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If you spot people in red polo shirts lurking around homes in your neighborhood, it’s likely that they are property appraisers working for New Hanover County. Tax Administrator Roger Kelley said these appraisers have been working for months to update property values in preparation for the 2017 tax revaluation.

The process is behind schedule, but Kelley said his department has hired temporary appraisers to speed up the work. So far the team has visited more than 56,600 residential properties and 3,916 commercial sites, and every piece of property will be visited. Where the owner is home, they even ask to see inside to get an accurate value.

When that is not possible, they take measurements, assess the condition of the property and the neighborhood, and work to get an accurate estimate, which property owners may challenge if they feel it is incorrect. But that won’t happen until early 2017, when the new property values are mailed out.

Unlike the 2012 revaluation, which reflected depressed housing and commercial property values because of the long recovery from the recession, residents could see their tax values go up. The Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors reported in August that home sales are strong and prices continue to increase.

State law requires tax values to reflect fair market value. The county’s total tax base will help determine actual property tax

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The Army Corps of Engineers dredge Murden turns around near Masonboro Island on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The dredge will spend three days at Carolina Beach Inlet clearing sand from the boating channel, collecting 500 tons at a time and depositing it farther south in front of Carolina Beach.

After months of work in Florida, a state-of-the-art dredging vessel based in Wilmington returned to the region on Tuesday, Sept. 15, for an Army Corps of Engineers project to deepen Carolina Beach Inlet for recreational and commercial boaters.

The Murden, a shallow-draft dredge, is scheduled to spend three days clearing sand from the ocean bar channel between Carolina Beach and Masonboro Island. The project likely won’t last long enough to restore the waterway to its charted depth of 8 to 10 feet in all places, but three days of nearly uninterrupted dredging should improve boater access through the inlet.

“We try to give them the best we can for the time we’re here,” said Barry Stull, a mate on the Murden.

Project funding is split between the state and New Hanover County.

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Believers gather to pray for Wilmington

By Tricia Vance Staff Writer

Under the Just Jesus tent, as it was prominently labeled, a woman strummed her guitar and sang softly: Come out of hiding, you are safe here …

Spread out among a sea of metal chairs, “There is so much or on the carpet in front of the stage, chaos in the believers took in those words, or didn’t. world, so much Some eyes were on the singer, Amanda Henderson of Georgetown, S.C., while destruction. People others were closed in deep worship. Still need some faith others focused on the assorted Christian — and hope.” texts carried into this 24/7 time of prayer and worship for Wilmington.

Those who came and went on Tuesday had different reasons for being at the event near Legion Stadium. Lauren Smith of Greenville was with a group familiar with Michael Thornton, the Ignite

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The worship team from Life Community Church in Independence Mall performs at Ignite Wilmington, a 10-day tent revival in the grassy area of the old National Guard Armory on Carolina Beach Road, Tuesday, Sept. 15.

Wrightsville Beach will appeal FEMA flood zones County in north end permit stalemate

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

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Based on results of an independent study, the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen voted Sept. 10 to appeal FEMA’s flood zone maps of Harbor Island.

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Wrightsville Beach will appeal FEMA’s preliminary flood zone maps in an attempt to secure a lower-risk flood zone — and lower flood insurance rates — for Harbor Island.

The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen voted Sept. 10 to appeal FEMA’s maps after results from an independent study found most of Harbor Island should be in the lower-risk AE zone rather than the highest-risk VE zone.

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It has been more than two years since New Hanover County officials asked to drop a permit requiring wildlife monitoring at the north end of Wrightsville Beach, and there is still no final decision on the proposal some wildlife advocates say is unwise.

Mason Inlet was moved 3,000 feet north in 2002. The permit required the county to protect wildlife near the inlet. To ensure that was happening, the county was required to monitor the wildlife and its habitat for 30 years.

Two years ago, the county asked to be relieved of that requirement. County officials want the Army Corps of Engineers to modify the permit: change continual monitoring to take place only during years when maintenance dredging of the inlet occurs.

The county’s position is that 10 years of monitoring showed that, taken as a whole, the project “has not had a significant negative effect” on wildlife, said Layton Bedsole, the county’s shore protection coordinator. Turtles, birds, fish and fish nurseries have been subject to monitoring. n See north end Page 5

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Parks and Rec plans 10K race, future development projects

By Pam Creech Staff Writer

This winter, local runners will have a new opportunity to see Wrightsville Beach when the town hosts the newly created Wrightsville Beach 10K. The 6.2-mile run, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13, will feature a course that travels over Salisbury Street, Pelican Drive, Waynick Boulevard, the Trask Drawbridge and Causeway Drive.

Katie Ryan, parks and recreation program supervisor, told the town’s parks and recreation advisory committee during its Monday, Sept. 14 meeting that funds raised from the race will benefit the parks and recreation department and cover expenses for the free movies and concerts the park hosts, along with other costs.

Ryan also said she is looking for local businesses to sponsor the race, and that donor levels are yet to be determined.

At the meeting, the parks and recreation committee also reviewed new projects that could

receive support from the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund Grant, which provides dollar-by-dollar matching grants to municipal governments for recreational projects that serve the public.

The committee’s project ideas include replacing playground equipment and creating paths for walkers and cyclists.

“Because of how environmentally conscious the people in our town are, which is who we’re representing, you need to consider the surface,” said committee member Sandy May. Ryan suggested constructing a pervious path that water can run through. Committee member Susan Collins suggested researching pavers.

Another project idea was to improve the park’s volleyball courts.

“Sprucing up the court and replacing the nets might encourage more use of it,” Ryan said.

Ryan also updated the committee on the farmers market.

“This is the first year it’s run through September. Normally, it

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Wyatt, a two-year-old border collie-mix places second in Bark in the Park 2014 at Wrightsville Beach Park Oct. 4, 2014.

This year’s event will be held Saturday, Oct. 3 with a rain date of Sunday, Oct. 4.

ends at Labor Day,” she said.

According to Ryan, attendance numbers have been high for vendors and shoppers.

“We had a school group come in,” she said.

However, not all of this year’s vendors have adhered to the

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Wrightsville Beach’s Williams-Bordeaux Cottage, built in 1922, needs more extensive renovations than property owner Margaret Daughtry originally thought when she applied with the town’s historic landmark commission in November 2014 to repair the home.

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rules of selling locally raised produce.

“We did have a few sneak in bar-coded produce,” Ryan said.

“It happened several years ago.”

The committee also announced that Bark in the Park, an annual event highlighting canine athletes, is scheduled for Oct. 3 at 11 a.m.

The competition, open to both mixed-breed dogs and purebreds, is also known as the Skyhoundz Hyperflite Canine Disc Championships.

Last year’s canine athletes included Maverick, a chocolate Labrador retriever, a Doberman pinscher named Panama and a three-year-old boxer mix named Mr. Tappy.

Each human competitor has 60 seconds to throw the disc.

Teams, each composed of one dog and one human, accumulate points based on the distance of each throw, and whether the dog catches it. If the dog catches it with all four paws off the ground, it gets an extra point.

The rain date for the competition is Sunday, Oct. 4.

alternations. Last year, Daughtry received permission to make changes to her back porch steps. On Sept. 14, the commission approved her request to replace her side porch steps too.

The current stairs are old cement blocks.

Wayne Black, the contractor in charge of renovations, plans to replace the blocks with a wooden platform and two sets of steps leading off either side of the platform. The configuration matches stairs on the adjacent house, he said.

When he started working on the house in June of this year, he encountered several

places on the house where aging or damaged material was patched up instead of repaired. He said he looked into repairing the side porch stairs but they really need to be replaced.

“They seem to be about 100 years old,” he said. “We talked about dressing them up, but if you do that you’re out of code.”

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The Wrightsville Beach historic landmark commission approved a certificate of appropriateness to allow the property owner of the Williams-Bordeaux Cottage to make changes to the south-facing porch steps.

City Council recognizes Landfall Foundation’s 20th anniversary

By Pam Creech

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From sponsoring musical workshops at the North Carolina Jazz

Festival to purchasing iPads for the Hill School of Wilmington, the Landfall Foundation provides artistic, educational and healthcentered organizations all over Wilmington with the tools they need to flourish.

