computers, electronic billboards, radio, TV. Just being some place and being quiet for a few minutes, really being present in the now and not caught in memory or planning, can be a really powerful experience,” Elliott said. The program is offered in addition to meditation classes held every Wednesday morning. Although the church’s youth group will not meet again until the 2014-15 school year begins, assistant rector Christopher Adams is excited the group will have its own room for the first time in the church’s history. He requested that the room be kept bare so the group can exercise its creativity and claim the space as its own — except for one request. Adams suggested displaying five icons of Jesus represented as
different ethnicities in the room. The group plans to host youth groups from other community churches once they settle into the space and Adams hopes the icons will make the room and the group’s message more inclusive to visitors. “What excited me the most is that the youth will finally have a place to call their own. … It’s one thing to go to church that you see primarily as your parents’ church. It’s another to go to a church that feels like your own. This space will allow for that,” Adams said. An opening ceremony June 22 allowed parishioners to tour the completed facility. Dan Knight, former senior warden who oversaw the project, said many people commented on the abundant natural light in the building, saying it uplifted them. “It makes you feel in tune with the Holy Spirit,” Knight said. Much of that light streams in through 65 feet of floor-to-ceiling windows, which frame an indoor corridor connecting a parking lot
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Floor-to-ceiling windows line the corridor at the new parish hall at St. Andrew’s On-The-Sound Episcopal Church.
to the main hall where Sunday services are held. Knight said the corridor, which overlooks the church’s cemetery and newly constructed ash garden, was designed to host a contemplative journey. “Christian life is always a journey. It’s good to think about that on a given Sunday when you come to church … to see the greenery and know that you’re moving toward the service,” Knight said. The 7,000-square-foot building cost $1.35 million, funded by a capital campaign that allows parishioners to pledge a contribution during the course of three years. The next step in the church’s expansion plan is to convert the old parish hall into offices for clergy and administrative staff, who currently work in a rented space on Oleander Drive. email miriah@luminanews.com Staff photo by Allison Potter
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The new parish hall at St. Andrew’s On-The-Sound Episcopal Church, designed to take advantage of natural light.
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Century-old letter proves Wrightsville man’s surfing ambition By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
In 1910, Wilmington resident Burke Haywood Bridgers read something in an edition of Collier’s Weekly that caught his attention. It was an article by native South Carolinian and pioneering surfer Alexander Hume Ford about the wave conditions and surfboard designs in Hawaii. Joseph “Skipper” Funderburg, local historian and author of “Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast,” discovered Bridgers’ letter, which Funderburg said would rewrite the history of surfing on the East Coast. “It hit the historic reset button because during that period of 1900-1910 there was extremely little known about surfing,
particularly along the United States’ East Coast,” Funderburg said. “It was surreal to begin with and it took a few hours for it to actually sink in that, after
the East Coast. “During the past summer, we tried this sport to a very considerable extent, but did not meet with any great success, due to the
“It hit the historic reset button because during that period of 1900-1910 there was extremely little known about surfing, particularly along the United States’ East Coast.” years of research, I had found the documentation like that, and that it involved someone from Wrightsville Beach.” In his letter to the Collier’s Weekly on April 2, 1910, Bridgers wrote that Hume’s article was attracting attention along
fact that the boards did not have sufficient supporting ability to carry the weight of a man, except when reclining at full length on the board,” Bridgers wrote. “The most successful effort toward coming in erect were by small boys under 100 pounds in
weight.” Bridgers went on to write that most of the surfboards were made of juniper, and would stop and sink when its rider attempted to stand. As for the surf conditions on the Cape Fear coast, Bridgers wrote, “The surf on this coast usually breaks within a hundred to a hundred and fifty feet off the shore, except in storms.” In the conclusion of his letter, Bridgers asked detailed questions about the dimensions and shape of Hawaiian surfboards and about
the Hawaiian wave conditions. It was the depth of Bridgers’ questions that especially caught Funderburg’s eye, because scarcely any surfing information would have been available to Bridgers. With no evidence of surfing on the East Coast predating Bridgers’ claim, Funderburg said the discovery should rewrite the history of surfing. “Surfing made its informal debut on Wrightsville Beach more than 100 years ago in comparatively obscure surroundings,”
Funderburg said. “This humble event could not possibly have provided the slightest clue of the worldwide popularity of the soon-to-be sport. Time, geography and culture all conspired to elucidate Mr. Bridgers’ wave riding abilities, making Wrightsville Beach the birthplace of surfing here, and on the U.S. East Coast.” With the new discovery of Bridgers’ letter, Funderburg said he plans to continue his research into Bridgers and the events described. email cole@luminanews.com
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Sports/Marine Hook, Line & Sinker Week of July Fourth starts with a bang By Skylar Walters
The first week of July is not normally the most productive week for fishing in our area, mainly due to the heat, warm water temperatures and loads of people enjoying their favorite water activity. This week is really no different in that regard, but this year we are in the bulls eye staring at a tropical system named Arthur. Of course the forecast will change many times, and you may be very likely reading this as you are hiding from the elements on Thursday or Friday. Fortunately, if the weather guessers are correct, this thing should be out of here by Saturday with conditions improving drastically and returning to something that
The days leading into July have been excellent to find some inshore dolphin in the areas around 10 miles, such as 10 Mile Rock and the 10 Mile Boxcars. In addition to dolphin, which are smaller than the variety found further off the beach, it’s also a good time to target sailfish. In past years sailfish have been caught as close as three miles off the beach with some excellent fishing being found in the eight to 10-mile range and beyond to around 18 miles. Of course this fishing can be slow, as the fish are either around or they aren’t. Reports from last week indicate that if the sailfish and dolphin don’t cooperate, there are plenty of king mackerel in
Of course the forecast will change many times, and you may be very likely reading this as you are hiding from the elements on Thursday or Friday. resembles a more typical summer for Wrightsville Beach. Offshore, the fish are scattered and many boaters are having a hard time locating any sort of temperature breaks. This time of year it doesn’t take much to draw the fishes’ interest so even a variation of 1 degree may just be worth an exploratory stop to see what’s holding nearby. Dolphin are probably the most common fish found while trolling live baits or dead ones and good areas to start are around 23 Mile Rock and WR4. Bottom fishing has been good in those areas as well, although it’ll take a couple of days or more for the seas to finally settle enough for an offshore fishing trip.
