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NHC leaders draw lessons from visit to Charleston By Terry Lane Staff Writer

Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo saw a glimpse of where the city could be in two decades when he traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, this week with more than 30 local elected officials and business leaders to see how the neighboring port city has become one of the leading attractors of tourism and business development in the South. “Where Charleston is today, we’ll be there in 20 years,” Saffo said, noting Wilmington’s projected population of 600,000 by 2035 would be equivalent to Charleston’s population now. “What they’re doing with traffic congestion, incorporating more mixed use, is similar to what we’re trying to do here.” The two-day educational trip to Charleston Sept. 21-22 gave Saffo and other local officials the opportunity to learn about the successful growth of the South Carolina port city, particularly in the areas of development, industry, quality of place and tourism. The trip was organized by the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce. New Hanover County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jonathan Barfield also attended and said he was impressed with the regionalism Charleston uses to bring industry to the area.

By Tricia Vance Staff Writer

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Sprawled on a carpet that doubles as a map of the United States, a small group of second-graders focused intently on the electronic tablets in front of them. They were working on their blogs. Asked what she was doing, 7-year-old Phoebe Martin whispered, “Typing what I did this weekend.” And when she is finished? “I publish it.” This technology-oriented classroom belongs to Beverly Ladd, who teaches second grade at Pine Valley Elementary School. Ladd caught the attention of the New Hanover County school board last year when she made a presentation on an exceptionally ambitious project. She organized a 24-hour Skype-a-thon, which culminated last spring in a classroom sleepover in which students talked and blogged with classes in Asia, Africa and Australia, among others. The class even Skyped with researchers in Antarctica to learn about penguins. “It was the fastest 24 hours of my life, but the most precious,” Ladd said. This year’s class already is blogging and soon will publish to a worldwide audience. And beginning Nov. 2, her students and another Pine Valley classroom will participate in the global blogging challenge she developed. International classes will read “The Not Perfect

Second-grade students Jaylyn Rivera, bottom, Lyla Strahley and Chloe Hughes work on their blogs in Beverly Ladd’s classroom at Pine Valley Elementary School Monday, Sept. 21.

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Beach towns, county discuss renourishment funding alternatives By Tricia Vance Staff Writer

New Hanover County’s room occupancy tax revenues would come into play should the federal government stop funding periodic sand replenishment on local beaches. But a committee mulling alternatives should the federal tap turn off is still discussing how the required local match should be split. Currently, that local match is covered by room occupancy tax revenues. But if concerns about federal money disappearing come to fruition, an inter-local agreement stipulates that Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach and Carolina Beach would have to assume the required 17.5 percent local match out of their own budget when it’s their turn to have sand pumped onto their beach strand. The County Commissioners appointed the group looking at alternatives after Carolina Beach and Kure Beach declared their intention to terminate the agreement. These beach towns contend the

Tales from the Upper Deck By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

Chapter One: How it started The slivers of sky visible through the palm fronds surrounding Wrightsville Beach’s historic Carolina Temple Island Inn glow pink as the steamy September day turns to evening. The inn’s wooden back porch is quiet except for the creaking of a rocking chair, the thrum of cicadas and the stories traded by the four men occupying the wicker chairs. Jack Lane, Steve Wright, Norman Akel and Jim Farrior are now in their 70s, reuniting a half century after turning a former storage room on Lumina Pavilion’s upper deck into a carefree establishment where n See tales Page 5

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Jack Lane managed the Upper Deck, inside Lumina Pavilion, from 1964 to 1969.

Budget contains more money to dredge shallow inlets By Tricia Vance Staff Writer

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North Carolina’s new budget includes more money to keep the state’s shallow inlets navigable. The General Assembly agreed to increase the share of the state gas tax that goes toward dredging inlets less than 16 feet deep, including Carolina Beach Inlet. “In terms of dredging, we are going to be in extremely good shape in North Carolina,” said Tom Reeder, assistant secretary for the environment with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. “Our inlets will be dredged.” (As part of the 2015-17 state budget

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legislation, the General Assembly officially changed the name of the environmental agency formerly known as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.) A full 1 percent of the gas tax proceeds will be dedicated to shallow-draft dredging, compared with one-sixth of a percent previously. In addition to a share of the gas tax, a small percentage of boat license and certification fees goes into the fund, said Darren England, an engineer with the Division of Water Resources. All together, the fund will grow to about $18 million from the current allocation of a little over $6 million, England said. The current fund includes $2.3 million in n See dredge Page 5

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Wilmington-based TNT drama series lands state film grants By Krys Estes Intern

The North Carolina Department of Commerce has awarded a Wilmington-based television production with grant money that state film officials said will help keep the Wilmywood industry thriving. The grant funding for three productions, including Wilmington-based drama “Good Behavior” scheduled for the TNT network, come as the North Carolina General Assembly renewed its film grant program for two years. However, the $1.25 million grant for “Good Behavior” isn’t part of the new funding cycle and was awarded from the $40 million film grant program that expired this year. In its place is a new $30 million program that Gov. Pat McCrory

approved last Friday when he signed the two-year state budget. The announcement comes as the local Wilmington film industry seeks to recover after the CBS drama “Under the Dome” was cancelled in August, leaving the city with no active film or television productions. “Anytime a production is here, it is good for the local industry. They will provide jobs and spend money with local small businesses,” said Johnny Griffin, director of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission. Griffin said the renewal of the film grant program, which will provide $60 million in total film grants over the next two years, will help rejuvenate efforts to draw productions to the region. “We certainly expect an increase in production over the next two years as a result of this,” Lumina News file photo

Crews from Screen Gems Studios film at the Dirty Martini in Lumina Station on Nov. 4, 2013, for the feature film “The Squeeze,” a golf-themed production written and directed by Terry Jastrow.

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Griffin said. With the final round of funding from the 2015 budget cycle, the commerce department awarded $5 million in grants to help bring three productions to the state, including “Good Behavior.” The others include “Love It or List It” and an untitled project from writer/ producer Jody Hill, which are scheduled to film in Raleigh and western North Carolina. These three projects, along with the recently wrapped “Under the

By Pam Creech Staff Writer

Biology and marine biology students at the University of North Carolina Wilmington will have an opportunity to study the ecological impacts of manufactured chemicals on estuarine fish after the university received a substantial grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The $399,884 Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grant will fund a three-year research project to be conducted in UNCW’s Center for Marine Science located on the Intracoastal Waterway, as well as inside an on-campus laboratory in Dobo Hall. “We’ll start out exposing the eggs of the parent generation,” said Susanne Brander, a UNCW professor leading the project. “We’ll get some eggs and expose those to particular chemicals that interfere with hormone function just until they’re almost juveniles, at about 21 days old, and we’ll rear them up over three generations to see if the effects on

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Behavior” is based on author Blake Crouch’s best-selling Letty Dobesh series. Fresh out of prison, Letty [Dockery] is attempting to stay afloat, but when she overhears a hit man being hired to kill a man’s wife, she sets out to derail the job, putting her on a collision course with the killer and entangling them in a dangerous and seductive relationship. The pilot is schedule to film in the first week of October in locations around Wilmington.