The Wilmington City Council recognized the Landfall Foundation’s 20th anniversary, and celebrated its accomplishments at a Tuesday, Sept. 15 meeting.

“The Landfall Foundation has awarded more than $3 million to 225 nonprofit organizations over the past 20 years,” Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said. “In 2014 alone, approximately 185,000 Wilmington area residents benefited from those grants.

In 2015, almost $400,000 will be dispersed through grants and scholarships.”

Saffo also recognized the people who donate their time to the foundation.

“The Landfall Foundation is staffed and managed by an unpaid group of volunteers,” he said. “It raises its funds through individual contributions and special events to which the public is invited. I commend the Landfall Foundation for the significant

contribution it has made to enhance the quality of life in the greater Wilmington community.”

Landfall Foundation president Bill Hamlet also expressed his enthusiasm for bettering Wilmington.

“It is an honor and pleasure to represent the residents of our community of Landfall,” he said.

“Landfall does feel like it’s part of the Wilmington community, and each year we have greater and greater inputs and contributions that allow us to increase our support of nonprofits.”

Of the $280,000 the Landfall Foundation distributed in 2014, $70,800 were allocated for art projects, including the Cucalorus Film Foundation’s outreach program, the Dance Cooperative’s Emerging Choreographers’ Showcase and the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra’s Music for Youth program.

The foundation gave $94,642 to various educational programs, such as the New Hanover County Arboretum’s therapeutic Ability Garden, Masonboro. org’s Island Explorers program for elementary school students, and Williston School’s Parent Teacher Association.

The foundation also donated $144,588 to health and welfare projects, including a generator for Mercy Homeless Shelter, Inc., and gifts to the Pender Alliance for Teen Health and South Brunswick Interchurch Council’s food pantry.

The Landfall Foundation hosts public fundraisers throughout the year, such as the Legends of Tennis tournament, scheduled to take place Sept. 18-19. This year’s event will feature James Blake, a veteran of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, along with Rennae Stubbs, Jimmy Arias, Bobby Reynolds, Luke Jensen and Mikael Pernfors.

The two-day tournament will include singles and doubles matches between the former pros, a clinic for kids, a sponsored clinic and a Grand Slam party.

Legends of Landfall will also benefit the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Seahawk Club, which helps fund the university’s athletic scholarships.

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Lawmakers like much of what they see in budget, with some concerns

By Tricia Vance Staff Writer

New Hanover County’s legislative delegation has mixed reactions to the state budget about to be delivered to Gov. Pat McCrory. The delegation’s three Republicans say they are generally satisfied, although certain items give them pause. Democrat Rep. Susi Hamilton has more reservations, although she pointed out when contacted Tuesday morning that she hadn’t had the 492-page document long — it was released Monday after weeks of haggling between the House and Senate.

She was not alone in her concern about the provision to extend the sales tax to labor costs related to repair, installation and maintenance of automobiles, appliances and other items that were subject to sales tax when purchased.

“I just feel this is really ironic, from the folks who ran on no new taxes — well, here we are.”

Hamilton also said she was disheartened that lawmakers chose to kill the renewable-energy tax credit while at the same time preserving the tax breaks for jet fuel and NASCAR. But Hamilton and her Republican colleagues were unanimous in lauding the inclusion of $35 million each of the next two years for the Wilmington port. The

money will be used for infrastructure and other improvements.

Aside from the $30 million for film grants, which he worked on, Rep. Ted Davis said he was particularly pleased to see money for teacher assistants and driver education restored.

“The House was very adamant about two things in the budget, and that was teacher assistants and driver’s ed.” He noted that the teacher assistant funding will continue beyond the two-year budget cycle. The budget restores driver education for two years.

“Those were the things I heard a lot from constituents,” he said.

Rep. Rick Catlin’s pet project this session was restoration of the medical tax deduction taken away from senior citizens last year.

With an amendment from state Sen. Julia Howard, R-Davie, the deduction now applies to anyone with high health care expenses.

Keeping teacher assistants and the $750 bonus for teachers and other state employees also were high on Catlin’s list. “I’d rather it have been a raise,” he said, but added that it is at least something.

Sen. Michael Lee echoed his colleagues’ concerns about the expanded sales tax but said he also understands the motivation.

The tax will go into a fund that will be split among rural counties with limited sales tax bases;

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The state budget includes $35 million each of the next two years for infrastructure and other improvements to the Wilmington port.

it was a compromise reached after urban and tourism counties, including New Hanover, objected to a proposed redistribution of the sales tax.

“Anytime the state expands the tax base, I get concerned,” he said. “But overall it will be a $350 million net tax cut. [The tax expansion] is just unfair, to me

— our area is primarily a servicebased economy, although we are working to change that.”

But Lee said he generally sees the budget as a successful compromise — especially the move

to eliminate a $216 million annual transfer from the Highway Trust Fund to the general fund — and he believes it will pass this week.

For years, some highway fund money has been reallocated

for certain general government expenses. The legislature’s action will mean more money for building and maintaining the state’s roads and bridges, Lee said. email tricialuminanews.com

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By Tricia Vance The state budget that emerged after weeks of secret negotiations is 429 pages long, but most legislators will have had less than 72 hours to read and digest the voluminous document before voting on it.

Worse, the public has had little chance to scrutinize the contents, which include some pretty dramatic changes that will affect residents’ pocketbooks.

In rolling out a document of such importance and ramming it through the legislative process without adequate notice, the leaders of the General Assembly are doing a disservice to the people of North Carolina.

Republicans used to criticize the Democratic leadership for notorious midnight surprises inserted into legislation, but only the parties have changed. Many of the practices remain the same.

The budget itself is a mixed bag, based on some of the major provisions leaders discussed.

No doubt some surprises will emerge after the public has more time to read between the lines.

In some ways, this budget is superior to the Senate version, which cut teacher assistants, historic preservation tax credits and driver education, and which embraced a plan to redistribute sales tax according to a formula that would hurt urban and tourist counties such as our own New Hanover.

The compromise $21.74 billion budget — a figure agreed upon previously by House and Senate negotiators — includes $8 million for historic preservation credits in 2016-17 but nothing for the current fiscal year; keeps teacher assistants in place for now, and funds school-based driver education programs. With the driver’s ed money comes a requirement for legislative review of the state’s programs for quality and consistency.

It also restores and expands the medical expense deduction that was taken away from senior citizens in the previous budget. The new provision extends the deduction to all residents with significant outof-pocket medical costs.

Film grants are also expanded to $30 million, an increase of $20 million over this year’s allotment but just half of what the state had spent through a tax credit last year to lure movie and TV projects — remember “Iron Man 3”, “Under the Dome” and “Homeland”? — to North Carolina.

Teachers and other state employees will get a $750 bonus instead of the 2 percent pay raise proposed in the House budget. Beginning teachers and

state troopers also will see higher starting salaries.

Transportation dollars will continue to fall short of what’s needed to address all needs, but this General Assembly has finally stopped the transfer of money from the Highway Trust Fund into the general fund for government expenses. That move will add about $216 million to the fund for roads, ports and transit, not counting the increase that was already in the budget.

As for the sales tax, a new compromise calls for establishing a nearly $85 million fund to be distributed to rural counties based on a set formula.

Leaders say the new formula will not hurt urban and tourism-dependent areas but will help rural counties with limited sales tax bases build new schools and other items. Money for that fund will come from an expansion of the sales tax to installation, repair and maintenance for cars, appliances and other items.

Legislative leaders tout a new round of income-tax cuts for individuals and corporations in the new budget, as well as a $500 increase in the standard deduction. But they fail to acknowledge that increases in other taxes and fees — such as the expanded sales tax and significant increases in motor vehicle and driver’s license fees — disproportionately affect low- and middle-income families.

Gov. Pat McCrory indicated over the weekend that he would veto any package that contained what he terms a tax increase — and he mentioned the expanded sales tax base in making that statement. But it remains to be seen whether he will send the budget back.

