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Forum tries to paint picture of offshore drilling

Beach town police see rash of resignations

By Terry Lane

By Tricia Vance Staff Writer

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As executive director of the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, Lee Nettles sees offshore drilling as “a threat disguised as an opportunity.” One in three people in Dare County, which includes Cape Hatteras, is employed in a tourism-related industry, and an oil spill could devastate the local economy, he said.

Tourism in North Carolina is a $20 billion per year industry, while commercial and recreational fishing generate nearly $2.8 billion per year.

But the Obama administration and North Carolina lawmakers see economic benefits from extracting offshore oil and natural gas resources.

“The Outer Continental Shelf belongs to the nation and should be

The Wrightsville Beach Police Department has seen a string of resignations during the past few months, including three resignations in July and early August, town officials said. A total of seven officers out of 25 on the force have left since April, town manager Tim Owens said this week, including one officer who served as a reserve.

Wrightsville Beach Police Chief Daniel House told the Lumina News on Tuesday, Aug. 5 the resignations are primarily the result of officers looking for other opportunities or other family or work considerations. It’s just bad that it has resulted in a string of vacancies at the height of the summer season, he said.

“If the impression is that the police department is falling apart, I can assure you it’s not,” House said. “These people have gone on to bigger and better things, and I can’t blame them for it.”

Currently, there are three openings that would be considered critical, House said, and the department was close to filling all of them. Since the first resignations occurred starting in April, the department has had several months to conduct the interview process.

“It’s terrible because these vacancies occurred in the middle of the summer,” House said, adding it was coincidental that they all lined up in a row.

In the short term, the results have been fewer officers on patrol during weekday shifts, Owens said. Instead of the standard four officers, some shifts have been maintained with just three. Weekend shifts remain fully staffed.

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A sailor races his Laser sailboat offshore during the Carolina Yacht Club’s South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association Regatta Saturday, Aug. 1 at Wrightsville Beach. ~ Emmy Errante

Room occupancy tax laws enforced

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

New Hanover County tax officials said they are taking efforts to enforce the room occupancy tax, including sending a letter to the Carolina Yacht Club, which the county tax department said this week it believes is in violation.

“They need to start complying,” county tax administrator Roger Kelley said this week. The club has at least three rental units available to members for friends and family to stay. The county could potentially have up to five years of back revenue it could collect from the club, although Kelley said he

expects the yacht club will claim it was exempt because it only rents its beach houses to members.

The Carolina Yacht Club did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Kelley said the Hanover Seaside Club reports the amount it collects in rentals.

The cost to complete Wrightsville’s beach renourishment — now called coastal storm damage reduction — is split among federal, state and local contributions. The federal government pays 65 percent of approved sand replenishment programs, and the remaining 35 percent is split by the state and a pool of n See tax Page 5

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The New Hanover County Tax Office recently sent a letter to the Carolina Yacht Club to enforce the room occupancy tax on rental cottages owned by the club for member use.

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App puts school Low-pressure system brings heavy rain information at user’s fingertips

By Tricia Vance

Heavy winds and rains hit the Wilmington area this week, with nearly 1.5 inches of rain falling on Monday, Aug. 3, and a low-pressure system forming off of the coast Tuesday. National Weather Service meteorologist Rachel Zouzias said the National Hurricane Center monitored the storm on Tuesday but the strongest rains and heaviest winds stayed east of the area. The Wrightsville Beach Police Department said despite the heavy rains Monday, no significant damage was reported.

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Education App, a local company affiliated with Appy City, has developed a new app for smartphones and tablets to be used in school systems starting with the 2015-16 school year.

Is school closed? When is picture day?

What’s for lunch? Where is that health form I need to fill out? When the New Hanover County Schools open Aug. 24, there will be an app for that information and much more.

The school system is teaming up with a local startup to launch a new communication method for parents, students and teachers.

The local developers envision a revolution that could render school websites obsolete.

“They can do everything they want to do through this app,” said Jonathan Weiss, chief executive officer of the Wilmington company Education App. School officials have a modest goal, at least at first: better communication.

“With schools, communication is critical,”

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City permits community gardens

By Pam Creech Staff Writer

Nonprofit organizations now have the option to grow fruits and vegetables on city-owned land, states a resolution the Wilmington City Council approved 5-1 during the Tuesday, Aug. 4 meeting.

Home owners associations and 501 (c) (3)s can lease land for the gardens from the city under the resolution. Each organization that starts a garden is responsible for

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the total maintenance costs of the property.

Council member Earl Sheridan said the resolution would benefit people who live in food deserts, areas more than one mile away from a grocery store or any other venue that sells fresh produce.

Council member Charlie Rivenbark also supported the resolution, but he said anyone who wants to start a nonprofit garden should “keep it simple,” and expressed concern that people may

try to start an elaborate garden that may not be successful.

“I don’t want this to get too complicated,” he said. “I think this is a great thing.”

Council member Kevin O’Grady recommended Amy Beatty, the superintendent of recreation and downtown services for the City of Wilmington, to start the project with short-term land leases.

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School board discusses Planned Parenthood

By Tricia Vance Staff Writer

The discussion during Tuesday’s New Hanover County school board meeting veered away from education and onto another topic: Planned Parenthood.

The subject came up after board chairman Don Hayes asked about charitable fundraisers the schools participate in. Only two are district-wide: the United Way of the Cape Fear Area and the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

Board member Janice Cavenaugh said she’d been asked if the local United Way contributes to Planned Parenthood. Although some individual United Ways around the nation do contribute to the organization, the Cape Fear chapter does not, said Tom Barth, chairman of the local United Way board.

Planned Parenthood has been under fire following a series of undercover videos showing officials of the nonprofit agency allegedly discussing ways to make money from selling aborted fetal tissue, fetal organs or intact fetuses for research. Planned Parenthood has countered that the videos were heavily edited and said the agency receives money to cover the cost of preserving and transferring the tissue but does not profit.

The resulting backlash has prompted calls to defund the organization; while supporters say the videos are part of a deliberate

attempt to discredit the organization, which provides contraception, women’s health services, cancer screening and prevention, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, the abortion pill and in-clinic abortions.

“So none of the funds go to Planned Parenthood?” Cavenaugh asked.

“There are local ones (in other places) that do, but we do not,” Barth said. The Cape Fear area United Way funds agencies that make an impact in three priority areas, he said: education, health care and financial stability.

Like many public and private employers, the New Hanover County Schools participate in the United Way’s annual fund drive.

The local chapter is independent but sends 1.8 percent to the national and international organizations for administration and marketing. Other than that, the money stays here.

The organization looks for agencies that “move the needle” in terms of making a community impact, Barth said.

Also, Tuesday, the board heard from a teacher’s husband who commented that some administrators do not support teachers, sometimes to the point of bullying.

Although he did not provide names or schools, Richard Chandler urged the board to develop policies to protect teachers against heavy-handed administrators or retribution if they try to speak up.

He said he was speaking “for those who have been silenced.”

Chandler made his remarks during a three-minute comment period; the board typically does not engage the speaker during that designated time.

In other business, the board voted 5-1 to approve a budget resolution that contains contingencies based on the outcome of spending discussions in the N.C. General Assembly. The House and Senate have yet to agree on a budget, and their versions are far apart in some places.

The school board agreed, based on concerns by board members Lisa Estep and Cavenaugh, to hold off hiring for a handful of the 18 new locally funded positions until after a final state budget is in place — in case the money is needed for something else. Only school-level positions will be filled in the interim. email tricia@luminanews.com

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An American flag flies over the Wrightsville Beach Fire Department’s centennial celebration Thursday, July 30 in Wrightsville Beach Park. ~ Emmy Errante

Wrightsville shop would sell gourmet coffee, shark’s tooth jewelry

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

A local resident hopes to open a shop in Wrightsville Beach where customers can pick up a custom handmade shark’s tooth necklace, a gourmet cup of coffee, or both.

“I would like to have people choose their tooth, and have the necklace made on site,” she said, referring to the large sharks’ teeth she collects during scuba diving excursions.

Audrey Longtin brought her proposal before the Wrightsville Beach Planning Board during the board’s Aug. 4 meeting. Her business, called The Work Shop, would share the building located at 86 Waynick Blvd. with Kohl’s Frozen Custard, which currently occupies most of the space.

Director of planning and parks Tony Wilson said Longtin plans to operate her business in a room Kohl’s currently uses for overflow storage and office space. He said the extra 400-square-foot room could be converted into a shop by

“I would like to have people choose their tooth, and have the necklace made on site.” adding a window and constructing a door, so Longtin’s store would have its own entrance.

Longtin said the business combines her passions of coffee brewing, jewelry making and scuba diving for fossilized sharks’ teeth. Her application submitted to

the town states she has completed more than 500 dives and she wants to educate both locals and tourists about the world-class diving spots off Wilmington’s coast.

In addition to shark’s tooth jewelry, she said she would also sell sandwiches made offsite. The Work Shop would be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. December through March and 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

April through November.

“I moved here a year ago and I was always waiting for [shops]to open for coffee,” she said. “I think it would be nice to have somewhere that’s open a little earlier for the sunrise.”

Longtin’s proposed coffee shop is a permitted use, so she only requires a parking exception from the town to open. The planning board voted unanimously to

recommend the board of aldermen grant her the exception. If she receives the aldermen’s approval, she said she hopes to open by spring 2016.

The planning board also amended town code to allow coffee shops to sell accessory items, like jewelry and T-shirts, but board members were concerned whether that would also give those shops freedom to sell alcohol.

Wilson said regardless of town code, N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement, not the town, has the power to regulate alcohol sales. Longtin later assured board members she had no plans to sell alcohol.