the parents are passed on to the subsequent generations.” Brander said a Ph.D. student, a graduate student and undergraduates will work together to study epigenetic effects of toxin exposure, which change the way genes are expressed in the organisms’ cells. “UNCW is great about getting undergrads involved in hands-on research,” Brander said. “We have what’s called a directed individual study program, and so undergraduates will get credit for doing research in a lab. They can contact a faculty member whose research they’re interested in.” Brander said the estuarine fish that will be used in the study reach maturity at six to eight months, and that three years will give her and her students sufficient time to raise several generations of the species. “The part of the research that involves rearing fish will happen at the Center for Marine Science where we have lots of space for tanks and lots of space to keep many

groups of fish over a long period of time,” she said. “We’re going to look at effects across several generations of fish. Here on campus, we can do the more detailed work. We have a microscopy lab.” The EPA also awarded funds to five other universities for the study of the ecological consequences of chemical toxins in organisms’ environments. Other grant recipients include the University of California Santa Barbara, which will develop a model to demonstrate how exposure to chemicals affects an organism; Harvard University, which will develop a framework for creating regulations regarding the research findings; Michigan State University, which will study the neurological functions of fish affected by toxins; Oregon State University, which will research the negative impacts of flame retardants; and Texas Tech University, which will develop an approach to predict individual-to-community-level effects of chemical toxins. email pam@luminanews.com

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Film Office within the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina. “These projects will continue a long tradition of excellence in filmmaking in our state.” “Good Behavior” is scheduled to air on TNT and will star “Downton Abbey’s” Michelle Dockery. The television series is now hiring crew members to work on the show and casting for extras has not yet been announced. A news release from the N.C. Film Office states “Good

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Dome,” combined to have a direct in-state spending of more than $60 million. Last year, Wilmington had $175 million in film-related business, more than one-half of the state’s $300 million film production economy. “We are excited about these new projects and look forward to providing job opportunities to our state’s film professionals as well as opportunities for talent within the state,” said Guy Gaster, the director of the North Carolina

New Hanover County officials are seeking to get a better picture of the health care perceptions of residents through the results of a comprehensive online survey that

addresses a wide range of issues, from exercise to stress to diet to health care delivery. Officials are extending the time of the survey until the end of October in an effort to attract more results. Unlike the survey conducted in 2011, which had just a handful of questions, the county’s latest online survey asks 75 to 90 questions, depending upon gender, age and other factors. The goal originally was to have 3,500 replies, but with just 1,600 results as the deadline approaches officials are holding it open an extra month with the hopes of reaching 2,000 replies. “We want the people to take the survey to look like the citizens of our county, to get a true snapshot of the community,” said Joshua Swift, deputy director of the New Hanover County Health Department. “What are the perceptions?” Swift said the more thorough survey seeks to make connections between a range of issues to show officials the issues that most affect community health. Swift said the data will be used to conduct local health needs assessments, set priorities for local health action, measure the impact of health care programs and anticipate the emerging health needs of county residents. “We’re looking for the

underlying issues,” Swift said, noting that issues like physical activity and healthy eating can be affected by neighborhood safety and geographic location. The expansive survey seeks to identify the county health services that need the most improvement, the issues that most affect the quality of life in New Hanover County and health behaviors residents need more information about. The questions were developed from a handful of established health survey systems, including the North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the North Carolina Child Health Assessment and Monitoring Program, and the Short Form Health Outcomes Survey. Several local groups also helped develop questions, including Smart Start of New Hanover County, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Coastal Horizons, Trillium and the UNCW College of Health and Human Services. Survey participants are asked if they have health and dental care, if they use the emergency room, how long they have to wait for appointments and whether they need help understanding medical forms and literature. The survey also asks participants about their behavior, such

as if they exercise, consume sugary drinks or alcoholic beverages, wear seatbelts or are stressed about money and paying bills. One question asks whether the survey taker has smoked more than 100 cigarettes in his or her entire life. “Health is not just about blood pressure and cholesterol, but also about dealing with income, education, whether you have access to a vehicle,” Swift said. “Questions that all deal with our daily lives that play a part in our health.” To help spread awareness of the survey, county officials have advertised on electronic billboards on College Drive, Oleander Drive and other locations in the city. The county also uses social media to promote the survey as well as promotion on TV and through print media. One forum officials have used to try to improve results is a focus group, where a group of people from a similar demographic are given the survey and asked to talk about it, which lets researchers “dig even deeper,” Swift said. New Hanover County residents can take the survey online at www.surveyNHC.com or take a paper version of the survey at any county library location. email terrylane@luminanews.com

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For The Record Question and photographs by Pam Creech

How much time do you spend watching TV shows produced locally?

Tom Kerner

Lavonda Brown

Tina Rodriguez

“Unfortunately, none. I just don’t watch any shows on TV. All I do is listen to music.”

“I’ve watched ‘One Tree Hill.’”

“I used to watch ‘Sleepy Hollow.’”

Wilmington, N.C.

Fayetteville, N.C.

Wildwood, N.J.

Jenna Orourke

Jamie Windham

“I used to watch ‘One Tree Hill.’”

“I’ve watched ‘Under the Dome.’”

Eastman, Ga.

Rosemount, Minn.

Rouzer express frustration with Veterans Affairs on water quality, healthcare service By Terry Lane Staff Writer

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Rep. David Rouzer, R-N.C., representing all of New Hanover County in Washington, hears from constituents during a town hall meeting at RolandGrise Middle School in Wilmington. Residents registered their concerns with the congressman on a number of issues, including Veterans Affairs, Planned Parenthood, Syrian refugees and the nuclear treaty with Iran.

Congressman David Rouzer, R-N.C., said the water quality of the Wilmington Veterans Affairs clinic is a priority for him and that he has met with construction officials who built the two-yearold facility that now has problems with tainted drinking water. During a town hall meeting on Monday in Wilmington, Rouzer told constituents that the House Veterans Affairs Oversight Subcommittee is investigating the issue and that Environmental Protection Agency regulations could play a role in the issue. “It’s a case where the left hand and the right hand aren’t communicating,” Rouzer said of the problems with the VA facility, which has tested for elevated levels of copper since the problem was first discovered in March. Problems with the VA were one of a number of issues raised by several dozen constituents during the meeting at Roland-Grise Middle School. While most were there to speak about national issues, one man said he was a

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disabled veteran who had to wait four months to get an appointment at the facility. “The VA is one of the biggest frustrations that we have in Congress,” Rouzer told him. In addition to answering a range of questions from audience members, Rouzer also presented a slideshow with updates on congressional action so far this session. In particular, Rouzer noted the 350 bills passed by the House, including one that seeks to limit sexual trafficking and another that would give Congress the duty to approve regulations that have a certain impact on the economy. For constituents, one of the top concerns was a proposal to take in refugees from the Syrian civil war. News reports indicate the United

States could take in 10,000 refugees, while some activists have urged the government to take in up to 100,000. Some residents worried that refugees would resettle in Wilmington and asked Rouzer to cosponsor legislation designed to slow or delay any resettlement efforts. “There’s a strict process in place,” Rouzer said of the refugee situation. “We can’t accommodate the numbers [President Barack Obama] has proposed.” A few residents also asked Rouzer to support efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, the controversial organization that provides abortions and birth control. Rouzer said there was a strong movement to defund Planned

Parenthood in Congress and that getting people to watch the videos was critical in order to build momentum for defunding the organization. “The more we stress it, the more people will learn,” he said of the videos allegedly depicting a Planned Parenthood doctor negotiating the sale of fetal tissue. While echoing the standard Republican priorities of low taxes and limited regulations, Rouzer argued that government rules actually had more of an impact on the economy. “You can’t create a job if you can’t create a profit,” he said, earning applause from the audience. “Rules and regulation are killing this country.” email terrylane@luminanews.com

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Celebration service for Don Gilstrap A celebration of life service for legendary Wrightsville Beach resident and WWII veteran Don Gilstrap will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 4:30 p.m. The event will include a military honors service at 6:30 p.m. Attire is casual, and food and refreshments will be provided. Gilstrap, died on Monday, Sept. 7 at the age of 90.