Renewable-energy tax credits, meanwhile, will be allowed to expire — a mistake, given that North Carolina has been a leader in creating jobs based on solar and other renewable sources of energy.

The good news is that solar power, in particular, is taking hold on its own and may be able to survive despite the best efforts of state lawmakers to kill it by removing tax subsidies for renewables.

If all goes as legislative leaders plan, the budget will go to McCrory on Friday. Just by coincidence, the latest continuing resolution expires that day, so if the governor rejects it, lawmakers would have to pass another continuing resolution.

Or, if they are in a particularly spiteful mood, they could refuse to do so and point the finger of blame at McCrory for shutting down the government.

Never underestimate the appeal of taking the political low road.

The budget itself is a mixed bag, based on some of the major provisions leaders discussed. No doubt some surprises will emerge after the public has more time to read between the lines.

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Wilmington organizer. Thornton and his wife, Amber, are cofounders of Ignite Ministry. He is also the outreach pastor at Global River Church.

“We know Michael,” she said, clutching the worn Bible she carried in. “I got this when I got saved,” she said of the book covered with underlines and notations.

Smith’s group, Burn Greenville, has much the same mission as Ignite Wilmington: to use faith

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rates. Typically, taxes increase for some residents, fall for others and remain about the same for others, depending on the change in appraised value between revaluations.

Kelley said the appraisers should be finished by next April.

If residents are unsure whether the stranger wandering around their neighbors’ yard is supposed to be there, appraisers wear a county ID, he said.

In other business Monday, the county commissioners unanimously approved the next chapter of a plan that will govern how land is developed.

Commissioners got a look at Chapter 3, which sets goals to follow as the county grows.

Previous chapters addressed public engagement and citizen participation.

In forming the plan, officials have worked with about 160 residents in several committees to come up with “overarching goals” and strategies, long-range planner Jennifer Rigby told the commissioners.

As Commissioner Rob Zapple pointed out, the implementation strategies accompanying each of the 18 recommended goals are intended to allow for some flexibility but specific enough to give guidance to planners and elected officials as to how New Hanover County should grow.

For example, the first goal listed was to promote environmentally responsible growth.

Implementation strategies include encouraging mixed-use development where appropriate to preserve green space and minimize the impact on natural resources, partnering with

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Technology and Management to perform its own flood zone study using a more detailed approach than FEMA. “Ninety percent of the island, we believe, should be in the AE zone,” ATM coastal engineer Heath Hansell told the board.

A lower-risk flood zone will benefit both those who own property and those hoping to build.

“The folks that own property in town will see decreases in their flood insurance,” town manager Tim Owens said.

Developers constructing new buildings will have fewer building restrictions, especially for commercial properties.

Businesses in a VE zone must be elevated on stilts as high as 11 or 12 feet, but businesses in an AE zone can be constructed on the ground, director of planning and parks Tony Wilson said.

“For businesses only — not residential units — they have the opportunity to flood proof the building,” he said Sept. 8. “Let’s say they didn’t want to build on pilings, if they can engineer a design to be flood-proof they could build on the ground.”

That flexibility is valuable to those trying to build successful commercial or mixed-use developments that meet the town’s 40-foot height limit, an issue that has hindered multiple projects this year.

ATM’s study moved Harbor

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The 10-day event, which began Sunday with a packed house, is at its core all about unity in the body of Christ as well as individual relationships with God. But the overarching theme is “10 Days of Strategic Prayer for Wilmington,” as a sign states.

Sunday night’s crowd in the 500-person tent was standing room only. Free food is cooked and shared nightly.

There are some organized segments. The founder of Touch

of Fire Ministries, Pastor Bob Hazlett, who encourages believers to live prophetically and walk powerfully, will minister on Thursday night. Congressman David Rouser is slated to pray at 8 a.m. on Saturday. But much of the event is simply worship.

Spontaneous prayers were common Tuesday midday. Near the stage, a pair of women — one black, one white — stood facing one another, eyes closed and clasping each other’s hands while praying aloud. A similar scene played out in another area.

Many simply sat in deep

other agencies to preserve environmentally sensitive land, and encouraging “infill” development in areas that are already developed to make the best use of available land.

Other goals include promoting fiscally responsible development; increasing recycling and reduction of solid waste; promoting economic development by enhancing and highlighting natural resources; protecting and preserving our waters; promoting a healthy, active lifestyle by creating more schools where children can walk safely and connecting parking lots, greenways and other spaces; and providing a range of housing options, including more affordable housing.

The Coastal Area Management Act requires coastal counties to update their land-use plans periodically to ensure compliance with state environmental laws.

But some counties, like New Hanover, also try to use their plans as a road map for how the area will grow and what types of uses will enhance the quality of life.

The commissioners didn’t need much discussion to approve the document for inclusion in the comprehensive plan.

“There has been a lot of public input and conversation throughout this process,” Commissioner Beth Dawson said.

She and other commissioners also insisted that community outreach be integrated into all parts of the plan so that residents may have a say in the direction their county takes.

The next step will be creating the land-use map that guides where certain types of development go, followed by other sections.

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Island into a lower-risk flood zone by challenging FEMA’s ground elevation data and predicted wave action during a hurricane.

Because the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program, FEMA’s contractor, maps large swaths of land, it can’t take into account vegetation or structures that might block waves.

“There’s tons of buildings on Harbor Island,” Hansell said.

“When FEMA does mapping, they assume none of that’s there, so it lets waves go over Wrightsville Beach a lot easier.”

FEMA would likely have to yield to the more specific topographic data ATM gathered, FMP outreach coordinator Randy Mundt said during a Sept. 9 phone interview.

“What you see in this case is that [ATM’s] engineer is adding more detail to our model,” he said. “We’ll make an assumption but our assumption can be refined or challenged, essentially.”

FMP engineer Tom Langan said FEMA and the FMP will both review the town’s appeal. If they grant the appeal, Wrightsville Beach residents and leaders will have another chance to review the revised maps, and then FEMA will set a date for the maps to become effective.

“I would say the maps would take effect December 2016, or January 2017, just ball-parking it,” Langan said. email emmy@luminanews.com

contemplation, Kathy Kersnowski among them.

Kersnowski classifies herself as “a Jewish believer” who attends Global River and occasionally drops in on other congregations around town.

“I think the whole idea is for us to try to pray for a whole city,” she said. “There is so much chaos in the world, so much destruction.

People need some faith — and hope.”

Henderson, whose sweet voice set the tone for the lunchtime worship, came with her husband and children. While their mother

sang, the youngsters stood at a table, snapping together Lego blocks.

Shane Stilwell drove in from the Charlotte area and said it’s been worth it.

“I’m a firm believer in the power of prayer, as well as singing songs offered up to Jesus,” he said. “I just really wanted to be here and be a part of what is going on. It’s kind of like a fire pit that’s continually being stoked.”

Next to him sat Bradley Walter of Wilmington, who said he is a member of The Refinery Church,

which meets at the Brigade Boys and Girls Club. He was particularly impressed that Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo and District Court Judge James Faison were among the first-night attendees.

“It is awesome to see some people of government here,” Walter said. “It’s all about unity.”

The Ignite Wilmington’s Just Jesus tent is set up in the grassy area of the old National Guard Armory, 2221 Carolina Beach Road, beside Legion Stadium. The worship and prayer continues day and night until 9 p.m. Sept. 23. email tricia@luminanews.com

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will man the ship day and night, running it nearly around the clock.

“The dredge is designed to work 365 days a year,” said John Nichols, the Murden’s first mate. “Unless it’s broken, we’re running.”

After collecting a full load of more than 500 tons of sand from the inlet, the Murden carries it south to an area about 200 yards off Carolina Beach, where it drops the sand into the water. The additional sand is dumped close to erosion points to help renourish beaches.

Sometimes, the sand is used to build underwater erosion control structures that help prevent waves from crashing onshore.

The Murden, one of the most advanced dredging vessels in the Corps fleet, is 163 feet long and can weigh as much as 1,000 tons when fully loaded.