“I’m very excited about the project so I’d like to open as soon as possible,” she said. email emmy@luminanews.com

Parks and Recreation adds farmers market vendors

By Pam Creech Staff Writer

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With 34 registered vendors, the Wrightsville Beach Farmers Market recently reached a record high for participation.

“That’s the biggest it’s ever been,” said Katie Ryan, the Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Department program supervisor, during a meeting on Monday, Aug. 3. “Fortunately, we haven’t had all of these there at once because it would be very crowded. The most we’ve ever had at one time is 28, and that’s a lot.”

Six new vendors have joined the market mid-season. The market is located next to Wrightsville Beach Town Hall and is open on Mondays from 8 a.m to 1 p.m.

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“They do frozen treats with chicken and beef chips. She has just sent in her application and hopes to start before the end of the market,” Ryan said. “The market changes every week.”

The Juice Box, a Wilmingtonbased business selling organic fruit and vegetable juices, also joined the market this summer.

Another food vendor, Aunt Cake’s Cookies, joined the market on Monday, Aug. 3. Baker Kate Costella said she named her business in 2007, after her young niece, who could not say Kate, started calling her Aunt Cake.

Costella’s table will be filled with her homemade French bread, jam, pound cake, cookies, coffee cakes and muffins.

Under the same tent, Costella’s husband — Italy native Antonio Carlo — will sell his marinara sauce and tomato pies.

“The pies taste like pizza without the marinara sauce,” Ryan said.

Ryan also mentioned the revenue the farmers market is generating. Each market vendor pays a one-time $25 application fee, a $50 annual participation fee, and a $60 monthly or $20 daily participation fee.

“The farmers market is bringing in a lot of money this year,” she said.

The market season will continue until Sept. 28.

In other parks and recreation news, Ryan said the department is planning a new stationary bike exercise program.

“We had a donation of 12 spin bikes from Momentum Cycle on Racine. They closed their shop so they donated bikes to us so we could offer spin classes,” she said.

The classes will take place in the North Carolina Holiday Flotilla trailer beside Wrightsville Beach Town Hall.

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Gabriela Miu sells her homemade chocolates at the Wrightsville Beach Farmers Market on Monday, June 1.

Ryan said an engineer recently approved the building for the classes.

“We have to have two walls removed to accommodate all the bikes,” she said.

Ryan brainstormed other upcoming exercise programs, as well.

“We’ve had a request from some of the local moms to add flag football for youth,” she said.

“We’re talking about doing something in the spring.”

Ryan brought up the idea of hosting a 10K running race in

Wrightsville Beach.

“There aren’t many 10Ks around here,” she said.

Ryan wants to host the race in February to attract people to the island during the offseason and to allow runners to use the race to train for the Quintiles Marathon and Half Marathon held in Wilmington in March.

“My goal would be to raise $20,000,” she said.

Ryan said the race would help fund events such as concerts in Wrightsville Beach Park. email pam@luminanews.com

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For The Record Question and photographs by Henry Burnett and Pam Creech

What would you say to thank a Purple Heart recipient?

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Nasif Majeev

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“Thank you for your service.

I appreciate everything you do for this country.”

Charlotte, N.C.

“I’m in the military so I would say ‘Welcome Home.’”

“Thank you for your sacrifice and for all your time away from your family.”

Weekend Police Report Friday, July 31

Civil Penalties

Arrests • Mary Margaret Pearce was arrested for driving while intoxicated and driving without a license.

• Jason Fincher was penalized for a dog off leash.

• Josephine Warshauer was penalized for littering.

Citations

Reports

• Cody Boomer was cited for a stop sign violation.

• Mary Margaret Pearce was cited for speeding.

• Casey Anderson reported simple assault.

• T.J. Smith reported found property.

Vehicles/Trailers/Vessels Tagged

Civil Penalties • Ryen Scott Newton was penalized for possession of an alcoholic beverage.

• A boat trailer was tagged for being parked in a travel lane on Pelican Drive.

Sunday, Aug. 2

Reports • Teresa B. Smith reported a hit-and-run incident.

• Anthony Spain reported property damage.

• Elizabeth F. White and Tina Bennett reported breaking and entering and larceny from a vehicle.

Arrests • Eric London Dunbar was arrested for misdemeanor larceny.

Citations • Phillip Morie was cited for expired registration.

Saturday, Aug. 1

Warning Tickets

Arrests • Ryan Justin Savage was arrested for intoxicated and disruptive behavior.

Citations • Anthony Overton was cited for driving without a license.

• Jacob Peterson was cited for carrying a concealed firearm without a permit.

• James Johnston was cited for littering.

• Andrew Kakouras was cited for simple assault.

Warning Tickets • Jordan Bond was warned for expired registration.

Keith Roy Jones

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• Paula L. Maguire was warned for speeding.

Civil Penalties • Steven Robbins was penalized for not using a surfboard leash.

• Three people were penalized for glass on the beach.

• Tara Grahowski was penalized for an open container.

Reports • Carson McKay reported found property.

• Shell Island Resort reported misdemeanor larceny.

BEACH BLOTTER Purse Thief On Friday, July 31, a larcenist broke into Elizabeth F. White’s white Chevy suburban parked in the Moore’s Inlet Lot. The thief broke a window and stole two purses. One belonged to White and the other belonged to White’s friend Tina F. Bennett.

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“Sorry you got hurt but thank you for your service.”

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A Wrightsville Beach business, a Wilmington resident and a local state representative are among those honored for their efforts to protect and enhance the state’s coast with Pelican Awards from the North Carolina Coastal Federation.

Konrady and Son Construction, a Wrightsville Beach-based business, was recognized for its work in moving a 1948 beach cottage from its original site on Banks Channel to its new location in the town’s historic square off West Salisbury Street, where it now serves as North Carolina Coastal Federation’s local offices and the Fred and Alice Stanback Coastal Education Center.

The Palmgren-O’Quinn House had to be transported to its new location by barge, but Konrady and Son Construction handled the unusual nature of the project with professionalism and enthusiasm, said Tracy Skrabal, the federation’s southeast regional manager.

“This project was daunting at best,” she said. “We not only needed to move a historic house by water, and all the logistics involved in that, but we had to do it in a very tight timeframe, and being a nonprofit we had funding challenges as well.”

Skrabal said what impressed her was both the results of their work and their demeanor in completing the project.

“They really became passionate about making this what we wanted, which was a place that people could use to celebrate the work that we do, but also really retain the nature and history of this house,” she said.

Wilmington-resident Rick Shiver earned his Pelican Award

for his volunteer work for the federation, which follows a 30-year career with the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Since retiring, Shiver donated his expertise in groundwater management to help the federation oppose Titan Cement in building its new facility on the Cape Fear River, said Mike Giles,

“There is a concern about the availability of fresh, clean water for the growth that southeastern North Carolina, and specifically New Hanover County, is going to have over the next 50 years.” the federation’s coastal advocate.

Giles said the federation hired an independent geohydrologist to study the potential impacts of Titan’s operations, which he said would include mining limestone near the aquifers that provide drinking water to the region. He said not only has Shiver done countless hours of research for the federation, but he can help the

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federation interpret the independent geohydrologist’s findings.

“He can lay it out in layman’s terms so the public can understand it and the elected officials can understand it,” Giles said.

The federation also recognized state Rep. Rick Catlin (R-New Hanover) for his legislative efforts behind the Cape Fear Water Resources Availability Study Bill, as well as his work on a coal ash bill to address the “pollution problems at the Sutton Power Plant in Wilmington,” the federation’s press release states.

“There is a concern about the availability of fresh, clean water for the growth that southeastern North Carolina, and specifically New Hanover County, is going to have over the next 50 years,” Giles said.

Catlin said the water resource availability study will make sure analyses of available water will take into account surface water and groundwater. Furthermore, he said, the study should determine what groundwater is high enough quality to use, because coastal regions like Wrightsville Beach contend with saltwater intrusions in the aquifer.

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A bouncer at Lagerheads flagged a deputy on Saturday, Aug. 1 after a patron spotted a gun tucked into 21-year-old Jacob Robert Lee Peterson’s shorts. Peterson, a U.S. Army soldier, was cited for not having a concealed carry permit.

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

I have friends who once lived on Pine Valley’s Jeb Stuart Drive. All the streets in one section of the 50-year-old neighborhood are named for confederate generals, including Robert E. Lee, who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

One homeowner in Pine Valley is trying to change the name of Robert E. Lee Drive to something more palatable to her. A Star News feature quotes her as purchasing the house in spite of objecting to the street name. That’s just odd.

I am thankful the county commissioners have said they have no interest in bowing to a request to change the name of Hugh MacRae Park. While I welcome change, changing a name to sanitize social consciousness is never a good idea.

The city fathers did not name the park to honor the man, Hugh MacRae, although he did many good things in his lifetime. The park’s name came with the land donation in 1913.

MacRae’s story has very dark threads running through it.

His white supremacy ideals were very common among the South’s white families at the time that he lived (1865-1951), mine included. But that doesn’t change the history of Hugh MacRae’s enormous contribution to the tricounty area. As a developer, his hand shaped many neighborhoods in New Hanover and surrounding counties. He brought the trolley and extended electricity. He immigrated Europeans to settle farming colonies.

For me, the key fact is MacRae developed the section of Wilmington around the park, including Long Leaf Hills, and then donated the land where the park sits. He ponied up the land for a park; it can bear his name. For that one reason alone, I say, leave the name be. If not, be bold enough to give the land back to the family.

Grandfather of Hugh Morton, MacRae developed Linville, North Carolina, and parts of Grandfather Mountain, Sugar Mountain and Flattop Mountain in Avery County. He built one of America’s very first golf courses in Linville in 1889, and built roads and even a stagecoach line to bring visitors to his resort town.

His history reads like an off-the-chart game of Monopoly: MacRae took over his father’s cotton mill in 1892 after returning to Wilmington where he continued to develop. In 1902, he founded Hugh MacRae & Co., which at one time owned 70,000 acres on which to sculpt new neighborhoods.