Town appreciation luncheon Local resident Nancy Faye Craig, a member of the North Carolina Holiday Flotilla committee, hosted her 19th annual Town of Wrightsville Beach public works appreciation luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 17. Craig organized the free lunch for town staff with the help of Muriel Shelton, Bonnie Culp, Peggy Gentry, Jo Anne Yates and Stephanie Sniffer. Pizza was donated by Vitos, Mellow Mushroom, Spicoli Pizza and the Blockade Runner Beach Resort. The Holiday Inn Resort Hotel, Harris Teeter, Scotchman No. 129, David’s Deli and Food Lion Landfall also donated food, drink or desserts.

Wednesday, Sept. 30 Wilmington area Transportation Advisory Committee, 3 p.m., Lord Spencer Conference Room, City Hall, 102 N. Third St., Wilmington. Thursday, Oct. 1 New Hanover County Board of Commissioners, 4 p.m., Lucie Harrell Conference Room, government complex, 230 Government Center Drive, Wilmington. Pierce Barden | 910.612.7224 • Susan Snider | 910.622.4394 Kelly Strickland | 910.612.6537 • Larisa Gadalla | 910.777.4882 Michelle Clark | 910.367.9767 • Wendy McElhinney | 910.515.5495 Linda Woods | 910.233.8900 • Alison Long | 910.520.5949

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Editorial/Opinion Our thoughts By Tricia Vance

Bond proposal will give universities, community colleges much-needed boost Voters may be asked in 2016 to approve borrowing $2 billion to address infrastructure needs across the state, about $1 billion less than Gov. Pat McCrory requested and about $850 million less than the state House approved. The needs are clearly there. The long list includes National Guard armories, universities and community colleges and other state facilities, all of which serve North Carolina residents. It is unfortunate, however, that the Senate Finance Committee cut many worthy projects from the House proposal, including $10.8 million for a new visitor center at the Battleship North Carolina and money for construction and maintenance at Carolina Beach State Park and the Fort Fisher Recreation Area. House leaders have signaled their acceptance of the Senate’s smaller construction bond package, and the Senate Finance Committee agreed Tuesday to put the issue on the ballot for the March presidential primary. The voters will have their say. Under the Senate’s version of House Bill 943, the University of North Carolina Wilmington would get $65.6 million for a building to house allied health and human services programs and its nursing school. Cape Fear Community College would get $5.65 million for renovations, repairs and new construction. Money for transportation projects was stripped from the bill, as were a number of university projects, money for state parks, and $500 million to help poor counties build schools. The $400 million for transportation was offset somewhat by the legislature’s vote to stop the annual $216 million transfer to the general budget from the Highway Trust Fund. The decision to take on debt always requires serious consideration. But just as important is what these investments would mean to North

Carolina’s future. The largest share of the proposed bond issue, more than $921 million for universities and $400 million for community colleges, would go toward helping our universities and community colleges with capital needs. These institutions are critical to our economy. UNCW continues to grow, and its wellregarded nursing school needs more space, as does a flourishing allied health and human services department. With lawmakers demanding that universities focus on turning out graduates who are employable in their field, it makes good sense to invest money in building health programs that train students for jobs that are in high demand. Likewise, our community colleges are integral to efforts to build a highly skilled labor force. CFCC had some of its wish list cut during New Hanover County’s budget talks; the state money would help complete projects and maintain the college’s facilities. This money would provide a significant investment at a time when the UNC system, in particular, has experienced years of budget cuts. Our state university system and our community colleges are among our most valuable assets, with a high rate of return on investment; putting money into specific, significant needs increases their worth to the state and its residents. Based on talks between the House and Senate, and McCrory’s stated intention to bring the issue to the public, there is little question that a bond referendum will be on the table next year. Voters will have months to learn more about the bond package. This is an important issue, and residents should go to the polls knowing they can be confident about their position.

House leaders have signaled their acceptance of the Senate’s smaller construction bond package, and the Senate Finance Committee agreed Tuesday to put the issue on the ballot for the March presidential primary. The voters will have their say.

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“It’s three counties working in concert with one another on job creation and economic development,” Barfield said, stating the region has recently added facilities for Boeing, BMW and Volvo to its local economy. Barfield said he is looking to find ways to replicate that model for the greater Wilmington area. “How do we all speak with one voice?” Barfield said. “In Charleston, all of these different groups are coming together; they’re all signing the same song. Some are altos, some are tenors, some are sopranos, but they’re all singing the same song.” While Saffo and Barfield said they were impressed with the success of Charleston, they noted that differences in local government structure and state policies give the neighbor to the south an advantage when it comes to attracting business and tourism. The strong local mayoral system in South Carolina gives the city the ability to raise its own funds for projects, where Saffo said North Carolina cities are required to get state approval, which can often derail projects after lobbying and other obstacles emerge. Saffo said while Charleston’s system is impressive, most of their success relies on funding, some of which has come from the state, particularly for draws like the aquarium, the downtown baseball stadium and the cruise

ship dock. “There’s been a lot of discussion over the years about the things Charleston is doing to attract tourism and people, but it all takes money,” Saffo said. “Bringing business to Charleston took considerable state investment, but everyone there has said the investment has been worth it.” To help North Carolina compete, Saffo said the state’s Job Development Investment Grant, or JDIG, is a critical tool to draw in new businesses. Funding for the JDIG grant program was boosted from $15 million to $20 million in the North Carolina Competes economic development legislation that passed the General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Saffo noted there were a lot of similarities between Wilmington and Charleston, especially with the draw of the historic downtown, the beaches and the vibe of the urban environment that is attractive to the workforce of modern, high-tech industries. For Barfield, the comprehensive Pathways to Prosperity report from March 2014 can serve as a guide on how to improve regionalism and more closely follow the lead of Charleston. “Now that we have the skeleton, we just need to put more meat on the bones,” Barfield said. “We’ll need to partner more with Pender and Brunswick counties and break down the silos. We all benefit if we bring jobs and people to the region.” email terrylane@luminanews.com

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Hat Club,” a new book from Cary author Jena Ball that explores a universal subject: the quest for perfection and the feeling of inadequacy at inevitably falling short. They will blog about the book, comparing their thoughts with those of other children. In the course of building relationships with other children, they will hone their reading and writing skills, almost without realizing it. It’s part of the teacher’s effort to make learning relevant and engaging. “They can see a purpose in it,” Ladd said. She believes she also is preparing them for a technology-driven future. “They’re growing up in a world where this is the norm, and the jobs they’re going to have aren’t even created yet,” she said. Through their blogs, they are working on something that is personal, creative and comes with the reward of having other children react to what they have written. “It really makes them feel special when they get a comment,” Ladd said. Earlier one student remarked, with a tinge of envy, that a classmate “has the most comments.” As Ladd sat among the children on the carpet, she updated her own blog, setting an example by editing her work to make sure it was polished before publishing it. Her students followed suit. In addition to teaching them how to use the technology, she

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Second-grade student Jordan Wallace types a blog entry in Beverly Ladd’s classroom at Pine Valley Elementary School Monday, Sept. 21.

also emphasizes courtesy and safety while on the Internet — “digital citizenship,” she calls it. In 2013, Ladd set out to do something no other teacher in New Hanover County — and to her knowledge, no other teacher in the Northern Hemisphere — had done. She wanted her students to be able to talk face-to-face with children in far-away places. It took a solid year of planning, making contacts through online teacher networks, to arrange the Skype event. Pine Valley principal Rebecca Higgins Opgrand was supportive; she said she encourages creative ideas. Ladd’s class