Because the ship is designed to take on water and therefore settle lower, the crew focuses closely on the engines located in the stern, which can hit the bottom and get stuck in heavy swells.

Changes in ocean depths can force the Murden to change course if needed. For example, to dredge Carolina Beach Inlet during low tide, the

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not ready to let the county off the hook. Kathy Matthews, a biologist with the federal agency, said a compromise is possible. The agency recommends leaving in place some, but not all, of the requirements, she said.

“I think we have scaled back quite a bit on what we are asking them to do,” Matthews said.

County and Corps officials have been negotiating proposed changes. New Hanover County is still not satisfied with all of Fish and Wildlife’s recommendations, but officials are waiting to see that agency’s recommendation alongside the revised permit from the Corps.

The local Audubon Society chapter is not enthusiastic about

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The Murden pumps in a mixture of sand and water it collects from the bottom through a drag head that suctions the debris from the bottom of the sea floor. Filters on the drag head keep turtles, fish and other wildlife from getting sucked in. Once the water is drained from the mixture, the 500 tons of sand is deposited near the beach to help with erosion prevention.

vessel must head north through the Intracoastal Waterway to Masonboro Inlet in order to access the inlet’s mouth.

The propellers can be rotated to different positions or be raised or lowered up to three feet, depending upon how much weight the ship is carrying. Its large size and unique design can make steering the Murden through the inlet a challenge.

“There’s an art to it,” Stull

said. “It’s difficult and dangerous to turn around in the channel.”

With the necessity of dredging to keep waterways operating, the Murden and its crew stay busy. The crew of as many as seven can come from all parts of the country and travel with the ship when on duty. Crew members work for eight consecutive days before getting six days off.

Although based out of the

Wilmington district of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Murden hardly spends time here, making its visit this week a homecoming of sorts. The ship’s three days in Carolina Beach Inlet come after two months in St. Augustine, Fla., and two more in Daytona Beach, Fla. Its next stop will be Morehead City on Friday and from there, the Outer Banks and then Ocean City, Md.

the requested changes. Lindsay Addison, a biologist with the local chapter, said monitoring and protection are linked. The best way to show whether a project has an impact on wildlife is to monitor the population, she said.

The Audubon group had a contract with the county to monitor shorebirds and their habitat until 2013, when the county canceled it.

Although the county asserts there have been no significant negative effects of moving the inlet, that may not be the case with shorebirds.

Because sand on the inlet has remained stable since the 2002 project, dense vegetation has taken root, making the area less hospitable to some types of nesting shorebirds, such as the least tern. In 2008, observers with the Audubon Society spotted 400 pairs of nesting terns, Addison said. By 2013, the last year the

Audubon group had a contract with the county to do the monitoring, there were 18 pairs.

Similar declines were seen in the black skimmer population, Addison said.

“That is largely a function of the habitat becoming vegetated,” she said, noting the shorebirds prefer open, flat, sandy areas for nesting. Periodic erosion actually helps shorebird habitat, she said.

But Addison also worries the habitat that exists is not being properly protected. The county erected mobile barriers to prevent people from walking through nesting sites, but they need to be moved and enlarged as some birds nest outside the roped-off area, she said.

Recent surveys by the Audubon chapter have found the barriers aren’t being moved as new birds move in.

“Every year the habitat’s

different,” Addison said. Frequent monitoring and occasional moving of barriers are needed to ensure that nests aren’t left unprotected, where people might inadvertently trample them, she said.

“The past two nesting seasons, we have noticed that the [barrier] doesn’t enclose all the nests there,” Addison said. “The protection the birds are receiving is not as good as it could be.”

While the request is pending, the county must continue to monitor the habitat under Fish and Wildlife’s biological review of the proposed changes, said Kyle Dahl, a special projects manager with the Corps of Engineers. He did not have an estimate as to when a decision would be made on the permit, but he said he does not expect to hold a public hearing on the changes.

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Just like a wave

Jellyfish make stinging, sentimental appearance at memorial swim

By Emmy Errante, Staff Writer

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splashing mass of 228 swimmers stretched between Crystal and Johnnie Mercer’s piers Sept. 12, speckling the dark blue ocean with pink-capped heads.

Leading the pack were some of region’s top collegiate swimmers, but it wasn’t just the challenging nature of the 1.7-mile Pier-2-Pier race that drew them to Wrightsville Beach. For many, a deeper motivation for participating was written in three words on each bright pink swim cap: Ryan Alea Young.

Ryan Young was a University of North Carolina Wilmington swimmer who died in a 2009 car accident during her senior year. Since her death, friends, teammates, competitors and family have raced in the annual Pier-2Pier swim in her memory, but the 2015 event was officially dedicated to Ryan, not just in the event name, but in the abundance of pink brightening the dreary race day: pink swim caps, pink awards, pink T-shirts.

“Ryan’s favorite color was pink,” her father, Glenn Young, explained after the race. “When I do triathlons, I have pink handlebar tape and pink running shoes. Whenever I race, I have pink on.”

Glenn Young started training for triathlons after his daughter died. He hired Ryan’s swim coach and channeled his grief into endless laps in the pool. He has become a competitive athlete, completing Ironman Triathlons, and he said he feels especially close to his daughter while swimming in the ocean.

In Ryan’s favorite quote, the ocean is a metaphor for the unpredictable nature of life. While friends and family aren’t sure whether she wrote it herself, they agree she lived her life by it: “Life is just like a wave. You can’t change the way it breaks, just the way you ride it.”

“I think it sort of defined her,” her UNCW swim coach Dave Allen said. “She was a free spirit.”

Ironically, Ryan had been wary of ocean swims, fearing the sea creatures lurking just out of sight. Her worst fears were realized while swimming the Pier2-Pier course during a July 4 training session with Allen. Allen could tell Ryan was nervous, so he swam beside her, but halfway through she stopped suddenly.

“I heard the most ghastly loud scream,” Allen said, “so I swam over to her. I thought maybe she’d lost a leg or something, but she was screaming ‘Jellyfish! Jellyfish!’”

Ryan managed to turn her traumatizing jellyfish encounter into a humorous creative writing piece titled “July 4 Fireworks” and when her father came across the story after her death, it inspired him to dedicate the annual Pier-2-Pier swim in her honor. He didn’t realize how prophetic his daughter’s story would be.

Exhausted Pier-2-Pier swimmers emerged from the ocean near Johnnie Mercer’s Pier Sept. 12, many rubbing red welts on their arms and legs. Contest organizer Annie Sullivan said, out of the 100 or so swimmers who managed to finish the race, she only saw one person who avoided the venomous jellyfish currently infesting local waters.

Annabel Tomes, who traveled to Wrightsville Beach with her U.S. Naval Academy swim teammates, crossed the finish line eighth in her age group despite swimming face-first through a swarm of jellyfish. With painful stings across her face, arms and legs, she debated whether to seek medical help from the nearby safety boat, but she was motivated to keep going by her teammates’ perseverance. One of her teammates, Ally Warnimont, won the female division, finishing just steps behind the overall winner, UNCW swimmer George Vlahos.

“My mindset was, might as well finish it once you start it,” she said. “I got stung three more times on the face, once more on the arm, and twice more on the hip, but I swam through it.”

A few of her teammates joked the stings made them swim faster because they didn’t feel the fatigue of racing. Tomes agreed.

“I said, ‘The sooner I finish this, the sooner I can get out of the water,’” she said, adding she still enjoyed the event, which her team used as bonding and preparation for their upcoming season. She doesn’t see the jellyfish as a bad omen, either.

“I think they’re good luck,” she said.

Swimmers continued to cross the finish line, reaching for bottles of vinegar instead of water.

While they dumped the liquid over their skin to numb the stings, race organizers and participants alike made the best of the situation, even holding an impromptu competition for the worst jellyfish sting.

And Dave Allen, standing nearby, couldn’t help but smile, imagining how the race’s namesake would have sympathized with the swimmers’ plight.

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Above: Swimmers race into the water near Crystal Pier Saturday, Sept. 12 for the Pier-2-Pier Swim in Memory of Ryan Alea Young.

Top: Participants swim towards Johnnie Mercer’s Pier.