In 1900, Hugh MacRae & Co. merged with electricity and rail as MacRae became head of the Wilmington Gas Light Co. which also had a business interest in an electric trolley. A merger with the Wilmington Street Railway Co. and the Seacoast

Railway, created the Consolidated Railway and Power Co. He next acquired the Rockingham Power Co., which used hydroelectric power on the Pee Dee River.

Six model farm communities were settled with European immigrants between 1905 and 1909, including Castle Hayne, St. Helena and Delco.

Consolidated Railway and Power became the Tidewater (or Tide Water) Power Co. in 1907.

Tidewater Power merged in 1952 with Carolina Power & Light, which became Progress Energy, which merged with Duke Energy in July 2012.

MacRae’s trolley lines helped develop Carolina Place, Carolina Heights and Sunset Park. He extended the trolley line to Wrightsville Beach to transport people from downtown Wilmington to the palace of light he built, Lumina Pavilion. He developed the Oceanic Hotel.

MacRae was also one of the major co-conspirators in the Race Riot of 1898, and a member of the Secret Nine. He helped author the White Declaration of Independence as one of the Committee of 25, a group of white business leaders that plotted and overthrew Wilmington’s Republican-led mixed-race city government.

But the despicable and tragic events of 1898 are a part of history, as are all that followed down through the generations. Changing the name of a park changes nothing.

Racism is adopted or rejected at an early age from overhearing parents’ conversations.

The history of Hugh MacRae should be used as a lesson to all who pass through the park’s gates.

Parents should discuss with children who MacRae was: the good, the bad and the ugly. What a life lesson on loving thy neighbor and that all people are created equal in the eyes of the Creator.

Skeletons lie in many well-meaning white Southern family trees, creating a paradox.

Grandson Hugh MacRae II , born Nov. 20, 1924, is the head of the present-day Oleander Co., formerly Hugh MacRae & Co. A U.S. Army Air Force veteran who served in World War II, MacRae II developed the city’s first shopping mall, Hanover Center, in 1956. He was active in community reconciliation efforts during the 100-year anniversary of the 1898 Race Riots and contributed to the creation of the 1898 Memorial.

He among us without sin, cast the first stone.

Rather than be eradicated off the face of the earth, street names — and those of parks, government buildings, universities, monuments and statues — should be used to illustrate history in lessons that will change the way successive generations view their neighbors.

While I welcome change, changing a name to sanitize social consciousness is never a good idea.

Letters to the Editor Rip Current Safety This letter is in response to the publicity regarding shark sightings and shark attacks. The concern about the danger is certainly valid and any tips to prevent injuries and fatalities are to be respected.

According to Stephen Pfaff with the local National Weather Service, “Shark attacks account for an average of .5 deaths/year while rip current fatalities average 100/year.” Our daughter, Crystal, died in a Wrightsville Beach rip current in 2002.

Tourists and local residents keep lifeguards busy with rescues. Sadly sometimes fatalities still occur. However, due to increased rip current education, more beach visitors have learned that being a good swimmer is not enough to survive a rip current. Instead, heed warnings from TV weather

forecasters, newspaper alerts, beach flags, and lifeguards. Also, remember SCAPS – Stay Calm and Parallel Swim with the shore, if caught in the powerful pull of a rip current. Thankfully this important advice is occasionally included in newspaper reports and TV weather forecasts.

Although shark attacks get much attention, the risks related to rip currents are far greater. Ongoing work by agencies such as Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue, the National Weather Service, Sea Grant, and each country’s emergency management staff promote life-saving efforts. To learn more about a tragedy like ours, refer to www.ripcurrentsnoaa.gov JoAnn and Gary Swart Castle Hayne, NC

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Several of the officers took positions in different departments or made other career or life changes, House said.

Only one indicated that he or she was upset for being passed over for a promotion, House said.

The officer didn’t like working night shifts and instead took a civilian day shift.

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room occupancy tax collections dedicated to beach strand renourishment, known as the sand fund.

Managed by the New Hanover County Tourism Development Authority, ROT is split into two different pots of money. Sixty percent of the first 3 percent of ROT funds collected by the beach towns goes toward beach nourishment. The Tourism Development Authority uses the remaining 40 percent for marketing and advertising.

One-half of the second 3 percent of room tax funds must be used to promote travel and tourism and one-half can be used for tourismrelated purposes.

Wrightsville Beach, like the other beach towns in New Hanover County, relies on the room tax levied on temporary stays in rental properties and hotels to pay for sand replentishment and to pay for lifeguards and other services like public bathrooms that are tourism related.

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wanted to take a job with the North Carolina Marine Fisheries was hired by the department after more than one year of searching.

One officer left on medical retirement, the details of which House wasn’t allowed to release, and another left to be closer to family in High Point, N.C. In another case, an officer in the investigations division was hired by the State Bureau of Investigation. An officer who wanted to mentor children landed

a job as a juvenile intake counselor, House said, adding the officer didn’t fit in with police work.

An officer who once had a career in finance and left to become a full-time officer returned to finance due to salary considerations, House said.

That officer will remain with the department in a part-time reserve position.

“The last thing I want anyone to do is leave,” House said. “But

I can’t blame anyone for trying to better themselves.”

Wrightsville Beach Mayor Bill Blair said Monday the Board of Alderman were aware of the resignations, but needed more information.

“It’s a higher number than normal and we’re trying to figure out what that’s all about,” he said.

Some of the resignations occurred when House was on personal vacation and also as he traveled to Colorado Springs,

Colo., to personally receive the department’s certification from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). House said he offered to cut short his vacation but Owens said it could be handled when he returned to Wrightsville Beach on Tuesday, Aug. 4. House was away for a total of three weeks.

The CALEA certification required the police department update its policies, House said.

But while that system requires some additional paperwork, those new responsibilities only fall on three employees — the chief, Capt. Paul Burdette and an administrative employee.

“There’s sometimes a little duplication of paperwork and we’re working with staff to streamline the process,” House said, adding the resignations are “not at all tied to the CALEA process.”

rentals is enforced by the New Hanover County tax office. Kelley said as of year-end June 2015 the tax office had collected about $10.3 million.

The county’s room occupancy tax is 6 percent on any short-term rental, which includes stays of less than 90 days in a hotel, motel, beach house, condo or corporate apartment.

Advertisements indicate a sixbedroom beach house can rent for $5,000-$10,000 per week during peak summer weeks.

New Hanover County Chief Financial Officer Lisa Wurtzbacher said the room occupancy tax is self-reporting, so it’s the landlord’s obligation to accurately report the tax.

Potential untapped sources of room occupancy tax revenue are online rental companies. The county has an ad hoc method of investigating compliance with the tax law, Kelley said. An investigator will periodically browse popular online rental sites like VRBO, Expedia and AirBnB to see if the rental is charging and collecting the tax.

Many times, these online rentals like VRBO are managed through a Realtor or rental company that is aware and collects and pays the tax.

“We very seldom find ones that aren’t paying,” Kelley said. “Nine times out of 10, what we find when we track down the address is that they’re rented through one of the local Realtors.”

Wrightsville Beach Alderman Hank Miller Jr. said many people renting out rooms for vacation rentals and not paying the tax are probably simply unaware of it.

“I’d be that guy that didn’t know,” Miller said.

The county often receives late tax submissions and assesses late filing fees, Wurtzbacher said.

Violations of the room occupancy tax are often discovered through citizen tips, and not audits, Kelley said.

“We get more leads from citizen reports than from actual investigations,” Kelley said, noting neighbors will report their neighbors because “they’re paying it and somebody else isn’t.”

“If somebody’s not paying it, somebody else has to pick up that slack,” Kelley said. “We want everyone treated fairly.”

Wrightsville Beach Mayor Bill Blair said the room occupancy tax is vital for maintaining the features that attract visitors to Wrightsville Beach, especially beach renourishment every four years.

“There’s great sand here,” Blair said. “People come here for the beach activities.”

Against a day when federal funding dries up, Wrightsville Beach has been putting aside revenue accrued by increased parking meter rates into a sand fund for emergency renourishment costs. The town has more than $1 million in a savings fund socked away; estimating by 2018 it would, if necessary, be able to pay its 17.5 percent share of a beach renourishment project.

The 2014 Wrightsville Beach storm damage mitigation cost between $8 and $9 million.

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between BOEM analysis and the potential impact on marine animals.

Low-frequency sounds such as those emitted by seismic guns travel very far underwater, but the federal study did not consider long-range effects, Nowaceck said.

He also noted a new generation of seismic equipment may reduce the impact, but it is still in development stages.

And what if an oil spill occurred off the North Carolina coast? With the right conditions, oil would flow toward the coastline and the estuaries, said Len Pietrafesa, professor emeritus of marine earth and atmospheric science at N.C. State. He said those projections are based on actual data as well as sophisticated modeling, but he offered a real-life example.

“And that is why the North Carolina coast was invaded by the red tide in 1987,” Pietrafesa said.

A red tide involves harmful algal blooms that can be toxic to fish and other marine life. The blooms were pushed toward the coast by atmospheric conditions, he said.

Along the coast, opinion is split on the benefits and risks of offshore drilling, states a recent poll commissioned by the Coastal Federation. But McCrory has led the push to extract oil and gas resources off the coast.

Friday, Donald van der Vaart, McCrory’s secretary for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, sought to clarify his boss’ position.

“Gov. McCrory makes it clear our job is to provide four economic development and prosperity, but in doing so we have to protect the quality of life we all know and love,” van der Vaart said. When asked whether McCrory would go on record as opposing drilling if revenue sharing is not in the mix, van der Vaart said his boss has been clear that it would be “economically irresponsible” to proceed in such a case.