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revelers partied uninhibited in the shadow of the legendary Lumina Pavilion. “But the Upper Deck, in its waning years, overshadowed the Lumina,” Lane said with a smile. When Wright, Akel and Farrior were growing up on Wrightsville Beach, Lumina Pavilion, with its 25,000-square-foot dance hall, was still the premier attraction of the island’s south end. Lane said he “immigrated” to Wrightsville Beach from inland a few years later, although when Wright asked where he grew up, Lane answered, “I’m still working on that.” Wrightsville Beach was vastly different back then, the friends agreed. Only a handful of children lived on the island year round. “From Newells to Crystal Pier during the wintertime I doubt there were 10 houses who had lights on,” Akel said. Harbor Island was not a part of Wrightsville Beach, so there was a bit of a rivalry between the Harbor Island kids and the Wrightsville Beach kids, Akel

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county and possibly Wilmington also should contribute, because all county residents benefit from the beach economy. Kure Beach’s budget is small, said Mayor Dean Lambeth. A 17.5 percent share for his town would amount to about $1.4 million, based on current cost estimates for beach renourishment projects. The cost of periodic dredging to replenish the beaches is currently split three ways, with the federal government paying 65 percent and the state and local governments responsible for 17.5 percent apiece. Federal officials have pushed to stop paying for the projects, which coastal officials insist are needed to protect oceanfront property and keep the beaches full of sand to ensure a vibrant tourist economy. In the event that federal money is cut off, the accommodations tax would pick up that share. The sticking point for the committee, made up mostly of

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Jack Lane and his sister Celeste Lane share their memories of the Upper Deck and Lumina Pavilion during the 2011 Lumina Daze fundraising event for the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History.

added. “On Halloween, we’d try to bomb them out with eggs,” he said. In retaliation, the Harbor Island kids dragged a toppled palm tree into the middle of Lumina Avenue and hid nearby to see how drivers would react. “They waited for two hours,

and nobody came by,” Akel said, laughing. “They just gave up and left.” When Lane’s family moved to the beach, Akel would ride his bike from the north end of the beach, which at the time was Johnnie Mercer’s Pier, to the south end where Jack lived. The teens bonded over games like

kick the can and pranks like “rolling” the Hanover Seaside Club with toilet paper. “We had no TV, no computers, so we had to entertain ourselves,” Lane said. Kicking a tomato can around the south end of Wrightsville Beach, a camaraderie was born between Lane, Akel, Wright and

professional staff from the three beach towns, the county and Wilmington, is what constitutes a fair local split. Another concern is how to ensure the state match will continue. Under the current scenario, state funds are contingent upon federal participation. It is vital that North Carolina continue to be a partner, officials said.

To prevent that possibility, local leaders may lobby state lawmakers for a dedicated annual beach renourishment fund, along the lines of a similar pot of money to dredge the coast’s shallowdraft inlets. The state earmarks money from the gas tax and boat licensing and certification fees for that fund. “That would make a heck of

County Commissioner Woody White, who also sits on the waterway commission, said it makes sense for coastal counties to come together rather than work independently of one another. The beaches are vital to the state’s tourism industry, and together the coastal counties represent a substantial part of the tax revenue tourism contributes to state coffers. The commissioners did not set a specific deadline for the committee’s recommendations, but Owens and Carolina Beach Town Manager Michael Cramer said the panel expects to have at least a preliminary report by October. The group’s discussions are based on the assumption that federal money for dredging and pumping sand is going away eventually, Cramer said. On the other hand, Lambeth said he has faith federal dollars will keep rolling in. “As long as [David] Rouzer is our representative in Washington, I really don’t think the money is going to go away,” he said.

“The long pole in this tent is the state. We really need the state’s 17.5 percent.” “The long pole in this tent is the state,” county shore protection coordinator Layton Bedsole told the New Hanover Port, Waterway and Beach Commission recently. “We really need the state’s 17.5 percent.” Wrightsville Beach Town Manager Tim Owens echoed that sentiment in a recent interview. “Honestly, a lot of this becomes more difficult if the state money is not there,” he said.

a template for a coastal storm reduction,” Bedsole said. With the state’s continued participation and an agreed-upon local formula, he projects the sand fund will likely be in the black at least through 2054 — without reallocating revenues now dedicated to tourism or the Wilmington Convention Center, he told the county commissioners during their Sept. 14 meeting. Previously, New Hanover

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brought sleeping bags and assorted other comforts of home to the classroom, where they Skyped and blogged day and night. It was such a success that Ladd is preparing to do it again in April. But first, her students will exchange comments with other students through a virtual book club. The kickoff for the blogging challenge took place Wednesday at Pine Valley, with author Ball in attendance, along with virtual participation by other classes in the United States, Australia, Argentina, Canada and Great Britain. So far, 85 classes have signed up for the blog challenge. They represent the five

aforementioned nations as well as Ethiopia, Nigeria, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Singapore and Ecuador. Ball, who has written three other books in the CritterKin series, often reads and discusses her stories with children around the world via Skype. She and Ladd are good friends and together cooked up this challenge. Ball is excited to be able to share her message with “recovering perfectionists” everywhere. “Perfection is ingrained in our culture,” she said, adding that it is good for children “to see characters struggling with the issue themselves.”

Farrier that would, several years later, help transform a bar on the east side of Lumina Pavilion into an iconic establishment in its own right. Lane took over management of the Upper Deck in 1961 and hired Akel and Wright as bartenders. Farrior was never a bartender, but said he spent many nights there. The Upper Deck became wildly popular, despite competing for patrons with the downtown bars like the World-Famous Spot, the Wits End and the Palm Room. Lane said it was due mainly to the cohesiveness of his team of staff, which was a mix of college students, lifeguards and a few men from the U.S. Army Air Force Base at the New Hanover County Airport, now Wilmington International Airport. “But Jack, you were one of the main reasons that thing ran the way it did,” Akel pointed out. “No, y’all were!” Lane protested. “Listen to what I’m saying,” Akel went on. “You had a good crew, there’s no doubt, but you were the one who was initiating all that and I’ll tell you, it was a good working environment.” “Everybody wanted to work

there,” Wright added, “If you were a bartender at the Upper Deck, I won’t say you were a celebrity, but you were known by everybody.” There was camaraderie between the staff and the patrons, too, because everyone generally knew one another. “If I had one word to describe it, it would be ‘home,’” Farrior said. Those Upper Deck experiences — winter nights spent huddled in front of the bars’ indoor fireplace or summer evenings spent shagging on the outer deck as beach music blared from the juke box — were so central to the social network of a certain generation, Lane said his former patrons invite him to their high school class reunions. “I said, ‘Why am I getting an invitation to your class reunion?’ And she said, ‘You don’t remember me, but I remember you, and I met my husband at the Upper Deck. You created the fun we had our senior year of high school.’” “So I went,” Lane went on, “as Mr. Upper Deck.” Next week: Chapter 2

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England said. New Hanover is among the state’s most affluent counties and would pay onethird of dredging costs. Layton Bedsole, New Hanover’s shore protection coordinator, said in an email he didn’t have any figures yet to determine the potential impact on the local budget. However, England said the bottom line is more money will be available to dredge shallow navigation channels. Most of the state dredging fund has gone toward main navigation inlets such as Bogue, New River, Lockwoods Folly and Carolina Beach, England said. But the fund also will pay for periodic dredging at other inlets up and down the coast, including Masonboro and New Topsail inlets. The bill also specifically reserves $3 million in the twoyear budget for dredging Oregon Inlet. The money will be used to prevent inlet channels from filling in with silt and sand, which impedes navigation.

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gas tax allocations and roughly $4 million from boat fees. With the new formula in place, the gas tax will contribute about $14.2 million annually, England said. North Carolina’s gas tax currently sits at 36 cents per gallon, but is expected to fall to 34 cents per gallon by July 2016 based on changes lawmakers made to the tax formula. The gas-tax contribution isn’t the only thing changing when it comes to dredging projects. Under the current setup, the state pays 50 percent of the cost of dredging, and counties must pick up the rest. The new formula will have the state pay 75 percent of the cost for coastal counties that are among the state’s most economically depressed and two-thirds of the cost for all other counties. Hyde County is probably the only county with an inlet dredging project that would qualify in the poorest category, or Tier I,

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Solutions Making a Difference in the Cape Fear Region

Birds of prey

By Pam Creech, Staff Writer

njured falcons, owls, vultures, hawks and other carnivorous birds, also known as raptors, are housed in a small building nestled in the woods of Rocky Point, North Carolina, a two-stoplight town.