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Slime Time

Team Spirit

Sand School

Peaceful Party

Family Science Night Children’s Museum of Wilmington Friday, Sept. 18. 5-7 p.m., Free

Love is Bald’s Sixth Annual Volleyball Tournament Capt’n Bill’s Backyard Grill Saturday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., $100-$120

Sand Sculpting Secrets Wrightsville Beach Public Beach Access No. 4 Saturday, Sept. 19, 4-6 p.m., $29

International Day of Peace Celebration Hugh MacRae Park Monday, Sept. 21, 6-7:30 p.m., Free

Create explosions, catapults and glow-in-thedark slime during the Children’s Museum of Wilmington’s Family Science Night. The evening will feature a community egg drop and a surprise announcement from Duke Energy, the event’s sponsor. For details, call 910-254-3534 or email info@playwilmington.org

Support Women of Hope, a local nonprofit that benefits breast cancer patients financially and emotionally, and play a few matches of volleyball.

Each team must pay $100 in advance or $125 on tournament day to enter. The event also features a bounce house and face painting for kids. To learn more, visit www.loveisbald.org

Learn three ways to pack sand for carving and techniques for adding doors, windows, arches and stairs to sculptures. Tools are provided, and participants are allowed to keep them. The course is a part of Cape Fear Community College’s continuing education programs. For details, contact Cindy Ramsey at 910-362-7254 or at chramsey835@mail.cfcc.edu

Listen to poetry readings and dance to live music during the ninth annual International Day of Peace Celebration at Hugh MacRae Park Shelter No. 6. The event, sponsored by Grandmothers for Peace, is one of many similar celebrations hosted by both groups and individuals in 175 countries. To learn more, email grandmother4peace@gmail.com

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Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard turns 30

By Pam Creech Staff Writer

Each month, thousands of hungry Wilmington residents visit Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, a nonprofit organization that distributes produce, meat, bread and other packaged foods to clientele in need and will celebrate its 30th anniversary later this month.

Vinny Sicurella, a retired sanitation worker from Staten Island, N.Y., visits the center to collect food for his daughter, a single parent.

Sicurella said although his daughter works full time as a nurse, she struggles to put food on the table on top of other bills, including rent and utilities, for her and her 10-year-old daughter.

Although Sicurella’s granddaughter receives free lunches at school, he said she wouldn’t have enough food at home if it weren’t for Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard.

“My daughter doesn’t like to come here because she’s too proud, but I told her she has to start coming,” Sicurella said.

In 2014, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard supplied food to 36,312 people. Of them, 1,786 did not have stoves.

While most clients can receive food no more than once a month,

clients without stoves are permitted to receive emergency food once a week.

Packages of food marked NS for “no stove” contain beef jerkey, ramen noodles, juice boxes and small boxes of cereal, among other nonperishable foods.

Jane Spicer, Mother Hubbard’s former president, said each person who receives food from the organization must fill out a form with demographic information, including family size and income.

“They can be prosecuted if they are making more than what’s on the form,” she said.

The organization also requires clients to bring identification for themselves and each family member for whom they are getting food the first time they visit the center.

“We count how many in the family as how many were served,” Spicer said.

However, Spicer said fraudulent activity is not an issue at Mother Hubbard’s.

“The people I see coming in really need the food,” she said.

“It’s an easy job to be down there giving the food out because people are very grateful.”

Spicer said donations from organizations and individuals sustain Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard.

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Volunteers Carol Stein and Sam Bass package bags of food at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard Tuesday, Sept. 15 during their lunch break from jobs at General Electric.

Foundation, the Landfall Foundation and many local churches are among the donors.

“This is a generous community, and we are often beneficiaries,” she said.

Spicer said the center’s need for monetary donations is as great as its need for food donations.

“We started out only buying food, and now we pay rent, utilities and we have freezers for the meat,” she said. “We have to pay for the trash and cardboard recycling.”

Many large corporations, like CVS, donate food to Mother Hubbard’s.

“They give us crackers and candy and things that we don’t ordinarily buy,” she said.

Food Lion often donates meat, which is placed in freezers before being distributed to clients.

Spicer said although the organization is not affiliated with a religious group, it was started by Sister Isaac of St. Mary Catholic Church, and other locals who recognized a need for a food

Coastal flora and fauna featured in Cape Fear Camera Club’s exhibit

By Pam Creech Staff Writer

Thirty-four photographs of plants and animals that live near the ocean adorn the walls of the Spadefish Gallery of the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher. The exhibit, presented by the Cape Fear Camera Club, features many images taken in the Wilmington area, and each piece is for sale.

Camera club member Deborah Albert took “I Love You, Mommie,” a photograph of a mother fox with her pup, in Airlie Gardens. The piece won Best Overall for the exhibit.

“There are some incredible photographers in the camera club, so I’m shocked that I won the prize,” she said. “I still consider myself quite the amateur.”

Albert’s friends sparked her interest in photography.

“I love to travel for wildlife, and all my friends kept saying, ‘How can you take these trips and not take pictures?’” she said.

Heeding her friends’ advice, Albert bought a three-megapixel,

point-and-shoot camera before her first trip to Antarctica in 2007, where she photographed emperor penguins.

“It’s probably the last wild place on Earth,” she said.

Albert returned to Antarctica in 2010 with a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, which allowed her to look through the lens to see what would be captured before taking a snapshot.

“I walked 12 feet away from a leopard seal,” she said.

Albert has two other photos in the exhibit: “Strike a Pose,” an image of a pelican taken near Motts Channel Seafood; and “Sushi for Breakfast,” which features a mother osprey feeding her chicks near the Figure Eight Island Bridge.

Additional award-winning photographs in the exhibit, which will run until January, include Wayne Woodard’s “New in Life,” Best Flora winner; Laurie Gardos’ “Wild Horses on the Island,” Best Fauna winner; and Jim Maresca’s “Sea Greens,” Best Landscape winner.

Albert uses her zeal for

photography to help wild animals by donating the proceeds from her photography sales to SkyWatch Bird Rescue, a nonprofit organization in Castle Hayne, N.C., that rescues and rehabilitates injured birds.

“They just bought 10 acres of land. The plan is to make it a bird sanctuary,” she said.

Albert, who serves on the center’s board of directors, said they hope to open the sanctuary to the public in 2016 so it can serve as a tourist destination and children’s education facility.

She also said Amelia Mason, the center’s director, rescued more than 1,200 birds last year.

“She takes in everything, from waterfowl to raptors,” Albert said.

From volunteering to feed baby birds to becoming a board member, Albert stressed the importance of giving time or money to SkyWatch.

“We run strictly on donation,” she said.

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Now, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard is located on Red Cross Street and has more than 400 regular volunteers.

The organization’s current president, Roxann Lansdowne, is busy preparing for the 30th anniversary celebration on Sunday, Sept. 20.

“We are putting out food for everybody. We have a whole photography section on the history of the Cupboard,” she said. “This is a special thing. We haven’t done

anything like this.”

Lansdowne said the event is open to the public, and guests can enjoy deviled eggs and pimento cheese sandwiches, among other homemade treats.

“We are making everything from scratch,” she said.

Lansdowne said Sister Isaac will deliver the keynote address.

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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.

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Wonderful Works

It is through your wonderful works that friendship is given back Give all that you have and your life will never suffer lack Your works are the splendid and wonderful way gifts become treasures The glory of heaven is yours to give away at your desire and pleasure All My people do wonderful works in the sight of Jesus My Son The bounty at your disposal will overwhelm you and become fun The joy of treating others to My gifts is at your hand Your visions of happiness for this generation will completely expand Miracles of your wonderful works will touch the hearts and lives Of the seekers who cast their cares upon Jesus, for an eternity they strive A never ending joy of hope and freedom as a gift for them to cherish The wonderful works of your hands will cause evil to perish Focus the gifts of your heart and splendor of your heart On the actions before you that change circumstances and will not depart Everyone has these wonderful works of their hands to give away A touch, a hug, a smile, a quiet caress, and a memory that will forever stay

C a r l Wat e r s (Psa 78:4 KJV) We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

(Psa 107:8 KJV) Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

(Psa 145:5 NIV) They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works.