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the area to keep you busy. Probably the single most important thing to find and fish around instead of structure is bait pods. If you find those it’s almost a sure bet that predators are not that far behind. Inshore, the red drum and flounder fishing has been decent around the inlets, and especially the Masonboro jetties. A live Carolina rigged finger mullet, of which there are plenty in the shallows right now, are an almost sure bet to draw a strike. The deeper creeks and holes around the docks are also holding fish. As always, when fishing this time of year, early and late day fishing trips will help your cause.
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Wilmington Realtor Michelle Clark’s 1969 Dodge Charger General Lee was one of the many antique autos to stop by downtown Wilmington along the 2014 Great Race, which followed a course from Maine to Florida.
By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
One after one, antique autos from around the country rumbled through the Water Street checkpoint in downtown Wilmington for one of the stops for the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race on Thursday, June 26. Started in 1983, the Great Race is an endurance car race that tests antique autos and their teams on cross-country routes throughout the United States. This year’s route stretched nearly 2,500 miles from Ogunquit, Maine, to The Villages, Fla., and wound through cities along the Eastern Seaboard. A large crowd lined the street in front of the Hilton Wilmington Riverside to welcome the antique autos ranging from 45 to nearly
100 years old. Wilmington resident and Realtor Michelle Clark’s 1969 Dodge Charger General Lee led the parade into downtown with navigator Buddy Green and driver George Barbour behind the wheel. Clark, who has owned the car for nearly one year, said her love for that specific model started when “The Dukes of Hazard” was on air from 1979-1985. “I am a huge Bo Duke fan; I had a crush on him growing up and Buddy is into cars, and we were trying to find a car that I would be interested in,” Clark said. “I said, ‘The General Lee — that is easy.’” This was the third year in a row Green served as navigator for a car in the Great Race, with his father, Bill Green, driving the
first two years. For the elder Green, competing in the Great Race was an item on his bucket list. “I am enjoying every minute of it, but it is a little different being support and not being in the car this year,” Bill Green said. Cars in the Great Race have to drive at or under the posted speed limits at all times and must adhere to a strict route and schedule to earn points. Directions for the routes are sent to the cars along the way to keep drivers and navigators on their feet. As the navigator, Buddy Green said his job is to keep the car on the correct route and on the correct time. “It is an eight- to nine-day math equation,” Green said. “It is like a treasure hunt, safari, old car challenge all at the same time. Going
the speed limit or less still doesn’t give you enough time sometimes to do all the math work you have to do to stay on track.” At every stop the teams have to survey their antique autos to check for any necessary repairs and, with the ages of some of the cars, Green said repairs are often needed. “Our car is one of the newest out here and it is 45 years old,” he said. “You take a 45-year-old car and put 2,500 miles on it, there are going to be things that go wrong.” The Great Race ended in Villages, Fla., on Sunday, June 29. For the third year in a row the winning team was Barry and Irene Jason from Keller, Texas, driving a 1969 Ford Mustang. email cole@luminanews.com
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Playing by the By Miriah Hamrick, Staff Writer
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here are people who bend and break the rules, people play by bending and breaking the rules, and the select few who learn to take advantage of them. Cothran Harris has spent 25 years designing beach cottages and resort houses, where strict building codes dictate what percentage of a structure can be heated and air-conditioned, whether a porch can be covered, how much permanent structure can be built on a floodplain zone and more but instead of letting the codes restrict his designs, Harris has learned to embrace the rules. “Everybody has rules. Rules are not an excuse for doing something badly or in an ordinary manner. If you’re good at what you’re doing and you work hard, you can take the rules and use them and still do something that is attractive and appropriate,” Harris said. Whether designed as a space to relax and recharge or greet and entertain guests, Harris sees porches as an essential component of any well-designed house; an outdoor living space that mirrors and extends the function of the house’s indoor space. When Harris designed the Smith cottage on South Channel Drive, he used the rule restricting permanent structures below the floodplain line to create a ground floor deck with a stunning view of Motts Channel. Instead of throwing the house on pilings, the deck gives the homeowners an additional 1,000-square-foot space for entertaining guests. “Because of flood zones, the bottom of the house has to be open, and yet, that doesn’t mean it has to be abandoned, either,” Harris said. “This outside room is a large gathering area. If you had friends and family down for Fourth of July and it was raining, you have this covered area you could use to stage a large function.” Plumbing and electrical work on the ground level are limited, but the space will include an outdoor shower and lighting. Randy Williams, broker of Hardee, Hunt & Williams, said homeowners can also use the ground level space to plant a small garden. “I’ve even seen little gardens underneath houses where they had some diffused sunlight. I’ve seen some areas screened in for oyster roasts, a lot of hammocks swinging under houses,” Williams said. “Down on the ground in the summertime, there’s quite a bit of enjoyment to be had.” The design of Alicia Gregory’s newly constructed vacation house on Waynick Boulevard was driven by her desire for a wraparound porch system, but she was pleasantly surprised with the way CharlestonStaff photos by Joshua Curry based architect Glenn Keyes also used the Coastal porches offer outdoor living spaces for showers, space beneath the house to create a deck hammocks, benches, grills and more.
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The Smith cottage on South Channel Drive, designed by Cothran Harris, features porches on every level and an unobstructed view of Motts Channel.
complete with an outdoor shower and benches. “It’s a neat little design,” Gregory said. “We’ll have really pretty lighting so if we have an oyster roast or a fish fry, we can sit out there and enjoy being by my dad and husband, who love to cook.” Williams suggested porches be designed for solar orientation and cooling southeast winds in the summertime. “I show a lot of houses that have ample porches and decks that never get used. I would strongly encourage any of my clients to work with an architect and find the optimal place for a porch,” Williams said. Gregory said her porches were designed with the sun and wind in mind, with different areas of the wraparound porch offering sun, shade and breezes rolling in from the ocean. “We wanted for everybody to be comfortable, to able to enjoy all the pretty views and get outside and feel the breezes,” Gregory said. Williams said some homebuyers might not know they are interested in outdoor living space until they see a home with innovative, thoughtfully designed porches. “It almost never comes up in the initial interview, but it almost always gets noticed if it’s a well-designed porch,” he said. email miriah@luminanews.com
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Wrightsville Beach was named a Superstar Beach for water quality in the Natural Resources Defense Council’s national 2014 Testing the Waters study. Wrightsville’s water quality is often a key marketing tool for local businesses.