The Rocky Point Animal Hospital, owned by veterinarian Dr. Joni Gnyp, shares its facility with a nonprofit organization Gnyp started four years ago, the Cape Fear Raptor Center. Pip and Squeak, two baby screech owls, are among the center’s smallest inhabitants. The two nest mates arrived at the center after a logger cut down their tree in March 2014. They were rescued by someone who found their nest on the ground. “Pip and Squeak have nutritional cataracts from not being fed well while they were on the ground,” Gnyp said. Since the birds do not see well enough to survive in the wild, they will spend the rest of their lives indoors. Instead of spending all their time in a cage, the young owls will visit schools, Boy Scout troops and other groups to help educate the public and raise awareness about the raptor center. In order to use the birds for educational purposes, Gnyp obtained permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife owns the birds. We just have permits to keep them,” Gnyp said. Pip and Squeak are two of the center’s seven education birds. As birds raised in captivity, they are tame enough for people to pet. Nero, a red-tailed hawk with a shiny coat of brown-andwhite feathers, is also an education bird. “He had a gunshot wound to the face area, so he has some blindness issues. He can see well enough to eat, but not well enough to fly around,” Gnyp said.

The bird’s calm, silent demeanor makes him ideal for public events, including the Medieval demonstration that took place in Hugh MacRae Park on Saturday, Aug. 29. While many raptors prefer solitude, Zack the turkey vulture and Stormy the osprey are comfortable sharing a cage. “Vultures and ospreys usually get along pretty well,” Gnyp said. Zack arrived at the shelter after being hit by a car, and Stormy was rescued after breaking a wing. “Stormy fell out of a nest and broke his right wing. Because of that, he’s not able to fly,” Gnyp said. Gnyp and the center’s volunteers ensure each bird receives the same type of food it would eat in the wild. “Owls eat mice, ospreys eat fish, and vultures eat anything dead, like venison,” she said. Gnyp also explained the birds used for education are kept out in the open in the center, where they see dogs and other animals passing by from the animal hospital, while the birds being rehabilitated to be released into the wild are kept in a private room, where they only see the people who feed them. “We don’t want the releasable birds to get too used to people,” she said. Some of the birds that can still fly live in cages or a shed just outside the center. Adelaide the barred owl, another education bird, lives outdoors. Gnyp slipped a black leather glove on her hand before allowing Adelaide to perch on her fingers. “You want to handle these with gloves because their talons

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Clockwise from top left: Adelaide, a barred owl. Dr. Joni Gnyp with Archie, a great horned owl. Squeak, an eastern screech owl. Kevin, a juvenile Mississippi kite. Stormy, front, an osprey, and Zack, a turkey vulture.

are sharp and their feet are super strong,” Gnyp said. Due to a wing fracture, Adelaide creates noise when she flies. “In the wild, she’d never catch anything because she’d scare off her prey,” Gnyp said. Archie, a screech owl, lives in a shed outside. “People always want his picture, but inevitably, he turns,” Gnyp said as Archie swiveled his head 180 degrees toward the opposite side of the shed. Gnyp said the raptor center’s location on the Rocky Point Animal Hospital’s facility will become less ideal as she rescues more birds. “It’s good that we have easy access to anesthesia and whatever else we need for surgery, but it’s difficult to educate people about the birds because it’s super busy back there. It’s not really an environment we can bring 15 people through,” she said. Gnyp hopes corporate sponsorships will help her afford to move to a larger facility. “Duke Energy did give us a significant donation this year because we had a bird that came from their area,” she said. After the center receives sufficient financial support, Gnyp plans to build a new facility with a classroom. She wants the next Cape Fear Raptor Center to be a place where children celebrate birthdays and families come together to learn about North Carolina’s various birds of prey. email pam@luminanews.com

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Family Fun

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Purposeful Play

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Nature Play in the Park Cape Fear Museum Saturday, Sept. 26, 1-4 p.m., Free

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Opening Concert UNCW Kenan Auditorium Saturday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., $6-$27

A Field Day in the Park Optimist Park Sunday, Sept. 27, 3 p.m., Free

Behind the Scenes Cruise of Wrightsville Beach Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Wednesday, Sept. 30, 3 p.m., $32

Coastal Horizons Center, a nonprofit clinic that provides mental health services, such as substance-abuse counseling, will offer HIV and hepatitis C testing during the event. The program will also feature food, kickball, dodgeball, sack races, cornhole and other games. For details, contact Montrel Miller at 910-216-6080 or at heat@ coastalhorizons.org

The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents a twohour cruise that will take passengers along Banks Channel and the Intracoastal Waterway. The tour will pass Airlie Gardens and Harbor Island. Register by Sept. 25. For more information, call 910-9623195 or visit http://uncw.edu/olli/

All who attend the Cape Fear Museum’s Nature Play in the Park program will have an opportunity to paint with water, create a nature journal and explore the various sights and sounds of the natural world. The event is part of national Take a Child Outside (TACO) week. To learn more, contact Amy Thorton at 910-798-4355 or at athorton@nhcgov.com

Join the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra for an evening of song. The concert will begin with Bach’s “Symphony in D” composed in 1775 and conclude with Brahms’ “Symphony No. 1,” which premiered a century later. For tickets, call the Kenan Auditorium box office at 910-962-3500.

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Rare cars rev up WB Park Saturday By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

Wrightsville Beach Park will be filled with a colorful mix of more than 100 antique European automobiles Saturday, Sept. 26 as the British Motor Club of the Cape Fear hosts the 17th annual Brits at the Beach car show. Event chairman and British Motor Club member Eric Robinson expects hundreds of spectators to stop by between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Many of the models on display belong to club members, but car enthusiasts from out of town also travel to the beach to take part. “They’ll put their car in a trailer and bring them up, rather than driving them,” Robinson said. “A lot of them are old and they can’t drive all that well.” The show typically draws British makes like Austin Healey, Jaguar, MG, Mini Cooper and Rolls Royce, but Robinson said there are always a few surprise entries. One year, someone brought a 1932 Singer.

“It’s a tiny little car, but it’s not a sports car. It was made for a family to travel around in,” Robinson said. “Whether he’s going to turn up this year or not, I don’t know.” He also recalled an appearance by a rare 1952 Bentley Corniche. “[The owner’s] father bought it in 1952 and he inherited it,” Robinson said. “There weren’t too many of them made and it’s worth a lot of money.” While a few of the car enthusiasts inherit their antique automobiles, more often they “buy them because they need a new toy,” Robinson admitted, laughing. Many of them have mechanic skills, so purchasing and restoring old cars ranges from a hobby to a passion. “A bunch of these guys rebuild cars and have workshops,” Robinson said. “They’ll do all sorts of maintenance.” Robinson’s interest in British cars represents more than just a hobby developed over time — they were an essential part of his childhood. He grew up in Coventry, the birthplace of

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David Culp shows the Cape Fear 7 during the Brits at the Beach car show Sept. 14, 2013, in Wrightsville Beach Park.