Likewise, he said McCrory would insist that local governments get some of the revenue “because they are on the front lines.”

Many unknowns remain. And among the biggest unanswered questions is whether North Carolina can reap the potential benefits of drilling without harming the environment or coastal industries.

Said Orr: “It’s ultimately the balancing decision that needs to be made.”

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said Dawn Brinson, chief technology officer for New Hanover County schools. The app will provide one more means to get information to parents and students, she said.

And it won’t cost the taxpayers. It’s free to download, and the school system will get a share of the advertising revenue that will support the app, Brinson said.

The concept turns a smartphone into a one-stop portal for just about everything related to the schools.

On the first day of classes, all schools and the school system itself will have their own apps that contain all the information that is traditionally on the websites.

Families with multiple children at various schools can download one and connect with the other schools and the central office — each app contains links to the other schools and the system.

New Hanover County will be the first school district to launch the apps, but the developers plan to push it out to school systems across the state and beyond. Weiss, Tim Fields and Scott Hansberry are the brains behind Education App, which was formed in March. The company’s offices are inside Chief Financial Officer Hansberry’s

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Fields is the technical wizard; his Appy City company already had developed applications for Wilmington and tourism sites such as the Cameron Art Museum and the Battleship North Carolina.

Weiss, who owns the City Club and St. Thomas Preservation Hall, among other business interests, was introduced when he was asked to advertise on the Wilmington Downtown app.

“I was blown away,” Weiss said, noting business improved almost immediately after he began advertising. That led to development of the school app under a separate company.

Central office and individual school websites provide a way to find out the latest news, but they are not smartphone friendly, Brinson said. School websites vary in content and quality, but these apps will be standardized in format.

“Everyone’s got one of these,” Weiss said, waving his iPhone.

Today’s tech-savvy kids are more likely to use an app than a website.

They understand how the technology works — so much so that Fields said he plans to train high schoolers to help with tech support.

Advertising, which allows the company to offer the app for free and to share profits with the

schools, was a sticking point at first.

Like some of his counterparts, school board member Ed Higgins had some initial concerns about signing on.

“I wasn’t sure exactly what it was going to be,” he said. “I didn’t want a situation where a student cuts their phone on and ads start popping up.”

That isn’t the case, though.

Users must click on a link to pull up an advertisement. In addition, the school system has the right to refuse advertising it considers inappropriate. At the school system’s discretion, officials may OK push notifications from advertisers at school events, but push-ads will not appear during the school day, Weiss said.

In addition, schools and the users will control which push notifications to accept, and when, he said.

Higgins said he has no problem with passive advertising — he compares it to sponsors’ banners hung on ballfields and in gymnasiums at sporting events. And he especially finds the communication aspect valuable.

The school board voted unanimously in July to approve the apps’ use.

Weiss said he originally estimated ad revenue at $1.5 million the first year; the schools will get

one-half of whatever comes in. The system can use the money any way it likes.

Fields and Weiss said the app can take the place of most web-based programs the schools use, and more. It can be used for document storage, to share educational videos, tutoring applications, teacher lesson plans and sites, virtual yearbooks and many others.

Local district attorneys Ben David and Jon David are also working with Fields to develop a public safety app that will link to the schools. The function will instantly inform parents of a lockdown or other emergency, and law enforcement can even send push notifications to students warning them to stay away from a certain part of the building if necessary, Fields said.

School principals and then athletic directors will be first to get training on the apps before school opens, Weiss said. But he expects once people are aware the tool is available, it will be widely used and uses will continue to multiply.

“The apps can do more than websites can,” Fields said.

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open for exploration,” said Renee Orr, chief of the strategic resources office of the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which oversees offshore leases and drilling.

Nettles’ viewpoint aligned with the opinion of most of the 300 people attending a forum on offshore drilling in New Bern, N.C., Friday, July 31, sponsored by the N.C. Coastal Federation. But while the federation opposes offshore drilling, the goal Friday was to bring together a variety of experts to provide a more complete picture of the issue and what is to gain, or lose.

That the Atlantic Ocean holds oil and gas reserves is not in dispute.

How much? Almost certainly at least 1.32 billion barrels and possibly as much as 9 billion barrels, most of it off Cape Hatteras, said Laura Taylor, professor of agricultural and resource economics at N.C. State University. Natural gas reserves are estimated to be 37.51 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

If that materializes, North Carolina could net $855 million in 2035, she said.

But much of that oil is within the 50-mile buffer established

by BOEM. And overall, offshore drilling would have little impact on gas prices or energy-independence goals because the reserves would supply only a small fraction of total daily U.S. consumption, Taylor said.

Another caveat: The federal government doesn’t have to share the revenues, and North Carolina law currently does not provide for coastal counties to get a share of the profits, said Greg “Rudi” Rudolph, shore protection manager for Carteret County.

Regardless of any perceived economic benefits, coastal advocates and environmentalists worry the price could be too high.

Although oil and gas production is at least 10 to 15 years off, several companies have applied to use seismic testing — aiming powerful sound waves at the ocean floor — to map potential deposits. But drilling is required to find out for sure what reserves lie underneath, Orr said.

Several scientists addressed the potential testing impact on marine life. Doug Nowaeck, an associate professor with Duke University’s marine science program, said there is a “fundamental mismatch”

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would suggest a short lease first to see how it works,” O’Grady said.

However, council member Laura Padgett cast the lone vote against the resolution.

“I’m for community gardens. I think they’re a good idea. I’m not for converting park space to community gardens,” she said.

Beatty suggested a vacant lot downtown, 914 Dock St., which once served as an informal community garden, would be a good property for a community garden.

Padgett said the land could be used for an organized city park, such as Wallace Park or Portia Mills Hines Park.

Beatty said the community gardens would suit public interests.

“The City of Wilmington staff has received requests from groups to plan and maintain community gardens. Community garden policies are becoming increasingly prevalent across the nation and across North Carolina,” she said.

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Beatty emphasized the community gardens would not compete with local private businesses because the resolution states each garden must be more than one mile from a grocery store or vendor. She said pharmacies and convenience stores were not counted as food vendors in the survey. The City of Wilmington will guide organizations that express interest in starting a community garden toward spaces permitted in the resolution.

“The intention behind that criteria is multi-faceted,” Beatty said.

“Most of our parks are located outside of one mile of a grocery store in more suburban areas of the city.”

Beatty also displayed a map of Wilmington that showed potential garden sites.

The resolution allows organizations to fundraise for their gardens on the property they lease from the city. The groups will not be permitted to sell the produce they grow, but they can hold a raffle, gala or other fundraising event on the land. email pam@luminanews.com

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recipients walked across the ballroom of the Wilmington Convention Center on Sunday night, there was virtually no sign of a limp in George Fox, his leg long healed from the injury he sustained in World War II as a tank driver during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

“A piece of my femur was knocked right out,” he said. “They took me on a hospital ship. The doctor looked me over and they knocked me out. When I woke up, I was in a cast from my chest down to my left foot and my right knee. I thought I was going to lose my leg, but they saved it. I was really lucky.”

Their numbers dwindling as the conflict fades into history, Fox was one of just five WWII veterans at the Second Annual Cape Fear Purple Heart Dinner, joined by Robert Bradicich, Arthur Kenan, Charles H. Kroger and Meyer Melman. The event, presented by the Cape Fear Purple Heart Committee, honored Purple Heart recipients and their families.

Fox joined the Marine Corps immediately after graduating high school in 1940.

“I didn’t know what to do with my life,” he said.

“I was in for five years, four months and two days.”

Fox began his Marine Corps career as a truck driver and chauffeur at the Norfolk Navy Yard, now called the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

“I was a chauffeur for a colonel. I did that kind of work for a couple of years. I had a cushy job,” he said.

In 1942, Fox told his superiors he wanted to go into combat. After being stationed at a base camp in Maui, Hawaii, he fought in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands and in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

As a tank driver in the 4th Marine Division, Fox’s primary responsibility was to rescue injured marines.

“We put the wounded marines on the back so we could take them back to the beach,” he explained.

On Fox’s fifth day on the island, his tank was hit

by Japanese mortar fire, injuring him severely.

Fox spent several months in a hospital in Hawaii before being transferred to Saint Albans Naval Hospital, now called St. Albans Extended Care Facility, in Long Island, New York.

“I went there because I’m from New York and I had family near there,” he said.

Fox was hospitalized for a total of nine months.

After being discharged from the hospital, Fox attended Pace Institute, now known as Pace College, and studied accounting.

Bill Ebersbach, commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Cape Fear Chapter 636, received three Purple Hearts for his service in Vietnam.

Ebersbach enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1964.

“I’m still a marine today — once and always,” he said. “I was in Vietnam for almost four years. I did two tours.”

Ebersbach received his first Purple Heart as a rifleman when his right hand was wounded by

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shrapnel. After receiving treatment at the military hospital in Da Nang, he returned to combat and received a second Purple Heart following another shrapnel wound in his back.

In 1971, Ebersbach returned to Vietnam as an air traffic controller.

While volunteering to fly with gunners on his day off, the helicopter he rode in was under fire. He earned his third Purple Heart and returned to the hospital in Da Nang.

Ebersbach’s Marine Corps career spanned 10 years.

His advice to young marines is, “Keep your head down. Work hard, and listen to the corporals and the sergeants because they’re the ones that know.”

National Guard veteran Kyle Snyder earned his Purple Heart Above: Darrell Monroe, senior vice commander of the in Afghanistan in Military Order of the Purple Heart, Cape Fear Chapter October 2012.