Wrightsville water quality helps bring in the biz By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
The aqua water off Wrightsville Beach has been recognized by the Natural Resources Defense Council as part of the inaugural class of Superstar Beaches for water quality. To qualify for the list of 35 beaches lauded by the NRDC for ocean water quality, each location could not exceed the previous national ocean water quality standard by more than 2 percent from 2009-2012, and not exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s new, more stringent Beach Action Value by
more than 2 percent in 2013. For around 30 years Blockade Runner Beach Resort co-owner Mary Baggett Martin has touted Wrightsville’s water quality as one of the resort’s best attractions. “Way back from the beginning that was my No. 1 selling point,” Martin said. “You go to all the beaches international travellers have possibly heard of, like Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head, and the water is not as clear and gorgeous as our water.” Connie Nelson, Wilmington and Beaches Convention and Visitors Bureau communications director, said Wrightsville’s
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water quality is best marketed through the use of photographs. “The marketing of Wrightsville Beach’s clean water is primarily through images that convey people actively enjoying our ocean and waterways,” Nelson stated in a July 1 email. “Recently Wrightsville Beach marketing efforts also included a press release about the summer season prep, which includes a portion that references clean water.” Included in that summer marketing press campaign is a section that specifically addresses the town of Wrightsville Beach’s efforts to keep the water clean, Nelson added. From the years 2009-2012 the NRDC’s research shows that the ocean water tested around Johnnie Mercer’s Pier reported 0 percent readings for the previous national standard. The same 0 percent reading was recorded for 2013 for the Beach
Action Value reading, which was developed by the EPA to provide states with a precautionary tool that would act as an early alert to beachgoers if water quality results revealed substandard levels. In its 2014 Testing the Waters study, the NRDC stated a majority of beach pollution stems from stormwater runoff, untreated or partially treated discharges from sewer systems and wildlife. Joining Wrightsville Beach on the NRDC Superstar Beaches list for North Carolina are Cape Hatteras, Topsail Beach and Sunset Beach. For visitors to learn more about Wrightsville’s water quality, Nelson stated her organization produced a video regarding the cleanliness of Wrightsville’s beach strand and waterways that is available on the town of Wrightsville Beach’s website. email cole@luminanews.com
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A sobering statistic: approximately half of all marriages end in divorce. In light of that, some couples opt to draft and sign prenuptial agreements prior to marriage, which are designed to dictate financial terms of the union or the divorce. Agreements vary, but they can be used to protect any or all assets from the marital estate — basically ensuring that in the case of a divorce, you take with you what is yours.
Creating a big financial picture:
Regardless of whether you sign a prenuptial agreement, you should sit down with your betrothed and have a heartto-heart about the big financial picture you want to create. This means discussing everything — your salaries, current savings levels, assets and debt. You should also discuss your near- and long-term financial goals and priorities, such as buying a house or saving for retirement.
The day-to-day:
Once you get the big picture squared away, you are going to have to determine your joint expenses and how you’ll pay them. You’ll need to determine how you want to blend your finances. You could have a single account in which you share everything, separate accounts in which you make deposits and withdrawals individually, or both a joint account and separate accounts. Last but not least, don’t forget the paperwork. Once the nuptials are completed, you’ll need to change your beneficiary documents, including insurance policies, retirement accounts, benefits, wills, trusts or any document that requires the designation of a next of kin. Getting married is a monumental event that affects all aspects of your life, including your financial life. Talking to each other and learning to compromise can help ensure a smooth transition and hopefully help with the happily ever after … at least financially. Contact your financial professional for advice. This article is provided by Dave Dupont, a Financial Advisor at RBC Wealth Management. RBC Wealth Management does not endorse this organization or publication. RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets LLC, Member NYSE/ FINRA/SIPC
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Spring and summer tend to be the most popular wedding times of the year. Amidst the love, flowers and talk of living happily ever after, young couples may want to discuss joining together financially as well as matrimonially. Even in good times, stress over finances can cause problems in a marriage. A first step should include honest communication with your Dave Dupont significant other about finances. Here are some ideas about where to start.
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of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, med Level: Medium
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Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Located in Poplar Grove Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdi Plantation Market Nov. 26 To solve the puzzle each row, column an gridsruns of through 3X3 squares.
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Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3X3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium. Sudoku answers are on page B4.
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Hopelessness • Rage, uncontrolled anger, seeking
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By Jim Toomey
There’s a lagoon called Kapupu near the island of Kapupu in the sunny North Pacific just west of the Elabaob Islands in the Palauan archipelago of Micronesia. Sherman the Shark, his wife, Megan, and a host of other ocean occupants call it home. Occasionally, the hairless beach apes with their so-called civilized human ways try to encroach on the Lagoonies’ tropical paradise. So, there’s bound to be high jinks in this coral-reef heaven...
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CROSSWORD Across 1. Steamed dish 7. ___ and Ladders 13. Plunk for 20. Wild ass 21. Second-smallest continent 22. More dependable 23. Former newspaper publisher 26. Met expectations?
Down 1. Hemp fiber 2. Alicia of “Falcon Crest” 3. Fold, spindle or mutilate 4. City on the Yamuna River 5. Circumspect 6. Sgt. Bilko 7. Military order 8. Run smoothly 9. Celestial 10. Medicinal balsam 11. “Beowulf,” e.g. 12. Stitches shut the eyelids of a falcon 13. Radiant 14. Elhi org. 15. ___ Novo (Benin’s capital) 16. Less refined 17. Mayberry man 18. Let out 19. Work units 24. School of whales 25. Wranglers alternative 29. Indian dishes 30. Colorless gas 31. Composite material 33. “O Sanctissima,” e.g.