England’s automobile manufacturing industry, and his father and uncles worked in the factories. “I grew up with the Jaguar factory opposite my elementary

school,” he said. “I have it in my blood.” Robinson and other car owners will be standing near their models during the show, ready to share

Therapeutic garden benefits diverse visitors By Pam Creech Staff Writer

From Special Olympians to elderly adults ailed by declining health, people use the New Hanover County Arboretum’s Ability Garden program to learn about gardening in a relaxing environment. The goal, however, is not to gain a green thumb. “We’re not landscapers,” said Heather Kelejian, the Ability Garden’s program director. “We use the garden as a therapeutic tool. The garden is not the focus; it’s just the tool that gets people to accomplish their goals,” she said. It’s called horticultural therapy, and it benefits a diverse group of visitors who come to the arboretum each week. “It’s a wide gambit of people we serve,” Kelejian said. “We have about five groups each week.” In 2000, the garden began hosting groups, which range in size from two to 12 people. “It was started as a way to make the arboretum more accessible

in the community. When it first started, the focus was specifically on people with disabilities, but we’ve broadened to include at-risk youth,” she said. While activities vary depending on each group’s abilities and interests, Kelejian said each group enjoys a hands-on project. “A typical group would come in and take a tour of the arboretum and then they would work on tabletop gardening. It could be house plants, it could be vegetables that need to potted,” she said. Often, the garden’s visitors take a plant home. Kelejian said the arboretum partners with local nonprofits, such as Kids Making It, an organization that teaches children ages 8 and older vocational skills, and the Blue Ribbon Commission, an organization that focuses on preventing youth violence, to bring young visitors to the garden. Students at D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy, an underfunded middle school downtown, also benefit from the Ability

Garden’s services. “At D.C. Virgo, they have their own gardening station. I go to the school and we work to beautify it,” Kelejian said. Kelejian also visits other local schools to conduct garden-focused presentations in their classrooms, with the help of other environmental education organizations. “We do things like bring in community partners, such as Cape Fear River Watch and the North Carolina Coastal Federation to teach them about water quality,” she said. “We do activities to teach them about soil. We also try to teach them about the natural environment in their area.” Adult students learn from the Ability Garden’s programs as well. Kelejian said some students studying social work, psychology or occupational therapy at the University of North Carolina Wilmington or at Cape Fear Community College volunteer in the garden to learn how they can use horticultural therapy in their professions. Often, these students

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Programs at the New Hanover County Arboretum’s Ability Garden provide horticultural therapy for a diverse group of visitors.

complete academic projects based on what they learned throughout their volunteer experience. During the winter months, the arboretum continues to offer horticultural therapy programs inside its greenhouse. Kelejian said the Ability Garden program always welcomes more visitors and community partners. To learn more, call the New Hanover County Arboretum at 910-798-7660. email pam@luminanews.com

automobile stories and knowledge with those passing by. Spectators are invited to vote for their favorite car in each of 26 categories. “And if you can persuade the

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Rare red moon, supermoon combination coming Sunday night By Terry Lane Staff Writer

Viewers of the night sky Sept. 27 will see a rare astronomical event when the moon goes into total eclipse while at its closest point to Earth, creating what is known as a supermoon blood moon. In addition to being not only abnormally large, it will also have a red hue that will give it a distinctive appearance. While lunar eclipses are relatively common, NASA registered 229 in the 20th century and calculates 228 for this century, this red moon shares some characteristics that make it a unique event. Since the moon’s orbit is slightly elliptical, it can be at different distances from the Earth. It will be at perigee on Sept. 27, making it approximately 31,000 miles closer to the planet than at its farthest point, a NASA release states. This will make the moon appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter, giving it the moniker of supermoon. What gives the blood moon its red tint isn’t its closeness, but the Earth’s atmosphere, said Dan Reichart, University of North Carolina professor of physics and astronomy.

“Our atmosphere is really thin, but we do have it and some of the light just grazes into the atmosphere, including into the shadow that’s cast onto the moon,” Reichart said, describing the blood moon effect. “Red light scatters less and it gets scattered into the shadow.” The last time a full eclipse occurred during a supermoon was 1982. NASA said it won’t happen again until 2032. This lunar eclipse will also have other unique characteristics, though they won’t be noticeable to observers. The eclipse will complete a tetrad of lunar eclipses, which happens when four total lunar eclipses occur during a two-year period. The Sept. 27 eclipse will complete a four eclipse tetrad, with previous total eclipses occurring on April 4, Oct. 8, 2014, and April 15, 2014. Tetrads are historically sporadic. Tetrads were absent from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, but there were eight tetrads in the 9th century, NASA records show. Due to orbital geometry, the moon can only pass through the Earth’s shadow while full a certain number of times. “The best that can be squeezed

out is eight tetrads in a century,” Reichart said. “That’s the maximum.” NASA calculates the 21st century will feature eight tetrads. Already, one occurred in 2003-2004, with the next one scheduled in 2032-2033. Jon Stewart-Taylor of the Cape Fear Astronomical Society said that since eclipses aren’t affected by light pollution, they can be viewed from anywhere. “You don’t need special equipment to watch a lunar eclipse. You can just be outside at the right time and look up,” StewartTaylor said. “Watching an eclipse with your unaided eye is pretty spectacular. If you use a pair of binoculars or a telescope you’ll see more detail on the moon. You can keep track as particular features like craters, Maria or lunar mountains move into the Earth’s shadow. Perhaps the most important piece of equipment for watching a lunar eclipse is a lawn chair.” The website www.timeand date.com states the eclipse will be most visible in Wilmington at 10:47 p.m. Sunday. Because the supermoon blood moon is relatively rare, astronomy enthusiasts often gather at planetariums or spots like Wrightsville Beach for the possibility of clear views and limited light pollution. In North Carolina, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in Chapel Hill

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A full eclipse of the supermoon will occur Sunday night, Sept. 27, 10:11-11:23 p.m. The partial eclipse will begin at 9:07 p.m.

will host a viewing and educational program about lunar eclipses. In Wrightsville Beach, the Oceanic restaurant will host a

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Legends of Tennis tournament raises more than $20k for Landfall Foundation By Pam Creech Staff Writer

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to a group of children from the Brigade Boys and Girls Club led by the legendary tennis players. “The kids had a blast. They got to meet the pros and they got exposed to tennis,” Owens said. The kids’ clinic was sponsored by the Currie Garner family. Four hundred people filled all available seating for both days of the tournament. A day ticket sold for $25 and four-person marquis tables were available for $600

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that involved tossing balls into small baskets. Matt Shars beat his opponent 34-31 and won a tennis racket. A second raffle drawing awarded a ticket to one of the tennis clinics. Each raffle raised $1,000. email pam@luminanews.com

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Little Chapel On the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Rev. Patrick Thomas Rabun, pastor 2 W. Fayetteville St., 910-256-2819, ext. 100 www.littlechapel.org Worship at Wrightsville Beach Public Access No. 4: 8 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m. Children’s Church: 10:45 a.m. Nursery provided. St. Andrew’s On-The-Sound Episcopal The Rev. Richard G. Elliott, rector 101 Airlie Road, 910-256-3034 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. Wrightsville Beach Baptist church 601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682 Traditional Service: 9-10 a.m. Sunday School: 10:10-11 a.m. Celebration Services: 11:10 a.m to 12:20 p.m.