(Mat 7:22 KJV) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

(Acts 2:9 - 13 KJV) 9 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 - Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 - Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12 - And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 13 - Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

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.

ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES

One year with Jesus in the Gospels

teaching God’s unconditional love and grace 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.

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OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS IN CHRIST September 17 Matthew 22:11 “And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:” MATTHEW 22:8-14 In this time, it was customary for the host to provide their guests with wedding garments to wear to the wedding. It was an insult of the highest degree to refuse to wear the clothing provided since the guests were brought in directly from the highways and streets. The wedding garment speaks of the righteousness of Christ that God so graciously provides for all who accept His invitation into the kingdom. It must be put on by both good and bad (Mt. 22:10).

Right standing before a holy God is not to be achieved in keeping the law but in humble trust in the person and work of Jesus Christ. No one, who is trusting in his own righteousness, can have the benefit of Christ’s righteousness. The righteousness that gives men relationship with God is the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, and it comes freely

through faith in Jesus Christ.

The way we obtain this righteousness is by putting faith in what Christ has done for us. When we place our faith in Christ, then the righteousness that Jesus obtained by His faith becomes ours.

Through faith in Jesus, we can receive the very righteousness of God as a gift. God’s righteousness is infinitely more in quality and quantity than man’s puny righteousness. No one can ever be justified in the sight of God based on his own righteousness which comes through acts of holiness. One must have God’s righteousness which only comes through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior. Paul said in Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” This is “the righteousness of God.”

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Local novelist releases first murder mystery

By Pam Creech Staff Writer

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Nina de Gramont, professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, recently released her first mystery, “The Last September.”

From Henry David Thoreau to Ralph Waldo Emerson, many great American writers sought inspiration at Cape Cod. Nina de Gramont, author and professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, said her experiences living at Cape Cod with her husband influenced the plot and setting of her newly released novel, “The Last September.”

“We were in Cape Cod during the offseason. We didn’t have any neighbors,” she said.

The solitude de Gramont endured during the offseason, which extends from Labor Day to Memorial Day, inspired her to write her first mystery.

“It revolves around a murder,” she said. “I’d never worked on

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However, de Gramont admitted her partiality to “Meet Me at the River,” a young adult novel about a teenage girl who is visited by the ghost of her dead boyfriend.

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“The Last September” is de Gramont’s seventh book. Her other works include “Choice,” a collection of short stories called “Of Cats and Men,” “Gossip of the Starlings,” “Every Little Thing in the World,” “Meet Me at the River” and “The Boy I Love.”

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De Gramont was also challenged while creating a schizophrenic character.

“I did a lot of reading, and I have a family member who is schizophrenic, so I know the ins and outs of what that does to a family,” she said.

Throughout the novel, Brett tries to figure out who murdered her husband, Charlie. Charlie’s brother, Eli, who has spent a significant amount of time in psychiatric hospitals, is one of the suspects. The murder also forces Brett to realize that her marriage to Charlie was less than perfect.

De Gramont said she worked on the novel, on and off, for 10 years. Four years ago, an editor at Algonquin Books in Chapel Hill, N.C., bought the book based on the first 50 pages. De Gramont

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Said property being located at: 1013 AVENSHIRE CIRLE, #107, WILMINGTON, NC 28412 PRESENT RECORD OWNER BEING: CYNTHIA THOLEN, IRA M. JACOBS, III AND GREGORY JACOBS Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23.

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

Should the property be purchased by a. third party, that person. must pay the statutory final assessment fee of forty-five cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. 7A¬308 (a) (1), and any applicable county and/or state land transfer tax and/or revenue tax.

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

balance of the purchase price so bid, at that time he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in N.C.G.S. 45-21.30(d) and (c).

and recorded on September 26, 2008 in Book 5349 at Page 657, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

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

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 September 21, 2015 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of Five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

Being all of Lot 75 in Northwood Estates Subdivision, as the same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 8, Page 19 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

That an Order for possession of the property may be .issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

Said property is commonly known as 17 Northwood Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405.

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.

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.

This the 25th day of August, 2015.

Michael W. Strickland, as Attorney for and President of ANDERSON & STRICKLAND, P.A., Substitute Trustee 210 East Russell Street, Suite 104 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 (910) 483-3300 September 10 and 17, 2015

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 Jordan M. Nason and Courtney Peele.

12 SP 1175 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jordan M Nason and Courtney Peele a/k/a Courtney A Peele to Ned Barnes, Trustee(s), which was dated September 25, 2008

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.: 12-12774-FC01 September 10 and 17, 2015 12 SP 502 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by William Mason and Fay Mason to Shapiro & Kreisman, Trustee(s), which was dated December 21, 2006 and recorded on December 29, 2006 in Book 5124 at Page 2591, 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 con-

ducting the sale on September 22, 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: Beginning at a point in the Eastern line of the 19th street 36 feet Northwardly from its intersection with the Northern line of Church Street, all as shown on the official plan of the city of Wilmington, NC; running thence Eastwardly and parallel with Church Street 120 feet; thence Northwardly and parallel with 19th street 40 feet; thence westwardly and parallel with Church Street 120 feet to the Eastern line of 19th street; thence southwardly along the eastern line of 19th street 40 feet to the point of beginning.

The same being a part of lots 17, 18, and 19 in Block G in the Subdivision of Ardmore as shown on the map thereof recorded in map book 3 at page 52 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 417 South 19TH Street, 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 William Mason and wife, Faye Mason.

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.: 11-20414-FC01 September 10 and 17, 2015 14 SP 288 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Sharon J. Riley to Christopher Reddick, Trustee(s), which was dated December 18, 2006 and recorded on December 19, 2006 in Book 5119 at Page 2621 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on August 13, 2014 in Book 5832, Page 634, 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 September 22, 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 6, Phase 3, Tract 3 and as more particularly described on that certain plat entitled “Robert S. Jervay Place Phase 3, Tracts 3 & 4” as recorded in Map Book 50, Page 44, New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1016 South 10th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.

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 Sharon J. Riley.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a

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L E G A L NOTI C ES bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-27093-FC01 September 10 and 17, 2015 15 SP 321 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 Anthony J. Costagliola and Maria C. Costagliola to William H. Fuss, Trustee(s), which was dated November 18, 2002 and recorded on November 22, 2002 in Book 3535 at Page 342, 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 September 22, 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(s) 23, Section 3, Regency Manor Subdivision, recorded in Map Book(s) 34, Page(s) 252, New Hanover County, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4009 Caesar Court, 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 Anthony J. Costagliola, Jr..

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.: 11-01584-FC01 September 10 and 17, 2015

13 SP 753 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Patrick K. Leonard aka Keith Leonard and Ruth A. Leonard aka Ashley Leonard to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of May, 2007, and recorded in Book 5192, Page 638, 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 September 22, 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: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, TRACT, OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 22 IN CLIFFSIDE SUBDIVISION AS THE SAME IS SHOWN ON A MAP OF SAID SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 10 AT PAGE 13 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY. TAX ID: R07209-001-002-000

BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM CORNELIA A. LEEGSTRA TO KEITH LEONARD AND WIFE, ASHLEY LEONARD AS SET FORTH IN DEED BOOK 2511, PAGE 0885, DATED 1/25/1999 AND RECORDED ON 1/28/1999, NEW HANOVER COUNTY RECORDS. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

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

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: 1110798 (FC.FAY) September 10 and 17, 2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 538 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Renay R. Price to Ronald D. Haley, Trustee(s), dated the 5th day of October, 2010, and recorded in Book 5515, Page 2624, 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 September 22, 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: BEGINNING at an iron pipe where the northern line of the tract conveyed by J.D. Murray et al to Enoch Lonnie Britt by deed recorded in Book 576 at Page 118 of the New Hanover County Registry is intersected by the Western line of a twenty (20) foot road that leads southwardly from the Murrayville Road, said pipe being South 89 degrees 35 minutes West 20.2 feet from the iron pipe where the Eastern line of said road intersects said Britt line, this point being the southwestern corner of a one acre tract conveyed recently to O.D. Clewis and wife by T. O. Murray and wife; running thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes West with said Britt line 198.64 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 2 degrees 22 minutes East and parallel with said road 224.45 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 87 degrees 38 minutes East 198.4 feet to an iron pipe in the western line of said road; thence South 2 degrees 22 minutes West with the western line of said road 214.78 feet to the point of beginning; the same containing one acre and being a portion of the T.O. Murray tract at Murrayville, reference being made to an agreement recorded in Book 669 at Page 300 of the New Hanover County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2521 Clewis Avenue, Wilmington, North Carolina.