27. Cores 28. Strains 29. World Service provider 32. Sana’a native 34. Man of Porto 36. Tinted 38. ___ point 41. Swell place? 42. Make a scene? 45. Heart parts 47. It has a shell
35. Pilgrimage 37. Went out 39. Category of arachnids 40. Large-eyed lemur 42. Quick 43. Sun block? 44. Short-winded 46. Like 47. Examined by touch 49. South African verandah 51. Ballpark figure 52. Champ 54. Black 55. Unnerve 56. Jewish month 57. Witty reply 66. Showy 67. Pilot’s place? 69. Spare 70. Enlarge 71. Made like a cow 72. Forced open 73. ___ Mass 74. Feel compassion 76. Mimicry 77. Jiltee of myth 78. High dudgeon 80. Circus cries 81. Bummer 82. To-do list 83. Type of poet
Hail to the Chiefs by Myles Mellor 48. Comedian Bill, informally 50. Shake slightly 53. Author of 27 books 58. Spoiled 59. Camden Yards player 60. Anklebone 61. Stiffen 62. Coxcomb 63. Get smart 64. Nobel, for one 65. Emulates Xanthippe
86. Climbed over a wall, maybe 87. Yahoo 89. Drop from Niobe 90. Foot 97. Exchange 98. Last name of a trio of baseball brothers 100. Butterfly, e.g. 102. 1,000 escudos 103. Not healthy 104. Actress Samantha 106. ___ Grove Village, Ill. 107. Baseball datum 108. Island nation east of Fiji 110. Cracked 111. “Coriolanus” setting 112. Ersatz 114. Tierney 115. One taking a bow? 117. Priggish one 119. It may be added to impress 120. This can be white 121. Long intro? 122. One of the 12 tribes of Israel 123. To this day
68. ___ du jour 70. Top dog 75. Ryokan floor covering 79. Density symbol 81. Spicy stew 84. Column style 85. Vegas visitor, maybe 86. Disease origin 88. Native of Denison, Tex. 91. Giggle 92. Lansing-to-Flint dir.
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93. Big heart? 94. Certain Muslim 95. Roulette bet 96. 2, on an ATM 99. Beta follower 101. Poet Hughes and others 102. Arrow poison 105. Most masterly 109. No-goodnik 110. Match play? 113. Craggy
116. Experimental computers by Xerox 118. Choate graduate 124. Frisky 125. Social breakdown 126. Gathering places 127. Not so likely 128. Tend to, as a bad lawn 129. Potential
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Little Chapel On the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Rev. Patrick Thomas Rabun, pastor 2 W. Fayetteville St., 910-256-2819, ext. 100 Early Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m. St. Andrew’s On-The-Sound Episcopal The Rev. Richard G. Elliott, rector 101 Airlie Road, 910-256-3034 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. St. James episcopal church Mt. Lebanon Chapel (Near Airlie Gardens)
8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II Wrightsville Beach Baptist church Keith Louthan, church pastor 601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682 Traditional Service: 9-10 a.m. Sunday School: 10:10-11 a.m. Celebration Services: 11:10 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Wrightsville United Methodist Church Bob Bauman, senior pastor 4 Live Oak Drive, 910-256-4471 Worship Services: 8:30, 9:45, 11:15 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. St. Therese Catholic church Father Joe Vetter 209 S. Lumina Ave., 910-256-2471 Mass: Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Monday, noon; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday – Thursday noon; Thursday noon followed by Eucharistic Adoration St. Mark Catholic Church Father Patrick A. Keene 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 Mass: 6 p.m. Wednesday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Thursday Mass: 8:30 a.m. followed by Adoration and noon Benediction Friday Mass: 8:30 a.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
A local word on the Word The Rev. Christopher Adams, St. Andrews on-the-Sound Episcopal
Taste and See Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Luke 24:13-35 “Peter, standing with the elven, raised his voice and addressed the multitude: ‘Let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.’” The boldness of Peter continues to astound me. The man who had three times denied Jesus out of fear is now emerging as one of the most courageous and bold preachers following Jesus’ resurrection. His preaching is filled with the kind of certainty that came from those three years spent as a disciple of Jesus. His preaching is filled with the kind of certainty that came from seeing with his own eyes the Risen Jesus who came to them saying, “Peace be with you,” while showing him the wounds still present in his body. Peter preached with certainty because he desired that those listening to him would know with the very same certainty that Jesus is both Lord and Messiah. Though some in the crowd may not have seen the Risen Jesus personally, a great many of them would have certainly had interactions with Jesus those three years he ministered in the Galilean countryside. Many would have seen him walking with his friends, perhaps laughing at a joke, or skipping rocks on the water. Perhaps some could remember the gate of his step, or the way his hair fell on his tunic. They may have seen him reach down and straighten out the legs of a cripple. Perhaps some were there when he called forth Lazarus from the tomb and raised him to walk in the newness of life. Though they may not have seen the Risen Jesus, they certainly would have seen Jesus before, touched him, and listened to him. There would have been no cause for doubt that he was real, that he truly had gone about doing God’s work in the towns they lived in. Certainty would not have been elusive for them, because they knew for certain that he was real, and had died on a cross, and they bore witness to the transformation of his disciples from cowering fishermen to courageous preachers on account of their experience of the Resurrection. But certainty may not be so easy for us to grasp in this day. How many of us have touched with our hands the rough and coarse tunic of Jesus? How many of us have seen with our eyes the Lord healing a blind beggar, or breaking fish and loaves for thousands? Did any of us hear him declare on that mountain, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God?” Not discounting spiritual or mystical experiences, none of us can know Jesus with the same kind of certainty the disciples had because we are living 2,000 years removed from the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Unlike those early Christians who were taught by Peter and John, we are long removed from a physical, tangible remembrance of Jesus. We inherited a story, a tradition passed down to us, but a story that we will never be able to prove with the kinds of facts that one would find in a history book. We are those people who believe, yet have not seen. But even more than having a story, something else that we have, as fleeting as they often may seem, are experiences of Jesus that ‘cause our hearts to burn within us,’ and call us to return time and time again to the place where we feel that burning. As it is in our Gospel today, that place is this table, where bread is taken, blessed, broken and shared in the conviction that somehow, someway, Jesus is made truly present to us in this bread and wine. Of all the post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus, this story is most like ours. Many of us living in this age of uncertainty find it easy to question … to question where God is in the midst of a confusing world … to question the paths our lives seem to be taking, and why God isn’t any clearer in giving direction. Perhaps many of us even feel downcast or dejected as we come to church, questioning why we even bother coming week after week. The disciples on the Road to Emmaus certainly knew what it means to question: “They were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he