636, is a recipient of the Purple Heart medal for “We were out on service in the Vietnam War. Right: Bill Ebersbach, a patrol and I was commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, approached by a Cape Fear Chapter 636, received three Purple Hearts local wearing a for his service in Vietnam. Below: Purple Heart recipient Charles “Chuck” Kroger was a communications sergeant for suicide vest, which the U.S. Army in World War II. he detonated, killing three soldiers I was with. One was Sergeant T.J. Butler from Leland, a close friend of mine,” he said. “I’ve spend two-and-a-half years recovering. I’m still going through surgeries.”

Snyder’s advice to anyone considering joining the military is, “Follow your heart. I don’t discourage anybody from joining. If you’re old enough to make the decision to go in, you’re old enough to understand the possibility of being deployed.”

Snyder said that he wants future generations to know the war wasn’t senseless and that he and his fellow service members had a purpose.

“If I could today, I’d go back over. This dinner means a lot to me,” he said.

Chuck McLiverty, co-chair of the Cape Fear Purple Heart Dinner Committee, estimates nearly 500 people attended the dinner this year.

“It went very well. A lot of people were happy with it — I didn’t hear any complaints, which is always a good sign,” he said. “Everybody who participates on this committee is a volunteer. They’re from different organizations and different walks of life. Everybody just donates their time and comes together.”

McLiverty encourages young Purple Heart veterans to attend the dinner each year and receive recognition for their service. email pam@luminanews.com

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Live Music: Ed Stephenson and the Paco Band Cameron Art Museum Thursday, Aug. 6, 7 p.m., $5-$12

Superhero Fun Run Myrtle Grove Public Library Saturday, Aug. 8, 9 a.m., Free

Storytelling with Joan Leotta Northeast Regional Library Monday, Aug. 10, 11 a.m. to noon

Girl Scouts Open House and Ice Cream Party Girl Scouts Service Center Wednesday, Aug. 12, 5 p.m., $1

Listen to the intricate picking and rhythmic strumming of Ed Stephenson and the Paco Band, a Spanish flamenco music ensemble. The group will perform original compositions and cover songs by Paco de Lucia, Enrique Granados, Joaquin Rodrigo and other musicians. For more information, call the Cameron Art Museum at 910-395-5999 or visit www.cameronartmuseum.org

Kids can wear superhero costumes to the Myrtle Grove Public Library and walk or run a 1-mile course while dodging water balloons and defeating super villains. Free comic books, courtesy of Memory Lane Comics, will be available. Children can also make superhero comics. Attendees are requested to bring a canned good for the Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina. For details, call Max Nunez at 910-798-6393.

Joan Leotta, a member of the North Carolina Storytelling Guild, will share a Southern Jack tale, along with other classic stories from local folklore in the Pine Room of the Northeast Regional Library. The event is appropriate for children ages 8 and older. No pre-registration required. To learn more, contact Mary Kleinfeldt at 910-798-6373 or at mkleinfeldt@nhc.gov

Enjoy a scoop of ice cream and learn about Girl Scout troops in the Wilmington area. The party is geared toward children entering kindergarten and first grade and will include a photo booth, crafts, games and other activities. For more information, contact Brooke Banson at 910-202-9203 or at bbanson@nccoastalpines.org

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Free vaccinations, vision tests, blood pressure checks and other medical services are available to all who attend the seventh annual Rock the Block festival at Med North Health Center on Saturday, Aug. 8.

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During a time known as the Golden Age of Piracy, the waterways of eastern North Carolina were havens for pirates.

“It’s a history that grabs people’s attention. I don’t think people are aware, outside of Blackbeard, just how much North Carolina was a part of the pirate’s world in the early 18th century,” said local author Jack E. Fryar.

Fryar will share tales and history of this age in the Cape Fear region during a one-hour presentation at the historic Burgwin-Wright house in downtown Wilmington next Thursday, Aug. 13.

Fryar uses images from his book, “Pirates on the North Carolina Coast,” to illustrate his lecture. The book is a part of his Young Readers Series, a collection of books each containing 30-50 pages with ample illustrations, created to educate children and teens about various aspects of North Carolina history.

“I’ve found that these books are also very popular with adults,” he said. “It’s a great way to find out about something without having to wade through a 400-page book.”

Within his book and his lecture, Fryar explains how the primarily uninhabited North Carolina Coast was prime territory for pirates during this Golden Age. From Charleston all the way up to Chesapeake, there wasn’t much except for a few settlements.

“We had 300 miles of coastline full of creeks, streams and bays — good places for pirates to hide,” he said. “The locals in North Carolina at the time were very welcoming to the pirates because they got a share of the loot.”

One particular story to which Fryar is partial is that of Stede Bonnet, a wealthy gentleman-turned-pirate.

“This is a guy who had been a British army major. He came to the Bahamas to take over a plantation, but apparently his wife was such a nag, he bought his own ship, hired his own crew and took to pirating. He decided he’d rather risk a hangman’s noose than live with that woman anymore,” Fryar said.

Fryar said Bonnet’s story is also unusual because he bought his own ship instead of stealing one, like most pirates did.

“He was captured after a running gun fight on the Cape Fear River in 1718,” Fryar said.

Fryar is also captivated by the stories of female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read who sailed with Calico Jack, an English pirate captain.

“After Jack was captured, Anne and Mary both escaped the hangman’s noose because they both claimed to be pregnant at the time.

They let Anne, who was in a relationship with Calico Jack, see him before he went to the gallows. She told if that if he’d fought like a man, he wouldn’t have to hang like a dog,” Fryar said.

Christine Lamberton, the Burgwin-Wright House’s museum manager, said the museum hosts a North Carolinian lecturer each month, August through May. “Jack Fryar is kicking off our lecture series,” she said. Past lecturers include Beverly Tetterton, author of “Maritime Wilmington” and local historian Chris Fonvielle, who teaches history at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

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The Wilmington chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will join forces with the local surfing community Saturday, Aug. 8 to raise more than $100,000 to fight cystic fibrosis, a disease that does not receive federal funding for its research.

The fourth annual Pipeline to a Cure East gala, held at the Country Club of Landfall, generates funds for CF medical treatments as well as research to develop more treatment options, and, someday, a cure.

Eileen McConville, the event co-chair, said the foundation’s research toward treating CF’s symptoms has prolonged the lives of patients like her daughter Katie Reisinger.

“When Katie was born, we were told … she probably wasn’t even going to make it out of high school.

Now she has a 1-year-old, and she’s married, and a professional,” McConville said. “When you give birth and your child has an illness that’s deadly, it’s a really scary time … but the CF Foundation gives us hope, and that’s why it’s easy to support them.”

Besides raising money, the event also highlights the connection between surfing and the management of cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that causes a thick buildup of mucus in the lungs. In recent years, doctors in Australia observed people afflicted with

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The finished board will be the centerpiece of the Pipeline to a Cure East gala live auction Saturday, August 8.

CF who surfed had better lung function than those who did not.

Inhaling the salty mist helped clear their lungs, doctors documented.

The discovery initiated the development of a hypertonic saline drug now used by patients worldwide.

An oceanic theme will unite all aspects of the gala. Live auction items include a two-night stay at Frying Pan Tower — a former Coast Guard tower turned bed and breakfast located 30 miles offshore — and a catered dinner cruise on a

private 60-foot yacht.

The live auction’s signature item is a surfboard designed by local shaper Ian Balding. The board is custom designed to represent the words “65 Roses,” a phrase made famous by a 4-year-old child with cystic fibrosis who mispronounced the name of his diagnosis. The board will be revealed right before the auction, and in past years the unveiling has incited thrilling bidding wars.

“I don’t think [Balding] is going to show it to anybody until that night. … It always comes in a case,” McConville said. “It’s a big reveal and everybody goes nuts.”

While the event’s name further emphasizes the surfing connection by conjuring images of Hawaii’s Bonzai Pipeline, one of the most well-known surf breaks in the world, it also refers to the drug development pipeline, McConville said.

During the 2015 event, University of North Carolina Health Care’s Dr. James Yankaskas will speak about the latest developments in cystic fibrosis treatments.

McConville said while the information is enormously important to the many CF parents in attendance, it also reminds every person at the gala the medical advancements their donations make possible.

“People are like, ‘Wow, somebody in this room who has a child with CF benefitted because I made a donation,’” McConville said. email emmy@luminanews.com

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Little Chapel On the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Rev. Patrick Thomas Rabun, pastor 2 W. Fayetteville St., 910-256-2819, ext. 100 www.littlechapel.org Worship at Wrightsville Beach Public Access No. 4: 8 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Children’s Church: 10:45 a.m.

Nursery provided.

St. Andrew’s On-The-Sound Episcopal The Rev. Richard G. Elliott, rector 101 Airlie Road, 910-256-3034 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m.

Wrightsville Beach Baptist church 601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682 Traditional Service: 9-10 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:10-11 a.m.

Celebration Services: 11:10 a.m to 12:20 p.m.

Wrightsville United Methodist Church Doug Lain, senior pastor 4 Live Oak Drive, 910-256-4471 Worship Services: 8:30, 9:45, 11:15 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Living H2O August 2, 2015, 6:18 p.m.

Cures

It is with love that I offered up My Son for all your cures Every illness and affliction set upon you will be gone for sure So ask for the help of salvation, it will not come before You are open in heart and soul to receive and sin no more As much as this earth knocks you back and forth day by day The cures for your distress can only come if you firmly pray Lord help me set my life straight and put me in the right direction Only the cures for eternity that came from the resurrection can free you from your past and provide provision for the future The cures will tie up your wounds like well-placed sutures Do not continue to act upon your own thoughts but give in to the cures of heaven that will last a lifetime without sin Give in to the control of heaven to guide you to the success Offered by the cures freely given to you, accept them without regret Freedom is yours so ask for the oil of joy to bath you from head to toe Soak your spirit with heaven’s cures and let your love flow

C a rl Wat e rs

NRSV (Luke 13:31 - 35 NRSV) 31 - At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 - He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. 33 - Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.’ 34 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 35 - See, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

KJV (Luke 13:31 - 35 KJV) 31 - The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. 32 - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. 33 - Nevertheless I must walk today, and tomorrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 34 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! 35 - Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

St. Therese Catholic church Father Joe Vetter 209 S. Lumina Ave., 910-256-2471 Mass: Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Monday, noon; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday – Thursday noon; Thursday noon followed by Eucharistic Adoration St. Mark Catholic Church Father Patrick A. Keane 1011 Eastwood Road, 910-392-0720 Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. en Español Monday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday Masses: 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wednesday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Thursday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Friday Mass: 8:30 a.m. followed by Adoration with Benediction at 9 p.m.