TOGETHER WITH a right-of-way or easement over the aforementioned twenty (20) foot road, said road extending from the Murrayville Road southwardly to the northern line of the aforementioned Britt tract.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date started in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1163475 (FC.FAY) September 10 and 17, 2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 532 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Madeline C. Nicholson and Betty T. Nicholson and William M. Nicholson, (William M. Nicholson, deceased) to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of January, 2010, and recorded in Book 5463, Page 2367, 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 September 22, 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 17, Wood Acres, as shown on that map recorded in Map Book 5 at Page 123 in the New Hanover County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 234 Brightwood Road, Wilmington, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pur-

suant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date started in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1163626 (FC.FAY) September 10 and 17, 2015 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 63 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Terry Allgood, an unmarried man to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of May, 2008, and recorded in Book 5309, Page 1755, 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 September 29, 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: BEGINNING at a point in the Western line of Seventh Street one hundred and ninety-eight (198) feet South of the Southern line of Ann Street; runs thence Southwardly with the Western line of Seventh Street thirty-three

(33) feet; thence Westwardly and parallel with Ann Street eightytwo and one-half (82 1/2) feet; thence Northwardly and parallel with Seventh Street thirty-three (33) feet; thence Eastwardly and parallel with Ann Street eightytwo and one-half (82 1/2) feet to the BEGINNING; and being part of Lot 4 in Block 118 according to the official plan of the City of Wilmington. Also being all of Tract 4 as described in a deed to Kisha Jordan recorded September 18, 2007 in Book 5232, Page 1223 of the New Hanover County Registry.

Together with improvements thereon, property located at 314 S 7th Street, Wilmington NC 28401.

Parcel ID: R05405-023-017-000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

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

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: 1137836 (FC.FAY) September 17 and 24, 2015 15 SP 503 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by James Rush Beeler and Nancy N. Beeler to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated June 25, 2011 and recorded on July 13, 2011 in Book 5573 at Page 2853, 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 September 29, 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: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERN LINE OF MARKET STREET WITH THE WESTERN LINE OF FIFTEENTH STREET, RUNNING THENCE WESTWARDLY ALONG THE NORTHERN LINE OF MARKET STREET 69 FEET, THENCE NORTHWARDLY AND PARALLEL WITH FIFTEENTH STREET 110 FEET, THENCE EASTWARDLY AND PARALLEL WITH MARKET STREET 69 FEET TO THE WESTERN LINE OF FIFTEENTH STREET, THENCE SOUTHWARDLY ALONG THE WESTERN LINE OF FIFTEENTH STREET 110 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING THE SAME BEING PART OF LOTS 4 AND 5 IN BLOCK 483, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON, NC, PREPARED BY JAMES AND BROWN, CIVIL ENGINEERS, IN 1870 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1419 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.

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

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

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.: 15-14564-FC01 September 17 and 24, 2015 017367-00704/ 15-SP-506 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by James D. Boney and Cynthia Ruth Baker

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L E G A L NOTI C ES Boney FKA Cynthia Ruth Baker, dated July 2, 2008 and recorded on July 8, 2008 in Book No. 5329 at Page 2554 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on September 30, 2015 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Castle Hayne, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust.

Address of property: 103 Millhouse Road, Castle Hayne, NC 28429-5627 Tax Parcel ID: 003-006-000

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Present Record Owners: Cynthia Ruth Baker NKA Cynthia Ruth Baker Boney The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed.

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale.

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

If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee.

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Attorney at Law Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Substitute Trustee 2550 West Tyvola Road, Suite 520 Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 442-9500 September 17 and 24, 2015 020267-00506/ 15-SP-502 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Hilda E Colett, dated December 3, 2008 and recorded on December 8, 2008 in Book No. 5362 at Page 2009 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on September 30, 2015 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North

Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust.

Address of property: 1915 Hawthorne Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403-5328 Tax Parcel ID: 005-003-000

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Present Record Owners: The Heirs of Hilda E. Colett The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed.

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale.

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

If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee.

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Attorney at Law Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Substitute Trustee 2550 West Tyvola Road, Suite 520 Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 442-9500 September 17 and 24, 2015 112497-00272/ 15-SP-477 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Lois M Atkinson, dated September 22, 2008 and recorded on October 13, 2008 in Book No. 5352 at Page 1428 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on September 30, 2015 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust.

Address of property: 2333 Monroe St, Wilmington, NC 28401-7023 Tax Parcel ID: 004-005-000

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Present Record Owners: Lois M Atkinson The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed.

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale.

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

If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee.

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Attorney at Law Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Substitute Trustee 2550 West Tyvola Road, Suite 520 Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 442-9500 September 17 and 24, 2015 14 SP 645 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Laurie Wammack to Atty. William Walt Pettit, Trustee(s), which was dated August 25, 2006 and recorded on August 30, 2006 in Book 5072 at Page 2036 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on February 22, 2013 in Book 5713, Page 2764, 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 September 29, 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 14 in Block 71 of the Town of Carolina Beach as the same is shown on map recorded in Book 249 at Page 602 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County.

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

Said property is commonly known as 304 Lumberton Ave, Carolina Beach, NC 28428.

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 Laurie Wammack.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-14918-FC01 September 17 and 24, 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 Macon Bryant Council 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 27th 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.

This is the 27th day of August, 2015.

Patricia Mundy Council, Executrix 2808 White Road Wilmington, NC 28411 8/27, 9/3, 9/10, 9/17/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Janet Philips Johnson 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 27th 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.

This is the 27th day of August, 2015.

Kevin Johnson, Executor 228 Lido Drive Wilmington, NC 28411 8/27, 9/3, 9/10, 9/17/2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Henry A. Walker, III, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned, c/o Franklin E. Martin, 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 4th day of December, 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 3rd day of September, 2015.

Grace W. Sanders, Executrix of the Estate of Henry A. Walker, III Franklin E. Martin Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301 Wilmington, NC 28401 September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of James Crews Hunter, 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 4th day of December 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 3rd day of September, 2015.

J. Randal Hunter, Executor PO Box 567 New Bern, NC 28563 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24/2015 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 Norma D. Vaughan 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 4th day of December 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 3rd day of September. 2015.

Donna Vaughan Johnson, Executrix 212 Jeb Stuart Drive Wilmington, NC 28412 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE 15-E-1169 NOTICE TO CREDITORS RICHARD A. BLAKE, having qualified as Administrator CTA of the Estate of Hanke Chris Borneman, deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit same to the said Richard A. Blake at the address set out below on or before December 10, 2015, or this Notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.

This is the 10th day of September, 2015.

Richard A. Blake, Administrator CTA Estate of HANKE CHRIS BORNEMAN, Deceased 5827 Myrtle Grove Road Wilmington, NC 28409-4323 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

DAVID MORRIS BROOME All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of David Morris Broome, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Shawn Michael Polite, Collector by Affidavit of said Estate, at the offices of Wessell & Raney, L.L.P., 107-B N. Second Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 or P. O. Box 1049, Wilmington, NC 28402 on or before December 16, 2015, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Collector.

This 17th day September, 2015.

Shawn Michael Polite, Collector

by Affidavit John C. Wessell, III Wessell & Raney, L.L.P. Attorneys at Law 107-B N. Second Street Post Office Box 1049 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

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This is the 10th day of September, 2015.

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BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

The undersigned having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Clara Lane Cayton 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 10th day of December 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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This is the 10th day of September 2015.