said to them, ‘What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?’ They stood still, looking sad.” Recalling all that they had seen and borne witness to, even mentioning the rumors that Jesus has been resurrected, they still felt sad. Perhaps it was this sadness that kept them from discerning that Jesus was in their midst. Who knows? The deeper truth is that they were in the midst of the greatest crisis of their lives, walking away from Jerusalem, walking away from the community they had found, a community now shattered by death, or so they thought. But as they were walking away, with the hidden Jesus still present in their midst, something within them began to stir. They recounted their story to this mysterious stranger, but the story suddenly took on a new and greater significance as Jesus himself began to interpret to them all of these signs and prophetic words … he began to interpret these events which, perhaps, allowed them to glimpse a new significance to their own story as they became illuminated. Quite profoundly, their story became even more significant when interpreted through the lens of the Messiah. A familiar story, given new meaning, became so compelling to them that they didn’t want to lose the company of this mysterious stranger: “They urged him strongly, saying, ‘Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.’” The Stranger agreed, and they rested together. But even though he was their guest, resting with them at their invitation, suddenly he assumed the role of the host. They invited him, but he set for them a table and gave them a feast. He took the bread, blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And at that moment their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. But suddenly he was gone, vanished, nowhere to be found, no chance to cling to him, no chance to say goodbye. Gone. And they said to each other that famous and beautiful phrase, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the Scriptures to us?” Suddenly, their life granted new meaning, their hearts set ablaze, they returned to Jerusalem to share this news, how Jesus had been known to them in the breaking of the bread. Jesus was known to them in the breaking of the bread. We may not have the experience of walking with a mysterious stranger and breaking bread with him, only to have him vanish. But we do have the experience of coming together week after week, clinging to the same experience these disciples had: our lives granted new meaning and significance by the hearing of the Scriptures and the breaking of the bread. Take a moment to reflect on what it is that draws you to the church, week after week. Everyone’s reflection is bound to be different, but perhaps we have all had a bit of this “burning heart” experience, in big or small ways. The table, the altar, is a place where our lives are taken up and given new significance. Where once we were disparate and conflicted individuals, together at this feast we are called “children of God,” “living members of Jesus Christ.” Where hatred and division abound outside, this table is a place where, on the best of days, everyone lays aside their grudges, fears, frustrations and hatreds to receive the gift of the Eucharist. We may not have such a “burning heart” experience every Sunday, and perhaps they come only a few times in our lives. Questions may remain, and confusion may still be a constant companion on this journey of faith. That’s part of the cost of finding ourselves in this 2,000-year-old story. But look around you. See the faces of both friends and strangers, people from all walks of life, people gathered into one body, people whose lives have been transformed by encountering the Risen Jesus in these simple gifts of bread and wine. People who are transformed into living lives of service, selflessness, a self-giving rooted in their experience of a heart set ablaze by encountering Jesus, as fleeting as that encounter may be, in these simple gifts of bread and wine. Perhaps there really is something to this great mystery that we have received by faith, not by sight.
Living H2O Glory
My glory I sent to you to protect you forever It is a glory that will last and leave you never Keep your heart open to the gifts that will come too They are for your use to let My light shine Amongst My people is love you will find Keep My glory flowing to the sick and needy It is a cure for the loneliness, it is speedy Heaven’s glory comes to you each day Your heart is full of glory as you pray So keep the fires of love burning inside Do the things that in the past would hurt your pride Seek My face as your protection is free And the glory that will flow is yours to see What grace will do to set My people free Help them to see what My glory can do It is something that must be shared; it is not just for you
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(Psa 3:3 NIV) But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. (Isa 6:3 NIV) And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” (Isa 58:8 NIV) Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. (John 1:14 NIV) The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (2 Cor 4:6 NIV) For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. (Heb 2:9 NIV) But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. (Rev 21:23 NIV) The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com L E G A L N O T I C ES 13 SP 1055 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 Earl C. Wooley Jr. a/k/a Earl C. Wooley to Benita Mitten, Trustee(s), which was dated September 15, 2004 and recorded on September 28, 2004 in Book 4507 at Page 212, 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 8, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Land referred to in this commitment is described as all that certain property situated in Castle Hayne in the County of New Hanover, and State of North Carolina and being described in a deed dated 05/14/98 and recorded 05/15/98 in Book 2367 Page 182, among the land records of the county and state set forth above, and referenced as follows: Lot: 2 Block: Being all of Lot 2, of a division of the Western portion of Lot 10 of Woolvin Place made for Horace Blanton, as shown on a map of same recorded in Map Book 8, at Page 46 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 8 Arlene Drive, Castle Hayne, NC 28429. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release,
North Carolina, to wit:
and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Earl C. Wooley, Jr..
Being all of Lot 20, Block B, Section 3, Green Meadows Subdivision as per map thereof recorded in Map Book 6 at Page 92, New Hanover County Registry, to which map reference is made for a more particular description.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 331 Green Meadows Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.
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.
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 Virginia A. Abbott.
Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-05492-FC03 June 26 and July 3, 2014
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
14 SP 300 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 Virginia A. Abbott and Shirley J. Abbott to Eugene B. Davis, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated April 5, 2007 and recorded on April 11, 2007 in Book 5167 at Page 1393, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.
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.