Beth Simcha Messianic Jewish Congregation Congregational Leader/ Rabbi Marty Schilsky 7957 Market St. Wilmington, N.C. 28411 910-681-0117 Shabbat Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday

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August 6 THE MEASURE OF FAITH Luke 17:5 “And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.”

LUKE 17:1-10 There are many scriptures that speak of varying degrees of faith.

However, the scriptures also speak of Jesus increasing in wisdom (Lk. 2:52) that certainly refers to His physical intellect drawing more and more on the perfect wisdom of God that was already in Him at birth.

It is in this way that we also increase in faith.

At salvation, the believer is given the supernatural faith of God. We had to use the very faith of God (not human faith) to believe the gospel (Eph. 2:8).

That faith came to us through hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17), and once we are born again, it becomes an abiding fruit of the Spirit within us.

Every believer is given the same measure of faith at salvation but not all believers use what God has given them. Therefore, it is correct

to speak of growing in faith and having great faith or little faith, but it is important to understand that this is speaking of how much faith we use or manifest — not how much faith we were given. All believers were given “the” same measure of faith.

Jesus’ example of the grain of mustard seed underscores the truth that our faith is sufficient if we will just use it without the hindrance of unbelief.

He then continues on into the parable of the servant serving his master to illustrate that our faith is not the problem but rather our use of it.

We are using it to serve ourselves instead of our master who is God. Living by faith is not something special that only the “super-saints” are supposed to do. The Lord expects all of His children to live a supernatural life of faith. He gave you everything you need to do this, just let Him live through you.

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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com L E G A L NOTI C ES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 419 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Samuel Randall and Gretchen Randall and Samuel John Randall, IV and Julie Lynn Randall (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Gretchen C. Randall, Julie Lynn Randall, Samuel John Randall, III and Samuel John Randall, IV) to Collins & Collins, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of June, 2004, and recorded in Book 4387, Page 615, 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 August 11, 2015 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 1 (one) in Block 207 according to the plan of the Northern Extension of Carolina Beach prepared by M.H. Lander, C.E. and duly recorded in Map Book 3, at Page 67 in the office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County. This is the same property as property conveyed to Yancey S. Fulp in Book 777, Page 305, New Hanover County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 200 Georgia Avenue, Carolina Beach, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a) (1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1158883 (FC.FAY) July 30 and August 6, 2015

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.

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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.: 14-21861-FC01 July 30 and August 6, 2015

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 Jeffrey Ward Kelly a/k/a Jeffery Ward Kelly to Ticor Title Insurance Co, Trustee(s), which was dated August 25, 2003 and recorded on August 28, 2003 in Book 3982 at Page 306, 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 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 August 11, 2015 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 9, Block D, Section 2, Devon Park Subdivision as shown upon a map of the same recorded in Map Book 5 at Page 57 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 3622 Stratford Boulevard, Wilmington, NC 28403.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are All Lawful Heirs of Jeffery Ward Kelly.

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

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert Michael Roth and Kimberly Lynn Gaskins Roth to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), which was dated June 18, 2010 and recorded on July 6, 2010 in Book 5495 at Page 2485, 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 August 11, 2015 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 situated in the City of Wilmington in the County of New Hanover in the State of NC All of Lot 12 in Danbury Forest Subdivision, Section 1, as the same is shown on a map recorded in Map Book 33 at Page 96 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 3348 Brucemont Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Northchase Homeowners Association, Inc..

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.: 15-08496-FC01 July 30 and August 6, 2015 15 SP 361 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 Jyll M. Gartin to Wells Fargo Financial National Bank, Trustee(s), which was dated April 28, 2005 and recorded on April 28, 2005 in Book 4780 at Page 874 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on February 12, 2007 in Book 5141, Page 773 and rerecorded/ modified/corrected on April 15, 2015 in Book 5881, Page 1332, 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 August 11, 2015 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 227, Phase II, WRIGHTSVILLE SOUND VILLAGE as the same is shown on a map recorded in Map Book 8, Page 103 through 106, of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH all rights, privileges, duties and obligations set forth in the Declaration of Condominium, Phase I, Wrightsville Sound Village, a Condominium, recorded in Book 1378 at Pages 1628 through 1669 of the New Hanover County Registry and in the Supplemental Declaration of Condominium, Phase II, Wrightsville Sound Village, a Condominium, recorded in Book 1390 at Pages 1166 through 1170 of said Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1507 Military Cutoff Road, Apartment 227, Wilmington, NC 28403.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/

are Jyll M. Gartin.

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.: 13-09398-FC02 July 30 and August 6, 2015 15 SP 31 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 Richard Anthony Pandolf, Jr. and Andrea Michelle Neal to Jeffrey P. Keeter, Trustee(s), which was dated October 7, 1998 and recorded on October 7, 1998 in Book 2447 at Page 0652, 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 August 11, 2015 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 178, Section 4, Gordon Woods, as shown on map of same recorded in Map Book 34, at Page 168 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 1007 Gordon Woods Road, Wilmington, NC 28411.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-

tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Richard Anthony Pandolf.

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.: 12-02595-FC02 July 30 and August 6, 2015 15 SP 344 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 Masud M. Hassan to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated February 8, 2008 and recorded on February 11, 2008 in Book 5277 at Page 825, 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 August 11, 2015 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: Those certain premises comprising a portion of The Gardens, said Condominium having been established under Chapter 47-C of the North Carolina General Statutes (Unit Ownership Act) and the Amended and Restated Declaration of Condominium dated September 25, 2007, and recorded September 25, 2007, in Book 5234 at Page 2072 in the New Hanover County Registry, the Amendment to Amended and Restated Declaration of Condominium recorded in Book 5240 at Page 295, Supplemental Declaration of Condominium recorded in Book 5240 at Page 299 and the Second Supplemental Declaration of Condominium recorded in Book 5245 at Page 2306 of the New Hanover County Registry (the “Declaration”), the premises hereby conveyed being more particularly described as follows: Unit 207 of The Gardens, Phase 3, as described in the Declaration and as shown on the Plan of Condominium (the “Plan”) which is recorded in Condominium Plat Book 17, Page 165 in the New Hanover County Registry (the “Unit”); Together with a 10.00 percent undivided interest appurtenant to each unit in all of the Common Area and Facilities of said condominium, including the building and improvements on the land described in the Declaration and as shown on the Plan; provided that in the event

additional Units are added to the Condominium from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Declaration, the percentage undivided interest appurtenant to the Unit may change and shall be as shown in Exhibit E to the Declaration as amended.

Together with all the right of ingress to and egress from said property, and the right to use, for all purposes in common with the original grantor, its successors and assigns, and all other occupants from time to time, any and all portions of The Gardens Condominiums as Condominium designated by the Declaration of Condominium as “Common Areas and Facilities”.

The Unit herein conveyed is intended for use as Residential dwelling. This conveyance is subject to easements and rights of way of record, to ad valorem taxes for the current years, and to the reservations, restrictions on use and all covenants and obligations set forth in the Declaration, in the Articles of Incorporations of The Gardens Condominiums Homeowners Association, Inc., and the By-Laws of the said Association, all of which restrictions, payments of charges and all other covenants, agreements, obligations, conditions and provisions are incorporated in this deed by reference and constitute covenants running with the land, equitable servitudes and liens to the extent set forth in said documents and as provided by law, Grantee, his heirs, successors, administrators, executors and assignees, by accepting this Deed, hereby expressly assume and agree to be bound by and comply with all of the covenants, terms, provisions and conditions set forth in the Declaration and the said Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and Rules and Regulations made there under, including, but not limited to, the obligations to make payment of assessments for the maintenance and operation of the Condominium which may be levied against such Unit.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4413 Jay Bird Circle, Unit 207, Wilmington, NC 28412.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Masud M. Hassan.

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

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The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 15-00485-FC03 July 30 and August 6, 2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY File No. 15-SP-0215 New Hanover County, North Carolina Under and by virtue of the Declaration recorded in Book 1741, Page 966, New Hanover County Register of Deeds, and the provisions of Chapter 47C of the North Carolina General Statutes, and because of the Respondents’ failure to pay assessments duly assessed by The Trust Building Unit Owners Association, Inc. (“Association”) as shown by the Claim of Lien for Assessments filed on March 18, 2015, File No. 15-M249, in the Office of the New Hanover County Clerk of Superior Court, and pursuant to an Order Allowing Foreclosure of Claim of Lien for Assessments entered by the New Hanover County Clerk of Court on July 14, 2015, the undersigned Trustee will expose for public sale at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at 11:00 a.m. on the 11th day of August 2015, at the Courthouse door, New Hanover County Judicial Building, 316 Princess Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, the following property (including any improvements thereon) located in New Hanover County, North Carolina: BEING ALL of Units E, F, H and J of The Trust Building, No. 2 North Front Street Condominium, being more specifically described by reference to and shown upon that set of plans of The Trust Building, No. 2 North Front Street Condominium, recorded in Condominium Plat Book 10, beginning at Page 261, in the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Also commonly known as: 2E N. Front St., Wilmington, NC 28401 (Unit E The Trust Building, Floor # 4) 2F N. Front St., Wilmington, NC 28401 (Unit F The Trust Building, Floor # 5) 2H N. Front St., Wilmington, NC 28401 (Unit H The Trust Building, Floor # 7) 2J N. Front St., Wilmington, NC 28401 (Unit J The Trust Building, Floor # 9) The record owners of the above-described real property as reflected by the records of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds ten (10) days prior to posting the Notice are John L. Bahr II and wife, Tanya E. Bahr.