Patricia Southerland, Administratrix 3614 Marathon Avenue Castle Hayne, NC 28429 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1/2015

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ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Louise Verzaal Joyner, 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 December 17, 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.

This the 17th day of September, 2015.

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Hook, Line & Sinker First taste of fall in the air for anglers

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

By Skylar Walters

The past week brought anglers their first taste of fall with chilly mornings and plenty of hungry fish.

With the official start of fall still a week away, it was only fitting that local fishermen fortunate enough to be out to enjoy the weather also got to experience some early fall action.

Water temperatures are now reading in the lower eighties and, with current forecasts, those reading will surely be in the upper seventies in the coming days, meaning there’ll be plenty more hungry fish waiting in the depths.

Unfortunately, when cool temperatures arrive this time of year, which normally means northeast winds, which are very conducive to fishing and catching but not so for those who want to head off to the beach.

Early season cold fronts are normally a great time to wet a line and catch some fish and that’s exactly what anglers experienced late last week prior to the front’s arrival. Anglers live bait fishing on Johnnie Mercer’s Pier were greeted by a handful of hungry king mackerel that weighed in between fifteen and thirty pounds. Other piers along the coast also got into the action with reports of plenty of king mackerel decked. Some Spanish mackerel and bluefish were caught by those using Gotcha Plugs. Bottom fishermen using fresh shrimp found plenty of Virginia mullet around the breakers along with a few black drum.

Surf fishermen also found the fish biting fairly well with

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reports of both red and black drum being caught on shrimp and cut bait. Sand fleas enticed some large Virginia mullet and a few pompano. Those fishing minnows managed some keeper flounder around the deeper holes and along the jetty wall.

Inshore, the flounder action just continues to get better every week with lots of fish being reported coming from the inlets and creeks. A Carolina Rigged finger mullet is a hard bait to beat this time of year but anglers using the larger soft artificial baits also had some luck. Red drum were caught around the creeks mouths and also around the area docks. The lower Cape Fear River is also producing lots of flounder and red drum as well as some speckled trout.

Just outside Masonboro Inlet, around the jetties, fishermen have found some very large over slot red drum. If targeting these fish, it’s important to use heavier tackle so the fish can be landed and revived for release in quick fashion. Fighting one of these fish for any significant length of time on light tackle will greatly diminish their chances of survival.

Offshore, there were a few opportunities, although limited due to the winds. Anglers who headed out to the deep, were rewarded with a some wahoo around the Same Ole Hole and Swansboro Hole. There were also reports of some scattered dolphin, a few blackfin tuna and several boats reported multiple hookups on sailfish, with a few that were managed to be officially released.

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The Wilmington Family YMCA will host the East Coast’s oldest triathlon at Wrightsville Beach Sept. 19, drawing as many as 700 participants of all ages, from pre-teens to triathletes well into their 70s.

The YMCA sprint triathlon’s short distances makes it accessible to more athletes, said Mick Southerland, who, at 70 years old, is racing as a relay team with his son and daughter.

Southerland entered his first YMCA sprint triathlon in 1983, 10 years after the race’s inception. At that time the triathlon was still held at the Olympic distance — a 1,500-meter swim, 40K bike ride and 10K run — but participation was slowly dropping off.

Organizers decided to shorten the race to the sprint distance and the event’s popularity exploded.

“When they switched to the sprint distance, it really just took off,” Southerland said. “Now it’s one of the most well-attended events on the East Coast.”

The swim leg is still the Olympic distance because it is held on an incoming tide through Banks and Motts channels, so athletes have the benefit of swimming with the current. Swimmers leave the

Blockade Runner Beach Resort in waves starting at 7 a.m. and race to Seapath Yacht Club.

Triathletes climb out of the water, grab their bikes from the transition area in Wrightsville

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New coach looks for mental toughness, improved fitness from young UNCW women’s tennis team

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

During Sunday’s final round of the Seahawk Invitational, the University of North Carolina Wilmington women’s tennis team needed the mental toughness that its new coach had been working to instill.

Coach Hans Olsen’s message to his players, who he’s coached for less than two months, has been to be mindful of the mental side of the game of tennis. After dropping all of their doubles matches against Big 10 conference opponent Wisconsin on Sept. 13, the Seahawks battled back to split their singles matches with East Tennessee State University in the final round of the round robin tournament.

“The buy-in is so important, to get them to believe in what they’re working on instead of just thinking about winning and losing,” said Olsen, who comes to UNCW after 13 years as the women’s tennis coach at North Carolina State University. “If they make that connection, they’re unstoppable.”

In Sunday’s finale, UNCW got wins from freshmen Sabrina Barisano and Laura Gomez, sophomore Madara Straume and junior Alix Theodossiou. But if

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Brad Southerland climbs out of the water at Seapath Yacht Club during the Wilmington YMCA Triathlon Sept. 27, 2014 in Wrightsville Beach.

Beach Park and start pedaling the flat 12-mile loop off the island and around Wilmington. The 5K run course around the John Nesbitt Loop also starts and ends at Wrightsville Beach Park.

Most of the participants race all three legs, but some, like Southerland, form relay teams.

Southerland previously completed entire triathlons himself, but in recent years a hip replacement has limited his participation to the swim leg. When he climbs out of the water he’ll tag his son, Brad Southerland, who will complete the bike leg and then his daughter, Betsy Weinberg, will do the run.

While physical limitations are partly responsible for his transition into the relay division of the triathlon, Southerland said the relay also introduces a supportive aspect to the experience. “[Brad and I] will be there at the finish line cheering Betsy in,” he said. “That’s the fun thing about doing it as a team.”

It’s another element of camaraderie in a race Southerland described as a reunion of sorts.

“One of the best times is when you’re at the Blockade Runner, waiting that morning to go off,” he said. “You get to see all of your old buddies that you’ve been swimming with or biking with all year.”

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University of North Carolina Wilmington junior Annika Sillanpaa works the net during doubles play at the Seahawk Invitational Sunday, Sept. 13.

the Seahawks are to return to their championship form of the 2014 season, when the team won its first Colonial Athletic Association title and earned a berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, it will need the leadership of its senior standout Christine Kharkevitch.

Calls of “Khark” were peppered throughout the stands when Kharkevitch was on the court during Friday’s round of matches against Campbell University. As the team’s only senior, she brings the leadership the Seahawks will need if they’re to compete against CAA conference rivals College of Charleston and the perennialpower of William & Mary, which took the 2015 title.

“It’s different being the only

senior,” she said. “I’m really hoping that we can win.”

Though Kharkevitch dropped her match against Campbell on Friday, she rebounded on Saturday with a win in doubles. She said coach Olsen’s emphasis on poise, discipline and thought will be important for a team that’s hungry to return to the championship.

“In practice, we focus on mental toughness,” said Kharkevitch, whose training includes meditation, in addition to team-building activities. “Who do we want to be as a team.”

Junior Annika Sillanpaa said, in working to build her mental strength, she’s made sure to concentrate on one thing at a time.

“I’m not trying to focus too much on the game,” she said. “My

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I’ve been focusing a lot on that.”

Kharkevitch and Sillanpaa made the all-conference second team for doubles last season, an accomplishment they both hope to improve upon in the upcoming season. The new fitness routine that Olsen has set up is designed to give the team the legs it will need to compete.

“We run until we’re exhausted,” Kharkevitch said, adding that the training includes a lot of sprinting in order to develop the explosive speed needed for competition. “We train hard in the week and use the weekends for rest.”

For Sillanpaa, who also earned 2014 second-team all-CAA, the upcoming season presents the opportunity to make the all-conference first team.

“I’ve been progressing a lot here,” said Sillanpaa, who came to UNCW from Tampere, Finland, where tennis is not usually played as a team sport. “Playing on a team is cool. You can lose and still win.”

Early season competition in NCAA women’s tennis isn’t scored like the spring matches, when competition for the conference title begins. Olsen said these matches will be critical for him to evaluate the way his new tennis team performs on the court.

“The way they play. They’re character. They’re very coachable kids,” Olsen said. email terrylane@luminanews.com