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 8, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County,
Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200
Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-07452-FC01 June 26 and July 3, 2014 14 SP 277 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 Kimberly L. Bolander to Neal G. Helms, Trustee(s), which was dated January 11, 2005 and recorded on January 12, 2005 in Book 4637 at Page 148, 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 8, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being a unit ownership in real property, under and pursuant to Chapter 47A of the North Carolina General Statutes, entitled, “Unit Ownership Act” and being more specifically described as all of Unit B-9, Building B of Sand Pebbles, Phase III, a condominium project situated upon real property ocated within the Town of Carolina Beach, State of North Carolina, as said real property is described in the Declaration Creating Unit Ownership of Property Under the Provisions of Chapter 47a of the General Statutes of North Carolina; referred to hereinbelow; said Unit B-9 being more specifically described by reference to and shown on that set of plans of Sand Pebbles, Phase III which are recorded as Exhibit B to said Declaration which is recorded in Book 1269 at Page 1858 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, N.C. reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description thereof; said plans also being recorded in Condominium Plat Book 6, beginning at Page 265 in said Registry, said Unit also being more defined in said Declaration, together with all appurtenances thereto belonging, including, but not limited to, the undivided, interest in the common areas and facilities of Sand Pebbles, Phase III, appurtenant to said Unit as the same is established in said Declaration or the Supplements thereto; and Together with and subject to all rights, privileges, easements, obligations, restrictions, covenants, and conditions, applicable and appurtenant to said Unit specifically, and to unit ownership in Sand Pebbles, Phase III in general, as the same are stated in said Declaration referred to hereinabove. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1101 South Lake Park Boulevard, Unit B-9, Carolina Beach, NC 28428.
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THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE
IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Kimberly L. Bolander. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-04759-FC01 June 26 and July 3, 2014 10 SP 1152 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 John S. Register and Edith Annette Register to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), which was dated July 31, 2006 and recorded on July 31, 2006 in Book 5059 at Page 1132, 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 8, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 42, Smith Creek Village Townhome Development, as shown on Revision Plat recorded in Map Book 47, at Pages 363-365 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 512 Minnow Way, Wilmington, NC 28405. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are The John Steve Register Revocable Living Trust. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 10-15221-FC01 June 26 and July 3, 2014 13 SP 1019 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 Debra Menchio f/k/a Debra Wittenrich to James A Price, IV, Trustee(s), which was dated March 20, 2006 and recorded on March 24, 2006 in Book 4996 at Page 2831 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on August 19, 2013 in Book 5763, Page 28, 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 8, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County,
North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 28, Section 1, of the Bayshore Estates Subdivision, as shown on a plat of the same recorded in Map Book 7 at Page 58, New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 319 Bayshore Drive, Wilmington, NC 28411. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Debra Wittenrich. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-16963-FC01 June 26 and July 3, 2014 14 SP 288 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 Sharon J. Riley to Christopher Reddick, Trustee(s), which was dated December 18, 2006 and recorded on December 19, 2006 in Book 5119 at Page 2621, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.
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L E G A L N O T I C ES 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 8, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 6, Phase 3, Tract 3 and as more particularly described on that certain plat entitled “Robert S. Jervay Place Phase 3, Tracts 3 & 4” as recorded in Map Book 50, Page 44, New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1016 South 10th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Sharon J. Riley. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-27093-FC01 June 26 and July 3, 2014 14 SP 297 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 Terry S. Brown and Dallas Brown a/k/a Dallas Jackson Brown, Jr. to Emmett James House and Bill R. McLaughlin, Trustee(s),
which was dated November 20, 2003 and recorded on November 21, 2003 in Book 4103 at Page 660, 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 8, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 144, Section 11, Brittany Woods, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 35, Page 84 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1200 Beeston Court, Wilmington, NC 28411. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Dallas Jackson Brown Jr. and wife, Terry Simmons Brown.
Richard G. Hall to Getter Law Offices PA, Trustee(s), which was dated March 20, 2009 and recorded on April 21, 2009 in Book 5398 at Page 976, 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 8, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 59 of Berkleigh Subdivision, Section 6, as the same appears on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 34 at Page 246 of the New Hanover County Registry. Parcel # R02615-006-013-000. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3023 Answorth Court, Wilmington, NC 28405. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Richard G. Hall.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-27346-FC01 June 26 and July 3, 2014
Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 10-27465-FC01 June 26 and July 3, 2014
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AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
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
13 SP 839 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Roger L. Herring, Jr. and Rita Herring to Thomas G. Jacobs, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of May, 2008,
and recorded in Book 5319, Page 1878, 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 8, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:
THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
BEING all of Lots 54 and 56 of the Claud Murray Division as the same are shown on map of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 5 at Page 88 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7804 Myrtle Grove Road, Wilmington, North Carolina.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE, North Carolina, New Hanover County
LESS AND EXCEPT that property in Partial Deed of Release recorded in Book 5752, Page 2827 in the New Hanover County Register of Deeds. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING,
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1115978 (FC.FAY) June 26 and July 3, 2014 14 SP 356
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Bradley R. Frey and Lissa A. Frey dated June 27, 2003 to BB&T Collateral ServiceCorporation, Trustee for Branch Banking and Trust Company, recorded in Book 3863, Page 839, 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: Beginning at an iron pipe in the eastern right of way line of Kennedy Road (SR #1392), 60.0 foot right of way, that is located along said right of way line N 08 degrees 41 minutes 04 seconds E 444.73 feet from the point of intersection of said right of way line with the northen right of way line of Rock Hill Road (SR #1331), 60.0 foot right of way. Running thence from said point of beginning with the eastern right of way line of Kennedy Road as it curves to the north to a N.C.D.O.T. right of way monument, said monument bears N 08 degrees 36 minutes 28 seconds E 191.49 feet chord distance from the proceeding point; thence continuing with said right of way line as it continues to curve to the north to an iron pipe, said iron pipe bearing N 02 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds W 265.66 feet chord distance from the proceeding point; said iron pipe being in the southern line of the old road between Lot 19 and Lot 20 as shown on a map of the Rock Hill Plantation recorded in Deed Book 29 Pages 622 and 623 of the New Hanover County Registry, said iron pipe also being 13.86 feet south of the southern line of Lot 20 and being in the northern line of Lot 19; running thence with the northern line of Lot 19 S 81 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds E 446.58 feet to an iron pipe in the dividing line between Lot 25 and Lot 19 running thence with the said dividing line and along an old ditch S 07 degrees 54 minutes 02 seconds W 457.44 feet to an old iron pipe at the southeast corner of Lot 19, said corner also being the northeast corner of Lot 18; thence with the dividing line between Lot 18 and Lot 19 N 81 degrees 13 minutes 56 seconds W 402.50 feet to the point of beginning and containing 4.32 acres, more or less, and being a portion of Lot 19 of the Rock Hill Plantation and being all of Lots A & B as shown on Book of Maps 43, Page 247, New Hanover County Registry. Property Address: 3216 Kennedy Dr., Castle Hayne, NC 28429 Date of Sale: July 9, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. Location of Sale: NEW HANOVER County Courthouse Record Owner(s): Bradley R. Frey and Lissa A. Frey aka Lissa Anne Frey TERMS OF THE SALE: (1) This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies. (2) The property is being sold “as is”. Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property. (3) The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any