The above-described property will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” and is subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, judgments, unpaid taxes, easements, conditions, restrictions, and other matters of record, including, but not limited to, Deed of Trust recorded in Book 4837, Page 170, of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds.

The successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater.

Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders a deed for the property. If for any reason the Trustee does not tender a deed for the property, the successful bidder’s sole remedy shall be a return of the deposit.

To the extent this sale involves residential property with less than fifteen (15) units, you are hereby notified of the following: (a) An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to § 45-21.29 of the North Carolina General Statutes 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; and (b) 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 ten (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.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. THE UNDERSIGNED IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This is the 15th day of July 2015.

Charles D. Meier, Trustee N. C. State Bar No. 13039 MARSHALL, WILLIAMS & GORHAM, L.L.P. 14 South Fifth Street Post Office Drawer 2088 Wilmington, NC 28402-2088 Telephone: (910) 763-9891 Facsimile: (910) 343-8604 E-Mail: cdm@mwglaw.com July 30, 2015 and August 6, 2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

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

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. THE UNDERSIGNED IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This is the 14th day of July 2015.

Charles D. Meier, Trustee N. C. State Bar No. 13039 MARSHALL, WILLIAMS & GORHAM, L.L.P. 14 South Fifth Street Post Office Drawer 2088 Wilmington, NC 28402-2088 Telephone: (910) 763-9891 Facsimile: (910) 343-8604 E-Mail: cdm@mwglaw.com July 30 and August 6, 2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

File No. 15-SP-0288

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

New Hanover County, North Carolina

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

Under and by virtue of the Declaration recorded in Book 2007, Page 844, and Book 2054, Page 0217, New Hanover County Register of Deeds, and the provisions of Chapter 47C of the North Carolina General Statutes, and because of the Respondent’s failure to pay assessments duly assessed

by Cape Cottages Homeowners’ Association, Inc. (“Association”) as shown by the Claim of Lien for Assessments filed on August 8, 2014, File No. 14-M918, in the Office of the New Hanover County Clerk of Superior Court, and pursuant to an Order Allowing Foreclosure of Claim of Lien for Assessments entered by the New Hanover County Clerk of Court on June 11, 2015, the undersigned Trustee will expose for public sale at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at 11:00 a.m. on the 11th day of August 2015, at the Courthouse door, New Hanover County Judicial Building, 316 Princess Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, the following property (including any improvements thereon) located in New Hanover County, North Carolina: BEING a unit ownership in real property under and pursuant to Chapter 47C of the North Carolina General Statutes and being more particularly described as Section One, Phase III, Building Six, Unit A, Cape Cottages Condominiums, on a plat entitled “Cape Cottages Condominium, Section One, Phase III, Building Six,” recorded in Condominium Plat Book 11, at Pages 2-5, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Also commonly known as 719 Melba Ct. Apt. A, Wilmington, NC 28405-3560.

The record owner of the abovedescribed real property as reflected by the records of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds ten (10) days prior to posting the Notice is Michael J. Jesse.

The above-described property will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” and is subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, judgments, unpaid taxes, easements, conditions, restrictions, and other matters of record, including, but not limited to, Deed of Trust recorded in Book 3999, Page 556, of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds.

The successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater.

Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders a deed for the property. If for any reason the Trustee does not tender a deed for the property, the successful bidder’s sole remedy shall be a return of the deposit.

To the extent this sale involves residential property with less than fifteen (15) units, you are hereby notified of the following: (a )An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to § 45-21.29 of the North Carolina General Statutes 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; and (b) 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 ten (10) days written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant

BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NUMBER: 15 SP 404 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF LAND COVERED BY THAT CERTAIN DEED OF TRUST GIVEN BY BRYSON E. BURKHOLDER, JR. AND WIFE KARI BURKHOLDER TO ANTHONY A. SAFFO TRUSTEE for RANDY S. SWARTZ AND SUBSEQUENTLY JERRY A. MANNEN, JR., SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE DATED: July 15, 2013 Recorded in Book 5754; Page 72 Substitution of Trustee Recorded in Book 5894; Page 2766 New Hanover County Registry NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

BY VIRTUE of authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Bryson E. Burkholder, Jr. and wife, Kari Burkholder to Anthony A. Saffo, Trustee, and subsequently to Jerry A. Mannen, Jr., Substitute Trustee, dated July 15, 2013 and recorded in Book 5754; Page 72 of the New Hanover County Registry, and by virtue of the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of New Hanover County, North Carolina, pursuant to Chapter 45 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to do and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained, I will on August 14, 2015 at 12:00 P.M. (Noon) at the Courthouse Door of the New Hanover County Courthouse, 316 Princess Street in Wilmington, North Carolina or the usual and customary location at the New Hanover County Courthouse in Wilmington, North Carolina offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for Cash, the following described lands: BEING ALL OF LOT 20, IN BLOCK Y, OF ADDITION #2, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH EXTENSION, ACCORDING TO A MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 2, AT PAGE 101 IN THE OFFICE OF THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY. FURTHER SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO ALL OUTSTANDING AND UNPAID TAXES AND ALL PRIOR LIENS, ENCUMBRANCES OR EXCEPTIONS OF RECORD. The above-described property contains the land and improvements together with all the appurtenances and fixtures thereunto, appertaining of Bryson E. Burkholder, Jr. and wife, Kari Burkholder.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned the current owner(s) of the property according to the New Hanover County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the Posting of this Notice is/are Bryson E. Burkholder, Jr. and wife, Kari Burkholder.

The terms of the sale are as follows: A cash deposit of the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount bid or seven hundred fifty ($750.00) dollars will be required at the sale; balance due upon delivery of the Deed.

Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed.

This sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

This sale will be made subject to all outstanding and unpaid

taxes and all prior liens of record and any assessments that may be due or past due.

There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health, or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale and the property will be sold AAS IS@, AWHERE IS@.

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 Real Estate Independence, LLC.

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 Wendy P. Ludwig and husband William J. Ludwig.

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.: 13-10627-FC01 August 6 and 13, 2015

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 15-09620-FC01 August 6 and 13, 2015

15 SP 358

15 SP 385

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed

by Wendy P. Ludwig and William J. Ludwig to Jeffery L. Tuttle, Trustee(s), which was dated September 23, 2005 and recorded on September 23, 2005 in Book 4909 at Page 416, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed

by Allen Shawn Welker and Babs M. Welker to Eugene B. Davis, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated September 14, 2006 and recorded on September 19, 2006 in Book 5081 at Page 576, 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 August 18, 2015 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:

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 August 18, 2015 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 30 of Lakemoor Subdivision, Section 2, as the same appears on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 35 at Page 305 of the New Hanover County Registry.

Being all of Lot 89R, Saratoga Place, Section 1, Phase 1, as shown on a revised Map of same recorded in Map book 35, at Page 273, of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description

Being all of Lot 9, Rockport, Section 1 as the same is shown on the map entitled “Rockport at West Bay Estates” as recorded in Map Book 34, Page 2 of the New Hanover County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

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

Said property is commonly known as 2810 Miranda Court, Wilmington, NC 28405.

Said property is commonly known as 4813 Grouse Woods Drive, Wilmington, NC 28411.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

Subject to the declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Rockport as recorded in Book 1792 at Page 110 of the New Hanover County Registry, and any amendments thereto recorded in the New Hanover County Registry.

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

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

If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons for such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of Bankruptcy prior to the completion of the sale and/or the reinstatement of the loan.

NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: 1. That an Order for Possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold.

2. Any tenant who resides in a residential real property containing less than 15 rental units that is being sold in a foreclosure proceeding who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days= written notice to the landlord. Such termination shall be by providing the landlord with a written notice of termination to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days after the date of the notice of sale. Upon termination of a rental agreement under this section, the tenant is liable for the rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination payable at the time that would have been required by the terms of the rental agreement. The tenant is not liable for any other rent or damages due only to the early termination of the tenancy.

This the 14th day of July, 2015.

Jerry A. Mannen, Jr. Substitute Trustee North Carolina State Bar No. 17498 102 N. Fifth Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28401 Telephone: (910) 762-2421 Facsimile: (910) 251-9247 Email: jmannen@yfmlaw.com YOW, FOX & MANNEN, L.L.P. ATTORNEYS AT LAW August 6 and 13, 2015

13 SP 769 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 Rich Welt to Jeffrey W. Porter, Trustee(s), which was dated June 26, 2003 and recorded on June 27, 2003 in Book 3861 at Page 278, 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 August 18, 2015 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:

Together with the rights of ingress, egress and regress over all roads, streets and rights of way shown on the plat recorded in Map Book 34 at Page 2 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 7413 Ridgeview Place, Wilmington, NC 28411.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be

required at the time of the sale.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Allen Shawn Welker.

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.: 15-10488-FC01 August 6 and 13, 2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 77 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Eric James Howland & Joni Marion Seivers (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Eric James Howland) to W.J. Kellam, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of February, 2008, and recorded in Book 5284, Page 683-697, 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 August 18, 2015 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; being all of Lot F-6 of Phase II of Linksider at the Cape, as the map recorded in Map Book 25 at Page 76 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, NC to which said map reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 612 Linksider Drive, Unit F6, Wilmington, North Carolina 28412 Parcel ID: R08509-001-042-000.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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L E G A L NOTI C ES Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a) (1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1117742 (FC.FAY) August 6 and 13, 2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Leon Edward Sullivan, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned do hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned, c/o Brian G. Morrison, 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 19th day of October, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 16th day of July, 2015.