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C a r l Wat e r s Gather together and share the bread of life in fellowship with Me Cast your fears away and accept that you are one family as it should be

There is coming a fellowship that man will not comprehend or understand The love of sharing will flow from person to person across this land My bread of life will be shared with all My creatures with delight House to house and city to city the fellowship of love will be shared without a fight Opening everyone’s heart to give all that they are away Compassion and understanding in fellowship is here to stay Sharing of the word will be commonplace and souls will be saved Freedom to show your fellowship, a new direction will pave A road not commonly traveled will be given favor in this new day One for another, worship will be a new avenue for My faithful to pray Giving all that they are in worship is a blessing to overcome fear When you worship and fellowship together, to My kingdom you will draw near The closer you come to Me the more the blessing of heaven will flow to you We will have exceeding joy as we fellowship together when we become one not two

(Acts 2:42 NRSV) They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (1 Cor 1:9 NRSV) God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (Phil 2:1 - 2 NIV) 1 - If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 - then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. (1 John 1:1 - 3 NRSV) 1 - We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life — 2 - this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us — 3 - we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Wrightsville United Methodist Church Doug Lain, senior pastor 4 Live Oak Drive, 910-256-4471 Worship Services: 8:30, 9:45, 11:15 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. St. Therese Catholic church Father Joe Vetter 209 S. Lumina Ave., 910-256-2471 Mass: Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Monday, noon; Tuesday, 6 p.m.;

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Thursday noon followed by Eucharistic Adoration St. Mark Catholic Church Father Patrick A. Keane 1011 Eastwood Road, 910-392-0720 Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday Masses: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. en Español Monday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Masses: 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Thursday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Friday Mass: 8:30 a.m. followed by Adoration with Benediction at 9 p.m. Beth Simcha Messianic Jewish Congregation Congregational Leader/ Rabbi Marty Schilsky

Luke 20:44 “David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?” LUKE 20:41-44 Jesus took an apparent contradiction in scripture and through combining these paradoxical statements (concerning the humanity and deity of Christ) brought forth the truth that Christ is God in human flesh. Both assertions (the fact that Jesus was David’s son and yet David’s Lord) were right at the same time. It was correct that Christ was David’s son and it was also correct that Christ was David’s Lord. This meant that Christ also was God. However, Christ was not exclusively David’s son nor was He exclusively David’s Lord. These two truths had to be combined to arrive at the whole truth. No truth of God’s Word stands independent of the other truths in God’s Word. A lack of balancing truth with truth is usually the cause of much

contention among men when interpreting scriptures. Some argue that everything is by grace, while others emphatically state that without faith it is impossible to please God. The Bible teaches us that we need both grace and faith to be born again — not one without the other. The same is true of faith versus works, and many other truths in God’s Word. Error can simply be truth taken to an extreme at the expense of other truths. One of the concerns of many Christians is, “How can I know I’m thinking and acting properly?” If we seek the Lord with a pure heart and singleness of purpose, then the Lord will show us anything we need to change. In other words, all we have to do is focus on the Lord with a pure heart, and He promises to show us any error. The only people who need to fear that they might be deceived are those who are not seeking the Lord with a pure and single-minded heart.

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OB I T UA RY Samuel Todd Shelby Samuel Todd Shelby of Wilmington, N.C., passed peacefully on September 13, 2015. Sam was passionate about the environment, music, his friends and spending time near the ocean. He is survived by his mother, Linda Shelby of Modesto Calif., father Michael D. Shelby and wife Jo Ann of Chapel Hill, N.C., brother Michael G. Shelby of Atlanta, Ga., and two step sisters, Katie Johansson (mother of his niece AnnMarie) and Jessica Eddins (mother of his nephew Jackson). For his Chapel Hill area friends, a celebration of his life will be held at the Reeves Auditorium at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens in Chapel Hill from 4-7 p.m. on September 27. For his Wilmington area friends, a private celebration of his life will be held at the Surf Club at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., on October 24. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to the Cape Fear Surfrider Foundation (www.capefear.surfrider.org).

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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com L E G A L NOTI C ES 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 inabil-

ity 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 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 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 15 SP 425 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 Jerome P. Thames and Martha Olivia Thames to Southern Title Insurance Corporation, Trustee(s), which was dated September 13, 2007 and recorded on September 21, 2007 in Book 5234 at Page 220 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on November 7, 2013 in Book 5781, Page 1090, 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 October 6, 2015 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Wilmington Township, New Hanover County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: A tract of land 3412 Wilshire Boulevard, Wilmington, North Carolina, as more fully described on the BEGINNING at a point in the southern line of Wilshire Boulevard (60 foot right-of-way) formerly known as Meares Road. Said point being the northwesterly corner of Lot 8 according to the plan of Homlock Division as recorded in Book 472 at Page 641 of the New Hanover County Registry. Said point also being North 78 degrees 01 minute West 172.91 feet from the intersection of said southern line of Wilshire Boulevard with the westerly line of Homlock Avenue (60 foot right-of-way). Running thence from said beginning point: 1. North 78 degrees 01 minute West 87.84 feet along the southern line of said Wilshire Boulevard to an old iron pipe at the northeasterly corner of Section 1, Emerald Square as shown on a map recorded in Condominium Map Book 7 at Page 159 of the New Hanover County Registry; thence 2. South 47 degrees 00 minutes 07 seconds West 85.57 feet along an easterly line of said Section 1, Emerald Square to an old iron pipe; thence 3. South 43 degrees 05 minutes 15 seconds East 80.17 feet along a line of said Emerald Square to an old iron pipe in the northwesterly line of Lot 9 of said Homlock Division; thence 4. North 46 degrees 51 minutes 56 seconds East 124.80 feet along the northwesterly line of said Lot 9 and along a northwesterly line of said Lot 8 of the Homlock Division to an old iron pipe set in concrete; thence 5. North 11 degrees 52 minutes 55 seconds East 13.61 feet along a westerly line of said Lot 8 to the point of BEGINNING. Source of Title is Book 1738, Page 1584 (recorded 01/13/94) Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3412 Wilshire Boulevard, Wilmington, NC 28403. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Jerome P. Thames and wife, Martha O. Thames. 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 rein-

statement 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.: 14-18051-FC02 September 24 and October 1, 2015 15 SP 513 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert Hilts and Maureen Hilts to PRLAP, Inc, Trustee(s), which was dated October 25, 2004 and recorded on October 29, 2004 in Book 4547 at Page 740, 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 October 6, 2015 at 11:00AM, 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 45, Whisper Creek Subdivision, Section 3-C, as shown on map of same recorded in Map Book 31 at Page 319 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3301 Bouganvillea Way, Wilmington, NC 28409. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Maureen Hilts and husband Robert Hilts. 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.

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L E G A L NOTI C ES 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.: 13-18701-FC02 September 24 and October 1, 2015 15 SP 510 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 Timothy Wills and Katina Wills to Ronald H. Davis c/o William W. Pettit, Trustee(s), which was dated October 31, 2005 and recorded on November 1, 2005 in Book 4930 at Page 2823, 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 October 6, 2015 at 11:00AM, 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 No. 14 in Block No. 6 as shown on the map of Woodlawn, a subdivision of the North Carolina Home Builders, Inc., which map is recorded in Map Book 4 at Page 19, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 701 Woodlawn Avenue, 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 Timothy Wills and wife, Katina Wills. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of

the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 10-01363-FC02 September 24 and October 1, 2015 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 30 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Dorothy S. Todd (Dorothy S. Todd, deceased), (Heirs of Dorothy S. Todd: Joshua Todd Canfield aka Joshua Canfield, Julie Canfield Brong aka Julie Canfield, Gerald Ganey and Albert Ganey, Jr.) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of October, 2009, and recorded in Book 5449, Page 391, 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 October 6, 2015 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Masonboro, in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain parcel of land situate in the Township of Masonboro, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, being known and designated as all of Lot 94, Section 2, Arrowhead Subdivision, as shown on map of same recorded in Map Book 13 Page 27, of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4817 Stillwell Road, Wilmington, North Carolina. By fee simple deed from Victor Tracey Todd as set forth in Book 1092, Page 607 dated 03/09/1977 and recorded 03/10/1977, New Hanover County Records, State

of North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1151359 (FC.FAY) September 24 and October 1, 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 COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE 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 per-

sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. 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 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER 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 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 Marian Rouse 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. This is the 10th day of September, 2015. Mary Hayes, Executrix 1017 Ginger Lily Way Leland, NC 28451 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 15 E 1192 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. Terry M. Joyner 249 No. Colony Circle Wilmington, NC 28409 JAMES B. SNOW III Hogue Hill, LLP