final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale. (4) At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period. (5) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. (6) An order for possession of the property being sold may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §4521.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession, by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold. SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKE SAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P. Cara B. Williams, Attorney for Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute Trustee P. O. Box 26268 Raleigh, NC 27611-6268 (919) 2502000 File No. DMN 97356582, 1099283 6/26, 07/03/2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 57 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James Lawrence Bradley and Ruth Milton Bradley to Gott & Keenan, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of January, 2007, and recorded in Book 5131, Page 264, 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 15, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: In New Hanover County: All of Lot 13 in Building 17 in the Windgrove Park at Merestone, Phase 3, as the same shown on map recorded in Map Book 38 at Page 103 in the New Hanover County Registry. Together with and subject to all of the rights, covenants, easements, conditions and restrictions contained in the Declaration recorded in Book 2237 at Page 242 and following pages in said Registry, and all amendments and supplements thereto. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3845 Merestone Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina. Parcel ID Number: RO 6516-007-013-000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater,
will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1117810 (FC.CH) July 3 and 10, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 254 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Shelly R. Thompson and Ivan P. Thompson to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of August, 2008, and recorded in Book 5345, Page 853, 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 15, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Land situated in the County of New Hanover in the State of NC: BEING all of Lot 18, Phase 2, Cassimir Commons, as shown on a map of same duly recorded in Map Book 38 at Page 40 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7324 Cassimir Place, Wilmington, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required
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L E G A L N O T I C ES by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1132493 (FC.FAY) July 3 and 10, 2014 13 SP 56
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 15, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING in the County of New Hanover and State of North Carolina, and being described as follows: All of Lot 2B, Section 1, Oakridge Subdivision, as the same is shown on a revised map recorded in Map Book 25 at Page 106 in the New Hanover County Registry, and being the same lands described in a deed recorded in Book 2363 at Page 69 in said registry, and having the Tax Parcel Identification Number R06506008-022-004. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 581 Parkway Boulevard, Wilmington, NC 28412. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Robert L. Shaw. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-19971-FC01 July 3 and 10, 2014
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
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NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert Shaw a/k/a Robert L. Shaw to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated November 28, 2007 and recorded on November 29, 2007 in Book 5255 at Page 2195, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.
NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY
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
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Frances P. Nichols and James B. Nichols to Trustee Services of Carolina, Trustee(s), which was dated May 22, 2006 and recorded on August 1, 2006 in Book 5059 at Page 2041, 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 15, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: All that certain property situated in the County of New Hanover and State of North Carolina, being more fully described in a deed dated 10/25/2002 and recorded 11/18/2002, among the land records of the county and state set forth above, in Deed Volume 3524 and Page 782. And being more particularly described as follows: All of Lots 41 and 41G, Section 10, Summerlin Falls, as shown on that map recorded in Map Book 38, Page 245, New Hanover County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1003 Summerlin Falls Court, Wilmington, NC 28412. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are James B. Nichols and wife, Frances Nichols. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-20043-FC01 July 3 and 10, 2014 12 SP 1313 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 Frank J. Vanderhaar and Rebecca J. Vanderhaar to Julia Boseman, Trustee(s), which was dated June 21, 2004 and recorded on June 25, 2004 in Book 4383 at Page 304, 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 15, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 80R, Section 6, Brittany Woods, as shown on that map recorded in Map Book 31 at Page 320 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 1208 Potomac Court, Wilmington, NC 28411. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Frank J. Vanderhaar and wife, Rebecca J. Vanderhaar. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-20339-FC01 July 3 and 10, 2014 12 SP 1165 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 James O. Richardson, Jr. and Melissa S. Richardson to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated October 10, 2006 and recorded on October 16, 2006 in Book 5092 at Page 1178, 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 15, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 29 in Block 2, of Hanover Heights Subdivision as shown on the map thereof duly recorded in Map Book 5, at Page 82 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County. Subject to restrictions applicable to said property as recorded in Book 550, Page 249 of the New Hanover County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 910 Francis Marion Drive, Wilmington, NC 28412. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are James O. Richardson, Jr. and wife, Melissa S. Richardson. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-12437-FC01 July 3 and 10, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 391 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert Hawn, Jr. and Amy Gregorio Hawn to Brock, Scott and Ingersoll, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of July, 2005, and recorded in Book 4880, Page 124, 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 15, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lots (s) 78, Section 1, Bridgeport Subdivision, recorded in Map Book(s) 31, Page(s) 133, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4313 Bridgeport Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1126007 (FC.FAY) July 3 and 10, 2014
AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 11 SP 9 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Charles Allan Child to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of April, 1997, and recorded in Book 2174, Page 0962, 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 15, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being a unit ownership in real property, under and pursuant to Chapter 47A of the North Carolina General Statues, entitled “Unit Ownership Act” and being more specifically described as all of Unit 11, Building B, of Harbour Place, Phase I, a condominium project situated upon real property located within the City of Wilmington, State of North Carolina, as said real property is described in the “Declaration creating unit ownership of property under the provisions of Chapter 47A of the general statutes of the State of North Carolina, referred to hereinbelow; said Unit being more specifically described by reference to and shown upon that set of plans of Harbour Place, Phase I, which are recorded as Exhibit “C” to said Declaration, which is recorded in Book 1248, beginning at Page 0762, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description thereof; said plans also being recorded in Condominium Plat Book 6, at Page 56, in said Office; said Unit also being more specifically defined in said Declaration, together with all appurtenances thereto belonging, including but not limited to, the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of Harbour Place, Phase I, appurtenant to said Unit as the same is established in said Declaration, which is 1.4423%. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 2537 Flint Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina. Together with and Subject to all rights, privileges, easements, obligations, restrictions, covenants and conditions applicable and appurtenant to said Unit, specifically, and to unit ownership in Harbour Place, Phase I in general, as the same are stated in said Declaration, referred to hereinabove Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by
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devisee and Dapril Wilson, devisee) to Sonny Hastings, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of May, 2001, and recorded in Book 2923, Page 1711, 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 hav-
ing 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 15, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL OF LOT 7A, BLOCK 17, BELVEDERE EXTENSION NO.