Evelyn G. Martin and Larry Batson, Co-Executors of the Estate of Leon Edward Sullivan Brian G. Morrison Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301 Wilmington, NC 28401 July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2015 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 Hannah Inez Williams 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 15th day of October 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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Debra Gail Paige, Executrix 1518 Roane Drive Wilmington, NC 28405

7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the ESTATE MARGARET V. LEARY, 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 8TH day of October, 2015, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Virgie Frances Masters 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 15th day of October 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 16th day of July 2015.

Lewis Blair Masters, Administrator 4506 Staffordshire Drive Apt #5 Wilmington, NC 28412 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/2015 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 Bobbie M. Schlitzkus of New Hanover County, North Caro-

lina, 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 15th day of October 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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Executor’s Notice The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the estate of Emily M. Davidson, deceased, late 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 1st day of November, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

This the 16th day of July, 2015.

Robert M. Davidson, Executor c/o Richard M. Morgan, Process Agent 602 Market Street Wilmington, NC 28401 July 16, 23, 30, and August 6, 2015

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Clinton Barnes Wilson 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 15th day of October 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 16th day of July 2015.

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Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Marjorie A. Davis, late of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them in care of Douglas A. Fox, Registered Process Agent, at 102 N. Fifth Ave., Wilmington, NC 28401, on or before October 22, 2015 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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This the 22nd day of July, 2015.

Michael F. Davis, Executor of the Estate of Marjorie A. Davis Douglas A. Fox, Attorney YOW, FOX & MANNEN, LLP 102 N. 5TH Ave. Wilmington, NC 28401 7/23, 7/30, 8/6, and 8/13/2015

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Lawrence Rogers Gordon, Jr. 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 15th day of October 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 15 E 972 EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Kenneth L. Money, late of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before October 30, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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Sports/Marine Hook, Line & Sinker Early August fishing slowed by conditions

By Skylar Walters

Weather is the dominating factor determining whether anglers have been successful during the past week. Sea conditions have not been all that pleasant for those wishing to fish off the beach. Inshore, the anglers are having to battle heat, although not quite as much as past weeks, but more notably another round of scattered storms, which no one wants to be caught in while on the water. Adding to the mix, inshore water temperatures are reading in the mid 80s and higher, and are definitely having an impact on the fishing, although not quite as bad as some might think. Once again, adapting to the conditions will be the anglers’ best bet.

Offshore, infrequent reports came in during the past week of king mackerel found in the 10-mile range. The boats fishing for them were few and far between. Spanish mackerel were being found along the beach in water depths of around 50 feet but the boats that found them had to work hard for them. Further off the beach, a few boats made it toward the Gulf Stream and reported action from wahoo and dolphin, but conditions were not all that favorable and most called it a day in relatively short order.

The upcoming weekend isn’t looking all that great for an offshore excursion. It might just be a fine time to reorganize those tackle boxes so when the environment improves, you’re ready to head out at a moment’s notice.

Inshore fishing is no piece of cake this time of year and with the heat and high water

Local sailors qualify for world championship

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

temperatures, adapting to the conditions will assist your success. As always, fishing early and late in the day is the best option to target a variety of species. A lot of fish are impacted by the heat just as you are, while others couldn’t care less about what is happening above the water level. If fishing for flounder, the deeper creeks, creek mouths and docks are always a good bet, but when water temperatures are cooler in the morning and late afternoon, adjust your fishing area to the shallower locations along the banks and you’ll find the fish there, too. This is especially true when the morning or afternoon coincides with high water falling, as the flounder will lie up in the shallows waiting for the baitfish to come out of the grass. The same holds true for red drum, especially around the creeks. Live bait is extremely plentiful right now and finger mullet are a hardy, hard-to-beat bait when fishing in warm water — not to mention both the flounder and red drum love them.

Recent reports indicate there is no shortage of flounder or drum in the area waters, and most fish are falling within their respective limits.

Surf fishing is also fairly good, with reports of some decentsized mullet, black drum and a few small spots being caught on fresh cut shrimp. If you get a little fancy and use minnows on a Carolina Rig, there’s the possibility of a flounder or two along with a chance at some red drum.

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Two local sailors earned a chance to compete at the international level in Sunfish-sized sailboats with their performances in the southeast regional world qualifier offshore of Wrightsville Beach last weekend, Aug. 1-2.

Dr. William Smith qualified for the 2016 Sunfish World Championships in Cartagena, Colombia, with his first-place overall finish, and 13-yearold Dean Omirly qualified for the Sunfish Youth World Championships with his win in the junior division. Sunfish are the second smallest racing yachts.

The world qualifier was part of the CYC’s South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association (SAYRA) regatta, hosted by the Carolina Yacht Club, which began Friday, July 31, with a junior clinic organized by CYC’s Josh Putnam.

Coaches ran racing drills with the young sailors in Banks Channel and the ocean, Putnam said.

Competition started midday Saturday. The Optimist class, representing the smallest yachts, raced through Banks Channel while the Lightning, Laser and Sunfish classes matched up in the Atlantic.

The wind was light during the first race Saturday, Smith said, but it picked up throughout the day.

“We had three races on Saturday,” Smith said. “The second race was medium air, and the third race was about as heavy as it gets, the sea breeze kicked in.”

Smith improved each race Saturday, collecting a fifth place in round one, a fourth in round two and a third in round three.

He said an error he made in his first round affected his strategy for subsequent rounds.

Staff photo by Emmy Errante

A lightning boat crew prepares to unfurl the spinnaker sail during the Carolina Yacht Club’s South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association Regatta Saturday, Aug. 1 at Wrightsville Beach.

“I made a mistake and fouled somebody, so I had to do what’s called a penalty circle,” he said. “The last two races I just decided I was going to sail safe.”

The occasional jostling and bumping seemed unavoidable Saturday, with more than 60 sailboats racing through the choppy seas between markers. The different classes navigated similar courses, so the packs of 14-foot Sunfish and Lasers rounded the buoy next to 19-foot Lightning boats, the three-man Lightning crews scrambling to simultaneously steer the boat and unfurl the colorful spinnaker sail.

Savannah, Ga., sailor Eric Oetgen teamed up with two Wrightsville Beach sailors, Trey Carraway and Robert McClain, to win the Lightning class.

Meanwhile Martin Willard, who regatta chairman Sterling Powell said just returned from competing at nationals, took first place in the full rig Laser division.

Dean Omirly’s older brother, Henry Omirly, also raced in the full rig Laser class and, like his brother, he was the only junior sailor to take on the adults. The rest of the juniors raced Lasers with a radial sail, which Sunfish Southeast Region representative Larry Mass said is smaller and slower.

The competition for first place in the Sunfish class and a birth in the world championships came down to the final race Sunday. With winds light during the first race of the day, Smith was able to clinch a round four victory. But because of the varying conditions throughout the weekend, four others had accumulated enough points to potentially overtake him during the last race.

“Typically, one or two winners will win all the races because the conditions are good for them,” he said. “But in the lighter air, some sailors, including myself,

were favored, and in the heavier air … some of the younger and bigger sailors were favored.”

The top sailors were so evenly matched, competition ended in a tie between Smith and Halifax Sailing Association’s Dave Dunn. Smith won the tiebreaker because he finished ahead of Dunn more often.

More meaningful than winning, Smith said, is spending the weekend on the water with his two sons, 16-year-old Thomas Smith, who won the Laser radial class; and 11-year-old Benjamin Smith, who raced in the Optimist class. Those priorities won’t change, he said, if he decides to make the trip to Colombia to take on the world’s best.

“We’ll look at it and see if it’s something we can pull off as a family,” he said. “There’s nothing more fun than to spend time with your kids and get to do it in that kind of atmosphere.” email emmy@luminanews.com

Sun sets on summer SUP series

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

A dozen stand-up paddleboarders lined up on the Blockade Runner Beach Resort’s soundside beach the evening of Thursday, July 30. At April Zilg’s signal, they plunged into the glowing water and clambered on their boards to start one of the final races of the summer-long Sunset SUP series.

The free races were held every Thursday from June 4 through Aug. 6. Shelby Moyer, Blockade Runner Beach Resort paddleboard and kayak instructor, said the same people typically returned week after week, with a few exceptions.

Staff photo by Emmy Errante

Participants in the Sunset SUP series race into Banks Channel Thursday, July 30.

“I know hotel guests like to rent boards from us and go race,” she said. “Last week we had a first timer that came and he had a lot of fun.”

Zilg, who runs the series, posted the race results online each week so those who participated multiple times could chart their progress.

The courses varied throughout the series. Every Thursday afternoon,

Zilg set a course based on weather conditions and special requests from participants.

“Sometimes we incorporate the ocean,” racer Sharna Tolfree said. “If it’s really windy we’ll do a down-winder. We’re not set on any one thing, we always switch it so it’s more enjoyable.”

Zilg chose a sprint race for the July 30 participants. They

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12:27 PM 0.07 L

06:47 PM 4.71 H

paddled a few hundred yards into Banks Channel, rounded a marker and returned to the sand. The challenge division completed five sprints with one minute of rest in between and the community division raced three heats.

The multiple divisions made the event accessible for entire families. Nicki Bloomer said she brought her children to race a few times, and she herself preferred the easier community division.

“I’m a total beginner, so I like the smallest course possible,” she said.

Meanwhile, more experienced competitors like Tolfree, who recently completed a 32-mile race, and sisters Anna and Jenna Blackburn, used the series as a fun exercise to incorporate into their training.

“It’s just another way to get out on the water,” Tolfree said. “It’s not necessarily strategic training, but you’re out there paddling.” email emmy@luminanews.com