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Sports/Marine Hook, Line & Sinker Typical fall pattern, offshore anglers taking refuge

Goals met during sprint tri

By Skylar Walters

The first day of fall occurred yesterday, but for the past week, the fall season has been reminding anglers that when Mother Nature concedes one element for another, someone along the way usually has to pay, and in this regard it’s the offshore fishermen. Strong northeast winds have stirred up the offshore waters, making any sort of outing with plans to head out of the inlet virtually impossible. However, the anglers fishing the piers and sounds are having some decent luck with fish cooperating. Unfortunately the extended forecast continues to bring some crisp and stiff fall winds to the area, meaning offshore sea conditions will remain less than favorable for those wanting to venture out. Water temperatures continue to drop, although slowly right now, and are reading right around or just above the 80-degree mark. Local piers along the area beaches are reporting some decent king mackerel action for those using live baits targeting them. Fish up to 45 pounds have been reported although the majority of the fish are averaging in the mid 20s. Some Spanish mackerel are also being reported coming from Got-Cha Plugs jigged off the bottom. Most of this fishing was good before the winds started blowing steadily, as those winds have now caused some muddy water for anglers. That’s not to say that kings and Spanish can’t be caught in dirty water, they just won’t be caught as much until the waters start to clear. Bottom fishing has been very good for those using shrimp,

sand fleas and cut bait. Spots have started showing in good numbers for both pier anglers and those fishing from the surf. Dirty water doesn’t bother them and a stirred-up bottom will actually make them feed more aggressively if the current is not running too hard. Shrimp and sand fleas are enticing some black drum and Virginia mullet — and that fishing should only continue to get better as water temperatures fall. A few flounder and red drum are also being caught by those using cut bait around the sloughs and in the deeper holes. Some fall bluefish weighing between 1-3 pounds have also started showing up in the surf zone. With lots of baitfish, namely finger and popeye mullet, running the surf line south, the surf fishing for the larger predators should only continue to get better. Larger bull drum are being caught around the inlets and jetties with a few larger fish also being found on the inside waters. Inshore, every week continues to show signs of getting better as the flounder action is showing no sign of letting up anytime in the next month or two. Live finger mullet rigged on Carolina rigs are good bets for finding some fat hungry flatfish. Inlets, creeks and the lower Cape Fear River are all good places to wet a live minnow, however as the waters continue to cool, these fish can be found almost anywhere. Red drum is another fish that is being encountered in lots of the same places and will only continue to expand and become more populous as the waters cool.

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Mark Macenas, wearing his firefighting gear to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s disease, finishes the Wilmington YMCA Sprint Triathlon Saturday, Sept. 19.

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

The grass in Wrightsville Beach Park was still covered in early-morning dew Saturday, Sept. 19 as athletes wearing sleek racing suits ran across the finish line of the Wilmington YMCA Sprint Triathlon, striving to finish quickly or, in some cases, to simply finish. Then Mark Macenas came into view, plodding doggedly toward a goal of a different kind. On the humid 80-degree morning, Macenas

ran the last leg of the triathlon wearing his 50-pound firefighting gear to raise awareness for Parkinson’s disease, an illness with which his father was diagnosed several years ago. Macenas crossed the finish line and collapsed into a chair, dripping with sweat. His young daughter, Zoe, dumped water on his head while his wife Hilary and father Nicholas stood by, holding posters championing the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, for which Macenas is raising money. Macenas’ outfit for the 5K run leg of the

triathlon was identical to how he would dress for his job with the Durham Fire Department with a few exceptions, like the bold, black letters on his oxygen tank reading “The cure for Parkinson’s begins with me.” Macenas initially hoped to raise $1,000 in donations through his triathlon participation, but he has already doubled that. Also among the nearly 700 participants was a triathlon team from Queens University of Charlotte. One of the team’s youngest members, 18-year-old Graham Pimentel, was the triathlon’s overall winner with a final time of 1:04:42. Pimentel’s first YMCA sprint triathlon was eventful even before he started the 1,500meter swim from the Blockade Runner Beach Resort to Seapath Yacht Club. “I was a little bit scared because I saw a stingray right at the start,” he said. The stingray was the only sea creature encountered by either Pimentel or the top female finisher, Brianne Gaal from Mooresville, North Carolina. “I’m glad there were no jellyfish in the water,” Gaal said. “I had heard rumors.” The biggest obstacle during the swim, she said, was the strong northeast wind, which was blowing at around 15 to 20 mph when the race started at 7 a.m. The breeze continued to increase throughout the morning, also making the bike leg challenging for Gaal and other competitors. Both Pimentel and Gaal earned their victories in a similar fashion — with a burst of speed during the final mile of the race after keeping pace with one or two other athletes throughout the triathlon. Unlike Pimentel, Gaal has been racing in the YMCA’s triathlon for years, and she said that experience was valuable in pacing herself. “[It helped] especially in the swim, because knowing how to aim for those [Seapath] Towers is important,” she said. Although she is a serious triathlete, she said the triathlon itself is only part of the reason she makes the trip to Wilmington every September. “Since it’s on a Saturday, [my husband and I] usually spend the weekend here and go to the beach,” she said. email emmy@luminanews.com

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From late spring to early fall, a number of athletic competitions draw swimmers like Jennifer Barker to Wrightsville Beach to race through the open ocean or flatwater channels, but there’s one race in particular Barker looks forward to more than the others. “Swim the Loop is my favorite race of the year,” she said. “It’s a true swimmers’ challenge.” The fourth annual Swim the Loop will be held Sunday, Sept. 27. Barker and more than 100 other participants will jump into the Intracoastal Waterway behind the Dockside Restaurant and swim a 3.5-mile clockwise loop through Lees Cut, Banks Channel and Motts Channel, finishing where they started. Race director Kristen Smith 3:02 PM expects around 200 competitors total because the event also offers a 1.3-mile course from the Blockade Runner Beach Resort to Dockside Restaurant. She said she added the shorter distance to open the event up to more ability levels because the 3.5-mile loop is a challenge. “I asked people for constructive

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A competitor dives into the water to begin the third annual Swim the Loop Oct. 11, 2014, at Wrightsville Beach.

criticism, and the biggest complaint I got is that it’s too hard,” she said. “So I added the shorter race so you have an option to still be a part of the event. It’s nice to have options, because not

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everyone can swim the loop but they love swimming as much as I do.” While the difficult nature of the race is a deterrent for some, it’s a draw for others. This year, swimmers are traveling from Pennsylvania, Florida, Connecticut and Canada to race the loop course, which Smith said is one of only two open-water loop swims on the East Coast. Open water swimmers typically race from one point to another, with the current pushing them, but during a loop course more than half the race is against the current. Smith called the race a “hard swim,” and she has raced tough courses all over the world, including a 12-hour, 75-kilometer swim-run race in Sweden called the ÖTILLÖ. Swim the Loop is “like a marathon for swimmers,” Barker

added, but it’s also a beautiful course. “I feel so connected to nature,” she said. “It’s an easy course to spot because you’re just hugging the island the whole time. And Kristen’s got safety boats and paddleboarders and canoes everywhere so it’s a very safe event to do.” After the race, competitors and their families are invited to stick around at the Dockside for refreshments and awards, which include several lighthearted prizes. “We give away a few fun awards, like the middle-of-thepack swimmer, the best entry into the water, and sometimes whoever came in 23rd, because that’s my lucky number,” Smith said. “I just try to make it fun for everybody.” email emmy@luminanews.com