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L E G A L N O T I C ES 2, AS SHOWN ON MAP OF SAME RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 6 AT PAGE 81 OF THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Being that parcel of land conveyed to JAMES WILSON, JR. AND WIFE, SANDRA BELL WILSON from ROBERT RAYMOND CLATTY AND WIFE, EVANTHA E. CLATTY by that deed dated 01/31/1986 and recorded 02/07/1986 in deed book 1317, at page 964 of the NEW HANOVER County, NC Public Registry. Being that parcel of land conveyed to JAMES WILSON, JR., UNMARRIED from SANDRA B. WILSON, UNMARRIED by that deed dated 08/20/1999 and recorded 08/25/1999 in deed book 2631, at page 760 of the NEW HANOVER County, NC Public Registry. Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 2004 Shirley Road, Wilmington, NC 28405. Parcel# R0-4811006-001-000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES,
INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 12497 Charlotte, North Carolina 28220 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1127996 (FC.CH) July 3 and 10, 2014 13-SP-1050 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Ali Riza Aktuglu and Rolange Aktuglu, dated June 25, 2008 and recorded on July 8, 2008 in Book No. 5329 at Page 2688 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on July 15, 2014 at 2:00 PM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 209 Pinecliff Dr, Wilmington, NC 28409. Tax Parcel ID: R06619-002-003-000 Present Record Owners: Ali Riza Aktuglu and Rolange Aktuglu. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, Substitute Trustee (803)7444444, 113081-04973 P1098310 7/3, 07/10/2014 13 SP 1281 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 Robert L. Griggs and Amanda B. Griggs to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated March 24, 2003 and recorded on March 25, 2003 in Book 3704 at Page 607, 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 15, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:
ed to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Being all of Lot 14, Section Four, Soundside Subdivision, as shown on map of same recorded in Map Book 42 at Page 318 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.
BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT
Together with that certain 32’ x 76’ Entertainer by Fleetwood manufactured home bearing Serial No. NCFL341A/B55307CY23 and Model No. 0764F located upon said premises and permanently affixed to the real estate. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 613 Soundside Drive, Wilmington, NC 28412. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Robert L. Griggs and wife, Amanda B. Griggs. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 08-01631-FC04 July 3 and 10, 2014 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph A. Pluta, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned c/o Jill L. Raspet, 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 15th day of September, 2014, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebt-
This the 12th day of June, 2014. Judith P. Wilson, Executrix of the Estate of Joseph A. Pluta Jill L. Raspet Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301 Wilmington, NC 28401 June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Frank Kenneth Rodgers 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 11th day of September 2014, 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 12 day of June 2014. William Russell Rodgers, Executor 78 Moorehead Court Hampstead, NC 28443 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/2014 th
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of ROBERT EMMETT CURRAN, deceased of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the12th day of September, 2014, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned. Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the undersigned at: 24 Dogwood Terrace Wayne, NJ 07470 This the 12th day of June, 2014. Michael Curran, Executor of the Estate of Robert Emmett Curran 24 Dogwood Terrace Wayne, NJ 07470 Dean R. Davis, Attorney 1508 Military Cutoff Rd., Ste. 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/2014 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of SALLYE J. CRAWFORD, deceased of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of September, 2014, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned. Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the undersigned at: 27 Spring Street Easthampton, Mass. 01027 This the 19th day of June, 2014 . Sequoia Crawford McDowell, Executor of the Estate of Sallye J. Crawford The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Rd., Ste. 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10/2014 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of George W. Baughman, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned c/o Jill L. Raspet, 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 29th day of September, 2014, 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 26th day of June, 2014. Ruby Baughman, Executrix of the Estate of George W. Baughman Jill L. Raspet Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301 Wilmington, NC 28401 June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT
EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Madgelle Conrad Bean 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 25th day of September 2014, 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 26th day of June 2014. Connie Bean Edwards, Executrix 2736 Wisteria St. SW Supply, NC 28462 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, Carl Gregg Webb, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Carolyn E. Webb, Deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Decedent to exhibit same to the said Carl Gregg Webb, at the address set out below, on or before September 26, 2014 , or this notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said Decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below. This the 26th day of June, 2014 Carl Gregg Webb EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF Carolyn E. Webb c/o ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR. 219 RACINE DR., SUITE A6 WILMINGTON, NC 28403 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Henry Wayne Phillips 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 25th day of September 2014, 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 26th day of June 2014. Billie C. Phillips, Executrix 218 Jamaica Drive Wilmington, NC 28401 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/2014 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the ESTATE OF MOZELLE P. MCCABE, deceased of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 2nd day of October, 2014, 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 142 Lee Drive, Leland, NC 28451. This is the 3rd day of July 2014. Ralph E. McCabe, Jr., Executor ESTATE OF MOZELLE P. MCCABE James A. MacDonald The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2014
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